James:
You are likely correct about the Wilhelm/Williams connection. My
Prussian great-great grandfather was Wilhelm RANDANT. He was naturalized
as William RANDANT.
But I am a counterfeit WILLIAMS. My grandfather was adopted or "taken
in" by his mother's brother-in-law, Paul WILLIAMS, and he adopted the
surname. Family tradition has his birth name as PIERCE, but no
documented evidence.
I was mightily surprised to find that my gggg-grandfather sojourned in
Wilson County TN for several years until 1815 when he moved to Orange
County, IN. He was Lewis ALLEN. When I moved here in 1999 I knew of no
connection.
Myron E. Williams
Crossville, TN
James Wilkinson wrote:
Hi all, if person was from the Westport, Decatur Co., IN area, the
local
funeral home may have a National Funeral Home ledger with this data.
I got copies from the Bass and Gasper Funeral Home (Westport) of my
gggrreat grandparents and ggreat grandparents that show just about
everything most are looking for, including cause of death and burial
location. It also had cost and payments made on funeral. They took hay
and other farm raised barter for some of these ancestors payment!
I had searched every where for these ancestors death certificate and burial
location, and with the funeral home owner, I found all. This data from a
11 X 14 ledger book that was over 100 years old, so it was amazing that it
was still available. I found all this by asking about cemetery location
for another group of ancestors that I knew where they were buried. They
asked if I had others in the area, and now I have located four distinct
ancestral families buried in Decatur Co, so this was like opening a
treasure map.
Not sure if much help in your case but Good Luck KatsGenes(a)aol.com!
For Myron,
I have Williams ancestors here in West Tennessee too! My dad's mothers
side. They were from Germany in the 1850's, and we think Williams was the
Americanized version of "Wilhelms" as we are not finding Williams in
Germany. It has been noted that most immigration officers were not well
educated, thus spelling changes were their spellings. The immigrants
didn't object as they thought this was the English language spelling or
were not able to read or write their names either.
JAMES WILKINSON
JOHN 3:16, THE HOLY BIBLE
> [Original Message]
> From: Myron E. Williams <myronwms(a)charter.net>
> To: <indecatu(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: 4/16/2007 1:11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [INDECATU] ? re: Death Cert Received from Decatur Cty
>
> I expect the FHC microfilm will be an image of the record book pages.
> That will NOT be the transcription you received. But it may very well be
> of the same record. It is very likely the original was discarded a
> century ago. The official record is probably all that survives.
>
> I found a similar situation with the marriage record of my wife's great
> grandmother. The clerk's copy in very legible form was excellent, but
> provided no new information. Nothing of parents.which I was especially
> wanting. And the bride and groom's signatures were merely the clerk's
> transcriptions.
>
> Myron E. Williams
> Crossville, TN
>
>
> KatsGenes(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> But would the Family History Center just have the same record I was
>>
given?
>> Who would have the original? Some building in Indianapolis?
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your help on this subject.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Given book and page you have all you need to get microfilm of the
>>
record
>> through the Family History Centers. My experience at the Decatur
>>
Courthouse
>> has also been very good. There is a very good chance the info you seek
>>
is not
>> included in the book. You should know that the books are NOT originals.
>>
They
>> are the County Clerk's transcriptions. They are the OFFICIAL records,
>>
but not
>> the original.
>>
>> Myron E. Williams
>> Crossville, TN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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