I sent Marilyn Hamil a message through Ancestry.com. Her home page "Catnip
Hill Genealogy" is a broken link; however, she was online on Ancestry.com
yesterday.
I read what you have written on Dorothy Edna Coolley Hamil and found it well
written and very engrossing. Wonderful job, Michael!
Mary C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Cooley
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 12:56 PM
To: John Cooley Mailing List
Subject: Re: Draft uploaded
If you'd like, sure.
-Michael
> Michael,
>
> Last evening I searched Ancestry.com for other spellings for Cooley in the
> 1810 PA census. There was a Jessey Calley" listed in Lower Saucon,
> Northampton Co., PA. On 19 Dec 2010, MARILYN HAMIL added a correction to
> what was transcribed as "Jefey Calley". This entry was Jessey Emma Calley
> who died 04 July 1909 in Middlesex, England.
>
> It would appear that there is a Marilyn Hamil who in 2010 was doing
> research
> on Ancestry. I have not attempted to contact her but do you want me to
> try?
>
> Mary C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:07 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Draft uploaded
>
> I keep finding changes to make but enough is enough for now. I'll return
> to the Hamil chapter again later.
>
> This is intended to be the second chapter, so there may be some context
> needed. In fact, the previous chapter will state the thesis. The next
> chapter, which is partly written, will discuss the DNA. It won't be until
> chapter four that I actually get into John Cooley's genealogy. I'll also
> devote a chapter to some of the other Hamil Cooley lineages. (I believe
> we're now up to six distinct Y-DNA signatures. -- She really did mess it
> hugely.)
>
> It's my way to mark words and facts that need worked on with two question
> marks. You'll see that in the citations for Hamil's obit--I don't yet have
> the full citation.
>
> The section title "The Evidence" is very confusing simply because the
> source that I'm trying to straighten out--Hamil's book--is confusing.
> Hopefully, once I get to the illustrations created that should help. (Note
> also that the page number are per the online manuscript, not the book.) In
> the meantime, you might want to refer to
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/Essays/tables4paper.html
>
> Some of my musings about the nature of genealogy, etc. might be moved
> elsewhere--or go. (I'm sure my history profs wouldn't approve of much of
> it.)
>
> Hopefully, I'll get some info from UC Santa Barbara about the contents of
> Tallant's archive. And maybe I'll find Hamil's grandson and will gain some
> additional insight from him.
>
> In short, much of this may change. Please let me know if I've gotten
> something wrong. And I find typos every time I look at it. I'm sure that
> are more there. I'd appreciate any and all typo alerts.
>
> I'll probably remove this after a couple of weeks because it's not meant
> for general circulation:
>
> http://ancestraldata.com/staging/hamil.pdf
>
> I'm going to take a breather then again work bits and pieces from one
> chapter to the next. My next "finished" chapter may be another short one,
> perhaps what we've learned about John's daughters.
>
> -Michael
>
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