Here you'll find transcriptions of some of the more important documents I've uncovered in my research. As I'm getting the site established, these will mainly be biographical sketches and other extracts from published sources, as these are far easier to transcribe than typed forms or hand-written records. Scans of original documents may also be slow to appear at first. My aim is to provide three things:

• Accurate, reliable transcriptions
• Clean, accessible text (no complex coding or fancy fonts)
• Access to the original (through links or my own uploaded scans)

I won't swear I'll never introduce a transcription error. But my highest priority is to create as accurate, faithful, and comprehensible a version of the original document as I can. I always carefully double-check my work against the source document--line-by-line, word-by-word, and letter-by-letter.

For published sources, I almost always discard the following typographical elements: end-of-line hyphenation, page breaks, and page headers and footers. I don't rule out ever reproducing them (I might consider marking page breaks, for example, if no digitized original is freely available), but I don't see much point in sacrificing clean, usable text to slavishly reproduced typography. Unpublished sources are addressed on a case-by-case basis; I explain my approach to each in its accompanying note.

My transcriptions reflect the spelling, punctuation, and capitalization quirks of the original authors. If I deviate from the original in any way, I'll write an overly wordy note to explain. I really mean that: if I add a comma, expect to hear about it.

Any changes from the original will be indicated in one of the following ways:

• by explaining the problem in a detailed note above or below the transcription
  
• by introducing [a correction or extra information] in square brackets

Index

Every transcription listed on this page was created by me from a public-domain source.

MOTHER'S SIDE

Name	Relationship
Buck, George Woodbridge	Married Mary Ann Glenn, who was the daughter of James Glenn and Nancy Kincaid. Nancy was a sister of George Kincaid, my third great-grandfather (George Kincaid > Lucy Kincaid > Frank Murray > grandparent > mother > me). So Mr. Buck married my third great-grandfather's niece.
Corbin, Maranda	My third great-grandmother. Outlived three husbands: (1) William Roberts, (2) Michael J. Murray, and (3) John Adamson. Descendancy: Maranda Corbin > Maxwell G. Murray > Frank Murray > grandparent > mother > me.
Glenn, William N.	Son of James Glenn and Nancy Kincaid. Nancy was a sister of George Kincaid, my third great-grandfather (George Kincaid > Lucy Kincaid > Frank Murray > grandparent > mother > me).
Kincaid, George W.	My third great-grandfather. Descendancy: George Kincaid > Lucy Kincaid > Frank Murray > grandparent > mother > me.
Leibee, William D.	William's two sons, Grant and George Leibee, married Alice and Eliza Murray. Alice and Eliza were my great-grandaunts--sisters of my great-grandfather Frank Murray. (Frank Murray > grandparent > mother > me).

FATHER'S SIDE

Name	Relationship
Garrison, Harriet E.	Daughter of William and Amelia (Oman) Garrison and sister of Peter Garrison (Peter Garrison > Amy Belle Garrison > Stella Lowen Barnett > grandparent > father > me).
Garrison, John	Son of William and Amelia (Oman) Garrison and brother of Peter Garrison (Peter Garrison > Amy Belle Garrison > Stella Lowen Barnett > grandparent > father > me).
Garrison, Mathias F.	Brother of my fourth great-grandfather William Garrison (William Garrison > Peter Garrison > Amy Belle Garrison > Stella Lowen Barnett > grandparent > father > me).
Garrison, Peter--extracts from Civil War pension record	My third great-grandfather. Descendancy: Peter Garrison > Amy Belle Garrison > Stella Lowen Barnett > grandparent > father > me.
Garrison, William	My fourth great-grandfather. Descendancy: William Garrison > Peter Garrison > Amy Belle Garrison > Stella Lowen Barnett > grandparent > father > me.
Garrison, William H.	Son of William and Amelia (Oman) Garrison and brother of Peter Garrison (Peter Garrison > Amy Belle Garrison > Stella Lowen Barnett > grandparent > father > me).
Horn, Henry E.	See Waehlte, Henry E.
Waehlte, Henry E.	Also known as Henry E. Horn. Brother of my second great-grandfather Charles Waehlte Sr. (Charles Waehlte Sr. > Fred Matthew Waehlte > grandparent > father > me).