Saturday, January 18, 2025

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Share a Recent Genealogy Find About an Ancestor Or Family

 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)  Share a recent genealogy find about an ancestor or family, such as a new name, document or even a clue towards cracking a brick wall.

2) Tell us about your recent genealogy find in your own blog post, 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.

[Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting this topic - I will probably use it again!]

Here's mine:

I searched my Downloads file (where I put all of my research finds before putting them in Family files) and found this 1611 baptism record for my 8th great-grandfather, Richard Sawtell (1611-1694):

Richard's baptism entry is on the right-hand page, about 40% down from the top of the page:


The record says:

"Richard Dolema'n alias Sawtell ye Sonne of
John Dolema'n was baptized Apr ye 7th ??? 1611"

The source citation is:

Aller, Somerset, England parish church baptism record, Richard Doleman alias Sawtell baptism, 7 April 1611, son of John Doleman; imaged, "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com  (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-all-2-1-1_m_00010 : accessed 17 January 2025); Aller > 1560-1653, image 10 of 33; original data in Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.

I did not have a marriage record for the parents of Richard Doleman alias Sawtell but I had a date and place from an index.  Here is the record that I found in the same record collection on Ancestry
:

The record in the set of 1599 marriages says (I think...):

"John Sawtell als Dolma'n and Agnes Pyttard
werre arried ye ???? [9th?] day of October [1599]"

The source citation is:

Aller, Somerset, England parish church marriage record, John Sawtell als Dolman and Agnes Pyttard marriage entry,, 9 October 1599; imaged, "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com  (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-all-2-1-1_m_00021 : accessed 17 January 2025); Aller > 1560-1653, image 21 of 33; original data in Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.

Agnes' last name may be Pyttard, Pyffard or Piffard or Pittard.  Other researchers say Pittard.

That is a new record for me!  I added the image and source citation to my John Sawtell alias Doleman (1570-1622) entry in RootsMagic.

What about the alias in the Sawtell names?  I've seen that often in early English records, but don't recall what it is.  I asked ChatGPT4 in https://chatgpt.com/c/678b1ac3-b764-8005-81d1-8e455f92a578 and got several examples.

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Ask AI: "Please Create a Transcription, a Summary and a Source Citation for an Attached Marriage Record"

 The Artificial Intelligence tools (like ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, Gemini, Grok, Meta, Grok, GenSpark and Perplexity) can provide much useful and nearly instant information about subjects in a concise format, especially when they have been pre-trained on a large volume of information about the subjects.

1)  I wondered if the FREE AI tools could provide me with a line-by-line transcription, a summary, and a source citation in EE format for a record image on Ancestry.  Here is the attached record image:


 I intentionally used a screen capture of the Ancestry page because it provides information that can be used for the source citation.  I want the transcription, summary and citation for the bottom record on the page - the marriage of my 3rd great-grandparents John Richman and Ann Marshman in 1811 in Hilperton, Wiltshire.

2)  The first prompt was:  "Please create a line-by-line transcription, a summary of the information, and a source citation (in Evidence Explained format) for the attached record for the John Richman/Ann Marshman marriage on Ancestry.com."

3)  The free ChatGPT4 provided this response:

Transcription (line-by-line):

  1. Nº 18
  2. John Richman of this Parish
  3. and Ann Marshman of this Parish
  4. were Married in this Church by Banns
  5. this Fourth Day of November in the Year One Thousand Eight
  6. Hundred and Eleven By me Wm. Meyler Curate
  7. This Marriage was solemnized between Us {John Richman}
  8. {Ann Marshman X her Mark}
  9. In the Presence of {Richd Richman}
  10. {Edward Flower}

Summary of Information:

  • Groom: John Richman, of the parish of Hilperton, Wiltshire.
  • Bride: Ann Marshman, of the parish of Hilperton, Wiltshire.
  • Date of Marriage: 4 November 1811.
  • Location: Parish Church, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.
  • Marriage Method: By Banns.
  • Officiant: Wm. Meyler, Curate.
  • Signatures: John Richman signed his name, while Ann Marshman made her mark (indicating she could not write).
  • Witnesses: Richard Richman and Edward Flower.

Source Citation (Evidence Explained Style):

Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council, Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916, John Richman and Ann Marshman marriage, 4 November 1811, Hilperton; Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed [date]), image 51 of 64.

4)  There are errors in their transcription and summary fo some reaso.  My next prompt was: "the record clearly says the record number is 20, the marriage was 28 "Feby", the curate's name was J. Bailes, John Richman signed by mark, and the witnesses were Richard Hiscock and Thomas Richman (who signed by mark).  Can you correct the response?"

5)  The ChatGPT4 response was:

Thank you for pointing that out! Here's the corrected transcription, summary, and citation based on the accurate details you provided:


Transcription (line-by-line):

  1. Nº 20
  2. John Richman of this Parish
  3. and Ann Marshman of this Parish
  4. were Married in this Church by Banns
  5. this Twenty Eighth Day of February in the Year One Thousand Eight
  6. Hundred and Eleven By me J. Bailes Curate
  7. This Marriage was solemnized between Us {John Richman X his Mark}
  8. {Ann Marshman X her Mark}
  9. In the Presence of {Richd Hiscock X his Mark}
  10. {Thomas Richman X his Mark}

Summary of Information:

  • Groom: John Richman, of the parish of Hilperton, Wiltshire.
  • Bride: Ann Marshman, of the parish of Hilperton, Wiltshire.
  • Date of Marriage: 28 February 1811.
  • Location: Parish Church, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.
  • Marriage Method: By Banns.
  • Officiant: J. Bailes, Curate.
  • Signatures: Both John Richman and Ann Marshman signed by mark (indicating neither could write).
  • Witnesses: Richard Hiscock (signed by mark) and Thomas Richman (signed by mark).

Source Citation (Evidence Explained Style):

Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council, Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916, John Richman and Ann Marshman marriage, 28 February 1811, Hilperton; Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed [date]), image 51 of 64.

6)  This is a "Summarization" request with a transcription and source citation included.  I was disappointed that the initial line-by-line transcription was so inaccurate.  It may be the result of hallucinations.  The handwriting on the form was not very good, and the image was relatively small (570 kb) because I wanted to capture the full Ancestry page, but my 81-year-old eyes could figure it out, as did Ancestry's indexers.  

I might have received a better transcription if I had uploaded the record image rather than the screen capture of the Ancestry page with the image.  I tried that in a new chat and it got most everything right (only the curate's name was wrong).  But then the source citation information can not be captured by ChatGPT4 from the image.

If it was just one or two minor errors in the handwriting, I would feel a lot better.   After telling ChatGPT4 what the errors were, some of the lines were still not transcribed word-for-word.

The summary reflects the transcription so it's wrong in all of the same places.

The source citation is impressive.  I asked ChatGPT4 which edition of Evidence Explained that it used, and it said Version 3 (2017), so it's not the current Version 4 (2024).  I wondered if ChatGPT4 would capture all of the elements of the source citation by finding them on the image. It managed to find the "author" (in the lower left-hand corner of the image), the Ancestry collection title at the top of the image, the persons involved, the date and place (from the record image), and the image number (at the bottom of the record image). However, it did not capture the "sub-title" of the record set - the "Hilperton > 1807-1812" sub-title below the collection title.  That is very important because this collection includes hundreds of parishes, and several sub-titles for each parish. 

7)  I wonder if the subscription ChatGPT4 site would do better and provide more details, or more insight.  Perhaps a reader with access to the subscription site can tell me!

8)  This can serve as a benchmark to see if ChatGPT improves this task over time.  If it does, this could be a real time-saver for researchers.  However, we will still have to review and correct any errors that are made by the AI tools.  

9)  Census records, passenger lists, vital record certificates, military records, and other record types with handwriting on forms come to mind for further investigation.  

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My blog posts, and those of other genealogists, using Artificial Intelligence tools are on my AI and Genealogy Compendium page.

Copyright (c) 2025, Randall J. Seaver


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Added and Updated FamilySearch Historical Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 January 2025

 Each week, genealogy record collections are added and updated to FamilySearch and listed on the Historical Record Collection list at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list.

As of 17 January 2025, there are 3,417 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The added, deleted, new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Italy, Lecco, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1911-1947     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3031547); 90 indexed records with 90 record images, ADDED 14-Jan-2025

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Cemetery Records, 1833-2020  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363123); 1,451,210 indexed records with 839,871 record images (was 1,226,896 records with 839,871 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Argentina, General Censuses, 1806-1827  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000089); 108,485 indexed records with 2,914 record images (was 108,395 records with 2,913 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 15,751 indexed records with 27,651 record images (was 15,746 records with 27,638 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1961      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974197); 155,153 indexed records with 102,368 record images (was 150,238 records with 102,368 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 27,524 indexed records with 13,025 record images (was 27,513 records with 12,639 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025

Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 921,144 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 893,808 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Bolivia, Catholic Church Records, 1566-2020     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,605,352 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,587,451 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 1,282,311 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 1,257,895 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Brazil, Foreigner Files, 1653-2022      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000160); 448,149 indexed records with 503,494 record images (was 447,733 records with 676,769 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1820-2021     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 968,003 indexed records with 402,566 record images (was 967,455 records with 402,309 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025

Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-2013     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 631,827 indexed records with 182,672 record images (was 631,209 records with 182,488 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810-2022        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,840,553 indexed records with 931,500 record images (was 1,837,151 records with 930,210 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804-2013   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,992,381 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,992,381 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,496,821 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,496,812 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
California, San Francisco, Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1385518); 162,269 indexed records with 193,721 record images (was 161,199 records with 193,721 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025

Cemetery Abstracts      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015284); 19,987 indexed records with 19,987 record images (was 19,987 records with 19,987 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,834,500 indexed records with 1,129,324 record images (was 8,834,492 records with 1,129,322 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2019    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 27,620,628 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 27,620,340 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 769,682 indexed records with 893,240 record images (was 769,653 records with 893,216 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Colombia, Migration Records, 1885-2014  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000159); 1,070,635 indexed records with 977,396 record images (was 1,070,373 records with 977,134 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025

Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-2023       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 6,209,997 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 6,209,997 records with 404,718 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 5,317,663 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 4,918,718 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375851); 278,197 indexed records with 47,062 record images (was 278,077 records with 47,055 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
El Salvador, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 2,794,725 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 2,768,849 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
England, Middlesex, Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 2,010,667 indexed records with 360,603 record images (was 2,010,667 records with 360,603 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025

France, Guadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316498); 16,068 indexed records with 2,684 record images (was 15,679 records with 2,650 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 136,915 indexed records with 499,447 record images (was 136,908 records with 526,916 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 254,649 indexed records with 237,397 record images (was 250,939 records with 234,255 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Ghana, Census, 2010     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000267); 380,319 indexed records with 94,593 record images (was 280,299 records with 72,397 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 4,944 indexed records with 1,463 record images (was 4,504 records with 1,345 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025

Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1874-2008     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,629,620 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,626,249 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 151,518 indexed records with 26,807 record images (was 149,137 records with 28,402 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025
Hawaii, Probate Packet Records, 1814-1917       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463463); 72,896 indexed records with 67,816 record images (was 72,888 records with 61,244 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Honduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823595); 1,854,498 indexed records with 425,330 record images (was 1,849,394 records with 425,330 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1447470); 14,519 indexed records with 14,137 record images (was 14,519 records with 14,137 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025

Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 8,240,457 indexed records with 291,098 record images (was 8,180,336 records with 288,717 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043426); 63,773 indexed records with 1,791,108 record images (was 63,670 records with 1,791,108 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502-1942      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1493344); 3,269 indexed records with 554,541 record images (was 3,269 records with 554,541 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Italy, Genova, Chiavari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482818); 48,988 indexed records with 650,745 record images (was 44,520 records with 650,745 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025
Italy, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1939      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1887904); 25,093 indexed records with 927,560 record images (was 4,503 records with 927,560 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025

Italy, Messina, Patti, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1823-1941        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946858); 4,605 indexed records with 891,170 record images (was 1,039 records with 891,170 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Italy, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900-1911      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947578); 9,216 indexed records with 41,398 record images (was 0 records with 41,398 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Italy, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1942  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946873); 105,523 indexed records with 118,771 record images (was 104,288 records with 118,771 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947719); 127,764 indexed records with 342,194 record images (was 127,601 records with 342,194 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Italy, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1929        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946877); 44,376 indexed records with 1,745,536 record images (was 10,421 records with 1,745,536 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025

Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1943      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947700); 156,166 indexed records with 1,759,182 record images (was 76,273 records with 1,759,182 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Italy, Rovigo, Rovigo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1937        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482864); 678,669 indexed records with 1,082,856 record images (was 671,019 records with 1,082,856 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 57,264 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 56,223 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316497); 16,693 indexed records with 2,893 record images (was 16,056 records with 2,765 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1766-1874       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 10,033 indexed records with 3,015 record images (was 9,966 records with 2,997 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025

Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 6,215,473 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 6,206,440 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-2009      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,069,532 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,069,506 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4460198); 2,739,181 indexed records with 78,929 record images (was 2,739,181 records with 78,929 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Norway, Oslo, Census, 1912      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4445453); 41,218 indexed records with 8,996 record images (was 41,218 records with 7,183 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,617,666 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,617,655 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025

Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1556-2023        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 22,419,768 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 22,156,560 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1996    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852584); 2,771,036 indexed records with 20,274,621 record images (was 2,009,652 records with 20,274,621 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,339,579 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,339,500 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 563,006 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 562,910 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Russia, Samara, Church Books 1748-1934  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807365); 11,198,102 indexed records with 1,909,956 record images (was 11,131,982 records with 1,909,956 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025

Russia, Tula, Church Books, 1722-1936   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000050); 3,605,210 indexed records with 950,613 record images (was 3,482,680 records with 922,079 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 91,826 indexed records with 437,094 record images (was 91,826 records with 437,094 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000163); 4,463,287 indexed records with 1,270,005 record images (was 4,278,627 records with 1,032,934 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Spain, Madrid, Municipal Census Records, 1910-1945      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000004); 1,777,197 indexed records with 687,234 record images (was 1,777,197 records with 598,952 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2025
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 3,000 indexed records with 629 record images (was 2,878 records with 602 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025

Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Metrical Books, 1790-1917    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447266); 159,374 indexed records with 63,562 record images (was 158,371 records with 62,990 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
Ukraine, Poltava, Metrical Books, 1741-1937     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4440335); 1,451,635 indexed records with 406,225 record images (was 1,451,285 records with 406,117 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025
United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850-1880    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1420441); 1,356,553 indexed records with 8,724 record images (was 1,356,539 records with 8,724 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2025
Uruguay, Civil Registration, 1879-2020  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,637,291 records), no images (was 1,625,745 records with 0 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2018      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2373794); 153,992 indexed records with 64,274 record images (was 153,988 records with 64,272 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2025

Venezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417520); 1,446,456 indexed records with 1,157,611 record images (was 1,446,409 records with 1,157,611 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025
Venezuela, Civil Registration, 1843-2021        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,269,883 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,256,241 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1912      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149585); 1,812,578 indexed records with 95,186 record images (was 1,797,254 records with 94,856 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2025
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1908-2019        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 993,017 indexed records with 181,888 record images (was 992,749 records with 181,815 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2025
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Masvingo, Catholic Church Records, 1893-2022       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000104); 587 indexed records with 31,651 record images (was 587 records with 31,621 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2025

--- Collections with new images ---

Argentina, Military Records, 1911-1936  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000280); 1 indexed records with 1,040,524 record images (was 1 records with 983,910 images), last updated 31-Oct-2024
Arizona, Santa Cruz, Nogales, Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1905-1952  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041280); 502,795 indexed records with 496,137 record images (was 502,795 records with 495,686 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Civil Registration, 1876-2023  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469403); 1 indexed records with 202,393 record images (was 1 records with 200,385 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Maranhão, Civil Registration, 1827-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469402); 1 indexed records with 133,826 record images (was 1 records with 133,067 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Civil Registration, 1866-2021  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4470324); 1 indexed records with 100,036 record images (was 1 records with 99,826 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

California, Passenger and Crew Lists at Various Ports, 1907-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477653); 382,893 indexed records with 292,268 record images (was 382,893 records with 291,362 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137266); 6,651 indexed records with 6,373 record images (was 6,651 records with 6,144 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Colombia, DAS Civil Registration Alphabetic Cards, 1914-2011    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000074); 1 indexed records with 15,907,895 record images (was 1 records with 15,907,681 images), last updated 25-Nov-2024
Colombia, Diocese of Barranquilla, Catholic Church Records, 1808-2007   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2241457); 220,514 indexed records with 65,139 record images (was 220,514 records with 60,709 images), last updated 06-Nov-2024
England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,108,130 indexed records with 113,618 record images (was 1,108,130 records with 110,108 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024

England, Hampshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 1,853,815 indexed records with 140,156 record images (was 1,853,815 records with 97,861 images), last updated 24-Oct-2024
Finland, Passport Registers, 1900-1920  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4139415); 111,359 indexed records with 2,075 record images (was 111,359 records with 1,927 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
France, Calvados, Military Registration Cards, 1867-1921        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2815120); 144,096 indexed records with 127,060 record images (was 144,096 records with 127,046 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390846); 138,345 indexed records with 63,139 record images (was 138,345 records with 63,113 images), last updated 10-Jan-2025
Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1743180); 18,304,230 indexed records with 1,113,918 record images (was 18,304,230 records with 1,113,102 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024

Hungary, Church Books, 1624-1950        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4133831); 7,603,730 indexed records with 867,097 record images (was 7,603,730 records with 866,998 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Hungary, Reformed Church Christenings, 1624-1895        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1858355); 6,076,320 indexed records with 312,704 record images (was 6,076,320 records with 312,386 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
Iowa, Tama County, Tax Records, 1865-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246418); 373,492 indexed records with 20,595 record images (was 373,492 records with 20,518 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Italy, Ivrea Diocesi di Ivrea, Catholic Church Records, 1474-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000373); 1 indexed records with 99,994 record images (was 1 records with 99,988 images), last updated 05-Dec-2024
Italy, Torino, Diocese of Torino, Catholic Church Records, 1801-1899    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000113); 1 indexed records with 270,944 record images (was 1 records with 270,941 images), last updated 05-Dec-2024

Kansas, Swedish Church Records, 1863-1914       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3042282); 19,579 indexed records with 1,558 record images (was 19,579 records with 1,450 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops, 1863-1865       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3459909); 17,932 indexed records with 5,787 record images (was 17,932 records with 5,780 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Philippines, Neighborhood Census, 1836-1899     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000268); 3,093,569 indexed records with 120,948 record images (was 3,093,569 records with 91,445 images), last updated 26-Oct-2024
Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4376727); 182,749 indexed records with 82,034 record images (was 182,749 records with 76,088 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
Sierra Leone, Civil Births and Deaths, 1802-2017        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3245338); 1,099,372 indexed records with 840,484 record images (was 1,099,372 records with 828,449 images), last updated 09-Oct-2024

South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 2,699,587 indexed records with 2,692,993 record images (was 2,699,587 records with 2,692,981 images), last updated 05-Nov-2024
South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3040532); 639,973 indexed records with 82,306 record images (was 639,973 records with 82,303 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3346936); 99,204,702 indexed records with 3,408,643 record images (was 99,204,702 records with 3,404,743 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000145); 1 indexed records with 28,197,661 record images (was 1 records with 28,197,660 images), last updated 22-Jul-2024
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,932,344 indexed records with 5,611,122 record images (was 6,932,344 records with 5,608,515 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 155,873 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 142,578 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Virginia, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158846); 1 indexed records with 1,820 record images (was 1 records with 1,126 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

--- Collections with images removed ---

Alabama, Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016429); 701,385 indexed records with 143,369 record images (was 701,385 records with 147,823 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4138678); 8,638 indexed records with 8,507 record images (was 8,638 records with 8,621 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Arkansas, Military Discharge Records, ca.1860-1970      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114266); 43,768 indexed records with 11,036 record images (was 43,768 records with 12,408 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Canada, Census, 1931    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000196); 2,466,494 indexed records with 2,462,440 record images (was 2,466,494 records with 2,462,708 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024
Colombia, Archivo Distrital de Bogota, Obituary Books, 1900-1940        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000257); 172,322 indexed records with 27,550 record images (was 172,322 records with 28,224 images), last updated 03-Jan-2025

Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1938-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 231,067 indexed records with 212,731 record images (was 231,067 records with 212,782 images), last updated 05-Nov-2024
Connecticut, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1804-1959        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477650); 98,790 indexed records with 3,010 record images (was 98,790 records with 6,972 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843390); 437,710 indexed records with 413,510 record images (was 437,710 records with 413,517 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Dominican Republic, Immigration Records, 1925-1999      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000147); 42,243 indexed records with 137,702 record images (was 42,243 records with 137,705 images), last updated 07-Nov-2024
Ecuador, Cemetery Records, 1862-2020    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3755446); 992,024 indexed records with 360,567 record images (was 992,024 records with 364,002 images), last updated 05-Nov-2024

Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 966,449 indexed records with 13,284 record images (was 966,449 records with 16,079 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,237,342 indexed records with 1,971,400 record images (was 7,237,342 records with 1,973,984 images), last updated 21-Oct-2024
Hawaii, Grantor and Grantee Index, 1845-1916    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821304); 438,621 indexed records with 21,571 record images (was 438,621 records with 21,572 images), last updated 10-Jan-2025
Idaho, Naturalization Records,  1892-1990       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241358); 15,873 indexed records with 15,262 record images (was 15,873 records with 15,311 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Minnesota, Waseca County Historical Society, Burial Cards, ca.1860-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744865); 10,352 indexed records with 10,280 record images (was 10,352 records with 10,282 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024

New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2803479); 4,749,222 indexed records with 84,724 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 84,783 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288472); 27,406 indexed records with 510 record images (was 27,406 records with 893 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1953-1967       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 1,221,606 indexed records with 1,226,745 record images (was 1,221,606 records with 1,226,757 images), last updated 05-Nov-2024
South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1953     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3161369); 737,889 indexed records with 662,984 record images (was 737,889 records with 663,046 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Texas, Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, 1924-1954      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2526188); 80,992 indexed records with 79,820 record images (was 80,992 records with 79,890 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024

United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 64,961,936 indexed records with 911,302 record images (was 64,961,936 records with 926,828 images), last updated 20-Dec-2024
United States, Census, 1950     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464515); 52,785,233 indexed records with 52,640,949 record images (was 52,785,233 records with 52,645,364 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 7,193,829 indexed records with 368,773 record images (was 7,193,829 records with 386,922 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
United States, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417475); 6,959,032 indexed records with 3 record images (was 6,959,032 records with 6,959,032 images), last updated 20-Sep-2019
Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976089); 2,592,800 indexed records with 661,555 record images (was 2,592,800 records with 669,837 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024

Virginia, Vital Records, 1853-1934      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4231103); 2,064,673 indexed records with 107,149 record images (was 2,064,673 records with 107,757 images), last updated 30-Jul-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2140223); 2,319,337 indexed records with 4,039,657 record images (was 2,319,338 records with 4,039,657 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
California, Birth Index, 1905-1995      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,426 records), no images (was 24,589,429 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
United States, Public Records, 1970-2009        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,609,756 records), no images (was 875,609,765 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Jun-2024
United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,877,595 records), no images (was 413,877,602 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Jun-2024
Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1989      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2370234); 2,510,414 indexed records with 137,344 record images (was 2,510,415 records with 137,344 images), last updated 11-Jul-2024

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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!

Marshall notes that there are:

*  0 removed entries
*  1 added entries 
*  75 updated entries
*  63 entries with more or fewer images or records

The FamilySearch website says 3417 total entries on the list. Marshall's list says 3417.  In sync!

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 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, January 17, 2025

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 January 2025

 The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by Date Updated during the period from 11 to 17 January 2025:


The ADDED and Updated collections include:

Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/16/2025.  This database contains miscellaneous French records from French Canada and America filmed by the Institut Généalogique Drouin. 

Geneanet Community Trees Index; indexed records without record images, Updated 1/16/2025. This collection contains an index of more than 1.7 million family trees accumulated into a single database. The information in this collection was compiled through Geneanet, a collaborative genealogy family tree.

Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland, Headstone Inscriptions, 1671-1996; indexed records without record images, ADDED 1/16/2025.  This collection contains headstone inscriptions from Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland between the years 1671 and 1996. Most records are in English.

Opole, Poland, Death Cards of the Jewish Population, 1940-1949; indexed records without record images, ADDED 1/16/2025.  This collection is an index of death cards for Jewish people who died between 1940 and 1949. Most people in this index are residents of Germany and Nazi-occupied Poland.

Germany, Incarceration Documents, 1933-1945; indexed records without record images, ADDED 1/16/2025.  This collection provides an index of names from all documents held by Arolsen Archives related to Nazi persecution and internment of persons in concentration and extermination camps and prison camps.

Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/14/2025.  This database contains an index of birth details extracted from Virginia birth records for the years 1864-2015 as well as images of birth records for the years 1864–1919.

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Sacramental Records, 1840-1980; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/14/2025.  This collection includes records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials that occurred in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia, between 1840 and 1980.

Virginia, U.S., Divorce Records, 1918-2014; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/13/2025.  Sometimes marriages don’t work out—and you may be able to find out why in these Virginia divorce records.

Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/13/2025.  Get the story on your ancestor’s demise in this index of details extracted from Virginia death records.

Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/13/2025.  These Virginia marriage records include parents’ names along with bride and groom.

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

Note that there were no new or updated collections listed over the previous two weeks.

By my count, there were 3 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,706 collections available as of  17 January, an  INCREASE of 17 from three weeks ago.  

What are the other 14 NEW collections since last week?  Were those 14 collections left off of the previous lists? Is there a counting error?  Are there additional collections not yet on the Card Catalog list?  

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

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52 Relatives: 2nd Great-GrandUncle Thomas J. Newton (1835-1915) of Massachusetts and Vermont

Thomas Jefferson Newton, son of Thomas J. Newton and Sophia (Buck) Brigham, was born on 3 June 1835 in Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont.[1-2]  There is no birth record for Thomas Jefferson Newton, son of Thomas J. Newton and Sophia Buck.  His death record on 31 May 1915 in Albany, Vermont provides an age at death of 79 years, 11 months and 29 days old. That resolves to 3 June 1835 as a birth date.

It is likely that his father, Thomas J. Newton died before 1850, perhaps in Vermont.  

In the 1850 US Census, Thomas J. Newton (age 17, male, a bootmaker, born Vermont) resided in the household of Nathan L. Daggett, with several other bootmakers, in West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.[3]

Thomas J. Newton was not found in the 1860 US Census.  

Thomas Jefferson Newton and Amanda M. (Bastin) Wheelock were married on 23 November 1864 in Worcester, Worcester, County, Massachusetts.[4]  The marriage record indicates that Thomas J. Newton was a resident of Westborough, Massachusetts, age 32, a shoemaker, born Cambridge, Vermont, parents Thomas and Sophia Newton, 1st marriage; Amanda Wheelock was a resident of Worcester, age 22, born Northborough, parents William and ____ Basten, 2nd marriage.

Amanda M. Bastin was born on 2 June 1842 in Wolcott, Lamoille County, Vermont.[5] She died on 15 September 1922 at the age of 80 in Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont.[5-6] She was buried after 15 September 1922 at Albany Village Cemetery in Albany, Orleans, Vermont, United States.[6]

Thomas Jefferson Newton and Amanda M. Bastin had the following children:

  • Fred Jacobs Newton, born 1 November 1871, Middlebury, Addison, Vermont; married Edith Lydia Vance, 17 November 1892, Albany, Orleans, Vermont; died 11 August 1924, Albany, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
  • Clara Newton was born in August 1885 in Craftsbury, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
Thomas J. Newton is listed in the U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files.[7]  He served in Company G of the 12th Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry, and in Company F of the 22nd Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps.  He applied for an Invalid pension on  23 June 1880 (Application No. 394,518, Certificate No. 273,229).  His widow, Amanda M. Newton, applied for a Widow's pension on 14 June 1915 (Application No. 1,049,017, Certificate No. 800,300) in Vermont.

In the 1870 US Census, the family resided in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.[8]  The household included:

  • Thomas J. Newton - age 37, male, white, a stone quarry manufacturer, $650 in real property, born VT
  • Amanda Newton - age 28, female, white, keeping house, born MA 

In the 1880 US Census, the family resided in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont.[9]  The household included:

  • T.J. Newton - self, married, male, white, age 47, a farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME
  • Manda M. Newton - wife, married, female, white, age 36, keeping house, born VT, parents born VT
  • Fred J. Newton - son, single, male, white, age 8, born VT, father born MA, mother born VT
  • S.A. Bastine - mother-in-law, married, female, white, age 64, born VT, father born VT, mother born NH

In the 1900 US Census, the family resided in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont.[10]  The household included:

  • Thomas J. Newton - head, white, male, born Jun 1835, age 64, married, for 36 years, born VT, father born ME, mother born MA, a capitalist, owns home free of mortgage
  • Amanda B. Newton - wife, white, female, born June 1842, age 57, married, for 36 years, 0 children born, 0 living, born VT, parents born VT
  • Clara A. Newton - daughter, white, female, born May 1885, age 14, single, born VT, parents born VT

The son, Fred J. Newton (head, white, male, born Nov 1871, age 28, married 7 years, a carpenter, born VT, parents born VT, rents home), resided alone in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont.

In the 1910 US census, the Fred J. Newton and Thomas J. Newton families resided in adjacent homes in Albany, Orleans County, Vermont.[11]  The households included:

  • Fred J. Newton - head, male, white, age 39, first marriage, married 17 years, born VT, parents born VT, a carpenter, works on buildings, owns home free of mortgage
  • Edith Newton - wife, female, white, age 38, first marriage, married 17 years, 2 children born, 2 living, born VT, parents born VT
  • Stephen Newton - son, male, white, age 15, single, born VT, parents born VT
  • Kenneth Newton - son, male, white, age 2, single, born VT, parents born VT
  • Thomas J. Newton - head, male, white, age 74, first marriage, married 43 years, born VT, parents born VT, a farmer, on general farm, owns farm free of mortgage
  • Amanda Newton - wife, female, white, age 67, first marriage, married 43 years, 0 children born, 0 living, born VT, parents born VT
  • Clara Newton (adopted daughter, female, white, age 24, single, born VT, parents birthplaces unknown

Thomas J. Newton died 31 May 1915 in Albany, Vermont of tubular disease of the hesart and la grippe.  The death record for Thomas J. Newton includes this information:[1]

  • Full Name of Deceased:  Thomas J. Newton
  • Usual Residence:  Albany, Vt.
  • If in Hospital or Institution, Its Name:  At home
  • Color:  White;   
  • Age: 79 Yrs  11 Mos.  29 Days;  
  • Married
  • Occupation:  Retired
  • Birthplace:  Burlington, Vt.  Date of birth:  June 3, 1835
  • Father's Name:  Thomas J. Newton
  • Father's Birthplace:  Maine
  • Mother's Maiden Name:  Sophia Buck
  • Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
  • Date of Death:  May Month  31 Day  1915
  • Disease Causing Death:  Tubular disease of heart;  Duration:  10 [minutes?]
  • Contributing Disease:  Lagrippe;  Duration:  two months
  • Medical Attendant:  C.W. Dustin;  Address of Medical Attendant:  Craftsbury, Vt.
  • Town:  Albany Vt.;  Certified copy: D.K. Haskett, Town Clerk.

An obituary for Thomas Jefferson Newton was found online for the Morrisville Messenger dated July 7, 1915 at https://vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=50110.  It reads:

"TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF TWO RESPECTED VETERANS OF ALBANY

"THOMAS JEFFERSON NEWTON

"Comrade Thomas Jefferson Newton was nearly 80 years of age, having been born June 3, 1835. He served three years in the Civil War, first in the 6th, and later in the 12th Mass. regiments. He was present at the well remembered Baltimore Riot, and also in the battle of Cedar Mt, Antietam, and Gettysburg. At Cedar Mountain he was captured and confined for a time at Chancellorsville Prison, from which he escaped. At Gettysburg he was wounded by a shell which eventually caused the loss of the sight in both eyes. At the time of his death he was commander of the G.A.R. Post of which he was a member. He leaves a wife, also one sister Mrs. Hildreth of Leominister, Mass., also three nephews, and three nieces to mourn his loss.

"Both of these comrades were buried under the G.A.R. service, Rev. I. P. Chase officiating."

Thomas J. Newton was buried in Albany Village Cemetery in Albany, Vermont with his wife, Amanda.[2]

SOURCES:

1. "Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008," imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Thomas J. Newton (1835-1915) entry, died 31 May 1915, Albany, Vermont, age 79-11-29 at death.

2.  Find A Grave, imaged, (https://www.findagrave.com), Albany Village Cemetery, Albany, Vt., Thomas J. Newton (1835-1915) memorial #95467793.

3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, West Boylston, Page 207, Dwelling #102, Family #126, Nathan L. Daggett household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Series M432, Roll 343.

4. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Volume 173, Marriages, Worcester, Births, page 285, Thoma J. Newton and Amanda Wheelock entry, 24 November 1864.

5. "Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008," imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Amanda Newton (1842-1922) entry.

6.  Find A Grave, imaged, (https://www.findagrave.com), Albany Village Cemetery, Albany, Vt., Amanda M. Bastin Newton (1842-1922) memorial #95467855.

7.  "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Thomas J. Newton, Invalid Application 394,518, Cartificate 273,229.

8.  1870 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Westborough, Page 293, Dwelling #159, Family #178, Thomas J. Newton household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 657.

9. 1880 United States Federal Census, Orleans County, Vermont, Craftsbury, Page 347B, Dwelling #7, Family #7, T.J. Newton household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 1346.

10. 1900 United States Federal Census, Orleans County, Vermont, Craftsbury, Page 76, Dwelling #80, Family #80, Thomas J. Newton household, imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing  National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 1693.

11. 1910 United States Federal Census, Orleans County, Vermont, Albany, Page 2, Dwelling #17, Family 18, Thomas J. Newton household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com).citing National Archives Microfilm Series T624, Roll 1615.

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Thomas J. Newton (1835-1915) is my 2nd great-granduncle and the brother of my 2nd great-grandmother, Sophia (Newton) Seaver (1834-1923).   

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of  my ancestors back through the 7th great-.grandparents and a number of close relatives.  Information about Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone is in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 32: #39 Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882).

The "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 genealogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in the lives of my ancestral families.  

I post the 52 Ancestors and 52 Relatives sketches on the 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies page, in my Ancestry Member Tree, in WikiTree, and in the FamilySearch Family Tree. 

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