Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:







2)  New or Updated Record Collections:






3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes




4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 30 November, 5 p.m.:  Genealogy a la carte – Using Australian historical maps in your research, by Benjamin Hollister

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 1 December, 11 a.m.:  The Top Ten DNA Do's and Don'ts!, by Michelle Leonard.

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Getting the Most out of the Irish Census, by Natalie Bodie.


*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Finding the Elusive Maiden Name, by Ann Lawthers

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  The Genealogy Guys:  Podcast 397




6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):






*  Family History Fanatics:  Ancestry.com: 5 Ways to Enhance Your Family Tree






7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 26 November 2021?

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Carringers in the News -- David J. Carringer Dies After a Three-Story Fall in 1870

 It's time for another edition of "Carringers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Carringer (my mother's maiden surname) that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Carson Daily Appeal [Carson city, Nevada] newspaper dated 16 February 1870:

The transcription of this article is:  

"A Somnambulist Killed -- The Auburn Stars and Stripes, of the 10th, has the annexed:

"David J. Carringer, for many months an employee of S.G. Morris, proprietor of the American Hotel in this place, while in a somnambulist state, last Friday evening, stepped out of a third story window of he American and fell forty feet, into the adjoining lot of George Keehner breaking both legs, dislocating his angles and seriously injuring his spine.  The unfortunate man stated, when found, that at the time he fell he supposed he was entering the dining room of the hotel.  Drs. Chapin and Dubois were called in attendance.  On Saturday they amputated one of the legs of the injured man.  He, however, survived the operation but a few hours."

The source citation is:

"A Somnambulist Killed," Carson Daily Appeal [Carson city, Nev.] newspaper, Wednesday, 16 February 1870, page 3, column 3, David J. Carringer article;   GenealogyBank, Newspaper Archives (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 29 November 2021).

David J. Carringer was born about 1822 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (--?--) Carringer.  He died in early February 1870 in or near Auburn, California.  Apparently, he never married.  

David J. Carringer is my 1st cousin four times removed, with common ancestors of my 4th great-grandparents Martin and Magdalena (Hoax) Carringer. He may be the namesake of my 2nd great-grandfather David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) who was the son of Jacob Carringer's brother, Henry Carringer.

There are hundreds of Carringer "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them. Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a newspaper article tells us of a fatal incident in the life of a relative.  I am glad that I can honor David J. Carringer today.

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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Family Tree Maker 2019 Upgrade Sale - Only $29.95

 Jack Minsky of Family Tree Maker sent me this information:

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Disclosure:  I have been a customer of Family Tree Maker since 1995.  I have received several complimentary copies of the software from Software MacKiev in the past five years.  I have not received a complimentary upgrade to FTM 2019.

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Monday, November 29, 2021

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 29 November 2021

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.

1) Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society General Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom with 61 in attendance.  J. Mark Lowe presented Researching Colonial Virginia and Kentucky from Home."  It was an excellent presentation.  We elected society officers for 2022 after the program.

2) Participated in today's Mondays With Myrt Zoom webinar. We discussed the Zoom update, Census Genie, and "What essential things should you pack for a move?"  I listed computer, heirlooms, wall and album photos, certificate notebook, family papers, books, and financial records.  I had to leave at 9:30 a.m., so don't know what happened after that.


5) AncestryDNA added 31 new DNA matches this past week, with no new ThruLines, and MyHeritage added 10 new DNA matches. Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe. 

6)  There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 46,075 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 60).

7) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 67,436 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 49 from last week), and 143,493 source citations (up 72). I TreeShared 139 new or modified profiles with my Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 593 Ancestry Hints. My new Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 22,584 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily. 

8) Wrote 16 Genea-Musings blog posts the past week, of which one was a press release. The most viewed post the past week was Carringers in the News -- District Attorney Marion Carringer Shot in 1915 in Forest County, Pennsylvania.   with over 370 views.

9) I am still fine here at the Genea-cave, hunkered down and not going out much after Week 89 of COVID-19 isolation. Linda is at a memory care and skilled nursing facility in Chula Vista 7 miles from home and I visit her for an hour every day - we play Uno and she wins about half the time.  Daughter Lori came to visit us on Monday and left on Friday - she decorated Linda's room for Christmas, and made dinner for me (with leftovers). The Aztecs won and the Chargers lost their games.  I was sick with lightheadedness and nausea on Saturday, but better on Sunday, but still really tired.  I went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Other than that, it was stay-at-home on the computer doing (mainly) genealogy, plus eating, sleeping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, watching TV news and sports, reading books, napping, and a little yard work.

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Family Tree Webinars Cyber Monday/Week Webinar Sale

 I received this from Geoff Rasmussen of Family Tree Webinars today:

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We just began our "Cyber Monday/Week Webinar Sale". Between now and Friday (3 December), a Family Tree Webinar membership is 50% off (for new memberships only). 

Here is the link with the information: https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/cyber-monday-c322.php.  

The retail price for a one-year subscription to Family Tree Webinars is $49.95, and the sale price for this week is $24.98.  The subscription covers:
"1 year unlimited access to our recorded webinars at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com. Also includes access to the instructors' handouts, chat logs from live webinars, and 1 year of 5% off anything in the store (must be logged in at checkout), and a chance for a bonus subscribers-only door prize during each live webinar."
What usually happens during this sale is total memberships go up, which also means that the total pool of revenues that we share with you each month goes up. So I hope it is a win-win for everyone.

Speaking of win-win, we've also added 3 pre-recorded bonus webinars for members that are each very good:

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Disclosure:  I have a paid subscription to Family Tree Webinars for many years now.  I have received no remuneration for this blog post.  This is a real bargain, especially for genealogy researchers and family historians without a local genealogical society to attend.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1740 Deed of Joseph Sever Giving Land in Sudbury, Massachusetts to son Robert Sever

  This week's document for transcription is the 1740 land deed record for Joseph Sever, yeoman of Framingham, selling a 5 acre tract of meadow land in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Robert Sever, husbandman of Framingham for fatherly love and affection.

[Middesex County, Mass. Deeds - Volume 42, Page 27]:

[Middesex County, Mass. Deeds - Volume 42, Page 28]:

The transcription of this deed is (starting in the middle of the right-hand page of the first image):

[page 27]

To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting
Know ye that I Joseph Sever of Framingham in the County of
Middlesex within his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay
in New England Yeoman for many good causes and Considerations, in a
at present moving thereunto and Especially for and in consideration
of the fatherly Love and affection which I have and do bear unto
my wellbeloved Son Robert Sever of the abovesaid Town and County
husbandman, have given, granted aliened conveyed and confirmed and
by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant aliene con-
vey and confirm unto him the said Robert Sever his heirs Executors
Adminstrators and assigns forever a certain parcel of Meadow Ground
Situate Lying and being in Sudbury in the County as Province abovesaid
and on the Brook called West Brook containing by Estimation five Acres
be the same more or less and butted and bounded as follows viz't.  be-
ginning at the Southeast Corner which is an Elm tree marked Stand-
ing by said West brook from thence runing westerly on or by said Brook
to a rail fence (the bounds between the said peice of meadow and
meadow in possession of Corn't Joseph Parmenter) runing from said
Brook northerly to a stake and stones being an old fence the bounds be-
tween the said meadow and land in possession of Paul Brintnal run-
ing Easterly on said old fence to a swamp white oak marked the North-
Easterly Corner from thence running Southerly on or by a fence (the bounds
between the said piece of meadow and meadow in possession of Elisha
How) to the abovesaid Elm Tree, the Southeasterly Corner of however other
wise butted or bounded or reputed to be bounded (the said peice of meadow
I value as I esteem at one hundred and fifty pounds in bills of Credit
old Tenor) To have and to hold the abovegiven and granted Premises
with all the appurtenances Privileges and Commodities to the same
belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Robert Sever
his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only proper use Benefit
and behoof forever and I the said Joseph Sever all and singular
the premises with the appertaining and privileges to the same belong-
ing or in any wise appertaining to him the said Robert Sever his heirs
and assigned against the lawful Claims  or Demands of any person or
persons whatsoever to warrant ?????? and defend forever by these

[page 28]

Presents  Furthermore I the said Joseph Sever by and upon the signing
Sealing and delivery of these presents have put the said Robert Sever
in quiet and peaceable possession of the herby given and granted
Premises.  In witness whereof I the said Joseph Sever have hereunto
set my hand and seal dated the twentieth day of October annoque
Dom'i one thousand seven hundred forty and in the fourteenth year
of his Majesty' Reign George the Second by the Grace of God of Great
Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith ???? Joseph
Sever and Seal.  Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Ephraim Curtis
Samuel Curtis   Middlesex ss Sudbury October y'e 20 1740.  The above subscriber
Joseph Sever personally appearing acknowledged the above and afore
written Instrument to be his free and voluntary act and Deed.
                                        before me Ephraim Curtis  Justice of Peace.
Midd'x  Camb. Octo. 20 1740 Rec'd and entered by Fra's Foxcoft Reg'r

The source citation for this land record is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 20 November 2021), Middlesex County, "Deeds 1740-1743, vol. 41-42," Volume 42, Pages 27-28 (images 404-405 of  768), deed of  Joseph Sever to Robert Sever, executed 20 October 1740, recorded 20 October 1740; citing original records in County Courthouses, and on FHL Microfilms.

This deed is for a tract of 5 acres of meadow land in Sudbury, Middlesex County  that Joseph Sever, yeoman of Framingham, gave to his son Robert Sever of Framingham for fatherly love and affection on 20 October 1740 (and recorded on 20 October 1740).  The land was valued at 150 pounds Old Tenor.

Robert Sever (1702-1752) was the son of Joseph and Mary (Read) Sever of Framingham,  Massachusetts.  He married Eunice Rayment (1707-1772) on 2 September 1726 in Boston, and they had nine children.  Robert and Eunice (Rayment) Sever are my 6th great-grandparents through their son Norman Seaver (1734-1787).

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions for records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Register For RootsTech 2022 (3-5 March) - Choose Connection

 Registration for RootsTech 2022 is now open, and FamilySearch is pleased to announce that this year, RootsTech's theme is "Choose Connection."  See their blog post at   https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/rootstech-2022-registration. 

Here is the promotional video for RootsTech 2022:

Register for RootsTech here.

The conference is FREE and online - all you have to do is register and then tune in on the conference days - March 3-5, 2022.  There were over 1.5 million registrants for RootsTech 2021.  Don't miss out.

The FamilySearch Blog has this article about "RootsTech 2022: Behind the Scenes with the RootsTech Team."

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Disclosure:  I am a RootsTech Influencer (used to be called Ambassador) and will be publishing information about RootsTech 2022 through the conference.  I receive no remuneration for this activity. 

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