I’ve always wanted an Uncle “Judy” and now I’ve found him, although I doubt seriously that anyone ever called him that during his lifetime. Uncle “Judy” was Judith Sims, my 4th great granduncle, one of the newly-discovered Sims-of-Montgomery-County,-Tennessee relatives who now hangs from my family tree. “Judith” was certainly not a common name for boys in the 19th century but… More →
Month: January 2019
Utter Sims-plicity
My string of good luck continues! I expected that researching all 12 of the John Sims enumerated in the 1787 census would take some time. I’ve talked about the FAN principle here before – when seeking genealogical evidence, examine your ancestor’s Friends, Associates and Neighbors. Sometimes it doesn’t yield diddly squat; but, in this case, it payed off big time!… More →