1757 map showing the location of Lewes on the Delaware Bay. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.1 Lewes (pronounced loo’-is), Delaware, is situated on the Delaware Bay at the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean. Today, it is a picturesque beach town located just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Tourists and locals alike flock to the area to enjoy the calm waters of the Delaware Bay or the more turbulent surf of the Atlantic Ocean, accessible through Cape Henlopen State … [Read more...]
Searching for Sarah: Strategies for Researching Female Ancestors
Legacy Tree Genealogists' Geneil Breeze specializes in finding unknown ancestors. In this article, we discover some tips for identifying women in historical records by learning how cultural differences worldwide affect names and naming practices. There she was, listed as head of household on the 1850 Census for Greene County, Missouri: Sarah Singletary, age 49, my third-great-grandmother. She lived at a time when women typically were not heads of households. As a presumed single woman in the … [Read more...]