Unique Places to Find Free New Jersey Genealogy Records

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 ~ karynfamilytree ~ Leave a comment

Besides the records you can find within paid sites like Ancestry.com, or MyHeritage.com, or free sites like FamilySearch.org, , there are additional places to find information on your early ancestors from New Jersey - for free! In this example, I'm trying to find Dr. William Kimble. He should be in New Jersey by 1750 and … Continue reading Unique Places to Find Free New Jersey Genealogy Records

Spargo in America: the First Generations

December 5, 2023December 6, 2023 ~ karynfamilytree ~ Leave a comment

One of the joys of genealogy is a large family with just a small number of immigrants coming to America. The Spargo family is such a family -- with Spargo baptisms, marriages and deaths going back to the 1600s in Cornwall and there are hundreds of Spargo families in England today. In America...not quite so … Continue reading Spargo in America: the First Generations

Finding the Parents of Elizabeth Walker Allen

March 17, 2021March 29, 2021 ~ karynfamilytree ~ Leave a comment

My Walker and Allen families in Baltimore, Maryland have been a mystery to everyone. Isaac Allen and Elizabeth Walker marry on December 31, 1834 in the First Methodist Church in Baltimore (aka "Lovely Lane Church.") They are my third great-grandparents. I did find the parents of Isaac Allen eventually, and I'll write more about him … Continue reading Finding the Parents of Elizabeth Walker Allen