Tuesday, October 4, 2022

A Time to Regroup

 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:

Adam Piper Witter: my 3rd great-grandfather

Hannah Jane (Tice) Witter: Adam's wife, my 3rd great-grandmother 

Nancy Ellen (Shriver) Witter: my 2nd great-grandmother

Albert Crydler Huff: my 2nd great-grandfather

Rosa Edith (Murray) Huff: Albert's wife, my 2nd great-grandmother

The Russell Clark Project

These are ancestors of my Grandpa Russ:

Joel Clark: my 2nd great-grandfather


Sarah Jane (Bellamy) Clark: Joel's wife, my 2nd great-grandmother

James Thomas Reynolds: my 2nd great-grandfather

Mary Frances (May) Reynolds: James's wife, my 2nd great-grandmother

The Alberta Tuttle Project

These are ancestors of my Grandma Alberta:

Edmund Tuttle: my 3rd great-grandfather
Josephine Avena (Plumsted) Tuttle: Edmund's wife, my 3rd great-grandmother
Florence Mabel (Hart) Tuttle: my 2nd great-grandmother
Emil Carl Frey: my 2nd great-grandfather
Jacob Edward Opp: my 3rd great-grandfather
Mary Elizabeth (Palmer) Opp: Jacob's wife, my 3rd great-grandmother





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