David Finster

Hi David. I have a question for you regarding Lewis-34971. His tombstone says he died in 1873 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87089875/daniel-monroe-lewis), but he is also listed on the 1880 Federal Census with his wife, mother-in-law, and 5 of his children. See: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4239812-00165?pId=39683885.

I'm hoping you can help me figure this out. Thank you. Kistler-481

I have been working through items on the "Suggestions" pages, and when it seems that the only source is a Find A Grave memorial, I have been adjusting birth and death info accordingly. If you come across any of those edits, and believe they are in error, don't hesitate to let me know, and also to re-edit. One request: if you have source information that differs from Find A Grave, I would be grateful if you would enter that on the profile, as well. Bless you!

I responded to this comment via email, but the answer is that it came from Find A Grave, specifically "Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for Harriet Spafford Merrill (Jul 1817–9 May 1887), Find A Grave: Memorial #110871092, citing Hillside Cemetery, Clarendon, Orleans County, New York, USA ; Maintained by RobMinteer57 (contributor 47389024) ." I know Find A Grave has its issues, but it seemed like a good clue to go with

Hi, David. Saw your edit (https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Spafford-463&diff=137865754&oldid=123599980) to Spafford-463 but I'm curious where you got the death date from.

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Thank you Laura. It has been great. The sharp-eyed genealogists of WikiTree have helped me get some relationships fixed, and pointed me to very helpful sources. Indeed, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in Ancestry.com!

Hi, David!

As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now, I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.

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And today I found a source that adds weight to the idea that Jeremiah Neal was the son of Patrick Neal (or Neill) bornj in Glasgow in 1694! A Christmas present indeed!

Thank you Mark. DNA says I have 32% Scottish ancestry; Great Grandpa always said "We're Scots!!" But tracking the documentation has been a challenge, because that side of the family all came to America so long ago. The one I have the most solid material on Is John Craggen (CRAG, CRAGIN) who came to America in 1652 as a Scottish POW after the British Civil War, and was sold as a slave in Boston. Eventually able to buy his freedom. Some say "indentured servant", but the contemporary Rev. Cotton Mather used the term "slave".

Clan Macneil via my Neal ancestors seems the next most solid, but there's a challenge going from Jeremiah Neal born in Maryland 1716 and his father Patrick, whom *may* be Patrick Neal born in Glasgow 1694...but the documentation is murky.

Great Grandpa was descended from a Neal who married a Woolley...but I can only get the Woolleys back to William Levi Woolley born 1763, and found living in Kentucky by 1794. The trail goes cold there. But I trust Great Grandpa, so I'm pretty sure this is not an English Woolley, but rather the Wooley sept of Clan Sinclair. There are still Wooleys living on the Isle of Aran.

Finally, I'm not ready to abandon the whole Greene family connection, through which I can trace back to a variety of Scots, like Ragnall MAC SOMHAIRLE, Lord of the Isles in the 12th Century. Genealogists tend to dismiss the ancestry of Dr. John Greene of Rhode Island as being fabricated, but I am not convinced by their arguments...yet.

Anyway, my very brief experience of WikiTree so far has been that it has opened up sources of information (and corrections by sharp-eyed genealogists, for which I am deeply grateful) which I had not founf in years of doing family history (since 1964). So I will definitely be joining the Scotland Project.

Thanks for showing Scotland as one of your interests. If you haven’t yet done so, please join the Scotland project via the G-2-G topic. I hope you get a great deal of pleasure collaborating with colleagues in this great project. If you have any questions or wish any advice either send me a private message or email me.

Hi David,

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Hi David,

I notice that you accidentally created a duplicate for Mary (Babcock) Sprague today. When you are working with Mayflower lines, most - if not all - the first 5 generations already have profiles on WikiTree. Please use extra caution when creating profiles in the pre-1700 period; merging duplicates is a necessity when duplicates occur, and it takes quite a bit of time to do.

Thank you, S Willson Arborist and Mayflower Project Coordinator

Nope, tried it without the media files and still get the same message....

Should I leave out private items and media files when exporting from FTM??

Perhaps if I leave out private items and media files??

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