Saturday, September 3, 2016

2016 FGS Conference Blog Compendium - UPDATED

This blog post will try to collect all of the genealogy-related blog posts from attendees at the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2016 Conference held in Springfield, Illinois from 31 August to 3 September 2016.


Please take a moment and check out the posts that interest you.

1)  The writer of The Ancestry Insider blog:

*  Ancestry Library Edition Bookmark from Librarian’s Day – #FGS2016 (30 August 2016)
*  Stop by Springfield, Win Prizes - #FGS2016 (31 August 2016)
*  Societies Day at #FGS2016 (1 September 2016)
*  Schedule for Ancestry.com Booth Presentations at #FGS2016 (1 September 2016)
*  #Genealogy Past, Present, and Future – #FGS2016 (2 September 2016)
*  Congratulations, Lou Szucs - #FGS2016 (3 September 2016)
*  From Content to Discovery on Ancestry.com – #FGS2016 (7 September 2016)
*  Coming to America by Juliana Szucs – #FGS2016 (8 September 2016)
*  Anna Swayne’s Cracking the Case with DNA – #FGS2016 (13 September 2016)
*  FGS Next Project #FGS2016 (14 September 2016)

2)  Gayle Ficarra Wolcott on the Genealogy Dragnet blog:

*  FGS Conference 2016 - Day 1 (31 August 2016)
*  FGS Conference 2016 - Day 2 (1 September 2016)

3)  Chris Paton on The GENES Blog:

*  In Springfield for the FGS Conference (31 August 2016)
*  Back From the FGS Conference in the USA (5 September 2016)
*  Unlock the Past genealogy books available in US from Maia's Books (6 September 2016)

4)  Caroline Pointer on the FGS Voice blog:

*  Keep Up With #FGS2016 From Home (31 August 2016)
*  With Historic Gift and Community Support, the Fundraising for the Preserve the Pensions Is Officially Completed! (1 September 2016)
*  Awards Presented to Deserving Individuals & Organizations at FGS 2016 Conference (1 September 2016)
*  "Lou D. Szucs Service Award" Announced at FGS 2016 (1 September 2016)

5)  Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog:

*  Hats Off to the Volunteers (31 August 2016)
*  Over the Top!!! (1 September 2016)
*  For the Record ... (3 September 2016)

6)  Dick Eastman on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter blog:

*  RPAC at FGS Springfield 2016 (31 August 2016)
*  A Report From the FGS 2015 Opening Session (1 September 2016)
*  FGS 2016 Awards Presented at the FGS 2016 National Conference (1 September 2016)
*  FGS Conference in Springfield, Illinois Is a Success (5 September 2016)

7)  Fred Moss on the Records Access and Preservation Committee blog:

*  RPAC at FGS Springfield 2016 (31 August 2016)

8)  Jacquie Schattner on the Seeds to Tree blog:

*  My First FGS Conference AKA Academy Awards Show of Genealogy (4 September 2016)

9)  Diane Tourville on the Genealogy on my Mind blog:

*  40 Days | Day 11 | Goodbye, Springfield, Illinois, and 2016 FGS Conference (8 September 2016)

I will try to update this post several times a day as I read blogs on my Feedly.

If you have written a blog post about the FGS Conference and I haven't posted it, please let me know in Comments to this post and I will add it to the list.

Last updated - 14 September, 10 a.m.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- How Many Surnames in Your Family Tree Database?

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) 
Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database.

2)  Tell us which GMP you're using and how you did this task.

3)  Tell us how many surnames are in your database and, if possible, which Surname has the most entries.  If this excites you, tell us which surnames are in the top 5!  Or 10!!  Or 20!!!

4)  Write about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, in a status or comment on Facebook, or in Google Plus Stream post.

NOTE:  If you can't figure out how to do this in your GMP (Genealogy Management Program), use the Help button in your program and search for "count surnames" then follow directions.  

Here's mine:

I'm going to use RootsMagic 7 because that's where I'm doing my current additions, deletions and editing and is my most up-to-date collection.  In RootsMagic 7, go to Reports, then Lists and scroll down to "Surname Statistics List."  I then chose "Frequency of Surnames" from the list presented.
  



That took about 30 seconds and I have a 163 page list!  I didn't count every one of them - there are 163 pages with 39 names per page.  That's a grand total of about 6,350 surnames in my database with 46,707 persons.  The top 25 are, with birth date ranges:

*  SEAVER - 5,086 persons, from 1608 to 2015

*  [unknown] - 1,457 persons, from 470 to 2013
*  BUCK - 759 persons, from 1577 to 1997

*  SMITH - 714 persons, from 1526 to 2014
* VAUX - 490 persons, from 1620 to 2013

*  FITZ RANDOLPH - 483 persons, from 1420 to 1884
*  DILL - 452 persons, from 1629 to 2014
*  SEVER - 447 persons, from 1673 to 2014
*  NEWTON - 325 persons, from 1600 to 2008
*  CHAMPLIN - 302 persons, from 1618 to 1917

*  RICHMAN - 298 persons, from 1598 to 1985
*  CULVER - 263 persons, from 1700 to 2010
*  BRESEE - 255 persons, from 1650 to 1900
*  BROWN - 240 persons, from 1580 to 2000
*  WHITE - 239 persons, 1539-2015

*  CARRINGER - 212 persons, from 1758 to 2015
*  McKNEW - 205 persons, from 1640 to 2007
*  AUBLE - 204 persons, from 1780 to 2014
*  HAWKINS - 200 persons, from 1570 to 1975
*  CLARK - 190 persons, from 1561 to 2008

*  WOOD - 186 persons, from 1530 to 2016
*  KEMP - 184 persons, from 1672 to 2012
*  SOVEREIGN - 173 persons, from 1742 to 1936
*  FLETCHER - 165 persons, from 1593 to 1947
*  HILDRETH - 163 persons, from 1605 to 2000
NOTE:  We've done this before, but I'm out of town and needed a quick post.  See  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/09/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-how-many.html (on 26 September 2015) for the last time we did this for SNGF.  My list has changed a little since I added 1,677 persons since then, including 38 AUBLE persons.

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Voting for Your Favorite Genealogy Rockstars is Open

The nominations are in, and the voting for the 2016 Genealogy Rockstars has started on John D. Reid's Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections blog -- see https://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.ca/2016/09/rockstar-genealogists-2016-voting-now.html.




John notes:

"To increase fairness voting will require access through your Google account. It will mean you can change your vote by signing in again with your account. If you don't already have an account, most of us do to take advantage of the many Google apps, sign up for one for free here."

The link to Vote is on John's blog post.

I have voted - have you?  Oh, I am on the ballot - it's last-name alphabetical - in case you care.


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Surname Saturday - WHEELER (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 #1461, who is Ann WHEELER  (16212-1687) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through one generation of this WHEELER 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)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-1820)

182.  Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819)
183.  Sarah Pray (174-1820)

364.  John Horton (1696-1796)
365.  Mary Chase (1695-1732)

730.  Thomas Chase (1654-1734)
731.  Rebecca Follansbee (1658-1711)

1460.  Aquila Chase, born about 1618 in England; died 27 December 1670 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1645 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
1461.  Ann Wheeler, born before 13 May 1621 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died 21 April 1687 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Aquila Chase and Ann Wheeler are:
*  Sarah Chase (1645-1726), married 1666 Cermac Annis (1638-1717).
*  Anne Chase (1647-1690), married 1671 Thomas Barber (1644-1689).
*  Priscilla Chase (1649-1697), married 1671 Abel Merrill (1643-1689)
*  Mary Chase (1651-1725), married 1670 John Stevens (1650-1725).
*  Aquila Chase (1652-1720), married 1673 Esther Bond (1655-1723).
*  Thomas Chase (1654-1734), married (1) 1677 Rebecca Follansbee (1658-1711); (2) 1713 Elizabeth Woodhead.
*  John Chase (1655-1739), married (1) 1677 Elizabeth Bingley (1660-1685); (2) 1687 Lydia Challis (1665-1739).
*  Elizabeth Chase (1657-1696), married 1678 Zechariah Ayer (1650-1696).
*  Ruth Chase (1660-1676).
*  Daniel Chase (1661-1707), married 1683 Martha Kimball (1664-1728).
*  Moses Chase (1663-1743), married (1) 1684 Anne Follansbee (1668-1708); (2) 1713 Sarah Jacobs (1674-1739).

2922.  John Wheeler, born before 04 November 1591 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died 29 August 1670 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 5844. Dominick Wheeler and 5845 Mercy Jelly.  He married 11 December 1611 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
2923.  Agnes Yeoman, born about 1592 in England; died 15 August 1662 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Wheeler and Agnes Yeoman are:
*  Edward Wheeler (1613-1668), married 1634 Elizabeth Collins (1611-????).
*  John Wheeler (1614-????).
*  Adam Wheeler (1616-????).
*  Thomas Wheeler (1618-????).
*  Elizabeth Wheeler (1618-1696), married 1663 Matthias Button (1650-1672).
*  Ann Wheeler (1621-1687), married (1) 1645 Aquila Chase (1618-1670); (2) 1672 Daniel Mussilloway.
*  William Wheeler (1624-????).
*  David Wheeler (1625-1668), married 1650 Sarah Wise (1622-1706).
*  Mercy Wheeler (1627-????).
*  Roger Wheeler (1632-1659), married 1653 Mary Wilson (1635-1658).
*  George Wheeler (1633-1668), married 1660 Susanna Stowers (1638-????).
*  Henry Wheeler (1635-1696), married 1659 Abigail Allen (1640-1696).
*  Joseph Wheeler (1637-1639).

Information about this Wheeler family was obtained from:

*  Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis: Volume III: Ancestry of Annis Spear (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), pages 604-606.


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