Does anyone have a good source to find birth/parent information for someone born in Pennsylvania in the early 1830's?
Nelson Shoemaker Morris is my 2nd ggf. I have tried tracking him down by following and researching many of the Morris families that were in the Philadelphia area. My best guess was that Robert and Anna (Shoemaker) Morris were his parents, but I just found their children and he is not among them. So, back to the drawing board.
He and his wife, Jane T Lambert (no birth record found for her either) were both born in Pennsylvania. They were married about 1856, likely in Pennsylvania. They had children: William L. was born about 1856 in Pennsylvania. The remaining children were born in Iowa: Anna, Charles Gertrude, Rufus, Schuyler.
I've not found any birth records on any of these people, although I have found Census records from 1860, 1870 and 1880 that shed light on them. I have also found Registers in California for Nelson.
Does anyone have any ideas on where I might find parents for Nelson Morris and his wife Jane Lambert?
Many thanks.