Assistance requested to verify research conclusions on Martha Jane Hilton Shaver (Hilton-883)

Question

For over 2 months, Kristina Morgan & I have researched Martha Jane Hilton Shaver (Hilton-883) & children in an effort to find her parents.  We believe we have succeeded.  But before we change her profile to reflect these results, I have posted the info on free space -- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Martha_Jane_Hilton_Shaver_(Hilton-883)
Are our conclusions solid?  We would like a "diagnosis" by someone more experienced in this type of research than either of us.  I had to delete some pages from the PDF in support in order to upload it.  The Index refers to some pages that are no longer there, but the remaining pages are the numbers on the index.

Thank you.

Suellen West Walker

Answer 1

I am unable to open the PDF with the source information, however based upon the research notes in the space profile record I think you are correct.  The important piece of information is the 1910 census record listing the uncle living in the same household (I have found several missing family links by finding relatives in same household in census records).  My advice from similar situations is that when you update Hilton-833 you include your research as part of the biography section (may consider a specific Research section), and make sure each of your sources are documented and linked since that substantiates your research.

Comments

I haven't heard that anyone else has had trouble, but maybe they just haven't said.  In order to know why the PDF won't open, I need to know what device you are using & what programs.  There's several free programs that will open a PDF file.