“_____ward Ho!” Basics: Finding & Tracking Early American Settlers pre-1850 Part 1

“_____ward Ho!” Basics: Finding & Tracking Early American Settlers pre-1850 Part 1

presented by Phillip Adderley

Part ONE! 
“____ward Ho!” Basics: Finding & Tracking Early American Settlers pre-1850

While the predominant movement of American settlers was–on aggregate–westward, many pre-1850 settlers migrated northward, southward, and sometimes eastward. Most migrations occurred in small groups banded together for protective security and collective assistance. Although every-name federal censuses beginning in 1850 (for free persons) and 1870 for all persons help point us backward in time, a researcher needs contemporary records to identify and correlate ancestors from one location to the next.

Philip Burnett Adderley is a retired professional genealogist, author, and lecturer. He holds a B.S. and B.A. in physics and mathematics, as a Robert E. Lee Scholar at Washington and Lee University; and an M.S.E.E. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Born in Bermuda a British subject, he lived in Colombia, South America as an exchange student, and in Spain for five and a half years as a Senior Project Manager for Lockheed Martin.

An avid genealogist since 1977, Philip completed several specialized tracks at Samford University’s Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, including its Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis Course, and the National Institute on Genealogical Research at the National Archives. Mr. Adderley conducted full time genealogical research professionally since 2006 for private clients nationwide, with emphasis on compiled narrative lineages and brick wall problems, the latter augmented since 2010 by DNA testing.

In 2009 he was licensed the use of the Certified Genealogist® credential for a five-year term by the Board for Certification of Genealogists. His work has been published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and The NGS Magazine. He served the National Genealogical Society through 2011 as a grader for local land records and migration modules in American Genealogy: A Home Study Course, and later as a mentor/grader for the American Genealogical Studies course series.

After he retired from full time work in 2015, he continued working on a limited basis for clients on long-term research projects. Philip specializes in land, courthouse, and archival records of the southern American colonies and states, and 17th to 19th century British colonial records of Bermuda. He is a member of the National Genealogical Society and a past president of the Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association, Inc., of Shreveport, Louisiana. His lectures and seminars emphasizing case studies and research methodology have been well received at genealogical conferences and associations in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

Handout – Syllabus

Handout – Numbered Bibliography

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