> I'm sorry, but these are much earlier records than the date you give, > and it would be fairly useless for me to send a lot of Jones info of 100 > years before this family. (As a Jones and Smith researcher myself, I know > how hard they are, so if I might suggest something that worked for > me)....... > My Smith family had children with very distinctive names; Alexander > McDonald Smith and Andrew Finley Smith were 2 of them, but all if knew of > where the parents had been born was on later census that said PA. So, where > to start looking for Smiths in PA? Pretty hopeless.......later I got > thinking about those children's names and decided that they might well have > been named for 2 actual men, Alexander McDonald and Andrew Finley....my > theory was that if I could find these men I'd find Joseph Smith and family. > And, it worked out just this way; through research I found Alexander and > Andrew in a church, in York co, Pa, and the Smiths were in the same > congregation. So, it's worth a try for you to search for a Ferguson > MacDonald....these folks all appear to have been Scottish, as were my > Smiths, and The British had specific naming patterns you might want to > consider, too; > > First Daughter was named after the Mother's Mother. Second Daughter was > named after the Mother's Father's Mother. Third Daughter was named after the > Mother. Fourth Daughter was named after the Mother's oldest Sister. First > Son was named after the Father's Father. Second Son was named after the > Mother's Mother. Third Son was named after the Father. Fourth Son was named > after the Father's oldest Brother. (my Smiths named daughters for > grandmothers, Susannah Beatty Smith and Eleanor Baxter Smith. However, they > didn't use the brothers and sisters but named the later sons for apparent > friends Alexander and Andrew, elders in the church.) > As you are at a dead end these, at least, are some possible avenues to > explore. > > Sandra > > From: <SandyDunes@aol.com> > To: <ferg@intelos.net> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:00 AM > Subject: Re: [VANORTHU-L] lookups > > > Sandr, :) I am looking for Ferguson McDonald Jones who ended up in > Crawford County, MO and had a son named John William Jones b. 1872. Do you > have any Joneses that you know of?? I am grasping at straws. John was > orphaned > young:( thanks, Juanita Johnson > > >