Where are the Moreheads?

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Please let me know if you can help me build my Morehead family tree.

 

My mother was born with the name Marilyn Kathleen Morehead, born 1951-07-04. My mom's parents were "Dick" Richard Erwin Morehead 1927 - 2008 and Irene Dwana Pickett 1927 - 1968.

Dick's parents were Erwin Morehead 1893 - 1965 and Kathleen Glanville Henderson 1892 - 1965

Erwin's parents were Cyrus Eugene Morehead 1859 - 1948 and Mary Catherine McRoberts 1869 - 1961.

Cyrus' parents were Robert M. Morehead, born in North Carolina USA 1822 - 1891 and Martha Curl 1836 - 1915.

Robert's parents were Ephraim Alexander Morehead 1785 - 1818 and Lois Johnson

But I guess the dates and names are wrong here. Robert may have been born after Ephraim died. They may not be related. I am getting my information from Ancestry.com.

 

 

I want to trace the Moreheads farther back but I am having trouble.
in Genealogy Help by Joey Arnold G2G Crew (390 points)
retagged by Robin Lee
I am uncertain where your Morehead family is from, but about 10-15 years ago, there was a Morehead antique store in Mesa, Arizona. Perhaps that family might be able to provide some insights.

2 Answers

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I would avoid ancestry.com except for clues to help in your research.  Try familysearch.org where for free you can plug in your names, dates and locations to find censuses, birth, marriage and death records and most times can see the documents themselves.  There are human errors in the mix but looking at everything together will help you sort out what is accurate.  Good luck in your research.  :-)
by Lauren Conte G2G6 Pilot (120k points)
Please explain why someone should avoid Ancestry.com! I'm confused about that!
The Ancestry website is not as credible. Generally. they do not fix problems. There are some duplicates of names. I've used that website. My family have too. I've seen inaccurate information with names, dates, locations, and other information.
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Wiki Tree is more about working together as a community to build family trees and to build archives of informations and things that can be shared and edited and worked on.
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But Ancestry is more focused on making money more than they are with building archives that can be accessed freely, publicly, globally.

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Some of Ancestry may be true or partly accurate. Some of it is true. You have to be careful.

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But Ancestry is not like a Wiki Pedia or a Wiki Tree kind of website where people edit the mistakes that others made.

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Wiki Tree has a better system for building genealogies, as in family trees, for collecting the information, for organizing it, for adding sources to help authenticate it.

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Some websites like Ancestry require money or maybe too much money after you're free trials end and the work you do or find on those websites are sometimes not accessible when you're not giving them money.

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Some websites like Wiki Tree are more credible when they allow for the ability to edit mistakes.
Gives me a lot to think about. Thank you
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Adding sources to your existing profiles will help others with your search.   I added a death record to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morehead-261.   The death record listed his mother's maiden name, which then allowed me to find his parents marriage record. "Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8W8-8YT : 22 December 2016), Robert Morehead and Martha Curl, 1853.

 

The more you add, the more clues you will have and the more that others can help!

by Robin Lee G2G6 Pilot (846k points)
Good. Thanks for adding that.

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