----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Vanderbrouk" <rpckvv@swbell.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [CRV] How do you know he's your John Dwight? > Marilyn, > You need to work your ancestry from the present backwards. Without doing > so, it will be almost impossible to determine if you are descended from the > Dwights of Watertown. Her Nathaniel DWIGHT was the GS of John DWIGHT of Watertown and Dedham. Yrs aye, Warren Wetmore > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn O'Leary <olear15@attglobal.net> > To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:39 PM > Subject: [CRV] How do you know he's your John Dwight? > > > > Warren and Cynthia, > > > > I guess this is a question of how to do accurate research. Since my > > husband's line has Dwights (Nathaniel Dwight and Mehitable Partridge > > line), the Dwight name in Watertown also caught my eye. However, since > > I'd no known connection there, I let it pass. > > > > My question is - if you don't know that your ancestor lived there and > > you only have a name and no additional info to connect to - how can you > > assure that this is your John Dwight and not another one? Could you give > > me some of your mental play which would have brought you to that > > conclusion? Why could this not be another John Dwight? > > > > Sorry if this sounds amaturish, but this has puzzled me and I'm still > > relatively new at this researching. > > > > Marilyn in MI > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River > Valley or other mailing list > > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [large genealogy library in Indiana] > > > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Conn River area) > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > List your sources when giving information > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gen.Library) > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [Allen county library] > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng His.Genealogical Society] > List owner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >