This is how his record appeared in the family tree on FamilySearch.<\/p>\n As you can see from the image above, I have William\u2019s birth and death dates, as well as his place of birth, but no place of death or burial \u2013 so I decided to search GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> to see if I could fill in those missing pieces of information. I knew that my Brundage line lived in both Westchester County, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut. \u201cStanwich\u201d is a neighborhood in Greenwich. Greenwich, Connecticut, and Westchester County, New York, share a common border.<\/p>\n I started by searching for the last name \u201cBrundage\u201d with the keyword \u201cWestchester.\u201d<\/p>\n The second search hit result was a newspaper notice from May 1856 that mentioned William Brundage:<\/p>\n \u201cPursuant to an order of Lewis C. Platt, Surrogate of the County of Westchester, notice is hereby given, according to law, to all persons having claims against the estate of WILLIAM BRUNDAGE, late of the town of North Castle, in said county, deceased, to present the same with the vouchers thereof, to the undersigned, Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, at his place of residence, in the town of North Castle, on or before the 3d Monday of April, A.D. 1856.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I wanted to be sure this newspaper article was referring to the right William Brundage, so I referred back to my family tree. It says that his father, David Brundage (1768-1839) was born in the Stanwich section of Greenwich, Connecticut, and that he died in North Castle, New York.<\/p>\n After noting William\u2019s father\u2019s place of death, I notice a final detail that builds my confidence that this newspaper notice does refer to the correct William Brundage. The article names Harrison Brundage as the administrator of William\u2019s estate, and a quick scan of William\u2019s listed siblings in FamilySearch confirms that Harrison Brundage (1811-1891) was William\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n Digging deeper, I found them all listed in the 1850 census.<\/p>\n William Brundage (1802-1853) (see line #21) and his mother Elizabeth (Lockwood) Brundage (1772-1857) (see line #22) were both living with his brother Harrison Brundage (1811-1891), the head of the household and his family (see lines #14-19) at their home in North Castle, New York. By 1850 the father David Brundage (1768-1839) had already died.<\/p>\n Now that I have the published newspaper notice of the probate of William\u2019s estate in North Castle that states he was \u201clate of the town of North Castle, in said county, deceased\u201d; the listing of Harrison Brundage, likely his brother, as the administrator of his estate; and the 1850 census record showing them living together as one household just three years before his death \u2013 I can confidently fill in the missing information in my family tree.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/photo-0428-2017-familysearch-william-brundage.png\")
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\u201cUnited States Census, 1850,\u201d database with images, FamilySearch (https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:S3HY-63N9-5VC?cc=1401638&wc=95RX-829%3A1031313801%2C1031691901%2C1031700301 : 9 April 2016), New York > Westchester > image 18 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n