I'm always on the lookout for web sites with genealogy databases or data portals. I saw a reference to http://daddezio.com/ and checked it out.
First off, this is a site for Italian genealogy research. Everything you always wanted, or needed, to know about researching families with Italian names - see http://www.daddezio.com/italgen.html.
But there is a lot more. There are a number of web pages dedicated to different topics.
If you want to search for a surname, try http://daddezio.com/genealogy/search/index.html - you can put a surname in and see what information you can find. You get a list of databases with the surname, both free and subscription sites. There is also a GenWatcher feature where, if you provide an email address, you can be notified whenever data is added for three of your surnames.
There is a page for Vital Records by state at http://daddezio.com/records/room/index.html. Click on a state and you can see a summary of the available vital records, and how to order them from the state or a county. There are links to available databases (free or subscription), and a listing of counties with addresses and links to county genealogy web sites.
There are many more web pages at the site - if you have exhausted the other "more popular" sites, you may find what you need at http://daddezio.com/ .
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Any genealogy lovers out there?
Are there any genealogy couples (you know, two people together) more into romancing rather than researching right now? JMK Genealogy has a gift just for you - at http://genealogy-gifts.blogspot.com/index.html. Their latest shirt image is below:
He notes that this is probably the ultimate way to propose to a genealogist.
He notes that this is probably the ultimate way to propose to a genealogist.He has another Valentine's day image also:
That's cute...
There are lots more T-shirts and other gifts - check his blog pictures and his other site at http://www.genealogy-gifts.com. The one I enjoy reads:
Genealogy is like sex...
You think it about it most of the time...
You’re always anticipating the next time you can do it...
Your partner hangs around looking bored until you're finished...
You become irritable if you go too long without doing it...
Me, I'd like a T-shirt that says "Sexy genealogist for hire" over a family tree image. And an "I sleep with a sexy genealogist" shirt for my Angel Linda.
Any other ideas for T-shirts for Valentine's Day? I'm sure JMK would love to hear about them!
Monday, January 8, 2007
Valentine's Day - Genealogy Style
There is an article with that title, by Tina Sassone, Genealogy editor for Bella Online, at http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art7901.asp. She says:
The article discusses Valentine's Day traditions in different countries. Some are really interesting!
I'm wondering just how many Casanovas are in the census records?
Valentine's Day is coming soon. If you're a genealogist, or have a genealogist sweetheart, here are some great ideas for the special day!
Take a look through your tree and find out which country (other than the one you're in) you're predominantly from. Then start planning out Valentine's Day activities based on those traditions!
The article discusses Valentine's Day traditions in different countries. Some are really interesting!
I'm wondering just how many Casanovas are in the census records?
Della's Journal - January 8 - 14, 1929
This is Installment 2 of the Journal of Della (Smith) Carringer, my great-grandmother. The "players" and "setting" are described here. The last week is here.
Tuesday, January 8: Ma & I worked in yard in fore-noon fixed asparagrus bed & I trimmed rose trees & Hibiscus. After lunch Mary Dyar came to stay a few days. Bert's sister's boy Clyde Meriacl his wife & her mother came to see her relatives so Mary rode down with them.
Wednesday, January 9: I went down town deposited 20-- checked out 8-- bought Mrs. Snyder asthamus med. 2.65, took it out and she paid me. Gro. 2.50 meat .50 Liver(?) .15 ribbons .40 clothespins .30 doughnuts .25 bread .10 W.O.W. Inshurance man was here. Then Mary's folks called.
Thursday, January 10, pleasant: Mary went home at 1 P.M. We had a very nice visit. Emily worked. Betty going to school all right. Men here that own lots. I went down met them at Union Title office. I signed paper to extend mortg for 3 yrs brought home paper for A to sign. Took deed to be recorded that Ma made me in 1922 of lots in E San Diego. .80. Got home 5:40 P.M. went out to Forrest's to take Xmas presents. Katie's mother died about Thanksgiving time. Jack called Mrs. Baxter got fern.
Friday, January 11, pleasant: Ma has called on Mrs. Nata?a & Mrs. Chapman got the Gro. card from Mrs. Trisher. She is going back to Clamath Falls.
Saturday, January 12: Ed over. He cut lawn. A went to town, got book at Library. Gave Ed 2 tokens some money & will send him a check. Emily worked all week.
Sunday, January 13, pleasant: Lyle's went to the country they had a nice time. Ma, A & I took tub baths.
Monday, January 14: Mr. Watson & Miss Thoren Pd rent. Emily worked. We washed.
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One of the interesting things about this family is that Della did all of the legal and financial transactions. Mary Dyar was a cousin, married to Bert Dyar, who lived in Long Beach, I think.
Tuesday, January 8: Ma & I worked in yard in fore-noon fixed asparagrus bed & I trimmed rose trees & Hibiscus. After lunch Mary Dyar came to stay a few days. Bert's sister's boy Clyde Meriacl his wife & her mother came to see her relatives so Mary rode down with them.
Wednesday, January 9: I went down town deposited 20-- checked out 8-- bought Mrs. Snyder asthamus med. 2.65, took it out and she paid me. Gro. 2.50 meat .50 Liver(?) .15 ribbons .40 clothespins .30 doughnuts .25 bread .10 W.O.W. Inshurance man was here. Then Mary's folks called.
Thursday, January 10, pleasant: Mary went home at 1 P.M. We had a very nice visit. Emily worked. Betty going to school all right. Men here that own lots. I went down met them at Union Title office. I signed paper to extend mortg for 3 yrs brought home paper for A to sign. Took deed to be recorded that Ma made me in 1922 of lots in E San Diego. .80. Got home 5:40 P.M. went out to Forrest's to take Xmas presents. Katie's mother died about Thanksgiving time. Jack called Mrs. Baxter got fern.
Friday, January 11, pleasant: Ma has called on Mrs. Nata?a & Mrs. Chapman got the Gro. card from Mrs. Trisher. She is going back to Clamath Falls.
Saturday, January 12: Ed over. He cut lawn. A went to town, got book at Library. Gave Ed 2 tokens some money & will send him a check. Emily worked all week.
Sunday, January 13, pleasant: Lyle's went to the country they had a nice time. Ma, A & I took tub baths.
Monday, January 14: Mr. Watson & Miss Thoren Pd rent. Emily worked. We washed.
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One of the interesting things about this family is that Della did all of the legal and financial transactions. Mary Dyar was a cousin, married to Bert Dyar, who lived in Long Beach, I think.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
More Odd Names in History
As many of you know, I've become a collector of "odd, strange and funny names" of people who have existed in history. I have written several posts from my own research and that of others. So I wasn't too surprised when my CVGS colleague Susi sent along a link to http://f2.org/humour/language/oddnames.html.
I don't know how I missed this page before, but it is absolutely a grand collection of names, some with an explanation. Some of the best IMHO are (from "Remarkable Names of Real People" by John Train (1977):
* Bambina Broccoli, New York City
* Humperdink Fangboner, Lumber Dealer, and Fanny Fangboner, Nurse, Sandusky, Ohio.
* Orange Marmalade Lemon, Wichita, Kansas.
* Anil G. Shitole, Rochester, New York.
* Ginger Screws Casanova, Eureka, California (Eureka Times-Standard).
* If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebones, London, England [Set up first the fire insurance office in Britain. Changed his name to Nicholas Barbon].
* Pepsi Cola Atom-Bomb Washington, Upper Marlboro, Md [Youngest of twenty-two children].
* Lovey Nookey Good, Texas State Health Department, Austin, Texas.
* Solomon Gemorah, Brooklyn, New York.
* John Hodge Opera House Centennial Gargling Oil Samuel J. Tilden Ten Brook, Olcott, New York [Born in 1876, the centennial year, and named in honour of John Hodge, who owned the Hodge Opera House, manufactured gargling oil, and supported the Presidential candidacy of Samuel J. Tilden. His friends called him "Buck"].
Read them all - an excellent collection!!
My reaction to these odd names is always the same - "what were their parents thinking?"
I don't know how I missed this page before, but it is absolutely a grand collection of names, some with an explanation. Some of the best IMHO are (from "Remarkable Names of Real People" by John Train (1977):
* Bambina Broccoli, New York City
* Humperdink Fangboner, Lumber Dealer, and Fanny Fangboner, Nurse, Sandusky, Ohio.
* Orange Marmalade Lemon, Wichita, Kansas.
* Anil G. Shitole, Rochester, New York.
* Ginger Screws Casanova, Eureka, California (Eureka Times-Standard).
* If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebones, London, England [Set up first the fire insurance office in Britain. Changed his name to Nicholas Barbon].
* Pepsi Cola Atom-Bomb Washington, Upper Marlboro, Md [Youngest of twenty-two children].
* Lovey Nookey Good, Texas State Health Department, Austin, Texas.
* Solomon Gemorah, Brooklyn, New York.
* John Hodge Opera House Centennial Gargling Oil Samuel J. Tilden Ten Brook, Olcott, New York [Born in 1876, the centennial year, and named in honour of John Hodge, who owned the Hodge Opera House, manufactured gargling oil, and supported the Presidential candidacy of Samuel J. Tilden. His friends called him "Buck"].
Read them all - an excellent collection!!
My reaction to these odd names is always the same - "what were their parents thinking?"
Isaac Buck in the Woodpile - Post 2
The earlier post about the paternity of Isaac Buck (1757-1846) is here.
The question is "Was his father the Isaac Buck (1706-1780), husband of Ruth Graves, or another Isaac Buck, perhaps younger, and more the age of Mary Richards (b. 1733)?"
The book "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts," edited by Ellery Bickell Crane, The Lewis Publishing company, New York, 1907, Volume 2, pg. 363, says:
"(V) Isaac Buck, son of Ephraim Buck (IV) was born about 1705 in Woburn Mass or vicinity. He was living at Woburn when he married at Reading Mass, Dec 3 1729, Ruth Graves. Isaac Buck moved to Southboro and with his wife Ruth sold their rights in the estate of her father, Joseph Graves, late of Southboro, Mass, October 19 1757. Among their children were: Isaac, born about 1730; Esther, married at Southboro, May 4 1762, Elisha Bruce Jr.; probably others.
"(VI) Isaac Buck, son of Isaac Buck (V), was born about 1730. He removed to Southboro with his father, and married Mary Richards about 1755. His children: Isaac, born in Southboro, Sept 27 1757, see forward; Susanna, married November 14 1793 Elisha Bemis. The family removed to Bolton, Mass."
It goes on to tell about Isaac Buck's (born 1757) family (he settled finally in Sterling, which was created in 1791 from Lancaster), had a big family with Patty Phillips, and provides several more generations in one line.
The question arises: Did the Isaac Buck, born 1730, really exist? There are no vital records for birth, marriage or death, and no land or probate records in Worcester or Middlesex Counties for him. Just because a memoir book says he existed doesn't make it true. The memoir book entry may have been from an earlier family history book or unpublished research efforts.
There are no other Buck records in Southborough town records other than the ones noted above.
The index and abstracts of all Buck probate records in Worcester and Middlesex Counties were reviewed, and do not reveal records for the elder, middle or younger Isaac Buck. Land index records for Worcester County were reviewed, and do not reveal any land bought or sold by any Isaac Buck (except the husband of Ruth) before 1800. There are many listings for other Buck families, including Isaac Buck's (1757-1846) descendants around Sterling MA.
Isaac and Ruth Buck granted land in Southborough to Joseph Graves in 1765. This record was dated 19 October 1757 and registered by the court 29 October 1765. Isaac and Ruth Buck "of Southborough" deeded the property received from their "honoured father Thomas Graves" to Joseph Graves, Ruth (Graves) Buck's brother. Their parents Thomas and Ruth (Collins) Graves had died in February 1756, and this was why the Bucks had come to Southboro. For the purposes of this study, there is a very important statement in the deed:
"...In witness thereof we the said Isaac Buck and Ruth his wife have hereunto put our hands and seals this thirtieth day of December Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty six and in ye thirtieth year of his majestie's reign, Isaac Buck [seal] and Ruth Buck [seal] signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Isaac Buck Jr [mark] & Ebenr Buck. " [Worcester County Land Records vol. 65, page 61]
This is the first and only direct evidence of the existence of an Isaac Buck Jr. The senior Isaac Buck is the only Isaac Buck found in the Southborough records in that time period (except for the baby Isaac born in 1757). Why was the deed signed in the presence of Isaac Buck Jr and Ebenezer Buck? My hypothesis is that they were sons of age 18 or more and heirs of Isaac and Ruth Buck. Their other known son, Joseph Buck, was baptized in 1748 and was probably not of age in 1756 when the deed was signed.
If I apply the Genealogical Proof Standard, the best piece of evidence I have is this deed, and the information in the deed is primary (Isaac Buck Jr. was a witness to the deed), the source is derivative (but is a microfilm copy of a deed transcription in an official county record book) and the evidence is direct (requires no supporting evidence). There is no other piece of evidence except for the memoir book (which corroborates the deed information), after an exhaustive search for other evidence.
The only conflicting evidence at hand is that there was another Isaac Buck (born 1706) in Southboro at the time, residing, with his wife Ruth, with Joseph Richards, the brother of Mary Richards. Could this older Isaac Buck have been the father of Isaac Buck, born 1757 to Mary Richards? It is possible but, in my opinion, not very probable. If there was a younger Isaac Buck, an unrecorded son of the older Isaac Buck, then he is almost surely the father of the baby by Mary Richards.
My conclusion is that Isaac and Ruth (Graves) Buck had a son named Isaac Buck, born around 1730, not recorded in any town record or church record, who fathered Isaac Buck (born 1757) by Mary Richards.
Now I wonder what happened to the middle Isaac Buck, born about 1730? The memoir book says he removed to Bolton MA (at least one Isaac Buck entered the Rev War from Bolton - I've always thought it was the Isaac born 1757). But there are no other records to my knowledge.
Your comments on the research problem and my hypothesis and conclusion are welcome! What have I missed?
The question is "Was his father the Isaac Buck (1706-1780), husband of Ruth Graves, or another Isaac Buck, perhaps younger, and more the age of Mary Richards (b. 1733)?"
The book "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts," edited by Ellery Bickell Crane, The Lewis Publishing company, New York, 1907, Volume 2, pg. 363, says:
"(V) Isaac Buck, son of Ephraim Buck (IV) was born about 1705 in Woburn Mass or vicinity. He was living at Woburn when he married at Reading Mass, Dec 3 1729, Ruth Graves. Isaac Buck moved to Southboro and with his wife Ruth sold their rights in the estate of her father, Joseph Graves, late of Southboro, Mass, October 19 1757. Among their children were: Isaac, born about 1730; Esther, married at Southboro, May 4 1762, Elisha Bruce Jr.; probably others.
"(VI) Isaac Buck, son of Isaac Buck (V), was born about 1730. He removed to Southboro with his father, and married Mary Richards about 1755. His children: Isaac, born in Southboro, Sept 27 1757, see forward; Susanna, married November 14 1793 Elisha Bemis. The family removed to Bolton, Mass."
It goes on to tell about Isaac Buck's (born 1757) family (he settled finally in Sterling, which was created in 1791 from Lancaster), had a big family with Patty Phillips, and provides several more generations in one line.
The question arises: Did the Isaac Buck, born 1730, really exist? There are no vital records for birth, marriage or death, and no land or probate records in Worcester or Middlesex Counties for him. Just because a memoir book says he existed doesn't make it true. The memoir book entry may have been from an earlier family history book or unpublished research efforts.
There are no other Buck records in Southborough town records other than the ones noted above.
The index and abstracts of all Buck probate records in Worcester and Middlesex Counties were reviewed, and do not reveal records for the elder, middle or younger Isaac Buck. Land index records for Worcester County were reviewed, and do not reveal any land bought or sold by any Isaac Buck (except the husband of Ruth) before 1800. There are many listings for other Buck families, including Isaac Buck's (1757-1846) descendants around Sterling MA.
Isaac and Ruth Buck granted land in Southborough to Joseph Graves in 1765. This record was dated 19 October 1757 and registered by the court 29 October 1765. Isaac and Ruth Buck "of Southborough" deeded the property received from their "honoured father Thomas Graves" to Joseph Graves, Ruth (Graves) Buck's brother. Their parents Thomas and Ruth (Collins) Graves had died in February 1756, and this was why the Bucks had come to Southboro. For the purposes of this study, there is a very important statement in the deed:
"...In witness thereof we the said Isaac Buck and Ruth his wife have hereunto put our hands and seals this thirtieth day of December Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty six and in ye thirtieth year of his majestie's reign, Isaac Buck [seal] and Ruth Buck [seal] signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Isaac Buck Jr [mark] & Ebenr Buck. " [Worcester County Land Records vol. 65, page 61]
This is the first and only direct evidence of the existence of an Isaac Buck Jr. The senior Isaac Buck is the only Isaac Buck found in the Southborough records in that time period (except for the baby Isaac born in 1757). Why was the deed signed in the presence of Isaac Buck Jr and Ebenezer Buck? My hypothesis is that they were sons of age 18 or more and heirs of Isaac and Ruth Buck. Their other known son, Joseph Buck, was baptized in 1748 and was probably not of age in 1756 when the deed was signed.
If I apply the Genealogical Proof Standard, the best piece of evidence I have is this deed, and the information in the deed is primary (Isaac Buck Jr. was a witness to the deed), the source is derivative (but is a microfilm copy of a deed transcription in an official county record book) and the evidence is direct (requires no supporting evidence). There is no other piece of evidence except for the memoir book (which corroborates the deed information), after an exhaustive search for other evidence.
The only conflicting evidence at hand is that there was another Isaac Buck (born 1706) in Southboro at the time, residing, with his wife Ruth, with Joseph Richards, the brother of Mary Richards. Could this older Isaac Buck have been the father of Isaac Buck, born 1757 to Mary Richards? It is possible but, in my opinion, not very probable. If there was a younger Isaac Buck, an unrecorded son of the older Isaac Buck, then he is almost surely the father of the baby by Mary Richards.
My conclusion is that Isaac and Ruth (Graves) Buck had a son named Isaac Buck, born around 1730, not recorded in any town record or church record, who fathered Isaac Buck (born 1757) by Mary Richards.
Now I wonder what happened to the middle Isaac Buck, born about 1730? The memoir book says he removed to Bolton MA (at least one Isaac Buck entered the Rev War from Bolton - I've always thought it was the Isaac born 1757). But there are no other records to my knowledge.
Your comments on the research problem and my hypothesis and conclusion are welcome! What have I missed?
Saturday, January 6, 2007
What happened to Virgil?
I went to bed last night wondering what happened to Virgil Corporon, the 13 year old boy in 1913 who was found on the streets of Kansas City by the cops after his parents divorced and nobody wanted him. He seemed like an enterprising lad. I was hoping that he turned out to be a successful person.
In the 1910 census, he resided with his parents Edward and Annie Corporon in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. I couldn't find him in the 1920 census records. I did find him in the 1930 census records, living in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, CA, with a wife Edith and a daughter Viola. He was a truck driver.
There are no WW 1 draft registration or World War 2 Army enlistment records for him. The CA death records (1940-1997) and SSDI did not reveal a death date. There are no obituaries or newspaper articles about him in the Ancestry.com newspaper and obituary collections. He is not listed at www.interment.net or at www.findagrave.com.
A good Google search revealed nothing but the Kansas City story. He is in the LDS Pedigree Resource File, based on the KC story (it was a Sebree (one of the cop surnames) researcher).
There are several entries for Lewis Virgil Corporon in the Ancestry World Tree files. It says he had a second child by Edith, that he married a second wife Nettie Mae Barton in 1942, and that he served in the US Navy during World War 2, and that his daughter Viola Corporon married Earl Jones in 1946. The WW 2 military records at www.militaryindexes.com were searched without finding a record of him.
Unfortunately, we don't have online access to ALL of the newspapers of the past, nor to ALL of the state death indexes, nor to ALL of the military, land and court records. But isn't it amazing what resources are available online now, and just think what it will be like in 5 to 10 years!
I'm glad that Virgil found a job, got married, and had at least one child. I still hope that he was successful in life.
UPDATE 7 January, 7 PM PST: Sharon Elliott took the new information about Virgil and found Louis Corporon in the SSDI - he died in 1975 in Oklahoma. She also found him in the 1920 census in Iowa living with his brother, Leo. Thanks, Sharon!
In the 1910 census, he resided with his parents Edward and Annie Corporon in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. I couldn't find him in the 1920 census records. I did find him in the 1930 census records, living in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, CA, with a wife Edith and a daughter Viola. He was a truck driver.
There are no WW 1 draft registration or World War 2 Army enlistment records for him. The CA death records (1940-1997) and SSDI did not reveal a death date. There are no obituaries or newspaper articles about him in the Ancestry.com newspaper and obituary collections. He is not listed at www.interment.net or at www.findagrave.com.
A good Google search revealed nothing but the Kansas City story. He is in the LDS Pedigree Resource File, based on the KC story (it was a Sebree (one of the cop surnames) researcher).
There are several entries for Lewis Virgil Corporon in the Ancestry World Tree files. It says he had a second child by Edith, that he married a second wife Nettie Mae Barton in 1942, and that he served in the US Navy during World War 2, and that his daughter Viola Corporon married Earl Jones in 1946. The WW 2 military records at www.militaryindexes.com were searched without finding a record of him.
Unfortunately, we don't have online access to ALL of the newspapers of the past, nor to ALL of the state death indexes, nor to ALL of the military, land and court records. But isn't it amazing what resources are available online now, and just think what it will be like in 5 to 10 years!
I'm glad that Virgil found a job, got married, and had at least one child. I still hope that he was successful in life.
UPDATE 7 January, 7 PM PST: Sharon Elliott took the new information about Virgil and found Louis Corporon in the SSDI - he died in 1975 in Oklahoma. She also found him in the 1920 census in Iowa living with his brother, Leo. Thanks, Sharon!
More UFO attempts
I posted three days ago about my search for the Robert Leroy Thompson family here.
UPDATE 7 January: Note that "UFO" refers to "Unidentified Family Origin" in the original post.
Sharon Elliott was kind enough to find another sighting of Leroy Thompson in a Shelby County TN hospital after WW 1, and commented that perhaps the birth date I have is incorrect - he may be younger.
I tried more searches tonight using only the given names:
1) Lois (and Loi* and Lou*) born 1924-28, with father Rob* (and Lee* and Ler*) and mother Lil* (and Lel*). Lois/Rob*/Lil* turned up 13 hits in the whole USA - none close to Thompson, and only one in TN. And a few more with the alternate spellings, but again nothing close.
2) My friend and her sister thinks the family was in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee in 1930, based on the birthplaces of the children (the one born in 1926 is still living). So - on the theory that the family is hiding under another surname - either intentionally or by an enumerator mistake - I searched Sullivan County TN for all Loi* (and Lou*) to see if I could uncover a family with about the right structure (father b. ca 1885, mother born ca 1900, daughter Gwen b. ca 1922, daughter Lois born ca 1926). There were 12 Lois hits, but none of them had the family structure. There were no Gwen hits at all.
3) Perhaps they all used their middle names? I searched for (Gwen) Margaret and (Lois) Elizabeth in Sullivan County TN without success.
My next step is a line-by-line review of Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN to see if the family was missed by the indexers. Any bets on this? Any suggestions?
UPDATE 7 January: Note that "UFO" refers to "Unidentified Family Origin" in the original post.
Sharon Elliott was kind enough to find another sighting of Leroy Thompson in a Shelby County TN hospital after WW 1, and commented that perhaps the birth date I have is incorrect - he may be younger.
I tried more searches tonight using only the given names:
1) Lois (and Loi* and Lou*) born 1924-28, with father Rob* (and Lee* and Ler*) and mother Lil* (and Lel*). Lois/Rob*/Lil* turned up 13 hits in the whole USA - none close to Thompson, and only one in TN. And a few more with the alternate spellings, but again nothing close.
2) My friend and her sister thinks the family was in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee in 1930, based on the birthplaces of the children (the one born in 1926 is still living). So - on the theory that the family is hiding under another surname - either intentionally or by an enumerator mistake - I searched Sullivan County TN for all Loi* (and Lou*) to see if I could uncover a family with about the right structure (father b. ca 1885, mother born ca 1900, daughter Gwen b. ca 1922, daughter Lois born ca 1926). There were 12 Lois hits, but none of them had the family structure. There were no Gwen hits at all.
3) Perhaps they all used their middle names? I searched for (Gwen) Margaret and (Lois) Elizabeth in Sullivan County TN without success.
My next step is a line-by-line review of Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN to see if the family was missed by the indexers. Any bets on this? Any suggestions?
Friday, January 5, 2007
Tough times in Iowa
One of the surnames I'm working with in my friend's ancestry is Corporon. She has a family by that name in Centerville, Appanoose county, Iowa. When I put the surname into the Linkpendium surname search, and clicked on the message board link, I was surprised to find this message on the board:
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"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, April 21, 1913
AGREEABLY ARRESTED.
A 13-year-old boy walked into the station between J. F. Darnell and S. J. Sebree, the largest two patrolmen on the police force, last night. When Samuel I. Reed, sergeant, asked what his crime was, he said: "Nothing, only asking these gentlemen where I could get something to eat."
Darnell and Sebree explained that the boy was so gentlemanly that they had taken him to a restaurant, where he ate a steak, four eggs, two cups of coffee and two stacks of hot cakes. He said his name was Virgil Corporon and he formerly lived in Centerville, IA. He said his parents were divorced and each had remarried and he was welcome in neither home.
"When I went to my father's home," he said, "my stepmother would tell me I had better go and live with my mother and when I went there my stepfather would tell me to get out. Mother cried and begged my stepfather to let me stay with them."
Here the boy paused and wiped away a tear. "But he said that he didn't want anybody else's brats about."
"I worked my way to Kansas City be sweeping out the caboose of a freight train. I got here yesterday morning and the brakeman bought me something to eat. I tried all day yesterday and today to get a job, but nobody wanted a boy. Tonight I got so hungry that I stopped these policemen."
He was taken to the Detention Home. An effort will be made today to obtain a job for him.
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Virgil is not my friend's ancestor, but he certainly must have been her distant cousin.
I can't help wondering what happened to Virgil Corporon. Did he go back to his family? Did he survive his teenage years and become a working man and a family man? I hope so - he sure sounds like a responsible 13 year old young man in the article. Hungry too.
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"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, April 21, 1913
AGREEABLY ARRESTED.
A 13-year-old boy walked into the station between J. F. Darnell and S. J. Sebree, the largest two patrolmen on the police force, last night. When Samuel I. Reed, sergeant, asked what his crime was, he said: "Nothing, only asking these gentlemen where I could get something to eat."
Darnell and Sebree explained that the boy was so gentlemanly that they had taken him to a restaurant, where he ate a steak, four eggs, two cups of coffee and two stacks of hot cakes. He said his name was Virgil Corporon and he formerly lived in Centerville, IA. He said his parents were divorced and each had remarried and he was welcome in neither home.
"When I went to my father's home," he said, "my stepmother would tell me I had better go and live with my mother and when I went there my stepfather would tell me to get out. Mother cried and begged my stepfather to let me stay with them."
Here the boy paused and wiped away a tear. "But he said that he didn't want anybody else's brats about."
"I worked my way to Kansas City be sweeping out the caboose of a freight train. I got here yesterday morning and the brakeman bought me something to eat. I tried all day yesterday and today to get a job, but nobody wanted a boy. Tonight I got so hungry that I stopped these policemen."
He was taken to the Detention Home. An effort will be made today to obtain a job for him.
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Virgil is not my friend's ancestor, but he certainly must have been her distant cousin.
I can't help wondering what happened to Virgil Corporon. Did he go back to his family? Did he survive his teenage years and become a working man and a family man? I hope so - he sure sounds like a responsible 13 year old young man in the article. Hungry too.
Surname Searching in Linkpendium.com
I listed a number of free databases in my post yesterday that I frequent when I'm starting my search on a new family, and then I posted about an "all-in-one" web site to do some of those searches.
Today, I went to www.Linkpendium.com and used their surname search, and was really impressed by the number of links to different web sites, many of them free. These searches encompass my own list, and adds a few more database opportunities.
For example, I started on the LeMaster surname today in Iowa, because that is one of my friend's family names. I quickly found them in the 1900, 1880, 1870 and 1860 census records. Then I went to the www.FamilySearch.org databases, the Rootsweb WorldConnect database, and the surname message boards and found some information on the particular line that settled in Monroe County and then Appanoose County, Iowa.
Tonight, at http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/sur/, I found more links to information about this family (by inputting "Lemaster" into the surname box), including:
* Cemetery listings (using www.findagrave.com)
* Searches in www.DistantCousin.com databases
* Searches in Rootsweb databases (WorldConnect, USGenWeb archives, etc)
* LDS Family History Library sources
* Mailing lists and message boards
* Surname distribution
* LDS Ancestral File, IGI and PRF search
* Rootsweb site search (includes Home Pages and Free Pages)
* Photographs (at www.DeadFred.com)
All in all, I like Linkpendium even more than I like the other genealogy search engine I posted about yesterday!
Are you using www.Linkpendium.com for your survey searches of surnames? If not, you might want to try it.
Today, I went to www.Linkpendium.com and used their surname search, and was really impressed by the number of links to different web sites, many of them free. These searches encompass my own list, and adds a few more database opportunities.
For example, I started on the LeMaster surname today in Iowa, because that is one of my friend's family names. I quickly found them in the 1900, 1880, 1870 and 1860 census records. Then I went to the www.FamilySearch.org databases, the Rootsweb WorldConnect database, and the surname message boards and found some information on the particular line that settled in Monroe County and then Appanoose County, Iowa.
Tonight, at http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/sur/, I found more links to information about this family (by inputting "Lemaster" into the surname box), including:
* Cemetery listings (using www.findagrave.com)
* Searches in www.DistantCousin.com databases
* Searches in Rootsweb databases (WorldConnect, USGenWeb archives, etc)
* LDS Family History Library sources
* Mailing lists and message boards
* Surname distribution
* LDS Ancestral File, IGI and PRF search
* Rootsweb site search (includes Home Pages and Free Pages)
* Photographs (at www.DeadFred.com)
All in all, I like Linkpendium even more than I like the other genealogy search engine I posted about yesterday!
Are you using www.Linkpendium.com for your survey searches of surnames? If not, you might want to try it.
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