Colby Ross was born somewhere between 1800 and 1813 in North Carolina. He was located in Franklin County, Tennessee in 1830. At that time he was married and had two children, a boy and a girl under the age of 5, and possibly his mother or mother-in-law.
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A Brick Wall – The Search for Darthula Ross pt. 1
A genealogical brick wall is a dead end or a very difficult research problem. There may be a lack of records, few records, or no records. Many of us have spent years researching brick wall ancestors with little success. DNA testing is helping some of us break through those brick walls, but even DNA testing…
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Researching with name variations
Records for our ancestors can sometimes be difficult to find because of name variations. This is especially true in the Southern states because people often used nicknames. One record will have the nickname and the other the proper given name. Then there are the spelling variations of surnames, depending on who gave or recorded information.…
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Is Colby Ross the father of Darthula?
Colby Ross was born somewhere between 1800 and 1813 in North Carolina. He was located in Franklin County, Tennessee in 1830. At that time he was married and had two children, a boy and a girl under the age of 5, and possibly his mother or mother-in-law.
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A Brick Wall – The Search for Darthula Ross pt. 1
A genealogical brick wall is a dead end or a very difficult research problem. There may be a lack of records, few records, or no records. Many of us have spent years researching brick wall ancestors with little success. DNA testing is helping some of us break through those brick walls, but even DNA testing…
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Researching with name variations
Records for our ancestors can sometimes be difficult to find because of name variations. This is especially true in the Southern states because people often used nicknames. One record will have the nickname and the other the proper given name. Then there are the spelling variations of surnames, depending on who gave or recorded information.…
