52 Relatives: Harvey Edgar Carringer (1852-1946) of Pennsylvania, Iowa, Colorado, and San Diego, California

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 genealogical 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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Harvey Edgar Carringer was born 6 May 1852 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, the son of David Jackson and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer.[1-2]  He was the oldest child of D.J. and Rebecca; his brother Henry Austin Carringer was born in 1853, and his sister Effie Eva Carringer was born in 1858.

The family moved to Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa before 1860.

In the 1860 United States census, this family resided in Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa.  The family included:[3]

• David J. Caringer -- age 31, male, carpenter, $200 in real property, $100 in personal property, born PA
• Rebecca Caringer -- age 28, female, born PA
• Harvy E. Caringer -- age 9, male, born PA, attended school
• Henry A. Caringer -- age 7, male, born PA, attended school
• Epha E. Caringer -- age 2, female, born PA

In the 1870 United States census, this family resided in Jackson township in Washington County, Iowa. The household, indexed as Carenngtr on Ancestry.com, included:[4]

•  D. Carenngtr -- age 40, male, white, farmer, born PA
• Rebeca Carenngtr -- age 38, female, white, keeps house, born PA
• Harvy Carenngtr -- age 18, male, white, school, born PA
• Henry A. Carenngtr -- age 16, male, white, school, born PA
• Effie Carenngtr -- age ??, female, white, school, born PA

After losing their home in Washington County, Iowa to foreclosure in 1873, the David J. Carringer family moved to Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.  Harvey's sister, Effie Eva Carringer, died at age 15 in Boulder and is buried there.

In the 1880 Unoted States census, the D.J. Carringer family resided in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.  The household included:[5]

•  D.J. Carringer -- white, male, age 51, married, a carpenter and joiner, born PA, parents born PA
• Rebecca Carringer -- white, female, age 48, wife, married, keeping house, born PA, parents born PA
• Harvey E. Carringer -- white, male, age 27, son, single, farming, born PA, parents born PA
• Henry A. Carringer -- white, male, age 26, son, single, millwright and carpenter, born PA, parents born PA

In the 1885 Colorado State census, the David J. Carringer family resided in Boulder County, Colorado. The household included:[6]

• D. J. Carringer - white, male, age 56, married, a fruit grower, born Pa., parents born Pa/Ohio
• Rebecca Carringer - white, female, age 53, wife, married, housework, born Pa., parents born Pa./Pa.
• Harvey E. Carringer - white, male, age 28, son, single, a clerk, born Pa., parents born Pa./Pa.

In about 1898, the David J. Carringer family, including Harvey Edgar, moved to San Diego, San Diego County, California, where their son Henry Austin Carringer had settled in 1887.  They built a house on the corner of Horton and Ella Streets (now Ivy and 30th Streets) in San Diego, only one block from Henry Austin Carringer's home.

In the 1900 United States census, the David J. Carringer family resided at the corner of Horton and Ella Streets (now 30th and Ivy) in the 4th Ward of San Diego, San Diego County, California. The household included:[7]

• David J. Carringer -- head of household, white, male, born Nov 1828, age 71, married 49 years, born PA, father born PA, mother born OH, no occupation, owns home free of mortgage
• Rebecca Carringer -- wife, white, female, born Apr 1833, age 67, married 49 years, had 3 children, two children living, born PA, parents born PA
• Harvey E. Carringer -- son, white, male, born Aug 1852, age 47, born PA, parents born PA, no occupation

Harvey Edgar Carringer's parents died in late 1901 and early 1902 in San Diego.  Harvey lived in the David Carringer home until 1903, when he boarded with his brother Austin for several years.  By 1914, Harvey had moved his residence to Ingraham Street in Pacific Beach and resided there until the late 1930s.  He resided in National City in the years before he died in 1946.  

He never married.  He had several occupations - a photographer, a rancher, a grocer, a laborer and was essentially retired by 1922.  Harvey Edgar Carringer, known to the family as Edgar or Eddie, was tall, thin and bearded in 1895 and 1900 pictures of the family.

The San Diego City Directories have many listings for Harvey E. Carringer between 1899 and 1941, including:[8]

• 1899 - retired, resides Ella st and Trinity ave
• 1901 - photographer, home Horton and Ella
• 1903 - rancher, home 460 Horton av.
• 1904 - (Mygatt & Carringer), boards 510 Watkins av.
• 1905 - resides 510 Watkins av.
• 1906 - grocer at 1117 6th, home 510 Watkins av.
• 1907 - resides 510 Hawthorne
• 1909 - resides ne cor Hawthorn
• 1910 - resides ne cor Hawthorn
• 1912 - resides 2105 30th 
• 1914 - resides South Pacific Beach
• 1915 - home South Pacific Beach
• 1917 - home s. end of Ingraham, Pacific Beach
• 1918 - home s. end of Ingraham, Pacific Beach
• 1919 - home s. end of Ingraham, Pacific Beach
• 1920 - home s. end of Ingraham, Pacific Beach
• 1921 - laborer, home 3972 Ingraham
• 1923 - laborer, home 3972 Ingraham Pacific Beach
• 1928 - home 3972 Ingraham P.B.
• 1929 - home 3972 Ingraham
• 1932 - home 3972 Ingraham
• 1933 - home 3972 Ingraham
• 1934 - home 3972 Ingraham
• 1937 - home 3972 Ingraham
• 1939 - home 2121 Fern
• 1941 - home rear 2320 I Av (National City)

The California Voter Registration Rolls (1900-1968) have several listings for Harvey E. Carringer, all in San Diego County:[9]

•  1900-1906 - age 53, a merchant, 1117 Sixth
• 1908-1912 - age 57, Pacific Beach, Retired, a Republican
• 1914 - Pacific Beach, Retired, a Republican
• 1916 - Pacific Beach, Retired, a Republican
• 1918 - Pacific Beach, Retired, a Republican
• 1922 - Ingraham, Pacific Beach, Rancher, a Republican
• 1926 - 3972 Ingraham, RFD Box 89, Pacific Beach, Retired, a Republican
• 1940 - 2320 I, National City, Retired, a Democrat
• 1942 - 2320 I, National City, Retired, a Democrat

In the 1910 United States census, Harvey resided with the Henry Austin Carringer family resided on Hawthorne Street in the 4th Ward of San Diego, San Diego County, California. The family included:[10]

• Henry A. Carringer -- head of household, male, white, age 58, first marriage, married 22 years, born PA, parents born PA, a carpenter, does general work, owns house free of mortgage
• Della A. Carringer -- wife, female, white, age 50, first marriage, married 22 years, 2 children born, 1 living, born WI, parents born NY
• Lyle L. Carringer -- son, male, white, age 18, single, born CA, father born PA, mother born WI
• Harvey Carringer -- brother, male, white, age 59, single, born PA, parents born PA, own income
• Abby A. Smith -- mother-in-law, female, white, age ??, widowed, 5 children born, 3 living, born NY, father born England, mother born NY, own income

In the 1920 United States census, Harvey E. Carringer resided on La Playa Ave in San Diego, San Diego County, California.  The household included:[11]

• Harvey E. Carringer - head, rents home, male, white, age 67, single, can read and write, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, no occupation.

In the 1940 United States census, Harvy E. Carringer resided at 929 A Avenue, Apartment 3, in National City, San Diego County, California.  The household included:[12]

• Harvy E. Carringer- rents home for $16/month, head, male, white, age 87, single, born Pennsylvania, in 1935 he lived in Pacific Beach, San Diego County, did no work, has other income.

Harvey Edgar Carringer died 22 April 1946 in San Diego, San Diego, California at age 93.[2,14]  He was buried on 11 May 1946 in Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego in the Evergreen section (Potter's Field) (Division CO 5 Row 9 Grave 47).[14]  There is no gravestone for him.

SOURCES:

1. Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer, Carringer Family Births, Marriages and Deaths (loose pages, 1828-1946) (n.p. : n.p., n.d. before 1901), Births, Harvy E. Carringer entry, 6 May 1852.

2. "California, U.S.,  Death Index, 1940-1997," online database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Harvey Carringer (1852-1946) entry.

3. 1860 United States Federal Census, Louisa County, Iowa, Columbus City,  Page 857, house #558, family #558, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 November 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Series M653, Roll 331.

4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Iowa, Jackson township: Page 131, house #49, family #49, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 424.

5. 1880 United States Federal Census, Boulder County, Colorado, Boulder: Page 525B, D.J. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 89.

6. "Colorado State Census, 1885," online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), County of Boulder, Enumeration district 1, Page 102 (penned), dwelling #1163, family #1177, D.J. Carringer entry.

7. 1900 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, San Diego City 4th Ward; ED 194, sheet 19B, house #440, family #496, D.j. Carringer household, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 99.

8. San Diego City Directory, 1901, Harvey E. Carringer entry; "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1995,"  imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2018), California > San Diego > 1901 > page 57 (image 30 of 191).

9. Great Register, Harvey E. Carringer entry; "California Voter Registers, 1900-1968," imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), San Diego County> 1908-1912 > Roll 002, 4th Ward, 1st Precinct (image 139 of 1586), 

10. 1910 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, San Diego 4th Ward; ED 150, Sheet 9A, Lines 1-5, Henry A. Carringer household;  online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T624, Roll 94.

11. 1920 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, San Diego City:  ED 249, Sheet 5B, Line 96, Edgar Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, Roll 130.

12. 1940 United States Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, National City, ED 37-55A, page 9A, Dwelling #210, Harvy E. Carringer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T627, Roll 297.

13. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif., Harvey Carringer (1852-1946) memorial #88844542.

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Harvey Edgar Carringer (1852-1946) was my great-grand-uncle, the brother of my maternal great-grandfather, Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946). 

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Findmypast Friday: New Records from Scotland to Staffordshire

 I received this information from Findmypast today:

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This week there are over 58,556 new additions to check out.

There's no better way to connect with the lives of your ancestors than by finding them within our school and occupation records. This week we've updated our collection of Staffordshire school admission registers and our Scottish Occupations & Professions to make it easier than ever to glean fascinating insights.  We've also added over 13,000 First World War records and 272,757 newspaper pages.

National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914

We improved this set with new images spanning over 150 years.

Scotland, Occupations & Professions

There are 38,123 brand-new Scottish occupational records for you to discover. These unique new additions span back as far as the 17th century.

 
British Rolls Of Honour and Nominal Rolls

We also added 13,948 new First World War records from Leicestershire and Rutland.  These transcriptions document wartime Honour and Nominal Rolls.

 
Over 270,000 new pages to discover...

This week we added 272,757 new newspaper pages that's taken our total page count up to a huge 77 million - explore new additions from Blyth to Ballymena now.

New titles:

• Peterborough Evening Telegraph 1949-1965, 1967, 1987

Updated titles:

• Ballymena Weekly Telegraph 1990
• Banffshire Herald 1918
• Blyth News 1974-1981
• Bridlington Free Press 1987-1989
• Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser 1985, 1987-1989, 1993
• Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press 1986
• Eastbourne Gazette 1994
• Fleetwood Weekly News 1999
• Gainsborough Evening News 1988
• Halifax Daily Guardian 1910, 1913-1914, 1918-1921
• Halifax Evening Courier 1966-1967, 1986
• Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser 1985, 1987, 1989
• Hucknall Dispatch 1984, 1997, 1999
• Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian 1986
• Littlehampton Gazette 1982-1984, 1986, 1988-1989
• Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme and Gainsborough News 1986-1987, 1996
• Scarborough Evening News 2001

Join us on Friday at 4pm

For a very special Fridays Live, Findmypast’s research specialist Jen Baldwin is joined by Helen Antrobus, Assistant National Curator at the National Trust, to delve into the incredible stories unearthed during Findmypast’s collaboration with National Trust.

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Randy's Cousins -- 9th cousin 1x Removed Roy Orbison (1936-1988), the Famous Singer, Songwriter and Musician

  This week's famous cousin is Roy Kelton Orbison (1936-1988), the famous American singer, songwriter and musician.

Here is his FamilySearch Family Tree short biography:

When Roy Kelton Orbison was born on 23 April 1936, in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States, his father, Orbie Lee Orbison, was 23 and his mother, Nadine Vesta Shults, was 21. He married Claudette Frady in September 1957, in Kermit, Winkler, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States in 1988 and Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1988. In 1953, his occupation is listed as american singer, songwriter, and musician. He died on 6 December 1988, in Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Here is the first paragraph of his Wikipedia biography.

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's music is mostly in the rock genre and his most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late 1980s. His music was described by critics as operatic, earning him the nicknames "The Caruso of Rock" and "The Big O". Many of Orbison's songs conveyed vulnerability at a time when most male rock-and-roll performers projected machismo. He performed with minimal motion and in black clothes, matching his dyed black hair and dark sunglasses.

The FamilySearch Family Tree indicates that I am his 9th cousin once removed. Here is the closest relationship path from Relative Finder:

My most recent common ancestors with cousin Roy Orbison are my 8th great-grandparents Richard Cutter (1621-1693) and Elizabeth --?-- (1620-1662).

Are you related to Roy Orbison?  Check out his profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree and click the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page.  Note that you have to have your profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.

This shows that you never know to whom you might be related!!!  I'm having lots of Genealogy Fun.  Click here to see all of my famous cousins.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1762 Marriage of George Wakeman and Sarah Hill in Fairfield County, Connecticut

  It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1763 marriage entry for George Wakeman and Sarah Hill in the Fairfield County, Connecticut church records:

The marriage record is the first one at the top of the page of the image:

The transcription of this record is::

"Wakeman, George, m. Sarah Hill, June 17, 1762                       [Page] 268"

The source citation for this record is (using Evidence Explained 4th edition template):

Fairfield First Congregational Church, marriage entry for George Wakeman and Sarah Hill, 17 June 1762; imaged, "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920,"  Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/397580:3032 : accessed 8 May 2024), page 139 (image 142 of 161); alphabetical typescript of original records of Fairfield First Congregational Church, 1694-1806, deposited in Connecticut State Archives, 1929.

This is an entry abstracted from the Fairfield County, Connecticut First Congregational Church record book for the marriage of  George Wakeman and Sarah Hill on 17 June 1762.

FamilySearch does not have these church records on digital microfilm.  The Connecticut State Archives may have them in their collections.

George Wakeman (1740-1812) was born 1 June 1740, probably in Fairfield County, Connecticut, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Adams) Wakeman.  He died in 1812 in Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio.  Sarah Hill (1742-1832) was born 28 April 1742 in Fairfield, Connecticut, the daughter of John and Esther (Bulkley) Hill.  She died 6 February 1832 in Ashtabula County, Ohio.  George and Sarah (Hill) Wakeman had four children born between 1763 and 1772 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

George and Sarah (Hill) Wakeman are my 6th great-grandparents, including my 5th great-grandmother Hannah Wakeman (1763-1814) who married Thomas Partride (1758-1828) in 1785, probably in New York.

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Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 2 to 8 May 2024

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

1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

*  2024 National Genealogical Society (NGS) Virtual Family History Conference ($$)  - Virtual -  "Expanding Possibilities" - 16 to 18 May 2024

*  Ontario Genealogical Society Conference ($$) - 14 to 16 June 2024 - In-Person (Toronto, Ontario) 

*  Foundation for Eastern European Family History Studies Annual Conference ($$) -- 6 to 9 August 2024 - In-person, Salt Lake City, Utah 

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

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view webinars and classes.

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars 

* RootsTech 2024 On-Demand Sessions

*  Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 8 May, 5 p.m.:  Finding the records for “impossible” genealogy – lessons learned from a Chinese genealogist by Linda Yip  

*  Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 14 May, 11 a.m.:  A Closer Look at the 1850-1950 U.S. Census Records, with a Little Extra Help, by Diane Henriks.

*  Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday,15 May, 11 a.m.:  Forgotten Records: The Record and Pension Office, by Craig R. Scott.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  Columbia, South Carolina: The State Capitals | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  10 Genealogy Projects for May | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  George Washington: Father of a Nation | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Family Tree Magazine:  Making the Most of GEDmatch – An Interview with Kitty Cooper

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 304: Southwestern Research with Michelle Mickelson Part 2 - Church, Cemetery, Native...

4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  DNA Myths Busted: What You Need to Know Before Testing

*  American Ancestors:  The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust

*  Ancestry:  Darius Snow "Does His Family Right" | NBCU | Ancestry®

*  BYU Library Family History:  Discovering the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries - James Tanner (28 Apr 2024)

*  BYU Library Family History:  Introduction to The 10 Million Names Project - Kathy Van Wagoner (2 May 2024)

*  BYU Library Family History:  What’s in a Name? Given Names & Surnames of the Enslaved Ancestor - Amy Peacock (28 Apr 2024)

*  BYU Library Family History: Integrating DNA Results into Your Own Family Tree – James Tanner (2 May 2024)

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RR Season 13 Day 8 -An Unexpected Letter for James!

*  Dallas Genealogical Spociety:  Dallas Jewish History

*  DearMYRTLE's Archive:  Mondays with Myrt - 6 May 2024

*  Family Locket:  How to Add a Lookup Field to Your Airtable Research Log

*  Findmypast:  Telling Stories with Newspapers - Fridays Live 3 May 2024 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Family Bible & Conferences (Theodora Ashby)

*  Genealogy TV:  Find More Wills and Probate Records for Using Both Ancestry and FamilySearch Together

*  GeneaVlogger:  Building Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Family Tree

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists: The Best Websites for French Genealogy Research

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists:  Common Challenges with Asian Genealogy Research

*  Lisa Lisson:  Mining Marriage Records for Clues | Don't Miss the Clues!

*  Mylio Photos:  Sharing Made Simple with Shareable Links in Mylio Photos

*  MyHeritage:  Cristina Prisco's Emotional Journey: From Adoption to Family Reunion

*  The Creative Family Historian:  How To Use The Family Story Framework With Monthly Writing Prompts

*  Virtual Genealogical Association:  "The Family History Guide - A Tool for the Toolbox" by Bonnie Emmert

*  WikiTree:  Link Builders Cubicle Party (April 2024) w/host @Robinson-27225

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Challenge 5 Kick-Off with @RandySeaver

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Challenge 5 Weekend Chat with @RandySeaver

5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  25 April to 1 May 2024?

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Cousin Marcia Chamberlain, Father Fred Seaver and Randy Seaver in 1949 -- Post 819 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

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

This photograph was taken in about 1949 in front of the fence at 2115 30th Street in San Diego. It might have been Christmas at our house. The people in the photo are:

*  Marcia Chamberlain (1926-2016) - my second cousin, daughter of Marshall and Dorothy (Taylor) Chamberlain.

*  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) - my father.  Fred's mother, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver and Marcia's grandmother, Emily White (Richmond) Taylor were sisters.

*  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-????) - moi.  

Marcia introduced my mother and father to each other, and took a special interest in my brothers and me.  Her family was the only Seaver relatives in California in the 1940s. She really encouraged education with me.  

This photograph is a part of my family history.  I enhanced and colorized it using the MyHeritage photo tools.

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Memories - What We Did On Our 2006 New England Summer Vacation

 I have found more of my memoirs that I wrote after some of our summer vacations, and many of them include genealogy highlights. So I'm going to share these memories in a series of posts.  I will try to find some photos to illustrate the posts.

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What We Did On Our 2006 New England Vacation 

(August 2006)

I reported about our summer vacation in New England, and was happy to report that New England is still green, a bit soggy, full of stones (many of them in walls), and a great place to visit family and friends and do genealogy research. Especially if all of your ancestors on your father's side are buried there.

The trip was fun, informative and frustrating. We were in Salem NH for 5 days with cousins, then 3 days in Augusta ME to visit my elderly aunt and uncle, a day of travel through ME and NH to eastern VT, and two nights in Chelmsford MA to visit friends and more cousins. We did a bit of sightseeing in Portsmouth NH (Strawbery Banke), Salem NH (American Stonehenge) and Hanover NH (Dartmouth College), plus all the driving in between stops (700 miles or so). I took some of the advice of New England genea-bloggers Chris Dunham and Janice Brown for driving, sightseeing and researching.

Aunt Gerry and Uncle Jim Remley in Augusta, ME

The "fun" and "informative" part was seeing the family and sharing with them. My 89-year-old aunt is the only living sibling of my father, and while she has shared many memories of my dad and their family, I always hope for more detail. 

The cousins knew my dad when they were children, and have a perspective from their own experiences and what they heard from their parents. I passed out my CDs with the "ancestral books" (12 generation ahnentafel reports with notes of my father's parents - in the present state of research; an archive of my family newsletters; and my photo collection of the families) to the cousins. I also took along some 8 x 10 photos of some of the old pictures to stimulate discussion.

cousins Diana, Beth, Virginia and Debby in Salem NH

            cousins Barby and Judy (and her husband Peter) with Linda and Randy in Westford MA

The "frustrating" part was my own failure to take with me enough information about my ancestry - so my trips to cemeteries and libraries were hampered. Hopefully, I'll have a laptop soon and won't make that mistake again.

One of my goals was to get good digital pictures of the family homes and gravestones in Townsend, Ashburnham, Gardner, Westminster and Leominster MA. I went out on the one day it rained to do this, without a jacket, and was generally happy with the results (although my shoes were soaked) - there were no shadows and the flash worked every time. 

The Norman Seaver house in Westminster, MA

The Frederick Walton Seaver family home at 290 Central Street in Leominster MA from 1912-1930

The Frank Walton Seaver family home at 149 Lancaster Street in Leominster MA from 1880 to 1923

I blogged about my NEWTON family mystery before - Thomas J. Newton born in ME, married Sophia (Buck) Brigham about 1832 in Southborough MA, had two children in Cambridge VT, and left absolutely no records. There were two early Maine NEWTON families - Levi Newton and sons in Dixfield ME and Nathan Newton in Andover ME, both in Oxford County.

At the Maine State Library in Augusta, I found a self-published book about the Newton families of Maine - mainly the Levi Newton line. I also visited the Archives to look for Oxford County ME deeds and other court records, but there were no Newton or Seaver records listed in the early indexes. Our trip from Augusta to Vermont went right through Dixfield and we stopped at Newton Brook and Riverside Cemetery in Dixfield for pictures.

We stayed one night in White River Junction VT, near Hanover NH, home of Dartmouth College. My dad attended Dartmouth for two years in the 1930's, and I wanted to see the campus and the town. We drove around, then walked a bit, and had dinner at Molly's right on the main street. We enjoyed talking to our table neighbors and our funny and cute waitress.

In Chelmsford, we visited two cemeteries and took pictures of some stones, but I couldn't remember the ancestors names - hence my "frustration." The highlight here was finding Kimball Farm - the ice cream was excellent!

I did check my email three times and reduced my 100 emails a day down to a manageable number for when I got home. The Gardner MA library has moved to a larger and modern building (local history room is open only on Saturdays). The Chelmsford MA library has a small genealogy room with MA VR "tan books" and some local books, plus some manuscripts. The Maine State Library in Augusta has a wonderful collection of surname books, locality books and periodicals. All three had modern computer hookups and free access, with no waiting.

One of my favorite hours was spent at Merrill Books in Hallowell ME - a great used and rare bookstore with lots of first editions at exorbitant prices. They had a book about Dixfield ME that even the State Library didn't have. I didn't buy anything, but enjoyed the hour while Linda was shopping for angels.

All of our hotels (we travel semi-cheap - Super 8, Econo Lodge, Best Western) had wireless Internet available for free in the rooms - but I don't have a laptop computer so it didn't matter this time.

All in all, it was a good trip!!! We got to see many family members, did some sightseeing and cemetery wandering, and had fun.

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While I used a digital camera for photographs of people and places, in 2006 I wasn't smart enough to take photographs of documents.  

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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 1 to 7 May 2024

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

1)  News Articles:

*  44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

*  The Civilian Conservation Corps & Depression-Era Employment

*  Birth Parent Finder Introduces Finding Family DNA

*  Opinion: Genealogy Is Popular, But There’s Danger in Uncovering Our Family Past

*  The Polish Priest Who Revived the Legacy of a Lost Jewish Community

2)  DNA News Stories

*  Through genetics, researchers track ancestors of unknown enslaved people in Maryland

*  Two best friends discover they are brothers

*  Genealogy Identifies Man Responsible for Rape, Murder of Woman in 1983

3)  Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  New eBook! THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FAMILY TREEDNA: Y-DNA, Mitochondrial, Autosomal and X-DNA

*  Evidence Explained 4th Edition Amazon Kindle Version Now Available!

4)  New or Updated Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 27 April to 3 May 2024

*  Ancestry New and Updated Collections – April 1-30, 2024

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 27 April to 3 May 2024

*  FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – April 1-30, 2024

*  New Historical Records on FamilySearch 3 March through 16 March 2024

*  Findmypast Friday: There Are 30,587 Brand New Records To Discover.

*  MyHeritage Releases New York City Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collections

*   MyHeritage New and Updated Collections – April 1-30, 2024

*  Latest genealogy updates for English, Scottish & Wales collections

*  10,815 Free Online Obituary and Obituary Index Collection Links from the U.S.

*  17,005 United States High Schools and Colleges with Free Online Yearbooks

*  Find My Past Adds/Updates 86 Historical Newspaper Titles – April 2024

*  Newspapers dot Com Update – April 2024

*  NewspaperARCHIVE Update – April 2024

*  Chronicling America Updates – April 2024

*  GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 350 Titles – May 2024

*  British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 80 Titles – April, 2024

*  NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 8 Titles – April, 2024

*   Veridian Adds/Updates 247 Titles – May 2024

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 24 to 30 April 2024.

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