I Lost 8 Generations! Review Your Old Genealogy Research

I just lost 8 (EIGHT) generations from our family tree......

Extracts of church records I found many dozens of years ago for a marriage in 1785 in England did not give all the data!

Last year I found a scan of the original church register and it turns out my 5th great grandmother was not Elizabeth Moses (as the extract showed) but Elizabeth Moses Hinds (with Hinds being her maiden name, not a previous married name).

So my 8 generations of research going back for the lineage of Ellizabeth Moses was wrong. Ouch. And yet... it makes for a great blog post AND I can have the fun of searching a new set of ancestors.

In fact I already found the baptism record of Elizabeth Moses Hinds in St Lawrence in Thanet, St Lawrence Kent England on 2 February 1764. Her parents were John Hinds and Mildred Ellington. After several months of research I was able to trace her Hinds ancestry back to Thomas Hinds born in 1670 in Kent England.

This led me to compile a small book on the Hinds family in England

The Hinds Family of Kent England

List Price: $6.99
8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
28 pages

The Hinds families were in Ramsgate Kent England for many generations. This book follows the descendants of Thomas Hinds and his wife Sarah Ammis who married in 1693 in Canterbury.

The surname is found in records as Hinds, Hind, Hindes, Hinde, Hynds, Hynd, Hyndes, and Hynde. Family group sheets are included as are images of all documents found.


It pays to review old research!!! Now other descendants can buy the book and correct their own trees

A Step by Step Genealogy Tutorial on How to Analyse Clues

Sherri sent a query to Ask Olive Tree about her grandfather's death:

I have been looking for information for about 5 years about my grandfather who is named Burrell Charles Ball first married to Doreen Roxie Morcombe (from Omemee) and then afterward I think Estelle Ball was his wife.  Burrell’s brother I know was from Emily Twp, Albert and he died a few years back and Burrell died around 1993 but I do not know when, where, how etc. 

Also Russell Charles Ball was their father and I believe he lived in Lakefield but there is little information about any of them.  I know there was a fire in Russell’s Lakefield home where he had Burrell, Albert and Barbara E. Ball (I think).  He was married to Julia Secreta Wood that I believe died when she was young.   Where can I go to find out more information?

Olive Tree Genealogy Answer:

Hello Sherri. Since you did not provide an estimated year of birth for Burell, I had to hunt on the 'net to find some mention of him.  Luckily I happened on one of your message board posts where you stated he was born circa 1920 and, best of all, that he was in WW2.

His military service is a great clue and means there are a number of steps you can now take:

Step One:
Did you know that you can send for his military file from Library and Archives Canada? This will give you lots of detail about your grandfather, and may include his death date and location.


Continue reading the steps in this tutorial at Analysing Clues to Help You Figure Out Where to Search Next