Figgins Friday: Anna L Figgins 0

Anna L Figgins
B: 14 Feb 1898 Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA
D: 16 Feb 1975 Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States

Anna L. Figgins was born to:

Joseph A Figgins [Father of Anna L.]

B:

• 21 Oct 1866
• ohio

D:

• 13 Mar 1935
• Springfield, Ohio, US

Mary Ann Galligher [Mother of Anna L.]

B:

• Jan 1870
• Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, United States,

D:

• 1 May 1941

And unlike most of the other Figgins I will mention in this blog, I have yet to link this line to any of the main Feagin lines. Laura's grandfather Sylvester I Figgins is in limbo. He may be apart of the major lines - his birth place in 1822 is listed in more than 3 records as Virginia, USA, but he ends up in Ohio after age 20 yrs. These are both prime Feagin territory.

Another possibility is he or his Father changed the surname to Figgins, or he had immigrated to the South US from abroad with the Figgins surname.

I am unable to find further records of him besides census.

Sylvester I Figgins [Father of Joseph A Figgins]

B:

• abt 1822
• virginia

D:

• 1872
• Clifton, Greene, Ohio, United States

Married:

Lydia Margaret Whittington [Mother of Joseph A Figgins]

B:

• abt 1831
• Frederick, Virginia

D:

• 09 Oct 1897
• Greene, Ohio, US

First Post: Ancestry Tree Update 0

Here is how my tree on ancestry reflects my research today. I am currently a free member on ancestry.com my moniker is Onion_gal.

I started my tree mid-2010. I briefly had paid access, but for the majority of my research I do by hand, searching databases, newspaper archives etc.

I am really proud of my progress for some of the lines I have traced back from their genesis to present day generations.

There is something satisfying about finding all the connections in one line, it makes the story all the more interesting.

Some of my cousins are researching too, but more true to direct lines. My feeling is that you need to research as much as possible, this helps down the road when you come across a record that wouldn't fit unless you know more detailed info. Especially with Italian connections, relatives are more apt to have pictures or stories of your relative in relation to their direct relatives.

Even though there is restricted access for me as a free member, ancestry.com's newest changes make being a free member so much more interesting.

If you are a free member, certain records are free - like naturalization records, 1880 censuses, pictures or stories. In the past you had to go scrolling through multiple pages and click on each individual link in a tree, for those who had hints - not knowing if they had hints you could even attach that are free.

NO MORE! They now publish Hint Lists in your tree's recent activity page (Hint: find and bookmark this page for your tree and use it as your "command central") , mine is located here: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/17570021/recent, this is great! Now you can just click the "Picture List" hint link and add them to your tree at will. It makes researching that much easier!

So hopefully I can keep the momentum going on this blog as well as my research.