A mapped reconstruction of Duncan Campbell and John Duke Campbell's landholdings in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, tracing settlement, inheritance, and family land transfers from the early nineteenth century into the later Canada West period.
Research question
How did Campbell landholding in Beckwith Township cluster across grants, purchases, inheritance, and later sales?
Current conclusion
The mapped reconstruction shows the Campbell family's settlement pattern in Beckwith Township and ties the visual map back to land records.
A research article tracing Joseph Davis of Garrynew back to Moneylawn through Registry of Deeds memorials, lease assignments, FAN-club evidence, and the problem of three William Davises.
Research question
Can Joseph Davis of Garrynew be traced back to the Davis family at Moneylawn before 1824?
Current conclusion
Registry of Deeds memorials connect Joseph and William Davis from Moneylawn to Garrynew, while the exact earlier Davis structure remains carefully reconstructed.
Proof summary for the conclusion that Rachel Falls, wife of Robert Ferguson of Lincoln County, North Carolina, and Rhea County, Tennessee, was a daughter of James Falls and his unknown first wife.
Research question
Who were the parents of Rachel Falls, wife of Robert Ferguson?
Current conclusion
Indirect evidence supports Rachel Falls as a daughter of James Falls and his unknown first wife, while her mother remains unidentified.
A proof summary using documentary evidence, negative evidence, conflict resolution, and DNA evidence to identify Mildred Elizabeth Tabor's parents as Sadie/Sarah Simmons and Isidor Waldman Teschner.
Research question
Who were the parents of Mildred Elizabeth Tabor?
Current conclusion
Documentary evidence, negative evidence, conflict resolution, and DNA evidence prove Mildred's parents as Sadie/Sarah Simmons and Isidor Waldman Teschner.
Research summary for the argument that William Simson of Simpson's Choice was likely the elder Kent County ancestor connected to the 1699 bound-out William Simpson.
Research question
Who was William Simson of Kent County, Delaware, and how does he connect to the later Mispillion Hundred Simpson family?
Current conclusion
The best-supported reconstruction places the elder William Simson in the Kent County land and labor network that produced the later William Simpson line.
