Curious: Week 4 topic from 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (by Amy Johnson Crow)

 I think if you are a family historian or genealogist, you are naturally curious and, more than likely, your curiosity is never satisfied.  One found bit of information leads to another. One fact leads to needing to know about another fact. And on and on. 

In my research, I have a page that has a T chart down the entire page with headings: 

What I Know: | What I Want to Know:

I've used this chart over the past 25+ years and have kept most of them for that long.  As I started researching, I wrote down all of the facts I had, and what I needed to find out to answer questions or make connections.  I often wrote on my chart of curiosities as I found new information that prompted new questions.  It is really interesting and satisfying to see what I wrote about not knowing years ago just starting out, and the list of information found over time.  Genealogy is a slow but rewarding process that is as much or as little as you make it. 

Here is my Lloyd Family T chart, updated for 2022:

My great grandfather's name is H. Frazier -- What does that H mean??  Why is it there?

We have the ""Dear Jammy" letter that tells us how John Lloyd came to America after his wife and child both died.  Others have a case for John that claims he was sentenced to 14 years and transported. ------Why did John Lloyd come to America?  Was he truly indentured for stealing the ring and tools? or was it   something else that brought him to America?   Where was he prior to his marriage to Prudence?                 

The Lloyds lived in historical settings like the Shenandoah Valley, Baltimore, Henry, Pittsylvania and Orange Co. Virginia. One source says a relative sold land to G. Washington. --------------------------------Did our Lloyds cross paths with George Washington?  or any other Patriots?                                                  

We have some records from the Revolutionary War -- Can we establish verification to apply for the DAR? 

These are just a few things I am curious about right now.  I am ready to soak into the Revolutionary times and understand how my Lloyd family interacted, lived, worked, and survived during that time.  My dear 3rd Lloyd cousin helped me, and motivated me, to apply to the DAR under another relative on my Lloyd branch - Govin Gordon.  I do not know much about him either, other than the documentation that he is my ancestor and he served in the Revolution, but I am going to be making my chart of curiosities on him and the Gordon family in 2022 as well!  

God Bless America!

Laura

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