Delores McWin

SatinJewel

There is no clear record for her parentage. She often changed her name. Look up Dolores Freeland McWin Quinn. Born 1899 in South Carolina, mothers name is Nettie. She also went by Spanola. There are no Spanola DNA matches. Her records show a historical name change. Through DNA matches, I've found Kelly, Bailey, Rigley, Love, O'Connor, Mesker. I was told she went by Mack, that the family lived in Virginia. She had five daughters, and an Uncle Eddie, either her half brother or by marriage. Any help on this frustrating brick wall would help. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/MGPG-1RH

1ByrdLady

Hi Jewell,. Did you check Dolores Freeman's death record? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRH-8DN9

Open the image and review the information. DNA is a tool to be used after you follow the information, sources, records; in other words follow the paper trail first.

Clean up her relationships. Merge her husband's duplicates. Look at both of the Alfred Matthew Quinn's sources before you merge. Once you learn to read the images, when they are available, you will find clues that will guide you to your correct ancestors.

Good luck!

MNuttall

@1ByrdLady gives you some good advice. Further, you might want to enter all your ancestor's alternate names in Other Information. That way the system algorithms will include those various names in any future hinting functions. Family Tree conducts these searches automatically. In fact, since we are always adding new historical records to FamilySearch, our hinting system is always looking for new record hints about your ancestors.

This knowledge article might be useful:

Ancestor with changed name in Family Tree • FamilySearch

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-enter-my-ancestors-name-if-it-changed?articleVariant=public

Enter the birth name under Vitals. Enter other names in Other Information. Legal name changes are an exception.

Wishing you success!