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Built 2026-10-25 from Joel's own account + records already on file.
Read the full reportJoel Cochran's great-great-grandfather. Compiled 2026-10-25 from free public records only. No Ancestry, no paid sources, no paid library requests. Every claim carries its source. Anything not proven is labeled CANDIDATE or NOT...
Read the full reportCompiled 2026-10-25 for Joel Cochran's family tree. Deceased ancestors and public
Read the full reportResearch pass completed 2026-10-25. Question from Joel Cochran: his proven ancestor Samuel E. Cochran was born in Georgia in 1859 and moved to Indiana by 1889. Where did the family live before Georgia?
Read the full reportResearched 2026-10-25. Free public sources only. No Ancestry records were used as evidence (Ancestry search-result snippets were treated as pointers only and are labeled candidate wherever they are the sole support). No paid...
Read the full reportSource: St. Joseph County Public Library Obituary Index, https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recordlist (surname search COCHRAN returned 91 records; the fragment search also catches COCHRANE and Cochran as a maiden/former name;...
Read the full reportResearch date: October 25, 2026. Free public records only. No paid sources, no Ancestry, no library fee requests. Deceased ancestors and public historical records only.
Read the full reportResearch date: October 25, 2026. Free public sources only. No paid sources, no Ancestry, no library fee requests. Deceased people only.
Read the full reportResearch date: October 25, 2026. Free public records only. No paid sources, no Ancestry, no accounts, no library fee requests. Deceased people only.
Read the full reportCompiled 2026-10-25 for Joel Cochran's family tree. Free public sources only. No paid sources, no Ancestry, no library fee requests, no people-search aggregators for living people. Verified facts and candidates are kept in...
Read the full reportResearched 2026-10-25. Scope: deceased ancestors and public historical records only. No birth dates, addresses, or contact details were looked up for living people, and people-search aggregators were not used for living...
Read the full reportResearch compiled 2026-10-25 for Joel Cochran's family tree. Free public sources only.
Read the full reportCompiled 2026-10-25 for Joel Cochran's family tree, following Joel's direction: follow the gravestones.
Read the full reportSaint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, 375 W. Cleveland Rd, Granger, IN 46530.
Read the full reportRequested by: Joel Cochran (via parent agent)
Read the full reportTarget: the parents of Janice (Chopko) Cochran of the South Bend / Mishawaka, Indiana area. Her known brothers (from Joel): George Chopko, Richard (Rick) Chopko, Jerry Chopko, and a fourth brother who died, whose name Joel...
Read the full reportBuilt 2026-10-25 for Joel Cochran's family tree project. Scope: deceased ancestors and public historical records only. No people-search aggregators were used, and nothing was collected on living private individuals. No paid...
Read the full reportResearched 2026-10-25. Free public records only, no fees, no accounts.
Read the full reportResearch date: October 25, 2026. Free public records only. No paid sources, no Ancestry, no accounts, no library fee requests.
Read the full reportCompiled 2026-10-25 for Joel Cochran's family tree. Free public sources only. No fees, no accounts, no sign-ins, deceased people only. Follows wave 1: line-c-young-robrecht-ohio.md.
Read the full reportResearched 2026-10-25. Free public records only, no fees, no accounts, deceased people only.
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