MyHeritage Launches PedigreeMap

MyHeritage Launches Online Family History Map

PedigreeMap™ plots events and photos from users’ family trees on an interactive map to provide geographical and historical insights

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah,  — MyHeritage, the fastest-growing destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history, launched  PedigreeMap™ today — an innovative way to visualize family history, optimized for tablet devices. PedigreeMap™ displays all events in a user’s family tree, such as births, marriages and deaths, as well as digital photos and scanned historical photos, on an interactive map. This allows users to trace the locations of their ancestors and gain new insights into their lives. All data is grouped by country and location, and users can easily filter their view of the map by person, family group, event type, and time period.

PedigreeMap™ comes with additional features such as place name standardization to improve data quality, and Heatmaps that showcase which geographic areas have a high concentration of activity in the user's family history.

“MyHeritage is the family history technology leader. We’re constantly developing new ways to give people insights about their family history," said Uri Gonen, Senior VP of Product Management at MyHeritage. “The first release of PedigreeMap™ helps people understand the life journeys of their ancestors, and we have interesting and original ideas lined up for the next releases.”

PedigreeMap™ is free for all users. To access it, log in to your account on MyHeritage or create a new account for free, then select PedigreeMap™ in the “Apps” menu.

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Hayden Records from Mercer County Kentucky: Part 3

As promised here is the time line I have written out thus far for my confusing who-belongs-to-who puzzle concerning the Hayden family.  To fill in the gaps refer back to part 1, part 2, or any Hayden tags on this blog.  Also, unless otherwise noted, all these events took place in Mercer County, Kentucky

1.       Noah Hayden Born 1755 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey to his parents William Hayden and Lydia Kierstede

2.       Noah Hayden and Mary (Elliott?) married about 1780 (possibly Randolph County, VA)

3.       John Elliott Haden possible son of Noah and Mary born and possibly died in childhood, most likely in the 1780-1790 time frame (oblique references to him but I can’t find firm records)

4.       Nancy Hayden born to Noah and Mary about 1783

5.       24 May 1787 Enoch Hayden, Noah’s twin brother, gives him part of his bounty lands which he then gives on the same day to Elizabeth Gilpin

6.       16 June 1788 Noah hires Elizabeth Gilpin to care for his 2 children and house

7.       Mary’s death dates range from 1788-1804, no clear evidence yet on when she died

8.       Permelia Hayden born to Noah and (?) about 1795

9.       Elizabeth Hayden born to Noah and (?) about 1796

10.   Noah Gilpin Hayden born to Noah and Elizabeth between 1798-1801

11.   15 April 1803 Receipt of land, property, and £237, 5 shillings from Noah to Elizabeth

12.   15 April 1803 Description of land and property given by Noah to Elizabeth for her work

13.   2 May 1803 receipt of £25 cash from Noah to Elizabeth

14.   12 Dec 1803 “article of agreement with the assignment” acknowledged by Noah

15.   12 Dec 1803 acknowledgement of a bond and receipts from Noah to Elizabeth

16.   Sarah Ann (Sally) Hayden born to Noah and Elizabeth 1804

17.   Noah Hayden and Elizabeth Gilpin married in Mercer County, Kentucky 23 May 1804

18.   James Hayden born to Noah and Elizabeth 1806

19.   John W. Hayden born to Noah and Elizabeth 1806

20.   Lemuel Hayden born to Noah and Elizabeth 1808

21.   Melinda Hayden born to Noah and Elizabeth 1809

22.   18 May 1824 Elizabeth deeds land to Noah G. Hayden

23.   Noah Hayden Died about 1825 Mercer County, Kentucky

24.   18 (?) 1829 Elizabeth deeds land to Noah G. Hayden

25.   Elizabeth Gilpin Hayden probate recorded for her death February 1835

From this I see I need to nail down a firmer death date for Mary, Noah’s first wife.  While it may not help with paternity (they could each have had children with Noah at the same time) it will help make the waters a bit less murky.  I would also like to find out more about the possible son John Elliott.

Of course, we may never really know what in the world was going on here, but my-oh-my do I love a good scandal!  Have any ideas for other things that I should look into?  Let me know.