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Friday, November 12, 2021

Findmypast Friday: Search New Military Records for Free

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52 Ancestors - Week 405: #628 Crispus Richards (1681-1763) of Lynn, Massachusetts

Crispus Richards (1681-1763) is #628 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #629 Sarah Collins (1678-1757) in 1702 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

I am descended through:

* their son #314 Joseph Richards (1703-1748) who married #315 1726 Mary Bouden (1705-1755).

* their daughter #157 Mary Richards (1733-????). who did not marry #156 Isaac Buck (1732-????).

* their son #78 Isaac Buck (1757-1846) married #79 Martha Phillips (1757-1830) in 1791.

* their daughter #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882)married #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) in 1817.

* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) 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: Crispus Richards[1–4]

* Alternate Name: Crispas Richards[5,7]

* Sex: Male

* Father: John Richards 1644-1713

* Mother: Mary Brewer 1653-1706

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

* Birth: 20 October 1681, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3,5]

* Will: 10 April 1756 (age 74), will written; Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]

* Death: 17 May 1763 (age 81), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3,6]

* Burial: after 17 May 1763 (after age 81) Pride of Lynn Cemetery, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[3]

* Probate: 11 July 1763 (age 81), will proved; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]

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

* Spouse 1: Sarah Collins 1678-1757

* Marriage: 21 December 1702 (age 21), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,7]

* Child 1: Joseph Richards 1703-1748

* Child 2: Esther Richards 1705-1805

* Child 3: John Richards 1707-1758

* Child 4: Sarah Richards 1709-

* Child 5: Hannah Richards 1711-1740

* Child 6: Mary Richards 1713-1758

* Child 7: Deborah Richards 1715-1756

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

Winifred Lovering Holman's work, "Edward Richards of Lynn" in The Essex Genealogist provides a fairly complete review of the life and activities of Crispus Richards[1].

Crispus Richards was born 20 October 1681 in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of John and Mary (Brewer) Richards of Lynn[1,3,5].

He married at age 21 Sarah Collins (1678-1757) on 21 December 1702 in Lynn[1,7]. She was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Silsbee) Collins. Some genealogies say she is the widow of Joseph Elliot of Boston, and had four children by him before he died in 1702.

Crispus and Sarah (Collins) Richards had seven children, all born in Lynn but the births were not recorded in the town record books[1]:

* Joseph Richards (1703-1748), married 1726 Mary Bouden (1705-1755).

* Esther Richards (1705-1805), married 1723 Aaron Estey (1699-1783).

* John Richards (1707-1758), married (1) 1733 Lydia Phillips (1714-1753); (2) 1756 Katherine Burchstead (1732-????).

* Sarah Richards (1709-????), married 1734 Henry Ingalls (1701-1796).

* Hannah Richards (1711-1740), married 1738 John Stocker (1713-1810).

* Mary Richards (1713-1758)

* Deborah Richards (1715-1756), married 1739 William Briggs (1715-1769).

The web site An American Family History[2] has information about some of the civic activities of Crispus Richards from the Town Meeting records of Lynn, including:

* In Oct. 1713 Crispus was chosen Town Constable. At the next town meeting in March 1713/14 he "Refused to serve & paid five pounds...and now sd Richards presented Joseph Jacobs to serve in his Roome...& sd Crispus Richards money Returned: sd Jacobs present & accepted."

* In Nov 1715, "Crispas" Richards was appointed a fence viewer.

Upon his father's death in the winter of 1712/13, Crispus Richards received, at the age of 32, all his father's land because "he hath born the Burthen of my Work & Taken keare of Mee in all my long and Tedious Sickness & lameness for this Many Yeares past...."[1,3]

The Holman article provides information about the land dealings of Crispus Richards in Lynn[1].

The Town Records of Lynn contain several more items about the activities of Crispus Richards[2]:

* "At the same meting october ye 8th 1722, Consideration Being had about a peace of Land that Chrispas Richards had Libery to fence in:"

* "Whereas at ye Town Meeting May ye 16th 1722 the Town voted that Chrispas Richards should Pay six pound for ye Land hee complaining that it was moar than it was worth"

* "Therefore the question Being asked wheither the Town would reconsider that Vot of six pound and wheither he should have the land for five pound and it Pased in the affermitive and that Chrispas Richars shall Pay to the selectmen for ye use of the town five Pounds for ye Land which is about one hundred pole."

* "Receive of Chrispas Richards according to ye Town Vote five Pound January ye 22th 1722/23. "

At the town meeting of March 1, 1741/42:

* "the body of the Town Complain they are in great want of Bulls being Kept in sd Bounderies as hath bin in years past that is to say from the Great Bridg so through the body of the Town & those near to it with the Newmans John farringtons eben Tarbox Isaac Latherbe Capt Collins Crispus Richards & so all within sd bounderys Except Squir burrill & the farmes beyond him: Therefore Voted that the Assessors shall at the time when they make the Town Rate assess Each person within sd Boundery at two shillings a Cow."[2]

Crispus Richards died at age 82 on 17 May 1763 in Lynn, Massachusetts[1,3,6]. He was buried in the Pride of Lynn Cemetery in Lynn[3], but no extant gravestone is available.

The will of Crispus Richards is included in Essex County (Massachusetts) Probate Court docket #23,539. It was written on 10 April 1756, and proved by the Court at Salem on 11 July 1763. The will reads[4]:

"In the Name of God Amen, The tenth day of April anno Domini 1756 I Crispus Richards of Lynn in the County of Essex in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman, being decaying in body but of sound mind calling to Mind ye Mortality of body knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & Ordain in this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in christian and decent Manner at the discretion of my Execetutor hereafter named and as touching my worldly Estate I give demise and dispose of as follows: And my will is that all my just Debts and funeral Charges be duly and honestly paid by my Executor out of my Estate.

"Imprimis I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Sarah all my indoor moveable estate to be at her own Disposal and also the Improvement of the one half of my real estate during.

"Item I give and bequeath to yt several Children of my Son Joseph Richards dec-d (Viz) to William Richards, Joseph Richard, Mary Richards, Ebenezer Richards, Hannah Richards, Esther Richards, John Richards & Martha Richards to each of them the Sum of one Shilling lawfull Money to be paid by my Executor within two years after my decease & wifes and that to be their Portion out of my Estate having given their father his portion in his life Time.

"Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Esther Estess one pound six shillings and eight pence to be paid by my Executor out of my Estate within one year after my decease and wifes & that with what I have heretofore done for her to be her portion out of my Estate.

"Item I give to my daughter Sarah Ingulls one pound six shillings & eight pence to be paid by my Executor out of my Estate within two years after I & my Wife shall decease & that with what I have already done for her to be her Portion out of my Estate.

"Item I give & bequeath to my grand Daughter Thankfull Stocker one pound six shillings and eight pence to be paid by my Executor out of my Estate within two years after my & wifes decease & that to be her portion Out of my Estate.

"Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Mary Richards ye Sum of four Pounds per year annually each and every year so long as she shall remain unmarried & in Case she marries then to have one Pound six shillings & eight pence to be paid by my Executor out of my Estate.

"Item I give to my daughter Deborah Richards ten pounds to be paid by my Executor within one year after my decease & Wife's & that to be her portion out of my Estate with ye Priviledge of my west Chamber till married & no longer.

"Item I give devise & bequeath to my son John Richards (whom I likewise constitute make and ordain sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament) all & singular my Housing & Lands Messuages & Tenements in Lynn and elsewhere to him my sd son his heirs and Assigns forever & also all my outdoor moveable Estate of what Name & Nature soever to be to them & his Heirs forever and I do hereby ratify & Confirm this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal,

"Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared by the sd his
Crispus Richards as his last Will & Testament in Crispus x Richards
Presence of we ye Subscribers Mark
William Collins, Theophilus Burrill & William Watts."

The will was presented to the Court at Salem on 11 July 1763, with Theophilus Burrill and William Watts making oath that they were present when Crispus Richards late of Lynn deceased signed, sealed, heard him publish and declare this to be his last will and testament, and that he was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their discerning and that they, together with William Collins, affixed their hands at the same time in his presence as witnesses. The Executor appeared and accepted that trust. The will was proved, approved and allowed by the Judge of Probate, the Honorable John Choate Esquire[4].

5. SOURCES

1. Winifred Lovering Holman, "Edward Richards of Lynn", The Essex Genealogist, Volume 13, Number 1 (February 1993), pages 29-33, Crispus Richards sketch.

2. "Crispus Richards and Sarah Collins Eliot," An American Family History (https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Richards%20Family/RichardsCrispusSarah.html : accessed 11 November 2021).

3. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com), Pride of Lynn Cemetery, Lynn, Mass., Crispus Richards memorial #186257459.

4. Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Crispus Richards of Lynn 176; digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 23 February 2015); includes Will and court approval, 11 July 1763.

5. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1906), 2 Volumes, Births, page 351, Crispas Richards entry, 20 October 1681.

6. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Deaths, page 579, Crispus Richards entry, 17 may 1763.

7. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 326, Crispas Richards and Sarah Collins entry, 21 December 1702.

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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 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 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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Thursday, November 11, 2021

RootsMagic Version 8 Progress in the Genealogy Cave

Genea-Musings readers, and Facebook friends, with a long memory should recall that I was very frustrated that I could not TreeShare my RootsMagic 8 family tree database with my existing Ancestry Member Tree since I added my existing RootsMagic 7 family tree database on 30 September (the day RootsMagic 8 was released). RM8 said my database was connected to my existing Ancestry Member Tree but I was unable to use TreeShare, even after the last RM8 update (8.1.1.0). I also had no Ancestry Web Hints.

Over the past six weeks, numerous RootsMagic users with a family tree database with more than about 15,000 persons have been unable to TreeShare with their existing Ancestry Member Tree. There have been many discussions in the RootsMagic Users Group on Facebook without a resolution to the problem. TreeShare using RootsMagic 7 is still available after a fix in early October.

Over the past six weeks, I have added new content to my RootsMagic 8 database (new profiles and new dates, places, notes, media, sources, etc. to existing profiles) to the extent that I could not go back to RootsMagic 7 because I would lose a lot of database information through a GEDCOM transfer to RootsMagic 7.

1) I want to use my RootsMagic 8 database to generate web hints and to use it for my AncestryDNA matches. So I bit the bullet yesterday, and:

* Disconnected my RM 8 file with the existing Ancestry Member Tree in the "Settings > WebHints" setting.

* Clicked "Reset TreeShare" in the "Settings > WebHints" setting.

* Uploaded my RM 8 file using "Publish > Ancestry TreeShare" and selecting to add a New Ancestry Member Tree. That took about 3.5 hours for my 66,000 profile tree with over 1,000 media items, but it worked.

* When I edited a profile, and added some data (name, dates, places, notes, sources, media, etc.), TreeShare worked for me. And I had some WebHints. Yay!

2) Here is the TreeShare screen before I moved data from RootsMagic to the new Ancestry Member Tree:

On the screen above, I have checked the box in the upper left to "Only show changed people." The names of the changed people since the last TreeShare are in the left-hand column. The RootsMagic data for the selected person is in the middle column. The existing Ancestry Member Tree data is in the right-hand column. Similar data is shown in green and different data is shown in pink. If I wish, I can go edit the RootsMagic person using the "Edit RootsMagic Person" button, or show the Ancestry profile in a browser window using the "Show on Ancestry" button.

I almost always add information to my RootsMagic profiles by hand and then add the person details to the Ancestry Member Tree using TreeShare so that my RM 8 tree and my AMT tree are synchronized. I don't bring data from Ancestry into RootsMagic because the media goes into a special folder where I can't find it and the Ancestry sources are not in standard format.

On the screen above, I want to change the marriage information for this profile on Ancestry, so by clicking the left carat (>) in the RootsMagic column I see:

3) I have to choose between "Add as new record on Ancestry," "Update existing event on Ancestry," or "Delete event from RootsMagic." I chose to update the existing event on Ancestry and saw the Update panel:

On this screen, I clicked on the Date and Place check boxes and then the "OK" button to add them to the Ancestry profile.

One thing I noticed was that I could not click on the check box column to check all of the items like in RootsMagic 7 - now RM 8 requires more mouse clicks for many tasks.

Here is the TreeShare screen reflecting the changed information:

Note that the changed information is reflected in the Ancestry column in blue font.

4) Here is the Ancestry Member Tree profile for this person with the updated marriage date and place:

5) This process seems onerous with many clicks in order to explain it, but I usually do 3 or 4 of them in a minute. Last night, I TreeShared 17 profiles in 5 minutes. It helps to have a lot of experience, and a stable workflow, to use TreeShare.

In this way, I can take Record Hints and genealogy and family history data from any online record provider and/or archive, enter it into RootsMagic during the day, and update my Ancestry Member Tree on a daily basis.

I'm happy to be back in the routine of using TreeShare and will probably try to use it daily rather than weekly (in the past, I often had 200 or 300 profiles to do each week and it often took an hour or more). With a daily routine, I can do 30 changed profiles in less than 10 minutes, which seems like a better use of my available time.

The only drawback for me with the new Ancestry Member Tree is that I don't have the previous supply of Web Hints. However, I'm still working my way through Record Hints in the earlier AMT which still exists and has over 156,000 Record Hints. But now I have to check Record Hints from this new AMT too.

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Disclosure: I receive 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.

I have paid for RootsMagic genealogy software in every version since 2006.

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Seavers in the News - Marie R. Seaver Dies in 1958 in Randolph, Vermont

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 Barre [Vt.] Daily Times newspaper dated 4 December 1958:

The transcription of the article is:

"Mrs. Marie R. Seaver

"RANDOLPH -- Mrs. Marie R. Seaver, 82, died yesterday at Gifford Memorial Hospital. She had been a patient there for two weeks.

"She was born in West Pawlet Dec. 19, 1874, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Roberts. She resided in Williamstown for many years and married Carl S. Seaver on March 27, 1895. Mr. Seaver died in 1947. A son, Howell A., died in 1943.

"She is survived by one son, Hugh L. of Randolph; six grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren, and a brother, Howell G. Roberts of Granville, N.Y.

"She was a member of Charity Chapter, OES, in Williamstown, a past matron and last living charter member. She had been a member for 55 years. In 1953 she joined the Home Family at the OES Home in Randolph.

"Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10:30 from the Randolph Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Saum officiating.

"Burial will be made in the family lot in the Williamstown Cemetery.

"Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7-8 o'clock."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Marie R. Seaver," The Barre [Vt.] Daily Times newspaper, Thursday, 4 December 1958, page 9, column 5, Marie R. Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 November 2021).

This obituary provides the name, birth date and place, parents names, death date and place, age, spouse's name, children names, one sibling's name, and several associations.

Marie Roberts was born 19 December 1874 in West Pawlet, Vermont, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Jones) Roberts. She died 3 December 1958 in Randolph, Vermont. She married Carl West Seaver (1869-1947) on 27 March 1895 in Williamstown, Vermont. They had two children:

* Hugh Leland Seaver (1897-1979), married 1928 Ethel Pearl Rye (1893-1977).

* Howell Ashton Seaver (1901-1943), married 1924 Rhoda Mae Bruce (1900-1993).

Carl Weston Seaver is my 7th cousin 3x removed. The common Seaver ancestor is Robert Seaver (1608-1683) of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them. Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person's obituary has a lot of life information. I am glad that I can honor Marie R. (Roberts) Seaver 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 -- 1702 Marriage of Crispas Richards and Sarah Collins in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay

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 1702 marriage entry for Crispas Richards and Sarah Collins in the Lynn, Massachusetts town vital records book:

The marriage entry is at the bottom of the page in the list under the "Richards" surname:

The transcription of this record is:

"[RICHARDS] Crispas, and Sarah Collins, Dec. 21, 1702*"

The source citation for this record is:

Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1906), 2 Volumes, Marriages, page 326, Crispas Richards and Sarah Collins entry, 9 January 1709-10.

This is an entry in a transcribed and alphabetized Lynn, Massachusetts town vital record book. It is a Derivative Source record with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of Crispas Richards to Sarah Collins on 21 December 1702 in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay.

Crispas Richards (1681-1763) was the son of John and Mary (Brewer) Richards of Lynn. He married Sarah Collins (1678-1757) on 21 December 1702 in Lynn. Sarah Collins was the daughter of Jseph and Sarah (Silsbee) Collins of Lynn.

Crispas and Sarah (Collins) Richards are my 7th great-grandparents through their son Joseph Richards (1703-1748) who married Mary Bouden (1705-1755) in 1726 in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Gloria Mills of Ontario Wins the Ancestry Subscription in Genea-Musings Contest

Last week, I posted Genea-Musings Contest - Win a Free One-Year Ancestry World Explorer Subscription thanks to the offer by Ancestry.com to celebrate my 15,000th Genea-Musings blog post.

The deadline for entries was 11 p.m. PST on Monday (8 November). I received only 21 entries from Genea-Musings readers, Facebook Friends and Twitter users despite the blog post and the social media exposure (of which I get very little).

On Tuesday afternoon I went to https://www.random.org/ and put "21" into the "Max" field, clicked on the "Generate" button and the first random number provided was "14."

I went to my list of entrants and counting down from the top I found that #14 was Gloria Mills of Ontario, Canada. I emailed Gloria and told her she was the winner and she was ecstatic. I emailed my Ancestry.com contact with her name, email and username.

In my contest, I asked the entrants to answer three questions. Here were Gloria's responses:

1) What do you like best about Genea-Musings?

Gloria: I think Genea-Musings has a very comprehensive and up to date list of all the pertinent genealogy news and blogs to help us put flesh on the bones of our ancestors not yet discovered - it's very helpful and fun too!

2) What do you like best about Ancestry.com?

Gloria: Ancestry has such a rich repository of records and documents in one place that helps both the beginner and family history expert both, and finding these records doesn't require rocket science as their search functions are straightforward and easy to manoever.

3) What will you research using the Ancestry World Explorer subscription?

Gloria: My husband Jamie has been making noise about me neglecting HIS side of the tree, so I have promised to devote more time to filling out his branches. His 19th century ancestors are mostly from Ireland and the USA, and it will be interesting to see how far back I am able to reach.

I look forward to hearing how Gloria progresses in her research.

Thank you to the 21 entrants to my contest. Many of the answers to the questions were serious and informative. Unfortunately, there can be only one winner in a contest such as this.

Thank you to Ancestry.com for offering the free subscription and providing it to the contest winner.

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Randy and Linda at Niagara Falls in May 2004 -- Post 693 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs:

The next stop on our May 2004 vacation was Niagara Falls. It was a dreary day but we braved the mist and the showers for the classic pose as the Maid in the Mist boat went by. We took the boat trip a little later. The falls are impressive.

The trip: In May 2004, we flew east to celebrate my cousin's 50th wedding anniversary in Easton, Pennsylvania, and then did some sightseeing and genealogy research in New Jersey, New York, Ontario and Pennsylvania. This is the only time I've been to these states to do research, and it was fascinating and fruitful and fun.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education 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 since the last issue.

1) News Articles:

* Genealogists Volunteer to Research Any African-American Family Tree for Free

* Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference is Saturday, 13 November 2021

* How millions don't know they're related to royalty

* How Gruesome Penny Dreadfuls Got Victorian Children Reading

* The Art of Hand-Carving Headstones Isn’t Dead Yet

2) New or Updated Record Collections:

* Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 30 October to 5 November 2021

* Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 30 October to 5 November 2021

* 52 Newspaper Titles from NDNP Added to DigitalNC

* Veridian Adds/Updates 50 Titles – November, 2021

* Advantage Archives Adds 900 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages – October, 2021

* 1,685 Free United States Online Alumni Collections

3) Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

* Conference Keeper Calendar

* FHF Really Useful Family History Show - November 12-13, 2021 (Virtual)

* THE Genealogy Show: Winter Event - December 3-5, 2021 (Virtual)

* NGS 2022 Family History Conference - May 24-28, 2022 (In-Person!)

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

* GeneaWebinars Calendar

* Family History Library Class and Webinar Calendar - November 2021

* MyHeritage Online Events for November

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 9 November, 11 a.m.: An overview of the massive new record collection from France, by Elizabeth Zetland.

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 10 November, 5 p.m.: The Two Colonial Georgias, by Larry W. Thomas.

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 12 November, 11 a.m.: Court Records for People of Color Family History Research, by Nicka Smith

* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Say Amen: Going to Church with the Master – Finding the Mother Church, by Char McCargo Bah

5) Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

* Research Like a Pro: RLP 174: RLPDNA Study Group 3 – Timeline Analysis and Citations

* Ancestral Findings: AF-545: The Twenty-Second Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments | Ancestral Findings Podcast

* Extreme Genes: Episode 398 - Pass It Down: The Future Of Your Family’s Past / A Halloween Leftover Story

6) Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

* BYU Family History Library: Partner Programs: Find My Past - James Tanner

* BYU Family History Library: Researching the Great Northward Migration 1916-1970 - James Tanner (03 November 2021)

* DearMYRTLE: DearMYRTLE"s CensusGenie - 3 Nov 2021

* DearMYRTLE: Mondays with Myrt - Veterans Tribute 8 Nov 2021

* Family History Fanatics: FamilySearch: 2 More Ways to Search the Record Search Page

* Family Tree Magazine: Gravestone Symbols and Their Hidden Meanings

* FamilySearch: Demo: Privacy in FamilySearch Memories

* Genealogy Adventures Live: S05 E07: Introducing the Sons & Daughters of the Middle Passage Society with Dr. Evelyn McDowell

* MyHeritage: Top tips for reviewing Smart Matches™ and Record Matches

* MyHeritage: Join our Facebook Live about dragging family history information out of your family members!

* RootsMagic: Pictures and Media in RootsMagic 8

* WikiTree: WikiTree Livecast (5 November 2021) - Feature Friday: All About Apps

* WikiTree: WikiTree LiveCast (6 November 2021) - Weekly Recap + WikiTree Challenge update

7) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 5 November 2021?

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Carringers in the News -- Ralph R. Carringer Marries Evelyn Stokes in 1948 in Cedar Rapids

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

This week's entry is from The Gazette [Cedar Rapids, Iowa] newspaper dated 10 March 1948:

The transcription of this article is:

"Evelyn Stokes Married to Ralph R. Carringer

"Miss Evelyn Stokes became the bride of Ralph Richard Carringer Thursday in a ceremony read at 8 p.m. in the chapel of St. Paul's Methodist Church. The Rev. M. B. Kober officiated.

"The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Stokes of foss, Okla., and the bridegroom. formerly of Cedar Rapids, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Carringer of Oklahoma City, Okla.

"The bride wore a powder blue suit with black accessories and a corsage of white orchids.

"Mrs. Ralph Anderson served as matron of Honor and Ralph Anderson as best man.

"A reception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, 625 Fifth avenue SE. After a brief honeymoon the couple will make their home in Oklahoma City, where the bridegroom is attending the University of Oklahoma."

The source citation is:

"Evelyn Stokes Married to Ralph R. Carringer," The Gazette [Cedar Rapids, Iowa] newspaper, marriage article, Wednesday, 10 March 1948, page 18, column 5, Evelyn Stokes and Ralph R. Carringer marriage article; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 8 November 2021).

This marriage article provides the names of the bride and groom, the parents names of the bride and groom, the wedding date and location, the names of the attendants, and where the couple will reside.

Ralph richard Carringer (1926-1993) was born 5 September 1926 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Clinton Tomlinson and Bernice Olivia (Rooks) Carringer. He died 26 September 1993 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Evelyn Della Stokes was born 23 March 1926 in Turkey, Arkansas, the daughter of Lema Ader and Esther Mae (Massey) Stokes. She died 3 January 2009 in Edmond, Oklahoma. The marriage date was estimated to be 4 March 1948 (the Thursday before 10 March 1948) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Ralph Richard Carringer is my 4th cousin 1x removed, with common ancestors of my 4th great-grandparents Martin and Magdalena (Hoax) Carringer.

There are hundreds of Carringer "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them. Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a newspaper article tells us something about the bride and groom. I am glad that I can honor Ralph Richard Carringer and Evelyn Della Stokes 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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