Family Tree Magazine has a New Genealogy Book: "Beginner's Guide to Genealogy"

 I received an email today highlighting a new book from Family Tree Magazine titled Beginner's Guide to Genealogy: How to Get Started With Your Family Research.  

The price is $39.97.

The book description is:

Start your family history research! This easy-to-understand guide will help you find your ancestors efficiently and with confidence. Inside, you'll find expert advice on the basics of genealogy, with tutorials for building a family tree, finding and understanding key genealogy records, and organizing your files and research, plus a roundup of can't-miss beginner-friendly genealogy websites. 

You’ll love the Beginner's Guide to Genealogy Book if…

• You're new to family history research and don't know where to start
• You want to get a family member or friend interested in genealogy
• You'd love to go "back to the basics" and revisit work you've already done
• You're interested in 104 pages of family history research advice

Here are some tips you’ll find in the Beginner's Guide to Genealogy Book:

• Move backward in time. Start with the most recent members of your family (you and your parents), then carefully document each generation as you go backward in time. This will keep you from making rash jumps—you don't want to end up researching the wrong ancestors!

• Talk to your relatives. Ask any living relatives about their memories. Don't ask just about facts and dates—get the stories of their growing up and of the ancestors they remember. Try to phrase questions with "why," "how," and "what."

• Always check your sources. Verify any information you find in family trees created by other people using records and documents. Apply this same mentality to "hints" generated by sites like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, which can be helpful but are not foolproof.

Contents of the Beginner's Guide to Genealogy Book:

Part 1: Jump-Starting Your Research

• 10 Steps to Start Building Your Family Tree
• Counting Cousins: How to Calculate Cousinhood
• Busted!: 10 Genealogy Myths Debunked
• The Roaring Twenties: 20 Timeless Genealogy Tips

Part 2: Tech Tools

• 25 Best Genealogy Websites for Beginners
• Should You Take the Hint?: Evaluating Hints in Online Family Trees
• Walk of Fame: The 101 Best Genealogy Websites

Part 3: Genealogy Records 101

• Counting Up: Practical Tips for Searching Censuses
• First Generation: 3 Basic Immigration Records
• Source Spotlight: Birth Records
• Source Spotlight: Marriage Records
• Source Spotlight: Death Records

Part 4: Organizing Your Research

• Work It Out: 7 Genealogy Worksheets
• Ties That Bind: How to Create a Family History Binder
• Showing Your Work: Genealogy Source Citation Basics
• Your-Digital-Files.jpg: How to Manage and Label Digital Files

The Beginner's Guide to Genealogy Book has 104 pages.  Buy it at   https://store.familytreemagazine.com/beginners-guide-genealogy-book/

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Disclosure:  I am a long-time subscriber to Family Tree Magazine, provbably since about 2000.  I have received no considerations for writing this blog post.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Are You Experimenting With Artificial Intelligence for Genealogy?

  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 experimenting with Artifical Intelligence (AI) for genealogy and family history?  What have you learned so far?  What have you done to date?  What GPTs have you used?  What results have you had - good or bad?

2) Tell us about your AI experience  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:

 

*  I started using ChatGPT in early 2023, thinking it would be able to answer my questions about my ancestors.  I learned that it's not Google or a search engine, but a language model.  It provided lots of false information when it did not know an answer to a question.  It needs to learn things before it can provide correct information to you.

*  Writing an AI Narrative Report in ChatGPT for David Auble (1817-1894).  I input a timeline and had ChatGPT write a genealogical sketch.  This worked out pretty well.

*  Writing My Obituary With ChatGPT 3.5.  I input a series of highlights about my supposed life and ChstGPT wrote a decent obituary.

*  ChatGPT 3.5 Offers Genealogy Book Recommendations.  I asked ChatGPT for book recmmendations and received a decent list of actual books.

*  New MyHeritage Feature -- Artificial Intelligence AI Record Finder(tm); New MyHeritage Feature -- Artificial Intelligence AI Biographer(tm);  and MyHeritage AI Biographer Feature Is Only on Family View.  I tried out the two new MyHeritage AI features.  The Record Finder is limited by the lsck of comprehensive record collections at MyHeritage.  The Biographer does a decent job of creatinga short biography based on a MyHeritage tree profile.

*  Exploring the AncestryAI Feature on Ancestry.com and Ask AncestryAI: What Was Hilperton, Wiltshire Like in 1848?  The infromation provided to date is based on social and cultural history material, which is often generalized for a specific time and location.

*  First Look at EmulateMe: Creating an AI Avatar and Short Audios/Videos; and Second Look at EmulateMe: Creating My Father's Avatar and Audio/Video Chats.  I uploaded a biography of myself, an avatar, and did a voice reading, and users can ask my avatar questions about my life.  

*  MyHeritage DeepStory Creates a Great Short Audio/Visual Biography.  The user can have a talking image saying things based on a MyHeritage tree profile.  The user can add to and edit the text.

*  The FamilySearch Full-Text Search feature reveal was eye-opening - the system uses AI to seach for, transcribe and index a page of handwritten text.  A game-changer because it finds names hiding in pages of handwritten text.  It works pretty well for most pages of land deed and probate records.  See Testing the Full Text Search in FamilySearch Labs - An Immediate Success!! and Dear Randy: "Why Can't I Find Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records on FamilySearch Full-Text Search?"

*  I used Google Bard (now Gemini) and Microsoft CoPilot to create colorful images of genealogists with family members, family trees, DNA, ancestral homes, and more, on Facebook.  Somehow, the really fantastic genealogy and DNA oriented images have eluded me (I did create the one below on Microsoft CoPilot!).

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 April 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 12 April 2024, there are 3,312 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added ---

*  Argentina, Military Records, 1911-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000280); 1 indexed records with 1 record images, ADDED 02-Apr-2024

*  Madagascar, Sainte-Marie Island, Civil Registration, 1820-1870 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000242); 6 indexed records with 2 record images, ADDED 09-Apr-2024

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 3,389 indexed records with 4,340 record images (was 3,205 records with 3,984 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 12,760 indexed records with 2,996 record images (was 12,760 records with 2,996 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770729); Index only (469,746 records), no images (was 468,711 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Apr-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 89,450 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 88,962 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 735,563 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 732,743 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,440,164 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,436,634 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,255,973 indexed records with 191,520 record images (was 1,252,887 records with 191,038 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 940,396 indexed records with 390,595 record images (was 937,515 records with 389,409 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 319,632 indexed records with 94,315 record images (was 311,548 records with 92,209 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,735,368 indexed records with 883,679 record images (was 1,734,081 records with 883,074 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,932,747 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,930,366 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,314,560 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,311,773 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,407,268 indexed records with 1,065,526 record images (was 8,396,561 records with 1,063,847 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,802,235 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,781,653 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,340,327 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,340,110 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 1,761 indexed records with 639 record images (was 1,176 records with 429 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,311,941 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,311,934 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2345213); 170,194 indexed records with 29,077 record images (was 167,845 records with 29,077 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 141,212 indexed records with 137,018 record images (was 138,492 records with 134,555 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 59,247 indexed records with 6,345 record images (was 59,109 records with 6,318 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024

Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 858 indexed records with 127 record images (was 835 records with 121 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 461,158 indexed records with 360,533 record images (was 459,441 records with 359,314 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,597,396 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,597,314 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,011,382 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,010,321 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 424,976 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 424,115 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 105,067 indexed records with 17,638 record images (was 104,550 records with 19,624 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
India, Catholic Church Records, 1751-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491581); 12,707,144 indexed records with 128,695 record images (was 12,583,935 records with 70,081 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 6,128,571 indexed records with 218,315 record images (was 6,076,938 records with 216,676 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947829); 170,987 indexed records with 425,736 record images (was 170,987 records with 425,736 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Italy, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1967801); Index only (211,659 records), no images (was 211,659 records with 0 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 61,714 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 61,714 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 356 indexed records with 98 record images (was 348 records with 96 images), UPDATED 10-Apr-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,880,816 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,872,874 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,013,895 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,013,748 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 195,306 indexed records with 195,107 record images (was 193,707 records with 193,509 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491580); 3,896 indexed records with 296 record images (was 3,873 records with 295 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2024
Paraguay, Cemetery Records, 1917-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000254); 2,371 indexed records with 2,371 record images (was 1,379 records with 1,379 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,535,054 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,501,957 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 422,351 indexed records with 136,267 record images (was 422,351 records with 136,263 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,106,611 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,100,596 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Peru, Huánuco, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439346); 58,319 indexed records with 42,326 record images (was 55,933 records with 37,398 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,093,022 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,092,922 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,320,479 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,320,442 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,092,565 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,092,374 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 433,474 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 428,159 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 526,957 indexed records with 343,993 record images (was 523,820 records with 343,928 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417492); 1,220,121 indexed records with 682,974 record images (was 1,197,728 records with 682,974 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2209866); 8,780,094 indexed records with 8,557,042 record images (was 7,502,189 records with 7,328,201 images), UPDATED 10-Apr-2024
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 146 indexed records with 32 record images (was 131 records with 29 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 173,808 indexed records with 292,726 record images (was 173,800 records with 292,718 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 63,198,823 indexed records with 478,249 record images (was 63,198,823 records with 434,736 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,247,098 records), no images (was 1,236,132 records with 0 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,132,011 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,128,498 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 267,183 indexed records with 91,569 record images (was 262,484 records with 90,973 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 20,496,792 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 20,496,474 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,947,939 indexed records with 42,495 record images (was 1,947,934 records with 42,494 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2296985); 363,624 indexed records with 139,772 record images (was 263,325 records with 139,772 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 344,514 indexed records with 28,027 record images (was 331,476 records with 27,211 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024

--- Collections with images removed ---

England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,108,130 indexed records with 95,591 record images (was 1,108,130 records with 114,977 images), last updated 29-Sep-2021

--- Collections with new records ---

Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,196,736 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,196,735 records with 1,689,031 images), last updated 05-Apr-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 20,824,557 indexed records with 21,090,509 record images (was 20,824,558 records with 21,090,509 images), last updated 03-Nov-2022
Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949334); Index only (4,267,586 records), no images (was 4,267,587 records with 0 images), last updated 06-May-2014
Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,766,153 indexed records with 4,403,080 record images (was 5,766,154 records with 4,403,080 images), last updated 30-Dec-2022
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,035 records), no images (was 875,610,042 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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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 April 2024

  The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by Date Updated during the period from 6 to 12 April 2024:

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

*  Seine-Saint-Denis, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1562-1996; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/11/2024

This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths between 1562-1996 for Seine Saint Denis, France.

*  Aberdeenshire, Scotland, School Admission Registers, 1852-1927; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/11/2024

This collection contains images of school admission registers produced in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, between 1856 and 1928. The registers are arranged in a ledger format with printed column head...

*  Aberdeenshire, Scotland, World War II Related Records, 1940-1945; indexed records with record images, ADDED  4/11/2024

*  Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Police Records, 1818-1948; indexed records with record images,   ADDED 4/11/2024

*  Vienne, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1540-1906; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/10/2024

This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths between 1540 and 1906 from Vienne, France.

*  Texas, U.S., Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/10/2024

Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction Acts required Southern states to register all eligible voters, both black and white, which makes these Texas registration lists particularly valuabl...

*  Meuse, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1792-1902; indexed records without record images, Updated 4/10/2024

This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths between 1792 and 1902 from Meuse, France.

*  Oklahoma, U.S., Voter Registration Records, 1960-2023; indexed records without record images, ADDED 4/10/2024

This collection is an index of information derived from voter registration records produced in Oklahoma between 1960 and 2023. The information in the index comes from Oklahoma voter registrati...

*  Belfort, Alsace, France, Birth, Marriage and Death Registers, 1599-1919; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/10/2024

This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths between 1599-1919 from historic region of Belfort, Alsace, France. Most records are in French, but some records may b...

*  U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current; indexed records without record images, Updated 4/9/2024

This database consists of information extracted from marriage announcements found on Newspapers.com™ dating from the early 1800s to the present.

*  U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 4/8/2024

This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. Obituaries can vary in the amount of information they contain, but many of 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 33,449 collections available as of 12 April, 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: Emma (Richman/mond) Fitts (1856-1921) of Hilperton Marsh, Wiltshire and Windham County, Connecticut

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

This "52 Relatives" theme is a weekly series to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short genealogical sketches, including important events, and with source citations.  These relatives lived and died within a family structure, and deserve a genelaogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in 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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Emma Richman was born on 12 May 1856 in Hilperton Marsh, Wiltshire, England, the daughter of James and Hannah (Rich) Richman.[1-2]  She was baptized in the Hilperton St. Michael's and All Angels parish church on 6 July 1856.[3]  The Connecticut death record and the Find A Grave record say she was born 12 May 1857, but surely it was 1856.  

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:[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

Her father, James Richman, had migrated from Wiltshire to Rhode Island in late 1855 before Emma was born.  After emigration to America, the family used Richmond as their surname.

In the 1860 United States 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.

In the 1870 United States census, the James Richmond family resided in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut in the house of George Whitford.[6] The household included:

• James Richmond -- age 49, male, works for woolen mill, born England
• Anna Richmond -- age 45, female, keeping house, born England
• Louisa Richmond -- age 17, female, works in woolen mill, born England
• Elizabeth Richmond -- age 15, female, works in woolen mill, born England
• Emma Richmond -- age 13, female, works in woolen mill, born England
• Rebeca Richmond -- age 11, female, born RI, attended school
• John Richmond -- age 5, male, born RI, attended school
• Charles Richmond -- age 3, male, born CT

In the 1880 United States census, the James Richmond family resided in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut.[7] The family included:

• James Richmond -- white, male, age 59, father, married, born England, farmer, father and mother born in England
• Anna Richmond -- white, female, age 55, mother, married, born England, keeping house, father and mother born England
• Louisa Richmond -- white, female, age 27, daughter, single, at home, born England, parents born England
• Emma Richmond -- white, female, age 27, daughter, single, works in woolen mill, born England, parents born England
• John Richmond -- white, male, age 15, son, single, at home, attended school, born RI, parents born England
• Charles Richmond -- white, male, age 13, son, single, at home, attended school, born CT, parents born England

Emma Richmond married Arthur Lucius Fitts (1854-1934) on 15 November 1881 in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut.[8] She was 25 years of age.  Arthur was born on 11 January 1854 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, the son of Lyman and Harriet Marie (Richards) Fitts.  He died 14 April 1934 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.  They settled on a farm in Pomfret, and had five children:

• Harriet Marie Fitts, born 20 Oct 1882, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States; married Frank Arthur Arnold, 25 Dec 1906, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died 1956, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
• Reuben Slade Fitts was born on 19 Jul 1884 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States. He died on 18 Feb 1904 at the age of 19 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States. He was buried after 18 Feb 1904 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
• Cyntha L. Fitts was born on 26 Feb 1886 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States. She died on 17 Jan 1887 at the age of 0 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States. She was buried after 17 Jan 1887 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
• Olive Louise Fitts, born 13 Dec 1890, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States; married Norman Earle White, 28 Aug 1913, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died Apr 1973, Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
• Lyman Richmond Fitts, born 8 May 1892, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States; married Edith Spencer Briggs, 1919, Connecticut, United States; died 1959, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

In the 1900 United States Census, the Arthur L. Fitts family resided in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.[9]  The household included:

• Arthur L. Fitts - Head, white, male, born Jun 1855, age 45, married, for 18 years, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, a farmer, can read, write and speak English, rents a farm
• Emma Fitts - Wife, white, female, born May 1857, married, for 18 years, 5 children born, 5 living, born England, father born England, mother born England, immigrated in 1875, 25 years in US, can read, write and speak English
• Harriet M. Fitts - Daughter, white, female, born Oct 1882, age 17, Single, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born England, can read, write and speak English
• Rhuben L. Fitts - Son, white, male, born July 1884, age 15, Single, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born England, a Student, can read, write and speak English
• Olive L. Fitts - Daughter, white, female, born Dec 1890, age 9, Single, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born England, at School, can read, write and speak English
• Lyman R. Fitts - Son, white, male, born May 1892, age 8, Single, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born England, a Student, can read, write and speak English

In the 1910 United States Census, the Arthur Fitts family resided in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.[10]  The household included:

• Arthur Fitts - Head, male, white, age 55, first marriage, 28 years, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, a Farmer, no occupation, can read and write, speaks English, a Farmer, works on a farm, an employee, not out of work, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage
• Emma Fitts - Wife, female, white, age 53, first marriage, 28 years, 5 children born, 3 living, born England, father born England, mother born England, immigrated in 1883, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
• Lyman Fitts - Son, male, white, age 18, Single, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born England, speaks English, a Student, can read and write, attends school
• Emma Fitts - Daughter, female, white, age 19, Single, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born England, speaks English, a Teacher, a worker, not out of work, can read and write

In the 1920 United States Census, the Arthur R. Fitts family resided in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.[11]  The household included:

• Arthur R. Fitts - Head, owns a farm, male, white, age 64, married, can read and write, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, a Farmer, works on home farm, on own account
• Emma R. Fitts - Wife, female, white, age 63, married, can read and write, born England, father born England, mother born England, immigrated in 1857, speaks English, no occupation

Emma (Richmond) Fitts died 16 March 1921 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut at age 64.[1-2]  She was buried in Pomfret Street Cemetery in Pomfret.  The gravestone inscription says:

Arthur L. Fitts

Jan. 11, 1854 -- Apr. 14, 1934

Emma Richmond

May 12, 1857 -- Mar. 16, 1921

SOURCES

1. "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1650-1934," indexed database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), Pomfret, Emma Richmond Fitts (1857-1921) death entry.

2. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Pomfret Street Cemetery, Pomfret, Conn., Emma Richmond Fitts (1857-1921) memorial #80846578.

3. Hilperton [Wiltshire] Parish Registers, Emma Richman baptism entry, 6 July 1856; imaged, "Wiltshire, England, Church of England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922," imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/770305:61188), Hilperton > 1839-1922 > page 42 (image 48 of 190); citing Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

4. "New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957;"  imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Roll 168, List Number 1183, Line 56, Ann Richman entry.

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

6. 1870 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, Putnam town: Page 563, Dwelling #376, Family #669, James Richmond family; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 117.

7. 1880 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, Putnam town: Page 605B, Dwelling #43, Family #51, James Richmond family, imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 110.

8. Putnam (Windham County, Connecticut) Registrar of Vital Statistics, "Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-3, 1855-1900", Arthur L. Fitts and Emma Richmond marriage entry, 15 November 1881; imaged, citing FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-B9SZ-7 : accessed 11 April 2024), FHL Image Group Number (DGS) 7730720, Volume 2, Marriages, 1881, page 360, image 206 of 442 ; citing microfilm of original records in the Town Hall, Putnam, Connecticut.

9. 1900 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Pomfret township, ED 520, dwelling #291, family #398, Arthur L. Fitts household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing United States National Archives Microfilm Publication T623.

10. 1910 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Pomfret, ED 579, Page 13B, dwelling #171, family #186, Arthur Fitts household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T624, Roll 144.

11. 1920 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Pomfret, ED 364, Page 2A, dwelling #26, family #27, Arthur L. Fitts household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 May 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, Roll 199.

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Emma (Richman) Fitts (1856-1921) was my great-grand-aunt, the sister of my paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Richman/Richmond (1848-1917).

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