Genea-Musings

Friday, April 21, 2017

Dear Randy: How Do You Handle Female Names?

Reader Kathi asked the following questions in email recently:

"I've read that some people only use the Birth Name for females and associate all Sources to that Fact. That seems counter intuitive to me since so many Sources cite the married name. What do you do/recommend?"

My response was:

It's a good question. In recent years, researchers and websites are wandering away from the naming standards used over decades of genealogy in the United States.

The American standard for a female person's "Name" in a family group sheet, a pedigree chart, an online tree, a genealogy software database, etc. has been to use the woman's maiden name.

Some online trees are now adding the married name(s) to the profile, and using a field for maiden surname and another field for current (or last or died with) surname. MyHeritage, Geni.com and WikiTree do this, which I don't like but can't do much about. I wrote Hmmm. There are Still No Standards for Names in Family Trees in February 2016 about this.

My current naming practice is this:

* I try to use the Birth Name to identify the person in the "Name" field.

* I add an "Alternate Name" to the Fact/Event list in RootsMagic for other names the person used - first, middle, last, married, adopted, etc..

* I add a source citation for which ever name was used in a record.

For instance, if a Find A Grave memorial used "Betty Virginia Carringer Seaver" as my mother's name, I make an Alternate Name Fact for First name = "Betty Virginia Carringer" and Last Name = "Seaver." I end up with several alternate names for most people, especially with a lot of census records, each tied to a source citation for the record that supports the name.

There are some articles about name standards - probably the best one is Gary Mokotoff's article "A Proposed Standard for Names, Dates and Places in a Genealogical Database," Avotaynu, Volume XXIV, Number 3 (Fall 2008), available online at - http://iijg.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AVOTAYNU_XXIV_3.pdf.

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 21 April 2017

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday

Over 128,000 brand new records are available to search this Findmypast Friday, Including;

Easter Rising & Ireland Under Martial Law 1916-1921

Over 76,000 additional records have been added to the Easter Rising & Ireland Under Martial Law 1916-1921 collection. These once classified records, digitised from original documents held by The National Archives in Kew, record the struggles of life under martial law in Ireland and contain the details of soldiers and civilians who participated in or were affected by the Easter Rising of April 1916.

Your ancestor may be found in the records if they were killed or wounded during the conflict, arrested and held in internment, or tried by court martial. Additionally, if their home or place of work was searched they may appear in the records as the collection shows the efforts of the military and police to discover arms, ammunition and seditious material through thousands of raids.

New South Wales Parish Registers, Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle

Discover your ancestor’s baptism, marriage, or burial with over 10,000 records taken from original parish registers from Christ Church Cathedral in New South Wales. The records span the years 1804 to 1900 and will reveal the names of your ancestor’s parents.

Currently the collection holds just over 5,000 baptisms, around 2,200 marriages records, and just over 3,300 burials. Some burials have also been transcribed from newspapers and other sources.

1881 British Census, Crew and Passengers on Ships arriving in New South Wales

Explore this index of over 19,000 records to see if your ancestors crossed the Atlantic and uncover details of their voyage. Each record will reveal the individual’s age, status, nationality, occupation and details of their voyage.

These records pertain to British and non-British passengers and crewmen arriving at Sydney from 1 January to 31 March 1881. There are a number of reasons why someone may be missing – or appear missing – from the 1881 British census such as death, misspellings, transcription errors, temporary absences and migration. Emigration was perhaps more common than assumed – over 4 million people are estimated to have emigrated from the British Isles (including Ireland) between 1853 and 1975.

Australia, Boer War Contingents

Over 2,000 records have been added to our Australia, Boer War Contingents collection. Each record includes a transcript that will reveal your ancestor’s place of birth, place of enlistment, contingent, rank, awards and any additional notes.

The Second Boer War lasted from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902. It was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. As part of the British war effort, troops were gathered from various colonies of the British Empire, including Australia. Australia sent eight contingents comprising around 15,000 men and women.

New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files

Over 19,000 records have been added to our collection of New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files. These land transfer records can help you determine the property dealings of your New South Wales ancestors and see if they were involved in transferring land ownership. The records also include files relating to returned servicemen from the First World War who took part in the soldier settlement scheme.

Each record includes a transcript. The amount of information listed varies widely, but the records may include reveal your ancestor’s name, residence, settlement purchase number, settlement purchase area, farm number, the date of transfer and any additional notes.

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Disclosure: I have received a complimentary Findmypast subscription, which does not affect my objectivity regarding the company and website.

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52 Ancestors - Week 172: #249 Elisabeth (Pickel) Sovereen (1764-1849) of New Jersey and Ontario

Here is my 52 Ancestors biography for week #172:

Elisabeth Bikel/Pickel (1764-1849) is #249 on my Ahnentafel List, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #248 Jacob Zavering/Sovereign (1759-1851) in 1781, in Oldwick, New Jersey.

I am descended through:

* their son, #124 Frederick Sovereign (1786-1875), who married #125 Mary Jane Hutchison (1792-1868) in 1810.

* their son, #62 Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907), who married #63 Elizabeth Putman (1818-1895) in 1840.

* their daughter, #31 Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874), who married #30 James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) in 1861.

* their daughter #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) who married #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916), in 1898.

* their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) who married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.

* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), in 1942.

* their son #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Name: Elizabeth Pickel[1]

* Alternate Name: Elisabeth Bikel[2]

* Alternate Name: Elizabeth Sovereen[3]

* Sex: Female

* Father: Henry Pickel (1729-1765)

* Mother: Elizabeth (1731- )

2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Birth: 3 November 1764, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

* Death: 2 January 1849 (age 84), Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[3]

* Burial: after 2 January 1849 (after age 84), Delhi Cemetery, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[3]

3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Spouse 1: Jacob Sovereign (1759-1851)

* Marriage: 1 March 1781 (age 16), Oldwick, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States[2]

* Child 1: male Sovereign (1782-1785)

* Child 2: Elisabeth Sovereign (1783-1850)

* Child 3: Frederick Sovereign (1786-1875)

* Child 4: Henry Baltis Sovereign (1787-1878)

4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

Elisabeth Pickel was born 3 November 1764 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the third child of Henry and Elizabeth (..-..) Pickel. Her father and grandfather Pickel both died about a year after she was born.

She married, as Elisabeth Bikel, Jacob Zavering on 1 March 1781 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Oldwick, Hunterdon County, New Jersey[2]. They had four children in Hunterdon County, New Jersey between 1782 and 1787 - an unnamed son who died at age 3, Elizabeth, Frederick and Henry Baltis Sovereign. The church records for the birth and baptism of Elisabeth and Henry Baltis name the parents as Jacob Zavering and Elisabeth.

The sketch for Jacob Sovereign in the book Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement indicates that the Jacob Sovereign family arrived in the 1790s in Norfolk County, Ontario. There they raised their family. Jacob had a tavern in Charlotteville, and lived out their lives[1].

The only record of the death of Elizabeth (Pickle) Sovereen is her gravestone in Delhi Cemetery in Delhi, Ontario[3]. The inscription on the in-ground stone is:

ELIZABETH

wife of

Jacob Sovereen

died

Jan. 2, 1849

AE 86 yrs

5) SOURCES

1. E.A. Owen, Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement (Toronto, Ont. : William Briggs, 1898), pages 137-139, Jacob Sovereign biography.

2. Norman C. Wittwer and D. A. Sinclair, "Marriage Records of the Zion Lutheran Church at Oldwick," Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Volume 40, page 10, Jacob Zavering and Elisabeth Bikel entry.

3. Elizabeth Sovereen gravestone, died 2 January 1849, age 84, Delhi Cemetery, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

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NOTE: Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks.

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Latest Update From Family Tree Maker 2017

The Facebook group page for Family Tree Maker Users had this information tonight:

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FTM 2017 UPDATE - APR 20 - 5PM UTAH TIME

GREAT IMPROVEMENTS AND A ROLLOUT PLAN

Results from expanded beta testing this week showed 94% are now able to sync (up from 89% last week) all but the largest of trees. And Ancestry continued to roll out modifications to their connection systems to help ensure that syncing works reliably for all users. The last major Ancestry system update will be live tomorrow (Friday) and we expect to start building our part over the weekend and have it ready to test and put into builds early next week.

INTRODUCING THE BETA TEST DRIVE

So now that tests show the vast majority of users are able to sync safely and successfully using FTM 2017, it’s time to test the ability of the system to handle more of them. Lots more of them. So we’ve agreed with in our meeting yesterday with Ancestry to start selectively rolling out the latest build. In what we are calling the “Beta TEST DRIVE Program”, the first 25,000 to sign up will have a chance to do more than just kick the tires.

The concept is simple. Since most FTM users will have a great experience using FTM 2017, we’re encouraging anyone who has pre-purchased it to try it out for 48 hours. Unlike with regular beta testing, you won’t need to follow a plan, and you don’t need to have had previous testing experience. Just use FTM as you normally would. And perhaps catch up on your syncing and explore color coding and some of the other new features.

If you are able to sync OK during the test drive (and 19 out of 20 should be able to) and also pass some automated diagnostic tests that confirm that everything has gone as expected, you’ll be able to drive the new edition right out of the showroom so to speak and keep on using it. Then depending on how it goes with the first 25,000 test drivers, we will let more and more drivers onto the system. Watch for an email Monday afternoon with a link to sign up.

IN THE MEANTIME

While it will be great to have 25,000 more users joining our 6,000 beta testers early next week using FTM 2017, for the rest of those waiting patiently (or impatiently) for a final release, Ancestry will continue to leave all but syncing working so you can still receive Ancestry Hints, search, merge, and take advantage of all the other connections to Ancestry you current have.

You can safely continue to work on your research. We recommend working on the Family Tree Maker side if you have a choice, but if your most advanced tree is on Ancestry, that’s OK too. And if you find you have a pressing need to sync, please sign up for the beta test program. We’ve added a place on the sign up form (at www.familytreemaker.com) to indicate what your urgent need is and in many cases you can get access the same day.

NEXT STEPS AND OUTLOOK

We are very excited to be starting to roll out FTM 2017 to tens of thousands of users and will be working closely with Ancestry to allow as many as possible to upgrade as quickly as we can. We can’t really tell how long the rollout will take to complete until we start it, but by the time we provide an update this time next week, we should be in a position to tell you the timing more precisely, or, perhaps we’ll be ready for a general release. Stay tuned.

INFORMATION AND UPDATES

We will continue to post any updates here and on social media pages. To learn more about FTM 2017 there are FAQ’s and illustrated introductions to the new features here on our support site. Just enter FTM 2017 in the search field.

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Seavers in the News - 1976 Obituary of Charles H. Seaver

This week's edition of "Seavers in the News" is a 1976 obituary for Charles H. Seaver of Stockton, New Jersey. It appeared in the Trenton [N.J.] Evening Times newspaper dated Saturday, 2 October 1976 on page A7:

The transcription of the obituary is:

"Charles Seaver, investment broker

"STOCKTON -- Charles H. Seaver, 77, of Crafton Road, Stockton, died Friday at the Morristown Memorial Hospital.

"Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was an Army veteran of World War I. He was a retired invenstment broker in New York City.

"He is survived by his wife Frances Kurtzman Seaver, three daughters, Mrs. James Cottington of Sudbury, Mass., Mrs. Betzy Benjamin of Sturbridge, Mass., and Mrs. Judith Shea of Colonia, New York; one brother, Lloyd B. Seaver of Thompson, Conn., two sisters, Mrs. Ann Johnston of Greenwich, Conn. and Mrs. J. Abbie Jameson of Manchester, N.H., and eleven grandchildren.

"Memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family under the direction of the Van Horn Funeral Home, 21 George Street, Lambertville, N.J."

The source citation for this record is:

"Charles Seaver, Investment Broker," obituary, Trenton [N.J.] Evening Times, 2 October 1976, page A7, column 5, Charles Seaver obituary; digital image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 20 April 2017), Newspaper Archives collection.

Charles Hunneman Seaver (1899-1976) was the son of Daniel Badger and Jane Akhurst (Smith) Seaver. He married (1) Elizabeth Coe Buffum (1898-????) in about 1922. I don't have a death date for her. He apparently married (2) Frances Kurtzman. I have the three daughters in my database, but I have only one of the son-in-law spouses in my database, and none of the grandchildren. So there's some work to do on this family.

Charles Hunneman Seaver (1899-1976) is my 8th cousin twice removed on the Seaver line, according to my RootsMagic family tree database.

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New Living DNA Project Aims to Map Germany’s Genetic History

I received this information from LivingDNA today:

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New DNA project aims to map Germany’s genetic history

19th April 2017 - Somerset, UK -- Living DNA initiative seeks to identify patterns of DNA within Germany and surrounding regions.

An international group of researchers from the UK and Germany today launched a large-scale appeal for people with four locally-born grandparents, to contribute to a long-term DNA project that will map the genetic history of Germany.

One Family - The German People / Eine Familie - Die Deutschen, is a collaborative project by European ancestry firm Living DNA and Germany’s largest genealogy society, Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (CompGen). Individuals with four grandparents all born within 80 kilometres (50 miles) of each other, are being sought to take part in the project by taking a simple DNA test.

The project’s aim is to map the genetic structure of contemporary Germany and surrounding eastern regions. By focusing on people whose grandparents were all born in close proximity, the team aims to build up the most detailed and accurate regional map of Germany’s genetic history – prior to the loss of territory and mass departures from the eastern parts of Germany that occurred as a result of WW 2.

One of the biggest challenges the project faces will be identifying people across all regions of interest, some of which now lie outside of contemporary Germany (Silesia, Posen, Pomerania, East and West Prussia), which have been part of Germany prior to WWI, with a special focus on the former eastern provinces (now part of Poland and Russia).

To encourage suitable people to come forward, individuals who fit the criteria will be able to claim a discounted DNA test at only €89 + return postage (RRP €159), which includes lifetime membership to Living DNA.

Qualifying people who have already had their DNA tested, can transfer their results to the project free of charge and receive a complimentary lifetime membership to Living DNA, which means that they will receive updates to their ancestry results as the Living DNA database grows.

David Nicholson, managing director of Living DNA comments:

“Within our DNA is the fact that we are all connected. At Living DNA our One Family project aims to map and connect the world’s DNA. Ultimately producing a one family tree of the world.”

Mr Nicholson also adds:

“It’s a great honour to work with CompGen on this project, they have a vast understanding of the complex population structures of Germany and surrounding regions and we are all excited to see the results of the project”.

Dr. Tobias Kemper, genetic genealogist working for CompGen, says:

“We are thrilled to be working on this project which will show how the history of middle Europe – from the Roman Empire through the middle ages and the early modern period – until now has left traces within German DNA and their regional distribution.

“This project is of the utmost importance for genealogy in Germany, because it will lead to the creation of the first databank containing a large amount of German DNA samples. DNA genealogy, which has already established itself in many other countries, through the special link between historical research and natural science, will finally also be available in Germany on a large scale.”

Susanne Nicola, chair of the Verein für Computergenealogie e. V. adds:

“We’re very pleased the society will be able use its expertise to make a sizeable contribution to a publicly available mapping of the genetic structure of “Germany”.

The DNA research team, under the leadership of Living DNA, made a name for itself in 2015 through its work on a similar landmark study entitled “The People of the British Isles”. This study, which was published in Nature magazine was the first to map the genetic history of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in high detail. Key members of CompGen under leadership of German genetic genealogist Dr. Tobias Kemper, are also closely involved in the project to ensure it is as academically robust as possible.

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1785 Birth and Baptism Record of John Potman in Walpack, N.J. - Post #361 of Treasure Chest Thursday

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

The treasure today is the 1785 birth and baptism record of John Potman (1785-1863) in Walpack, Sussex County, New Jersey.

The birth and baptism record is:

The information gleaned from this record is:

* Child's name: John Potman

* Birth date: Sep 27, 1785

* Baptism date: Nov. 13, 1785

* Parent's names: Peter Potman and Sarah Canaan

The source citation for this record is:

"U.S. Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1639-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), New Jersey > Walpeck > Walpeck NJ, Book 78, page 97 (image 79 of 169), John Potman birth and baptism entry; original church record books from Holland Society of New York, New York, New York and The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

John Potman/Putman was born 27 September 1785, the second child and second son of to Peter and Sarah (Canaan/Kinnan) Potman/Putman and was baptized at the Walpack Dutch Reformed Church in Walpack, Sussex County, New Jersey

John Potman/Putman (1785-1863) is my 4th great-grandfather. He married Sarah Martin (1792-1860) in about 1810 in New York, and they migrated to Norfolk County, Ontario in about 1834. I am descended from their daughter, Elizabeth Putman (1818-1895), who married Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907) in 1840.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Getting Hints on Legacy Family Tree Version 9 Profiles

Legacy Family Tree announced the new Version 9 of their genealogy management program yesterday - see Legacy Family Tree Version 9 Released - Lots of New Features! for more details.

I am particularly interested in how they obtain and use Hints. They claim that their Hinting system finds records in FamilySearch, MyHeritage, Findmypast and Genealogy Bank.

1) I had to use the Legacy Help system in order to find out how to set up the Hinting system. I entered the term "hints" in the search field and saw:

The directions at the top of the right-side of the Help page says:

"The Legacy Hints screen is reached by clicking the Select Background Hints button on option 8.13 on the View screen of the Customize Legacy window (reached by choosing Customize from the Options tab of the Ribbon bar."

That was helpful. I went into Legacy Family Tree, and clicked on the "Options" tab on the toolbar, then on the "Customize" tab and then on "View" on the left side, and scrolled down to option 8.13 which looks like this:

I noted that the check box to "show Hint result icons in Legacy," was checked, then clicked on the "Select Background Hints" button to see the list of available Hint search engines, each of which have options to choose (two screens below):

I checked all four websites for Hints, since I have a subscription to all of them.

* MyHeritage.com will find Record Matches (records) and/or Smart Matches (tree profiles) - I clicked both of them. The user can select the quality of the matches - 10 (out of 100) was the default and I kept it.

* FamilySearch wanted my userID and password. There is a button to check the Login.

* Findmypast.com - had no options.

* GenealogyBank had no options.

The user can choose how often they want to update the Hints from each site - between 30 and 120 days - I kept it at 120 days for now.

I clicked on the "Save" button on the screen above and was ready to see if Hints appear in my Legacy family tree database.

2) Here is the "Family" view screen for my 2nd great-grandparents, Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) and Lucretia Townsend smith (1828-1884):

On the right of the person's name, there are small orange-colored circles with white numbers inside the circle that indicate there are Hints for that person.

I clicked on the orange circle for Isaac Seaver and the "Hint Results" screen opened. I saw that there were Hints on FamilySearch and on Findmypast for him:

FamilySearch provides an itemized list of the records found there, and indicates whether they are pending, accepted or ignored.

Findmypast, MyHeritage and GenealogyBank just tell you how many Hints there are. On the screen above, Findmypast said there were 4 Hints. Apparently, I had no MyHeritage or GenealogyBank Hinrts for Isaac Seaver.

3) I clicked on one of the FamilySearch Hints, and could add the record content to the profile for that person in the FamilySearch Family Tree.

4) I clicked on the link for Findmypast, and my Findmypast subscription opened in my browser and I could see the four Hints for Isaac Seaver:

I could choose each Hint, review the Hint information, and I could add content and the source citation to my Legacy Family Tree person. I could not Accept the Hint on Findmypast without jumping through some hoops. There were only 4 Hints on Findmypast using Legacy Family Tree (two birth records, a marriage record and a census record), but when I logged into Findmypast I saw that there were 8 Hints (two birth records, four marriage records, and two census records). I don't know why the Legacy Hint system did not find all 8 of them.

5) Adding content to your Legacy Family Tree is not automagical for any of the websites - you have to go into the person's "Individual's Information" screen to manually add events, dates, places, source citations, media, notes, etc. The "Hint Results" screen has a button to "Edit Person" so you don't have to click out of the "Hint Results" and can get back to that screen after adding content to the "Individual Information" screen.

6) I had no problems getting the Hints - they just appeared for every person I put on my Legacy screen. Sometimes it is immediate, other times it takes 5 to 20 seconds for the orange Hints icon for parents or children of a person to appear.

7) After clicking on the Hint icon for about 50 persons in my Legacy tree, I was able to see Hints for GenealogyBank occasionally, but I never saw a Hint from MyHeritage for some reason. I looked on MyHeritage for Isaac Seaver and saw that there were 10 Record Matches for him, with only two of them accepted. Is that a problem with the link between MyHeritage and Legacy, or a user error of mine?

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Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Early Bird Discounts End Saturday, April 22, 2017

I received this from the Southern California Genealogical Society today:

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Early Bird Discounts End

Saturday, April 22, 2017

4 Days.

That's all the time remaining to take advantage of Early Bird registration discounts for the Jamboree and the Genetic Genealogy 2017 Conferences in Burbank, California.

At midnight April 23rd, the discounts will disappear and registration rates for both SCGS members and non-members will increase.

Note: Early Bird discounts can be combined with SCGS member discounts and reduced registration for attending both conferences.

To qualify for the discount, registrations must be received online, by phone order to the SCGS Library, or by mail postmarked April 22.

REGISTER TODAY & $AVE!

48th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree

"Hunting Your Heritage"

Friday - Sunday

June 9-11, 2017

Genetic Genealogy Conference

"Diving Into DNA"

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, Burbank, California

Jamboree 2017

Whether you are new to genealogy research or have been tracking your family history for years, this year's three-day Conference features something for everyone!

125+ class sessions for beginning, intermediate, or advanced researchers
85+ top-notch speakers in the fields of genetic genealogy and genealogical research
13 special in-depth workshops - seats are going fast!
JamboFREE Sessions Friday morning including Genealogy World and DNA World Roundtables, Genealogy Basics, Growing Your Society Track and a Professional Genealogist Track
Tours to The Autry Museum and the SCGS Library
Friday and Saturday banquets and sponsored breakfasts
Exhibit hall packed with vendors and societies FREE all weekend
One-on-one research assistance provided by members of the Southern California Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists
Fun social activities all weekend and MORE!

Genetic Genealogy 2017

Back by popular demand, SCGS will hold its fifth Genetic Genealogy Conference, "Diving Into DNA", on Thursday, June 8, 2017, also at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel.

The Genetic Genealogy Conference provides a unique learning opportunity with topics suitable for all levels of experience using DNA for genealogical research.

21 speakers including some of the top leaders in the field of genetic genealogy
30 class sessions devoted to the use of DNA in genealogical research

The Genetic Genealogy Conference is separate from Jamboree, and separate registration fees will apply.

SCGS Member Discount

Special pricing for 2017 offers a discount to those who register for both Jamboree and the Genetic Genealogy Conference, as well as discounts for SCGS members for each event.

In order to get the discounted rates, please join, renew, or reinstate your membership before you register at https://new.scgsgenealogy.com/.

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Disclosure: I am an SCGS member, having received a complimentary membership last year as part of my Jamboree class presentation.

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Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

2012 Legacy Cruise Photos - Part 4: Post 460 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

Linda and I enjoyed the Legacy Family Cruise in May 2012 from Oslo to Le Havre to Cherbourg to Dublin to Liverpool to Edinburgh and back to Oslo. I took some photos with my camera (not cell phone), including these:

The ship traveled from Le Havre to Cherbourg overnight - it wasn't far! We woke up at 8:30 a.m., got dressed and up to breakfast by 9:30 a.m. in the Windjammer. Linda wore her bathing suit and I escorted her to the indoor pool where she enjoyed the water for two hours. I read my book and took a walk around the deck.

We did not take a shore excursion today, being tired of buses.

I went back for Linda at 12:30 p.m. so that we could have lunch, and after lunch she took a nap and I went walking again and read my book. I bought the cruise terminal to Oslo airport tickets for Sunday, and turned in our passports as requested for security reasons. I reviewed the syllabus for the four classes that I missed, and reviewed and edited my Genealogical Proof Standard presentation.

We went out at 6 p.m. for dinner in the Aquarius dining room at Table #32. We stayed until 8:15 p.m. talking to each other and the staff. There was a good discussion of Y, mitochondrial and autosomal DNA tests among other topics. Then it was back to the cabin, and I reviewed and edited my Ancestry.com presentation and started to write this daily journal. We went to bed before 10 p.m.

The ship departed Cherbourg at 5 p.m. and headed for Dublin.

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Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

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