Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the probate file of Jonathan Wade (1613-1683) of Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married Susanna --?-- in England before 1632, and they had seven children:
* Mary Wade (1633-1713), married (1) 1669 William Symonds (1632-1679); (2) 1689 Francis Littlefield (1619-????)
* Prudence Wade (1638-1711), married (1) 1659 Anthony Crosby (1635-1673); (2) 1673 Seaborn Cotton (1633-1686); (3) 1686 John Hammond (1626-1709)
* Jonathan Wade (1640-1689), married (1) 1660 Dorothy Buckley (1640-1664), (2) 1664 Deborah Dudley (1645-1683), and (3) 1686 Elizabeth Dunster (1656-1721)
* Sarah Wade (1642-1718), married 1661 Samuel Rogers (1634-1693)
* Elizabeth Wade (1645-1721), married 1665 Elihu Wardwell (1642-1716)
* Nathaniel Wade (1648-1707), married 1672 Mercy Bradstreet (1647-1715)
* Thomas Wade (1650-1696), married 1670 Elizabeth Cogswell (1649-1726).
Jonathan Wade died 13 June 1683 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Apparently, he had written several wills over the years, and resolving his estate became a big problem.
Among the several wills produced was the one in which the signature was torn off, made by Jonathan Wade of Ipswich, dated 22 May 1669, presented 27 December 1683 by Mr. Thomas Wade, who with Mr. Nathaniel Wade affirmed it was in their father's handwriting, and Capt. Jonathan Wade acknowledged he believed it, but said "it was cancelled." It reads (transcribed by Randy Seaver from Essex County Probate Records, Volume 304, page 125, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,860,486):
"I Jonathan Wade of Ipswich in New England being to go a voyage to sea and not knowing the day of my death, do ordain this as my last will and testament. My will is that my Debts shall be First paid and my land in England should be equally divided betwixt my three sons Jonathan, Nathaniel and Thomas, only y-t land I had of Mr. Drury for rent should be sould to pay Sir William Peak what is due to him & ye Remainder to be sent over in goods to my executrix, whom I doe hereby apoint to be my beloved wife, Susanna. Also I give to my son Jonathan the one half of my farm at Mistick with ye one half of all ye stock upon it. Also I give to Nathaniel the other half of ye sd farme att Mistick & half of the stock on it to be equally divided betwixt them. I give to Thomas all my housing Land & mills at Ipswich & the stock on it. I give to Jonathan all my land att Malden, to Nathaniel all my land at Wemeseck, to Thomas my grant of land of 800 acres.
"I give to Anthony Crosby my son Fifty pound. I give to Thomas Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby & Jonathan Crosby Fifty pounds apiece to be for the use of Prudence Crosby their mother during her pleasure. I give to Samuell Rogers my Son Fifty pounds & his three children Fifty pounds apiece. I give to William Symonds my Son One hundred pound only fifty pound of it to his daughter Susanna. I give to Elihue Wardell my son Two Hundred pound to be laid out in housing & land to be for the use of his wife Elizabeth during her life, & his two children after these legacyes to be apointed out my debts abroad at ye ... of my Executrix & to be gathered in by them to ... shares they shall ... & for ye Rest of my Estate.
"I give Equally unto my three Natural Sons to be possessed of it at the pleasure of my executrix or at her death or at ye day of her marriage with another man which shall first fall out, & so I Commend my Soul & body And Relations unto ye good pleasure of my Sovereign Creator & Mercifull Redeemer the day & year above written."
On 27 September 1683, the inventory of Jonathan Wade of Ipswich was apprized by John Aplet, Nehemiah Jewett and Nathaniel Rust. The estate totalled 7,859 pounds, 5 shillings and 3 pence after the bequests and debts were accounted for. The real estate included:
* The buildings, orchard, plowland and pastureland being the homestead with Common privileges (60 pounds)
* About 30 acres of land called the Windmill lot (90 pounds)
* the wind mill stones, buildings and utensils with 30 rods of land (15 pounds)
* A lot at labor in vain 6 acres (20 pounds)
* A few rods of land by the water side with an old building upon it (10 pounds)
* Marsh at Plum Island betwixt 20 and 30 acres (40 pounds)
* 2 6 acre lots of marsh with allowance for ... swamps, about 30 acres in all (90 pounds)
* A sawmill with land, privileges and utensils (40 pounds)
The lands at Mistick included:
* An old tenement and other buildings (200 pounds)
* 370 acres of upland (1,400 pounds)
* 80 acres of salt marsh (480 pounds)
The land and meadow in improvement of Nathaniel Wade at Mistick:
* Improvement on 370 acres of upland (1,000 pounds)
* Improvement on 80 acres of salt marsh (480 pounds)
* Buildings meadows and upland at Mistick (3,560 pounds)
* Land at Osburn 97 acres (97 pounds)
* 800 acres in Mr Russells hand since 1661 (25 pounds)
* Lands in England cost (1,500 pounds)
The inventory was provided to the Court by Thomas Wade on 27 September 1683, when it was approved. An account of Thomas Wade was also presented (Essex County Probate Records, Volume 304, page 094, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,860,485).
Another will, dated London 17 June 1657, provided all the land in "Norfolk in parish of Druer" was to go to eldest son Jonathan, after his mother had her thirds.
The probate of the estate of Jonathan Wade touched off an enormous wrangle. He had made several wills over the years, all with varying provisions. The court had no choice but to declare him intestate, since there were flaws in each. With property in both New England and old England, the matter was quite complex. In September 1683, Mr. Jonathan Wade's three sons appeared in court and desired administration upon their father's estate.
"Court offered to appoint all three, but the second asked to be excused and the eldest refused to join with the rest, so court appointed the third son, Mr. Thomas Wade, he being the most acquainted with his father's affairs in Ipswich. He was ordered to bring in an inventory to the next Salem court."
But at the next Court, "Capt. Jonathan Wade appeared and asked for sole administration upon the estate," stating that he was the eldest son and entitled to administer without his brother and requested the removal of his brother Thomas. The Court appointed all three sons administrators and they gave bond for 1,000 pounds.
The eldest son Jonathan complained that he had brought a valid will to court and seen it disallowed, and now was greatly damaged by the fact that the court was treating him as though he was not to be trusted with the estate, so that he could not be acknowledged as a claimant to land in other jurisdictions, including England.
The younger two sons petitioned the court that they had been to seven sessions of court with no settlement yet and would the court please make up its mind.
The case was not settled until November 1684 when the 1669 will was annexed to the letters of administration already granted.
The 1669 will names the husbands of his four daughters at the time it was written, and his three sons. It names his wife as the executrix, but she died before the testator did. All seven of his children survived him. I don't seem to have any record of the distribution - it would be interesting to see if the inheritances from the 1669 will were granted to the heirs, or if the estate was divided equally (with a second share to the eldest son).
My ancestry is through Nathaniel Wade and his wife Mercy Bradstreet.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-of_10.html
Copyright (c) 2013), Randall J. Seaver
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day Three
Day Three at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank for me included one class session, several visits to the Tech Zone and the Exhibit Hall, a session in the Demo Hall, a nap in the Blogger Lounge, a walk to the food mall, goodbyes and a train trip home.
* We packed before going down to breakfast, and I put the laptop in the suitcase rather than carrying it around all day. After breakfast at the breakfast bar with Thomas and Linda, I steamed over to Pavilion 1 to hear Thomas MacEntee's 8:30 a.m. presentation on "Successful Cluster and Collateral Searches." He described "Collateral Search" (siblings and step lines) and "Cluster Search" (the FAN (Family+Associates+Neighbors) Club), and noted that our ancestors had their own social networks. He also showed that there was probably much less privacy 100 years ago than in present society. Record sets that are useful for cluster and collateral searching were listed and discussed. Finally, Thomas showed a series of helpful websites and tools for research logs, spreadsheets and databases, timelines, mapping, wikis, education, and best practices for cluster and collateral searching. This presentation was well delivered, humorous and very informative.
* I went back to the room and brought the suitcases down to store them in the concierge room and checked out of the hotel. I hung out in the Blogger Lounge for awhile, took a turn around the Exhibit Hall visiting friends and sites, especially FindMyPast (put in a plug for Canada Census records) and GenealogyBank. Then I went to the Tech Zone (free computers with Internet connections) to finish my Best Of the Genea-Blogs post and update the Jamboree Compendium post. At 11 a.m., I went out and bought my hot dog and apple for lunch and ate with my wife in the shade. She went back to the pool, and I sat in the Blogger Lounge and took a 30 minute nap. Energized, I bounded off to the Exhibit Hall again, the Tech Zone again, and at 1:45 p.m. I attended the first 30 minutes of Lisa Louise Cooke's demonstration of creating Google Earth shows with web site links, photos and videos.
* I left at 2:15 p.m. because I had to go over to Subway to get our sandwiches for dinner on the train, and got Linda a Diet Coke at McDonalds. I braved crossing North Hollywood Way twice...saved my 5 minutes each way. Back to the Blogger Lounge for awhile, one last turn in the Exhibit Hall to say goodbyes and thank Paula for another excellent Jamboree well done.
* At 3 p.m., I redeemed my concierge bag checks, said my goodbyes to the bloggers in the Lounge, and we lined up for the shuttle bus to take us to the train station. We got there with an hour to spare...and talked about the Jamboree in the shade (it was about 80F outside). The train came on time (4:20 p.m.), we barely got seats and had trouble stashing Linda's walker, and they did it at Los Angeles station. We ate our sandwiches, and I read my Lee Child book all the way to San Diego, arriving at 8:05 p.m. Barbara picked us up and whisked us home by 8:30 p.m.
There were five class times schedule today, so I attended classes in 11 out of 17 possible class time slots.
The official attendance, according to Paula's blog post here, was 352 persons at the Family History and DNA Day on Thursday, and 1,178 at the Genealogy Jamboree from Friday through Sunday. That is a significant reduction in attendance for this yearly event; the thought is that the National Genealogical Society 2013 Conference in Las Vegas four weeks ago may have affected attendance at the Jamboree. From an attendee's point of view, it was great to be able to get seats in classes, be able to navigate the Exhibit Hall easily, be able to get a table in the restaurant quickly, the odds on winning a prize were higher, etc.
There was some news from the DNA Day about the $49 fee to import AncestryDNA and 23andMe autosomal DNA results into FamilyTreeDNA, but I don't think there was any earthshaking product announcements at Jamboree. Legacy Family Tree software did talk about Version 8.0 in their presentations and was selling an upgrade to Version 8 for $20 when it is released (sometime this year, I'm thinking before the Legacy cruise in September). We'll see.
The URL for this post is:
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
* We packed before going down to breakfast, and I put the laptop in the suitcase rather than carrying it around all day. After breakfast at the breakfast bar with Thomas and Linda, I steamed over to Pavilion 1 to hear Thomas MacEntee's 8:30 a.m. presentation on "Successful Cluster and Collateral Searches." He described "Collateral Search" (siblings and step lines) and "Cluster Search" (the FAN (Family+Associates+Neighbors) Club), and noted that our ancestors had their own social networks. He also showed that there was probably much less privacy 100 years ago than in present society. Record sets that are useful for cluster and collateral searching were listed and discussed. Finally, Thomas showed a series of helpful websites and tools for research logs, spreadsheets and databases, timelines, mapping, wikis, education, and best practices for cluster and collateral searching. This presentation was well delivered, humorous and very informative.
* I went back to the room and brought the suitcases down to store them in the concierge room and checked out of the hotel. I hung out in the Blogger Lounge for awhile, took a turn around the Exhibit Hall visiting friends and sites, especially FindMyPast (put in a plug for Canada Census records) and GenealogyBank. Then I went to the Tech Zone (free computers with Internet connections) to finish my Best Of the Genea-Blogs post and update the Jamboree Compendium post. At 11 a.m., I went out and bought my hot dog and apple for lunch and ate with my wife in the shade. She went back to the pool, and I sat in the Blogger Lounge and took a 30 minute nap. Energized, I bounded off to the Exhibit Hall again, the Tech Zone again, and at 1:45 p.m. I attended the first 30 minutes of Lisa Louise Cooke's demonstration of creating Google Earth shows with web site links, photos and videos.
* I left at 2:15 p.m. because I had to go over to Subway to get our sandwiches for dinner on the train, and got Linda a Diet Coke at McDonalds. I braved crossing North Hollywood Way twice...saved my 5 minutes each way. Back to the Blogger Lounge for awhile, one last turn in the Exhibit Hall to say goodbyes and thank Paula for another excellent Jamboree well done.
* At 3 p.m., I redeemed my concierge bag checks, said my goodbyes to the bloggers in the Lounge, and we lined up for the shuttle bus to take us to the train station. We got there with an hour to spare...and talked about the Jamboree in the shade (it was about 80F outside). The train came on time (4:20 p.m.), we barely got seats and had trouble stashing Linda's walker, and they did it at Los Angeles station. We ate our sandwiches, and I read my Lee Child book all the way to San Diego, arriving at 8:05 p.m. Barbara picked us up and whisked us home by 8:30 p.m.
There were five class times schedule today, so I attended classes in 11 out of 17 possible class time slots.
The official attendance, according to Paula's blog post here, was 352 persons at the Family History and DNA Day on Thursday, and 1,178 at the Genealogy Jamboree from Friday through Sunday. That is a significant reduction in attendance for this yearly event; the thought is that the National Genealogical Society 2013 Conference in Las Vegas four weeks ago may have affected attendance at the Jamboree. From an attendee's point of view, it was great to be able to get seats in classes, be able to navigate the Exhibit Hall easily, be able to get a table in the restaurant quickly, the odds on winning a prize were higher, etc.
There was some news from the DNA Day about the $49 fee to import AncestryDNA and 23andMe autosomal DNA results into FamilyTreeDNA, but I don't think there was any earthshaking product announcements at Jamboree. Legacy Family Tree software did talk about Version 8.0 in their presentations and was selling an upgrade to Version 8 for $20 when it is released (sometime this year, I'm thinking before the Legacy cruise in September). We'll see.
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Best of the Genea-Blogs - 2-8 June 2013
Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.
My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* Citations Vs. Sources by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog. James thinks that citation formats are nice but are intimidating for most researchers. Read the comments too.
* Getting Serious About Genealogy by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory blog. Harold summarizes education opportunities for those wanting to expand their knowledge base and capabilities.
* Mastering Genealogical Proof - Orientation by Russ Worthington on the A Worthington Weblog blog. Russ highlights the start of DearMYRTLE's online study group, and discloses the research problem he hopes to solve during the classes.
* DNA Privacy Sky STILL Not Falling by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Judy describes the DNA testing done by the FBI for identity purposes - it's not a genetic DNA test.
* Development of the Pedigree - Timeline by Bob Coret on the Blog Coret in English blog. Bob has created an interesting software chart - the pedigree-timeline. I like it!
* FamilySearch Search Futures by the writer of The Ancestry Insider blog. This post briefly describes enhancements to the FamilySearch Search screen and results coming soon.
* Nine Necessities in a GEDCOM Replacement by Louis Kessler on the Louis Kessler's Behold Blog. Louis describes his\proposal for FHISO.
* Genealogists Can Go Home Again - If Only to Tap Local Genealogical Societies by Patricia Dingwall Thompson on the Record Click blog. Interesting article by Patricia.
* Ancestry.com Revisiting Search by the writer of The Ancestry Insider. Mr. AI recounts some of the upcoming Ancestry search changes.
These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week:
* Monday Recap for June 3, 2013 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.
* Follow Friday - Favorites for June 7, 2013 by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves For Trees blog.
* Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for Friday, June 7, 2013 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.
* Blogs For Genealogists, June 7, 2013 by Michael J. Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.
* Friday Finds - 6/7/13 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog.
Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, RSS feed or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.
Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1350 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/best-of-genea-blogs-2-8-june-2013.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* Citations Vs. Sources by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog. James thinks that citation formats are nice but are intimidating for most researchers. Read the comments too.
* Getting Serious About Genealogy by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory blog. Harold summarizes education opportunities for those wanting to expand their knowledge base and capabilities.
* Mastering Genealogical Proof - Orientation by Russ Worthington on the A Worthington Weblog blog. Russ highlights the start of DearMYRTLE's online study group, and discloses the research problem he hopes to solve during the classes.
* DNA Privacy Sky STILL Not Falling by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Judy describes the DNA testing done by the FBI for identity purposes - it's not a genetic DNA test.
* Development of the Pedigree - Timeline by Bob Coret on the Blog Coret in English blog. Bob has created an interesting software chart - the pedigree-timeline. I like it!
* FamilySearch Search Futures by the writer of The Ancestry Insider blog. This post briefly describes enhancements to the FamilySearch Search screen and results coming soon.
* Nine Necessities in a GEDCOM Replacement by Louis Kessler on the Louis Kessler's Behold Blog. Louis describes his\proposal for FHISO.
* Genealogists Can Go Home Again - If Only to Tap Local Genealogical Societies by Patricia Dingwall Thompson on the Record Click blog. Interesting article by Patricia.
* Ancestry.com Revisiting Search by the writer of The Ancestry Insider. Mr. AI recounts some of the upcoming Ancestry search changes.
These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week:
* Monday Recap for June 3, 2013 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.
* Follow Friday - Favorites for June 7, 2013 by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves For Trees blog.
* Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for Friday, June 7, 2013 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.
* Blogs For Genealogists, June 7, 2013 by Michael J. Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.
* Friday Finds - 6/7/13 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog.
Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, RSS feed or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.
Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1350 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/best-of-genea-blogs-2-8-june-2013.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Saturday, June 8, 2013
SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Day Two
Day Two at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California was full of classes, exhibit hall wandering and some blogging. What else is new?
* Was in the Bloggers Lounge at 7 a.m. for breakfast, and checked my email and blogs on the iPhone. Other bloggers gradually wandered in and we talked...what else do we do?
* My first class for the day was Craig Scott's "Researching a War of 1812 Ancestor." Unfortunately, my email with my notes, sent from the tablet, got messed up somehow! All I remember is that Craig said that you are usually looking for one record in billions of pieces of paper which may or not be indexed or online. He walked us through how the National Archives are organized, know the name, birth year and residence at the time of the War of 1812, then check the online resources at Fold3, Ancestry and FamilySearch for entries in the Compiled Military Service Records, pension files, and a number of other files. There are several lineage societies that may be helpful, such as the National Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Craig provided a list of records to check, including courts martial, soldiers who died in the war, bounty land, officers, manuscript collections, organizational records, unit records, state and private claims, etc.
* My second class at 10 a.m. was with Geoff Rasmussen titled "Organizing, Researching, Mapping, Sourcing and Sharing in Legacy Family Tree 8.0." Geoff briefly reviewed some of the changes he showed in his first talk yesterday, and then demonstrated some of the additions and changes in Version 8.0. The ones I noted were more pedigree chart color coding, the Person page sorts events by date, the Media Gallery can include web page links, there will be a "master" re-link media button, a family bow-tie chart was added, the family file statistics report will have many more lines with database data, statistics can be graphed, and added children and spouses will be listed in date order (as long as the family members have a birth or marriage date). I hope I remembered those correctly, I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure I missed some items. I asked about FamilySearch Family Tree integration, and Geoff said it would be included in Version 8. Cool.
* I had a quick lunch (hot dog, apple) and went to the Blogger Summit class at 11:30, moderated by Thomas MacEntee with Paula Stuart-Warren, Judy G. Russell, Denise Levenick and CeCe Moore as panelists. They answered a series of questions, and then some from the audience. There was some tweeting going on too. We took the annual Genea-Blogger picture after this session in the hotel lobby.
* I visited the Blogger Lounge, then the Tech Zone to write the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post, and wandered the exhibit hall (I even took some pictures).
* The 2 p.m. class was with Lisa Louise Cooke and "The Google Earth Military March Game Show." This was interesting and fun. While demonstrating how a user can embed images, videos, webpages, etc. into Google Earth to make it a "show," Lisa had a series of 15 questions about U.S. military events to challenge two sets of contestants. Each panel received a point for answering the questions correctly, as determined by Lisa clicking a link within the show from a list. The panelists put their answer on a whiteboard to show to the audience. I loved it! The four contestants received prizes, and, because I kept score, Lisa gifted me with a prize also.
* I hustled over to the Pavilion to attend Judy G. Russell's class on "No Vitals? No Problem! Building a Family Through Circumstantial Research." This was a case study wrapped around information about the Genealogical Proof Standard. Judy started with a person's name in the 1850 census, and 18-year old named Isabella Robinson (sic) perhaps married with two small children and a father-in-law, and using GPS principles put her into a birth family and into her own family by working her way through many records, using the GPS to analyze and sort out evidence, and coming to a near-certain conclusion.
* I was done with classes at 4:30 p.m. - so I went to my room, got the laptop, and downloaded my pictures and wrote my picture blog post on Genea-Musings, plus talked to Connie Moretti and several others at the table. I went to the room at 6 p.m., and we came down to meet Donna Peterson and we had dinner at the hotel restaurant again (I had chicken pot pie again).
* After dinner, it was back to the Blogger Lounge table with the laptop to write this post and update the Jamboree Compendium post. I started at 8 p.m., and it's 10:30 now. Tom Kemp came by and we talked for 30 minutes, then Pam Journey came and we discussed things, and then Bruce and Laurie Buzbee dropped by. That was fun. I finally completed this blog post too. I think. I'm too tired now to remember it all.
So I went to 5 of the 6 class opportunities, and have now attended 10 of the possible 12 class sessions.
Sunday is the last day of Jamboree, and we won't get home until about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, so I may not post much on Sunday. Besides the Best of the Genea-Blogs post, of course!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/scgs-genealogy-jamboree-day-three.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
* Was in the Bloggers Lounge at 7 a.m. for breakfast, and checked my email and blogs on the iPhone. Other bloggers gradually wandered in and we talked...what else do we do?
* My first class for the day was Craig Scott's "Researching a War of 1812 Ancestor." Unfortunately, my email with my notes, sent from the tablet, got messed up somehow! All I remember is that Craig said that you are usually looking for one record in billions of pieces of paper which may or not be indexed or online. He walked us through how the National Archives are organized, know the name, birth year and residence at the time of the War of 1812, then check the online resources at Fold3, Ancestry and FamilySearch for entries in the Compiled Military Service Records, pension files, and a number of other files. There are several lineage societies that may be helpful, such as the National Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Craig provided a list of records to check, including courts martial, soldiers who died in the war, bounty land, officers, manuscript collections, organizational records, unit records, state and private claims, etc.
* My second class at 10 a.m. was with Geoff Rasmussen titled "Organizing, Researching, Mapping, Sourcing and Sharing in Legacy Family Tree 8.0." Geoff briefly reviewed some of the changes he showed in his first talk yesterday, and then demonstrated some of the additions and changes in Version 8.0. The ones I noted were more pedigree chart color coding, the Person page sorts events by date, the Media Gallery can include web page links, there will be a "master" re-link media button, a family bow-tie chart was added, the family file statistics report will have many more lines with database data, statistics can be graphed, and added children and spouses will be listed in date order (as long as the family members have a birth or marriage date). I hope I remembered those correctly, I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure I missed some items. I asked about FamilySearch Family Tree integration, and Geoff said it would be included in Version 8. Cool.
* I had a quick lunch (hot dog, apple) and went to the Blogger Summit class at 11:30, moderated by Thomas MacEntee with Paula Stuart-Warren, Judy G. Russell, Denise Levenick and CeCe Moore as panelists. They answered a series of questions, and then some from the audience. There was some tweeting going on too. We took the annual Genea-Blogger picture after this session in the hotel lobby.
* I visited the Blogger Lounge, then the Tech Zone to write the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post, and wandered the exhibit hall (I even took some pictures).
* The 2 p.m. class was with Lisa Louise Cooke and "The Google Earth Military March Game Show." This was interesting and fun. While demonstrating how a user can embed images, videos, webpages, etc. into Google Earth to make it a "show," Lisa had a series of 15 questions about U.S. military events to challenge two sets of contestants. Each panel received a point for answering the questions correctly, as determined by Lisa clicking a link within the show from a list. The panelists put their answer on a whiteboard to show to the audience. I loved it! The four contestants received prizes, and, because I kept score, Lisa gifted me with a prize also.
* I hustled over to the Pavilion to attend Judy G. Russell's class on "No Vitals? No Problem! Building a Family Through Circumstantial Research." This was a case study wrapped around information about the Genealogical Proof Standard. Judy started with a person's name in the 1850 census, and 18-year old named Isabella Robinson (sic) perhaps married with two small children and a father-in-law, and using GPS principles put her into a birth family and into her own family by working her way through many records, using the GPS to analyze and sort out evidence, and coming to a near-certain conclusion.
* I was done with classes at 4:30 p.m. - so I went to my room, got the laptop, and downloaded my pictures and wrote my picture blog post on Genea-Musings, plus talked to Connie Moretti and several others at the table. I went to the room at 6 p.m., and we came down to meet Donna Peterson and we had dinner at the hotel restaurant again (I had chicken pot pie again).
* After dinner, it was back to the Blogger Lounge table with the laptop to write this post and update the Jamboree Compendium post. I started at 8 p.m., and it's 10:30 now. Tom Kemp came by and we talked for 30 minutes, then Pam Journey came and we discussed things, and then Bruce and Laurie Buzbee dropped by. That was fun. I finally completed this blog post too. I think. I'm too tired now to remember it all.
So I went to 5 of the 6 class opportunities, and have now attended 10 of the possible 12 class sessions.
Sunday is the last day of Jamboree, and we won't get home until about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, so I may not post much on Sunday. Besides the Best of the Genea-Blogs post, of course!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/scgs-genealogy-jamboree-day-three.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Photos from SCGS Jamboree 2013
I don't have time right now to write about my 2nd day at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree, so I'll post some of my photos to tide my Genea-Musings readers over. I'll probably have another Photo post after we get home on Sunday night.
Here are some of the photos I've taken (or had taken):
1) Thomas MacEntee moderated the Bloggers Summit today, with panelists (from the left) Paula Stuart-Warren, Judy G. Russell, Denise Levenick and CeCe Moore:
2) After the Blogger Summit session, the present genea-bloggers posed for their annual picture (taken by Paul Hawthorne):
Can you find me in the picture above? I'm the 4th from the left in the back row behind Susi Pentico in the orange top.
3. Some of the folks in the Blogger Lounge this afternoon:
4. I really enjoyed the presentation by Connie Moretti and Lisa Schumacher about their gala WDYTYA production:
5) The MyHeritage exhibit with Daniel horowitz and Amanda helping customers:
6) The gentlemen at the Sons of the American Revolution exhibit:
7) The Fold3 and Newspapers.com exhibits:
8) The Legacy Family Tree software exhibit:
9) Diane Lott and Ken Robison at the San Diego Genealogical Society exhibit:
I hope to have more later on.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/photos-from-scgs-jamboree-2013.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Here are some of the photos I've taken (or had taken):
2) After the Blogger Summit session, the present genea-bloggers posed for their annual picture (taken by Paul Hawthorne):
Can you find me in the picture above? I'm the 4th from the left in the back row behind Susi Pentico in the orange top.
3. Some of the folks in the Blogger Lounge this afternoon:
4. I really enjoyed the presentation by Connie Moretti and Lisa Schumacher about their gala WDYTYA production:
5) The MyHeritage exhibit with Daniel horowitz and Amanda helping customers:
6) The gentlemen at the Sons of the American Revolution exhibit:
7) The Fold3 and Newspapers.com exhibits:
8) The Legacy Family Tree software exhibit:
9) Diane Lott and Ken Robison at the San Diego Genealogical Society exhibit:
I hope to have more later on.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/photos-from-scgs-jamboree-2013.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Genealogy Fun This Week
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):
The writer of Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is having too much fun at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree this week and is unable to think up something fun for YOU to do. So I'm going to rely on that old standby of:
What Genealogy Fun Have You Had This Week?"
Please write a blog post, or put something on Facebook or Google+ (or both) and share it with everybody.
Here's mine:
You can read my escapades at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree in:
* Day 0 at Jamboree! Geneablogger Name-Dropping Edition (6 June 2013)
* Jamboree Day One - Education Galore (7 June 2013)
* Photos From SCGS Jamboree 2013 (8 June 2013)
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/saturday-night-genwalogy-fun-your.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Surname Saturday - NUTTING (England > colonial Massachusetts)
It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.
I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, I'm up to number 597, Sarah NUTTING (1663-????). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through two American generations of this NUTTING family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
36. Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37. Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)
74. Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75. Hannah Smith (1768-1827)
148. Ephraim Sawtell (1735-about 1800)
149. Abigail Stone (1736-before 1800)
298. James Stone (1702-1783)
299. Mary Farwell (1709-1783)
596. John Stone, born 23 July 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1735 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1192. Simon Stone and 1193. Mary Whipple. He married 16 December 1698 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
597. Sarah Nutting, born 29 May 1663 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of John Stone and Sarah Nutting are:
* John Stone (1699-1784), married (1) 1722 Elizabeth Farwell (1703-1762); married (2) 1763 Rachel Harwood (1703-1784).
* James Stone (1702-1783), married 1726 Mary Farwell (1709-1783)
1194. John Nutting, born about 1620 in Kent, England; died 13 March 1675/76 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 2388. John Nutting and 2389. Elizabeth Rawlings. He married 28 August 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1195. Sarah Eggleton, born about 1630 in England; died 10 March 1686/87 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2390. Eggleton and 2391. Jane --?--.
Children of John Nutting and Sarah Eggleton are:
* John Nutting (1651-1731), married 1674 Mary Lakin.
* James Nutting (1653-1732, married 1672 Lydia Longley.
* Mary Nutting (1656-1727), married 1678 Samuel Howe (1642-1713).
* Josiah Nutting (1658-1658).
* Sarah Butting (1660-1660)
* Sarah Nutting (1663-????), married (1) 1681 Matthias Farnsworth (1650-1693); married (2) 1698 John Stone (1658-1735).
* Ebenezer Nutting (1666-????), married Lydia.
* Jonathan Nutting (1668-????), married Elizabeth.
* Deborah Nutting (1670-????), married Jacob Taylor.
The only resources I have for this Nutting family are the Massachusetts town vital record books.
The URL for this post is:
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, I'm up to number 597, Sarah NUTTING (1663-????). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through two American generations of this NUTTING family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
36. Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37. Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)
74. Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75. Hannah Smith (1768-1827)
148. Ephraim Sawtell (1735-about 1800)
149. Abigail Stone (1736-before 1800)
298. James Stone (1702-1783)
299. Mary Farwell (1709-1783)
596. John Stone, born 23 July 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1735 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1192. Simon Stone and 1193. Mary Whipple. He married 16 December 1698 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
597. Sarah Nutting, born 29 May 1663 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of John Stone and Sarah Nutting are:
* John Stone (1699-1784), married (1) 1722 Elizabeth Farwell (1703-1762); married (2) 1763 Rachel Harwood (1703-1784).
* James Stone (1702-1783), married 1726 Mary Farwell (1709-1783)
1194. John Nutting, born about 1620 in Kent, England; died 13 March 1675/76 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 2388. John Nutting and 2389. Elizabeth Rawlings. He married 28 August 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1195. Sarah Eggleton, born about 1630 in England; died 10 March 1686/87 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2390. Eggleton and 2391. Jane --?--.
Children of John Nutting and Sarah Eggleton are:
* John Nutting (1651-1731), married 1674 Mary Lakin.
* James Nutting (1653-1732, married 1672 Lydia Longley.
* Mary Nutting (1656-1727), married 1678 Samuel Howe (1642-1713).
* Josiah Nutting (1658-1658).
* Sarah Butting (1660-1660)
* Sarah Nutting (1663-????), married (1) 1681 Matthias Farnsworth (1650-1693); married (2) 1698 John Stone (1658-1735).
* Ebenezer Nutting (1666-????), married Lydia.
* Jonathan Nutting (1668-????), married Elizabeth.
* Deborah Nutting (1670-????), married Jacob Taylor.
The only resources I have for this Nutting family are the Massachusetts town vital record books.
The URL for this post is:
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Friday, June 7, 2013
SCGS Genealogy Jamboree 2013 Blog Compendium
Here is a compendium of the genealogy blogs from the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree 2013 held June 7th to 9th, 2013 in Burbank, California.
1) Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings:
* Day 0 at Jamboree! Geneablogger Name-Dropping Edition (6 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day One - Education Galore (7 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Blog Compendium (7 June 2013)
* Photos From SCGS Jamboree 2013 (8 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day Two (8 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day Three (9 June 2013)
2) J.K. Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal:
* My Dinner With Judy!* (6 June 2013)
* Jamboree Day #1 (7 June 2013)
* Jamboree Friday (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree Saturday am (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree Sunday (9 June 2013)
3) Angela Walton-Raji on My Ancestor's Name:
* Checking In At the California Genealogy Jamboree 2013 (7 June 2013)
4) Dick Eastman on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:
* "Family History and DNA" Day at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree (7 June 2013)
* Friday at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree (8 June 2013)
5) Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist:
* DNA Day in Burbank (7 June 2013)
* DNA: News from Burbank (9 June 2013)
7) Elyse Doerflinger on Elyse's Genealogy Blog:
* Jamboree: Thursday's Review (6 June 2013)
6) Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogy Society:
* Friday's Face From the Past - Jamboree by Sandra Gardner-Benward (6 June 2013)
* Denise's DNA Day at Jamboree by Denise Richmond (7 June 2013)
* Just Another Day At Jamboree by Sandra Gardner-Benward (8 June 2013)
* Monday Madness - "Final Day of Jamboree" by Sandra Gardner-Benward (10 June 2013)
7) Gayle Ficarra Wolcott on Genealogy Dragnet:
* 2013 Jamboree - Day 1 (6 June 2013)
* 2013 Jamboree - Day 2 (7 June 2013)
* 2013 Jamboree - Day 3 (8 June 2013)
8) Del Ritchhart on Del's Ramblings:
* Jamboree First Day (7 June 2013)
* Saturday at Jamboree (9 June 2013)
* The Last Day of Jamboree (9 June 2013)
9) Biff Barnes on Stories To Tell Blog:
* Jamboree 2013: Know the Audience for your Family History Book (8 June 2013)
10) Paula Hinkel on Genealogy Jamboree Blog:
* Jamboree Streamed Video: Log-on Codes (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree Attendance Announced (9 June 2013)
11) Arlene Eakle on Arlene Eakle's Genealogy Blog:
* Live from the Southern California Jamboree (8 June 2013)
12) Patricia Stannard on My Genealogy Obsession:
* SCGS Jamboree - Day One (8 June 2013)
13) MHD on GreatGreats:
* Jamboree: Day One (7 June 2013)
* Jamboree: Day Two (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree: Day Three (9 June 2013)
14) The Ancestral Archaeologist:
* California Rays (8 June 2013)
* SCGS Jamboree: Parting Glances (11 June 2013)
15) Kathryn Doyle on California Genealogical Society and Library:
* Members United at Jamboree #SCGS2013 (8 June 2013)
16) Paula Stuart-Warren on Paula's Genealogical Eclectica:
* Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree (8 June 2013)
17) Blaine Bettinger on The Genetic Genealogist:
* The First DNA Day at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree (8 June 2013)
18) Amanda on the Geni Blog:
* Jamboree 2013 Recap (10 June 2013)
19) Cheryl Palmer on My Heritage Happens:
* Jamboree 2013 - The First Day (10 June 2013)
20) Denise Leenick on The Family Curator:
* 5 New Things I learned at #SCGS2013 Jamboree Including New Data on the Hockey Gene (10 June 2013)
21) Susi Pentico on Ancestor Seeking by the Root Bound:
* Jamboree Sessions Attended, Information Gathered Day 1 (10 June 2013)
* Jamboree Day 2, 2013 (10 June 2013)
* Jamboree 2013, Day Three at Burbank, CA (11 June 2013)
22) Susi Pentico on Susi's Chatty Performances on Genealogy:
* Jamboree Burbank CA 2013 (10 June 2013)
23) Anne Gillespie Mitchell on Ancestry Reference Desk:
* Presentations From SoCal Jamboree 2013! (10 June 2013)
I will update this post on a regular basis. If anyone is not listed here, please let me know in a comment or via email (rjseaver@cox.net).
The last update was 11 June, 10 p.m.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/jamboree-2013-blog-compendium.html
1) Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings:
* Day 0 at Jamboree! Geneablogger Name-Dropping Edition (6 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day One - Education Galore (7 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Blog Compendium (7 June 2013)
* Photos From SCGS Jamboree 2013 (8 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day Two (8 June 2013)
* SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day Three (9 June 2013)
2) J.K. Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal:
* My Dinner With Judy!* (6 June 2013)
* Jamboree Day #1 (7 June 2013)
* Jamboree Friday (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree Saturday am (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree Sunday (9 June 2013)
3) Angela Walton-Raji on My Ancestor's Name:
* Checking In At the California Genealogy Jamboree 2013 (7 June 2013)
4) Dick Eastman on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:
* "Family History and DNA" Day at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree (7 June 2013)
* Friday at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree (8 June 2013)
5) Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist:
* DNA Day in Burbank (7 June 2013)
* DNA: News from Burbank (9 June 2013)
7) Elyse Doerflinger on Elyse's Genealogy Blog:
* Jamboree: Thursday's Review (6 June 2013)
6) Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogy Society:
* Friday's Face From the Past - Jamboree by Sandra Gardner-Benward (6 June 2013)
* Denise's DNA Day at Jamboree by Denise Richmond (7 June 2013)
* Just Another Day At Jamboree by Sandra Gardner-Benward (8 June 2013)
* Monday Madness - "Final Day of Jamboree" by Sandra Gardner-Benward (10 June 2013)
7) Gayle Ficarra Wolcott on Genealogy Dragnet:
* 2013 Jamboree - Day 1 (6 June 2013)
* 2013 Jamboree - Day 2 (7 June 2013)
* 2013 Jamboree - Day 3 (8 June 2013)
8) Del Ritchhart on Del's Ramblings:
* Jamboree First Day (7 June 2013)
* Saturday at Jamboree (9 June 2013)
* The Last Day of Jamboree (9 June 2013)
9) Biff Barnes on Stories To Tell Blog:
* Jamboree 2013: Know the Audience for your Family History Book (8 June 2013)
10) Paula Hinkel on Genealogy Jamboree Blog:
* Jamboree Streamed Video: Log-on Codes (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree Attendance Announced (9 June 2013)
11) Arlene Eakle on Arlene Eakle's Genealogy Blog:
* Live from the Southern California Jamboree (8 June 2013)
12) Patricia Stannard on My Genealogy Obsession:
* SCGS Jamboree - Day One (8 June 2013)
13) MHD on GreatGreats:
* Jamboree: Day One (7 June 2013)
* Jamboree: Day Two (8 June 2013)
* Jamboree: Day Three (9 June 2013)
14) The Ancestral Archaeologist:
* California Rays (8 June 2013)
* SCGS Jamboree: Parting Glances (11 June 2013)
15) Kathryn Doyle on California Genealogical Society and Library:
* Members United at Jamboree #SCGS2013 (8 June 2013)
16) Paula Stuart-Warren on Paula's Genealogical Eclectica:
* Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree (8 June 2013)
17) Blaine Bettinger on The Genetic Genealogist:
* The First DNA Day at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree (8 June 2013)
18) Amanda on the Geni Blog:
* Jamboree 2013 Recap (10 June 2013)
19) Cheryl Palmer on My Heritage Happens:
* Jamboree 2013 - The First Day (10 June 2013)
20) Denise Leenick on The Family Curator:
* 5 New Things I learned at #SCGS2013 Jamboree Including New Data on the Hockey Gene (10 June 2013)
21) Susi Pentico on Ancestor Seeking by the Root Bound:
* Jamboree Sessions Attended, Information Gathered Day 1 (10 June 2013)
* Jamboree Day 2, 2013 (10 June 2013)
* Jamboree 2013, Day Three at Burbank, CA (11 June 2013)
22) Susi Pentico on Susi's Chatty Performances on Genealogy:
* Jamboree Burbank CA 2013 (10 June 2013)
23) Anne Gillespie Mitchell on Ancestry Reference Desk:
* Presentations From SoCal Jamboree 2013! (10 June 2013)
I will update this post on a regular basis. If anyone is not listed here, please let me know in a comment or via email (rjseaver@cox.net).
The last update was 11 June, 10 p.m.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/jamboree-2013-blog-compendium.html
SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Day One - Education Galore
Day One of the SCGS Genealogy Jsmboree is over for me...except for the evening exploits. But today was about education and learning, and I enjoyed it.
Some highlights:
* Down to the Blogger Lounge early (like 7 a.m.), and no one else was there but the breakfast bar guy, so we enjoyed our muffin (me) and bagel (Linda). I went to my first session at 8 a.m. and Linda went off to do her registration volunteer work with Jane and Marilyn.
* My first class was Connie Moretti and Lisa Schumacher's presentation on "DIY: WDYTYA. "This was inspiring and I'm amazed that a relatively small society would be brave enough to execute such an excellent community event. I'm not amazed that they succeeded, because this group is very talented and organized. The South Bay Cities planned, organized and executed a Who Do You Think You Are? event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city of Torrance, California, featuring the family history of Jim and Beverly Posy (a first family of Torrance), Frank and Mrs. Scotto (current Mayor of Torrance), and Michael Shafer (a noted chef in a Torrance restaurant), in a two hour program before 500 people in a tech-friendly auditorium, and made money doing it. Connie and Lisa described the planning, logistics, preparation for family history, the research itself, the production and the follow-up. This program showing how they did it is excellent in itself, and Southern California societies should consider having them speak about it. Bravo!
* I rushed out of that class and caught John Phillip Colletta's first talk on "Our National Archives: The Astounding Institution and How to Use It." It was also an astounding, and funny, presentation. John described the structure of NARA, the organization of the Archives (Record Groups and Series), and the Finding Aids available (Access to Archival Databases, Archival Research Catalog, published guides, catalogs, Preliminary Inventories, Descriptive Pamphlets, Lists and Checklists, etc.). He then went through two examples of how to find one record amongst the billions of pages in the Archives! A virtuoso performance.
* At 10:45 a.m., I went to the World Genealogy Roundtable, which had 20 tables for specific topics, with discussion leaders at each table. I attended the New York/New Jersey Research table hosted by Norma Storrs-Keating (of GSNOCC). She was very knowledgeable about the subject, and brought books, the FHL Research Guides and other resources to help the attendees. I asked a question about early land records in New Jersey and how to obtain the wills listed in the New Jersey Archives books.
* Then it was lunchtime, since I wanted to be ready for the Exhibit Hall opening. I had a hamburger and was ready to go into the Exhibit Hall when it opened. I walked the whole thing, talked to quite a few exhibitors, and took my cell phone up to the room to charge it.
* Before 1:30 p.m., I went to the classroom for Geoff Rasmussen's "What's New in Legacy Family Tree 8." The program is not released yet, but will be before the end of 2013, and probably sooner rather than later. I took notes...and asked Geoff if I could share them with my readers; he graciously said I could, but I note that I've only seen a few of the changes. He has three more presentations this weekend with more revelations. The basic screen views and navigation are essentially the same as Legacy 7.5. The typeface and backgrounds are different, and there are no dropdown menus from the menu bar. Rather, clicking on a menu item opens a different toolbar for each menu item. The Pedigree View has changed a bit, with two lines for the name and lifespan. One excellent change is Problem Indicators - notifications that show a red indicator for a person, and popup windows that describe a potential problem. He also described a Shared Event feature (like Census-household), where one source can be easily added to a whole household. There are several new toolbar icons, and several new reports (origins of a group, or migration of a group). They have added Source Quality measures. Geoff said that Jamboree attendees can buy Legacy 8, with a book, for $20 as a show special, but the disk is for Legacy 7.5 at this time (buyers upgrade for free when Version 8 is released). A friend noted that if I bought it, I could read about all of the changes in Legacy 8 in the book!
* Another walk around the Exhibit Hall before going to Judy G. Russell's talk on "The Ethical Genealogist." I am awed by Judy's presentations skills and this talk was excellent. I didn't take notes because I didn't want to get something wrong. She had several examples for each of her main points - Tell the Truth, Play Nice with Others, and Don't Tell Tales Out of School. In addition to the examples, she provided summaries of codes of ethics at BCG, APG and NGS.
* Whew, I'm done for the day. I rushed up to the room to get the laptop and get down to the Bloggers Lounge to write this post before all of the bloggers go to the bar, and we'll eat dinner with somebody, I'm sure.
I've been real happy with the Jamboree 2013 App on my iPhone and Samsung tablet. The class locations and the syllabus pages for each class are on the App, and for each class, I can take notes on them (I use the tablet) and then email the notes to myself.
Saturday is another full day of classes, so I probably won't blog about them until Saturday night. I need to start taking pictures too!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/jamboree-day-1-education-galore.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Some highlights:
* Down to the Blogger Lounge early (like 7 a.m.), and no one else was there but the breakfast bar guy, so we enjoyed our muffin (me) and bagel (Linda). I went to my first session at 8 a.m. and Linda went off to do her registration volunteer work with Jane and Marilyn.
* My first class was Connie Moretti and Lisa Schumacher's presentation on "DIY: WDYTYA. "This was inspiring and I'm amazed that a relatively small society would be brave enough to execute such an excellent community event. I'm not amazed that they succeeded, because this group is very talented and organized. The South Bay Cities planned, organized and executed a Who Do You Think You Are? event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city of Torrance, California, featuring the family history of Jim and Beverly Posy (a first family of Torrance), Frank and Mrs. Scotto (current Mayor of Torrance), and Michael Shafer (a noted chef in a Torrance restaurant), in a two hour program before 500 people in a tech-friendly auditorium, and made money doing it. Connie and Lisa described the planning, logistics, preparation for family history, the research itself, the production and the follow-up. This program showing how they did it is excellent in itself, and Southern California societies should consider having them speak about it. Bravo!
* I rushed out of that class and caught John Phillip Colletta's first talk on "Our National Archives: The Astounding Institution and How to Use It." It was also an astounding, and funny, presentation. John described the structure of NARA, the organization of the Archives (Record Groups and Series), and the Finding Aids available (Access to Archival Databases, Archival Research Catalog, published guides, catalogs, Preliminary Inventories, Descriptive Pamphlets, Lists and Checklists, etc.). He then went through two examples of how to find one record amongst the billions of pages in the Archives! A virtuoso performance.
* At 10:45 a.m., I went to the World Genealogy Roundtable, which had 20 tables for specific topics, with discussion leaders at each table. I attended the New York/New Jersey Research table hosted by Norma Storrs-Keating (of GSNOCC). She was very knowledgeable about the subject, and brought books, the FHL Research Guides and other resources to help the attendees. I asked a question about early land records in New Jersey and how to obtain the wills listed in the New Jersey Archives books.
* Then it was lunchtime, since I wanted to be ready for the Exhibit Hall opening. I had a hamburger and was ready to go into the Exhibit Hall when it opened. I walked the whole thing, talked to quite a few exhibitors, and took my cell phone up to the room to charge it.
* Before 1:30 p.m., I went to the classroom for Geoff Rasmussen's "What's New in Legacy Family Tree 8." The program is not released yet, but will be before the end of 2013, and probably sooner rather than later. I took notes...and asked Geoff if I could share them with my readers; he graciously said I could, but I note that I've only seen a few of the changes. He has three more presentations this weekend with more revelations. The basic screen views and navigation are essentially the same as Legacy 7.5. The typeface and backgrounds are different, and there are no dropdown menus from the menu bar. Rather, clicking on a menu item opens a different toolbar for each menu item. The Pedigree View has changed a bit, with two lines for the name and lifespan. One excellent change is Problem Indicators - notifications that show a red indicator for a person, and popup windows that describe a potential problem. He also described a Shared Event feature (like Census-household), where one source can be easily added to a whole household. There are several new toolbar icons, and several new reports (origins of a group, or migration of a group). They have added Source Quality measures. Geoff said that Jamboree attendees can buy Legacy 8, with a book, for $20 as a show special, but the disk is for Legacy 7.5 at this time (buyers upgrade for free when Version 8 is released). A friend noted that if I bought it, I could read about all of the changes in Legacy 8 in the book!
* Another walk around the Exhibit Hall before going to Judy G. Russell's talk on "The Ethical Genealogist." I am awed by Judy's presentations skills and this talk was excellent. I didn't take notes because I didn't want to get something wrong. She had several examples for each of her main points - Tell the Truth, Play Nice with Others, and Don't Tell Tales Out of School. In addition to the examples, she provided summaries of codes of ethics at BCG, APG and NGS.
* Whew, I'm done for the day. I rushed up to the room to get the laptop and get down to the Bloggers Lounge to write this post before all of the bloggers go to the bar, and we'll eat dinner with somebody, I'm sure.
I've been real happy with the Jamboree 2013 App on my iPhone and Samsung tablet. The class locations and the syllabus pages for each class are on the App, and for each class, I can take notes on them (I use the tablet) and then email the notes to myself.
Saturday is another full day of classes, so I probably won't blog about them until Saturday night. I need to start taking pictures too!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/jamboree-day-1-education-galore.html
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Book Review - "The Name Is the Game" by Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck
Have you, as a genealogist, ever wondered how names came about, and how they've changed over time? Then you need to know about Onomatology...and here's a book to help you with it:
Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, The Name Is the Game: Onomatology and the Genealogist (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2013), 88 pages, $16.95 (soft cover). ISBN: 9780806356273
Item #: CF8006
The publicity for this book says:
"Names, like people, have lives of their own, which is why Lloyd Bockstruck’s new book about the serendipity and life’s choices that can alter our family names is must-reading for every researcher. Mr. Bockstruck, one of America’s foremost genealogists and the former genealogy librarian at the Dallas Public Library, has distilled the wisdom of a lifetime about the vagaries of names into this work. Eminently readable, The Name IS the Game is a collection of illustrations and cautionary tales that can help family historians surmount the obstacles or avert the pitfalls associated with naming practices throughout the centuries.
Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, The Name Is the Game: Onomatology and the Genealogist (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2013), 88 pages, $16.95 (soft cover). ISBN: 9780806356273
Item #: CF8006
The publicity for this book says:
"Names, like people, have lives of their own, which is why Lloyd Bockstruck’s new book about the serendipity and life’s choices that can alter our family names is must-reading for every researcher. Mr. Bockstruck, one of America’s foremost genealogists and the former genealogy librarian at the Dallas Public Library, has distilled the wisdom of a lifetime about the vagaries of names into this work. Eminently readable, The Name IS the Game is a collection of illustrations and cautionary tales that can help family historians surmount the obstacles or avert the pitfalls associated with naming practices throughout the centuries.
The book is divided into five chapters, and it engages the reader at the get-go. For instance, in the introductory first chapter Bockstruck relates a number of first-hand accounts that fostered his early fascination with names, such as his initial failure to find the tombstone of German great-aunt Barbara Baker (born Barbara Becker). The introduction’s high point is the incredible story of the peregrinating Scots colonist Ian Ferguson, whose name was recorded as Johann Feuerstein when he was among the Pennsylvania Palatine immigrants, and was later recorded as John Flint when he moved to Philadelphia. Two generations later, one of his grandsons, Peter Flint, moved to Louisiana, where he was recorded as Pierre a Fusil, only to end up as Peter Gunn when he settled in Texas after the Civil War.
“Chapter 2: Forenames” discusses the ancestral clues that are inherent in names. Did you know, for example, that the German forenames Franz and Xavier were predominantly used by Roman Catholics? Similarly, if the father of an unborn child died before the baby’s birth, the child might have been named Ichabod. And Doctor was often used as a nickname for the seventh son in a family because it was believed that a seventh son had an intuitive knowledge of the use of herbs.
The “Surname” section of the book (Chapter 3) is the longest, and it covers lots of territory. Topics include maiden names, spelling, surname misinterpretation, aliases, military influences, changes in language, dialects, surname abbreviations, and much more. Among the lessons learned by Mr. Bockstruck: (1) Database indexers have transformed the names Farmer into Turner, Martin into Mortin, and Warren into Warner, among others. (2) In Virginia records, the actual William Hastin has appeared as William Heaston and William Hasting; in New England, the Andros family is also recorded as Andrews; and runaway servant William Wyatt, after fleeing from Virginia to North Carolina, used the name John Murphey. (3) Interesting things happen when individuals shorten their names--John DeLong might later show up as John D. Long; William Arrowsmith might have become William A. Smith; and John Essman might have reverted to John S. Mann. The examples abound!
By the time the reader has consumed the two short final chapters, covering toponyms (place names) and change of name statutes respectively, he/she will be much more cognizant that a name change may be the actual cause of an ancestor’s "disappearance," and, best of all, will possess the tools for finding the missing antecedent."
This book costs $16.95 plus $5.50 shipping costs from Genealogical Publishing. You can order it here.
Disclosure: Genealogical.com contacted me recently and asked me to provide a review of this book. They mailed me a review copy for my personal use as remuneration for this review.
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