Saturday, April 16, 2016

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Write Your Name in Viking Runes

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

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



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) My friend and CVGS colleague Karen Y. found this fun website -  
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/write-your-name-in-runes.html.  So click on the "Launch Interactive" button, enter your name, or some phrase of your choice, and see how it looks in runes.  

2)  I thought it would be ideal for a fun and fast SNGF project.  You can impress your friends and grandchildren with it, and maybe it will be a chart-storm on Facebook.

3)  Share your runic names or phrases with us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this post, in a Facebook post or a Google+ post.  Please provide a link to your response if you can.

Here's mine:

a)  Randy Seaver:



2)  Here's a mystery phrase - what does it say?


Enjoy!


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Surname Saturday - LNU (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 #1409 (after skipping from #1271 due to missing ancestors), who is Deborah LNU (1635-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this LNU 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)

352.  William White (1708-1780)
353.  Abigail Thurston (1700-????)

704.  William White (1683-1780)
705.  Elizabeth Cadman (1685-1768)

1408.  Sylvanus White, born before 1667 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died before 29 June 1688 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2816. Peregrine White and 2817. Sarah Bassett.  He married before 1683 in Massachusetts, United States.
1409.  Deborah LNU, born about 1667 in probably Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died after 30 June 1688 in Massachusetts, United States.

Child of Sylvanus White and Deborah is:

*  William White, born about 1683 in probably Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died before 03 October 1780 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; married Elizabeth Cadman about 1707 in probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

The identity of Deborah, the wife of Sylvanus White, is not known.  The Mayflower Families Through Five Generations book for William White says:

"It is suggested she was the dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (Warren) Church, b. Hingham 27 Jan 1656/7.

"Administration on the estate of Sylvanus White of Scituate was granted to his father Peregrine White, Esq. 30 June 1688; Deborah White swore to the inventory of her husband the same day.  No further record of Debroah has been found in Plymouth County records."

There are 2,553 Ancestry Member Trees for Sylvanus White (1667-1688), and 663 of them have him married to a Deborah with no last name.  583 of those say that Deborah was Deborah Church.   

The FamilySearch Family Tree has the wife of Sylvanus White as Deborah Church (1657-1690), with three children, William, William and Obadiah White.  I added a discussion item!

The Geni World Tree has the same information, and had five husbands for her before four were removed in 2011 at my suggestion.  I added another discussion item here too.


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Friday, April 15, 2016

New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday - 15 April 2016

I received this via email from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday


This week’s Findmypast Friday marks the release of three brand new record sets from the UK and Australia as well as new additions to the Suffolk Marriage index and our collection of historic British Newspapers.

British Newspaper Update

Over 3.9 million additional articles have been added to our historic British Newspaper Collection. This latest update includes nine brand new titles as well as substantial updates a 38 existing newspapers. The new titles to join the collection cover 109 years of British and world history and consist of local and regional newspapers from around Britain including publications from Devon, Oxfordshire and Lancashire.

Queensland Births 1829-1919

Queensland Births 1829-1919 contains over 930,000 records. Each record consist of a transcript of the original source material that can reveal your ancestors’ birth date, registration year, parents names and mother’s maiden names. Each transcript will also include the original record’s registration number, which can be used to order the birth certificate from the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

Queensland Marriages 1829-1939

Queensland Marriages 1829-1939 contains over 704,000 records. Each record consist of a transcript of the original source material that lists a couples’ full names, the date of their wedding and the registration year. The original record’s registration number is also included.

Suffolk Marriage Index

Over 71,000 marriage records from over 200 parishes have been added to the Suffolk Marriage Index. Each record consists of a transcript produced by members of the Suffolk Family History Society that includes the married couple's full names, marital status, parish, the date of their marriage and the location.

The Index currently cover 576 parishes, dates back to 1536 and stretches through to the twentieth century.

Kent, Bromley Absent Voters List 1918

The Kent, Bromley Absent Voters List 1918 records the details over 8,000 men who were eligible to vote and were away serving in the armed forces during the First World War. The list also includes the names of eight women who were members of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp or Army Service Corp.

Each record consists of a transcript of the information recorded in the original list. Each transcripts will list your ancestor’s name, service number, rank, regiment, service branch and home address.

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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So when do we get Somerset and Wiltshire records -- just asking!



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52 Ancestors - Week 120: #143 Eunice (Snow) (Horton) Snow (1722-1816)

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 2016 to 156 Ancestors in 156 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #120:

Eunice (Snow) (Horton) Snow (1722-1816)  is #143 on my Ahnentafel list, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #142 Nathaniel Horton (1721-1771) in 1742.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter 
#71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) who married #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1838) in 1782. 
*  their daughter, #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married #34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) in 1826.
*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884), who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1852.
*  their son, #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), who married #9 Hattie Louise Hildreth (1847-1920) in 1874. 
*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) 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):


*  Name:                     Eunice Snow[3,8]
*  Alternate Name:      Unice Snow[1-3]   
*  Alternate Name:      Eunis Snow[4-5]
*  Alternate Name:      Unis Horting[6]
*  Alternate Name:      Eunice Horten[6]
*  Alternate Name:     Eunice Horton[7,8]

*  Sex:                         Female   

*  Father:                     Jabez Snow (1696-1760)   
*  Mother:                   Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                       30 November 1722, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]   
*  Death:                     1816 (about age 94), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[8]    
*  Burial:                     1816 (about age 94), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[8]   
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:                Nathaniel Horton (1720-1771)   
*  Marriage 1:            10 April 1742 (age 19), intentions; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4–5]   
*  List of Children:    1743–1763 (about age 21–about 41), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[6]
*  Child 1:                  Elnathan Horton (1743-    )   
*  Child 2:                  Nathaniel Horton (1746-    )   
*  Child 3:                  Obadiah Horton (1747-    )   
*  Child 4:                  William Horton (1750-    )   
*  Child 5:                  Elizabeth Horton (1753-1813)   
*  Child 6:                  James Horton (1755-    )   
*  Child 7:                  Eunice Horton (1757-1819)   
*  Child 8:                  Jabez Horton (1759-1759)   
*  Child 9:                  Hannah Horton (1761-1797)   
*  Child 10:                Anne Horton (1763-    )   

*  Spouse 2:               Robert Snow (1718-1773)   
*  Marriage 2:            26 December 1771 (age 49), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[7]   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Eunice Snow was the first child and daughter of Jabez and Elizabeth (Paine) Snow of Eastham, Massachusetts.  The birth record in the Eastham, Massachusetts town records for Eunice Snow says[1-3]:

"Unice Snow the daughter of Jabez and Elisabeth Snow was Born at Eastham on the 30th day of November annodomini 1722."

The marriage intentions record of Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Snow is recorded in the Eastham town records as[4-5]:

"April the 10 : 1742 then entered Intentions of Nathaniel Horton & Eunis Snow both of Eastham to proseed in Marriage."

Nathaniel and Eunice (Snow) Horton had ten children, and all were recorded in the Eastham town records.  The record says[6]:

"Elnathan Horting Son of Nathanael ^and Unis^ Horting was born at Eastham on the 11'th day of june 1743 Nathanael Horting Son of Nathanael ^and Unis^ Horting was born at Eastham on the 2'd day of fabruary 1745  William Horting son of Nathael and Eunice Horting was Born in Eastham the 11'th ^of April^ 1750  Elisabeth Horting Daughter of Nathanel and Eunice horting was Borne in Eastham march the 1'th 1753  James Horting Son of Nathanel and Eunice Horting as Born in Eastham November the 8'th 1755  Eunice Horting Daughter of Nathanel and Eunice Horting was Born in Eastham febuary the 24'th 1757  Jabez Horting Son of Nathanel and Eunice Horting was Borne in Eastham June the 7th 1759 and Died the 19 day of July 1759 Nathaniel Horten son of Nathaniel & Eunice horten was born in Eastham february the 2 day 1746                       Obediah horten Son of Nathaniel & Eunice horten was born in Eastham Oct ^30 day 1747^  Hanah horten daughter of nathel & Eunice horten was born in Eastham April the 26 day 1761   Anne Horten Daughter of Nathanel and Eunice horten was Born in Eastham 28 day December 1763"

Nathaniel Horton died before December 1771, and Eunice (Snow) Horton married, secondly, Robert Snow.  The record in the Eastham town records say[7]:

"Robert Snow and Eunice Horton both of Eastham 
were married by Rev. Edward Cheever     Dec 26 1771."

Eunice (Snow) (Horton) Snow died in 1816 in Eastham, Massachusetts, and is buried in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham[8].

5)  SOURCES
 
1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001," digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 14 April 2016), Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1701-1796," page 36 (image 26 of 126), Unice Snow birth entry.

2. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), page 66, Unice Snow birth entry.

3. John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume Six: Stephen Hopkins (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001, 3rd Edition), page 209.

4. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001,"  FamilySearch (accessed 25 March 2016), Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, marriages, deaths, 1701-1796," page 230 (image 113 of 126), marriage intentions record of Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Snow, 1742; citing original data from Massachusetts town clerk records (on FHL US/CAN microfilms).

5. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, page 150, Nathaniel Horton and Unis Snow marriage intentions.

6. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001,"  FamilySearch (accessed 25 March 2016), Barnstable County, Eastham, Orleans, "Births, marriages, deaths, 1701-1796," page 84 (image 52 of 126), birth records of children of Nathaniel and Eunice Horton, 1743-1763; citing original data from Massachusetts town clerk records (on FHL US/CAN microfilms).

7. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Eastham and Orleans Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 129 (penned), image 64 of 66, Robert Snow and Eunice Horton entry.

8. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Mass., Eunice Snow Horton memorial # 74077233.


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