Friday, February 7, 2020

Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 7 February 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop over the past three days.

1)  News Articles:

Our Path Forward [at Ancestry.com]


2)  New or Updated Record Collections:





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

 GeneaWebinars Calendar



*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 11 February, 11 a.m.:  Tune Up Your Family Tree with the MyHeritage Consistency Checker, by James Tanner

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 12 February, 5 p.m.:  Best Practices for Success in Facebook Groups for Genealogy, by Cyndi Ingle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar.:  Organizing Your DNA Results (updated!), by Diahan Southard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Developing a DNA Testing Plan: a Guide for Beginners, by Debra Renard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The Top 3 Reasons to Use IrfanView as Your Image Editor, by Marian Pierre-Louis

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #151r - Directories and Maps

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #152r - Coat of Arms and Crests



5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):









*  Lisa Lisson:  Genealogy Conference Tips



6)  Genealogy Bargains:



7)  DNA Stories:



8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 4 February 2020  ?

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 7 February 2020

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New records from Britain, North America and beyond available to search this Findmypast Friday

British In India
We’ve enhanced this collection with over 7,000 new and exclusive records. Brought online in partnership with the Society of Genealogists, the latest additions include both a transcript with all the vital details about your family members and an image of the original record. These newest updates cover surnames beginning with the letters J and K.

This ever-expanding collection includes entries of births, marriages, divorces and deaths in the British Raj between 1664 and 1961. They'll help you learn more about relatives who lived and worked in the thriving subcontinent generations ago. If your family has roots in British India, be sure to also explore our exclusive British India Office and East India Company records from the British Library.

Family from ‘God’s Own County’? Find their final resting places with over 10,000 additional memorial inscriptions. These new updates come from Calderdale Family History Society and cover the following parishes:
  • Barkisland, Halifax
  • Booth, Halifax
  • Clifton, Brighouse
  • Cragg Vale
  • Rastrick, Brighouse
  • Southowram, Halifax

Check our extensive list for details of the other 150-plus Yorkshire parishes covered in this exclusive collection.

Memorial inscriptions can reveal important details for your family tree. In these records, you'll get names, birth and death years and memorial locations.

Over 7,000 images have been added covering a variety of PERSI publications, perfect for fleshing out family stories. The new periodical titles that have been added are:
  • Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer: A Historical Magazine / Bound With New Title: Vermont Historical Gazetteer
  • Recherches Historiques
  • Cambridge Historical Society Publications/proceedings
  • Archivium Hibernicum / Irish Historical Records
  • Queen City Heritage / Ohio Valley History
  • Connecticut Historical Society Collections

Simply filter by periodical to get to the latest additions.

The power of PERSI shouldn't be underestimated. It can add copious colour and context to your family research. Here's how.

                          Canadian Directories & Almanacs
We’re launching this brand new collection with records from the province of Prince Edward Island. More will be added from across Canada over the coming months.

The eclectic mix of five directories cover the late 19th century from 1880 to 1899. The titles included are:
  • Frederick’s Prince Edward Island Directory
  • McMillian's Agricultural and Nautical Almanac
  • McMullan’s Almanac
  • Teare’s Directory & Hand Book Of The Province of Prince Edward Island
  • The Prince Edward Island Almanac

Directories and almanacs provide a window into the past, revealing what it would have been like for your ancestor in their community at the time. They're also handy when it comes to tracing house history.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.


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52 Ancestors - Week 316: #527 Sarah (Shepard) Goble (1658-1746) of Concord, Massachusetts

Sarah Shepard (1658-1746 is number 527 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #526 Thomas Goble (1656-1724) in 1687 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #263 Mary Goble (1694-1734), who married #262 John Fletcher (1692-????) in 1715.
*  their daughter #131 Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783) who married #130 Samuel Whitney (1719-1782), 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:                      Sarah Shepard[1–2]    
*  Alternate Name:      Sarah Goble[3,5]    
*  Alternate Name:      Sarah Whitney[4]  

*  Sex:                           Female    

*  Father:                      John Shepard (1637-1699)    
*  Mother:                    Sarah Goble (1638-1717)  
 
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                        about 1658, probably Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1]    

*  Distribution:            19 October 1728 (about age 70), Thomas Goble estate distribution; Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Death:                       7 May 1746 (about age 88), Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]  

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

*  Spouse 1:                      Thomas Goble (1656-1724)    
*  Marriage 1:                   4 January 1686/7 (age 30), Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2]    

*  Child 1:                         Sarah Goble (1692-1728)    
*  Child 2:                         Mary Goble (1693-1734)    
*  Child 3:                         Stephen Goble (1693-    )    
*  Child 4:                         John Goble (1696-    )    
*  Child 5:                         Abigail Goble (1697-1723)    
*  Child 6:                         Thomas Goble (before 1714-1714)  

*  Spouse 2:                      Nathaniel Whitney
*  Marriage 2:                   2 November 1724 (age 66), Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5-6]
   
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

The Goble Genealogy web page (http://goblegenealogy.com/index.htm) provides basic data for many Goble families, including the family of Thomas Goble (1656-1724)[1]

Sarah Shepard was born in about 1658 (she was age 88 at her death in 1746), probably in Concord, Massachusetts, the daughter of John and Sarah (Goble) Shepard of Concord.  There is no birth record for Sarah in the Concord town records or in the records of other nearby towns.

Sarah married Thomas Goble on 4 January 1686/7 in Concord, Massachusetts[2].  He was the son of Thomas and Ruth (--?--) Goble who resided in Concord after their marriage.  Sarah Shepard was Thomas Goble's first cousin.  The Concord vital record book has this marriage record:
"Thomas Goble and Sarah Shepard, both of Concord, Marryed January y^e 4th 1686.    by me Edward Bulkely Minister of Concord."
Thomas and Sarah (Shepard) Goble had six children, all born and recorded in Concord, except for Thomas who died in 1714.  They were:

*  Sarah Goble (1692-1728) married 1715 William Wood (1687-1733).
*  Mary Goble (1694-1734) married 1715 John Fletcher (1692-????).
*  Stephen Goble (1694-????).
*  John Goble (1696-????).
*  Abigail Goble (1697-1723), married 1722 Joseph Harris (1693-????).
*  Thomas Goble (????-1714). 

Sarah's father, John Shepard, died in 1699 in Concord and there is no probate record for him.  Her mother, Sarah (Goble) Shepard, died in 1717 in Concord leaving no probate record.

Thomas Goble died on 24 March 1724 in Concord.   

Sarah (Shepard) Goble married, secondly, Nathaniel Whitney (1647-1733) on 2 November 1724 in Concord, Massachusetts[5,6], and they resided in Weston, Massachusetts.  They had no children of their own. Nathaniel died on 7 January 1732/3 in Weston.

Thomas Goble died intestate, since his nuncupative will was not accepted by the probate court.  His estate was administered, with the papers collected in Middlesex County Probate Records, Packet 9,238[3].  The records show that, at the start of proceedings that the widow was allowed 38 pounds and 15 shillings.  In 1727, Sarah, now the wife of Nathaniel Whitney, received her full one third part of the estate for the rest of her life.  In 1728, the estate of Thomas Goble was divided between the heirs.  Widow Sarah Goble received received two and a half acres and 15 rods of pasture land in Goble's Plain, two acres of meadow land in Brod meadow, and 11 acres of woodland in Goble's Plain, for a total value of 55 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence.

The Probate Court closed the estate file of Thomas Goble on 14 February 1731/2.

Sarah (Shepard) (Goble) Whitney died on 7 May 1746 in Weston, Massachusetts[4].  The death record in the Weston town records book says:
"M^rs. Sarah Whitney Widow of M^r. Nath^ll Whitney, Deceas^d in Weston May 7, AD 1746.  Aged about eighty eight years."  
There is no burial record for her.  There is no probate record for her in the Middlesex County Probate Records.

5.  SOURCES

1. Evelyn Goble Steen, Goble Genealogy Homepage (http://goblegenealogy.com/index.htm), Databases > #1 Goble Family Tree > Goble, Thomas(3) (1656-1724) sketch.

2. George Tolman (compiler), Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Concord, Mass. : Committee on Printing, 1894), Middlesex County Register, page 27, Thomas Goble and Sarah Shepard marriage entry, 1686.

3. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed, Probate Packet #9,238, Thomas Goble, 1724.
4. 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), page 80, Mrs. Sarah Whitney death entry.

5. Clarence S. Brigham,  "Concord (Mass.) Marriages, 1724," The American Genealogist, Volume  16 (1939-40),  page 23, Nathan Whitney and Sarah Goble marriage entry.
6. "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).

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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 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.


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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Seavers in the News - Frank A. Seaver Dies in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York

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  The Standard Union [Brooklyn, N.Y.] newspaper dated 6 February 1916:

The transcription of the article is:

"FRANK A. SEAVER

"Frank A. Seaver died Wednesday after a brief illness in the Long Island College Hospital.  He was born in Brooklyn forty-four years ago and was a lifelong resident of Bay Ridge.  He was well known in real estate circles and was closely identified with the development of the Dyker Heights and the Bay Ridge sections.  He was a member of the Crescent Athletic Club and was formerly connected with the Montauk and Marine Field clubs.  He was a member of St. Philip's P.E. Church and for many years served as a member of the Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers.  Funeral services will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at his late home, 219 Ovington avenue.  He is survived by his widow, Emmeline Burrill Seaver, and three sons, Burril, Frank and Warren Seaver."

The source citation is:

"Frank A. Seaver," The Standard Union [Brooklyn, N.Y.] newspaper, obituary, Friday, 6 February 1920, page 16, column 5, Frank A  Seaver obituaryNewspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 February 2020).

Frank Alexander Seaver was born 11 January 1875 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Alexander Harrison and Abby Laighton (Badger) Seaver.  He married Emaline Auguste Burrill (1874-1943) on 14 March 1901 in New York City.  She was the daughter of William and Emily (--?--) Burrill.  They had three sons:

*  William Burrill Seaver (1908-1979).
*  Frank Alexander Seaver (1910-1988), married 1935 Emily Eugenia Stafford (1910-????).
*  Warren Warner Seaver (1913-1971).

Frank A. Seaver (1875-1920) is my 7th cousin 3 times removed.  

There are over 8,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person dies relatively young with a growing family.  I am glad that I can honor Frank Alexander Seaver today.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.



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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1724 Death of Thomas Goble (1656-1724) in Concord, Massachusetts

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 1724 death record of Thomas Goble in the Concord, Massachusetts vital town record book:

The death record for Thomas Goble is near the bottom of the page:


This record says:

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"Thomas Goble Husband to Sarah his wife died March y^e 10th: day 1723/4"

The source citation for this record is:


George Tolman (compiler), Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Concord, Mass. : Committee on Printing, 1894), page 104, Thomas Goble death entry, 1724.

This record is a Derivative Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the name of Thomas Goble and the death date and place.  The Original Source is a town record book marriage register and a county marriage register that are no longer available.  Apparently, the records in this book are from a copy of the original register.  They are still Primary Information and Direct Evidence for the names and marriage event.

Thomas Goble (1656-1724) was the son of Thomas and Ruth (--?--) Goble of Concord.  He married Sarah Shepard (1667-1746), the daughter of John and Sarah (Goble) Shepard of Concord, on 4 January 1686/7 in Concord, Massachusetts.

Thomas Goble and Sarah Shepard are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mary Goble (1694-1734) who married John Fletcher (1692-????) in Watertown in 1715.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Using MyHeritage Record Matches By Source to Enrich my Family Tree Profiles

I have built a large family tree (more than 55,000 profiles) over the past 32 years for my ancestral families, for my selected one-name studies (Seaver, Carringer, Auble, and Vaux surnames), and for descendants of my 4th great-grandparents (to help me find relationships with DNA matches).  I use RootsMagic as my primary software program to enter names, relationships, events, dates, places, notes, sources and media information.

I have many profiles that are "bare" - meaning I don't have a full birth name, a full birth date and place, a full death date and place, a burial site, an obituary, etc.  For example, there was a time when I added profiles from census records and only had a name, and approximate birth year, and a relationship.  Or a marriage that provided only the names of the bride and groom without birth date information.

I have used MyHeritage's Record Matches for years to find information using their "Discoveries" tab, and "Matches by source" to find Record Matches for a specific record collection.  This often works out very well and provides additional information for persons in my MyHeritage tree (which I uploaded from a GEDCOM file generated by RootsMagic).

1)  Here is the "Matches by source" list of the different record collections for persons in my MyHeritage tree:

2)  I chose "Record matches," "Pending matches (meaning not confirmed or rejected) and my specific tree.  As you can see, the MyHeritage record collections are listed by number of matches.  For instance, I have 34,844 record matches for entries in the FamilySearch Family Tree.  And 20,453 entries in WikiTree, 19,039 entries in Geni World Family Tree, 3,115 entries in the U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), etc.  There are more than 260 record collections with at least one record match for persons in my MyHeritage tree, and a total of 118,688 pending matches in all of the MyHeritage collections.

3)  I selected the Social Security Death Index collection and saw the list of 3,315 record matches.  The user has a choice to sort these record matches - select either "Value," "First name," "Last name," or "Relationship."

Almost always I choose the "Value" sort method because that puts the profiles that have the least information at the top of the list.  In other words, the top of the list has profiles that will be helped the most by the record match.

4)  The first person on the Social Security Death Index list is for Russell William Jerrison (1927-2010), for whom I had only a birth year and a death year.  I clicked on the orange "Review match" link to see the record summary for this person compared to what I have in the MyHeritage tree:

Based on the information in the Record Match, I was able to add an exact birth date, an exact death date, the last residence on record, and an alternate name to my RootsMagic profile, and created a source citation for those events.

5)  MyHeritage encourages you to use the orange button on the screen above to "Confirm Match," and, if you choose to, My Heritage will change the record information, and attach a source citation to the information.   If the record match is for the wrong person, the user can "Reject" the record match.  My experience is that almost all MyHeritage record matches apply to the selected person.

Using this process, I can efficiently add profile information, including source citations, to my RootsMagic tree one at a time.  Doing it by a specific record collection makes the process very efficient.

I prefer to enter the information into my RootsMagic tree so I can use consistent source citations.  Each year, I upload a new GEDCOM file as a new tree to MyHeritage to take advantage of their Record Matches for the new and updated profiles.

6)  If you have a MyHeritage tree, I encourage you to check out your Record "Matches by source," select a record collection, and see how profiles in your family tree can be enriched by the record matches you find.  

Frankly, it is much faster and easier to use the Record "Matches by source" to find profiles to enrich than to search each record collection for each person in my MyHeritage tree.  I wish every record provider had this capability.


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SDGS Program Meeting on Saturday, 8 February Features Laurice Johnson

The next program meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society is Saturday, 8 February, at 10 a.m. at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd, San Diego CA 92119).

The program speaker will be Laurice Johnson.

Laurice's two presentations will be:

*  Session 1:  Facebook, and Websites and Books! OH, MY!

*  Session 2:   Family Search - Making the Most Out of Your Search Through MILLLIONS of Pages of Records

Laurice Johnson grew up in a family that loved talking about ‘the folks’ around the dinner table. At her grandmother’s dinner table she heard lots of stories about her ancestors. She knew all about her great grandparents and THEIR grandparents. Her parents actively researched their family history for many years. After her son was born and she was filling out the family tree in his baby book, she asked her husband what his grandmother’s name was. Imagine her surprise when he responded “Grandma Schutt” – and knew nothing else about her. That was thirty years ago and she has been actively researching since then – not only her own families, but also many others. Laurice has been an active member of the Temecula Valley Genealogical Society since its inception and lives in Menifee.

At 9 a.m. in the upstairs classrooms, there will be two classes:

*  SDGS Orientation -  with Patti Francisco.  This class is designed for all who want to know more about the San Diego Genealogical Society- its people and its programs. We will discuss the history of the society, its officers, the monthly meetings, bi-annual seminars, the education staff, research trips, local resources and more. The session will conclude with a live demonstration of using the website. Bring your laptop.

*  Ancestry - with Diane Gould Hall.  Ancestry is one of the most popular genealogy websites containing billions of historical records. This class will take you through the basic features which help you search for your family ancestors. We will show you how to create your own family tree  and search for common ancestors in the trees of other Ancestry members

Attendees need to reserve their spots at sdgsclasses@gmail.com because seating is limited.

Please park in the main church parking lot, in the Jackson Drive parking lot, or on the street.  Please do NOT park in the neighboring strip mall. Thank you in advance!

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Papa Lee and Daughter Tami in 1977 -- Post 603 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I  can't help it, I can't do a wordless post!  I found some more family photos hiding in Linda's family photo boxes.  This is one of my favorite photographs:


This is Linda's father, Lee S. "Papa Lee" Leland holding his granddaughter, Tami Joy Seaver, in the summer of 1977 at our house in Chula Vista.  Lee doted on his two grandchildren, and they loved being with him.  Lee is almost age 67 and Tami is about 8 months old in this photograph.  He probably tickled her, or she reacted to someone, as I took the photograph.

These photos were digitized from photographs created from developed film and are not particularly sharp, but they are what we have!

Several times a year when our children were growing up, Linda sent photographs to her parents and brother in San Francisco.  When her father died in 2002, her brother sorted out the photos and gave Linda the ones that were of our family and the ones interacting with them.  They were given to us in a big box of stuff back in 2006, and we finally looked at them last year!  I've started digitizing them for use in these Wordless Wednesday posts.

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