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OurNorthernRoots is compiled by Andrew Burdett. My wife, Rebecca, and I met and got married in Texas, 2011 and started our family in the Houston area. Becky came to Texas about 1998 from Philadelphia. Andrew settled in Texas from Livingston County, New York in 2002 with his first wife, Danielle, and son, Drew. Becky and Andrew relocated to Avon, Indiana in December 2015. We hope you enjoy learning about your family as much I have had researching it the past 40 years --- there is ALWAYS more to find… please don’t assume everything here is all we know. Knowing where you came from may help you relate to where you are going.
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With recent innovations in genealogy research such as digitized historical newspapers, DNA testing and artificial intelligence (AI), genealogy research and complying has become ‘easier.’ However, with every clue or link, always use caution – the internet is full of errors. Like all internet sources, including OurNorthernRoots, use it only as a guide for one’s own research. We welcome any additions or corrections, photos, documents, and other sources. Thanks to all that has contributed to making OurNorthernRoots as accurate and complete as possible.
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ANCESTRY.COM CAUTION: Another great place for primary sources - HOWEVER, when using their 'leaf' hints - PLEASE remember those are ONLY suggestions and NOT facts. Since the 'leaf' hints began I have been seeing too many more inaccurate family trees published on Ancestry.com. Once one person accepts this tainted data, it multiplies exponentially through others. Accepting all 'leaves' regardless of fact clouds the real clues that your research has brought to the genealogy community through family legend, stories, notes from grandma, etc.. Please research before accepting a 'leaf' and with all hints, clues, stories, legends, notes, always try to DISPROVE it first before you consider accepting as possible fact. There is an INGORE button on those hints for a reason.
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Dr William Stewart (1816-1898)
Canisteo(NY) Pioneer, cleared and built a log cabin there in 1836, raised a family of nine with his wife, Susan Ford, of Howard(NY). A member of the Baptist church in Howard, practiced medicine for 40 years.
William Dugan (1831-1889)
An Irish immigrant to NYC around 1850 and Civil War veteran of the 37th NY, wounded at Fair Oaks. After the war moved his family to the maze of rowhouses near Pittsburgh, PA and worked as a laborer.
Cpl Ezekiel Sanford (1744-1833)
French and Indian War veteran and Connecticut Revolutionary War Soldier at Valley Forge PA, battles of Germantown and Monmouth (NJ), wounded in battle and pioneer farmer in central and western New York.
Séraphine St.Laurent (1841-1945)
French-Canadian mother of 14 children (13 that lived to adulthood), wife of a farmer/cultivator. Travelled between children in Fall River(Mass) and those in Quebec in her later years.