Friday, April 19, 2024

Findmypast Friday: An Abundance of New Oxfordshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

  I received this information from Findmypast today:

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With new records spanning 1573-1948, where will your past take you this week?

We've bolstered our collections with thousands of new records this Findmypast Friday. New and exclusive baptism, banns, marriage and burial records from Oxfordshire can unlock vital details for your family tree. Plus, we've added four new newspapers to our ever-expanding archive. Read on for all the details on our latest arrivals.

Oxfordshire Baptisms

Covering the Oxfordshire parishes of Kiddington, Chadlington and Spelsbury, we've added over 6,200 new baptism records.

Parish baptism records represent a milestone moment in your ancestor's life and offer essential details for your family tree like locations and parents' names.

Oxfordshire Marriages

Our newest marriage and banns records span from 1576 to 1930. Could they reveal new details about the Oxfordshire branches of your family tree?

These latest additions bring our entire Oxfordshire marriage collection to over 72,000 records. Check our comprehensive parish list for full details on the churches and areas that are covered.

Oxfordshire Burials

Staying in Kiddington, Chadlington and Spelsbury, new burial records can tell you where and when your Oxfordshire ancestor was laid to rest.

Dating from 1576-1948, these latest transcripts form part of our wide range of family history resources for Oxfordshire. If you've got an Oxfordshire family discovery you'd like to share, get in touch, we'd love to hear about it.

Scoop! Four new newspapers

With four new publications and additional coverage for ten others, our newspaper archive has grown to over 76 million pages. Here's a rundown of this week's newspaper updates:

New titles
  • Deeside Piper covering 1986 and 1988-1994
  • Midhurst and Petworth Observer covering 1889, 1893 and 1952
  • Pontefract & Castleford Express covering 1889, 1901 and 1911
  • Sleaford Standard covering 1961-1963, 1988, 1992-1996 and 1998
Updated titles:
  • Coventry Graphic from 1911
  • Fleetwood Weekly News from 1998
  • Forfar Dispatch from 1959-1984
  • Gainsborough Evening News from 1960
  • Market Rasen Weekly Mail from 1986 and 1995
  • Mid Sussex Times from 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989
  • Montrose Review from 1818, 1839, 1844-1845 and 1978-1985
  • Morpeth Herald from 1965-1970
  • Ripon Gazette from 1990-1991 and 2002
  • Scarborough Evening News from 1993-1994, 1998 and 2000
Keep up-to-date with our new releases every week by bookmarking our what's new page. Last week, we added some fascinating World War 2 resources.

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Randy's Cousins -- 9th cousin 1x Removed John Denver (1943-1997), Famous Singer and Songwriter

 This week's famous cousin is Henry John Deutchendorf Jr. (John Denver, 1943-1997), the famous singer and songwriter.

Here is the FamilySearch Family Tree Brief Life History biography:

When Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born on 31 December 1943, in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States, his father, Henry John Deutschendorf Sr., was 23 and his mother, Erma Louise Swope, was 21. He lived in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1960 and Aspen, Lake, Colorado, United States in 1982. In 1962, his occupation is listed as singer, composer, guitarist, actor, record producer, activist, humanitarian. He died on 12 October 1997, in Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Colorado, United States.

His Wikipedia entry is here.

The FamilySearch Family Tree indicates that I am his 9th cousin 1x removed. Here is the closest relationship path from Relative Finder:

My most recent common ancestors with cousin John Denver are my 8th great-grandparents Franz Hanzen Bloetgoet (1637-1696) and Lysbeth Jans (1633-1730).

Are you related to John Denver?  Check out his profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree and click the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page.  Note that you have to have your profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.

This shows that you never know to whom you might be related!!!  I'm having lots of Genealogy Fun.  Click here to see all of my famous cousins.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1743 Marriage Record for John Hill (1725-1769) and Patience Ring (1725-1791) in Hilperton, Wiltshire

 It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1743 marriage entry for John Hill and Patience Ring in the Hilperton, Wiltshire parish records:


The burial entry is the 9th entry from the bottom in the 1743 list:


The transcription of this record is::

"[1743] Oct. 3. Married Jn'o Hill & Patience Ring"

The source citation for this record is (using Evidence Explained 4th edition template):

Hilperton [Wiltshire] Parish Registers, Jno Hill and Patience Ring marriage entry, 3 October 1743; imaged, "Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1781404:61187 : accessed 17 April 2024) > Hilperton > Parish Registers > 1736-1772 > image 12 of 54; citing Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

This is an entry in the Hilperton, Wiltshire Church of England parish register.  It is an Original Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage date of John Hill and Patience Ring.

John Hill (1725-1769) was baptized on 23 March 1725 in Warminster, Wiltshire, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Adlam) Hill;  he was buried 9 September 1769 in Hilperton, Wiltshire.  Patience Ring (1725-1791) was born about 1725 in Hilperton, and buried 3 March 1791 in Hilperton.  

John and Patience (Ring) Hill are my 5th great-grandparents; they had nine children, including my 4th great-grandfather John Hill (1764-1825) who married Ann Warren (1764-????) in 1788 in Hilperton, Wiltshire.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 11 to 17 April 2024

  Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.


1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view webinars and classes.

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars 

*  Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 19 April, 11 a.m.:  Tools to Research Your French Canadian Ancestors by Johsnne Gervais.

*  Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 23 April, 11 a.m.:  Using Artificial Intelligence Tools to Expand Your Genealogical Research Universe by James Tanner.

*  Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 24 April, 11 a.m.:   Where Fact meets Fiction: behind the scenes of a genealogical crime mystery by Nathan Dylan Goodwin.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:




4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  How does Family Search Tree work (& WHAT'S NEW)

*  American Ancestors:  Planning a Trip to Ancestral Homelands

















*  The Creative Family Historian:  Format Family History Stories Faster in Google Docs

*  The Formidable Genealogist:  Finding Errors on Ancestry | Formidable Genealogy

*  Virtual Genealogical Association:  "Free AI Websites for Text Applications" by Donald R. Snow
*  Virtual Genealogical Association: "How Do I Know I Found Everything" by Kim Richardson


5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  4 to 10 April 2024?

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Brothers Fred and Ed Seaver With Their Sons in 1944 -- Post 816 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite and most priceless family  photographs: 

This photograph was taken in early 1944 in Chula Vista, California at the home of my parents at 577 Twin Oaks Avenue.  The people in this photograph are (from the left):

*  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), my father, holding:

*  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-????) - moi!

*  Peter Seaver (1942-????) - son of:

*  Edward Richmond Seaver (1913-2004), my uncle, and brother of my father.

 Uncle Ed was in the United States Navy during World War II, and was stationed in San Diego while his ship was being outfitted for sea duty.  Before the ship left, he had some family time - his wife and baby Peter came west on the train to visit him in San Diego.  They, and my parents, got together several times before he shipped out.

This photograph is a part of my family history.  I received it from my aunt Geraldine (Seaver) Remley, Fred and Ed's youngest sister.  I restored, enhanced and colorized the photo using the MyHeritage photo tools.  

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Memories - What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 2

  I have found more of my memoirs that I wrote after some of our summer vacations, and many of them included genealogy highlights. So I'm going to share these memories in a series of posts.  Maybe I'll even find some photos to illustrate the posts.   

Mia and Anne were our foreign exchange students from Finland in 1994.  We had a marvelous time getting to know them and enjoying their company.  Our daughter Tami had a car and they were able to go all over San Diego (and we all went to Los Angeles one time) and enjoy a three-week summer vacation.  Mia's family in Tornio, and Anne's family in Kuopio, invited us to come visit them, so we did in the summer of 1999.  By this time, Mia and Anne were in college.

I wrote Memories - What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 1 last week.  Here is Part 2.

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What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation 
(29 July to 17 August 1999) - Part 2

KUOPIO, FINLAND

On Friday, 6 August, we drove with the Henriksson's from Tornio to Kemi and visited Kalle’s sister, Kaisu for a short time.  Then it was off to Oulu to visit Mia's university.  We walked through the classroom and administrative area, and then went to Mia’s new apartment, where she and we met her roommate for the year.  

We then drove to Kuopio in the center of Finland, which is about 400 kilometers from Tornio.  Mia had contacted Anne, and Anne’s parents had invited all of us to stay with them there.   The parents, Jussi and Raija, spoke very limited English, but the girls are great translators.   They also allowed us to sleep in their bedroom, while Kalle and Aila slept in Anne’s room, and Mia and Anne slept in the living room.  Jussi and Raija slept at Anne’s apartment in downtown Kuopio. 


On Saturday, Jussi and Anne took us to downtown Kuopio, where we walked through the open market place and took a short tram tour of the downtown area and the harbor.  The girls went shopping, and the guys went to Kuopio church and saw a wedding ceremony, then walked to the harbor and had a drink and an ice cream.  We then met the girls and visited Anne’s apartment.  We took a harbor cruise in the afternoon (about two hours) which went around the lakes encircling Kuopio, which is very beautiful with lakes, forests, streams and hills.  Before heading home, we drove to the Puijo Tower and went to the top for pictures and sightseeing. 
 

Raija had stayed home to prepare dinner, which was different and delicious.  Wonderful hospitality again.  After dinner, we hiked to the top of the hill near their home, and watched a beautiful sunset.  Linda gave Mia and Anne some Olympic socks and they immediately wanted to wear them shopping (Mia and Anne were the Finnish Olympic Shopping Team in 1994).



HELSINKI, FINLAND

On Sunday morning, we had breakfast, took pictures and said our goodbyes to Anne's family.  

During the long drives, Mia taught Randy language lessons, so he could do basic greetings and pleasantries, count to ten, and tell what he had for breakfast.  He felt like a trained monkey sometimes, but it was fun.  Linda helped Mia with her Spanish (this girl is fantastic - she knows Finnish, Swedish, German, English and is working on Spanish). 


We stopped in Mikkeli for lunch with Kalle’s friends, Harri and Irmeli, who were spending the weekend at their summer cottage.  Then it was on to Helsinki, where we arrived about 3 p.m. and parked in Harri’s parking garage after unloading the bags at the hotel.  Aila had arranged for rooms at the hotel that serves the Finnish Red Cross.  The rooms were spacious and bright.  The hotel was on Tehtaankatu, located next to the Russian embassy in the area south of the downtown area.  Mia stayed with Paivi, a friend from her university who was on a work/study program in Helsinki.  The first night we walked to a nearby Italian restaurant, and after dinner Randy, Kalle and Aila walked through the embassy district to the beach area where they watched bungee jumping, had an ice cream, and then returned to the hotel through the Kaivopuisto park.

Kalle had arranged a day trip via catamaran boat to Tallinn in Estonia, about 60 kilometers south of Helsinki.  We left Helsinki on the boat about 7:30 a.m. and arrived in Tallinn around 9 a.m.  After waiting an hour to get through passport control, we took a bus to the large market place.  We walked around the open air market for awhile, then went inside and shopped some more.  Kalle bought a Miko Sala shirt to wear to Italy for a car race.  We then took a taxi to the downtown area, and stopped at an outdoor restaurant and had lunch.


After lunch, the girls went shopping in the old town area of Tallinn, while the guys hiked up to the Castle and visited two churches and some shops.  The guys walked down to the old town area and met the girls at an outdoor restaurant where we all had a drink and rested.  After more shopping, we searched for a restaurant for dinner, and settled on McDonald’s!  We then went back to the harbor area to catch the catamaran back to Helsinki.  The wind had increased, and the ride across the Baltic Sea was very rough, with some sickness on board (including Aila and Linda).  

On Tuesday, we toured Helsinki.  We went downtown to take a bus tour, which visited the Tempeliaukio Church (underground with rock walls) and the Sibellius Monument (with large outdoor organ pipes), and drove past the Olympic Stadium, the Opera House, Finlandia Hall, Parliament House, Cathedral and Senate Square, Presidential Palace and Uspenski Cathedral. 


 After the tour, Randy and Kalle went to the library to visit the Internet and the Cathedral while the gals went shopping.  We met for lunch, then Randy, Kalle and Aila took a boat to Suomenlinna, the fortress in Helsinki harbor, for sightseeing, while Linda and Mia went shopping.  That night, we had dinner at the Happy Days restaurant in downtown Helsinki.   Then it was back to the hotel to pack.

After a quick breakfast at the hotel and packing the car, we headed for the airport.  We said goodbye to the Kalle, Aila and Mia after 9 days with them, with many thanks, hugs and kisses for a wonderful experience and a lifelong friendship.

Stay tuned for the next part of this vacation saga - some genealogy!

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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 10 to 16 April 2024

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:






2)  DNA News Stories


3)  Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:


4)  New or Updated Digital Record Collections:

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Seavers in the News -- Obituary of Kenneth E. Seaver (1924-1978) of Akron, Ohio

  Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal newspaper dated Sunday, 9 July 1978, page 48, Column 1:


The transcription of the article is:

"Kenneth E. Seaver

"Kenneth E. Seaver, 53, of 1040 Chinook av., died Friday p.m.

"Mr. Seaver was born in Akron, O., was a life resident of Akron, and a retired roofer.  He was a veteran of World War II, U.S. Navy, a member Akron Lodge No. 83, F&AM, Akron Consistory, 32nd Degree Mason, Tadmor Temple, and the Directors Staff of Tadmor Temple. 

He is survived by his wife, Helen; one daughter, Mrs. Shirley Collins, of Akron; sons Joseph E., Cuyahoga Falls, O., David O. of Akron; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Seaver, of Akron; brother Richard H., of Tallmadge, O.; 4 grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be held at the Prentice Funeral Home, 1154 Kenmore blvd., Tuesday, 1 p.m., Dr. Harry D. Rose officiating.  Interment Greenlawn Memorial Park.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, where Akron Lodge No. 83, F&AM will conduct services Monday, 7:30 p.m.  In lieu of other remembrances, donations may be given to the Tadmore Temple Building Fund, Crebs rd., Akron, O. (Prentice, 753-7721.)"

The source citation is:

"Kenneth E. Seaver," The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal newspaper, Sunday, 9 July 1978, page 48, column 1, Kenneth E.  Seaver obituary, imaged,  Newspapers.com  (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 April 2024).

This obituary provides the name, birth place, age at death, death day and place, burial place, parents' names, wife's name, childrens' names, work history, associations, services.

Kenneth Eugene Seaver (1924-1978) was born 26 October 1924 in Akron, Ohio, the son of Earl Franklin and Augusta Wilhelmina (Kramer) Seaver.  Kenneth died 7 July 1978 in Akron, Ohio.  He married Helen Zofchak (1925-????) on 13 May 1944 in Norfolk, virginia.  They had three children.

*  Shirley Ann Seaver (1947-????), married 1970 Edward Maurice Collins (1949-????)
*  Joseph Earl Seaver (1949-????), married 1966 Shirley Ann Adkins (1947-????).
*  David O. Seaver (1958-????), married diana L. (1946-????).

Kenneth Eugene Seaver (1924-1978) is not related to me, to my knowledge, through a Seaver line.  He is descendaed from Christian and Lydia (Kissinger) Seaver who were from Pennsylvania.  

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person's obituary is relatively short and informative.  I am glad that I can honor Harold Edward Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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