Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Being Santa Claus

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1)  Tell us your favorite memory of "being Santa Claus."  Have you ever put on the red suit?  Were you Santa Claus to your children or grandchildren?  Did you bring gifts to people out of the love in your heart?

2)  Tell us in a comment to this blog post, in your own blog post, in a Facebook post, and be sure to leave a link to your post.

Here's mine:

Ho Ho Ho!!!  I've been acting like Santa Claus for 49 years - ever since Linda and I were married.  

The best years were when our daughters were young, from age 2 to about age 10, and they still believed in the wonder and mystery of Santa Claus.  I have fond (?) memories of putting hot wheels, tricycles, bicycles, toy stoves, and the like together on Christmas Eve after they had gone to bed with sugar plums dancing in their heads (well, they were excited).  Some of these sessions lasted until 1 or 2 a.m. out in the cold garage.  And then being awakened early on Christmas morning by scampering feet, excited whispers and then shouts and kids jumping on my bed all excited about what Santa Claus had brought them.  It was always worth it!  

I always tried to get Linda something special too(like jewelry or an angel ornament), and put it in her stocking by the fireplace on Christmas Eve.

I'm enjoying seeing the same thing with my five grandchildren.  My grandkids' parents are doing a great job of being Santa Claus.

My favorite attempt at "being Santa Claus" happened six years ago before Christmas.  The phone rang, and my daughter said (without any warning!), "Hi Santa.  Lauren has been very naughty, and I want you to talk to her about what she wants for Christmas."  

I practiced a "Ho Ho Ho" and said: "OK, let me speak with Lauren."  

My daughter said "Lauren, Santa Claus wants to speak to you."

Lauren came on the phone with a very tentative "Hi Santa."

Santa said:  "Lauren, I want you to have a wonderful Christmas.  Your mommy told me that you have been naughty.  You know that naughty girls don't get nice gifts like a new bicycle for Christmas from Santa, they get lumps of coal in their stockings and that's all.  If you promise mommy and Santa that you'll be a good girl, Santa will be happy to bring you some nice gifts.  Will you promise mommy and Santa to be a good girl?"

A very timid Lauren: "Yes, yes, I will promise."

Santa:  "Well, I need to go feed my reindeer and check on the elves and make sure they have your gifts on the list, Please leave the cookies and milk out for me by your tree.  Bye Lauren - Ho Ho Ho."

I didn't even have to disguise my voice (which I couldn't if I tried).  My daughter said that she was so wide-eyed and concerned that she was a different girl for, oh, the next hour or two.  

I love being Santa Claus.  I've been working on my beard and my belly!

Note:  Two years ago, when my beard was longer, we went to the Padres game in the spring and a fellow with a really long white beard tried to recruit me to be a store and/or party Santa Claus.  He said they have group, have a lot of fun, and kids rarely pee on you.  I thought about it for awhile, and declined because I have enough to do at Christmas time.  It would probably be fun, though!

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Genealogy News Bytes -- Friday, 20 December 2019

Some of the genealogy news and education items across my monitor the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  Family Tree Live 2020 Conference [London, England]

*  Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix Issue Call for Nominations for Next Set of Unsung Heroes Awards

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 20 December 2019

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 16 December 2019

*  TheGenealogist adds to war memorials collection

*  Elephind Update -- December 2019

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Marriages Here, There, and Nowhere: Finding Gretna Greens and Borders, by J. Mark Lowe

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  How to trace your UK ancestry, by Kirsty Gray

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Virginia Road Orders: An Overlooked Genealogical Resource, by Craig Scott

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #138r - Protecting Your work

*  The Photo Detective: Episode 67: Solving Photo Mysteries

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  Using DNA Tools in American AncesTREES

*  Boundless Genealogy:  Do I Include THIS Person on My Family Tree? | Genealogy Q&A

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Building Genealogy Research Skills - NGSQ Study Groups with`Mary Kircher Roddy

*  DNA Family Trees:  AncestryDNA Match List Filter Update

*  Family History Fanatics:  Party Games To Play With A DNA Centimorgan Chart (Genealogy Humor)

*  Family History Fanatics: Must Follow Tips For a Successful Genealogy Research Trip

*  Genealogy TV:  5 Tips on How to Read Old Documents: Paleography

*  Jennifer Holik:  Research A Veteran - A New Military Resource

*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Working On A Timeline

*  Lisa Lisson:  How To Do Free Genealogy Research on Ancestry.com

*  Lisa Lisson: How To Do Free Genealogy Research on Ancestry.com - Facebook Replay

*  MyHeritage:  Dr. Phil Learns More About His Family's Roots with MyHeritage

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, December 20,  2019

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 17 December 2019?

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 20 December 2019

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New UK parish and US tax records available to search this Findmypast Friday

Northumberland Baptisms

Over 25,000 new records covering 25 parishes across the county have been added to our collection of Northumberland Baptisms. The amount of information in each record may vary, but most will include a combination of your ancestor’s birth year, baptism date, baptism place and parents’ names.

Northumberland Baptisms consists of both parish registers and bishop’s transcripts created from material held by the Northumberland Record Office, Durham University Library, the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society and the College of Arms.

Northumberland Marriages

Over 28,000 new additions from 15 parishes are now available to search. Each transcript will reveal a combination of the birth years, residences, marriage date fathers’ names and witnesses’ names for both the bride and groom.

Northumberland Burials

Search over 98,000 new records added from 3 parishes to uncover your Northumberland roots. These transcripts will reveal when your ancestor died, their age at death and where they were laid to rest. Some records may even include an image of the original document or include the names of next of kin.

As with our new Northumberland Baptisms and Marriages, each update parish has been highlighted in our Northumberland parish list.

Northumberland and Durham Memorial Inscriptions

More than an thousand new inscriptions from 7 burial sites across the county are also available to search. Memorial inscriptions are an excellent resource for family history. They include the full epitaph found on your ancestor’s burial monument and will often reveal important biographical details and the names of additional family members.

Texas, County Tax Rolls 1846-1910

Did your ancestors live in Texas? Explore this collection of more than 4.5 million Texas county tax records from 1846 to 1910, find out the amount of land and personal property they owned. Each result includes both a transcript and an image of the original document.

Tax rolls provide information on the amount of land, personal property or livestock an individual owned. They will detail the amount paid in poll, county and state taxes. Although tax rolls do not explain family relationships, they can be used to determine when an individual came to a county, how long they resided there and when they then left the county or died.

British & Irish Newspaper Update

This week we have added 103,488 new pages to our collection including two brand new titles. Both of this week’s new titles have a distinctly Celtic theme: with the first being the Leven Advertiser and Wemyss Gazette, a weekly title published in Leven, Fife, and the second being the South Wales Gazette. This latter title is another weekly publication, published out of Abertillery, and became known as the South Wales Gazette and Newport News from 1892.

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52 Ancestors - Week 309: #520 Nathaniel Whitney (1647-1733) of Watertown and Weston, Massachusetts

Nathaniel Whitney (1647-1733) is number 520 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #521  Sarah Hagar (1651-1722) on 12 March 1673/4, in Watertown, Middlesex  County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #260 William Whitney (1683-1720), who married #261 Martha Peirce (1681-1759) in 1706.

*  their son, #130 Samuel Whitney (1719-1782), who #131 Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783) in 1741.

*  their daughter #65 Martha Whitney (1764-1832) who married #64 Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)  in 1783.

*  their son  #32 Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825) who married #33 Abigail Gates (1797-1867) in 1817.

*  their son #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) who married #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

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

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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

    

*  Name:                     Nathaniel Whitney[1–7]

*  Alternate Name:     Nathanell Whetny[8–11]    

*  Alternate Name:     Nathan Whitney[12]

*  Sex:                        Male    

*  Father:                   John Whitney (1621-1692)    

*  Mother:                 Ruth Reynolds (1623-1706)    

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

*  Birth:                     1 February 1646/7, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,8–9]    

*  Distribution:          6 May 1695 (age 48), father's estate distributed; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Deed:                     10 March 1696 (age 49), sold two parcels in Watertown to John Livermore; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]    

*  Deed:                     30 December 1701 (age 54), bought 12 acres in Watertown from Joseph Grant et al; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

*  Death:                    7 January 1732/3 (age 85), Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1-2,6]    

*  Probate:                 2 March 1732/3 (age 86), administration granted to Sarah, John and Benjamin Whitney; Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2,7]  

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

*  Spouse 1;               Sarah Hagar (1651-1722)    

*  Marriage 1:            12 March 1673/4 (age 27), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,10–11]    

*  Child 1:                  Nathaniel Whitney (1676-1730)    

*  Child 2:                  Sarah Whitney (1679-????)    

*  Child 3:                  William Whitney (1683-1720)    

*  Child 4:                  Samuel Whitney (1687-1753)    

*  Child 5:                  Hannah Whitney (1689-1768)    

*  Child 6:                  Elizabeth Whitney (1692-????)    

*  Child 7:                  Mercy Whitney (1700-????)    

*  Child 8:                  Grace Whitney (1700-1720)

   

*  Spouse 2:               Sarah (Shepard) Goble (1667-1746)    

*  Marriage 2:            2 November 1724 (age 77), Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2,12]  

  

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

The book by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Whitney.  The Descendants of John Whitney (Chicago, 1895)[1] provides an excellent family history of the Nathaniel Whitney family.  The Whitney Family Research Group wiki page for Nathaniel Whitney updates the sketch for him[2].

Nathaniel Whitney was born 1 February 1646/7, the son of John and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts[1-2, 8-9].  The Watertown town record says:

"Nathanell Whetny the Sonn of John & Ruth Whetny borne the 1d 12m 1646"

Nathaniel Whitney married, as his first wife, Sarah Hagar (1651-1722) on 12 March 1673/4 in Watertown[1-2,10-11].  Sarah was the daughter of William and Sarah (Bemis) Hagar.  The Watertown town record says:

" Nathanell Whetny and Sary Hagar Joyned in Marriage the 12 of March [1673]"

Nathaniel and Sarah had eight children, all but the last recorded in Watertown:

*  Nathaniel Whitney (1676-1730), married 1695 Mercy Robinson (1676-1740).

*  Sarah Whitney (1679-????), married 1699 Charles Chadwick (1674-1711).

*  William Whitney (1683-1720), married 1706 Martha Peirce (1681-1759).

*  Samuel Whitney (1687-1753), married 1721 Anne Laborie (1698-1753).

*  Hannah Whitney (1689-1768), married 1708 Nathaniel Billings (1688-1769).

*  Elizabeth Whitney (1692-????), married 1714 Joseph Harrington (1691-????).

*  Mercy Whitney (1696-????), married 1717 ???? Graves (1697-????).

*  Grace Whitney (1700-1720).

John Whitney, the father of Nathaniel Whitney, died on 12 October 1692 in Watertown, and administrators, wife Ruth and sons John and Benjamin Whitney, were appointed on 23 December 1692[3]. John Whitney's will bequeathed one half of his home farm and half the meadow to Nathaniel, and Nathaniel was required to pay money to his five sisters.  Articles of agreement were written and agreed to by all parties, and Nathaniel received land valued at 22 pounds and 7 shillings from the estate on 6 May 1695.

Nathaniel Whitney resided in 1694 in the western part of Watertown which became the separate town of Weston in about 1707.  He owned the covenant of the Weston church in 1711[1-2].  

Nathaniel Whitney and Samuel Whitney, yeomen of Watertown, sold two parcels of land in Watertown on 10 March 1696 to John Livermore, yeoman of Watertown, for a valuable sum of money[4].  The first parcel of 5 acres of meadow in the west end of Watertown, on the north side of a country road partly within the lands of John Livermore.  The second parcel of 10 acres of upland and swamp on the south side of the country road, part of the so-called "land of contention," was bounded by meadow of John Livermore, Mr. Phillips and John Warren. 

On 30 December 1701, Nathaniel Whitney, planter of Watertown, bought land in Watertown for 5 pounds of currant money from Joseph and Mary Grant, Caleb and Elizabeth Grant, and Henry ???[5].  The 12 acres of land in Watertown near the farm was bounded south by Edward Garfield, north by Samuel Edy, west by Treadway's land and east by Zechariah Cutting. 

Sarah (Hagar) Whitney died 29 July 1722 in Weston, Massachusetts.  Nathaniel married, secondly, Sarah (Shepard) Goble (1667-1746), widow of Thomas Goble, on 2 November 1724 in Concord, Massachusetts[2,12]. 

Nathaniel Whitney died on 7 January 1732/3 in Weston, Massachusetts[1-2,6].  The death record in the Weston vital records book says:

"Mr. Nath^ll Whitney deceas^d in Weston Jan^y 7 1732-3.  Aged about Ninety years."

There is no known burial record for him.

Nathaniel Whitney, husbandman of Weston, died intestate, and the complex administration of his estate is in Middlesex County Probate Records, Probate Packet number 24,731[2,7].  The summary of the probate records is:

*  Administration of the estate was first granted to his widow Sarah Whitney on 2 March 1732/3.  An inventory was taken by John Warrin, Daniel Carter and John Walker on 1 February 1732/3.  The real estate, consisting of about 45 acres of upland and meadow with a house and barn,  was valued at 300 pounds, and the personal estate at 122 pounds, 18 shillings and 4 pence.

*  The administratrix was ordered to appear before the court on 25 March 1733/4 to render an account.  The heirs appeared before a commission on 13 January 1734 and Joseph Harrington requested an adjustment.  An account was exhibited on 25 March 1733/4.

*  The commission, composed of Deacon John Coollidge and Mr. William Williams of Watertown, and Lieut. Josiah Jones, Mr. Ebenezer Allen and Mr. Nathan Fisk all of Weston, was appointed by the Court on 15 April 1734 to apprise and to divide the real estate into two parts - one third for the widow's dower and the remaining two-thirds to one of the children, to be chosen by the heirs-at-law.  They were also directed to determine if the children of the deceased had received anything from their father.  The commission reported to the Court on 28 October 1734 that they had found approximately 58 acres of land with a mansion house in Weston, bounded easterly by land of Mr. Whittemore, by the highway and by John Waring, westerly by land of William Whitney, northerly and southerly by the Squadran lands, valued at 572 pounds. They then set off two parcels of land for the widow's dower - eleven and a quarter acres, including part of the mansion house, and five acres of woodland.  They requested the heirs to nominate one of the children to receive the remaining two thirds of the real estate.  A majority of the heirs chose William Whitney, son of William Whitney deceased (who was the son of Nathaniel Whitney).  William Whitney was dwelling on the land at the time.  They also reported that Nathaniel Whitney, the eldest son of Nathaniel Whitney, had received a deed of gift of 14 acres of land in Weston from his father during his lifetime, valued at 91 pounds.

*  William Whitney, husbandman of Weston and grandson of Nathaniel Whitney, was ordered by the Court on 16 December  1734 to receive the two-thirds of the real estate valued at 348 pounds, and to pay the other heirs the sums defined in the decree by 13 October 1735.  He was to pay widow Sarah Whitney 12 pounds, to pay Nathaniel Whitney (eldest son of the deceased) 14 pounds, 15 shillings and 10 pence, to pay Samuel Whitney, Sarah Chadwick, Hannah Billing, and Marcy Greaves 60 pounds, 7 shillings and 11 and 1/7 pence apiece, and to pay the heirs of William Whitney deceased the like sum of 60 pounds, 11 shillings and 11 and 1/7 pence.

5.  SOURCES

1. Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago : 1895)., page 28, Nathaniel Whitney sketch.

2. "John Whitney Family of Watertown, Massachusetts," website, Whitney Research Group (http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Main_Page), Family: Whitney, Nathaniel (1647-1733) family sketch (http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Nathaniel_(1647-1733 : accessed 19 December 2019).

3. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org ), Probate Packet 24,681, John Whitney of Watertown, 1692 (also on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,432,081).

4. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Middlesex County [MA] Deeds, "Deeds, 1696-1716, Vol12-13, Volume 12, page 250 (image 132 of 832), Nathaniel Whitney to John Livermore, executed 10 March 1696, recorded 30 November 1698 (also on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,554,004).

5. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, FamilySearch, Middlesex County [MA] Deeds, "Deeds, 1706-1716, Vol 14-15, Volume 14, page 87 (image 62 of 720), Samuel Grant et al to Nathaniel Whitney, executed 30 December 1701, recorded 3 March 1702/3 (also on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,554,005).

6. Mary Frances Peirce, Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. Gravestones-, 1703-1900. Church Records, 1709-1825. Appendix and Addenda, Centennial Society (Boston, Mass. : McIncloe Bros. Printers, 1901), Deaths, page 80, Nathaniel Whitney entry.

7. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org),  Probate Packet number 24,731, Nathaniel Whitney, 1733 (also on FHL US.CAN Microfilm 0,432,082).

8. Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Book of Town Proceedings, with the Land Grants and Possessions. etc. (Watertown, Mass. : Watertown Historical Society, 1894), Volume 1, page 12, Nathaniel Whetny entry, 1646.

9. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Watertown Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 19 (image 128 of 3991), Nathanell Whetny birth entry.

10. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, Watertown > Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1673 (image 157 of 3991), Nathanell Whetny and Sary Hagar marriage entry.

11. Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Book of Town Proceedings, with the Land Grants and Possessions. etc., Volume 1, page 37, Nathanell Whetny and Sary Hagar marriage record.

12. Clarence S. Brigham,  "Concord (Mass.) Marriages, 1724," The American Genealogist, Volume  16 (1939-40),  page 23, Nathan Whitney and Sarah Goble marriage entry.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2019 to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.

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Seavers in the News - Ellen Seaver Dies in Massachusetts in 1916

It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Vermont Phoenix [Brattleboro, Vermont] newspaper dated 5 January 1917:

The transcription of the article is:

"Mrs. Ellen (Howard) Seaver

"The body of Mrs. Ellen Maria (Howard) Seaver, 70, of Orange, Mass., formerly a resident of this town about 30 years, was brought her for burial in Pine Grove cemetery last Monday.

"Mrs. Seaver as seriously ill only a few hours, death being due to pneumonia and occurring Saturday an hour before the funeral of her husband, who died Thursday.

"She was born in this town and was well and favorably known among the older residents through her many kind deeds.

"She joined the local Congregational church and was an earnest worker in the church affairs during her life here.

"She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Roy Willard, and six grandchildren, to whom she was greatly devoted."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Ellen (Howard) Seaver," Vermont Phoenix [Brattleboro, Vt.] newspaper, obituary, Thursday, 5 January 1917, page 4, column 6, Ellen (Howard) Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 19 December 2019).

Since this obituary included only one survivor, her daughter, I thought this might be a research challenge.  Fortunately, it did contain a maiden name, and I easily for Ellen Maria Howard in my RootsMagic family tree.  She was born in March 1847 in Cheshire, New Hampshire, the daughter of Cyrus and Louisa (Phinney) Howard.  She died 28 December 1916 in Orange, Massachusetts.  Ellen married in about 1872 to Francis Seaver (1839-1916), who died on 24 December 1916 in Orange.  They had one child:

*  Theresa Maria Seaver (1880-1957), who married 3 May 1899 to Leroy Martin Willard (1878-1956), and they had seven children, six of whom were living in 1917.

I am a 5th cousin 3 times removed to Theresa Maria (Seaver) Willard, and a 6th cousin 2 times removed to her children.

There are over 8,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes the life of a person is full and well-lived.  I am glad I can honor Ellen Maria (Howard) Seaver today.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1830 U.S. Census Record for John Putman Household in Wayne, New York

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance 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 1830 United States Census record for the John Putman household in Wayne, Steuben County, New York:

The John Putman entry is the 6th from the bottom of the page:

The  family information from this record is:

*  Head of household:  John Putman

*  two males aged 10 to 14 (probably sons Isaac (born 1820) and Martin (born 1816))
*  one male aged 15 to 19 (probably son Peter (born 1812))
*  one male aged 20 to 29 (unknown)
*  one male aged 40 to 49  (certainly John, born 1785)
*  two females aged 0 to 4 (probably daughters Martha (born 1829) and Mary (born 1825))
*  one female aged 5 to 9 (probably daughter Rebecca (born 1822))
*  one female aged 10 to 14 (probably daughter Elizabeth (born 1818))
*  one female aged 30 to 39 (certainly wife Sarah, born 1792)

The source citation for this record is:

1830 United States Federal Census, Steuben County, New York, Population Schedule, Wayne town, Page 318, John Putman household; online database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll 107.

John Putman (1785-1863) was the son of Peter and Sarah (Kinnan) Putman, who moved from New Jersey to central New York before 1810.  John married Sarah Martin (1792-1860) in about 1810 in Seneca County, New York.  They had seven children between 1812 and 1829 in Steuben County, New York.  The John Putman family moved to Norfolk County, Ontario in about 1834 and died there.

John and Sarah (Martin) Putman are my 4th great-grandparents, through their daughter Elizabeth Puitman (1818-1895) who married Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907) on 3 March 1840 in Norfolk County, Ontario.  

My biographical sketch for John Putman is in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 102: #126 John Putman (1785-1863)  and my sketch for Sarah (Martin) Putman is in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 103: #127 Sarah (Martin) Putman (1792-1860).

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2020 Webinars Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists

I recently received this information from Polly Kimmitt about BCG webinars:

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Board for Certification of Genealogists® 

to Sponsor Free Webinars

The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) is proud to announce sponsorship of twelve monthly webinars in 2020 at our partner website Legacy Family Tree Webinars (https://familytreewebinars.com).

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 21	Jan M. Joyce, DBA, CG, CGL	Creative Hypothesis Development for Complex Genealogy Problems
February 18	Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS	A Convincing Argument or a Convoluted Mess?
March 17	Karen Stanbary, CG	Techniques for Integrating Documentary and Genetic Information in a Research Report
April 21	Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL	Maryland State Archives Decoded
May 19	Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG	Discover the Holdings of German Archives
June 16	David Ouimette, CG, CGL	Genealogical Treasures in Irish Archives
July 21	Warren Bittner, CG	Elusive Immigrant: The Search for Dora Lühr
August 18	Thomas W. Jones, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA	The Advance of Research Habits Over Recent Decades—And the Downside
September 15	Melissa A. Johnson, CG	Reconstructing the Murphy Family Using DNA & Documentary Evidence
October 20	Angela Packer McGhie, CG	Using DNA Test Results to Confirm a Pedigree
November 17	Shannon Green, CG	Separating and Merging Identities of Same-Named Men
December 15	Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL	From the 18th to the 21st: The Records of Prohibition

“The Board for Certification of Genealogists is pleased to present these high-quality educational webinars,” said President LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL. “BCG provides educational offerings to family historians of all levels of experience, and promotes public confidence in genealogy by supporting uniform standards of competence.”

BCG’s webinars are normally held on the third Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. Eastern time. In order to accommodate those who might have schedule conflicts, webinars may be accessed by the public at no charge for a week after each live broadcast. BCG webinars are always free to BCG-certified associates.

BCG receives a commission if you register by clicking and buying via our affiliate link at http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the webinar. For more information contact: office@BCGcertification.org.

To see the full list of BCG-sponsored webinars for 2020, visit the BCG blog SpringBoard at https://bcgcertification.org/bcg-2020-free-webinars/ . For access to all BCG webinars, see the BCG Library at Legacy Family Tree Webinars at our affiliate link: http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619 . To register for more than one webinar at the same time, use our affiliate link: http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?tid=3049 .

For additional resources for genealogical education, please visit: https://bcgcertification.org/learning/education/ .

Polly FitzGerald Kimmitt, CG

BCG News Release Coordinator

The words Certified Genealogist and the designation CG are registered certification marks, and the designation CGL and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluation.

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