Using the Willard Index: Every
person in this genealogy whose birth surname was "Willard" appears
here. In addition, those persons who were adopted by Willard families are
listed here as well as in the Other Index under their birth surname, if
it is known. This index does not distinguish between Jr and Sr or individuals
with III, etc. appended to their name. So if you want to find on which pages,
for example, the name Ralph Andrew Willard III appears, you should look
for "Ralph Andrew". You will then have to look up every page indicated
to find Ralph Andrew Willard III on page 423 listed as a child of Ralph
Andrew Willard Jr. A characteristic shared by all of the Indexes is that
though a name may appear more than once on a given page, the Index citation
will not indicate this. Nor will the Index citation indicate when a name
appears in a footnote rather than in the body of the page
Go to the Willard Surname
List
Using the Other Surnames Index:
This index lists every person named in this genealogy not included in the
Willard Index. Therefore all the wives of Willard men and the husbands and
children of Willard women appear here, as well as the spouses' parents when
known. Also, names of persons mentioned though not related are listed here.
An example is the name of Captain Gates, in whose Militia Company Elijah
Willard served. Many times a wife's maiden name was not known and so she
is listed here under the surname of her husband, with the title "Mrs."
prefixed to her given name. Also, sometimes it seemed helpful to provide
multiple citations for a woman who married several times, as researchers
might be looking for her under the married name she bore prior to her marriage
to a Willard. There have been only a very few instances where a Willard
woman married and only the given name of the husband is known. Since no
surname is available, unfortunately in those cases the husband does not
appear in either of the two name indexes. Spelling is a complication for
every genealogist. Where it has seemed helpful, the Index will direct you
to a different spelling of a possibly related family, as for example under
"Goodnow" you are directed to "see Goodenow".
Using the Place Index: This index lists all the geographic places
mentioned in the text. U.S.A. locations come first, organized by state,
followed by other countries. Sometimes a locality name was mentioned in
the text, such as Kansas City, but not enough information was provided by
the contributor of that entry to distinguish it from other similarly named
localities. These ambiguous localities are listed at the very end under
"Orphans". All citations use the spelling as it appears in the
text, even if this might represent a misspelling.