From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Mar 12 22:07:17 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2D57Hjb009262; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:07:17 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2D57Cm0026031 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:07:12 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2D2amFI011460 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:36:48 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2D2amlT011459 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:36:48 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2D13sFI011258 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:03:55 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2D3Y98g024885 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:34:09 -0700 X-Envelope-From: adamss74@msn.com Sun Mar 12 20:34:09 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2D3Y8jb024874 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:34:08 -0700 Received: from hotmail.com (bay106-dav12.bay106.hotmail.com [65.54.161.84]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2D3Y5EE010532 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:34:05 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:34:00 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 207.224.118.9 by BAY106-DAV12.phx.gbl with DAV; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:33:57 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [207.224.118.9] X-Originating-Email: [adamss74@msn.com] X-Sender: adamss74@msn.com From: "SUE ADAMS" To: Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:33:56 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.10.0011.1703 Seal-Send-Time: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:33:56 -0800 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Mar 2006 03:34:00.0775 (UTC) FILETIME=[F7F04570:01C6464E] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] genealogy focus I want to work on my genealogy and am not sure where to start. I have several generations of ancestors listed on both my husband's side and mine, but not much documentation. Do I start on the "tail end" and push back farther or (starting with the line I'm most interested in) begin at the most recent and verify all information? If verifying, how many and what type of resources are sufficient? It seems overwhelming. We also have a major brick wall on my husband's side. His grandfather was Paul Adams, junior. He said he was a Romanian gypsy king from New York. He gave his birth date as March 22, 1886, but that conflicts with the marriage certificate. He married in 1915 in Utah, died in the 1918 influenza epidemic. We have some news clippings from various newspapers (no newspaper names, or dates) as he walked across America in 1912 on a dare/bet with the Washington Post paper. Family lore said he won the bet. He did not tell his wife much about his family, including his mother's maiden name. His mother was a midwife. I have a copy of both the marriage application and certificate, his death certificate, copies of the news clippings. Neither the marriage documents nor the death certificate give any information on his family. Comments written during his walk across America mention brothers who are Eagles, that he knew 4 languages and "could sing and dance quite handily." He sounds very colo! rful. I've checked some birth records in New York, some census records, but want to attack the problem more methodically. Any suggestions on specific New York sources, places for information on gypsies, or other hints would be greatly appreciated.