Saturday, January 21, 2017

CVGS General Meeting on 25 January Features Randy Seaver on FamilySearch Digital Microfilm

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 12 noon To 2 p.m.
General Meeting
“UaingFamilySearch Digital Microfilm to 
Find Genealogical Records”
 by Randy Seaver
Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library Auditorium 
(365 F Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910)

 FamilySearch has over 2,180 record collections, and many of them are not indexed and cannot be searched using search fields. They are digitized from Family History Library microfilms. Think of them as "digital microfilm" - you have to browse these records (look through them, not search them). There are finding aids to help the researcher find records for their ancestors - waypoints, lists of volumes, volume indexes, etc. 

This presentation will demonstrate how to find records for your ancestors in probate, land, town, tax and other unindexed records, using several record types – probate records, land records, town records, and Italian civil registry records.

 Randy Seaver has been pursuing his elusive ancestors for 29 years, and has been a member of CVGS since 1993.  He is a CVGS Past President, and is currently the Newsletter Editor, and the Research and Queries chairman.  He is also a member of NGS, NEHGS, SCGS and SDGS.  Randy blogs daily at www.GeneaMusings.com and also on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe (http://cvgencafe.blogspot.com).

This program is free to attend.  There will be a short business meeting after the presentation, followed by refreshments provided by CVGS members.



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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Many Presidents?

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



Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:


1)  Which U.S. Presidents have held the office in your lifetime?  Your parents lifetimes?  Your grandparents lifetimes?  How many generations do you need to cover all of them?

2)  A list of the U.S. Presidents is in http://www.presidentsusa.net/presvplist.html to help you out.

3)  Put the answers in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook or Google+ post. 

Here's mine:


a)  My life (1943-????) - Randall J. Seaver - 14 of them:

*  #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
*  #33  Harry Truman
*  #34  Dwight D. Eisenhower
*  #35  John F. Kennedy
*  #36  Lyndon B. Johnson
*  #37  Richard M. Nixon
*  #38  Gerald R. Ford
*  #39  James E. Carter
*  #40  Ronald Reagan

*  #41  George H. W. Bush
*  #42  William J. Clinton
*  #43  George W. Bush
*  #44  Barack H. Obama
*  #45  Donald J. Trump

b)  My father's life (1911-1983) - Frederick W. Seaver - 14 of them:

*  #27  William H. Taft
*  #28  Woodrow W. Wilson
*  #29  Warren G. Harding
*  #30  Calvin Coolidge
*  #31  Herbert Hoover
*  #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
*  #33  Harry Truman
*  #34  Dwight D. Eisenhower
*  #35  John F. Kennedy
*  #36  Lyndon B. Johnson
*  #37  Richard M. Nixon
*  #38  Gerald R. Ford
*  #39  James E. Carter
*  #40  Ronald Reagan

c)  My mother's life (1919-2002) Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver - 16 of them:

*  #28  Woodrow W. Wilson
*  #29  Warren G. Harding
*  #30  Calvin Coolidge
*  #31  Herbert Hoover
*  #32  Franklin D. Roosevelt
*  #33  Harry Truman
*  #34  Dwight D. Eisenhower
*  #35  John F. Kennedy
*  #36  Lyndon B. Johnson
*  #37  Richard M. Nixon
*  #38  Gerald R. Ford
*  #39  James E. Carter
*  #40  Ronald Reagan
*  #41  George H. W. Bush
*  #42  William J. Clinton
*  #43  George W. Bush

d)  My maternal grandfather's life (1891-1976) Lyle L. Carringer - 17 of them:

*  #23  Benjamin Harrison
*  #24  Grover Cleveland 
*  #25  William McKinley
*  #26  Theodore Roosevelt
*  #27  William H. Taft
*  #28  Woodrow W. Wilson
*  #29  Warren G. Harding
*  #30  Calvin Coolidge
*  #31  Herbert Hoover
*  #32  Franklin D. Roosevelt
*  #33  Harry Truman
*  #34  Dwight D. Eisenhower
*  #35  John F. Kennedy
*  #36  Lyndon B. Johnson
*  #37  Richard M. Nixon
*  #38  Gerald R. Ford
*  #39  James E. Carter

e)  My maternal great-grandfather's life - Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946) - 20 of them:

*  #14  Franklin Pierce
*  #15  James Buchanan
*  #16  Abraham Lincoln
*  #17  Andrew Johnson
*  #18  Ulysses S. Grant
*  #19  Rutherford B. Hayes
*  #20  James A. Garfield
*  #21  Chester Arthur
*  #22  Grover Cleveland
*  #23  Benjamin Harrison
*  #24  Grover Cleveland 
*  #25  William McKinley
*  #26  Theodore Roosevelt
*  #27  William H. Taft
*  #28  Woodrow W. Wilson
*  #29  Warren G. Harding
*  #30  Calvin Coolidge
*  #31  Herbert Hoover
*  #32  Franklin D. Roosevelt
*  #33  Harry Truman

In the four generations back to my great-grandfather, whom I met as a child, we can cover 32 U.S. Presidents.  

If I go back five generations from me (to 3rd great-grandfather Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)), I can cover all 45 U.S. Presidents.  


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Surname Saturday -- PECKHAM (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 #1519, who is Sarah PECKHAM (1653-1724) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through one generation of this PECKHAM family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-????)

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)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

94.  Joseph Champlin (1758-1850)
95.  Nancy Kenyon (1765-????)

188.  Elijah Champlin (1730-1779)
189.  Phoebe Card (1730-1787)

378.  Job Card (1690-1760)
379.  Judith Greenman (1694-1786)

758.  Thomas Greenman (1669-1728)
759.  Mary Weeden (1673-1743)

1518.  William Weeden, born about 1647 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died after 20 April 1718 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 3036. William Weeden and 3037. Abigail Bailey.  He married before 1673 in Rhode Island, United States.
1519.  Sarah Peckham, born about 1653 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 23 April 1724 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Child of William Weeden and Sarah Peckham is:
*  Mary Weeden (1673-1743), married 1690 Thomas Greenman (1669-1728).

3038.  John Peckham, born before 24 April 1595 in Boxgrove, Sussex, England; died 05 January 1681 in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 6076. Henry Peckham and 6077. Elizabeth Badger.  He married about 1648 in probably Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
3039.  Eleanor Weaver, born before 10 September 1623 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England; died after 1670 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 6078. Clement Weaver and 6079. Rebecca Holbrook.

Children of John Peckham and Eleanor Weaver are:
*  Stephen Peckham (1651-1724), married 1680 Mary Pope (1654-1730).
*  Sarah Peckham (1653-1724), married 1673 William Weeden (1647-1718).
*  James Peckham (1655-1712).
*  Rebecca Peckham (1657-1699), married 1679 John Spooner (1648-1734).
*  Clement Peckham (1660-1712), married 1692 Lydia Lawton (1670-1710).
*  Susannah Peckham (1663-1753), married 1692 Peter Becker (1660-1725).
*  Deborah Peckham (1664-1743), married 1685 Robert Taylor (1653-1707).
*  Phebe Peckham (1666-1746), married (1) 1694 Nathaniel Warren (1662-1707); (2) 1709 Thomas Gray (1672-1721).
*  Elizabeth Peckham (1667-1714), married 1695 Peter Talor (1661-1736).

Information about the Peckham family was obtained from:

 Stephen Farnum Peckham, Peckham Genealogy (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1922).

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Friday, January 20, 2017

This Week's We're Related Relationships - 20 January 2017

I received 7 new cousin relationships on the We're Related mobile app this week, which is based on Ancestry Member Trees.  The new relationships, and my initial evaluation of them, are:

1)  Paul "Bear" Bryant -- Sports figure, 8th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Mary French (1624-1697).



My line from Mary French (1624-1697) on the app is wrong.  It shows her son Samuel Smith (1641-1691) (who married Sarah Clark).  Samuel was the son of Henry Smith and Elizabeth of Dedham, Mass., not Mary French who married George Smith of Ipswich in 1644.  My judgment is that this relationship is Unlikely.

2)  Jenny Hawran - Facebook friend, 8th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Sarah --?-- (1654-1727).

My line is back to Sarah (--?--) Hartshorn (1654-1727), wife of Joseph Hartshorn (1652-1727), through their daughter Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771).  Jenny's line goes through Joseph Hartshorn (1688-1758) to Joseph Hartshorn and Sarah --?--.  My judgment is that this relationship is Likely.

3)  Pam Drake -- Facebook friend, 8th cousin 2x removed, common ancestor is Bartholomaeus Scheible (1616-1690).  

The app has added five generations back from my brick wall ancestor, Maria Magdalena Hoax (1768-1851), through four generations of Federhoff persons.  Pam's line is probably correct, but my judgment is that this relationship is Very Unlikely. 

4)  Alice Eichholz -- Facebook friend, 8th cousin, common ancestor is Elizabeth Mott (1659-1723).

My line back to Elizabeth Mott goes through Benjamin Wing (1698-1776), by her second husband, Matthew Wing (1674-1724).  Alice's line on the app goes through Rebecca Richardson (1675-1715).  Elizabeth Mott had a Rebecca Ricketson by her first husband, William Ricketson (1636-1691), who she married in 1679.  I have that the Rebecca Ricketson (1681-1751) in my database married John Russell (1679-1767).  My judgment is that this relationship is Unlikely.  

5)  Jenna Mills -- Facebook friend, 9th cousin, common ancestor is Jonas Prescott (1648-1723).

My line to Jonas Prescott is son Jonas Prescott (1678-1750).  Jenna's line is through daughter Dorothy Prescott (1682-1722), who married John Varnum.  My judgment is that this relationship is Very Likely.

6)  Anna Kendrick -- Actress, 8th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Mehitable Fish (1647-1697).



My line to Mehitable Fish goes through Mary Tripp (1689-1754).  Anna's line goes through Jabez Tripp (1687-????), brother of my Mary Tripp.  My judgment is that this relationship is Likely.  

7)  Johnny Cash -- Musician, 9th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is William White (1593-1673).



According to the app, my line to this William White is through Susanna White (1636-1688), mother of Esther Waget (1677-1748), the mother of Isaac Buck (1706-1780).  I don't know the parents of Esther Waget,  The FamilySearch Family Tree says her parents are Thomas Wagget and Susanna Green, but has no parents for Susanna Green.   I have no clue about Johnny Cash's line.  My judgment is that this relationship is Unlikely.  

My count is up to 128 famous or Facebook cousins provided by the app.  This week, my judgment is that only three of the seven cousin relationships are Likely or better.

I will say it again:  My biggest problem with this We're Related app is that it thinks it knows my ancestral lines better than I do, and adds one to five generations to some of my end-of-line ancestors.  The second biggest problem is that many of the lines of the famous or Facebook persons have colonial lines that jump from one region to another, as with the Ruth Himan line.

They may be right -- I don't know -- and I can't really find out because they provide no source material to back up their assertions.  If there was authoritative information for my end-of-line ancestors, I would add it.  None of the "Unlikely" or "Wrong" relationships have been convincing to me yet.



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New Records Available to Search This Findmypast Friday, 20 January 2017

I received this from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available to Search This Findmypast Friday



Over 3.4 million new records are available to search this Findmypast Friday, including;

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Rutland banns 

There are over 24,600 banns records covering the county of Rutland in this collection. The records span from 1653 to the 1931, cover 49 parishes and will allow you to see if your ancestor was married via the ancient legal tradition of Banns.

Rutland marriages

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52 Ancestors - Week 160: #225 Christina (--?--) Abel (1730-1804) of New Jersey

Here is my 52 Ancestors biography for week #160:

Christina (--?--) Abel (1730-1804) is #225 on my Ahnentafel List, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #224 Michel Abel (1719-1791) in about 1755, probably in New Jersey.



I am descended through:

*  their son, #112 Johannes Able (1758-1818), who married #113 Sophia Trimmer (1755-1811) in 1777.
*  their son, #56 John Able (1780-1831), who married #57 Mary Row (1787-1863) in 1804.
*  their son, #28 David Auble (1817-1894), who married #29 Sarah Knapp (1818-????) in 1844.
*  their son, #14 Charles Able (1849-1916), who married #15 Georgianna Kemp (1858-1952) in 1898.
*  their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) who married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.
* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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


*  Name:                   Christina --?-- [1]   
*  Alternate Name:   Christina Buhner Abel[2]   

*  Sex:                       Female   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
   
*  Birth:                     about 1730, Morris, Morris, New Jersey, United States[2]   
*  Death:                   1804 (about age 74). Fox Hill, Morris, New Jersey, United States[2]    
*  Burial:                   1804 (about age 74), Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Oldwick, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States[2]   
   
3)  SHARED EVENTS  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:               Michel Abel (1719-1791)   
*  Marriage:               about 1755 (about age 25), New Jersey, United States[1]   

*  Child 1:                  Andreas Able (1757-1830)   
*  Child 2:                  Johannes Able (1758-1818)   
*  Child 3:                  Matthias Able (1759-1826)   
*  Child 4:                  Mary Able (1760-1829)   
*  Child 5:                  Jacob Able (1763-1816)   
*  Child 6:                  Anna Elisabeth Able (1765-1815)   
*  Child 7:                  Catharine Able (1767-    )   
*  Child 8:                  Eva Able (1769-    )   
*  Child 9:                  Christina Able (1771-1855)   
  
4)  NOTES  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

The information on this Abel family was obtained from the book The Able Aubles by Juanita Hayter Crampton[1].

Christina was born about 1730, probably in Morris County, New Jersey.  The Find A Grave memorial says her maiden name was Buhner, but I have found no records with that maiden name[2].

Michel Abel married Christina in about 1755, and they had nine children between 1757 and 1771.  The names of the children may provide some clues to the names of their parents - they were Andreas, Johannes, Matthias, Mary, Jacob, Anna Elisabeth, Catharine, Eva and Christina[1].  

Both Michel and Christina Able are buried in the Zion Lutheran Church graveyard at Oldwick, Tewksbury township, Hunterdon, New Jersey[2].  There is a footstone with "C.A. 1804" on it, with no headstone. This stone was beside another footstone "M.A. 1791" (which could possibly be Michel Abel). This footstone is assumed to be the grave marker for Christina Abel.

5)  SOURCES
 
1. Juanita Hayter Crampton, The Able Aubles (Utica, Kentucky: Mcdowell Publications, 1987), pages 29-31, Michael Able family sketch; digital image, FamilySearch Books (https://books.familysearch.org/).

2. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Oldwick, N.J., Christina Buhner Abel memorial #95615196.

NOTE:  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 have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks.

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