Hello researchers,
I'm researching the Doby family in Rowan and Davidson County, North Carolina. The records for the 1700s and early 1800s are few and far between. I have two guys, Alsey Doby (Doby-35) and John Doby (Doby-386) who I'm pretty sure are brothers. There 12 male Dobys that should be counted as children on the 1830 Census, but only 11 are counted. There are 8 male Dobys that should be counted as children on the 1840 Census, but only 5 are counted. There are no birth, marriage, death, wills, land, letters, etc that I can find to tell which sons go to which father. So, my question is, can I just create a "place holder" profile that is brother to Alsey and John and put all the children under the place holder with notes about possible fathers?
I have a giant spreadsheet with notes that I've been working on for 5 weeks. I'll be happy to email it to anyone that wants to help.