Saturday, June 4, 2016

#SCGS2016 Jamboree Day 2 Afternoon

I had really good intentions to go to at least one of the three talks this afternoon, but I failed miserably in favor of a nap and more Exhibit Hall rime.

The most interesting discussion I had was with Joe  Bishop of Software MacKiev.  He said that they were still working on the updates to the current Family Tree Maker 2014, but that they were minor bug fixes and there would be no major improvements in the update.  I asked about the Ancestry.com API and he didn't mention that they had received it, only that they have a good relationship with Ancestry.  I also mentioned that the source citation templates do not provide Evidence Explained models, and that the narrative reports in FTM Version 16 were better than the reports in FTM 2014.  He recommended contacting him via email or on the Family Tree Maker website to suggest improvements to Family Tree Maker.

I took some more photos in the Exhibit Hall too.

1)  Here is Anna Swayne teaching about AncestryDNA 101 this morning:


2)  This is the Software MacKiev exhibit with Joe Bishop:


3)  Over at the MyHeritage exhibit, Ana Castro and Jane Strawn consulted with Mark Olson:


4)  The Legacy Family Tree exhibit was busy all day:


After 5 p.m., I went back to the lobby and listened to the blogger table group talk, then went upstairs to get ready for dinner.  We went down at about 6:30 p.m. to the restaurant and had dinner by ourselves - it was pretty deserted.  Afterwards, on the way out we talked to Denise Levenick and Michele Goodrum.

I didn't bother going down to the bar after dinner, I chose to write this post and work on the CVGS Newsletter which I have to publish on Monday.

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#SCGS2016 Jamboree Day 2 Morning Festivities

Another rocky night's sleep in a strange bed, but life has to go on.

We were up early at 6:15 a.m. and went down to the "Starbucks" light bar next to the lobby for a banana, muffin and juice.  I read my email and blogs on the phone.

At 8 a.m. I was in the Exhibit Hall and had several conversations with folks.  Then it was off to the first 8:30 a.m. session with Bruce Buzbee on "RootsMagic: Your Home Base for Your Online Research."  Almost everyone was interested in what Bruce would reveal about the sync with Ancestry.com.  He started out by saying you can't make all trees the same, and noted that sync of a whole database is really hard, and for some person and locality names can be difficult because the two parties may use different character sets.  A user can have a tree in a genealogy program, in an online personal tree, in an online connected tree, in a mobile app, etc. The recommendation was to plant a tree in one place that works well for you, and then interact and update trees in the other places as best you can.

Bruce went through the Web Hints function, noting that a RootsMagic user can exchange information between a RootsMa gic person and the matching FamilySearch Family Tree person, but cannot exchange information with a MyHeritage or Findmypast tree person at this time.  For MyHeritage and Findmypast, the user must add the content to RootsMagic from the information on the websites, rather than sync information.  He noted that MyHeritage and Findmypast are both working on an API that permits person matching and content exchange.

He noted that the same Web Hint feature will be available for Ancestry.com and will bring the source citation and record image into RootsMagic.

Sync between Ancestry.com and RootsMagic, and Family Tree Maker, will not be the same sync that usually works between an Ancestry Member Tree and Family Tree Maker now.  Ancestry has provided the initial version of the new API that will enable sync interaction with RootsMagic.  It sounded like the functionality of the sync would be similar to the current person-centered sync between RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree - you match a person, then transfer names, data, events, sources, notes, etc. one item and a time between the two trees.  Because an Ancestry Member Tree is usually owned by one person, RootsMagic may add some features to minimize tedious work.

After this talk, I went to the room to update the blog compendium and answer email, then went down to the Exhibit Hall and took more photographs.  At 11:30 a.m., I went to hear Tom Jones speak on "Organizing Evidence to Overcome Record Shortages."  This was interesting - first he provided some general principles about the process, and then applied them to an Irish family in the 18th and 19th century.

I hurried out at 12:30 p.m. to make the SDGS group photo, and then we had lunch.

Here are some photos from the morning:

1)  Bright and early Paul Hinkel came waltzing through the lobby like she was an attendee.  She's been wearing the headgear a lot recently:


2)  More headgear as Ron Arons and Kitty Cooper share Ron's joker hat:


3)  Jim Beidler and Lisa Alzo were at the Family Tree Magazine table signing and sellingbooks:


4)  Ancestry.com has a swag wheel - Diane Hall spun it and won something:


5)  Jane Strawn and Toni Perrone were at the Immigrant Genealogical Society table:


6)  Mark Olson was helping folks at the MyHeritage exhibit:


MyHeritage is having a daily drawing for a Kindle - you have to be present at 3:15 p.m. to win.

7)  The San Diego Genealogical Society members gathered in the lobby for a group photograph:


20 smiling faces.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Best Genealogy Research Find in May 2016

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)  I am away at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree this weekend, having too much fun (I hope!).

2)  What was your best genealogy "research find" in May 2016?  It could be a record, it could be a photograph, etc.  Whatever you judge to be your "best."

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

Here's mine:

I have been working on the heirs of Elizabeth Auble (1814-1899, my second great-grandaunt) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for over a month now.  See the earlier posts in the series in:


*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 1: Finding Elizabeth's Will (25 April 2016).
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 2: Transcription of Elizabeth Auble's Will (28 April 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 3: Identifying Elizabeth Auble's Heirs (29 April 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins -- Post 4: The William Auble Challenges (3 May 2016)
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins -- Post 5: The Sophia Auble Challenges Part 1 (5 May 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins -- Post 6: Solving the William Auble Challenge (6 May 2016)
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 7: Sophia Auble's Descendants (10 May 2016)
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 8: Nathan Auble's Descendants (17 May 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 9: Was Sarah Auble Elizabeth's Sister? (24 May 2016)

While researching the heirs of Elizabeth Auble, I have managed to find three additional siblings to Elizabeth that were not previously known to me - Sophia Auble, Sarah Auble and Nathan Auble.  I wrote about the Sophia Auble family line in Post 5 above, the Nathan Auble line in Post 8 above, and the Sarah Auble family line in Post 9 above.  

The Sophia Auble and Sarah Auble research is totally new to the genealogy world as far as I can tell - no other researcher had connected them to the John and Ann (Row) Auble family before.  A significant amount of indirect evidence was used to form conclusions, and I am presently finding more information that is direct evidence of the relationships.

That's it!!


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Surname Saturday -- GIFFORD (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 #1425, who is Patience GIFFORD (1644-1675) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this GIFFORD 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).

178.  David Kirby (1740-1832)
179.  Martha Soule (1743-1828)

356.  Ichabod Kirby (1705-1793)
357.  Rachel Allen (1708-1801)

712.  Robert Kirby (1674-1757)
713.  Rebecca Potter (1681-1773)

1424.  Richard Kirby, born about 1633 in probably England; died before 08 March 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2848. Richard Kirby and 2849. Jane.  He married 09 October 1665 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1425.  Patience Gifford, born about 1644 in England; died about 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Richard Kirby and Patience Gifford are:
*  Sarah Kirby (1667-1733), married Samuel Merihew (????-1733).
*  Experience Kirby (1670-1745), married 1692 John Mosher (1668-1737).
*  Temperance Kirby (1670-1761), married 1721 George Pierce (1662-1752).
*  John Kirby (1672-1730), married Rebecca Mosher (1668-????).
*  Robert Kirby (1673-1757), married 1701 Rebecca Potter (1681-1773).

2850.  William Gifford, born about 1620 in England; died before 30 January 1688 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1640 in England.
2851.  Elizabeth, born about 1620 in England; died before 1683 in probably Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of William Gifford and Elizabeth are:
*  John Gifford (1642-1708), married 1665 Elishua Crowell (1643-1708).
*  Patience Gifford (1644-1674), married 1665 Richard Kirby (1633-1720)
*  Hananiah Gifford (1646-1709), married Elizabeth (1646-1729).
*  William Gifford (1655-1738), married (1) 1675 Hannah (????-1721); (2) 1711 Lydia Hatch (1685-????).
*  Christopher Gifford (1658-1748), married (1) Meribah (????-1684); (2) 1684 Deborah Perry (1665-1724).
*  Robert Gifford (1660-1730), married (1) 1680 Sarah Wing (1659-1720); (2) 1720 Elizabeth Cornell (1664-1724).

Information about this Gifford family was obtained from:

*  Almon E. Daniels and MacLean W. MacLean, "William Gifford of Sandwich, Mass. (d. 1687)," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 128, Number 4 (October 1974).

*   Raymond L. Olson, Ancestors of Elihu B. Gifford and Catherine Sandow Barrows (Baltimore, MD : Gateway Press, Inc., 1989).  

*  Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, Calif. " the author, 1998).


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