Help Wanted
If you are looking for help with your family history research and would like a query posted here, send an email to the Society.
You must include your full name and your email address. The Society reserves the right to refuse or edit any submission without explanation.
You must also give the Society explicit permission to publish your name and email address. Your email address will look normal on your screen, but will be encoded to prevent your address being harvested.
This Help Wanted section is provided by the Society to further family history research. The Society cannot accept liability for any consequences of any actions arising from this Help Wanted section.
Indenture Document from 1868 for Hopcroft Family
I’ve been working on a family genealogy for a friend. His grandmother, Eileen (Eden) Shapiro, who was born in England, married a soldier and came to America, recently passed away. In her possession was a very large and detailed Indenture document that lists every member of the John and Elizabeth Hopcroft family, including those that married in. It’s a mystery how Eileen came to be in possession of this document. The document appears to be the copy delivered to William Carter, who married Elizabeth Hopcroft, a daughter of John, possibly in the summer of 1863. She died by Mar 1866, about 2 years before the Indenture document. I have been unable to find much information about Elizabeth or William Carter, and I admit, this mystery intrigues me. Could anyone help me find some pieces to this puzzle?
Stacey Smoyer – desertdreamer4ever@gmail.com