Saturday, January 7, 2017

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (SNGF) - What Are Your Genealogy Goals for 2017?

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) What goals do you have for your genealogy research, education and writing during 2017?  

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


Here's mine:

RESEARCH:

a)  Continue to add to and improve the content and source citations in my RootsMagic database through searching online, by following record hints on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and Findmypast, or by searching in repositories.

b)  Continue to add descendants of my 4th great-grandparents to my RootsMagic database in an effort to find relatively close DNA cousins.

c)  Continue the 52 Ancestors series for another year, researching for information about a particular ancestor each week, and compiling a genealogical and biographical report about that person on Genea-Musings.

d)  Revisit my "brick wall ancestors" to determine if there are more records for them, or other researchers who share them with me.

e)  Learn how to use the sync features in RootsMagic with my Ancestry Member Trees, and the search capability in RootsMagic with Ancestry record collections.

f)  Continue to match my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles, and systematically add events, notes and sources from one to the other.

g)  Update and add to my To-Do list and Research Logs in RootsMagic and use them when I visit the FHL in February to find records on microfilm for my ancestral families.  

h)  Continue to blog regularly using the daily themes of Amanuensis Monday, Treasure Chest Tuesday, Wordless Wednesday, Treasure Chest Thursday, and 52 Ancestors to add content, notes, sources and media to my RootsMagic database.

i)  Keep up-to-date on new and updated record collections on Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, Findmypast, AmericanAncestors, GenealogyBank, and other record providers, and search them systematically for records of my ancestral families.

j)  Update my DNA cousins list to include matches on AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe and GEDMatch.  Do some chromosome mapping based on available information.

EDUCATION:

a)  Attend RootsTech in February 2017 to learn about the exhibitors, interact with the major players, and enjoy the company of my geneablogger colleagues.

b)  Attend the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree in early June 2017 to learn about the exhibitors, interact with the major players, and enjoy the company of my geneablogger colleagues.

c)  Watch at least one Family Tree Webinar each week in order to continuously learn new techniques and research opportunities.

d)  Participate in the Mondays With Myrt hangouts weekly, and occasionally join other hangouts.  I need to learn how to do that so I can make my own videos.

e)  Watch other webinars from companies and societies occasionally.  

f)  Attend CVGS and SDGS monthly program meetings and seminars and perhaps other seminars in Southern California.

g)  Continue to make presentations to Southern California societies and groups, moderate the monthly CVGS Research Group, and moderate the monthly SDGS RootsMagic group.

WRITING

a)  I plan to write 800 to 1,000 blog posts in 2017, using the usual daily themes, commenting on the daily or weekly news items that come across my desk, answering reader and colleague questions, plus whatever I feel like writing about.

b)  I need to update my e-books on Scribd - I last did that in 2012, and while few ancestors have been added, plenty of records and sources have been added since then.

c)  I want to start putting stories and photos together for many of my ancestors to be passed down to my children and grandchildren in a useful form. 

All of that is pretty much what I've been doing for ten years now, and the tasks should keep me busy every day of the year!  They do now, like 8-10 hours most days.

Those are my plans - what are yours???


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Surname Saturday -- LNU (married Ackers, 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 #1515, who is Margery LNU (1639-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through one generation of this LNU 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)

756.  Job Card (1653-1739)
757.  Martha Acres (1668-1715)

1514.  John Ackers, born before 20 February 1635 in Whiston, Lancashire, England; died before 10 January 1699 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 3028. Thomas Ackers and 3029. Margery Houghton.  He married before 1665 in Rhode Island, United States.
1515.  Margery, born about 1639 in England.

Children of John Ackers and Margery are:

*  Margery Acres (1665-1724), married (1) 1685 Daniel Tosh (????-1706); (2) 1716 Job Card (1653-1739)
*  Martha Acres (1668-1716), married 1689 Job Card (1653-1739).


Information about the Acres family was obtained from:

Frederic Zimmerman Saunders, "Genealogy of Acres of Rhode Island," Frederic Zimmerman  Saunders, (http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/acres.html), 1999.


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Friday, January 6, 2017

This Week's We're Related Relationships - 6 January 2017

I received 5 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)  Leland Meitzler -- Facebook friend, 7th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Marie Saeger (1670-????).


My line from Marie Saeger goes through Johann Baltzer Spengler, and Leland's goes through Anna Elizabeth Spengler.  My judgment is that this relationship is Likely.

2)  Cassie Clark -- Facebook friend, 8th cousin, common ancestor is Ruth Collins (1685-1715).

My line from Ruth (Collins) Graves is through daughter Ruth Graves, while Cassie's line goes through Sarah Graves (1715-1773) who married a Newton.  I don't have Sarah as a daughter of Ruth (Collins) Graves.  Most trees say that Sarah Graves was the daughter of Samuel Graves and Elizabeth Lewis.  This line also goes down to North Carolina in the 1750s, which makes me suspect.  My judgment is that this relationship is Unlikely.

3)  Jim Ericson - Facebook friend, 7th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Anna Maria Drupler (1685-1783).

The app extends my line back one generation from Maria Magdalena Ritter (1706-1784), and I don't have her parents.  Emma's line is through a daughter Eva Rosina Ritter (1708-1783).  My judgment is that this relationship is Possible, and I will investigate this added generation.

4)  Richard Nixon -- U.S. President, 6th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Johannes Trimmer (1700-1749).



My line to Johannes Trimmer goes through Matthias Trimmer (1722-1793), while Nixon's line goes through Anthony Trimmer (1725-1754).  He has four more generations of Trimmers in New Jersey.  My judgment is that this relationship is Likely.

5)  Lyndon Johnson -- U.S. President, 8th cousin 1x removed, common ancestor is Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704).



My line to Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704) of Concord, Massachusetts goes through Elizabeth Wheeler, while Johnson's line goes through John Wheeler (1656-1736), and has three more generations of Wheelers.  I found the last Wheeler, Eleanor Holmes Wheeler (1749-1816) in several sourced Ancestry trees born in Pennsylvania, died in Tennessee, and descended from Joseph Wheeler (1704-1731) who was born in Wales, not in Massachusetts.  My judgment is that this relationship is Unlikely.

My count is up to 113 famous or Facebook cousins provided by the app.  This week, my judgment is that only two of the 5 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 Lyndon Johnson 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, 6 January 2017

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday



Over 311,000 new records are available to search this Findmypast Friday, including;



Over 227,700 new records have been added to our collection of Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers. Petty Sessions handled the bulk of lesser criminal and civil legal proceedings in Ireland. Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers now contains over 22.8 million records and is the largest collection of Irish court & prison records available anywhere online. Each record includes both a transcript and a scanned image of the original document that will include details of victims, witnesses and the accused, such as address, date in court, details of the offence, details of the verdict and the sentence.

Covering both civil and criminal cases, the Petty Sessions' brief was wide. Cases ranged from merchants who had not paid duty on their goods, to workers suing for unpaid wages. Farmers were fined for letting their cattle wander or for allowing their cart to be driven without their name painted on the side. Debts were collected and disputes settled. Public drunkenness was a common offence, as was assault and general rowdiness. Political feelings were often volatile and there are frequent cases all over the country of people charged with putting up seditious posters or leaflets.



Over 40,000 new records have been added to our collection of Dorset Memorial Inscriptions. The collection contains details of inscriptions found on gravestones, tombs, monuments and even stained glass windows throughout 266 parishes within English county.

Each record includes a transcript of the original source material. The information contained varies considerably and depends on a number of factors including weathering and the type of memorial. However, most will include a combination of your ancestors' birth year, death year, burial date & location, relative's names, memorial type and notes on the inscription.



Over 175,000 new records have been added to our collection of Warwickshire Burials. The entire collection now contains more 1 million records and includes monumental inscriptions from Clifton Road Cemetery in Rugby.

Each record includes a transcript of the original burial registry or details from the monumental inscription. While the information listed will vary depending on the records original source, most will include your ancestor's name, age, birth year, death date, burial year, burial location and the name of the officiating minister. A number of records will also include parent's names and residence. Inscriptions will reveal the information recorded on the individual's grave stone and will usually include the name of the individual's spouse, children and/or parents. Also, some grave sites may have more than one person buried in the same plot.


Northumberland & Durham Monumental Inscriptions

Over 16,000 records have been added to our collection of Northumberland & Durham Monumental Inscriptions. These are a fantastic addition to your family history research and include the full descriptions found on your ancestor's grave stone or monument which will often include additional family names and dates.

Each record includes a transcript of the original source material. The amount of information in each may vary due to the age and legibility of individual monuments, but most records will include your ancestor's birth date, burial year, burial place, death date, denomination, inscription and the type of stone their monument was made from.



Learn about your Quaker ancestor's role within their local community with an additional 5,000 congregational records. Congregational records allow you to uncover details of the meetings your ancestor’s attended and the activities they engaged in.

These records, dating back to the mid-1600s, comprise minutes from half-yearly Quaker meetings. As well as a transcript, each entry includes an image of the original handwritten record. The information included will vary, but most will include the congregation date, address, meeting, archive and reference.


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52 Ancestors - Week 158: #223 Jerusha (--?--) Metcalf (1750-1817) of New Hampshire

Here is my 52 Ancestors biography for week #158:

Jerusha (--?--) Metcalf (1750-1817) is #223 on my Ahnentafel List, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #222 Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816) in 1770.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, 
#111 Mary "Polly" Metcalf (1780-1855) who married #110 Amos Underhill (1772-1865), in 1801.
*  their daughter #55 Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1883) who married #54 Samuel Vaux (1816-1880) in 1839.
*  their daughter, #27 Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), who married #26 Devier J. Smith (1839-1894) in 1861.
*  their daughter, #13 Abbie Ardell Smith (1862-1944), who married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946),  in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) 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:                       Jerusha --?--    
*  Alternate Name:       Jerusha Medcalf[1-2]

*  Sex:                           Female   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
   
*  Birth:                         about 1750 probably New Hampshire, United States[1]   
*  Deed:                        29 August 1798 (about age 48), Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States[2]   
*  Death:                       9 June 1817 (about age 67), Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States[1]   
*  Burial:                      after 9 June 1817 (after about age 67), River Road Cemetery, Bradford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States[1]   
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

*  Spouse 1:                  Capt. Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816)   
*  Marriage:                  before 1770 (before about age 20), probably Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States   

*  Child 1:                   Ephraim Metcalf (1770-1858)    
*  Child 2:                   Samuel Metcalf (1771-    )    
*  Child 3:                   Burgess Metcalf (1772-1831)    
*  Child 4:                   Sally Metcalf (1774-    )    
*  Child 5:                   Cyrus Metcalf (1776-1843)    
*  Child 6:                   Meletiah Metcalf (1779-1838)    
*  Child 7:                   Mary "Polly" Metcalf (1780-1855)    
*  Child 8:                   Joseph Metcalf (1781-1796)    
*  Child 9:                   Jerusha Metcalf (1789-1864)    
*  Child 10:                 Chandler Metcalf (1798-1842)    
  
4)  NOTES  (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

 Jerusha (--?--) Metcalf's parents, her birth date and birth place, and her marriage date and place are unknown.  Some researchers claim that her maiden name was Chandler, although, apparently, there are no records for that claim, which may come from the given name of one of her sons.

She was born in about 1750, since her gravestone says she was age 66 at death in June 1817.  

Jerusha --?-- married Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816) before 1770, probably in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.  She came with her family to Piermont, Grafton County, New Hampshire in about 1773.  They had ten children between 1770 and 1798, and the last 7 were born in Piermont.  There is a Piermont town record for only the tenth child, Chandler Metcalf.  

There is a Grafton County deed for a lease from Burgess Metcalf Jr. to Burgess Metcalf, Sr. in which Jeruisha Medcalf's name is mentioned.  In the lease, Burgess Sr. and Jerusha Medcalf leased a houselot in Piermont for the sum of $500 for the rest of their lives[2].  This is the only mention of Jerusha's name in a record found to date.

Jerusha Metcalf died 9 June 1817, according to the Find A Grave memorial[1].  She is buried in River Road Cemetery in Bradford, New Hampshire with her husband, Burgess Metcalf.  The inscription on her gravestone says:

In memory of
Mrs. 
Jerusha Medcalf
Who died June
9, 1817 age 66

There are no probate records in Grafton County, New Hampshire for either Burgess or Jerusha Metcalf.
 
5)  SOURCES

1. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), River Road Cemetery, Bradford, N.H., Jerusha Chandler Medcalf (1750-1817) memorial #58660922.

2. Grafton County (N.H) Register of Deeds, "Land Records, 1773-1902; Indexes to Land Records, 1773-1900," Family History Library (Salt Lake city, Utah), Volume 55, Page 327, Burgess Medcalf Jr. to Burgess Medcalf Sr., dated 1798, recorded 1812, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,015,822.

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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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Free BCG Webinar on "Writing Up Your Research" on Tuesday, 17 January 2017

I received this information today from Cari Taplin of the Board for Certification of genealogists:

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BCG OFFERS FREE WEBINAR 
Tuesday, 17 January, 8:00 p.m. Eastern

“Writing up your Research” by Michael J. Leclerc, CG

Writing up our research is the best way to preserve it. This presentation will examine different ways of writing and publishing, from blogs to books. 

The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) will present “Writing up your Research” by Michael J. Leclerc, CG, free to the public at 8:00 p.m. EDT, 17 January 2017.

Michael J. Leclerc, CG, is an internationally renowned genealogist. He has authored numerous articles for genealogy magazines and scholarly journals, and is a popular presenter at conferences and seminars around the world. Michael worked in a variety of capacities at the New England Historic Genealogical Society for 17 years prior to joining Mocavo as Chief Genealogist in 2012. He left there in 2015 to start Genealogy Professor (www.genprof.net), where he helps to provide genealogy education opportunities to family historians. He has edited several books, including Genealogical Writing in the 21st Century: A Guide to Register Style and More, Second Edition, with Henry Hoff, and the fifth edition of the seminal guidebook Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. He was a contributing editor for American Ancestors magazine, and a consulting editor for The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Michael has served on the boards of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Federation of Genealogical Societies. You can reach him at www.mjleclerc.com and Facebook.com/michaeljleclerc.



President Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG, says, “The Board for Certification of Genealogists is proud to offer this new webinar as part of an ongoing series that supports our mission to provide education for family historians. This webinar will address genealogy standards for research. By promoting a uniform standard of competence and ethics BCG endeavors to foster public confidence in genealogy.”

Register for “Writing up your Research” by Michael J. Leclerc, CG, before 17 January 2017 at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7771888423857682691.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. For more information contact: office@BCGcertification.org.

View BCG’s past Legacy webinars at http://familytreewebinars.com/bcg and http://bcgcertification.org/blog/bcg-webinars. For more information on educational opportunities, please visit: http://www.BCGcertification.org/certification/educ.html.

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