Ellen Cornelia Moore
James Jackson Johns
The first part of the Johns family that I am going to start looking at this fall is James Jackson Johns and his wife, Ellender Cornelia Moore. Ellen was born on October 13, 1839 in Coweta County, Georgia. Coweta County was formed in 1826 from lands originally belonging to the Creek Nation, relinquished to the US government as a part of the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs.
William Jackson Johns, 2nd Great Grandfather
I’ve been focused on my father’s side of the family. There was a lot of great information about my father’s side in Brooklyn. However, they make their earliest appearance in the mid-1840s to mid-1850s. They immigrated to the United States during that period of time, and since they don’t exist in the records much prior to 1855, I figured it was time to turn to my mom’s side of the family.
My mother is from the South – her family has roots in Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia… and way back when in Pennsylvania (who would have thought!).
A sample indexing project from FamilySearch.org is the Wisconsin – County Marriages, 1838-1907
I’ve started to volunteer to help with the Indexing project at FamilySearch.org. In order to volunteer you have to download their free software program. The program is an easy to use tool that coordinates the indexing projects and lets you download batches of documents to your computer for indexing.
I have to admit, the process is a little addictive. I think in my first week, I’ve spent more than 4 hours indexing, adding 249 names and earning 349 points. FamilySearch uses points earned to figure out your proficiency at indexing and make more complicated projects available to you. When you are starting out as a newbie, you are shown easier projects for your preferred batches. As you gain points, more complicated batches will become available to you.