Genea-Musings: 03/10/24

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Are You a Descendant of Irish Ancestry?

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) This Sunday is St. Patrick's Day. Are you a descendant of Irish ancestors? Who are your most recent ancestor(s) who were born in Ireland? Do you have DNA Irish ethnicity? Have you performed any Irish genealogy research?

2) Tell us about your Irish ancestry, ethnicity and research in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.

Here's mine:

My most recent Irish ancestor is probably my 9th great-grandparents, Ellis Barron (c1605-1676), who married Grace --?-- (c1605-1643). They migrated to Watertown, Massachusetts Bay before 1640. They are the only ancestors that I have with Irish ancestry.

On the DNA tests, Ancestry does not show any Ireland ethnicity. In 2014, Ancestry said I was 18% Irish, in 2016 Ancestry indicated I was 16% Irish, in 2021 they said I was 7% Irish, and in 2022 they said I was 6% Irish. Now it's 0%. I feel cheated out of rainbows and pots of gold.

MyHeritage does not show any Ireland ethnicity. 23andMe lumps British and Irish together (38.7%). FamilyTreeDNA does not show any Ireland ethnicity either, but lumps England, Scotland and Wales together (88%).

I have done some Irish genealogy research for Seaver surname persons. There were several thriving Seaver families in the 1800s, one around Dublin and another in County Armagh. Other researchers have traced some of the County Armagh Seaver families back to migrants from England in the early 1600s. I don't know where Robert Seaver (1608-1683), who migrated to Massachusetts Bay in 1634, was born, but I think it was in Berkshire, not Ireland.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 March 2024

I am keeping track of the new and updated his8orical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 15 March 2024, there are 3,304 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Deleted ---

England, Lancashire, Rusholme Road Cemetery 1821-1933 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460245); 67,177 indexed records with 844 record images, DELETED

--- Collections Added ---

* Bonaire, Civil Registration, 1831-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000172); 37,238 indexed records with 15,336 record images, ADDED 06-Mar-2024

* Curaçao, Civil Registration, 1817-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000122); 425,712 indexed records with 111,915 record images, ADDED 06-Mar-2024

* Saba, Civil Registration, 1876-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000229); 8,587 indexed records with 3,256 record images, ADDED 06-Mar-2024

* Sint Maarten, Civil Registration, 1869-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000164); 14,541 indexed records with 4,942 record images, ADDED 06-Mar-2024

* United States, Merchant Marine Officer License Applications, 1889-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000210); 1,907 indexed records with 1,907 record images, ADDED 12-Mar-2024

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 2,472 indexed records with 3,258 record images (was 2,159 records with 2,936 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138481); 960,168 indexed records with 3,208,709 record images (was 960,168 records with 3,208,709 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 86,665 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 85,684 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 721,969 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 717,713 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,424,997 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,420,042 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,241,761 indexed records with 189,023 record images (was 1,237,132 records with 188,244 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (835 records), no images (was 835 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 928,477 indexed records with 385,963 record images (was 926,605 records with 385,223 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,196,256 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,190,877 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 285,275 indexed records with 85,434 record images (was 278,109 records with 83,654 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,730,476 indexed records with 881,562 record images (was 1,729,953 records with 881,309 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,922,813 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,920,227 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,302,950 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,300,651 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,342,399 indexed records with 1,056,061 record images (was 8,324,945 records with 1,053,080 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,711,897 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,684,940 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 724,077 indexed records with 854,016 record images (was 723,723 records with 854,016 images), UPDATED 12-Mar-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,339,827 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,339,605 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 13-Mar-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 395 indexed records with 147 record images (was 320 records with 121 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,311,844 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,311,842 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 11-Mar-2024
Find a Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 241,110,544 indexed records with 241,110,544 record images (was 238,795,323 records with 238,795,323 images), UPDATED 13-Mar-2024

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 129,917 indexed records with 126,655 record images (was 128,296 records with 125,197 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 58,341 indexed records with 6,175 record images (was 57,934 records with 6,092 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 770 indexed records with 103 record images (was 770 records with 103 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 457,586 indexed records with 357,652 record images (was 457,339 records with 357,411 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,591,015 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,590,984 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,007,079 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,006,254 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 423,055 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 422,635 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 99,925 indexed records with 19,063 record images (was 97,903 records with 18,840 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,858,148 indexed records with 48,540 record images (was 1,858,148 records with 46,275 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Iowa, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1837-1987 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366597); 89,517 indexed records with 8,242 record images (was 89,517 records with 8,242 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024

Iowa, Church and Civil Marriages, 1837-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366605); Index only (7,482 records), no images (was 7,482 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024
Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2110820); Index only (857,181 records), no images (was 857,181 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 5,924,149 indexed records with 200,464 record images (was 5,873,821 records with 191,056 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Italy, Teramo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006903); 4,867 indexed records with 2,195 record images (was 3,942 records with 1,775 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,852,247 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,848,085 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,013,155 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,013,011 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,973,243 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,973,243 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 188,794 indexed records with 188,601 record images (was 187,419 records with 187,227 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 7,523 indexed records with 9,413 record images (was 7,520 records with 9,408 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,476,872 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,476,792 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 14-Mar-2024

Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 422,343 indexed records with 136,247 record images (was 422,343 records with 142,118 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,093,039 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,088,369 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,092,362 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,092,208 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,320,277 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,320,277 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,091,890 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,091,700 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 13-Mar-2024

Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 413,985 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 410,143 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 514,445 indexed records with 343,822 record images (was 512,408 records with 343,789 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417492); 1,197,608 indexed records with 682,974 record images (was 1,131,292 records with 682,974 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2209866); 7,502,189 indexed records with 7,328,201 record images (was 6,111,202 records with 5,843,266 images), UPDATED 13-Mar-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 171,435 indexed records with 269,326 record images (was 170,645 records with 252,276 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,206,753 records), no images (was 1,195,680 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,119,140 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,116,555 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 238,117 indexed records with 83,805 record images (was 229,911 records with 82,005 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 305,325 indexed records with 24,907 record images (was 301,752 records with 24,710 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Gokwe, Catholic Church Records, 1956-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000101); 111 indexed records with 14,506 record images (was 90 records with 8,716 images), UPDATED 15-Mar-2024

--- Collections with new images ---

Grenada, Church Records, 1747-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4440820); 83,372 indexed records with 8,783 record images (was 83,372 records with 8,781 images), last updated 05-Jan-2024

--- Collections with new records ---

Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,039,959 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,039,938 records with 1,380,077 images), last updated 08-Mar-2024
Peru, San Martín, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2306525); 470,937 indexed records with 249,700 record images (was 470,933 records with 249,700 images), last updated 08-Mar-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

Mexico, Distrito Federal, Civil Registration, 1832-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923424); 7,057,951 indexed records with 4,936,321 record images (was 7,057,952 records with 4,936,321 images), last updated 21-Oct-2021

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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, March 15, 2024

Dear Randy: "Why Can't I Find Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records on FamilySearch Full-Text Search?"

After my blog posts about the FamilySearch Full-Text Search (see Testing the Full Text Search in FamilySearch Labs - An Immediate Success!!) last week, I had several emails from readers asking me questions like:

"Why can't I find Barnstable County, Massachusetts probate records on the FamilySearch Full-Text Search page?"

The short answer is: "Because they have not used artificial intelligence to index and transcribe the names from the handwriting on the thousands of Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records images yet."

1) For instance, here is the Full-Text Search page for the keywords [+barnstable +massachusetts]:

There are 31,397 results when filtered for "USA, Massachusetts, Barnstable." Of those, there are results for the following categiries:

* Adoption (692)

* Court (9,482)

* Property (23,408)

* Will (8,739)

That looks promising, but when you filter for "Will" you get only the 8,739 results:

Of those 8,739, most of them are Bond records, Guardianship records and some post-1900 wills. Maybe uers will be lucky and find their ancestors. Or not.

2) There have been probate records in Barnstable County, Massachusetts since 1686. Using the "Record Year" filter we can see that there are records for these centuries:

By century, the records currently on Full-Text Search for Barnastable County Wills is:

* 1600 (5)

* 1700 (4)

* 1800 (4,893)

* 1900 (3,738)

* 2000 (6)

3) So where are the Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records?

They are still in the FamilySearch Catalog entries for Barnstable County, Massachusetts! They were microfilmed decades ago, and digitized in the last decade, and the researcher can find them by doing it the old fashioned way. Here is the FamilySearch Catalog page for "Probate Records, 1686-1894" for Barnstable County:

And further down the same page are listings of the "digital microfilms" that comprise all of the available probate records:

There are 3 volumes of Index material (which help you find which probate records volume(s) your target person is in) and 102 volumes of Probate records for different year ranges. Each probate records volume has between 500 and 600 images (each image has two pages), so 102 volumes adds up to approximately 102,000 pages of records.

4) To find useful information about a target person, the user will have to do the hard work of using the catalog digital microfilms to:

* Find the target person in the Consolidated general index volumes

* Copy down the volumes and page numbers for the records for the target person

* Find the pages in the specific volumes for the target person

* Copy, print or download the specific pages for the target person

* Transcribe or abstract the contents.

Just like we'e done it for decades at the county courthouse, the FamilySearch Library or local Centers, or online in the FamilySearch Catalog.

Eventually Full-Text Search will use AI to find these records, index the names on the pages, transcribe the handwritten text, and provide us with more information about our ancestors.

5) The lessons learned here are:

* FamilySearch Full-Text Search has not indexed or transcribed every probate record in every county.

* FamilySearch does not have every probate record (or any record type) for every county - the digital microfilm for Barnstable County goes from 1686 to 1894.

* The user can use FamilySearch Catalog digital microfilm to find probate records (and many other types of records!) at home, or at a FamilySearch Library/Center (if the digital microfilm can only be viewed there).

* FamilySearch Full-Text Search, at this time with 100 million images, is useful but very limited. 100 million seems like a lot, but they have over 2 billion images already digitized. Eventually it will probably have all of them in Full-Text Search, but it will likely take years to get there.

* This example probably can be duplicated for every county in the United States!

6) Patience, grasshoppers!!! Please don't assume that not finding something in Full-Text Search means that there is no record. Users have to look in every possible location for records.

As an example, Ancestry.com has a "Massachusetts, U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991" collction that has volumes of Barnstable County Probate Records into the 1990 time frame. And they are indexed (perhaps not completely).

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 March 2024

The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by Date Updated during the period from 9 to 15 March 2024:

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

* Web: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2022; indexed records without record images, Updated 3/14/2024

All data in this third-party database was obtained from the source’s website. Ancestry.com does not support or make corrections or changes to the original database. To learn more about these r...

* Tarn-et-Garonne, France, Birth, Marriages and Death Registers, 1565-1922; indexed records without record images, Updated 3/14/2024

This collection contains civil registries of birth, marriages, and death between 1565 and 1922 from Tarn-et-Garonne, France. Most records are in French, but some records may be in German or La...

* Belarus, Jewish Birth Records from Various Towns, 1836-1935; indexed records without record images, Updated 3/14/2024

This database contains information transcribed from birth records for various towns in Belarus for various years between 1837 and 1917. Information listed includes: name, parents' names, grand...

* New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922; indexed records with record images, Updated 3/14/2024

This database contains a collection of unassisted immigrant passenger lists to New South Wales, Australia for various years between 1826 and 1922. Information contained in the records may incl...

* Isle of Man, Birth, Marriage and Death Civil Registration Index, 1849-2015; indexed records without record images, ADDED 3/14/2024

This collection contains birth, marriage, and death records from the Isle of Man between the years 1849 and 2015. Most records are in English.

* Minsk, Belarus, Jewish Deaths, 1889; indexed records without record images, ADDED 3/14/2024

This database contains information extracted from the death records in the 1889 Jewish deaths register of the city of Minsk, Belarus. Information that may be contained in the records includes:...

* Canada, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current; indexed records without record images, Updated 3/13/2024

This Newspapers.com™ index contains newspaper obituaries published in Canada from the early 1800s until the present day.

* Doubs, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1731-1919; indexed records with record images, Updated 3/12/2024

This collection contains birth, marriage, and death registers from Doubs, France.

* 1880 United States Federal Census; indexed records with record images, Updated 3/12/2024

This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, ...

* Eure, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1506-1923; indexed records with record images, Updated 3/12/2024

This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths between 1506 and 1923 from Eure, France.

* Florida, U.S., Voter Registration Records, 1942-2023; indexed records without record images,ADDED 3/11/2024

This collection is an index of information derived from voter registration records produced in Florida between 1942 and 2023. The information in the index comes from Florida voter registration...

* North Carolina, U.S., Voter Registration Records, 1900-2023; indexed records without record images, ADDED 3/11/2024

This collection contains an index of voter registration records from North Carolina. Voter registration records are public in North Carolina and are updated frequently. Original records in the...

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

By my count, there were 4 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above. There are now 33,437 collections available as of 15 March, an INCREASE of 4 from last week.

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Disclosure: I now pay for an All-Access subscription from Ancestry.com. In past years. Ancestry.com has provided a complimentary World Explorer subscription, material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City.

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52 Relatives: James Richmond (1849-1929) of Wiltshire and Connecticut

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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James Richman was born 4 November 1849 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England, the second son and second child of James and Hannah (Rich) Richman[1]. James was baptized in the Church of England Hilperton parish church on 6 January 1850, the son of James and Hannah Richman[2].

This Richman family used the last name "Richman" in England, but then used "Richmond" in America from 1860 on.

In the 1851 Census for Wiltshire, England, the James Richman family resided in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England[3]. The household included:

James Richman -- husband, age 29, coal merchant laborer, born Marsh
Hannah Richman -- wife, age 25, woolen weaver, born Marsh
Thomas Richman -- son, age 2, born Marsh
James Richman -- son, age 1, born Marsh

The passenger list of the British Ship Osprey that departed Bristol and arrived in New York City on 14 November 1856 includes Hannah Richman and five children (father James Richman had immigrated in 1855)[4]:

Hannah Richman - age 32, female, a wife
James Richman - age 7, male, a child
Thomas Richman - age 6, male, a child
Louisa Richman - age 4, female, a child
Elizabeth Richman - age 3, female, a child
Ann Richman - an infant, female, a child

In the 1860 US census, the James Richmond family resided in Burrillville, Providence County, Rhode Island[5]. The household included:

James Richmond -- age 38, male, white, farm laborer, born England
Hannah Richmond -- age 36, female, born England
Thomas Richmond -- age 12, male, born England, attended school
James Richmond -- age 10, male, born England, attended school
Louisa Richmond -- age 8, female, born England, attended school
Elizabeth A. Richmond -- age 5, female, born England, attended school
Emma Richmond -- age 6, female, born England, attended school
Hannah R. Richmond -- age 2, female, born RI.

James Richman enlisted as a Private in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, Company H on 20 February 1865 to serve in the Civil War, and was discharged on 21 December 1865[6].

James Richmond and Jane White were married on 24 December 1868 in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut. They divorced on 14 December 1870 in Windham County, Connecticut. They had no children.

He married Sarah Elizabeth Bigwood on 29 May 1878 in Maplewood, Providence County, Rhode Island. She was born 9 November 1855 in Frome, Somerset, England, the daughter of Valentine Green and Eliza (Whatley) Bigwood; Sarah died 11 January 1932 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

James Richmond and Sarah Elizabeth Bigwood had six children:

* Cora Mabel Richmond was born on 7 Mar 1880 in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 18 Dec 1880 in Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
* Oscar James Richmond, born 18 Jun 1881, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; married Margaret Lena Flyte, 30 May 1901, New York, New York, New York, United States; married Ida M. Bailey, bef 1930, Connecticut, United States; died 24 Dec 1942, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
* Chester Arthur Richmond, born 11 Feb 1883, Pascoag, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; married Margaret Agnes McInerney, 7 Dec 1912, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; died 29 Nov 1960, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
* Edgar Valentine Richmond, born 1 Nov 1886, Bridgeton, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; married Anna Cornelia Brink, 10 Nov 1906, Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States; died 1 Aug 1963, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
* Leon Henry Richmond, born 14 Apr 1888, Pascoag, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; married Clara Ward Lewis, 25 Dec 1917, New York, New York, New York, United States; died 30 May 1955, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States.
* Emily May Richmond, born 2 Dec 1895, Pascoag, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; married Arthur Christian Schwaner, 26 Jul 1939, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; died 26 Jan 1982, Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
In the 1880 U.S. Census, the James Richmond family resided in Burrilville, Providence County, Rhode Island[8]. The household included:

James Richmond - white, male, age 30, married, works in woolen mill, born England, parents born England/England,
Sarah Richmond - white, female, age 24, wife, married, born England, parents born England/England
Cora M. Richmond - white, female, age 3/12, born Mar, daughter, single, born Massachusetts, parents born England/England

In the 1900 U.S. Census, the James Richmond family resided in Stroudburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania[9]. The household included:

James Richmond - head, white, male, born Nov 1849, age 50, married, for 22 years, born England, parents born England/England, immigrated in 1857, US resident for 43 years, naturalized citizen, a boss in a weave room
Sarah Richmond - wife, white, female, born Nov 1855, age 44, married, for 22 years, 6 children born, 5 living, born England, parents born England/England, immigrated in 1864
Oscar S. Richmond - son, white, male, born Oct 1881, age 18, single, born Massachusetts, parents born England/England, a weaver in a woolen mill
Charles A. Richmond - son, white, male, born Feb 1883, age 17, single, born Rhode Island, parents born England/England, School Ship Saratoga (?)
Edgar V. Richmond - son, white, male, born Nov 1886, age 13, single, born Rhode Island, parents born England/England, at school
Leon H. Richmond - son, white, male, born Apr 1888, age 12, single, born Rhode Island, parents born England/England, at school
Emily M. Richmond - daughter, white, female, born Dec 1895, age 4, single, born Rhode Island, parents born England/England

In the 1910 U.S. Census, the James Richmond family resided at 408 Main Street in Stroudburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania[10]. the household included:

James Richmond - head, male, white, age 60, married, for 32 years, born England, parents born England/England, immigrated in 1879, a naturalized citizen, a pattern maker in a woolen mill
Sarah Richmond - wife, female, white, age 52, married, for 32 years, 6 children born, 5 living, born England, parents born England/England, immigrated in 1884
Oscar S. Richmond - son, white, male, born Oct 1881, age 18, single, born Massachusetts, parents born England/England, a weaver in a woolen mill
Emily Richmond - daughter, female, white, age 14, single, born New York, parents born England/England
Chester A. Richmond - son, male, white, age 23, single, born New York, parents born England/England, officer, on a ship
Leon Richmond - son, male, age 22, single, born New York, parents born England/England, at school

In the Connecticut, U.S. Military Census, 1917, James Richmond provided this information[11]:

Town or City: Fairfield
Date: Mar 7 - '17
Full Name: James Richmond
Post Office Address: Fairfield, Conn.
Present Trade, Occupation or Profession: General Mechanic
Experience in any Other Profession: Textile designer
Age: 68 * Height: 5' 7" * Weight: 170
Married, Single or Widower: Married
How many persons are dependent on you for support?: Wife
Citizen of United States: Yes
Military or Naval Service: Yes
Where: In U.S. * How long: 11 mos. * What Branch: Infantry * Rank: Private
Have you any serious disability: Yes * Name it: Rupture
Can you do any of the following:
Ride a horse: yes
Handle a team: Yes
Drive an automobile: No
Understand telegraphy: No
Operate a wireless: No
Experience with steam engine: Yes
Experience with electrical machinery: Some
Handle a boat, power or sail: Power boat
Experience in simple coastwise navigation: Along long Island Sound
Experience with High Speed Marine Gasoline Engines: Yes
Are you a good swimmer: Yes

James Richmond died 18 May 1929 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield near his wife and several of his children[12].

SOURCES:

1. "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1650-1934," online database index, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), James Richmond death entry, born 4 November 1849, died 18 May 1929.

2. "Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Hilperton > 1839-1922, page 28, image 34 of 190, No. 224, James Richman baptism, 6 January 1850, son of James and Hannah Richman.

3. 1851 England and Wales Census, Wiltshire, Hilperton [parish], District 257, Folio 254 recto, Page 21, household 88, James Richman household; digital image, FindMyPast.com (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed July 2012), citing The Natonal Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, Public Record Office HO 107/1840.

4. "New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957," digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Roll 168, List Number 1183, Line 53, James Richman entry.

5. 1860 United States Federal Census, Providence County, Rhode Island, Burrillville town, Page 45, Dwelling #679, Family #740, James Richmond family, online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 1205.

6. "U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), James Richmond (1849-1929) entry .

7. "Marriages," Norwich Aurora [Norwich, Conn.], Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 9 January 1869, page 3, marriage of James Richmond and Jane White on 24 December 1868 in Putnam, Conn.; online image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 6 December 2012), Historical Newspapers.

8. 1880 United States Federal Census, Providence County, Rhode Island, Burrillville, ED 100, Page 56A, Dwelling #232, Family #355, James Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 1214.

9. 1900 United States Federal Census, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Stroudsburg, ED 138, Page 9A, Dwelling #197, Family #197, James Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 1442.

10. 1910 United States Federal Census, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Stroudsburg; ED 50, Page 7A, Dwelling #152, Family #152, James Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T624, Roll 1376.

11. "Connecticut Military Census, 1917," indexed database with digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Fairfield > Ra-Ro, image 110 of 110, James Richmond entry.

12. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (https://www.findagrave.com), Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn., James Richmond (1849-1929) memorial #148378676.

James Richmond (1849-1929) was my great-grand-uncle, the brother of my paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Richmond (1848-1917).

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Findmypast Friday: Celebrating Irish stories With Almost a Million New Records

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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This St Patrick's Day weekend, discover brand new Irish records and over 174,000 historical newspaper pages.

We're honouring Irish history this St Patrick's Day weekend. If you've got roots in the Emerald Isle, you may find a familiar name or two amongst this week's 992,000 new records.

Explore three new 18th-century sets - Protestant Householders, Dissenters' Petitions and the 1766 Religious Census - as well as new Belfast and Ulster Directory records and over 174,000 historical newspaper pages.

This week's new additions offer an unparralelled glimpse into 18th-century Irish history. From Antrim to Armagh, read on for a full rundown all that's been added this Findmypast Friday.

Ireland, 1766 Religious Census

This week's biggest new set consists of 20,505 transcriptions from the 1766 Religious Census. Although the original documents were lost when Ireland's Public Records Office was destroyed in 1922, these extensive transcripts were recorded by antiquarian and genealogist Tenison Groves prior to the fire.

From these records, you may be able to learn the name of the head of the household, the year, their religion, the parish and the county. The information recorded varies widely, because different enumerators recorded different details.

Ireland, Census of Protestant Householders 1740

Secondly, we've also added transcriptions of a census that was taken of Protestant householders in 1740. The 15,957 records within this new set are from parishes in the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down and Tyrone.

Ireland, 1775 Dissenters' Petitions

This week's third and final new set is a collection of historic petition records. It contains approximately 4,000 names, of people who protested the Church of Ireland's sacramental tests in 1775. The petitions consist of dissenters' names categorized by parish, congregation, town, neighbourhood, or, in one case, barony.

Belfast & Ulster Directories

In addition to the three brand new Irish record sets, we've also made a significant update to an existing Irish collection. We added 951,127 Belfast and Ulster directory records, with both transcriptions and original images available for you to explore.

These new additions span 1831 to 1900, and contain over 900,000 names. With almost 70 years of history covered, they offer a detailed glimpse into what the North of Ireland was like in the 19th century.

New pages from Windsor to Woodford

We added a brand new publication - the Brighouse Echo - to our newspaper archive this week.

We've also updated 57 of our existing titles, with a grand total of 174,403 new historical pages added.

Here's a full rundown of all that's been added to the newspaper archive this Findmypast Friday.

New title:

Brighouse Echo, 1887-1892, 1970, 1980-1983

Updated titles:

Alloa Journal, 1917
Banffshire Advertiser, 1917
Banffshire Herald, 1917
Barrhead News, 1917
Biggleswade Chronicle, 1891-1895, 1959-1966
Brechin Advertiser, 1962-1965, 1967-1969, 1971-1972
Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger, 1916-1917
Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser, 1919-1929
Coalville Times, 1917
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald, 1917
Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Mercury, 1990
Denbighshire Free Press, 1917
Dominica Chronicle, 1917
Durham County Advertiser, 1917
Eastbourne Gazette, 1986
Essex Weekly News, 1917
Evening Irish Times, 1917
Fraserburgh Herald and Northern Counties’ Advertiser, 1990
Hants and Sussex News, 1917
Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser, 1984, 1988
Herts Advertiser, 1917
Hornsey & Finsbury Park Journal, 1917
Huntly Express, 1917
Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner, 1964
Kent Evening Post, 1973, 1990, 1994, 1998
Kentish Express, 1990-1991, 1994, 1998-1999
Kentish Gazette, 1990-1991, 1994, 1997, 1999
Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, 1905-1908, 1910-1918
Linlithgowshire Gazette, 1919-1920
Lowestoft Journal, 1917
Maidstone Telegraph, 1975, 1978, 1993, 1995-1996, 1998
Mearns Leader, 1990
Midland Tribune, 1917
Montrose Standard, 1964
Morecambe Visitor, 1975
Nelson Leader, 1986
Northern Chronicle and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland, 1917
Port-Glasgow Express, 1964
Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme and Gainsborough News, 1980
Richmond and Twickenham Times, 1917
Ripon Gazette, 1983-1985
Rugby Advertiser, 1850-1852, 1982, 1986-1987
Sheerness Times Guardian, 1990, 1999
Shetland Times, 1948, 1950
South Notts Echo, 1964
Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser, 1917
St. Andrews Citizen, 1957-1968
Sydenham, Forest Hill & Penge Gazette, 1964
Todmorden & District News, 1936-1951, 1980-1984
Tonbridge Free Press, 1964
Voice of St. Lucia, 1917
Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch, 1917
Wimbledon News, 1917
Windsor and Eton Express, 1917
Wolverton Express, 1964
Woodford and District Advertiser, 1917
Woodford Times, 1917

Last week we added a brand new collection of Women's Land Army records, in addition to a new Irish set and some updated Northamptonshire Militia records. Don't miss out - explore the full release for yourself.

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