tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7301161068591909898..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Good Genealogy Luck?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-27091604397238579202011-09-11T01:10:55.892-07:002011-09-11T01:10:55.892-07:00This was my blog post from a few weeks ago: From b...This was my blog post from a few weeks ago: <a href="http://goo.gl/S7Nnx" alt="...it all makes census" rel="nofollow">From brick wall to 4-lane highway</a>Tacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059717877562427778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-44284797249685991672011-09-10T23:59:30.895-07:002011-09-10T23:59:30.895-07:00I've had alot of good luck along the way, but ...I've had alot of good luck along the way, but I've written about two specific incidences:<br />http://www.researchjournal.yourislandroutes.com/?p=2662Melhttp://www.researchjournal.yourislandroutes.com/?p=2662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-26046464378425706322011-09-10T22:07:37.103-07:002011-09-10T22:07:37.103-07:00Randy et al find mine here http://wp.me/p1KdEb-47Randy et al find mine here http://wp.me/p1KdEb-47Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549508784917546610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-55732255187858259172011-09-10T20:50:00.509-07:002011-09-10T20:50:00.509-07:00Randy, thanks for keeping up with your blog posts ...Randy, thanks for keeping up with your blog posts while so intensively attending the FGS Conference (and when did you have time to recover from Grandpa Camp?).<br /><br />Most recent luck was in the Civil War Pension Application File of a son of a Mystery Cousin. He'd had a letter from his only sister, giving the exact birth dates of her, him, and their siblings, from "mother's old Bible" -- which had subsequently burned in a house fire. He sent the original letter to the Pension Office while trying to prove eligibility for a pension increase -- thus preserving it for posterity.<br /><br />Accounts of children of the pensioners in these files are common, in response to the Pension Bureau's questionnaires. But seldom does one find such documentation of the whole generation of the pension recipients.<br /><br />Thanks to John S. for the sending to the Pension Bureau, to Isabella for writing the letter, and to the National Archives for preserving the paper copies all these years.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-9721016582017854482011-09-10T20:17:58.046-07:002011-09-10T20:17:58.046-07:00Randy,
Working in a library provides wonderful opp...Randy,<br />Working in a library provides wonderful opportunities for good genealogical luck! At the library, I have found DAR documents for one line of my family that provided a missing maiden name of one of my female ancestors; another time a patron had interesting details about my great grandmother's marriage to his uncle. And I have had several opportunities to be the recipient of photographs via email through distant cousins who have a scanner! I am blessed with good luck indeed!Dorene from Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371522353987796175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-42953017662118937292011-09-10T19:58:04.740-07:002011-09-10T19:58:04.740-07:00Randy, I found a photographer of headstones in Ala...Randy, I found a photographer of headstones in Alabama through Find A Grave that I haven't seen before. A great resource for people researching their Southern roots. This guy photographs a lot of cemeteries! I've been a member of Find A grave for years and this guy just popped upped!<br />Saturday just brings surprises!J. Paul Hawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14575433825363226871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-82316134980722687802011-09-10T19:25:21.013-07:002011-09-10T19:25:21.013-07:00Randy, as you know, it seems I can research long a...Randy, as you know, it seems I can research long and hard but the good stuff comes when I am helping others or not looking for the data any more.<br />I have had books drop of shelves. I have had research being done for others find me a full link to my own ancestors. I am a firm believer of Random Acts of Kindness to others because you never what is around the bend, on the next page, in the next blog by a friend, at the library, in a newsletter or shared in a phone call.Susi's Quarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722985357289434741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-72631806415190839602011-09-10T14:48:17.479-07:002011-09-10T14:48:17.479-07:00Hi Randy,
My blog about good luck is at http://han...Hi Randy,<br />My blog about good luck is at http://hangingwithdonna.blogspot.com/2011/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-good.htmlDonna Hansen Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010578509636276371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-21981138691709645762011-09-10T14:44:06.585-07:002011-09-10T14:44:06.585-07:00Well, we're lucky to have you blogging, Randy....Well, we're lucky to have you blogging, Randy.<br /><br />I have had two things happen that were extremely lucky just in the last few weeks.<br /><br />I had been tracking down descendants in one family line for a long time. In one particular family I had been trying, unsuccessfully, to get together with one woman who has a "box of stuff" that her mother had. Low-and-behold, a descendant of another sibling in that family found my website and has scanned and sent me photos of my great grandfather and his only brother (who is her ancestor) at about 3 different times of their lives; a wedding photo of my great-great grandparents, m. 1878; and a photo of my great-great-great grandmother whose likeness I have never before seen.<br /><br />Then I bought a book about a person who immigrated from the same part of England and at the same time as my husband's ancestor did and came to Ohio, as his ancestors did. I figured it would give me some background/historical information especially since it is partially based on the diary of one branch of the family. Turned out my husband's ancestor is in it and is related to this family.Patti Hobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652809089739694006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-20485547111559773272011-09-10T13:04:25.862-07:002011-09-10T13:04:25.862-07:00First, I would like to say AMEN to your last comme...First, I would like to say AMEN to your last comment about meeting wonderful, smart people through GeneaBloggers.<br /><br />My good genealogy luck was stumbling over my great great grandmother's grave on Find A Grave. You can read part one of the story here: <br /><br />http://turning-of-generations.blogspot.com/2010/11/tombstone-tuesday-can-you-stumble-over.htmlMichelle Goodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.com