I am trying to find my 3rd great grandfather's parents. I posted some info on a family search group

jakebarrettbarnard1

I am trying to find my 3rd great grandfather's parents. I posted some info on a family search group and a man named Phil Dunn told me to check with you all for help. See the link below and things will make more sense.

 

https://community.familysearch.org/s/question/0D73A00000BbAU4/who-out-there-is-up-for-a-challenge-ive-been-at-this-for-almost-a-decade-and-have-not-found-what-i-am-looking-for-any-help-would-be-much-appreciated-i-am-trying-to-find-the-parents-of-my-3rd-great-grandfather-see-info-below?language=en_US&s1oid=00D30000001b00H&s1nid=0DB30000000TNLA&emkind=chatterCommentNotification&emvtk=u4N2D3rXbpOoiclLXAQDbr.8UWfcpvb7kRR87GU423I%3D&s1uid=0053A00000DwW5V&emtm=1590013819370&fromEmail=1&s1ext=0

Glenn R Whicker

Hi - I did my best to answer you on the other group. Any breakthroughs yet?

jakebarrettbarnard1

Not yet. I don't have any good leads right now. Thanks for following up.

jakebarrettbarnard1

I just wanted to give an update on the search for the parents of my 3rd great grandfather George Barnard. I have seen some miracles.

 

I went through my DNA matches one by one on Ancestry and found a match with a DNA tree showing Caroline Barnard born 1819 in New York. Based on my research, my ancestor George Barnard was born around 1816-1817 either in New York or on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. So I decided to do more research about this Caroline to see if she was possibly a cousin or sister of George.

 

I found that in one census she reported her parents being from England, which is what George reported in the Census. Then, I found her (with her married name) living literally a few doors down from George in Warren County, Illinois in the 1860 US Census. At that point I was almost positive they were brother and sister.

 

I contacted the DNA match. He had a marriage record he sent me saying that Caroline Barnard was an orphan. He also had an obituary of Caroline stating that she had 1 living brother named George living in Sydney, Iowa. That is when I knew for sure that they were brother and sister. Pretty neat experience.

 

My guess is that George was an orphan like his sister. I am finding that orphan records that far back are pretty non existent. I will not give up though.

 

I asked the DNA match to upload his DNA onto GEDmatch, which he did. I did a DNA triangulation and found one person that matched both of us. She is researching her lines to see where she connects with me.

 

Just thought I would give an update. If anybody can think of anything else to help me, I would appreciate it. Thanks everybody for your help.

 

Jake