Saturday, May 14, 2016

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your "Other" Life

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)  
Tell us about your "other" hobbies or interests outside of genealogy and family history research, writing, speaking, etc.  Be mindful of your family's privacy, though!

2) Write a blog post of your own, respond with a comment to this post, or write a Facebook status post or a Google+ Stream post.


Here's mine:

Do I really have a life outside of genealogy and family history research, society activities, blogging and speaking? Of course I do - I only do that 8 to 12 hours a day when the grandkids aren't here or we're not traveling.

My other interests include:

* Being with my two daughters and their families, including the five grandchildren (boys aged 12 and 10 and 20 months, girls aged 11 and 8). I'm not averse to making family history with all of them!

* Traveling - although we usually combine genealogy research and conference-going with sightseeing and visiting friends.  This year's travel to date has been RootsTech in February, Las Vegas in early April, and we're going to Jamboree in early June.  

* Reading mystery novels - authors like James Patterson, John Sandford, John Grisham, Michael Palmer, Lee Child, Jack Higgins, Michael Connelly, John Lescroart, C.J. Box, Stephen Coonts, Tom Clancy, etc. I usually read in the evening while watching baseball games or news shows.

* Keeping up with current events (including politics, science, religion, aerospace) via online forums and websites, network and cable news shows, print newspapers, etc.

* Being a devoted fan of the San Diego Padres (MLB baseball - we go to about 25 games a year, and watch more on TV) and San Diego Chargers (NFL football - we don't go, only watch on TV). 

*  Entertainment - I don't watch any entertainment shows on TV, don't rent or go to movies, except once in a long while, and except for the genealogy shows.  We used to have a yearly membership to a local theater, but haven't for three years.  We don't go to movies or watch movies on TV.


*  Friends - we go to church almost every week, and some church social events, and occasionally go to lunch or dinner with friends.  We go to parties when we're invited.  Linda goes out swimming, shopping and lunching almost every day (thank goodness!).  

* Eating and sleeping - Linda is an excellent cook and I really appreciate her culinary talents. We go out to eat occasionally at steak houses, Marie Callenders, Lolita's, and El Pollo Loco.  I try to get 7 hours a night to stay sane, and often take a 20-30 minute power nap in the afternoon in my recliner with the TV on or in the extra bedroom with the radio on.


*  Exercise?  Um, not much these days.  Does typing count?  I used to walk a mile or two several times a week, but my feet hurt now when I do that.  Ah, mental gymnastics solving genealogy puzzles!  I know that I need to do more exercising my body, but genealogy is so addictive!

Pretty tame, isn't it? But, but, but - see, I have a life!


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Surname Saturday -- LOTT (Netherlands/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 #1419, who is Mary LOTT (1630-1712) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this LOTT 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)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1805-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

88.  Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89.  Sibel Kirby (1764-1848).

176.  Jonathan White (1732-1804)
177.  Abigail Wing (1736-1806)

354.  Benjamin Wing (1698-1776)
355.  Content tucker (1695-1738)

708.  Matthew Wing (1674-1724)
709.  Elizabeth Mott (1659-1723)

1418.  Adam Mott, born 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died 15 November 1711 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 2836. Adam Mott and 2837. Elizabeth Creed.  He married October 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1419.  Mary Lott, born before 22 October 1630 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died 08 October 1712 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  

Children of Adam Mott and Mary Lott are:
*  Bethiah Mott (1644-????),.
*  Rebecca Mott (1648-1719).
*  Adam Mott (1650-1676).
*  Mary Mott (1656-????).
*  Sarah Mott (1657-????).
*  Elizabeth Mott (1659-1723), married (1) 1679 William Ricketson (1636-1691); (2) 1694 Matthew Wing (1674-1724).
*  Phebe Mott (1661-????).
*  Abigail Mott (1666-1730).
*  John Mott (1671-????).

2838.  Englebrett Lott, born about 1600 in Netherlands, died about 1632 in Netherlands.  He married befpre 1630 in England.
2839.  Sarah, born about 1604 in England; died Aft. 31 August 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Child of Englebrett Lott and Sarah is:
*  Mary Lott (1630-1712), married 1647 Adam Mott (1623-1711).


Information about this Lott family was obtained from "The Genealogy of Dennis Bowen Caskey and Michelle Lynn Smith" website (http://caskey-family.com/genealogy/genhome.htm).  The information on the Englebrett <Lott family is on http://caskey-family.com/genealogy/ged4web/f_8a.html#2.

I don't know how accurate the information is.  It's been a long time since I added this family to my database.

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Findmypast New Record Collections - Week Ending 13 May 2016

I received this via email from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday


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London Lives, Culture & Society 1680-1817

London Lives, Culture & Society 1680-1817 is a rich archive of more than 1.5 million records including criminal registers, apprentice records, coroner inquests, workhouse minutes, clerks’ papers and much more.

London Lives, funded by the Economic and Social Research, is a project that has digitised records from six archives. The project has scanned and digitised numerous record types including a range of primary sources, such as session papers, coroner’s inquests and ordinary’s accounts from Old Bailey. The records detail the lives of ordinary and common Londoners and describe a London beyond the popularised portrayals in media and literature.

Each record consist of a transcript listing the vital details contained within that document and a link to the image of the document provided by London Lives.

The London Gazette, supplements August 1914 -January 1920

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The London Gazette was the official journal of the British government. It published statutory notes, royal proclamations and notices of insolvency or bankruptcy. It also reported official appointments in public offices such as the board of trade, board of agriculture, customers and trade, postmaster, factory department and much more. Additionally, the gazette was used to report military appointments, attachments, promotions, and awards. One was ‘gazetted’ when one was mentioned in The London Gazette for promotion.

The records are presented in Portable Document Format (PDF). The information revealed about your ancestor will vary depending on the nature of the gazette entry.

Sussex Burials

Search over 6,000 new additions to our collection of Sussex burials to reveal your ancestor’s burial date, where they are buried and, in some cases, additional notes that will tell you about your ancestor’s marital status, occupation, residence or other relatives’ names. The new additions cover Halisham Cemetery in the Wealden district of East Sussex and consist of transcripts created by the Sussex Family History Group. The entire collection now contains the records of 499,907 burials from the registers of 237 parishes across the county and dates back as far as 1530. 

Greater London Burial Index

Over 79,000 new records have been added to the Greater London Burials Index. The Index comprises over one million names from more than 226 parishes in the Greater London area and includes records from both Anglican and non-conformist parishes. It also includes the City of London Burials, Middlesex Memorial Inscriptions, Middlesex & City of London Burials Index and the South London Burials Index.

 Don’t forget to regularly check our dedicated Findmypast Friday page to keep up to date with all the latest additions.

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Still no Wiltshire or Somerset records for the Nth week in a row.  No new USA records, either.

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