52 Ancestors - Week 346: #556 Nathaniel Guild (1679-1774) of Dedham, Massachusetts

Nathaniel Guild is number 556 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #557 Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771)  in about 1708 in Dedham, now Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #278 Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796) who married #279 Mary Boyden (1708-1776) in 1733.

*  their daughter #139 Mary Guild (1735-1800) who married #138 Amos Plimpton (1735-1808) in 1756.

*  their daughter #69 Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) who married #68  Aaron Smith (1765-1841) in 1795.

*  their son #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)   who married  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) in 1826.

*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) 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 Guild[1–2]    

*  Alternate Name:          Nathaneel Guile[3-4]

*  Sex: Male    

*  Father:                         Samuel Guild (1647-1731)    

*  Mother:                       Mary Woodcock (1653-1703)  

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

   

*  Birth:                           12 January 1678/9, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1–4]    

*  Death:                         28 January 1774 (age 95), Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,5]  

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

*  Spouse 1:                    Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771)    

*  Marriage 1:                 before 1708 (before about age 29), probably Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]    

*  Child 1:                        Mehitable Guild (1708-1798)    

*  Child 2:                        Mary Guild (1709-1751)    

*  Child 3:                        Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796)    

*  Child 4:                        Susanna Guild (1713-1714)    

*  Child 5:                        Susanna Guild (1717-1742)    

*  Child 6:                        Samuel Guild (1719-1743)    

*  Child 7:                        Rebecca Guild (1721-1793)    

*  Child 8:                        Sarah Guild (1723-    )    

*  Child 9:                        Moses Guild (1725-1789)    

*  Child 10:                      Aaron Guild (1728-1818)  

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

The Guild families of America were described in the book  The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family[1].  The biography of Nathaniel Guild (page 23) includes:

"He was appointed by Gov. Belcher, Oct. 10, 1736, Ensign in Capt Eben Woodward's 2d Foot Company. He lived at Dedham, and died there Jan. 28, 1774."

The book Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume 4[2], includes this sketch for Nathaniel Guild on page 2195:

"(III) Nathaniel, son of Samuel Guild, was born in Dedham, January 12, 1678, and died there January 28, 1774. He was appointed by Governor Belcher, October 10, 1736, ensign in Captain Eben Woodward's Second Foot Company. He married Mehitable Farrington, or Hartshorn, who died February 10, 1771. Children: 1. Mehitable, born February 18, 1707/8; married, September 23, 1726, Jacob Ellis. 2. Mary, born October 24, 1709; married John Morse. 3. Nathaniel, born March 20, 1712; married (first) Mary Boyden; (second) Ann Rhodes. 4. Susanna, born November 23, 1713; died September 2, 1714. 5. Susanna, born June 6, 1717; died September 13, 1742; married December 11, 1735, Jacob Hart. 6. Samuel, born July 13. 1719. 7. Rebecca, born September 6, 1721; died April 21, 1793; married, January 28. 1742, Deacon Samuel Cony. 8. Sarah, born April 18, 1723; married, November 1, 1748, Jonathan Billings Jr. 9. Moses, born May 14, `1725; married Rhoda Mann;10.  Aaron, mentioned below."

Nathaniel Guild was born 12 January 1678/9 in Dedham, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel and Mary (Woodcock) Guild[3-4].  The Dedham town record says (in Old Style dating, where the 11th month is January of the next year):

"Nathaneel son of Samuell & Mary Guile borne 12th of 11th [16]78" 

Nathaniel married Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771, some older books say "Farrington") in about 1708[1-2] (estimated by the birth date of the oldest child), probably in Dedham (but it is not in the Dedham records).  They had ten children, all born in and recorded in the Dedham town records:

*  Mehitable Guild (1708-1798), married 1726 Jacob Ellis (1703-1752).

*  Mary Guild (1709-1751), married 1727 John Morse (1703-1750).

*  Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796), married 1733 Mary Boyden (1708-1776).

*  Susanna Guild (1713-1714).

*  Susanna Guild (1717-1742), married 1735 Jacob Hart (1710-1783).

*  Samuel Guild (1719-1743).

*  Rebecca Guild (1721-1793), married 1742 Samuel cony (1718-1779).

*  Sarah Guild (1723-????), married 1748 Jonathan Billings (1725-1789).

*  Moses Guild (1725-1789), married 1753 Rhoda Mason (1735-1797).

*  Aaron Guild (1728-1818), married 1756 Anna Coney (1728-1776).

Nathaniel's wife, Mehitable, died in 1771 in Dedham.

Nathaniel Guild died at age 95 on 28 January 1774 in Dedham, Massachusetts[5], and is probably buried in the Dedham cemetery although there is no cemetery record available for him.

There is no probate record for Nathaniel Guild of Dedham in the Suffolk County, Massavhusetts probate court records.

 

5)  SOURCES

1. Charles Burleigh, The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family (Portland, Me  :  Brown Thurston & Company, 1887), page 23, Nathaniel Guild3 sketch.

2. William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume 4 (New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), page 2195, Nathaniel Guild sketch.

3. Don Gleason Hill (editor), The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Dedham,1635-1845 (Dedham, Mass. : Town of Dedham, 1886), page 16, Births, 1678, Nathaneel Guile birth entry, "12th of 11th, 78".

4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, "Dedham Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 16 (Image 19 of 1916), Nathaniel Guild birth entry, 12 January 1678/9.

5. Don Gleason Hill (editor), The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Dedham,1635-1845, page 112, Deaths, Nathaniel Guild entry, 28 January 1774.

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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 to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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Seavers in The News - Mrs. Mary Sever (1882-1941) Dies in Ohio in 1941

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 Pottsville [Penn.] Republican newspaper dated 29 September 1941:

The transcription of the article is:

"Mrs. Mary Seaver

Mrs. Mary Seaver, wife of the late John Seaver, of Arnout's Addition died in the Mt. Royal Hospital, Brecksville, O., Sunday morning.  She was admitted a year ago.

"Mrs. Seaver was a member of St. Boniface Church, St. Clair.  To survive there are these children:  August and Francis at home; John, a seaman; Jos. and Mary of Cleveland, O., and four sisters and a brother, in Ohio.

"The funeral will be held from her home Thursday morning, E.J. Monahan, St. Clair, is the funeral director."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Mary Seaver," Pottsville [Penn.] Republican newspaper, obituary, Monday, 29 September 1941, page 9, column 7, Mrs. Mary Seaver obituary;  Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 September 2020).

This obituary provides a married name, a death date, a death place, names of her husband and their children, and mentions siblings without naming them.

I found the John and Mary Sever family (with August, Aulioas, Frank, John, Joseph and Mary in the 1930 U.S. Census in St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which provided birth years and birth states/countries for the family members.  Suggested Records on Ancestry.com provided more records, including a death certificate for a child, a social security application entry for a child, a Find A Grave memorial, a daughter's marriage record that provided her maiden name, and other census records.  There was similar material for John Sever also.  It appears that Sever was the name they used throughout their lives.

Mary (Jaksa) Sever was born in 1882 in Poland.  She married John Sever (1877-1938) in about 1911, and they had children:

*  August Rudolph Sever (1912-1989)

*  Aloysius A. Sever (1914-1932)

*  Frank Albert Sever (1916-1985), married 1944 Joan Berry (1924-2010)

*  John H. Sever (1918-????)

*  Joseph Paul Sever (1921-1978).

*  Mary Anne Sever (1924-2003), married 1950 Charles I. Alatis (1927-2012).

I am not related to any of these Sever/Seaver people - John and Mary (Jacksa) Sever were born in Austria and/or Poland.  However, now they are added to my RootsMagic family tree database.  I have more research to do for their profiles.

There are over 9,500 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and I hope that Mary was a devoted wife and mother to six children.  I am glad that I can honor Mary (Jaksa) Sever today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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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 -- 1678/9 Birth Record of Nathaniel Guild of Dedham, Mass.

It's Treasure Chest Tuesday - 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 1678/9 birth record of Nathaniel Guild in the Dedham, Massachusetts town record book:

The Nathaniel Guild birth record is the 11th record down the left-hand page: 

The transcription of this record is:

"Nathaneel son of Samuell & Mary Guile borne 12th of 11th [16]78"

The source citation for this record is:Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, "Dedham Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 16 (Image 19 of 1916), Nathaneel Guile birth entry, 12 January 1678/9.

This is an Original Source record for the birth of Nathaniel Guild, son of Samuel and Mary (Woodcock) Guild. It is Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the birth date and place, and the names of his parents.

Nathaniel Guild (1679-1774) was the son of Samuel and Mary (Woodcock) Guild of Dedham.  Nathjaniel married Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771) before 1708, probably in Dedham.  They are my 7th great-grandparents, through their son Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796) who married Mary Boyden (1708-1776) in 1733 in Dedham.

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Dear Randy: How Do You Write Your 52 Ancestors Posts?

A reader asked me this question in email.  I have answered the "Why" question before, 

Concerning the question "How Do You Write Your 52 Ancestors Posts?" it's a long story:

1)  I collected tons of paper records on my ancestral families - mainly photocopies from books and periodicals - starting in 1988 until about 2005, when I started collecting digitized pages from online repositories, especially Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and AmericanAncestors.org.  The paper ended up in fat binders organized by family group (e.g., "Dill Family Ancestors" or "Medfield Families") that might have 10-20 different surnames in the binder, and the digitized records and text are in surname and family files on my computer.

2)  Each ancestor is in my RootsMagic genealogy software program with names, events, dates, places, notes, sources, media, etc., which is listed chronologically by the program.  The text information about an ancestor was copied or typed into the profile General Note with information about the source of the information.  Almost all of this Note information is from books and periodicals out of copyright.

3)  I have been doing the 52 Ancestors posts in Ahnentafel order starting with #8 great-grandfather Frank Walton Seaver (1876-1922) back in 2014 and am working on #556 7th great-grandfather Nathaniel Guild (1678-1774) for this Friday.  

4)  For each sketch, my goal is to provide a basic biographical sketch of the person and their life events.  I try (and sometimes fail to) include this information:

*  Any biographical material from the text sources- usually quoted word for word.
*  Birth date and place, names of parents.
*  Spouse(s)'s name, birth/death span, marriage date and place.
*  Names of the children, and their spouse(s), with birth/death span information for both.
*  Death date and place.
*  Burial date and place.
*  Residence location over time, including town offices held, other life events, etc.  
*  Military service information.
*  Land bought and sold over time.
*  Property inherited from spouse, parents and/or siblings through deeds and probate records.
*  Probate records of the person, sometimes an abstract, and often including transcription of the most important records (usually the will, the inventory, the account, the distribution).  

Sometimes the land bought and sold is extensive and I don't have time to include it all.  In that case, I may update a 52 Ancestors sketch at a later date.

Occasionally, I will add research notes if the parentage of the subject person is not known or is questionable.

Usually, I don't have much information about the history and social customs for the times of the lives of the subject persons.

The most important thing for me is to find an original source record with primary information and direct evidence of the relationship of their parents to the person, and of the person to their spouses and children.  This is found in vital records, town records, land records, and probate records.

5)  Before I write the biographical sketch, I review what I already have, and then search for more information, and record images, on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, AmericanAncestoras,org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com.  I check Google for websites and books that might have information on my person.

6)  Once I have the event information, I make sure I have a source for every name, event or fact that will be included in the biographical sketch.

7)  When I have the events and sources, I write a text note in Notepad to put it all in chronological order, then I copy the text Note into the person's General Note in RootsMagic.

8)  I then use the "Individual Summary" report in RootsMagic to create the report, which provides Person information, Event information, family Information, Notes and Sources.

9)  I copy and paste the information from the previous week's 52 Ancestors post and edit it for the person of interest, deleting the information that will be changed.  

10)  I copy the information from each section into Blogger editor and edit it once more for consistency, spelling and grammar, sourcing, etc.  I do the final edit on Thursday night, set it to post on Friday morning, and then I hit Publish.

The example screens above are for the 52 Ancestors biographical sketch for 7th great-grandfather John Plimpton (1680-1730).

11)  Voila!!  Another 52 Ancestors post is published on Friday morning.  The one on Friday will be #346 in the series - one a week for almost seven years.  I have missed two weeks in that time!  You can see all of them through 2019 in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

12)  At this point I am done unless my readers point out the obvious errors.  The blog post is easily and immediately found in a Google Search.  I usually add the biographical sketch to the "Life Sketch" feature in the FamilySearch Family Tree, and hope to do it on WikiTree and Geni.com tree profiles also.  

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Daughter Lori and Her Grandparents in 1990 -- Post 633 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 photograph is from Christmas 1990, I think.  This is daughter Lori (at age 16) with her two living grandparents - Betty "Nana" (Carringer) Seaver (age 71 in 1990) and Lee "Papa Lee" Leland (age 79 in 1990).  This was taken in our family room at our present house, with Christmas and angel ornaments lining the fireplace mantle.  

These photos were scanned from photographs created from developed film prints 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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Genealogy News Bytes -- Tuesday, 1 September 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 four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  FamilySearch Announces RootsTech Connect 2021: A FREE Global Virtual Event

*  Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix Announce Unsung Heroes Awards at Federation of Genealogical Societies 2020 Conference

*  How to Store Print Photographs So They Last for Generations

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 22 to 28 August 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 22 to 28 August 2020

*  September Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 70 Titles!

*  Chronicling America Updates - August, 2020

*  Elephind Update - August, 2020

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  The FGS Family History Conference has gone virtual! (2-5 September 2020 live)

*  New York State Conference Goes Virtual with Lectures, Exhibits (September 10-12, 2020)

*  Back to Our Past [Ireland] Virtual Conference (18-20 September 2020)

*  Early bird registration opens for Genealogy with a Canadian Twist Virtual Workshop (17 October 2020)

*  Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference (13-15 November 2020)

*  The Family History Federation's Really Useful Family History Show (14 November 2020)

4)  Genealogy Education - Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 1 September, 7 p.m.:  Willkommen in Australien! Researching German-Australian families, by Benjamin Hollister

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 2 September, 11 a.m.:  Using Chromosome Browsers, Segment Data and Triangulation, by Michelle Leonard

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 112: The Value of Family Search Hints

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 340 – When And How Did Your Ancestors Get Here? / New York Man Learns Father Fought Nazis… In USA

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #202r - Family Pictures

*  Ancestral Findings:  A Quick Guide to Using the US Census for Genealogy (Genealogy Clips) | AF-376

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Data Mining DNA:  MyHeritage Public Trees Show Details of Living People. Surely That's Not Ideal?!

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 31 August 2020

*  Findmypast:  Remembering VJ Day - Findmypast Live 14 Aug 2020 | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  History Begins at Home | Findmypast

*  Lisa Lisson:  FINDING YOUR ANCESTOR'S PRISON RECORD ON ANCESTRY.COM: Tips To Find Your Black Sheep Ancestors

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (29 August 2020) - Weekly recap + Tree chat

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 28 August 2020 ?

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FamilySearch Announces RootsTech Connect 2021: A FREE Global Virtual Event

I received this information from FamilySearch today:

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FamilySearch is thrilled to announce that the RootsTech 2021 conference previously planned for February 3–6, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah, will now be held on February 25–27, 2021, as a free, virtual event online. RootsTech Connect 2021 will enable attendees to participate from around the world and will feature inspiring keynote speakers, dozens of classes in multiple languages, and a virtual marketplace. Reserve your place today for free at RootsTech.org.

“The pandemic is giving us the opportunity to bring RootsTech to a broader audience worldwide,” said Steve Rockwood, FamilySearch International CEO. “A virtual event also allows us to expand our planning to truly make this a global celebration of family and connection.”

RootsTech Connect 2021 will be global in scope while offering many experiences that attendees have come to know and love from RootsTech events—including inspirational keynote speakers, dozens of classes to choose from, and an expo hall.


Throughout the three-day online event, attendees will have the ability to interact with presenters, exhibitors, and other attendees through live chat and question and answer sessions.

“Classes will be taught in many languages, and presenters will teach from a number of international locations,” said Rockwood. “We will celebrate cultures and traditions from around the world, with activities that the audience can participate in from home—such as homeland cooking demonstrations, storytelling, and music performances. This is one virtual event you won’t want to miss.”

RootsTech Connect 2021 will offer a combination of both livestream and on-demand content to accommodate differences in time zone for participants. In addition, sessions will be available to view on-demand after the event concludes.

Rockwood says that FamilySearch is looking forward to the opportunity to deliver the signature RootsTech experience and helping tens of thousands of participants worldwide to discover, gather, and connect their family story.

RootsTech hopes to gather in-person again in the future but anticipates the RootsTech Connect virtual opportunity will become a regular addition to the event.

Register for free at rootstech.org.

About RootsTech

RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is a global conference celebrating families across generations, where people of all ages are inspired to discover and share their memories and connections. This annual event has become the largest of its kind in the world, attracting tens of thousands of participants worldwide.

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NOTE:  I will be a virtual RootsTech 2021 Ambassador this time, and look forward to sharing information with my readers about the conference, my activities, and hosting a blog compendium.  You can read about my previous RootsTech adventures in   https://www.geneamusings.com/search/label/RootsTech.

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Tombstone Tuesday --Jabez Snow in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, Mass.

I have collected a number of gravestone photographs from my own camera and from Find A Grave memorials over many years, and thought I would share them one at a time for Tombstone Tuesday.

Here is the gravestone of my 7th great-grandfather, Jabez Snow (1670-1750) in Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, Massachusetts:

The inscription from the photograph is not readable for this broken stone.

The source citation for this gravestone is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2020), memorial page for Jabez Snow (6 Sep 1670–14 Oct 1750), Find a Grave Memorial no. 15872041, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) .

Thank you to Mary Harrell-Sesniak for creating this Find A Grave memorial and (I'm assuming) for taking this photograph.

Jabez Snow (1670-1850) and Elizabeth Treat (1686-1755) are my 7th great-grandparents.  They married in about 1695 in Eastham, Mass. and had eight children.  I am descended through their eldest child, Jabez Snow (1696-1760) who married Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) in 1720 in Eastham.

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35,230 AncestryDNA Matches Are Gone!

It looks like AncestryDNA has removed all of the 6.0 to 7.99 cM DNA Matches from my match list.  

Yesterday, I had 69,063 matches on my list.  

Today I have 33,833.  That's 35,230 removed - 51%.

Here is my Shared DNA Matches count now:

However, I still have about 300 DNA Matches that I added a gold star, a group color or a Note to over the past months:

I lost no starred or group matches, and no Common Ancestor matches.  I hope all of my genealogy friends saved what they wanted to save.

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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Monday Genea-Pourri - Week Ending 31 August 2020

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week:

1)  Hosted the Chula Vista Genealogical Society General Meeting on Wednesday in a Zoom meeting featuring presenter Hal Bookbinder on "Born in St. Louis, naturalized in Newark, Why?", with 24 attendees.  This presentation highlighted immigration and naturalization laws, practices and records over the last two centuries, including the story of Hal's grandmother's naturalization.  

2)  Participated in Mondays With Myrt today.  We discussed my upcoming OCCGS  presentations on 5 September on Zoom, using chat or Q&A on Zoom, Ancestry member trees, GEDCOM, genealogy desktop software vs. online trees, software capabilities, why use desktop software, the Online Research Assistant extension, and more.  The recording should be on DearMyrtle's YouTube channel soon.

3)  Watched one Family Tree Webinar -- "How to Use MyHeritage DNA Results to Enhance Your Family Tree," by Michelle Leonard.  Excellent!!!

4)  Wrote and posted a biographical sketch of 7th great-grandmother #555 Abigail (Smith) Fisher (1686-1725) for my 52 Ancestors biographical sketch on Friday.  

5)  Transcribed the 1735 Bond and Order to Distribute the estate of John Fisher (1677-1727) of Medfield, Mass.  for Amanuensis Monday.  The real estate totaled £384, and the order identified his daughter as my 6th great-grandmother Abigail Plimpton.

6)  Added one AncestryDNA ThruLines to my RootsMagic tree, and added Notes to 7 more AncestryDNA matches with cM values, relationships and known common ancestors.  Ancestry added 145 new DNA Matches this past week, and MyHeritage added 25 new DNA matches.    Reviewed new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

7) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 37,131 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 98).

8)  Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 58,750 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 44), and 125,820 source citations (up 115).   I TreeShared with my Ancestry Member Tree two times this week updating 136 profiles, and I resolved 483 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 133,461 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily.    

9)  Wrote 15 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which one was a press release.  The most popular post last week was Tombstone Tuesday -- Elizabeth (Treat) Snow in Bridge Road Cemetery in Eastham, Mass. with over 240 views.  

10)  Edited and saved the two presentations and handouts for my OCCGS Zoom webinar on Saturday, 5 September, at 10 a.m. PDT.  The topics are "Using FamilySearch Digital Microfilm" and "Probate Records - My Favorite Record Type."  See   https://www.geneamusings.com/2020/08/free-orange-county-california.html

11)  Daughter Lori and her family are still with us, and we are enjoying her cooking, her energy, and the kitten.  Linda has been able to go swimming in her friend;'s pool with Lori and the boys.  Their house in Brookdale did not burn down, but there is a problem with the water quality and possible electricity issues also.  The fire burned to within a half mile of their home.  

12)  We are still fine here at the Genea-cave, hunkered down and not going out much.  I went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday, and it wasn't too busy.  Other than that, it was stay-at-home on the computer doing genealogy, eating, sleeping and a little yard work, watching the Padres games, and reading an ebook on my laptop.  My Padres are now 21-15 and just traded for 3 experienced players.

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