Saturday, December 22, 2018

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 16 to 22 December 2018

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 22 December 2018, there were 2,411 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):

The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Updated ---

Kansas, Cemetery Abstracts      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2568639); 110,219 indexed records with 4,123 record images (was 110,219 records with 4,123 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

England and Wales Census, 1911  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921547); 36,354,828 indexed records with 36,354,828 record images (was 36,354,828 records with 36,354,828 images), Updated 22 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Huelva, Municipal Records, 1760-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015357); 414,687 indexed records with 84,818 record images (was 414,687 records with 84,818 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Gerona, Municipal Records, 1566-1956 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015355); 748,168 indexed records with 390,067 record images (was 748,168 records with 390,067 images), Updated 19 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Alicante, Municipal Records, 1762-1921       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2014774); 831,339 indexed records with 80,207 record images (was 831,339 records with 80,207 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015359); 552,202 indexed records with 258,646 record images (was 552,202 records with 258,646 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Texas, Cooke County, Deeds, 1895-1924   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2804974); 30,965 indexed records with 27,591 record images (was 30,962 records with 27,588 images), Updated 21 Dec 2018

South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2155416); 310,047 indexed records with 140,942 record images (was 310,047 records with 140,942 images), Updated 19 Dec 2018

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,489 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,168,489 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Find A Grave Index      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 173,798,542 indexed records with 173,798,542 record images (was 171,490,665 records with 171,490,665 images), Updated 19 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Almería, Municipal Records, 1587-1900        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015319); 202,522 indexed records with 49,867 record images (was 202,522 records with 49,867 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Italy, Udine, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815, 1871-1911  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1939238); 257,344 indexed records with 1,262,279 record images (was 257,344 records with 1,262,279 images), Updated 21 Dec 2018

Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2370234); 2,509,923 indexed records with 137,344 record images (was 2,509,923 records with 137,344 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Oregon, Baker County Records, 1862-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1384963); Index only (1,990 records), no images (was 1,990 records with 0 images), Updated 17 Dec 2018

Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2448940); 83,392 indexed records with 6,906 record images (was 83,765 records with 6,906 images), Updated 21 Dec 2018

Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 1,675,795 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 1,675,795 records with 2,591,542 images), Updated 17 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Valencia, Municipal Records, 1611-1935       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015367); 1,622,618 indexed records with 260,480 record images (was 1,622,618 records with 260,480 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Segovia, Municipal Records, 1718-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015364); 407,030 indexed records with 81,881 record images (was 407,030 records with 81,881 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of Murcia, Municipal Records, 1500-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015363); 321,732 indexed records with 34,670 record images (was 321,732 records with 34,670 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Spain, Province of León, Municipal Records, 1642-1897   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015360); 14,815 indexed records with 14,090 record images (was 14,815 records with 14,090 images), Updated 19 Dec 2018

Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674736); Index only (560,659 records), no images (was 560,286 records with 0 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554443); 13,880,562 indexed records with 1,615,473 record images (was 13,886,204 records with 1,615,473 images), Updated 19 Dec 2018

Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 1,619,691 indexed records with 56,125 record images (was 1,618,183 records with 56,086 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2303048); 602,790 indexed records with 74,691 record images (was 602,791 records with 74,691 images), Updated 18 Dec 2018

Russia, Samara Church Books 1748-1934   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807365); 1,951,604 indexed records with 1,909,956 record images (was 1,951,604 records with 1,909,956 images), Updated 20 Dec 2018

Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659409); 3,585,505 indexed records with 367,912 record images (was 2,996,793 records with 0 images), Updated 19 Dec 2018

--- Collections with new images ---

Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 108,487 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 90,516 images),  15 Jun 2018

--- Collections with records removed ---

Texas Marriages, 1966-2010      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2031191); Index only (7,606,136 records), no images (was 7,606,137 records with 0 images),  5 Jun 2012

North Carolina, State Supreme Court Case Files, 1800-1909       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1878751); 17,625 indexed records with 876,445 record images (was 17,643 records with 876,445 images),  7 Jan 2016

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285338); Index only (132,174,287 records), no images (was 132,174,288 records with 0 images),  2 Oct 2014

California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,495 records), no images (was 24,589,496 records with 0 images),  1 Mar 2012

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In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Santa Claus Memories

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!


Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 

1)  Answer these questions:

a) Did you ever send a letter to Santa Claus?
b) Did you ever visit Santa and "make a list?"
c) Do you still believe in Santa Claus?
d) When did you find out "the truth" about Santa Claus?

2)  Tell us your answers in a blog post of your own, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post.  Be sure to leave a comment on this post with a link to your answers.

Here's mine:

a) Did you ever send a letter to Santa Claus?

I don't think I ever did send a letter.

b) Did you ever visit Santa and "make a list?"

We visited Santa Claus every year down at the Marston's Department Store in downtown San Diego where my grandfather worked for 55 years. I think we "made a list" sometimes, especially as we got older and the wanted gifts became more complex. My recollection of visiting Santa is one of awe - this really big fat person in a red suit with a long white beard, who flies around the world in a sleigh pulled by reindeer,who goes down chimneys to leave gifts for children, all in one night - I knew the story and didn't question it for a long time (being a pretty smart kid, I guess).


c) Do you still believe in Santa Claus?

They say that in the first part of your life, you BELIEVE IN Santa Claus. In the second part of your life, you DON'T BELIEVE IN in Santa Claus. In the third part of your life, you ARE Santa Claus, and in the last part of your life, you LOOK LIKE Santa Claus. In my case, I have all four of these attributes ... still.

The magic of Santa Claus in a child's eyes is priceless. Everybody eventually FIGURES OUT that SC is a figment of imagination - why do we fool our children like that? I love giving gifts to my wife, children and grandchildren, especially secret gifts. I've had a beard for 40 years, been practicing my "ho-ho-ho's" forever, but am working on reducing the belly. I still believe ... irrational, isn't it? 


I love going to the shopping center, and sitting on a bench near Santa's little hut and watching the little ones go up and talk to Santa. Last year, one waved at me on the escalator the other day - he knew! I've thought about being a "store Santa," but doubt if I ever will.  I even had an offer last summer to be a "store Santa" - a guy in line at the Padres game invited me to join them!  Then there's my 4-year old grandson, Charlie, who calls me "Grandpa Ho-Ho-Ho."

d) When did you find out "the truth" about Santa Claus?

We lived on the second story of a two-story house at 2119 30th Street in San Diego from the time I was 4 until I left home in 1968 at age 24. The house did not have a fireplace, so my brother Stan and I could never figure out how Santa Claus could bring the presents under the tree. Did he come in the window? Did dad leave a key or leave the door unlocked?

My maternal grandparents, Lyle and Emily Carringer (“Gram and Gramps”), built a beautiful home on Point Loma in 1951, and Christmas Eves were spent there for many years – and it had a fireplace! Our stockings were hung there in hopes that Saint Nick would fill them to the brim. Before bedtime, my grandmother would lead us in Christmas carols while we lay in bed – it was a wonderful way to fall asleep, and is one of my most cherished memories of her (my eyes tear up every time I think of this! they just did again).

Santa was always good to us, probably because, in retrospect, we were usually good boys – mischievous but not criminal, loud but not abusive, whirlwinds but not destructive. We usually received toys that were all the rage of the day, plus the usual boring clothes, and fruit, candy and small toys in our stockings. The most memorable gifts were the "good" toys, of course. BB guns and Davy Crockett coonskin caps in 1954, Flexible Flyers (sleds on wheels) and a baby brother in 1955, bicycles in 1956.

Of course, Santa Claus isn’t mysterious forever. The Point Loma house had a two car garage that my grandparents had filled with generations of stuff – it was a wonderful place to hide, explore and search. We found the bicycles in the garage before Christmas in 1956, but didn’t tell anybody else. Sure enough, on Christmas morning they appeared by the fireplace and Christmas tree marked “from Santa Claus.” Aha! So, now we knew, but being rather smart astronauts we didn’t tell the folks – why kill the golden goose?



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Surname Saturday -- STANSFIELD (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2213 who is Miriam STANSFIELD (1627-1682). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this STANSFIELD 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)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1768-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277.  Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)

552.  John Plimpton (1680-1730)
553.  Susanna Draper (1688-1769)

1106.  John Draper (1656-1749)

1107.  Abigail Mason (1660-1705)

2212.  James Draper, born before 28 July 1622 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died 13 July 1697 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4424. William Draper and 4425. Grace Mitchell.  He married 21 April 1646 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.
2213.  Miriam Stansfield, born before 20 January 1627 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died 12 August 1682 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4426. Gideon Stansfield and 4427. Grace Eastwood.

Children of James Draper and Miriam Stansfield are:
*  Miriam Draper (1647-1678), married 1668 Daniel Holbrook (1645-1673)
*  Susanna Draper (1650-1678), married 1668 John Bacon (1647-1723).
*  Sarah Draper (1652-2675), married 1669 James Hadlock (1650-1687).
*  James Draper (1654-1698), married 1681 Abigail Whiting (1663-1721).
John Draper (1656-1749), married (1) Abigail Mason (1660-1705), (2) 1711 Judith Rogers (1656-1730)
*  Moses Draper (1663-1693), married (1) 1685 Hannah Chandler (1669-1692); (2) 1692 Mary Thacher (1671-????).
*  Daniel Draper (1665-????), married (1) 1691 Elizabeth Brackett (1667-1692); (2) 1693 Elizabeth Aspinwall (1672-????).
*  Patience Draper (1668-1742), married 1690 Ebenezer Case (1671-1763).
*  Jonathan Draper (1670-1747), married 1702 Sarah Jackson (1680-1746).

Information about the Stansfield family was obtained from:

*   Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Drapers in America, being a history and genealogy of
those of that name and connection (New York : John Polhemus Printing Company, 1892)

I have done no original research on this family line.


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Friday, December 21, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 21 December 2018


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:


2019 Legacy Family Tree Webinars Series Announced


*  
BCG & Legacy announce 2019 webinars

*  Family History Fanatics to Present a 2019 Winter DNA eConference (26 January 2019)

*  Changes to Fees at [UK] The National Archives

*  For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

*  Findmypast Announces Trial of Revolutionary New Newspaper Search

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday


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TheGenealogist Announcement: Westminster Joins the 1910 Lloyd George Domesday Records with Annotated Maps

Friday Finds 21 Dec 2018

3)  Genealogy Education Opportunities:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar


*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  That Splendid Little War: Researching Your Spanish American War Ancestors, by Michael L. Strauss

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: New Clues From Old Headstones, by Marian Pierre-Louis

*  The Photo Detective Podcast:  Episode 27: DNA and Your Photos

*  The Photo Detective Podcast:  Episode 26: Making the Last Muster Movie

*  Family Tree Magazine Podcast:  The 2018 Genealogy Year in Review: Episode 127

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcasts:  #29… Where’d He Go? Thinking Your Ancestor May Have Moved? He May Have Been In The Same Place All Along

*  Ancestry YouTube:  WWI Ancestry Discovery Solves Charlotte's Family Mystery | My Family Secrets Revealed | Ancestry

*  Ancestry YouTube:  What Records Exist and Where Do I Find Them? | Barefoot Genealogist | Ancestry

*  Ancestry YouTube:  AncestryDNA Helps Ann Determine Her Family Tree | My Family Secrets Revealed | Ancestry

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  Family Tree: Sources on the Person Page - Kathryn Grant

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  Adding FamilySearch Historical Records as Sources in Family Tree by Kathryn Grant

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Is genealogy only for old people?

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  WDYTYA and Josh Duhamel

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, December 21,  2018


5)  DNA Success Stories

*  Indiana mother reunited with son she gave up for adoption more than 60 years ago

*  Suddenly siblings: Ancestry.com search reveals family ties

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 18 December 2018?

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New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 21 December 2018

I received this information from Findmypast today:


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New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday

Fermanagh Parish Registers Baptisms

Discover your ancestors who were born in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, between 1660 and 1978 with over 15,000 parish register entries. Explore where and when your relatives were born. You may even be able to discover their father's occupation and mother's maiden name, which will enable you to delve further back into your family tree.
The record set comprises records from Aghavea, Bellanaleck, Devenish, Inishmacsaint, and Mullaghdun parishes in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Some of the townlands overlap into the nearby counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, and Donegal.

Fermanagh Parish Registers Marriages

Explore thousands of parish marriages covering the parishes of Aghavea, Bellanaleck, Devenish, Inishmacsaint, and Mullaghdun parishes in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The records span the years 1662 and 1949 will reveal the date and location of the marriage as well as the names of both the bride and groom.
Fermanagh is one of six counties in Northern Ireland and one of 32 Irish counties. It's located in the province of Ulster. Enniskillen is the county town. Fermanagh borders Tyrone, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. There are eight baronies – historical subdivisions of counties – in Fermanagh.

Fermanagh Parish Registers Burials

Discover your ancestors who were buried in Fermanagh between 1662 and 1912. The collection contains over 7,000 records that may reveal when and where your relative was buried, their age, and possibly even their cause of death.
The 'Comments' category sometimes reveals intriguing causes of death. William Irwin, who was buried on 22 May 1847 was "shot by accident". James McBride also came to a violent end; on 10 March 1851, he was buried after being "shot by Geo. Curry". Robert Leviston, who was buried on 28 January 1860, "died on road" in Ballyhose.

Donegal Cemetery Records

Discover your ancestors who were buried in Ballyshannon and Inishmacsaint, County Donegal, Ireland, between 1681 and 2015. This collection of more than 16,000 records may reveal when and where your relatives were buried. The memorial inscription may also reveal the age and occupation of the deceased, and details of other relatives who were buried in the same grave.
The record set comprises records from Finner Graveyard, Inishmacsaint and St Anne's Church of Ireland in Ballyshannon. The 'Notes' field provides information on the condition of the gravestone and any decoration, age of the deceased, occupation of deceased, names and ages of other family members who are buried in the same grave, details of the inscription on the headstone, and the erector's name.

Leitrim Cemetery Records

Discover your Irish ancestry with more than. You will be able to view an image of your ancestor's gravestone and learn more about your family tree. The records in this collection are from Rossinver parish from 1709 to 2015.
Each result will give you a transcript of the vital facts and an image of the original gravestone. The transcripts should include a combination your ancestor's full name (including maiden name), age at death, birth year, death year and parish. The records also contain at least one full-colour photograph of the gravestone. You may be able to see the exact location of the grave and the condition of the grave, as well as any inscriptions that are not included in the 'Notes' field of the transcript.

British & Irish Newspaper Update

This week we have added 166,508 new pages to The Archive. We have updated fifteen of our existing titles, with updates to four of our Irish titles, and titles covering the counties of Surrey, Cheshire, Devon, Dorset, Kent and Middlesex, as well as the cities of Newcastle and Liverpool.
·        Evening Herald (Dublin): 1993
·        Newcastle Evening Chronicle: 1885-1892, 1895-1896, 1899-1908
·        Irish Independent: 2007, 2009
·        Surrey Gazette: 1877
·        Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser: 1879, 1881-1882, 1888-1889, 1891
·        Cheshire Observer: 1901-1913, 1919-1930
·        Tavistock Gazette: 1858
·        The Showman: 1901
·        Sunday Tribune: 1989, 2004
·        Poole & Dorset Herald: 1875, 1889
·        Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser: 1868
·        West Middlesex Herald: 1871
·        Chester Chronicle: 1889
·        Dublin Evening Mail: 1875
·        Liverpool Evening Express: 1911
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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.
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52 Ancestors - Week 257: #400 Hans Rudolf Spengler (1651-1712) of Baden, Germany

Hans Rudolf Spengler (1651-1712) is #400 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #401 Marie Saeger (1670-????) in 1690 in Baden, Germany.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #200 Johann Balthazar Spengler (1706-1770, married #201 Maria Magdalena Ritter (1706-1784) in 1732.
*  their son, #100 Rudolf Spengler (1738-1811), married #101 Maria Dorothea Dinkel (1748-1835) in 1767.
*  their son, #50, Daniel Spangler (1781-1851), married #51 Elizabeth King (1796-1863) in 1815.
*  their daughter, #25 Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901), married #24 David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) in 1851.
*  their son, #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), married #13 Abby Ardell Smith (1864-1944) in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977).
*  their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                            Hans Rudolf Spengler[1]    

*  Sex:                               Male  

*  Father:                          Jacob Spengler

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                            about 1651, Schöftland, Aargau, Switzerland    
   
*  Death:                           1712 (about age 61), Weiler, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany[2]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                      Judith Haegis (1658-1690)    
*  Marriage 1:                   16 July 1678 (about age 27), Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1]    
*  Child 1:                        Johannes Spengler (1679-    )    
*  Child 2:                        Anna Margaret Spengler (1682-    )    
*  Child 3:                        Hans Caspar Spengler (1684-1760)    
*  Child 4:                        Anna Maria Spengler (1686-    )    

*  Spouse 2:                     Marie Saeger (1670-    )    
*  Marriage 2:                  2 November 1690 (about age 39), Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1]    

*  Child 5:                       Anna Maria Spengler (1693-    )    
*  Child 6:                       Rudolph Spengler (1696-    )    
*  Child 7:                       Jacob Spengler (1698-    )    
*  Child 8:                       Hans George Spengler (1701-1744)    
*  Child 9:                       Johannes Henry Spengler (1703-    )    
*  Child 10:                     Jorg Heinrich Spengler (1704-1776)    
*  Child 11:                     Johann Balthazar "Baltzer" Spengler (1706-1770)    
*  Child 12:                     Anna Elizabeth Spengler (1710-    )    
*  Child 13:                     Peter Spengler (1712-1794)  
     
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

Most of the information about this Spengler family is from the book:

Edward W. Spangler, The Annals of the Families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, published in York, Pennsylvania in 1896[1].  Hans Rudolf Spengler was the father of the Spangler immigrants to Pennsylvania in the 1730 time frame.

The author of the book corresponded with Rev. Fuchs of Hilsbach and with Martin Spengler of Weiler in 1895.  The book has transcriptions of letters that describe the research done by genealogists and pastors in the areas around Sinsheim in Germany. 

In present day Baden-Wurttemburg, Sinsheim is about 10 miles southeast of Heidelberg, and Weiler is about two miles directly south of Sinsheim.  Hilsbach is less than a mile southwest of Weiler. 

Information about names and birth dates of the children of Hans Rudolf Spengler are probably from the Hilsbach pastor's record book.  

The book also contains information on the Spengler families that were ancestors of Hans Rudolf Spengler in Germany[1].  There is limited information about the first thirteen generations.  From page 5 on:

"XIII. Jacob Spengler, became a citizen of Schoftland, Canton Berne (nor Aargua), Switzerland.  His son:

"XIV. Hans Rudolf Spengler emigrated to "Weyler under Steinsberg", near Sinsheim, on the Elsenz, Rhenish Palatinate, now [in 1896] in the Grand Duchy of Baden.

"He married July 16, 1678, Judith, daughter of Jacob Haegis, deceased, of Beisassen, at Sinsheim.  His second marriage in 1690 was with Marie Saeger of Duehren, near Sinsheim."

The children of Hans Rudolf Spengler with Judith Haegis were[1]:

1.  Johannes Spengler, born September 14, 1679.

2.  Anna Margaret Spengler, born March 5, 1682.

3.  Hans Kaspar Spengler, born January 20, 1684.  Married Judith, adopted daughter of Martin Ziegler, February 9, 1712.  Emigrated to America in 1727, and settled in York County, Pennsylvania, 1729.

4.  Anna Spengler,  born March 3, 1686.

Judith (Haegis) Spengler probably died before 1690, and Hans Rudolf Spengler married Marie Saeger on 2 November 1690.

The children of Hans Rudolf Spengler with Marie Saeger were[1]:

5.  Anna Maria Spengler, born May 18, 1693;, wife of Joh. Bernhard Brenneisen of Reihen, near Sinsheim.

6.  Rudolph Spengler, born September 24, 1696.

7.  Jacob Spengler, born September 22, 1698.

8)  Hans George Spengler, born February 2, 1701, married Katherine Laub; emigrated to America in 1732, and died, without issue, in Philadelphia, in 1744.

9.  Joh. Henry Spengler, born July 1, 1703.

10.  Jorg Heinrich Spengler, born June 8, 1704, married Susanne Muller, January 17, 1730; emigrated to America, 1732, and settled in York County, Pennsylvania, 1732. 

11.  Joh. Balthazar Spengler, born November 29, 1706.  Married April 29, 1732, Magdalena Ritter; emigrated to America in 1732, and settled in York County, Pennsylvania in 1732.

12.  Anna Elizabeth Spengler, wife of Martie Moser, of Rohrbach, born March 19, 1710.

13.  Peter Spengler, born May 19, 1712,; emigrated to America in 1740, arrived in Philadelphia, and was never heard from.

"All of the children, except Nos. 3, 8, 10, 11 and 13, above named, remained in Germany, and three left to survive them children with numerous descendants, many of whom now reside at the ancestral home, Weiler, and at the adjoining town of Hilsbach."[1]

Some online family trees provide a baptism date of Hans Rudolf Spengler as 14 September 1651 in Schoftland, Switzerland.  That may be, but there apparently are no available records.  

The death date of Hans Rudolf Spengler is given as 1712 in many online family trees, but there apparently are no records.  The Find A Grave memorial for him says 1712, but no date or place of burial is provided[2]
     
5.  SOURCES

1. Edward W. Spangler, The Annals of the Families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler Who Settled in York County Respectively in 1729, 1732, 1732 and 1751, with Biographical and Historical Sketches, and Memorabilia of Contemporaneous Local Events (York, Penn. : n.p., 1896), pages 5-8, Hans Rudolf Spengler sketch.

2. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Germany, Hans Rudolph Spengler memorial #95723326 .

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2018 to 260 Ancestors in 260 Weeks.

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