A very sad cause of death. "It was determined on March 8, 1670, in Plymouth, that one Thomas Lucase died "hee being very ancient and decriped in his limbs and it being very cold and having drunk some drink, gott a violent fall into a ditch in a very dangerous place and could not recover himself but bruised his body and lying all night in the cold, soe he came to his end." (Checked FindAGrave but did not find dear old Thomas Lucase.)
True story: Looking for hubby's ancestor in 1880, Anderson County, Texas, I typed in his name Charles Phillips. Result? Nada. Why? The enumerator wrote Charlie Phillips! Just a couple of letters can make a huge difference.
Remember to consider state censuses, especially for these states: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. These states' censuses offer detailed information not found in the federal censuses. All are available via FamilySearch and Ancestry. (Donna: to add this bit, I thought to check a "known fact" that one state census asked folks' religion. I was wrong; not a one did.)
Interesting language, English. If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? A house burns up as it burns down. We drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. English is a crazy language for sure.
California Great Registers: These are a fascinating help to find California ancestors after the loss of the 1890 census and before the 1906 earthquake. The growth of the state's population after the gold rush in 1848 precipitated voter registration. The Great Registers of Voters was created by law on 19 March 1866. Each county was to keep a detailed list of their registered voters. These registers exist for the 50 counties that comprised California in 1872. Look for them on FamilySearch.
The Hessians are coming! The Hessians were German troops from the Hesse-Kassel in Germany who fought in the American Revolution. The British lacked enough trained soldiers so turned for assistance to the head of Hesse-Kessel whose first wife was the daughter of King George II. The soldiers totaled about 29,000 and approximately only 1700 returned to Germany after the war. Do you trace your line back to a Hessian soldier?
What is Pre-History? According to a documentary on the History Channel, anything that happened before the invention of writing is called pre-history, or prehistoric. Anything that happened after the invention of writing is called history." Would you agree?
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