my research

New Hampshire/Vermont

Dillis Strong (1833 - ca. 1877)

My 3rd great grandfather (paternal). I followed a whole slew of family trees on Ancestry.com and built this amazing lineage all before I really understood what it takes to prove parentage. Trying to undo my haste, I started from the furthest point (I must have made it all the way back to the 1600s in England) and connected the dots. All. the. way. down. to. Dillis. I was so close to proving this line is connected to me and then it stops cold. I have proof of my relationship to Dillis, but I can't prove Dillis' relationship to that fantastic lineage I'd already connected.

I put the cart before the horse.

And no matter how many public trees tell me William Caleb Strong is Dillis' father, until I can prove it or disprove it, I'm on the hunt. William Caleb Strong is one of my favorite people on my family tree, so I'm really hoping to find some sort of proof eventually.

Additionally, if Dillis Strong's mother IS NOT Gratia M. Burt, I lose connection to a Revolutionary War hero from Chester, Vermont.

Poor Dillis. So much riding on his parentage!

Benjamin Roe Quint (1740-1822)

Another from my paternal line. A descendant (Hattie) of Ben Quint married Dillis Strong (see above). But this Quint has many tales to tell. Record states he served on the Bon Homme Richard under John Paul Jones and lived to an old age with a big family in New Hampshire.

I'm on the hunt for his service record and rank in the Revolutionary War, for starters.

Chester and Andover, VT

I'm working on compiling Civil War data of soldiers from these small Vermont villages who fought at Falls Church, VA.

Norway/Massachusetts

Louis J Larsen (1889-1949)

I've got a TON of interesting information about my maternal great-grandfather. He came from Norway (according to a 1920 census) in 1910. Marriage records, check. Naturalization record, check. City directory listing, check. Census records, check.

What I am missing however, is his parents. They hail from Fredrikstadt, Norway and other than one tiny little nibble, I can't prove who they are.