Hello, cousins!
After the publication of the Callin Family History and John H. Callin's War Poems this spring, I decided to give myself a break from project-focused research. I've still been active, as you can see by my WikiTree edit history, but rather than pushing to reach an end goal, I've been tugging stray threads and exploring rabbit holes.
Now I'd like to refocus and figure out which branches of my tree need the most attention, and which branches you are all most interested in.
To help with that, I made a list of each ancestor in my tree that represents a "peak" in my research - they aren't necessarily "brick walls," but they are as far back as I've gone using a thorough, evidence-based approach. My goal for each name in this list is to identify that person's parents and siblings and document them as thoroughly as possible with records, obituaries, and whatever stories or artifacts may have been passed down.
I've grouped them based on which of my four grandparents' lines of ancestry they fall into, so if you already know who our common ancestor is, that should help you figure out which Project you will be most interested in. Then, I give the link to that individual's WikiTree profile, and to their page in my publicly-available Ancestry tree.
If you'd like to jump in and help, or if you just have questions, you can use the contact form on the right side of this page to let me know. I'd love to hear from you!
The Robert Callin Project
These are ancestors of my Grandpa Bob:
Elizabeth (Berlin) Callin: my 3rd great-grandmother
William Walker: my 3rd great-grandfather
Lydia (Bowen) Walker: William's wife, my 3rd great-grandmother
Solomon Bollman: my 4th great-grandfather
Eleanor (Waters) Bollman: my 4th great-grandmother
Thomas B Hale: my 3rd great-grandfather
The Nancy Witter Project
These are ancestors of my Grandma Nancy:
The Russell Clark Project
These are ancestors of my Grandpa Russ:
Joel Clark: my 2nd great-grandfather
The Alberta Tuttle Project
These are ancestors of my Grandma Alberta:
