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 II, etc. appended to their name. 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 variant spellings of a possibly related family, as for example under "Goodnow" you see "Goodenough, Goodenow, Goodnow".
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. All citations use the spelling as it appears in the text, even if this might represent a misspelling.