What it is
Roots is the heritage of Project Moosed, told by the records. The line starts in Georgia with Samuel E. Cochran, born in 1859, who came north to Indiana and raised his family in Akron and South Bend. It runs through Cochran's Grocery on Sorin Street in South Bend and Acousticom in Elkhart, and down to the founder's generation.
The site holds an interactive tree, people pages, military service, graveyards, a research library, an evidence room, and a map of the family's lands and lanes. A research journal posts the latest finds as new records land. Living people appear by name and relationship only.
How the desk works
Every person and relationship is graded as the paper proves it: census records, death certificates, gravestones, and newspapers. Living-person privacy rules apply throughout.
Inside the case site
- The tree
- People
- Military
- Graveyards
- Library and evidence
- Latest finds
Latest from Roots
Roots posts new finds to the family record
The Roots research journal posted its latest finds on November 9; the family record updates whenever a new record lands.
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Roots went live at roots.projectmoosed.com: an interactive family tree and research library built from primary records, where every claim traces to a cited census record, death certificate, gravestone, or newspaper. Living people appear by name and relationship only. Reading is free, no account needed.
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