{"id":17371,"date":"2016-10-14T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=17371"},"modified":"2016-11-10T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:27:14","slug":"genealogy-tip-always-dig-deeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/genealogy-tip-always-dig-deeper.html","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Tip: Always Dig Deeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you find an article about your ancestor, dig deeper \u2013 in GenealogyBank each clue can lead you to more details, filling in the stories of your family and saving you valuable research time.<\/p>\n

For example, look at this recent obituary of Madilene Marie (Carson) Reeves (1924-2007).<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com, Bonner County Daily Bee (Sandpoint, Idaho), 2 May 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This obituary gives her name, date and place of birth; parents\u2019 names; details on her first marriage; and her marriage to Wilford D. Reeves.<\/p>\n

It adds that she sometimes traveled \u201cin a covered wagon\u201d when her family moved \u201cfrom place to place.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it states that \u201cshe was buried next to her husband Wilford\u201d in Fort Bidwell, California.<\/p>\n

Looking deeper in GenealogyBank.com for more information on the Fort Bidwell Cemetery in Fort Bidwell, California, I quickly found a map of the layout of the cemetery when it was first proposed by the federal government in 1912.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com, Cemetery at Fort Bidwell, California, August 10, 1912<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notice on the map that there are different sections for civilian burials, military burials and Native American burials, as well as burial sections for the International Order of Odd Fellows and for the Masons.<\/p>\n

Knowing in which section of the cemetery she is likely buried could save you a lot of time walking the rows and rows of stones in trying to find her grave.<\/p>\n

Her obituary says that she married Wilford D. Reeves in 1946 and that \u201cthey were married for 48 years.\u201d That would mean that he died in about 1994.<\/p>\n

Checking again in GenealogyBank.com I found his SSDI death record that confirms that he did die in 1994.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com, Social Security Death Index<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since I know that they were both buried in the Fort Bidwell Cemetery, I next checked Find-a-Grave and did find him listed \u2013 but not her. His record did not include a photo of his grave, but it does apparently have a transcription error that shows him passing away in 1984 instead of 1994.<\/p>\n

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Source: Find-a-Grave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll have to keep researching to resolve this discrepancy.<\/p>\n

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