Tag: EHTM
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Tracing Eliza: From Harris Neck to New York
Part III: Movement, Constraint, and Adaptation Finding Eliza Huguenin Thomas Magill in the Record In this third part of my second great-aunt Eliza Huguenin Thomas Magill’s life, I return to a question that has followed me through every document and every attempt to piece her together: how do I find her within the record that… Read more
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What the Record Keeps: Following Eliza Huguenin Thomas Magill
The Names That Return In my previous post on “Cousin Rosa,” I introduced her as the daughter of Eliza Huguenin Thomas and John W. Magill. As I have noted in earlier writings, tracing female ancestors often requires the application of different guideposts than those typically employed for men. It is precisely this challenge that made… Read more
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Unraveling Cousin Rosa: A Genealogical Puzzle
Tracing family history often feels like assembling a puzzle with missing pieces—and sometimes a few pieces seem to belong to an entirely different puzzle set. One of the most elusive figures in my ancestral search is Eliza Huguenin Thomas Magill, the eldest sister of my second great-grandfather, Edward Jonathan Thomas. Like her sister, Mary Jane… Read more
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Follow the Women
Where I started over two years ago in genealogy research and where I am now are two very different places. My skill set for this work has steadily progressed. Still, I catch myself in frustration when I try to locate evidence of my female ancestors. When I spent a month in August of 2024 in… Read more