Ancestry/Genealogy

I think I've gotten what I can from Ancestry for now until some new index comes out, but that's a great tip.

My Gr. Grandpa was born in Chatham / Kent County, Ontario ..... actually, they lived very close to the family of Rev. Josiah Henson. He married and moved to Manitoba, where his wife died of typhoid fever leaving five children. He was very poor and couldn't keep them, so left them all with his wife's relatives and returned back to Ontario, then on to Michigan, where records show he'd previously worked as a day-labourer numerous times. My family would never talk about him, they always thought he'd just abandoned the kids and skipped off to marry his first sweetie in Michigan, but census records here show he stayed for nearly three years in Manitoba before leaving. I found out the only 'proof' he supposedly immediately abandoned his family was from an aunt not many years ago who'd just assumed it and passed it on. Kind of a sad legacy for him.

Yes, there are always more questions. I had to stop completely for a while because I wanted to know everything. It's addicting!