Saturday, May 27, 2023

Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County Program on 6 June 2023 Features Kathy Nielsen

  I received this information from my friend and society colleague Gail Burk:

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Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County Lecture Series 

 Cohosted online by GSSCC and the Santa Cruz Public Libraries 

ZOOM FORMAT!! 
Online registration through the SCPL website is required for home viewing of this event. 
To register, please type in or click https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/10702723

OR ATTEND LIVE STREAM (no registration required) in the upstairs meeting room of the downtown library

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 1:00 PM PDT 

Guest Speaker: Kathy Nielsen

 Topic:  What to Do with All of Our Family Stuff:  Research, Documents, and Heirlooms 

We have all collected family research, memorabilia and heirlooms over the years. But will our family want to continue collecting these items? This program will examine how we might define our legacy and preserve and pass on family treasures to future generations. Discussion will cover how to organize, preserve, share, or let go of family papers and possessions. Kathy’s presentation will help us to avoid the overwhelm. 

Kathy Nielsen is a librarian, historian and storyteller. She has hosted a virtual monthly program, All Things Relative, at the Monterey Public Library. Kathy is the co-founder of the Monterey County Genealogical Society’s special interest writing group, Off the Charts. She is currently a popular genealogy speaker on the Monterey Peninsula, and has been featured on Lisa Louise Cooke’s weekly YouTube program, Elevenses.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your First Foray Into Genealogy Social Media

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again -
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!


Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1)  What was your first foray into genealogy social media on the computer?  

2)  Write your own blog post, or leave a comment on this post, or write something on Facebook.

Here's mine:

My first computer was an IBM OC/1 with DOS and two floppy 5.25" disks - one for a program (e.g., a word processor) and one for data storage.  Both disk drives had 64 kb storage.  

I started researching my genealogy and family history in 1988.  About that time, I bought a 300-baud dialup  modem and obtained a new telephone number for accessing online "bulletin boards."  I didn't do too much on the bulletin boards until about 1990 when I obtained a Prodigy disk that permitted me to access the Prodigy message boards.

There were other similar services, such as Compuserve and America Online, which I tried out, but Prodigy was my favorite.

On Prodigy, you could send messages to your friends and could access different message boards for surnames or localities or topics.  I logged into Prodigy every night and worked for several hours, asking and answering questions, sharing stories, etc.  It was a lot of fun!  And free.

Since my father's recent ancestry was all New England, I frequented the Massachusetts message board s (I don't recall if counties or towns had separate boards) and quickly made a number of genealogy friends there.  Many of them lived in towns that I was researching in - Leominster, Westminster, Sudbury, Framingham, Medfield, Walpole, Sterling, Eastham, etc.  Some of them would visit their local libraries to find books or manuscripts with vital record listings, like the "tan books" for each town.

One of my friends, Linda who lived in Hopkinton, would visit graveyards in nearby towns to look for stones on request.  She used a video camcorder to make VCR tapes of her strolls around a given cemetery, narrating along the way.  To my wife, it was very boring, but to me it was exciting and amazing.  We visited them on one of our New England trips and enjoyed dinner at a restaurant with them.  

Another friend, Carrie from Pittsfield, started a small calligraphy business for genealogists, and I sent her my ahnentafel in the mail and she made a great 24" by 36" fan chart with nine generations of my father's ancestry for me.  It still is on my genealogy bedroom wall.

Alas, the fun ended in 1994 when Prodigy started charging for the message board services.  Many genealogy friends left Prodigy for different services.  I bought a new Windows 3 PC in 1994 and genealogy websites started to appear and I obtained a better and faster modem and my genealogy research continued.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 20 to 26 May 2023

 I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 26 May 2023, there are 3,204 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Africa, Oral Genealogy, 1500-2022       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000018); 1 indexed records with 1 record images, ADDED 31-Dec-1969

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974178); 187,265 indexed records with 102,718 record images (was 185,310 records with 102,718 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974183); 450,044 indexed records with 207,943 record images (was 449,315 records with 207,943 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1860-1965    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006904); 755,096 indexed records with 545,907 record images (was 755,057 records with 545,895 images), UPDATED 24-May-2023
Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 152,539 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 148,319 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 44,660 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 43,610 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 847,851 indexed records with 353,941 record images (was 847,200 records with 353,615 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 2,894,340 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 2,882,741 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 52,047 indexed records with 18,367 record images (was 48,523 records with 17,546 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,669,540 indexed records with 852,049 record images (was 1,668,077 records with 851,079 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,822,666 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,807,587 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 662,066 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 660,648 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
British Virgin Islands, Methodist Church Records, 1815-2012     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2029201); 45,580 indexed records with 7,119 record images (was 44,819 records with 7,080 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,497,477 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 6,497,459 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 22-May-2023
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 7,695,024 indexed records with 964,069 record images (was 7,676,644 records with 961,706 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,326,830 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,291,007 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Connecticut, County Coroner's Records, 1883-1934        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000080); 14,194 indexed records with 10,739 record images (was 14,102 records with 10,683 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,199,761 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,198,282 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 6,176,849 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 6,176,232 records with 404,718 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,985,640 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,985,560 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 21-May-2023
Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2341913); 280,495 indexed records with 112,568 record images (was 273,423 records with 112,568 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,273,096 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,272,920 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 6,132,781 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 6,120,406 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 2,263,627 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 2,262,276 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2340274); 522,854 indexed records with 32,088 record images (was 522,467 records with 32,084 images), UPDATED 24-May-2023
Florida, Funeral Home Records, 1887-1971        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000003); 34,572 indexed records with 20,527 record images (was 34,228 records with 20,351 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 76,138,093 indexed records with 13,775,866 record images (was 76,138,093 records with 13,775,772 images), UPDATED 19-May-2023
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 13,322 indexed records with 13,111 record images (was 12,066 records with 11,867 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Guam, Census, 1896-1897 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4462013); 8,002 indexed records with 152 record images (was 7,887 records with 49 images), UPDATED 24-May-2023
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2102016); 1,052,817 indexed records with 17,770 record images (was 1,052,485 records with 17,770 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2106095); 318,942 indexed records with 24,503 record images (was 318,843 records with 24,503 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 2,941,057 indexed records with 106,305 record images (was 2,833,904 records with 101,708 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947700); 22,867 indexed records with 1,759,182 record images (was 22,454 records with 1,759,182 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 34,624 indexed records with 11,782 record images (was 33,873 records with 11,495 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 4,236 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 4,140 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 10,512 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 9,336 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 8,542,852 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,532,762 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,026,738 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,026,728 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 2,568,988 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 2,568,975 records with 2,591,542 images), UPDATED 21-May-2023
Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1661306); Index only (525,454 records), no images (was 521,751 records with 0 images), UPDATED 25-May-2023
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 68,510 indexed records with 95,660 record images (was 68,296 records with 95,446 images), UPDATED 24-May-2023

Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,998,555 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,979,345 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Peru, San Martín, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2306525); 470,908 indexed records with 249,700 record images (was 470,827 records with 249,700 images), UPDATED 24-May-2023
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,081,004 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,080,601 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,350,053 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,349,093 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 280,777 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 280,541 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803985); 2,112,831 indexed records with 538,510 record images (was 2,112,831 records with 538,510 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (693,672 records), no images (was 686,035 records with 0 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,001,490 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 997,597 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 66,740 indexed records with 32,301 record images (was 65,784 records with 32,115 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,215,285 indexed records with 24,728 record images (was 839,887 records with 17,365 images), UPDATED 26-May-2023

--- Collections with new images ---

England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 5,996,379 indexed records with 359,744 record images (was 5,996,379 records with 357,828 images), last updated 30-Dec-2022
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,932,344 indexed records with 5,611,122 record images (was 6,932,344 records with 5,611,117 images), last updated 29-Nov-2022

--- Collections with images removed ---

Connecticut Naturalization Records, 1795-1945   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3238391); 117,234 indexed records with 99,498 record images (was 117,234 records with 102,286 images), last updated 17-Mar-2022
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 932,138 indexed records with 11,302 record images (was 932,138 records with 15,152 images), last updated 05-May-2023
Georgia, County Voter Registrations, 1856-1941  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326831); 394,859 indexed records with 37,515 record images (was 394,859 records with 38,118 images), last updated 03-Dec-2021
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 149,106 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 153,559 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438698); 1,628,993 indexed records with 20,400 record images (was 1,628,993 records with 21,970 images), last updated 30-Aug-2022
Zimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740407); 281,769 indexed records with 259,495 record images (was 281,769 records with 280,173 images), last updated 27-Apr-2023

--- Collections with new records ---

Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 12,777,657 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 12,777,647 records with 5,864,285 images), last updated 09-Mar-2023

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED, and to alphabetize the entries in each category. Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

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.

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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Friday, May 26, 2023

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 20 to 26 May 2023

 The following genealogy record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry.com during the period from 20 to 26 May 2023: 

The Updated and ADDED collections include:

Wanzleben, Germany, Soul Register, 1798-1888; indexed records with record images, ADDED 5/25/2023

UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942; indexed records with record images, Updated 5/25/2023

U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current; indexed records without record images, Updated 5/24/2023

Australia and New Zealand, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current; indexed records without record images, Updated 5/24/2023

UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current; indexed records without record images, Updated 5/24/2023

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Sacramental Records, 1840-1980; indexed records with record images, ADDED 5/22/2023

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The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at   https://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

By my count, there were 2 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,292 collections available as of 26 May, a DECREASE of 32 from last week.  I wonder which collections were deleted this past week?

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52 Ancestors - Week 481: #761 Elizabeth (Remington) Kenyon (1686-c1747) of South Kingstown and Westerly, Rhode Island

Elizabeth Remington (c1686-1747) is #761 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married  #760  John Kenyon (1682-1735)  in July 1704 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

I am descended through:

*  their son #380 Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800), married #381 Anna Barber (1717-a1800) in 1740.
*  their son #190 John Kenyon (1742-1831), married #191  Anna Kenyon(?) (c1742-1824) in 1764.
*  their daughter #95 Nancy Kenyon (c1765-b1833), married #94 Joseph Champlin (1758-1850) in 1785.
*  their daughter #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865), married  #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872) in 1813.
*  their daughter #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864), married #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married in 1844.
*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913), married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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

*  Name:                         Elizabeth Remington[1–2]
*  Alternate Name:          Elizabeth Kenyon[3]
*  Sex:                         Female

*  Father:                         John Remington 1650-1688
*  Mother:                       Abigail Richmond 1656-1744

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

*  Birth:                           about 1686, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[2]

*  Death:                          before 5 October 1747 (before about age 61), Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[3]

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

*  Spouse 1:                    John Kenyon (1682-1735)
*  Marriage 1:                 July 1704 (after about age 18), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1-2]

*  Child 1:                      John Kenyon 1706-1747
*  Child 2:                      Thomas Kenyon 1708-1778
*  Child 3:                      Sylvester Kenyon 1710-1800
*  Child 4:                      George Kenyon 1712-1796
*  Child 5:                      Sarah Kenyon 1715-1803
*  Child 6:                      Mary Kenyon 1717-    
*  Child 7:                      Elizabeth Kenyon 1720-1778
*  Child 8:                      Samuel Kenyon 1722-1747
*  Child 9:                      Abigail Kenyon 1724-1746
*  Child 10:                    Benedict Kenyon 1727-1807

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Elizabeth Remington (1686-c1747) was born  in about 1686 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, the daughter of John and Abigail (Richmond) Remington[2].

She married in July 1704 to John Kenyon (1682-1735), the son of John and --?-- (--?--) Kenyon[1-2].   They had ten children, most of whom are recorded in the South Kingstown town records:

*  John Kenyon (1706-1747), married 1726 Mary Gardiner (1707-????).
*  Thomas Kenyon (1708-1778), married 1733 Catherine Ney (1712-????).
*  Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800), married 1740 Anna Barber (1717-a1800).
*  George Kenyon (1712-1796), married 1741 Anna Lewis (1716-1805).
*  Sarah Kenyon (1715-1803), married 1730 Ebenezer Niles (1710-1747).
*  Mary Kenyon (1717-????), married 1742 Enoch Lewis (1720-1767).
*  Elizabeth Kenyon (1720-1778), married 1735 Stephen Hoxsie (1713-1793).
*  Samuel Kenyon (1722-1747), married 1746 Hannah Kenyon (1727-1783).
*  Abigail Kenyon (1724-1746).
*  Benedict Kenyon (a1727-1807), married 1760 Amie Barber (1742-1803).

The John and Elizabeth (Remington) Kenyon family moved from South Kingstown to Westerly, Rhode Island in the 1720s[2].

John Kenyon died before 24 February 1724/5, when their daughter married, and her father was mentioned as "John, deceased"[2].

After her husband died, Elizabeth probably resided with one or more of her children.  She died before 5 October 1747 when an inventory for Elizabeth Kenyon was filed in the Richmond, Rhode Island probate papers.  Her son, Thomas Kenyon, was administrator of her estate[3].

5.  SOURCES

1. James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912), Volume 5, "Washington County, Births, Marriages, Deaths," page 30 (image 39 of 583), John Kenyon and Elizabeth Remington marriage entry.

2. Captain Howard N. Kenyon, American Kenyons : History of Kenyons and English connections of American Kenyons, genealogy of the American Kenyons of Rhode Island, miscellaneous Kenyon material (Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Company, 1935), pages 57-58, #11 John Kenyon (1682-1735) family sketch.

3. "Probate Records, 1747-1877 [Richmond, Rhode Island]," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), on 4 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, citing  manuscripts in Richmond [R.I.] town hall; accessed on FHL microfilm 930847, Volume 1, Elizabeth Remington inventory, 1747.

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NOTE:  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 in 2014.  I have extended this theme in 2023 to 520 Ancestors in 520 Weeks.


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Findmypast Friday: 5 Million New Manchester Records

 I received this information from Findmypast today:

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A bumper 5 million records for Manchester released this Findmypast Friday ·        

Open a window into the lives of your Manchester ancestors, with 4.9 million records added to the collection of Manchester Rate Books        

Dig into more detail with the Browse version of Manchester Rate Books       

Discover the verdict behind unexplained deaths with Oldham Inquisitions    

Plus, three brand new Manchester newspapers have been added, helping you uncover colour and context 

 Greater Manchester Rate Books 

 The star of the show this week is the addition of 4.9 million new records to this existing collection, taking the total number of records to a staggering 13 million. ‘Rates’ were taxes collected to support local services, such as poor relief and roads, so you should find details of your Manchester ancestors

paying the required rates. You’ll see their name, address, and even the name of the person who owned the property they occupied, meaning these records are also handy for house history research.


Greater Manchester Rate Books Browse 

 In addition to the above, 215,002 browse-only rate book images have been released. The indexed collection typically includes all years ending in 1 or 6, while the browse-only collection includes every year in between.

 

Oldham Inquisitions, 1905-1917 


If your Oldham ancestor died in a suspicious or unexplained way, there may have been an investigation to determine their cause of death. This new collection of 749 records offers detail-rich original images, including witness statements and the final verdict.  

Newspapers 


Four brand new titles, updates to a further nine, and a total of 63,325 new pages make up this week’s newspaper releases. Three of the four new additions are Manchester titles. 


New titles: 

  • Altrincham, Bowdon & Hale Guardian, 1871, 1874-1887, 1893-1894, 1898
  • Ashton Standard, 1858-1861, 1865, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1896-1897
  • Bolton Journal & Guardian, 1876-1877, 1879-1880, 1889, 1897, 1899, 1916-1918
  • Saturday Telegraph (Grimsby), 1902-1904, 1906-1907, 1910, 1914-1916

Updated titles: 

  • Chester Chronicle, 1958, 1961 
  • Crewe Chronicle, 1989 
  • Dover Express, 1876-1887 
  • Grimsby & County Times, 1901-1902, 1906, 1910, 1914-1916
  • Huddersfield and Holmfirth Examiner, 1874, 1894, 1896, 1938, 1954
  • Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 1928, 1945, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1982
  • South London Observer, 1881-1888 
  • Surrey Mirror, 1986 
  • Vale Advertiser, 1995 
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