Dunham and Singletary connections family surname

Jane Angeline Dunham Couch my second great grandmother offers interesting research challenges. After many years of corresponding with Dunham family members, my search is coming to some conclusions. Where did I come from, who and where do I belong? Gratia Dunham Mahony compiled and shared her research in the July 2009 Dunham Singletary Family Connections with an article titled The Newport, Rhode Island DUNHAM Family. My Jane Angeline and her brother Lindsey William Dunham are part of the Newport, R.I. family. This may open up a linage society membership as Jane's grandfather Joseph Dunham applied for a Revolutionary War Pension. More research is to be done to completely connect the dots.

The Jane Dunham and Lindsey William Dunham connection needs more research! The father of Lindsey is William. The mother of Lindsey is Sarah. This does not compute with what I have on Jane. I do know that both were working together N.Y. in the early 1800s and Jane and husband, Elisha Couch purchased land from Lindsey. corrected 27 January 2014

In the meantime, continue to check out the Dunham surname in every repository, library and book search. Keep a list of YOUR surnames and check them at every opportunity. the following are a few recent finds.

The book on pioneer ladies is from a show and tell genealogy meeting.

The Augusta research is from my trip in October 2013. 

FGS 2013 Dunham-Singletary Family Connections Delegate Report

The Federation of Genealogical Society 2013 Conference was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 21-24. The Dunham-Singletary Family Connections society joined FGS this past spring. Everything on my “to do” list has been moved to the “done” list. The conference more than met my expectations.

Tuesday evening the delegates enjoyed a meet and great. This was a great time to meet the board members, other delegates and ask questions. As this is our first year as FGS members, I pestered all the board members who graciously answered many basic questions.

Wednesday Cyndi Howells started us off by asking if the society website presents the association to the best advantage. FGS offers assistance and free content critique to society members. See the FGS website for more information on how societies become FGS members.

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Besides networking, societies were promoted in several ways including notes on the bulletin board, several tables to place free literature, and Society Tables immediately behind the FGS booth at the entrance to the vendor area.  Exposure to the Dunham-Singletary Family Connections was by bulletin board, fliers on the free literature table and contact with other society members at their table.

FGS 2014 “Gone to Texas” will be in San Antonio, Texas on August 27-30, 2014. Start planning.

FGS 2015 will be a combined conference with Roots Tech.

Sorry that I did not post a report earlier. This is a lot for me to learn and process. More articles on FGS to follow.