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Question:I need to find the parents and birthdate of Betsy A Woolard. I know who she was married too and that info is in the last listing of this link:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/f...

The two on top are Elisabeth A. G. Woolard and seems to have a very close birthdate to Betsy. How can I tell if it is the same person?

Can someone look and tell me what you think?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I need to find the parents and birthdate of Betsy A Woolard. I know who she was married too and that info is in the last listing of this link:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/f...

The two on top are Elisabeth A. G. Woolard and seems to have a very close birthdate to Betsy. How can I tell if it is the same person?

Can someone look and tell me what you think?

www.ancestry.com
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Elizabeth A. G. Woolard
Home in 1880: Charleston, Hopkins, Kentucky
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Name: Polly
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: At Home
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
William Woolard-- 49
Polly Woolard-- 49
Nancy H Woolard-- 15
Elizabeth A. G. Woolard --11
Sarah Grysam-- 71

www.familysearch.org
Elizabeth A. G. WOOLARD
Birth Year <1869>
Birthplace KY
Age 11
Occupation At Home
Marital Status S <Single>
Race W <White>
Head of Household William WOOLARD
Relation Dau <Daughter>
Father's Birthplace MO
Mother's Birthplace TN
Census Place Charleston, Hopkins, Kentucky

www.ancestry.com--father of Elizabeth A G:
Name: William Woolard
Home in 1880: Charleston, Hopkins, Kentucky
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Polly
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name-- Age
William Woolard-- 49
Polly Woolard --49
Nancy H Woolard-- 15
Elizabeth A. G. Woolard --11
Sarah Grysam-- 71

1880 United States Federal Census --Grandmother
Name: Sarah Grysam
Home in 1880: Charleston, Hopkins, Kentucky
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of Household: Mother-in-law
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: No Occupation
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female

(I found the census listing for her parents and grandmother. Rootsweb.com had listings for William, but his spouse's name didn't match or she wasn't listed. Neither was her mother. William was listed on www.familysearch.org, but the birth year/location didn't match; and neither Polly nor her mother were listed here. I think Polly is a nickname, but I don't know for what other name)

www.familysearch.org--marriage info
James S Beshear
Birth: 09 SEP 1865 , , Kentucky
Death: 13 MAR 1939
Married: 09 DEC 1885 , Hopkins, Kentucky to
Betsy A Woolard

Children:
. Otley Beshear
Birth: About 1890 Of, , , Kentucky

I did go to the site...but typed in Elizabeth (not Betsy)...and came up with entirely too many...since you did not list approximate dob...or country. Try adding those to your query, one of us might be able to assist you. Also, list (if you will) her husband's name, as you stated you knew that also.

Family trees submitted to familysearch.org vary widely in their accuracy. Some submitters researched their trees thoroughly with documented original (or near-original extracted) sources -- however, other submitters did NOT. Trees have not been checked by anyone to "validate" them. Familysearch.org even has a "disclaimer": "The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to verify its accuracy."

Therefore, you can't consider the trees as true, until you back up whatever you find with documents -- birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates, wills, land records, etc. etc.

If two entries have similar birthdates on familysearch.org, there is no way to choose one or the other without checking the sources for YOUR specific ancestor.

The trees can provide nice clues and can link you up with cousins who are researching the same lines, but that's about it.

generally Betsy is an older style nicknam for Elizabeth.