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Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85B-CKY : accessed 4 November 2015), Melinda Estes in household of Ritta Estes, Jefferson county, Jefferson, Illinois, United States; citing family 1217, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Michael Taylor, Monday, March 9, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melinda by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melinda: