A mystery waiting to be solved

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can anyone identify this mystery family - represented on this sampler/family regisiter/art

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/110878678?cid=mem_copy

(be sure and read the notes under the item)

JulieKlar

Not enough information is provided. Where was the sampler found?

Dennis J Yancey

with various people on Community looking into it - I think there is enough information that a persistent person among various could indeed solve the mystery.

Names that start with O are much much less common then other names - and exact birth dates are given

I believe this is an American creation. or possibly British. Technically I dont think it is a sampler - but is similar enough that it would often be categorized with samplers.

I have had similar items that people were able to find the corresponding family.

I believe that the information provided - is enough that with a persistent and consistent search - the family could be identified.

Dennis J Yancey

Here is an example of another sampler with even less information - that some work and a little luck were able to solve the mystery of.

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/98203068?cid=mem_copy

Dennis J Yancey

check out this video - for a nice collection of Samplers with genealogical info.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/33ncXMgO4lU

Dennis J Yancey

Here are various other samplers our team members have been able to identify

with hard work, persistence, ingenuity, and probably a little help from the "other side of the veil".

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/129089393?cid=mem_copy

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/134522430?cid=mem_copy

and another one we are still working on

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/136103288?cid=mem_copy

MaureenE123

Just a comment about the source URLs you quote for the individual memories. As links like this are likely to disappear at some point, I would be archiving (if possible) the link in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, perhaps providing that archived link on the memory

https://archive.org/web/web.php#forum (however not all links will archive)

Dennis J Yancey

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/521765#Comment_521765

I place the url as a comment - because the #1 question people have is "where did this come from?"

as to urls going away - I 100% agree - which is why whenever I find important information on a web page - I am sure to extract what I think is important and include in my research notes - so I will have what I value - even if the url goes dark.

Internet Archive is a great resource I use often - rarely do I ever have to "feed it a url" - as it has already processed most of them - and the ones it doesnt - are usually not done for a legit reason.

Dennis J Yancey

I thought this record we would never be able to person/family Tag

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/136103288?cid=mem_copy

but miraculously the team member was able to read enough of the sampler text to find the family in FamilySearch.

another example of help from beyond the veil.

I wonder how many of you have stories or anecdotes of how you feel you have been guided in your research.