Saturday, May 30, 2015

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Ancestors Occupations

It's Saturday Night, 
time for more Genealogy Fun!!


For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), I challenge you to:


1)  Geneablogger Diane Gould Hall posted WORKDAY WEDNESDAY – What kind of work did your ancestors do? on her Michigan Family Trails blog this past week, and I thought the topic could be used as an SNGF post.

2)  Please go back several generations (say parents or grandparents or great-grandparents) and list the occupations that they had in the records you've found for them.  You could do this, say, by ancestor table number.

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a post on Facebook or Google+.

Here's mine:

I'm going to use Ancestor Table number, starting with my parents and going back to my great-grandparents:

2)  Frederick W. Seaver (1911-1983), my father, had these occupations:

*  1940:  Sales manager in a finance company (1940 US Census)
*  1940:  Investigator for a loan bank corporation (1940 US Census)
*  1942-1944:  Clerk for an aircraft manufacturing company in Chula Vista
*  1944-1946:  Mailman 3rd class in United States Navy aboard USS Halford
*  1947-1971:  Prudential Life Insurance agent in San Diego

3)  Betty V. (Carringer) Seaver (1919-2002), my mother:

*  1941-1942:  Art and English teacher at Wilson Junior High School in San Diego
*  1942-1943:  Clerk at an aircraft manufacturing company in Chula Vista
*  1944-1946:  Art teacher at Memorial Junior High School in San Diego

4)  Frederick W. Seaver (1876-1942), my grandfather:

*  1900:  Painter of combs at plastics factory in Leominster, Mass.
*  1910:  Superintendent of a comb shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1918:  Superintendent at Paton Manufacturing Company in Leominster, Mass.
*  1920:   Superintendent of a comb shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1930:  Superintendent of a celluloid company in Leominster, Mass.
*  1940:  Foreman at Viscoloid company in Leominster, Mass.

5)  Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962), my grandmother:

*  1900:  housework in Leominster, Mass.

6)  Lyle L. Carringer (1891-1976), my grandfather:

*  1920:  Auditor, works in dry goods store in San Diego
*  1930:  Office worker, works in dry goods store in San Diego
*  1940:  Office clerk - Marston's Department Store in San Diego
*  1960:  retired as Accountant at Marston's Department Store in San Diego

7)  Emily K. (Auble) Carringer (1899-1977), my grandmother:

*  1940:  Clerical and saleslady at Marston's Department Store in San Diego

8)  Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), my great-grandfather:

*  1874:  Ironworker in Leominster, Mass. (marriage record)
*  1880:  works in a comb shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1900:  Teamster in Leominster, Mass.
*  1910:  Assistant superintendent at horn shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1920:  Assistant superintendent at horn shop in Leominster, Mass.

9)  Hattie L. (Hildreth) Seaver (1857-1920), my great-grandmother:

*  1880:  Keeping house in Leominster, Mass.

10)  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917), my great-grandfather:

*  1870:  Works in a woolen mill in Stonington, Conn.
*  1880:  Overseer in a woolen mill in Killingly, Conn.
*  1900:  Overseer of a woolen mill in Leominster, Mass.
*  1910:  Carder in a woolen mill in Killingly, Conn.

11)  Julia (White) Richmond (1848-1913):

*  1870:  Keeping house in Stonington, Conn.
*  1880:  Keeping house in Killingly, Conn.

12)  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), my great-grandfather:

*  1880:  Millwright and carpenter in Boulder, Colorado
*  1889-1897:  Carpenter at Russ Planing Mill in San Diego (City Directories)
*  1900:  Carpenter in San Diego.
*  1910:  Carpenter in San Diego.
*  1920:  Cabinet maker, works in a furniture store in San Diego
*  1930:  Aviation technician at Rockwell Field, San Diego
*  1940:  Retired millwright and mechanic in San Diego

13)  Della (Smith) Carringer, (1862-1944), my great-grandmother:

*  1880:  Keeping house in Blue Rapids, Kansas
*  1940:  Housework in own home in San Diego  

14)  Charles Auble (1849-1916), my great-grandfather:

*  1870:  A painter in Terre Haute, Indiana
*  1880:  A painter in Terre Haute, Indiana
*  1900:  A house decorator in Chicago, Illinois
*  1910:  A house decorator in Chicago, Illinois
*  1913-1915:  A painter in San Diego (City directories)

15)  Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952):

*  1940:  Housework in own home in San Diego.

That's enough for now!  I know that I have more City Directory records for all of these folks, but they are not listed in my database.  I should add them!

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver


Surname Saturday - MORSE (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1119 who is  Lydia MORSE (1645-1722) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this MORSE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)


68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

278.  Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796)
279.  Mary Boyden (1708-1776)

558.  Thomas Boyden (1681-1771)
559.  Deborah Wight (1685-1730)

1118.  Ephraim Wight, born before 27 January 1646 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 February 1723 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2236. Thomas Wight and 2237. Alice.  
1119.  Lydia Morse, born before 13 April 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 July 1722 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Ephraim Wight and Lydia Morse are:
*  Lydia Wight (1669-1741), married 1686 Nathaniel Partridge (1660-1741).
*  Esther Wight (1671-????).
*  Ephraim Wight (1673-1744), married 1702 Sarah Partridge (1674-1763).
*  Miriam Wight (1675-1746), married 1701 Joseph allen (1676-1727).
*  Nathaniel Wight (1678-1748), married (1) 1704 Sarah Ellis (1687-1705), (2) 1706 Mehitable Hinsdale (1687-????).
*  Daniel Wight (1680-1744), married 1721 Lydia Estee (1695-1748).
*  Bethia Wight (1683-1756), married 1708 Malachi Bullard (1685-1726).
*  Deborah Wight (1685-1730), married 1707 Thomas Boyden (1681-1771).
*  Ruth Wight (1688-1747), married 1715 Abraham Harding (1691-1768).

2238.  Daniel Morse, born about 1611 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died 05 June 1688 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1639 in probably Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2237.  Lydia Fisher, born before 04 March 1620 in Syleham, Suffolk, England; died 29 January 1690 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4474. Anthony Fisher and 4475. Mary.

Children of Daniel Morse and Lydia Fisher are:
*  Obadiah Morse (1639-1704), married 1666 Martha Johnson (1647-1714).
*  Daniel Morse (1641-1702), married 1669 Elizabeth Barber (1651-1714).
*  Jonathan Morse (1645-1727), married 1666 Mary Barber (1644-1700).
*  Lydia Morse (1645-1722), married 1667 Ephraim Wight (1646-1727).
*  Bethia Morse (1648-1717), married 1665 John Perry (1639-1713).
*  Mary Morse (1650-1736), married 1676 Edward West (1650-1694).
*  Bathshua Morse (1653-1737), married 1674 Benjamin Fiske (1654-1689).
*  Nathaniel  Morse (1658-1728), married Dorothy Mason.
*  Elisha Morse (1661-????), married 1686 Jemima Tolman.
*  Samuel Morse (1661-1704), married 1690 Deborah Herring (1666-1719).

4476.  Samuel Morse, born before 12 June 1576 in Boxted, Essex, England; died 10 June 1654 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8952. Thomas Morse and 8953. Margaret King.  He married 29 June 1602 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
4477.  Elizabeth Jasper, born before 08 October 1578 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died 20 June 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 8854. Lancelot Jasper and 8855. Rose Shepard.

Children of Samuel Morse and Elizabeth Jasper are:
*  Samuel Morse (1603-1626).
*  Elizabeth Morse (1606-1643), married 1630 Robert Daniel (1602-1655).
*  John Morse (1608-1657), married 1637 Anna Chickering (1613-1693).
*  Daniel Morse (1611-1688), married 1639 Lydia Fisher (1620-1690).
*  Joseph Morse (1613-1654), married 1638 Hannah Phillips (1617-1676).
*  Sarah Morse (1616-1616).
*  Mary Morse (1620-1692), married 1641 Samuel Bullen (1617-1692).

Information about these Morse families was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,  2007), Samuel Morse sketch, pages 171-177.

*  G. Andrews Moriarty, English Origins of New England Families, Volume 2 (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1964),  Morse family, pp 262 ff.

*  William S. Tilden (editor) History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886, (Boston, Mass. : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).  

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver


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Friday, May 29, 2015

My Sunday (6/7/15) Classes at SCGS Genealogy Jamboree

We are going to the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree next week (June 5-7) in Burbank, and I've been trying to decide on the classes I want to attend.  I took a survey several weeks ago and identified the classes, but I don't remember what I selected - I thought they sent me an email, but I can't find it.

So I used the SCGS 2015 mobile app to select my classes, and now they appear in the "My Schedule" part on the mobile app.

Here is the screen shot from the "My Schedule" tab on the app on my iPhone for Sunday, June 7:



It's a little cramped in portrait mode, and more spread out in landscape mode.  At least it tells me, in a cryptic fashion, where to go, who I'm hearing, and the topic.

My selected classes for Sunday are:


*  8:30 a.m.:  SU005:  "Family History Adhesive: Science and Simple Tech 4 Binding Families" by Janet Hovorka, in Hollywood and Burbank room.

*  10:00 a.m.:  SU018:  "Getting Even More Out Of Your Ancestry.com Subscription" by Crista Cowan, in Pavilion 1

*  1 p.m.: SU023:  "Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch" by Eric Provard, in Pavilion 1

I have to skip the last class time on Sunday (2:30 p.m.) because we go over to the Subway and get sandwiches for dinner to take on the train home, which leaves at 4:25 p.m. 

 Those are my choice right now, they may change on the day.  Then there is the Exhibit Hall which is open all day, so I may forgo a class and cruise the exhibits, taking pictures and talking about vendor products.  Of course, I may meet friends, readers and geneabloggers in the hallways and have a chat and miss a class.  Who knows - I usually play it by ear.  My goal is to attend at least 50% of the selected classes each conference so I feel like I get my registration money's worth.

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

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Photo Dating Women's Bathing Suits

Did my great-grandmothers, or my great-grand-aunts, wear a bathing suit like this in the 1890s?


How about my grandmothers and great-aunts in the 1910s:


How about my mother, and my aunts, in the 1940s:



I ran across a video on YouTube titled "Evolution of the Bikini," and in order to help my fellow researchers date their family photographs, I offer this only for family history purposes to my colleagues and friends:




I wonder if this is going to be the most popular post of the week?  :)  I couldn't resist trying to help my fellow family historians.

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 74: #89 Sibel (Kirby) White (1764-1848)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I am extending this theme in 2015 to 104 Ancestors in 104 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #74:

Sibel Kirby (1764-1848)  is #89 on my Ahnentafel list, my 4th great-grandmother, married in 1786 to Humphrey White (1757-1814).

I am descended through:

*  their son, #44 Jonathan White (1805-1850) who married #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850) in about 1823.  

*  their son, #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864) in 1848.

*  their daughter, #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913), who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868. 
*  their daughter, #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962),  who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Birth Name:                  Sibel Kirby[1–3]   
*  Alternate Name:           Sibbel Kirby[8,10]    
*  Alternate Name:           Sybel Kirby[4]    
*  Alternate Name:           Sibel White[5–8]    

*  Sex:                              Female   
*  Father:                         David Kirby (1740-1832)   
*  Mother:                       Martha Soule (1743-1828)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                          8 January 1764, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[4]
*  Distribution:               12 February 1814 (age 50), husband's estate administered; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[5]
*  Census:                      1 June 1820 (age 56), Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[6]
*  Census:                      1 June 1830 (age 66), Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[7] 
*  Distribution :             1 May 1832 (age 68), father bequeathed $200; Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[8]    
*  Death:                        before 11 March 1848 (before age 84), estate administered; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[4]   
*  Probate:                     11 March 1848 (age 84), estate administered; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[9]   
*  Burial:                       about 11 March 1848 (about age 84), Acotes Hill Cemetery, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1]   
  
2)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1 Name:       Humphrey White (1757-1814)   
*  Marriage 1:              11 February 1786 (age 22), intentions; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[3,10,11]   
*  Child 1:                   Meribah White (1787-    )   
*  Child 2:                   Benjamin White (1789-1863)   
*  Child 3:                   David White (1793-1859)   
*  Child 4:                   Elizabeth White (1795-1841)   
*  Child 5:                   Humphrey White (1797-    )   
*  Child 6:                   Martha White (1797-1841)   
*  Child 7:                   Nancy White (1797-    )   
*  Child 8:                   Rhoda White (1800-1862)   
*  Child 9:                   Jonathan White (1805-1850)   
*  Child 10:                William White (1807-1866)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

The biography and family information for Humphrey White is included in the article by Ruth Wilder Sherman, "Some Descendants of Jonathan White of Dartmouth MA and of Humphrey White of Glocester RI," The American Genealogist, Volume 56, Pages 113-118.[3]

Another compiled genealogy, in Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Volume III (Chicago, Ill. : J.H. Beers Co., 1908), provides more information about the family.[2]

The Dartmouth, Massachusetts town record and vital record book notes the birth of Sybil Kirby to David and Martha (Soule) Kirby as:[4]

"[Kirby] Sybel, d. of David & Martha  8 Jany 1764"

Sibel Kirby married Humphrey White on 11 February 1786.  The Dartmouth, Massachusetts town record book has this marriage entry:[10,11]

"[Kirby] Sibbel and Humphry White both of Dartmouth, Feb. 11, 1786"

Humphrey and Sibel (Kirby) White had ten children born between 1787 and 1807, the first three in Dartmouth and then in Glocester.[2-3]  At least five of the ten married and outlived their mother.

After her husband, Humphrey White died on 15 January 1814, Sibel White and her son Benjamin White were appointed as administrators on the estate on 14 March 1814.[5]  No distribution of the estate was included in the probate record.  Sibyl probably received one third of the personal estate of her husband.  

Sibel was appointed guardian of her four minor children of lawful age on 12 February 1814 by the Probate Court.  The record says:

"Do by these presents, in the name of the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, and by virtue of the law in said state, Empowering the Courts of Probate to appoint Guardians, when the Court thinks proper, over certain persons and their Estates, and we now think it proper, for the benefit of Rhoda White, Jonathan White, William White and Nancy White, all of said Glocester under lawfull age, and children of Humphrey White late of Glocester deceased.

"Therefore, we the said Court of Probate have, and do hereby appoint you Sibel White of said Glocester, and you are hereby appointed a proper and lawfull Guardian, over the persons and Estate of the said Rhoda, Jonathan, William and Nancy, with full power to do everything that is right and just according to Law, relating the duty of a Guardian respecting the aforesaid premises."

In the 1820 U.S. Census, Sibel White was a head of household in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.[6]  The household included:

*  one female aged 16 to 26 (probably daughter Martha White)
*  one female over age 45 (Sibel White)

Sibyl's son, Benjamin White, was listed just above Sibel White, and Sibyl's daughter, Meribah Hutchinson, was listed just below her.

In the 1830 U.S. Census, Sibel Kirby was a head of household in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.[7]  The household included:

*  one male aged 20 to 29 (probably son William White)
*  one female aged 20 to 29 (probably William's wife Drusilla)
*  one female aged 60 to 69 (Sibel White)

When her father, David Kirby of Dartmouth (1740-1832) died testate, his will bequeathed to his daughter:[8]

"3d.  I give to my daughter Sibbel White, Two hundred silver dollars to be paid her in one year after my decease, by my executor herein after named, which with what she has already had of me, is to be her share of my estate."

Sibyl (Kirby) White died before 11 March 1848, when administration on her estate was opened.[9]  She probably died in Glocester, Rhode Island. 

The inscription on the gravestone for Sibel  in Acotes Hill Cemetery in Glocester, Rhode Island says[1]:


Sibel Kerby
wife of
Humphrey White
1764-1848

Sibel White died intestate, and the Glocester Court of Probate appointed  her son, William White of Glocester, as administrator of her estate on 11 March 1848[9].

An inventory of the personal estate of Sibel White, late of Glocester deceased, was taken by Leonard R. Williams, David Arnold and Nelson Wade on 24 March 1848.  The personal inventory was apprised at $307.00. 

On 17 December 1848, the commissioners reported that a meeting of the creditors of the estate of Sibel White met at Captain William White's house for the purpose of receiving and examining their claims.  The claims made were by the three commissioners, and amounted to $4.50.

The account of William White was received, allowed and recorded on 14 April 1849.  The account totalled $254.75 spent, with $318.94 received, including $153 for property sold at auction, a note from Jonathan White for $39.96, and notes from Allen Potter and James Cooke.

No distribution of the estate of Sibel White was found in the probate records for Glocester RI.
 
5)  SOURCES

1. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Acotes Hill Cemetery, Glocester, R.I., Sibel Kerby White Memorial #80231225.

2. Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Volume III (Chicago, Ill. : J.H. Beers Co., 1908), page 2229, Humphrey White sketch.

3. Ruth Wilder Sherman, "Some Descendants of Jonathan White of Dartmouth MA and of Humphrey White of Glocester RI," The American Genealogist, Volume 56, Number 2 (April 1981), Pages 113-118, page 115, Humphrey White sketch.

4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Dartmouth Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 83 (image 45 of 2331), Sybil Kirby entry.

5. "Probate Records, 1731-1915 (Glocester, Rhode Island)", FHL Microfilm US/CAN 941,848, Volume 3, pages 360-366, 395, Humphrey White estate.

6. 1820 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Providence County, Rhode Island, Glocester town, page 79, Sibel White household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M33, Roll 117.

7. 1830 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Providence County, Rhode Island, Glocester town, page 297, Sibil White household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll 168.

8. "Probate Records, 1687-1916; Index, 1687-1926" Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Court Records, on 199 FHL US/CAN Microfilm rolls; original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass., Will of David Kirby of Westport, Volume 71, Page 102, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,462,659.

9. "Probate Records, 1731-1915 (Glocester, Rhode Island)", Volume 5, pages 90, 269, 277, 287, Sibel White estate papers, accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 941,849.

10. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, "Dartmouth Births, Marriages, Deaths," no page number (image 184 of 2331), Sibbel Kirby and Humphrey White entry.


11. Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 ( Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,1929-1930), Volume 2, Marriages, page 537, Humphry White and Sibbel Kerby.


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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Legacy Family Tree Version 8 is Updated - Research Guidance Feature

The Legacy News blog posted today notes that the popular family tree software program was updated to version 8.0.0.499 today.  You can see the added or improved features in the blog post.  This is a FREE download (although some of the features in the free version are not functional).

One of the unique features that Legacy Family Tree has, and other software programs do not have, is the "Research Guidance."  Over 440 new sources were added, and 28 sources were revised.

1)  Users can access the Research Guidance from the "My Toolbar" menu and the "Research Guidance" button:


2)  With one of my ancestors highlighted, when I click on the "Research Guidance" button and the "Review Timeline" tab opened:


3)  The next tab on the "Research Guidance" screen is for "Preliminary Survey:"


For my target person, 88 sources were listed.  There are five sub-tabs - for:

*   "Lineage-Linked Databases" (e.g., Ancestry Member Trees),
*  "Surname MB/ML" (e.g., a Seaver message board or mailing list),
*  "Locality MB/ML" (e.g., a Worcester County message board or mailing list),
*  "Genealogies" (e.g. a published compiled genealogy book)
*  "Local Histories" (e.g., a county or town history book)

Note that these records or publications are not searched-for records, they are suggestions to check for records or publications for the target person based on their birth and death range and the locations noted in the "Review Timeline" tab.

4)  The "Suggested Sources" lists specific source titles that may have information about the target person:


There are six sub-tabs on this screen - for:

*  Goal: Birth
*  Goal:  Death
*  Goal:  Marriage
*  Goal:  Parents
*  Goal:  Siblings
*  Goal:  History

On each of those tabs, the user can review each suggested source, add it to a To-Do List (by clicking on "Plan to Search"), Ignore the suggested source (by clicking the "Options" button, and clicking on "Ignore this source for the specific  person), or note that the task has been "Done" by clicking the "Done" check box for the source.

For each source highlighted by the user on the screen above, there is a list at the bottom left of the screen for Repositories where the source might be found.

5)  Items that are checked "Plan to Search" appear on the "To Do List" (the fourth tab on the first line of tabs).

6)  Each screen above has explanatory material on the screen to help a researcher navigate the "Research Guidance."  This "Research Guidance" feature can be used for each person in the user's family tree database.

These sources can be used to review a wide range of specific sources which can help a researcher find published information about their target person.  However, published information can be very incomplete for many historical persons, and research in unpublished or digitized records is required.  Legacy Family Tree users can do that in the "Search Internet" button on the "Search" menu.

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My Saturday (6/6/15) Classes at SCGS Genealogy Jamboree

We are going to the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree next week (June 5-7) in Burbank, and I've been trying to decide on the classes I want to attend.  I took a survey several weeks ago and identified the classes, but I don't remember what I selected - I thought they sent me an email, but I can't find it.

So I used the SCGS 2015 mobile app to select my classes, and now they appear in the "My Schedule" part on the mobile app.

Here is the screen shot from the "My Schedule" tab on the app on my iPhone for Saturday, June 6:




It's a little cramped in portrait mode, and more spread out in landscape mode.  At least it tells me, in a cryptic fashion, where to go, who I'm hearing, and the topic.

My selected classes for Saturday are:


8:30 a.m.: SA003:  "Can a Complex Research Problem Be Solved Solely Online?" by Thomas W. Jones, in Pavilion 2.

10 a.m.:  SA011:  "Lutherpalians and Presbygationalists: Where Did Grandma's Church Go?" by Dave McDonald, in the Pasadena Room.

11:30 a.m.:  SA026:  "Magnificant, Magical, Mesmerizing Manuscript Collections" by Michael Lacopo in Academy 3 Room

2 p.m.: SA036:  "Leaving Brick Walls Behind You" by Eric Seiss in Academy 3 Room.

3:30 p.m.:  SA041:  "Treasure in Township Records" by Peggy Lauritzen in the Glendale Room.

5 p.m.:  SA049:  "Where is the Book with My Family in it?" by Drew Smith in Sunset A&B Rooms.

Those are my choice right now, they may change on the day.  Then there is the Exhibit Hall which is open all day, so I may forgo a class and cruise the exhibits, taking pictures and talking about vendor products.  Of course, I may meet friends, readers and geneabloggers in the hallways and have a chat and miss a class.  Who knows - I usually play it by ear.  My goal is to attend at least 50% of the selected classes each day so I feel like I get my registration money's worth.

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