Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Genealogy Highlight This Past Week

  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 genealogy-related highlight of this past week (or two weeks)?  

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

Here's mine:

I was contacted by an AncestryDNA Match who was adopted -- Charles and I share 86 cM in 6 segments. DNA Shared Matches indicate that we are likely Richman cousins from England. He thinks his birth mother was a Richman – when he was adopted, the pediatrician recognized him and the pediatrician recalled his bassinet at the time of birth said “male Richman.” The doctor said his birth mother was “very young.” Charles was born in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, so his birth mother may have been born in the 1948-1952 time frame. 

He has done no genealogy or DNA research to date and is starting to learn how.  He is going to try to obtain his original birth certificate to get the names of his birth parents.  I sent him my Richman 4th great-grandparent 6 generation descendants list. There is a good chance that my Richman descendants report has his birth mother, or the birth mother's parents, in the report.

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 September 2023

 The following genealogy record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry.com during the period from 16 to 22 September 2023: 

The Updated and ADDED collections include:

*  Carmarthenshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1560-1994; indexed records with record images, ADDED 09/20/2023

*  England, Wales, Scotland and Isle of Man, Old Series Maps, 1805-1874; indexed records with record images, ADDED 09/20/2023

*  Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1922; indexed records with record images, ADDED 09/19/2023

*  Germany, Military Killed in Action, 1939-1948; indexed records with record images, ADDED    09/18/2023

*  Minnesota, U.S., Sons of Norway Membership Records 1737-1970; indexed records without record images, ADDED 09/18/2023

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

By my count, there were 5 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,317 collections available as of 12 September, an INCREASE of 2 from last week.  Apparently, 3 record collections were removed this past week.

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Disclosure: I receive a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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Findmypast Friday: Discover New Parish Records from Gloucestershire

 I received this information from Findmypast today:

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Discover new parish records from Gloucestershire

This Findmypast Friday, there are over 100,000 new records to explore, in addition to a brand new newspaper title from Essex.

If you've got ancestors from Gloucestershire, this week's release may be able to help you connect with your roots like never before. We've added over 100,000 new parish records from across the county, spanning almost 500 years.

Gloucestershire Baptisms

The first of our Gloucestershire trio is an update of 10,974 baptisms, covering 1518 to 1976. With rich detail and a date range of 458 years, there is so much to explore within this updated record set.

From Bishopston to Bristol, these new records are from parishes across the county. For more information on each parish included, be sure to consult our full Gloucestershire parish list.

Containing a transcription of the original record image, each of these baptisms will tell you key details like a full name, birth year, baptism date and year, place, county, and both parents' first names.

Gloucestershire Marriages

Our collection of Gloucestershire marriages also grew this Findmypast Friday.

82,016 new records have been added to this set, spanning from 1518 to 1982. Taken from the original parish registers, these transcriptions will tell you the bride and groom's names, their birthdates, the date of their marriage, the parish, and more.

Some records detail the groom's occupation, the names of any witnesses, and other additional notes.

Gloucestershire Burials

To round off this week's Gloucestershire additions, we've added 9,499 burials from parishes across the county. These records span an impressive 467 years, from 1518 right up to 1985. If your ancestor died in Gloucestershire over this wide year range, you may be able to find their name amongst these records.

From these index-only burials, you can expect to learn a full name, birth date, marital status, occupation, parents' names, death year, burial date, parish, and county.


You might glean further insight from the 'notes' section of each record - if someone was a pauper, for example, you'll see this recorded.

New stories from Clacton to Croydon

Our newspaper collection grew by 218,828 pages this Findmypast Friday, with the addition of an exciting new title from Essex and updates to a further 11.

This week's brand-new addition is the East Essex Advertiser and Clacton News. First published in March 1889 as the Clacton News, this title declared itself to be the seaside town of Clacton's 'first newspaper'. It was published every Friday and sold for one penny.

In addition to this new title, we've updated 11 of our existing newspapers. This list includes the Liverpool Daily Post, to which we've added nearly 80,000 pages, and the Aberdare Leader, with 40,000 new pages now available to explore.

Here's a full rundown of all that's been added this week.

New titles:

• East Essex Advertiser and Clacton News, 1889, 1900-1905, 1912

Updated titles:

• Aberdare Leader, 1991-1996, 1999
• Belfast News-Letter, 1962-1970
• Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter, 1990-1992, 1994-1996, 1998-1999
• Heywood Advertiser, 1986-1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1998
• Liverpool Daily Post, 1878, 1926, 1952, 1960-1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989
• Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition), 1960
• Middleton Guardian, 1996-1998
• Rochdale Observer, 1933, 1997
• Selby Times, 1898
• South Bank Express, 1914-1934
• Torbay Express and South Devon Echo, 1986, 1991

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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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Rabbit Holes With Randy - New AncestryDNA ThruLines

 I've been digging in this rabbit hole for over three weeks, ever since Marshall Clow wrote Guest Post: What Happened at AncestryDNA This Week?  

I received 64 new ThruLines with common ancestors defined by AncestryDNA after 25 August.  My usual process is to evaluate each one of them by checking the line of the DNA Match provided in the ThruLines.  That means looking at the data provided by the family tree(s) supposedly supporting the ThruLine claim - are there sourced birth, death and marriage records for each parent-child relationship, do the dates and locations make sense, is the claimed common ancestor the same person as my research results, etc.  

If the line from the Common Ancestor to the DNA Match provided by Ancestry meets my criteria, I then add the line to my RootsMagic family tree, which gets TreeShared with my Ancestry Member Tree, which generates Record Hints for each person, which I use to add more content to my tree for those profiles.  Often, I will do more research and add the spouse(s) and children of each profile to my tree in order to build my tree with descendants of my 4th great-grandparents. 

All of that is relatively easy to do when I get one or two new ThruLines a week, but doing all 64 in three weeks has been a struggle.  I've evaluated the 43 top new ThruLines so far, and the remaining 21 are for matches of 13 cM or less.  I have added the lines of only 6 of the 64 DNA matches to my tree, and the other 37 have incomplete information (e.g., either "Private" generations) or have, in my judgment, erroneous connections in the DNA Match's line (wrong Common Ancestor, wrong relationship, errors in dates, etc.).

One thing I've noticed so far is that these "new" ThruLines are more likely to have errors in identifying the purported Common Ancestor.  For example, the ThruLines for my 5th great-grandfather  Samuel FitzRandolph (1730-????), who married Martha Gach (1730-????) in 1754 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, shows 28 ThruLines.  

Ten of the ThruLines go through my 4th great-grandmother Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841), and I have judged all of them to be correct.  Samuel and Martha (Gach) Fitz Randolph had only two children (Tabitha and Mary) - born in 1752 and 1754 according to New Jersey church records.

The 18 other ThruLines from Samuel and Martha (Gach) Fitz Randolph go through 10 purported children of Samuel and Martha, with birth dates from 1761 to 1805 (when Martha would be  75 years old).  

All of the purported children in the 18 "other" ThruLines are actually children of Samuel Fitz Randolph (1738-1825) and Margaret Fitz Randolph (1738-1832) of Piscataway, New Jersey (except for the one born in 1805), who married in 1761.  If my Tabitha Randolph were the daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Fitz Randolph) Fitz Randolph, the mother would be only 14 years old at the time of her birth.  I  do have the nine children (born 1762 to 1781) of the latter Samuel and Margaret in my RootsMagic and Ancestry trees connected to their parents.  

How did this happen that AncestryDNA got it so wrong?  It appears that they have grown and pruned the BIG Tree and used it to generate the newest ThruLines since August 25th.  I've written a few blog posts about the so-called "Ancestry BIG Tree" that they use to determine the relationships to support the AncestryDNA ThruLines.  This BIG Tree was built based on the family trees submitted by users to Ancestry over the past 20-some years.  So, it appears they have conflated the two couples Samuel and Martha and Samuel and Margaret into one couple.  

This is why I do a fairly rigorous evaluation of each ThruLine, starting with the question "is the purported common ancestor actually my ancestor?"  

Of the 18 "wrong" ThruLines for Samuel and Martha (Gach) Fitz Randolph, at least ten of them were found in this "new" batch of AncestryDNA ThruLines that appeared in late August 2023.  When I write a Note for each DNA Match on my Match list, I denote the "wrong" ones (in my judgment) with "XXX" at the beginning so that I easily can see that I've looked at the ThruLine and judged it accordingly.  

This example is the "worst" example of AncestryDNA conflation in my ThruLines.  I do have several other examples that either have conflated ancestors or erroneous potential ancestors according to my research.  

This rabbit hole is pretty deep, and will always be with me, at least until Ancestry fixes their BIG tree and shows two separate Samuel FitzRandolph families in the same place and same time.

I need some carrots to give me some energy!

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1706/7 Quaker Birth Record of Jacob Fitz Randolph (1707-1779) in New Jersey

 I looked in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings for Treasure Chest Thursday.

The treasure today is the 1706/7 birth record of Jacob Fitz Randolph in Elizabeth, New Jersey:

The birth record is the last entry on the right-hand page:

The transcription of this birth record is:

Jacob FitzRandolph, Son of Samuel Fitz & Mary, Present at his Birth, Hephzibath Manning Midwife, Isabel Fitz Randolph, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1 Mo 23 1706 M[ale]

The source citation for this  birth record is:

 "U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1631-1935," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Union > Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meetings > Births, 1705-1901, Deaths 1705-1908, Marriages, 1712-1885, page 1 (image 42 of 155), Jacob Fitz Randolph birth entry, 23 March 1706/7.

This record is probably a Derivative Source copied from a Quaker meeting record book for the birth of Jacob Fitz Randolph, son of Samuel and Mary (Jones) Fitz Randolph of Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey.

The record date says "1 mo 23 1706" in the Quaker calendar system, but is probably 23 March 1706/7.   The entries appear to be in date order. This entry is after a birth record with a date of "11 mo 22 1706" and before a record (on the next page) with a date of "10 mo 11 1707." 

Jacob Fitz Randolph (1707-1779) is my 6th great-grandfather, who married Mary (1710-1764) in about 1730.  I am descended through their son Samuel Fitz Randolph (1730-????) who married Martha Gach (1730-????) in 1750 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. 

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Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 14 to 20 September 2023

Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.

1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

*  “All About That Place” - the One-Place Study Challenge Event - Online, 22nd September to 1st October 2023

*  Southern California Genealogical Society: "SCGS 53rd Jamboree: Cherishing Your Family Inheritance" - Hybrid - 6-7 October 2023 

*  East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference - Hybrid - 6-8 October 2023.

*  2023 APG Professional Management Conference: "Reset, Refresh, Refine Your Genealogy Career" - Hybrid - 19-20 October 2023

*  New York State Family History Conference: "Navigating New York: From Queens to the Queen City" - Hybrid - 2-4 November 2023

*  FHF Really Useful Family History Show - Virtual - 17-18 November 2023

*  SLIG 2024: The Family History Law Library - Virtual - 22-26 January 2024

*  2024 Institute for Genetic Genealogy (i4GG) Conference - 10-year Anniversary - Hybrid - 10-11 February 2024

2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars for September 2023

* MyHeritage 2023 Webinar Series

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar’s 2023 Mexico Research Series

* Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2023 Webinar Series

* Utah Genealogical Association Pro Talk Webinar Series

* RootsTech 2023 On-Demand Sessions

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 22 September, 7:15 a.m.:  10 Things To Do Before Leaving a Library or Archives by Melissa Barker.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 22 September, 8:30 a.m.:  Hidden Treasure in New England Town Records by Ann G. Lawthers.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 22 September, 9:45 a.m.:  Lighthouses and Their Keepers; For Those in Peril on the Sea by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 22 September, 11 a.m.:  Finding John Lee by Nicka Smith.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 22 September, 12:30 pm.:  Using Negative Evidence: The Power of Silence in the Records by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 26 September, 11 a.m.:  How to trace your French ancestors with MyHeritage resources by Marie Cappart.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 27 September, 11 a.m.:  Even More 50 Mostly “Hot off the Press” Net Sites You Want to Check Out by Diane L. Richard.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-797: Richard Keith: I Love Lucy | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-798: Fred Rogers: The Mister Rogers Biographies | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings: AF-799: Joe Negri: The Mister Rogers Biographies | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 473 - New York Born Texas Man on his Decades-long Journey in Search of his Freedom...

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 271: Mariah Brockhouse: English Emigrant and Pioneer

4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  BEST Family History Library (WHY & How to Go)

*  Allen County Public Library:  Introduction to Genealogy Research

*  Allen County Public Library:  Examining DNA for Unknown Parentage

*  American Ancestors:  An Introduction to Heraldry for Genealogists

*  American Ancestors:  Peter Moore with Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream

*  Ancestry:  Adoptee Marie-Anne Finally Reconnects With Her Birth Family | Every Family Has a Secret | Ancestry®

*  Ancestry:  Lisa Ann Walter In Tears Over SHOCKING Connection To Parent Trap Co-Star | unFamiliar™ | Ancestry®

*  British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa:  Clip from Ken Back to Basics

*  BYU Family History Library:  What’s in a Probate Record and How to Use it for Genealogical Research– James Tanner (10 Sep 2023)

*  BYU Family History Library:  Discover Family History Through Military Records – Julie Wilcox (10 Sep 2023)

*  BYU Family History Library:  Inspire Library: Sharing Stories of Inspiration – Dennis Packard (14 September 2023)

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  Relative Race Season 12, Day 1! New Teams, New Twists!

Ellen Thompson-Jennings - Family History Hound:  FOREVER Walkabout

*  Family History Fanatics:  Starting Your Family Tree Journey?? 🌳Which Ancestor Do You Begin With

*  Family History Fanatics:  Beginner's Guide to Family Tree DNA's Chromosome Painter

*  Family Locket:  How do you cite an Irish civil marriage record?

*  FamilySearch:  Road to RootsTech: 2024 Registration is Live & Theme Unveiling!

*  Findmypast:  Meeting the Cast of The Great Escaper - Family Tree Reveals | Findmypast

*  Genealogy TV:  Best YouTubers for Genealogy and Family History

*  GeneaVlogger:  DNA Test Tools I'd Like to See

*  Goldie May:  Unrehearsed Research #38 with Rick Wilson, PhD: Researching Seth Wilson, FAN club of my ancestor

*  Legacy Family Tree Genealogists:  How Do You Access International Family History Documents?

*  Legacy Family Tree Genealogists: What's It Like To Work With a Professional Genealogist?

*  MyHeritage:  Kate Meets Her Egyptian Family in France for the First Time

*  MyHeritage:  'I Won a Sister': Sisters Meet for the First Time Thanks to MyHeritage DNA

*  MyHeritage:  Welsh Man Surprises the Brother He Found via MyHeritage DNA

*  MyHeritage:  American Woman Reunites with Norwegian Father After 52 Years

*  Storied_Social:  The Family Treehouse Episode #006 Natalie Pithers

*  Write Your Family History:  Elevate Family Histories with Riveting Context – Where to Find Resources!

*  Your DNA Guide:  DNA Defined: Reference Populations

*  Your DNA Guide:  Dog DNA Test?

*  Your DNA Guide:  Dog DNA Test: Part 2

5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes - 7 to 13 September 2023?

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Randy and Stan the Paperboys in About 1955 -- Post 786 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

 I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is now one of my favorite photographs:

This photograph is from about 1955 and shows brother Stan in the San Diego Shopping News Independent newspaper vest and Randy sitting on the flexie with a box of newspapers.  I was about age 11 or 12 in this picture (I can tell because I got glasses in the 6th grade).  It was taken in front of 2123 30th Street in San Diego on the east side of the street.  

This paper route (on Thursday and Sundays) was my first job for pay.  I think we asked for 50 cents for a monthly delivery.  The paper was delivered to every house on the route.  We had perhaps 80 or 100 customers on our route (between Fir and Dale Streets, and Fern and 28th Streets in San Diego's Burlingame neighborhood - 10 blocks).  Not every "customer" paid for it, but enough did that we each made $5 to $10 a month for spending money.

 I recently found this photograph in the "hidden in plain sight" collection of photos from my mother's home (discovered in 2002) in the genealogy cave.  I colorized this photograph using the MyHeritage photo tools.  

This photograph is all part of our family history.  

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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 13 to 19 September 2023

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

1)  News Articles:

*  RootTech 2024 Registration Is Now Open!

*  Society for One-Place Studies anniversary event - All About That Place

*  Ancestry Updated Their Privacy Statement and Terms and Conditions

*  Ancestry Launches Know Your Pet DNA

*  10 Ways To Research Your Family Tree for Free

*  Early ancestral bottleneck could've spelled the end for modern humans

*  All about the Jewish Calendar

2)  DNA Research Stories

*  A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes

*  A DNA Match Revealed Her Secret Egyptian Heritage and a Loving Newfound Family

3)  Book Notices and Reviews:

*  The Deserter’s Tale by Nathan Dylan Goodwin: Book Review

*  Book Release: Secrets of the Asylum by Julianne Mangin

4)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 September 2023

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 September 2023

*  Findmypast Friday:  Search Surrey Stories and More

*  2-week update summary for English, Scottish & Welsh genealogy

*  Over Half a Million Irish Parish Records newly released by TheGenealogist 

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 6 to 12 September 2023.

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Seavers in the News -- 1975 Obituary of Mrs. Kathleen Seaver (1933-1975) of Dayton, Ohio

  Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from The Journal Herald [Dayton, Ohio] newspaper dated 30 September 1975, page 28:

The transcription of the article is:

"SEAVER Mrs. Kathleen, age 42, of 1360 E. Centerville Rd., passed away Sunday.  She was employed at First National Bank, a member of St. Leonard's Catholic Church.  Survivors include her husband, Edward; a daughter, Miss Deborah Seaver, of Atlanta, Ga.; 2 sons, Allen and Robert, both at home; mother, Mrs. Ruby Case, of Centerville; 2 sisters, Mrs. Joyce Miller, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and Mrs. Sharon Johnson, of Jeffersonville, Ind.  Mass of Christian Burial  p.m. Thursday from the St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Decatur, Ga.  Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Tucker, Ga.  Schlientz & Moore in charge of services."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Kathleen Seaver" The Journal Herald [Dayton, Ohio] newspaper, Tuesday, 30 September 1975, page 28, column 3, Kathleen Seaver obituary,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 18 September 2023).

This obituary provides the name, age residence, occupation, church affiliation, names of her husband, children, mother and sisters, and funeral and burial information.  It does not provide birth date, parents, occupation, other associations, or cause of death.

Kathleen Stinnett (1932-1975) was born 10 October 1932 in Garrard County, Kentucky, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Ruby Esther (Cochran) Stinnett.  She died 28 September 1975 in Dayton, Ohio.  She married Edward Joseph Seaver (1931-1997) before 1953 in Georgia.  They had four children:

*  Michael E. Seaver (1953-1974).

*  Alan Raymond Seaver (1954-2013), married 1983 Janice E. Garrison (1953-????).

*  Robert James Seaver (1956-2023), married 1974 Lauren B. Worner (c1957-????).

*  Deborah Seaver (c1958-????)

I am not related to Edward Joseph Seaver (1931-1997).  He is descended from John James Seaver (1882-1938) who was born in Canada.

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person has a relatively sparse obituary with not much personal information. I am glad that I can honor Kathleen (Stinnett) Seaver 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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Announcing “All About That Place” - the One-Place Study Challenge Event taking place 22nd September to 1st October 2023

 I received this information from Wayne Shepheard recently:

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Announcing “All About That Place” - the One-Place Study Challenge Event taking place 22nd September to 1st October 2023

You are invited to take part in an exciting free event guaranteed to take the genealogy world by storm! Join like-minded history lovers and discover the places your ancestors lived in, all from the comfort of your own home. Perhaps you’ll even start your own One Place Study.

We’re proud to announce, “All About That Place” a unique free challenge event celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Society for One-Place Studies, spearheaded by the Society of Genealogists, the Society for One-Place Studies, Genealogy Stories, and the British Association for Local History.

We'll be throwing open the doors on a pop-up Facebook Group and our YouTube channel to provide you with a plethora of free online bite-sized recorded talks from a wide range of speakers (all of whom have kindly donated their time in order to celebrate One Place Studies). With headline sponsors including eminent organisations like The Genealogist, Name & Place, University of Strathclyde, Pharos Tutors, The Historic Towns Trust, and Family Tree magazine, you can be sure to enjoy a truly engaging educational opportunity like no other.

This one-of-a-kind event isn’t just about idly watching, it’s specially designed to help you to take part and start diving into local history. Alongside the wide collection of talks on research tools, analytical techniques, and place history, you’ll be provided with motivating challenge instructions, created to help you to begin exploring place history. You’ll be able to download a free challenge workbook to record your learning activity and challenge progress.

Plus to celebrate your amazing progress you’ll be offered the opportunity to enter a prize draw consisting of a wide range of history goodies (such as 1-year membership to the SoG, the Curious Descendants Club, BALH, Name & Place, a discount on The Genealogist’s Diamond subscription, and 4 Historic Towns maps)!

As well as our headline sponsors, we're delighted to welcome gold sponsors; WeAre.XYZ, and The Halstead Trust, and silver sponsors; National Library of Scotland and FACHRS.

If you wish to contribute, or simply wish to attend and participate, you will find further details at https://subscribepage.com/allaboutthatplace/ and https://www.one-place-studies.org/celebrating-the-society-for-one-place-studies-10th-anniversary/. There's also a dedicated Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/allaboutthatplace.

The daily schedule and list of speakers and topics is at   https://storage.uk.cloud.ovh.net/v1/AUTH_f3100dad5acd4df793f8778d19bcea24/SOG/c5dba285-9d5c-442b-b61f-7f33cc72ab03.pdf.

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Disclosure:  I have not received any remuneration for publicizing this event.  I have joined the Facebook group and plan to review the event presentations over the next weekend.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 18 September 2023

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

1)  Hosted the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom and reported on Heredis 2024 software, the Family Tree Maker update, RootsTech registration, the Ancestry fan chart, Webtember, and MyHeritage PhotoDater.  The discussion items included the FamilySearch Catalog and Digital Library.

2)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for  7th great-grandfather #946 Joseph Kelsey (1673-1742) of Windsor, Connecticut and Elizabeth, New Jersey for the 52 Ancestors series on Friday.  I've written 497 of these sketches for my ancestors.

3)  Transcribed the two page  1851 Will of Daniel Seaver (1767-1851) of Otsego County, New York for the Amanuensis Monday series.  I've transcribed about 700 records in this series.

4)  AncestryDNA now has 43,990 DNA matches (up 41 from 11 September) for me today, with no new ThruLines.   I added  Notes to 6 matches, and the DNA Match line for no ThruLines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 11,715 DNA matches (up 27 from 11 September) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

5)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 49,862 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 13).  

6) 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 71,449 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 11), and 146,220  source citations (up 11).  Resolved 292 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 61 new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree.  My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 178,444 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

7) Wrote 14 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 September 2023 with over 131 views.  Genea-Musings had about 66,200 page views last week.  

8)  Real life:  This is week 184 since COVID restrictions started.   I stayed home except for visiting Linda almost every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility. Walked every day on the block and talked to several neighbors. Went to Huntington Beach on Saturday to visit Tami's family and go to Charlie's 9th birthday party.  I'm still reading Faye Kellerman's Gun Games. The Padres season continued, and I watched all of the games but one this past week.  They are 72-78 so far (5-1 this past week) and still in fourth place in the NL West division with two weeks to go in the season.  Watched the Chargers game on Sunday and they lost to Tennessee 27-24.  

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