Captain William Keeling and The Red Dragon The ‘Red Dragon‘ … built in 1595 … commanded by Captain William Keeling in 1607 … the ship’s name was originally ‘Mare Scourge’ (Scourge of the Seas) … and it was indeed a ship to be feared with its 38 cannons aboard … Captain William Keeling (1577 – … Read more
Barbara A. Gouldman and Goulden – Any Proof She Existed? Got info about Barbara A. Gouldman, aka Barbara A. Goulden, c1720-1794? ~~~ Got info? If so, please contact me to discuss. Thank you. Bill Golden, Norfolk1956@gmail.com ~~~ GEDMatch: AT2898804 or A097615 ~~~ please set cM to 3 before searching. At least three genealogies list her parents as Francis … Read more
Jobs That No Longer Exist, or New Names Ever run across reference to ‘William was a ___ for 20 years’ and you have no clue what that was? Someone has compiled a list of those jobs with an explanation. Some examples: BATMAN – officers servant in the army BILLIER / BILLYMAN – operated a Billy … Read more
Learning more about early South Carolina (1620-1820) is a very special, personal project for me as I try to unravel (or reveal) the families that are connected to my own, beginning with: Origin of Thomas Golden who settled at Newberry in 1763 Origin of William and Nellie Golden (Goulden) who settled at Saluda, Edgefield, c1782 … Read more
Golden and Goldings as Quakers Suspect your Goldens of being a Quaker? … Quakers kept amazingly detailed records about their members and their families. Chances are that your ‘Golden’ was not a Quaker … records are available that indicate some few Goldens were Quakers from 1729 onward … these Goldens lived mostly in Pennsylvania and … Read more
DNA SNP Tracker Gold/Gould yDNA Projects Resources to compare your yDNA: … FamilyTreeDNA: Gold and Gould Project … … FamilyTreeDNA: Golden Golding Goulden et al … … WikiTree Golden DNA Group Project … yDNA Groups of Interest … Cumberland Gap Y-Line DNA Project … has results for Ballard, Bennett, Buckner, Carpenter, Carter, Catlett, Compton, Cooper, … Read more
DNA Testing – 67 Markers vs BIG Y, STRs vs SNPs, some things to know Things keep changing. Technology keeps advancing. We now know how to better balance what 67 Marker yDNA tells us and how to use SNP testing to better understand how to use in time and space to find our grandfathers. FamilySearch … Read more
Edward Keeling married to Mary Warriner not the son of Thomas Keeling and Anne Thorowgood Keelings and Gouldmans — Close Gouldman family associate and godparent to Gouldman son, husband of Mary Wariner: Edward Keeling of Essex County, Virginia, c1640-1687 is NOT the son of Thomas Keeling 1608–1664 and Anne Thorowgood Keeling Bray 1618–1683 despite many … Read more
1903 – Nathaniel Golden of East Chatham, NY Passes Away East Chatham, New York … Nathaniel Golden has passed away … September 1903 … age 84, born about 1819. Where born is not listed … had a son named ‘David’ … per the obituary has a total of two sons and two daughters and a … Read more
Essex County, Virginia Digitized Records FamilySearch has some digitized records if you know where to find them. It can sometimes seem like magic finding them. I admit to being one of those that use the generic search engine and being often frustrated with the results. Luckily there are some magical people in genealogy groups that … Read more