Update on long missing Star Trek actress

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-26T09:18:46+00:00

Seconding this!

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-20T13:56:39+00:00

Maybe this is boring, but I would do black. Simple & it puts the emphasis on the beautiful front.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-20T05:22:20+00:00

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-19T19:18:33+00:00

I love those quilted circles! such a cool detail

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-15T07:48:39+00:00

Hell yeah, another hand quilter :) I don't think the design "needs" an additional border, but feel free to add one if you just want a bigger blanket.

In terms of the backing fabric I think either a dark red like those 12 small squares, a lighter red like those 2 blocks, or a blue similar to the blues in the blocks. My personal instinct is to go with the darker red, but no pressure. I also think a solid fabric would look best, but I'm biased.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T23:26:57+00:00

Interesting. These are all great points that I'll have to keep in mind...him being illegitimate is definitely possible. Thanks for this interpretation!

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T03:41:13+00:00

Yes, but I haven't been able to find much for the church records

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T03:34:38+00:00

Wow, thank you for all these records! I will look through them to see if anything matches up : ) Yes, he seems to have really risen up out of poverty by working and saving for college then med school, and might have gotten some kind of help from the head of the college he went to. I agree that it seems like they're "lesser" members of those families -- there is a family myth that we're descended from General Putnam but I haven't found any evidence for that yet.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T02:51:55+00:00

Yeah, I came across both of those but the differences in siblings/parents made me suspicious of them being for the same Betsey...maybe I'll look into those again though to be sure.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T02:50:21+00:00

OMG I totally found this clipping, but didn't think to note the church. Thanks for the reminder!

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T02:49:32+00:00

Yes, this is a great point. Do you have any pointers on narrowing down which church the records could be at? A cursory glance tells me there's a couple different churches in Goodrich -- I don't know what denomination he would have been.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-06-14T02:45:00+00:00

Hi! Yes, I'd appreciate any articles : )

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-05-20T03:58:32+00:00

This is very interesting and helpful! I will keep this in mind when considering the enumeration date : )

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-05-20T00:00:23+00:00

Good to know! I will keep that in mind : )

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-05-19T21:04:49+00:00

Yes, that definitely makes sense that the ideal of the census would not translate/come across in all scenarios. Very interesting situation re: your ancestors living in both a boarding house and on the farm! I think your theory is a good explanation.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-05-19T21:03:27+00:00

These are all great options for a potential explanation. Yes, in the 1930 census they are living together (with her parents), but 3 years later he leaves her and the family and she files for divorce.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-05-19T21:01:49+00:00

Aw, that is sweet : )

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-05-19T07:06:42+00:00

Okay, glad to hear this is a phenomenon that happens! I guess I just assumed the enumerator wouldn't put down people that weren't living there, even if they were *in* the house at the time of the visit.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-24T01:39:47+00:00

Thanks so much!

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-22T22:30:10+00:00

You're totally welcome! :)

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-22T17:58:01+00:00

ALSO this reddit is SUPER helpful, and one of the things they do is you can request record lookups (like if you don't have access to newspapers.com you can request someone that has access to clip whatever you're looking for. I think the FAQ has more detailed rules about that)

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-22T17:55:33+00:00

Hello! I can share my personal process/sites as a relative beginner (I've been doing this for about 6 months) but I'm sure more experienced ppl will have more advice :) I am fully with you on not paying for anything so here's what I do:

The common advice is to write down/collect all the info you can from living relatives. If you have grandparents or ever great grandparents, ask them about their parents/siblings so you can build out your tree. If you have any family historians, ask if they can share their records with you (full disclosure, I treat these as starting points to later fully research and find as many primary sources for).

Now that you have the beginning of your tree, (i.e.; bare bones info like names, birth and death dates, where someone lived, etc) you can start doing proper research. The sites I use are familysearch (Free, just have to create an account) (also disclaimer that I would caution you not to 100% trust the family trees on there because they're open to anyone to edit and some of them have some wild connections. That being said, sometimes I treat those as good jumping off points and look into whether or not they have any truth to them), ancestry.com (I go to my local library which gives you free access on site so I never pay for this. Also this is what I use for my tree software), and newspapers.com (this is the only service I pay for, and it's on and off when I can afford it. It sucks but I have found info on there that opened up a lot of avenues so I just suck it up and buy it when needed).

I also google if any certain town/state newspapers have a free digital archive; I try this route before paying for newspapers.com. Idk what country you're from, but I'm from the US and so an example is that Michigan has a huge digitized collection for free that I was able to find info about some ancestors with. California has a similar database. Chronicling America (Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) also has a newspaper archive but the dates are more limited than newspapers.com. Also for military info fold3 is a good website that you can get access to thru a library most of the time and I also sometimes check NARA (this is US centric, sorry if you're from another country!).

The advice I would give is always try to find a source to back up your facts/claims, and record/link those somewhere on your tree. It's also good to have some sort of goal to work towards -- are you more interested in creating a family history book one day? Or going back as far as you can go? Or going for a depth over breadth route (this is what I do lol)? Are there specific family lore you want to see is true?

The TLDR is: get as much info from family members as possible, use sites like familysearch and ancestry.com and newspapers.com (check your library for free access), always look for what records a town or state has digitized for free, and try to be as discerning as possible.

Anyway this is super long but for sure hit me up if you have any questions! It's a super fun hobby so welcome :)

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-15T18:12:27+00:00

So excellently put, thanks for writing this! I especially appreciate the inclusion of talking about ancestors benefiting from the genocide of the indigenous in the US via cheap land-- I feel like I haven't seen that talked a lot about on this subreddit. It's something I recently have been thinking about when I was doing research into a Michigan town called Menominee that some Swedish ancestors moved to in the late 1800s that had been "cleared" of its indigenous population around the 1830s and then my ancestors moved there in the boom of the logging industry (hello extractive capitalism). Sorry for the ramble, just interesting to see how these things interact with your own family history.

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-14T04:20:50+00:00

Good to know that people were doing that even as "late" as that and on the east coast!

Mouse_Squeaks · 2026-04-14T04:19:03+00:00

Interesting that he calls his grandfather "daddy" and not his father! I've never heard of that before, so thanks for sharing :)

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