Open Question
Identify Jonathan J. Anderson's parents and origins
- Leading evidence
- Do not continue beyond Jonathan without original records.
- Research needed
- Additional source review
Research
Questions still being investigated.
Research pages show open historical questions, evidence targets, and unresolved conflicts without turning working leads into family-tree conclusions.
Open Questions
The next records to find.
Open Question
Locate Charles Dudley Person's Civil War pension file
- Leading evidence
- No pension file has been imported yet.
- Research needed
- Full pension file from Fold3 or NARA for Charles D. Person, Company G, 23rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
Open Question
Identify Edward Anderson's parents
- Leading evidence
- Do not accept Jonathan as proven without original records.
- Research needed
- Obituaries and death/cemetery records for Fay Glen, Fern/Ferne, Floyd, Donald J., and Ben Anderson.
Open Question
Investigate whether Irvin Schick enlisted underage
- Leading evidence
- This remains family recollection only.
- Research needed
- Additional source review
Open Question
Identify Irvin Schick's WWII unit/service number
- Leading evidence
- Known obituary/family material points to Coast Artillery, San Francisco, and later Philippines service, but service record proof is needed.
- Research needed
- Enlistment record, serial number, WD AGO 53-55, morning reports, unit rosters, Coast Artillery/Philippines assignment records.
Open Question
Identify Elizabeth Frohm's parents and colony
- Leading evidence
- No accepted conclusion yet.
- Research needed
- Volga German records for Frohm, Fromm, and Frahm variants.
Open Question
Resolve Blanche Hall birthplace: Dell Rapids vs Sioux Falls
- Leading evidence
- Birthplace should remain conflicting until primary birth evidence is located.
- Research needed
- Additional source review
Open Question
Identify Christine Angerman's parents
- Leading evidence
- No accepted conclusion yet.
- Research needed
- Marriage, census, vital, obituary, cemetery, or church records identifying Christine's parents.
Open Question
Prove Cassius Emery Person -> Mamie Estella Person with primary evidence
- Leading evidence
- Working research supports Cassius Emery Person and Ida May Canaday as Mamie's parents, but primary documentation remains desirable.
- Research needed
- Birth record, Iowa state census, 1900 federal census household, probate, or family Bible record.
Open Question
Prove Aaron Barney Person -> Charles Dudley Person
- Leading evidence
- The relationship is strongly supported by sibling-family records and family Bible reporting, but direct primary proof remains a target.
- Research needed
- 1850 census, probate, deed, guardianship, or other primary records directly linking Aaron Barney Person to Charles Dudley Person.
Open Question
Complete End-to-End Mayflower Proof
- Leading evidence
- Mayflower descent appears highly likely and the colonial lineage is documented, but formal end-to-end proof remains incomplete.
- Research needed
- Additional source review