Genea-Musings: 01/28/24

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Are Your RootsTech 2024 Expectations?

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) Are you going to RootsTech 2024 (29 February to 2 March) in-person in Salt Lake City? Or are you going to experience RootsTech 2024 virtually, watching online from home as it occurs, or watching it after the event?

2) What events in Salt Lake City are you looking forward to attending? What events are you going to watch virtually? What classes do you want to see from each day? The RootsTech 2024 schedule - both in-person and online - are available at https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/schedule. Note that not all of the in-person classes can be viewed online.

3) Tell us about your RootsTech 2024 attendance and class expectations in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.

Here's mine (all from the Online class list):

1) I am going to experience RootsTech 2024 virtually online this year (again) due to my health issues and reluctance to travel.

2) I've already taken the first crack at My Schedule.

NOTE: You can select classes you want to watch either live or on-demand from the Class Schedule. You can then see your My Schedule from a link in your face icon at the top right of the screen.

I usually watch all of my classes after the live presentation because I go visit my wife in her facility from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. every day. Also, the schedule starts at 7 a.m. Pacific time, so I may not be up in time for the earliest class.

Here are some of the classes that I definitely plan to watch virtually from each day:

*** Thursday, 29 February:

* From Research to Draft: Rapidly Writing Your Ancestor's Story, by Davon Noel Lee.

* Fixing Sticky Problems in FamilySearch Family Tree, by Kathryn Grant.

* Genetic Genealogy Turns 25: DNA Experts Tell Their Stories, by Diahan Southard.

* What’s New at Ancestry® in 2024, by Crista Cowan.

* Innovation and Tech Forum 2024, by Jared Spatero.

* Breaking Down Brick Walls with DNA: Untangle Family Mysteries, by Aimee Rose-Haynes.

*** Friday, 1 March:

* Did My Family Get Skipped? Mining Census Records for Missing Ancestors, by Nicole Gilkison Larue.

* How to use AI for Family History Experiences, by Matt Armstrong.

* Beyond Parish Registers: Tracing your Anglican Ancestors in England, by Nichols Dixon.

* Using Images to Map DNA Matches in Ancestry Trees, by Laura Olmsted.

* Brick Walls! Real? or Created Through Faulty Research?, by Barbara Vines-Little.

* AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead?, by Thomas MacEntee.

*** Saturday, 2 March:

* An Introduction to Scandinavian Church Records 2024, by Jenny Hansen.

* Finding Your Common Name Ancestor, by Shaunese Luthy.

* Diseases our Ancestors Faced and How Those Illness Changed Our World, by Gregory C. Gardner.

* Unexpected Treasures: Family History in the American State Papers, by Judy G. Russell

* Using AI (tools like ChatGPT) to Help You with Your Family History, by Kendall Hulet and Laryn Brown.

* What’s in a name? DNA, surnames and one-name studies, by Debbie Kennett.

That's just some of my Class selections. Right now, I have 48 classes on the My Schedule list.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 27 January to 2 February 2024

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

As of 2 February 2024, there are 3,279 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Deleted ---

* Albania, Catholic Church Records, 1799-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293706); 1,123 indexed records with 25 record images, DELETED

--- Collections Added ---

* Australia, South Australia, Probate Case Files, 1849-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000064); 42 indexed records with 399 record images, ADDED 28-Jan-2024
* Dominican Republic, Naturalization Records, 1915-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000146); 100 indexed records with 231 record images, ADDED 29-Jan-2024
* United States, Masters’ of Vessels Oaths, 1897-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000182); 141,585 indexed records with 138,077 record images, ADDED 02-Feb-2024

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 177,745 indexed records with 176,741 record images (was 170,903 records with 169,847 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 126,449 indexed records with 125,966 record images (was 126,445 records with 125,962 images), UPDATED 30-Jan-2024
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 16 indexed records with 189 record images (was 9 records with 90 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974199); 664,851 indexed records with 184,969 record images (was 659,802 records with 184,969 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 506,370 indexed records with 142,238 record images (was 506,369 records with 142,237 images), UPDATED 27-Jan-2024

Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770729); Index only (464,692 records), no images (was 464,692 records with 0 images), UPDATED 31-Jan-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 82,536 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 81,898 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 702,051 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 698,708 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,395,490 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,392,703 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,216,363 indexed records with 184,167 record images (was 1,214,503 records with 183,619 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (832 records), no images (was 829 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 913,213 indexed records with 379,716 record images (was 911,254 records with 378,910 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,162,212 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,157,712 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 262,040 indexed records with 78,899 record images (was 257,812 records with 77,723 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,722,658 indexed records with 878,593 record images (was 1,722,244 records with 878,417 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,917,281 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,916,384 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 766,595 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 764,052 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,287,303 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,284,978 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,240,175 indexed records with 1,041,157 record images (was 8,227,455 records with 1,039,182 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,549,080 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,501,455 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,338,798 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,338,627 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,995,756 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,995,566 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 23,718,422 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 23,119,592 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 31-Jan-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000100); 7,942,471 indexed records with 7,957,234 record images (was 7,942,339 records with 7,957,102 images), UPDATED 29-Jan-2024
Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619814); 4,684,136 indexed records with 3,416,801 record images (was 2,765,324 records with 3,416,801 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,299,955 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,299,955 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Find A Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 237,967,779 indexed records with 237,967,779 record images (was 237,267,495 records with 237,267,495 images), UPDATED 29-Jan-2024
France, Calvados, Census, 1856 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279960); 56,821 indexed records with 3,303 record images (was 56,521 records with 2,916 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 106,461 indexed records with 104,100 record images (was 100,777 records with 98,775 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 55,621 indexed records with 5,598 record images (was 55,231 records with 5,508 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 609 indexed records with 165 record images (was 599 records with 162 images), UPDATED 29-Jan-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 453,932 indexed records with 354,057 record images (was 453,127 records with 354,628 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,590,754 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,590,695 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,001,362 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,001,030 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 421,917 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 421,597 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024

Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 88,641 indexed records with 17,203 record images (was 87,991 records with 3,884 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 5,597,169 indexed records with 199,612 record images (was 5,527,318 records with 197,183 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 52,403 indexed records with 18,156 record images (was 52,096 records with 18,076 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 14,530 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 13,219 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 45,119 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 43,348 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 343 indexed records with 95 record images (was 338 records with 51 images), UPDATED 29-Jan-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,808,426 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,802,572 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,004,232 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,998,845 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,039,589 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,039,460 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 179,609 indexed records with 179,427 record images (was 178,561 records with 178,380 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491580); 3,853 indexed records with 293 record images (was 3,822 records with 291 images), UPDATED 31-Jan-2024
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 5,587 indexed records with 6,930 record images (was 5,213 records with 6,475 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 421,292 indexed records with 99,791 record images (was 421,078 records with 84,991 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,057,400 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,052,002 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Philippines, Camarines Sur, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres, Parish Registers, 1716-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1457939); Browse 130,474 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 130,474 images), UPDATED 26-Jan-2024

Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2861657); 6,013 indexed records with 2,258,645 record images (was 6,013 records with 2,258,645 images), UPDATED 26-Jan-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,091,360 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,091,053 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,089,636 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,088,879 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4376727); 150,870 indexed records with 54,900 record images (was 125,461 records with 31,722 images), UPDATED 30-Jan-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 389,856 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 384,294 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496122); 45,340,090 indexed records with 1,065,995 record images (was 33,692,888 records with 770,081 images), UPDATED 01-Feb-2024
Russia, Tomsk, Church Books, 1752-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450389); 2,648,430 indexed records with 445,048 record images (was 2,607,335 records with 434,683 images), UPDATED 29-Jan-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 501,526 indexed records with 343,643 record images (was 500,144 records with 343,624 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 158,307 indexed records with 183,975 record images (was 151,681 records with 172,005 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,147,856 records), no images (was 1,139,230 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,097,504 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,093,814 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 204,958 indexed records with 76,772 record images (was 202,877 records with 76,266 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,947,284 indexed records with 42,476 record images (was 1,947,050 records with 42,470 images), UPDATED 29-Jan-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Chinhoyi, Catholic Church Records, 1941-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000107); 581 indexed records with 12,155 record images (was 581 records with 11,924 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000105); 11,299 indexed records with 38,268 record images (was 8,623 records with 35,612 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

--- Collections with new images ---

Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,758 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,639 images), last updated 30-Jul-2019

--- Collections with new records ---

Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910265); 465,316 indexed records with 942,391 record images (was 465,247 records with 942,391 images), last updated 26-Jan-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285338); Index only (132,174,262 records), no images (was 132,174,263 records with 0 images), last updated 02-Oct-2014
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,132 records), no images (was 17,102,133 records with 0 images), last updated 17-Feb-2012
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,059 records), no images (was 875,610,063 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020

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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, February 2, 2024

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 27 January to 2 February 2024

The following genealogy record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry.com during the period from 27 January to 2 February 2024:

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

* Westminster, London, England, Electoral Registers, 1902-1970; indexed records with record images, ADDED 2/1/2024

* UK and Allied Countries, World War II Liberated Prisoner of War Questionnaires, 1945-1946; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/1/2024

* San Francisco, California, U.S., Registers of Chinese Laborers Returning to the U.S., 1882-1888; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/1/2024

* Geneanet Community Trees Index; indexed records without record images, Updated 02/01/2024

* District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862; indexed records with record images, Updated 01/31/2024

* Bischofswerda, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1990; indexed records with record images, Updated 01/31/2024

* Bischofswerda, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1940; indexed records with record images, Updated 01/31/2024

* Bischofswerda, Germany, Births, 1876-1911; indexed records with record images, Updated 01/31/2024

* U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; indexed records with record images, Updated 01/29/2024

* Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Criminal and Court Records, 1841-1922; indexed records with record images, ADDED 01/29/2024

* Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981; indexed records with record images, Updated 01/29/2024

* Hungary, Jewish Census, 1848; indexed records without record images, Updated 01/29/2024

* England and Wales, New Popular Edition Maps, 1940-1948; indexed records with record images, ADDED 01/24/2024

* Vanburen, Grant County, Indiana, U.S., Ferguson and Glancy Mortuary Records, 1918-2022; indexed records with record images, ADDED 01/24/2024

* Ireland, General Map of Ireland (Quarter-Inch), 1855; indexed records without record images, ADDED 01/24/2024

* Pierce County, Washington, U.S., Will Journals, 1854-1950; indexed records with record images, ADDED 01/24/2024

NOTE: The first three items on the list above were not on the New and Updated list as of 2 February, or on the image of the list above. They were found in the Card Catalog entries. Likewise, the last four items on the list above were not on last week's New and Updated list for 26 January, but were on the list this week, as seen on the image above.

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

By my count, there were 6 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above. There are now 33,410 collections available as of 2 February, an INCREASE of 6 from last 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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52 Relatives: Grace Louise (Richmond) (Shaw) Moody (1876-1963) of Connecticut and Massachusetts

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of my ancestors back through the 7th great-grandparents - see the list in 52 Ancestors Biographies.

I started a new weekly series called "52 Relatives" to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short sketches with events and source citations. They deserve a sketch also - they were integral parts of the lives of my ancestral families. I will post the sketches on my Ancestry Member Tree and in the FamilySearch Family Tree.

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Grace Louise Richmond[1] was born on 22 August 1876 in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States[1–2], the daughter of Thomas and Julia E. (White) Richmond.

In the 1880 United States Census, the Thomas Richmond family resided in Killingly town, Windham County, Connecticut[3]. The family included:

* Thomas Richmond -- white, male, age 31, married, overseer in a woolen mill, born England, father and mother born in England),
* Julia Richmond -- white, female, age 33, wife, married, keeping house, born CT, father born CT, mother born RI
* Annie Richmond -- white, female, age 10, daughter, single, attended school, born RI, father born England, mother born CT
* Everett Richmond -- white, male, age 4, son, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT
* Grace Richmond -- white, female, age 3, daughter, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT

* Emily Richmond -- white, female, age 1, daughter, single, born CT, born CT, father born England, mother born CT

In the 1900 US census, the Thomas Richmond family resided at 42 Summer Street in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts[4]. The family included:

* Thomas Richmond -- head, white, male, born Jun 1848, age 51, married, for 31 years, born England, parents born England, immigrated in 1856, a resident of the US for 44 years, a naturalized citizen, an overseer of a woolen mill, rents a house
* Juliette Richmond -- wife, white, female, born Sep 1848, age 51, married, for 31 years, 9 children born, 1 living [obviously an error], born CT, parents born RI
* Grace Richmond -- daughter, white, female, born Aug 1876, age 23, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, a shirt maker
* Emily W. Richmond -- daughter, white, female, born Jan 1879, age 21, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT
* Charles E. Richmond -- son, white, male, born May 1880, age 20, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, a painter
* Alma B. Richmond -- daughter, white, female, born Feb 1882, age 18, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, housework
* Edwin T. Richmond -- son, white, male, born Dec 1883, age 16, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, a laundryman

* James H. Richmond -- son, white, male, born Nov 1886, age 13, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, at school

The marriage of Grace L. Richmond and Fred Shaw on 21 October 1907 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts was performed by Rev. W.A. Sparks of Leominster[5]. The information provided for Grace and Fred is:
* Fred Shaw - age 23, first marriage, residence Leominster, occupation clerk, born England, parents Wm. G. Shaw and Helen Fitton.
* Grace L. Richmond - age 21, first marriage, residence Leominster, occupation at home, born Killingly, Conn., parents Thomas Richmond and Juliet White.
Alfred Shaw, the son of William Grimshaw and Sarah Ellen (Fitton) Shaw, was born on 2 November 1884 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England.[6]
Alfred Shaw and Grace Louise Richmond had one child:
Fred Richmond Shaw, born 28 Apr 1909, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; married Edith Evelyn Greenough Keyes, 1 Jun 1935, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 8 Apr 1967, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
In the 1910 United States Census enumeration, the Alfred Shaw family resided at 106 Central Street in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts[7]. The household included:

* Alfred Shaw - head, male, white, age 25, first marriage, married 2 years, born England, parents born England/England, immigrated in 1894, an Alien, a merchant, works at a creamery, rents a house.

* Grace R. Shaw - wife, female, white, age 23, first marriage, married 2 years, one child born, one child living, born Connecticut, parents born England/Connecticut,

* Alfred R. Shaw - son, male, white, age 11/12, single, born Massachusetts, parents born England/Connecticut

* Thomas Johnson - lodger, male, white, age 22, single, born England, parents born England/England, immigrated in 1907, Alien, a wagon driver, works in a creamery.

Fred Shaw died on 17 January 1919 at the age of 34 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of pneumonia and influenza.[8-9] He was buried 19 January 1919 at Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[9]

An obituary for Fred Shaw was published in the 17 January 1919 edition of the Fitchburg Sentinel newspaper[8]. The obituary says:

"Fred Shaw, Singer and Textile Overseer, Dead

"Fred Shaw, well known singer, died at his home, 80 Arlington Street, shortly before noon today from influenza and bronchial pneumonia after an illness of 10 days. He was 33 years old. Mr. Shaw was born in England, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Shaw, and came to this country when about eight years old. He was a member of Christ church choir and the Fitchburg Choral society. He was also a member of the Men's club of Christ church and the Textile Overseers association. He was employed as foreman shipper at the Fitchburg Yarn. Mr. Shaw had a wide circle of friends who will be grieved to learn of his death and who mourn with his family. He leaves his wife and son Fred, a sister Ellen of Danielson, Conn., and a brother, Harry, of this city."

In the 1920 United States Census, the Mrs. Fred Shaw family resided at 781 Main Street in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts[10]. The household included:

* Mrs. Fred Shaw - head, rents, female, white, age 43, widow, born Connecticut, parents born England/Connecticut, can speak, read and write English, a hairdresser, works at home on own account.
* Fred Shaw - son, male, white, age 10, single, born Massachusetts, parents born England/Connecticut, attends school, can speak, read and write English.

In the 1930 United States Census, the Grace R. Shaw family resided at 150 Birchard in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts[11]. The household included:

* Grace R. Shaw - head, rents, $60/month, has a radio, female, white, age 53, widow, reads and writes English, born in Connecticut, parents born in England/Connecticut, speaks English, a proprietor, works in a beauty shop, an owner
* Fred R. Shaw - son, male, white, age 20, single, reads and writes English, born Massachusetts, parents born England/Connecticut, speaks English, a clerk, works in a drug store, a worker.
* Florence M. Stoddard - lodger, female, white, age 50, single, reads and writes English, born Massachusetts, parents born Massachusetts/Massachusetts, speaks English, a garment maker, works in a garment factory, a worker.
* Isabelle W. King - lodger, female, white, age 50, single, reads and writes English, born New York, parents born New York/New York, no occupation.

In the 1940 United States Census, Grace R. Shaw resided at 103 Walnut Street in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts in the Ethel Allison household[12]. Grace was a housekeeper, female, white, age 63, a widow, born in Connecticut, lived in the same house in 1935, was at work, worked 56 hours the previous week as a housekeeper in a private home.

In the 1950 United States Census, Grace R. Shaw resided in the Ethel I. Allison household at 103 Walton [Walnut?] Street in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts[13]. The household included:

* Ethel I. Allison - white, female, age 50, never married, born in Massachusetts, a worker, worked 40 hours the previous week, a clerk, works in a bank
* Grace R. Shaw - white, female, age 63, a widow, born in Connecticut, a worker, worked 40 hours the previous week, a housekeeper, works as a domestic.

Grace (Richmond) Shaw married William Norman Moody, as his second wife, on about 23 September 1952 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

William Norman Moody was born on 10 December 1874 in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died in 1960 at the age of 86 in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried in 1960 at Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States.

Grace Louise (Richmond) (Shaw) Moody died of a coronary occlusion on 13 December 1963 at the age of 87 in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.[14]

Grace was buried on 16 December 1963 at Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[14] The Find A Grave memorial for Grace (Richmond) (Shaw) Moody has this information:

"Birth: 1876
Death: Dec. 13, 1963
Buried: December 16, 1963 Age: 87
Funeral Home: May Residence: Norwood, Ma
Cause: Coronary Occlusion

Evergreen Cemetery
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 12 Lot 84"

A death notice for Grace (Richmond) (Shaw) Moody was published in the Fitchburg Sentinel, dated 14 December 1963, on page 2. The death notice says:

"MOODY -- In Norwood, Dec. 13, Mrs. Grace L. (Richmond) Moody of Norwood, widow of William N. Moody, mother of Fred R. Shaw of Norwood, grandmother of Sandra Cole and David Shaw. Funeral Monday at 11 a.m. at United Church of Norwood. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, at 1 p.m. Calling hours at May Funeral Home, 85 Nichols street, Norwood, today and tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m."

SOURCES:

1. Putnam, Connecticut, "Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-3, 1855-1900 ", digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 15 March 2020), 2 microfilms, "Births, marriages, deaths v. 2 1869-1899 Births v. 3 1895-1900," [also on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1376371], Volume 3, page 82 (image 70 of 442), Grace Louise Richmond birth entry, 22 August 1876.

2. "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," indexed database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Grace R. Shaw (1876-????) entry.

3. 1880 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, Killingly: Page 379A, dwelling #26, family #42, Thomas Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 110.

4. 1900 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leominster; ED 1644, Sheet 4B, dwelling #63, family #88, Thomas Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 692.

5. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Marriages, Volume 562, Page 366, Leominster, 1907: Grace L. Richmond and Fred Shaw entry, 21 October 1907.

6. "Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920," indexed database and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Deaths, Fitchburg, 1919, Page 52, Fred Shaw entry, age 34-2-15.

7. 1910 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Holden, ED 1773, page 9A, dwelling #99, family #150, Alfred Shaw household, digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T624, Roll 629.

8. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (https://www.findagrave.com), Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Mass., Fred Shaw (1884-1919) memorial #44596579.

9. The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass., online database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Fred Shaw obituary, 17 January 1919.

10. 1920 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Fitchburg Ward 4, ED 59, page 1B, dwelling #14, family #28, Mrs. Fred Shaw household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, Roll 746.

11. 1930 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Fitchburg, ED 176, Page 9B, Dwelling #145 Family #233, Grace R. Shaw household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T626, Roll 963.

12. 1940 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Fitchburg, Enumeration District 14-70, sheet 7A, line 17, Grace R. Shaw in Ethel Allison household; indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Series T627, Roll 1647.

13. 1950 United States Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Fitchburg, Enumeration District 14-91, Sheet 9, Line 2, Grace R. Shaw in Ethel I. Allison household; indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives and Records Administration, 1950 U.S. Census, Roll 3377.

14. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (https://www.findagrave.com), Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Mass., Grace Moody (1876-1963) memorial #48192002.

Grace Louise (Richmond) (Shaw) Moody (1876-1963) was my grand-aunt, the sister of my grandmother, alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver.

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Findmypast Friday: Discover Yorkshire Parish Records, School Registers, and Newspapers

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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This Findmypast Friday, discover 310,320 new additions spanning the United Kingdom and Ireland.

If you have ancestors from the North Yorkshire city of York, you may just recognise a name or two amongst this week's new additions. We've updated three York parish sets, with a total of 40,193 records.

We've also added over 270,000 school registers from Kent spanning 44 years.

But that's not all - our newspaper collection has also seen a significant update. Read on to find out all that we've added this week.

Yorkshire Parish records

We've added 40,193 parish records this week, from Anglican churches in York's city centre - St Mary Le Belfrey and St Michael Le Belfrey. If you've got roots in North Yorkshire, your ancestor may be listed within these baptisms, marriages and burials.

Baptisms

The first of this week's new parish church trio is baptisms. We've added 13,385 transcriptions and images to this existing collection, taking the set's total record count to a whopping 9.2 million.

Marriages

Secondly, we've also added 13,423 marriage records, also from St Mary Le Belfrey and St Michael Le Belfrey.

Burials

We've also updated our collection of Yorkshire Burials, with 13,385 St Mary Le Belfrey and St Michael Le Belfrey added. With both images and transcriptions included, these burials cover 41 years of York's history.

National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914, Kent

Our collection of Kent school records also saw a significant update this week, with over 270,000 images and transcriptions added. Spanning 1870 to 1914, this existing collection consists of admission registers and log books from across the country. With this week's new addition, you can discover the schooling lives of your Kent ancestors in more detail than ever.

Peruse over 106,000 new newspaper pages

This Findmypast Friday, there are newspaper additions to explore from Margate to Maidstone. There are a total of 106,443 new pages for you to discover. Read on for a full rundown of all that's been added this week.

New titles:

Fleetwood Weekly News, 1986-1987, 1989-1991

Updated titles:

Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, 1995
Buxton Advertiser, 1986
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1984
Londonderry Sentinel, 1990, 1996-1997
Maidstone Telegraph, 1976
Mearns Leader, 1949
Motherwell Times, 1961-1976, 1978
Northampton Chronicle and Echo, 1986
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 1986
Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme and Gainsborough News, 1955-1972, 1976-1979, 1981, 1989-1990
West Sussex County Times, 1985
Worcester Journal, 1917

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Randy's Cousins -- 7th Cousin 2X Removed Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), the Noted Author

This week's famous cousin is Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). the noted author.

Here is the FamilySearch Family Tree Brief Life History biography:

When Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on 1 September 1875, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, George Tyler Burroughs, was 41 and his mother, Mary Evaline Zieger, was 34. He married Emma Centennia Hulbert on 31 January 1900, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Representative District 4, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1940. He died on 19 March 1950, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Tarzana, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

His Wikipedia entry is here.

The FamilySearch Family Tree indicates that I am his 6th cousin three times removed. Here is the closest relationship path from Relative Finder:

My most recent common ancestors with cousin Edgar Rice Burroughs are my 7th great-grandparents Moses Barron (1643-1699) and Mary Learned (1647-????).

My daughters and my grandkids will be thrilled, I think. I am! My mother would have been too.

Are you related to Edgar Rice Burroughs? Check it out on FamilySearch Family Tree by clicking the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page. Note that you have to be a profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.