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In the press release, Ancestry.com Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results, the company highlights the financial results and the content additions made on the website.
The highlights about subscribers included:
1) Subscribers totaled 1,701,000 as of September 30, 2011, growth of 24% from the end of the third quarter of 2010 and 2% since the end of the second quarter of 2011.
2) Gross subscriber additions were 274,000 in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 252,000 in the third quarter of 2010 and 322,000 in the second quarter of 2011.
3) Monthly churn was 4.2% in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 4.0% in the third quarter of 2010 and 4.6% in the second quarter of 2011.
The subscriber totals continue to steadily grow; in the third quarter they averaged 91,000 new subscribers per month. However, the monthly churn rate continues to be about 4%, This means that Ancestry.com loses about 70,000 customers each month...and must replace those and add more to increase their subscription count. It's no wonder that they advertise so much!
The highlights about website content included:
1) Launched 61 content collections during the quarter with records from 9 countries. Collections of note include:
** California Voter Registers, 1866-1898, with over 3.6 million records;
** U.S. School Yearbooks, 100 million records added to the yearbook collection;
** The Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970;
** The 1930 Mexico National Census, the most comprehensive publicly available Mexican census;
** Our largest ever Irish collection with over 25 million vital records, including civil registration, baptism, marriage and burial records; and
** German World War I casualty lists from 1914-1917, encompassing more than 5.2 million records.
2) Ancestry.com has reached an agreement with the Landesarchiv Berlin (State Archives in Berlin) to digitize a collection of German vital records. This is part of a program to aggregate German records from 1875 to 1920, an important period in German history and a time of significant immigration to the United States.
3) In August, Ancestry.com was the first entity to formally place an order for the 1940 Census images with the National Archives and Records Administration. When complete, more than 3.8 million original document images containing 130 million-plus records should be available to search by more than 45 fields, including name, gender, race, street address, county and state, and parents' places of birth. It is expected to be Ancestry.com's most comprehensively indexed set of historical records to date.
4) Launched Family Tree Maker (FTM) 2012 with TreeSyncTM, which enables users to easily bring their desktop trees online to share with invited guests, engage with the broader community and continue their research from wherever they are. Bringing these incremental trees online will also benefit the overall Ancestry community by allowing additional collaboration using data previously stored only on individual desktops.
5) Released a beta version of the Ancestry Content Publisher platform, which provides a suite of free tools that enables small- to mid-size archives - such as libraries and genealogical societies - to preserve their historical documents online while providing digital access to the materials in their collections to their users and Ancestry.com subscribers.
From the item 3) above, it appears that Ancestry.com will purchase the 1940 U.S. Census images and will not be the "host" for the National Archives. I'm not surprised!
The financial reports tell me, as an interested observer, that Ancestry.com is a stable and profitable company thriving in a weak economy, while adding significant new content and products on a regular basis.
What do you see in this report that I've missed?
Hat tip to Joel Weintraub for the link!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 11: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 2
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In Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 10: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 1 yesterday, I started creating a book in FTM 2012, getting as far as creating the title page, a four generation pedigree chart, and a four generation ancestral families report ("Ahnentafel Report" in FTM terminology).
In this post, I will demonstrate how to add an Index, a Table of Contents, a Media Item, and then I'll save the finished product as a PDF file.
I wanted to add a Name Index to the book, so in the "Publish" workspace for the book, I clicked on the "Plus" sign in the left-hand panel, then the "Other" item in the list of publication types:
The items in this "Other" list include "Calendar Report," "Smart Story (Text Item)," "Table of contents," "Index" and "Place Holder."
I chose Index, and in about 10 seconds a one-page name index appeared (for names in the items in the book - the pedigree chart and the ancestor report):
When there is more than one person with the same name, the date of birth of the person is included. There appear to be no "Items to Include" or "Index Setup" menus for the Index - you get what FTM wants to give you. There is no Place Index option.
I wanted a "Table of Contents" for the book, so I clicked on the "Plus" sign in the left-hand panel, selected "Other" and "Table of contents," and the Table of Contents appeared:
As you can see, I edited the title to make it Bold and Red color. As you can see, the only items listed are the Pedigree Chart, the Ancestor Report, and the Index. I don't understand why the Ancestor Report line is indented relative to the other two items - that looks like a detail problem to me. The Ancestor Report stands alone, and is not subordinate to the Pedigree Chart.
I wanted to try to add some Pictures to the report. After clicking on the "Plus" button in the left-hand panel, I clicked on the "Media Reports" item and there were three items to select from: "Media Item," "Photo album," and "Media Usage Report:"
I chose the "Media Item" and a blank "Media Item" page opened. It took me awhile to figure out that I should click on the "Media" icon in the right-hand panel next to the "Media item" line. When I clicked the icon, the "Find Media Item" window opened, showing all of the items in the Media file:
I clicked on the wedding picture of my grandparents, clicked OK, and the picture appeared, with a caption below (not shown):
I saw no way to edit the Caption data (which means that information needs to be perfected in the "Media" workspace before creating the book). I could move the Media item up or down in the list of Book Items in the left-hand panel using the up and down arrows in the menu icon line.
I haven't explored the "Photo Album" Media Item, and I'm not sure of the value of the "Media Usage Report" in a Book.
I could delete any Book Item using the "X" icon on the menu icon line.
I'm finished creating my book, so I went in and edited some of the headings in each Book Item, making the headings bold and red.
Here is the Title Page of the book. I want to now Save this book to my computer files, so I click on the "Share" button in the top right-hand corner:
The "Share" options include "Send as PDF," "Send as RTF," "Export to PDF," and "Export to RTF." I chose "Export to PDF" and saved it to my Family Tree Maker file.
I paged through the PDF file and when I got to the end of the Ancestral Families Report ("Ahnentafel Report") I noticed that the Sources were not included. Here is the last page of the Report:
The next page is the Index.
I went back and looked at the "Ahnentafel Report" in the Book in the "Publish" workspace, and the Sources are included (see last screen shot in Post 10). However, they are not included when the Book is published as a PDF file or an RTF file. I've done this process several times, and the sources are not included. This is a major flaw in the FTM Book feature, in my humble opinion. I hope that other "testers" will confirm my observation here.
Over the past few days, I have created three similar books - for four generations, seven generations and ten generations, all with the same Book Items. I will compare page counts, time to create, and PDF file sizes in the next post.
See all posts in this series at Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 Compendium.
In Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 10: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 1 yesterday, I started creating a book in FTM 2012, getting as far as creating the title page, a four generation pedigree chart, and a four generation ancestral families report ("Ahnentafel Report" in FTM terminology).
In this post, I will demonstrate how to add an Index, a Table of Contents, a Media Item, and then I'll save the finished product as a PDF file.
I wanted to add a Name Index to the book, so in the "Publish" workspace for the book, I clicked on the "Plus" sign in the left-hand panel, then the "Other" item in the list of publication types:
The items in this "Other" list include "Calendar Report," "Smart Story (Text Item)," "Table of contents," "Index" and "Place Holder."
I chose Index, and in about 10 seconds a one-page name index appeared (for names in the items in the book - the pedigree chart and the ancestor report):
When there is more than one person with the same name, the date of birth of the person is included. There appear to be no "Items to Include" or "Index Setup" menus for the Index - you get what FTM wants to give you. There is no Place Index option.
I wanted a "Table of Contents" for the book, so I clicked on the "Plus" sign in the left-hand panel, selected "Other" and "Table of contents," and the Table of Contents appeared:
As you can see, I edited the title to make it Bold and Red color. As you can see, the only items listed are the Pedigree Chart, the Ancestor Report, and the Index. I don't understand why the Ancestor Report line is indented relative to the other two items - that looks like a detail problem to me. The Ancestor Report stands alone, and is not subordinate to the Pedigree Chart.
I wanted to try to add some Pictures to the report. After clicking on the "Plus" button in the left-hand panel, I clicked on the "Media Reports" item and there were three items to select from: "Media Item," "Photo album," and "Media Usage Report:"
I chose the "Media Item" and a blank "Media Item" page opened. It took me awhile to figure out that I should click on the "Media" icon in the right-hand panel next to the "Media item" line. When I clicked the icon, the "Find Media Item" window opened, showing all of the items in the Media file:
I clicked on the wedding picture of my grandparents, clicked OK, and the picture appeared, with a caption below (not shown):
I saw no way to edit the Caption data (which means that information needs to be perfected in the "Media" workspace before creating the book). I could move the Media item up or down in the list of Book Items in the left-hand panel using the up and down arrows in the menu icon line.
I haven't explored the "Photo Album" Media Item, and I'm not sure of the value of the "Media Usage Report" in a Book.
I could delete any Book Item using the "X" icon on the menu icon line.
I'm finished creating my book, so I went in and edited some of the headings in each Book Item, making the headings bold and red.
Here is the Title Page of the book. I want to now Save this book to my computer files, so I click on the "Share" button in the top right-hand corner:
The "Share" options include "Send as PDF," "Send as RTF," "Export to PDF," and "Export to RTF." I chose "Export to PDF" and saved it to my Family Tree Maker file.
I paged through the PDF file and when I got to the end of the Ancestral Families Report ("Ahnentafel Report") I noticed that the Sources were not included. Here is the last page of the Report:
The next page is the Index.
I went back and looked at the "Ahnentafel Report" in the Book in the "Publish" workspace, and the Sources are included (see last screen shot in Post 10). However, they are not included when the Book is published as a PDF file or an RTF file. I've done this process several times, and the sources are not included. This is a major flaw in the FTM Book feature, in my humble opinion. I hope that other "testers" will confirm my observation here.
Over the past few days, I have created three similar books - for four generations, seven generations and ten generations, all with the same Book Items. I will compare page counts, time to create, and PDF file sizes in the next post.
See all posts in this series at Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 Compendium.
(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 176: Inside the Four-Mile Inn Kitchen
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I've been posting old family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but now I want to post some current photographs. This is not a wordless posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.
On Day 13 on the Seaver Family History Mystery Tour five weeks ago, we visited Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Wisconsin to see the Four-Mile Inn that my second great-grandfather, Ranslow Smith, built in 1853 in Rolling Prairie, Wisconsin. The post noted has pictures of the exterior of the Four-Mile Inn as it stands at Old World Wisconsin.
I took many pictures inside the house, but some of them didn't turn out (and my camera battery died during this day). Here are some of the kitchen photos on the main floor of the house:
1) This is the main wood-burning oven and stove for the house. You can see a stove top and an open oven in the photo below:
2) In one corner of the kitchen is an open cabinet with jugs, bowls, bottles, other large and small containers. There are barrels on the floor with coffee and other foodstuffs:
3) In another corner are shelves with baking materials, and a counter for mixing ingredients.
4) Another corner of the kitchen has a pass-through opening into the dining room (which I'm looking through). The young lady in the kitchen is in period dress (1870s they said) and demonstrated all of the kitchen duties and utensils:
Linda spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen talking to the young woman above. She knew quite a bit about all of the owners of the Four-Mile Inn. I wish that I had spent more time listening to the docent, and had captured some of the stories she told. Oh well...another visit calls me!
I've been posting old family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but now I want to post some current photographs. This is not a wordless posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.
On Day 13 on the Seaver Family History Mystery Tour five weeks ago, we visited Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Wisconsin to see the Four-Mile Inn that my second great-grandfather, Ranslow Smith, built in 1853 in Rolling Prairie, Wisconsin. The post noted has pictures of the exterior of the Four-Mile Inn as it stands at Old World Wisconsin.
I took many pictures inside the house, but some of them didn't turn out (and my camera battery died during this day). Here are some of the kitchen photos on the main floor of the house:
1) This is the main wood-burning oven and stove for the house. You can see a stove top and an open oven in the photo below:
2) In one corner of the kitchen is an open cabinet with jugs, bowls, bottles, other large and small containers. There are barrels on the floor with coffee and other foodstuffs:
3) In another corner are shelves with baking materials, and a counter for mixing ingredients.
4) Another corner of the kitchen has a pass-through opening into the dining room (which I'm looking through). The young lady in the kitchen is in period dress (1870s they said) and demonstrated all of the kitchen duties and utensils:
Linda spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen talking to the young woman above. She knew quite a bit about all of the owners of the Four-Mile Inn. I wish that I had spent more time listening to the docent, and had captured some of the stories she told. Oh well...another visit calls me!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Moment I Knew
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In The Moment You Knew on The Armchair Genealogist blog, Lynn Palermo describes how she knew that she needed to make her family a priority, and that led to pursuing her genealogy and family history. She challenged other geneabloggers to write about their "Moment You Knew."
For me, the "Moment I Knew" that I wanted to pursue my genealogy and family history was a fairly long process of dabbling occasionally, thinking that I should pursue genealogy research, and that I should connect with my extended family. I knew who my father's siblings were, but since my mother and her parents were only children, I had no idea if there were relatives on her side.
The catalysts for me were, in order:
1) Taking a family vacation trip to New England in 1982 to visit friends and my aunts, uncles and cousins. Several aunts, my uncle and several cousins had visited us from 1968 to 1982 on their vacations, but I had not met many cousins. During this trip, I sat with my uncle Ed Seaver for about an hour with a cassette tape recorder and asked him questions about his life, parents and the relatives. This was great fun, and I wanted to do more of it.
2) My father died in May 1983, and I realized that I had never really talked to him about his life in a meaningful way. I didn't want that to happen again.
3) During the 1980s, I was busy with life - I had a stay-at-home wife and two growing daughters, and family life was important. I was stressed at work by technical and management issues, and needed an outside interest to intellectually stimulate and interest me.
4) I bought my first IBM PC in 1983, and upgraded it eventually to add a hard drive and a modem, and had word processing software. I had this computer until 1994.
5) I finally read Alex Haley's book, Roots in about 1986. The stories were so interesting that I decided that doing genealogy research might be the intellectual challenge I was yearning for.
In early 1988, I looked for (in my collected papers) and found the Seaver genealogy report that my Aunt Marion had compiled when she was a school teacher in Ashburnham back in the 1950s. It was basically copied from Heywood's The History of Westminster, Massachusetts book, but I didn't know that at the time.
I also found some family pictures in my mother's home, and wrote the aunts, uncles and cousins asking for their help by sharing information and photographs. I sent photocopies of several pictures to them and asked them to identify persons in the pictures, and sent family group sheets asking for additional information. The aunts and uncle were ecstatic that I was doing this, and were very encouraging.
That set me off big time, and I visited the Chula Vista Library and the San Diego downtown library to look at their genealogy collections, and then quickly discovered the San Diego Family History Center. Before long, I was mining the books and microfiches (especially the IGI) at the FHC, and started ordering microfilms from the FHL in Salt Lake City. It wasn't long before I had a family tree in PAF 2.0 based on all of the collected information (mainly from on photocopies of published books and periodicals, and slick microfilm copies). For Christmas 1988, I sent an 8-page Seaver-Richmond Family Journal to my brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins, featuring genealogy data and family stories.
I went back to New England in 1990 with my brother, Scott, to share in the celebration of Uncle Ed Seaver's 50th wedding anniversary in Leominster. Most of the living aunts, uncles and cousins were there, and I met many of the cousins for the first time. I spoke to the group about my research, noting that I thought that I had proved the ancestral connection to Peregrine White of the Mayflower, and there were other Mayflower connections too. They were supportive. The Seaver-Richmond Family Journal has continued as a yearly publication, now 16 pages.
From there until today I did a lot more research, found a genealogy community on Prodigy in 1992, joined CVGS and SDGS by 1994. The family tree got bigger and bigger. Still to come was speaking, the Internet, helping others, attending conferences and seminars, working for my local societies, writing and teaching. and the geneablogger community.
Updated 4 p.m.: Edited several paragraphs to be sensible and grammatically correct.
In The Moment You Knew on The Armchair Genealogist blog, Lynn Palermo describes how she knew that she needed to make her family a priority, and that led to pursuing her genealogy and family history. She challenged other geneabloggers to write about their "Moment You Knew."
For me, the "Moment I Knew" that I wanted to pursue my genealogy and family history was a fairly long process of dabbling occasionally, thinking that I should pursue genealogy research, and that I should connect with my extended family. I knew who my father's siblings were, but since my mother and her parents were only children, I had no idea if there were relatives on her side.
The catalysts for me were, in order:
1) Taking a family vacation trip to New England in 1982 to visit friends and my aunts, uncles and cousins. Several aunts, my uncle and several cousins had visited us from 1968 to 1982 on their vacations, but I had not met many cousins. During this trip, I sat with my uncle Ed Seaver for about an hour with a cassette tape recorder and asked him questions about his life, parents and the relatives. This was great fun, and I wanted to do more of it.
2) My father died in May 1983, and I realized that I had never really talked to him about his life in a meaningful way. I didn't want that to happen again.
3) During the 1980s, I was busy with life - I had a stay-at-home wife and two growing daughters, and family life was important. I was stressed at work by technical and management issues, and needed an outside interest to intellectually stimulate and interest me.
4) I bought my first IBM PC in 1983, and upgraded it eventually to add a hard drive and a modem, and had word processing software. I had this computer until 1994.
5) I finally read Alex Haley's book, Roots in about 1986. The stories were so interesting that I decided that doing genealogy research might be the intellectual challenge I was yearning for.
In early 1988, I looked for (in my collected papers) and found the Seaver genealogy report that my Aunt Marion had compiled when she was a school teacher in Ashburnham back in the 1950s. It was basically copied from Heywood's The History of Westminster, Massachusetts book, but I didn't know that at the time.
I also found some family pictures in my mother's home, and wrote the aunts, uncles and cousins asking for their help by sharing information and photographs. I sent photocopies of several pictures to them and asked them to identify persons in the pictures, and sent family group sheets asking for additional information. The aunts and uncle were ecstatic that I was doing this, and were very encouraging.
That set me off big time, and I visited the Chula Vista Library and the San Diego downtown library to look at their genealogy collections, and then quickly discovered the San Diego Family History Center. Before long, I was mining the books and microfiches (especially the IGI) at the FHC, and started ordering microfilms from the FHL in Salt Lake City. It wasn't long before I had a family tree in PAF 2.0 based on all of the collected information (mainly from on photocopies of published books and periodicals, and slick microfilm copies). For Christmas 1988, I sent an 8-page Seaver-Richmond Family Journal to my brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins, featuring genealogy data and family stories.
I went back to New England in 1990 with my brother, Scott, to share in the celebration of Uncle Ed Seaver's 50th wedding anniversary in Leominster. Most of the living aunts, uncles and cousins were there, and I met many of the cousins for the first time. I spoke to the group about my research, noting that I thought that I had proved the ancestral connection to Peregrine White of the Mayflower, and there were other Mayflower connections too. They were supportive. The Seaver-Richmond Family Journal has continued as a yearly publication, now 16 pages.
From there until today I did a lot more research, found a genealogy community on Prodigy in 1992, joined CVGS and SDGS by 1994. The family tree got bigger and bigger. Still to come was speaking, the Internet, helping others, attending conferences and seminars, working for my local societies, writing and teaching. and the geneablogger community.
Updated 4 p.m.: Edited several paragraphs to be sensible and grammatically correct.
Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 10: Making an Ancestral Family Book - Part 1
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After posting Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 9: The "Ahnentafel Report" yesterday, I had an extended discussion with FTM guru Russ Worthington (the Family Tree Maker User blogmaster) about putting photographs and an index into an "Ahnentafel Report." Russ told me that he makes Books in Family Tree Maker that include a Title Page, a Table of Contents, charts, reports, photos, and an Index. I appreciate his guidance!
I experimented a bit last night and again this morning trying to understand the process and created books to use as an example and to test the program capabilities. This will be a multi-blog post effort because of the many steps required.
To start the Book building process, the user needs to start with a person. I highlighted my grandfather, Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in the "People" workspace:
I clicked on the "Publish" workspace button, and then on the "Book" item in the "Collection list:"
In the "Book" item list, there are three options:
* Genealogy Book (created within FTM 2012)
* Create a Professionally Printed Book Online (using Ancestry.com's MyCanvas feature)
* Go to Existing Online Book Projects (in MyCanvas).
I selected the "Genealogy Report" d was prompted to name the Book in the screen above.
After entering the name of my book, the Title Page appeared with the title. I added a photograph of my grandfather (using Insert > Image from Media Collection) for the Title Page and added the author's name and the copyright information. The Title Page is shown below:
If I wanted to add an Introduction or a Preface after the Ttitle Page, I could have added more pages of text or media.
For my book, I wanted to include a Pedigree Chart and an Ancestral Family Report for Four Generations of ancestors. I clicked the "Plus" sign in the left panel of the screen above - that is to Add an item to the book. The Collection list appears, and I selected "Charts" and then "Pedigree Chart:"
The four generation Pedigree Chart for Frederick Seaver appeared (using the settings I had saved previously - the user can change all of the settings from within the Book process):
Now I wanted to create the Ancestral Family Report (the "Ahnentafel Report" in FTM 2012 terminology), so I clicked on the "Plus" button again, selected "Genealogy Reports" from the collection list, and then highlighted the "Ahnentafel Report" in the list of reports:
I double-clicked on the "Ahnentafel Report" icon in the screen above, and after about 20 seconds, my report appeared on screen.
For four generations of ancestors, there were 33 pages of text, including the sources. Here is the last page of the report, showing the end of the sources:
See all posts in this series at Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 Compendium.
After posting Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 9: The "Ahnentafel Report" yesterday, I had an extended discussion with FTM guru Russ Worthington (the Family Tree Maker User blogmaster) about putting photographs and an index into an "Ahnentafel Report." Russ told me that he makes Books in Family Tree Maker that include a Title Page, a Table of Contents, charts, reports, photos, and an Index. I appreciate his guidance!
I experimented a bit last night and again this morning trying to understand the process and created books to use as an example and to test the program capabilities. This will be a multi-blog post effort because of the many steps required.
To start the Book building process, the user needs to start with a person. I highlighted my grandfather, Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in the "People" workspace:
I clicked on the "Publish" workspace button, and then on the "Book" item in the "Collection list:"
In the "Book" item list, there are three options:
* Genealogy Book (created within FTM 2012)
* Create a Professionally Printed Book Online (using Ancestry.com's MyCanvas feature)
* Go to Existing Online Book Projects (in MyCanvas).
I selected the "Genealogy Report" d was prompted to name the Book in the screen above.
After entering the name of my book, the Title Page appeared with the title. I added a photograph of my grandfather (using Insert > Image from Media Collection) for the Title Page and added the author's name and the copyright information. The Title Page is shown below:
If I wanted to add an Introduction or a Preface after the Ttitle Page, I could have added more pages of text or media.
For my book, I wanted to include a Pedigree Chart and an Ancestral Family Report for Four Generations of ancestors. I clicked the "Plus" sign in the left panel of the screen above - that is to Add an item to the book. The Collection list appears, and I selected "Charts" and then "Pedigree Chart:"
The four generation Pedigree Chart for Frederick Seaver appeared (using the settings I had saved previously - the user can change all of the settings from within the Book process):
Now I wanted to create the Ancestral Family Report (the "Ahnentafel Report" in FTM 2012 terminology), so I clicked on the "Plus" button again, selected "Genealogy Reports" from the collection list, and then highlighted the "Ahnentafel Report" in the list of reports:
I double-clicked on the "Ahnentafel Report" icon in the screen above, and after about 20 seconds, my report appeared on screen.
For four generations of ancestors, there were 33 pages of text, including the sources. Here is the last page of the report, showing the end of the sources:
I could have edited any of the functions (items to include, fonts, header/footer, page setup, etc.) and the report would be re-created.
So far, this is pretty easy, although any limitations on the charts and reports when created individually are still in the book creation process.
In the next post, I'll add a Media Item, create a Table of Contents, and an Index, and save it to a computer file.
Tombstone Tuesday - Levi Holcomb (1763-1854) in Burnett, Wisconsin
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On our Midwest Family History Mystery Tour, we stopped at the Burnett Corners Cemetery in Burnett, Dodge County, Wisconsin. I wrote about finding the gravestone of Mary (Bell) Smith in Tombstone Tuesday - Mary Smith (1805-1865) in Burnett WI.
I took pictures of one other grave while I was there because I was intrigued by it.
Today's pictures are the memorial and gravestone of Levi Holcomb (1763-1854), a Revolutionary War soldier. The front of the memorial, with the gravestone below:
The back of the memorial:
The gravestone reads:
The memorial reads (front side):
REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
VETERAN
------o o o -------
Levi Holcomb was born in Granby,
Connecticut on January 15, 1763. He
enlisted at the age of 16 or 17 as a
substitute for his brother Enos. After
serving for two months in Captain
Phelps's Company. Holcomb again en-
listed as a substitute, this time for
his brother, Ezra, who had been
drafter for six months.
Levi served the enlistment in the
Simsbury Mines guarding British
prisoners. When he received his dis-
(Continued on other side)
Dedicated 2010
The memorial back side reads:
REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
VETERAN
(Continued from other side)
------ o o o ------
charge, he at once enlisted in Captain
Granger's Company of Colonel Samuel
Canfield's Regiment for a period of 15
months. During this final period of
service, Holcomb was stationed at
Stratford, Connecticut.
After the war, Levi lived in New
York and Pennsylvania. Holcomb moved
to Wisconsin Territory where he died
in Dodge County around 1854. Levi
Holcomb is buried in the Burnett
Corners Cemetery.
Funded by the generosity of the Nathaniel Ames
Chapter SAR and the Wisconsin Society
Sons of the American Revolution.
Please note that Levi Holcomb is not my ancestor - I just saw this memorial and thought that I could use it for Tombstone Tuesday, and perhaps lead some of his descendants to where he is buried.
On our Midwest Family History Mystery Tour, we stopped at the Burnett Corners Cemetery in Burnett, Dodge County, Wisconsin. I wrote about finding the gravestone of Mary (Bell) Smith in Tombstone Tuesday - Mary Smith (1805-1865) in Burnett WI.
I took pictures of one other grave while I was there because I was intrigued by it.
Today's pictures are the memorial and gravestone of Levi Holcomb (1763-1854), a Revolutionary War soldier. The front of the memorial, with the gravestone below:
The back of the memorial:
The gravestone reads:
LEVI HOLCOMB
CONNECTICUT
CONTINENTAL TROOPS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
1763 ................................ 1854
The memorial reads (front side):
REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
VETERAN
------o o o -------
Levi Holcomb was born in Granby,
Connecticut on January 15, 1763. He
enlisted at the age of 16 or 17 as a
substitute for his brother Enos. After
serving for two months in Captain
Phelps's Company. Holcomb again en-
listed as a substitute, this time for
his brother, Ezra, who had been
drafter for six months.
Levi served the enlistment in the
Simsbury Mines guarding British
prisoners. When he received his dis-
(Continued on other side)
Dedicated 2010
The memorial back side reads:
REVOLUTIONARY
WAR
VETERAN
(Continued from other side)
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charge, he at once enlisted in Captain
Granger's Company of Colonel Samuel
Canfield's Regiment for a period of 15
months. During this final period of
service, Holcomb was stationed at
Stratford, Connecticut.
After the war, Levi lived in New
York and Pennsylvania. Holcomb moved
to Wisconsin Territory where he died
in Dodge County around 1854. Levi
Holcomb is buried in the Burnett
Corners Cemetery.
Funded by the generosity of the Nathaniel Ames
Chapter SAR and the Wisconsin Society
Sons of the American Revolution.
Please note that Levi Holcomb is not my ancestor - I just saw this memorial and thought that I could use it for Tombstone Tuesday, and perhaps lead some of his descendants to where he is buried.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 9: The "Ahnentafel Report"
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One of the most important features, for me, of any genealogy management program is the narrative reports that it produces. I put all of my biographical family history information into the Notes.
In Family Tree Maker 2012, the Narrative Reports are in the "Publish" Workspace and in the "Genealogy report" list. There are only two Narrative Reports available, the "Ahnentafel Report" and the "Descendant Report." Here is the "Publish" Workspace screen with the "Genealogy Report" item selected:
I had my grandfather, Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) selected in the People workspace previously, so I created the "Ahnentafel Report" (a list of ancestral families from one person, in an ancestor order similar to a pedigree chart) for him:
The default number of generations seems to be four. In the screen above, you can see that there is a heading at the top of the page, a sub-heading for the generation number, and then text.
There are icons in the right-hand panel for "Items to include," "Fonts," "Page Setup," "Save Report Settings," "Use Report Settings," and "Save Report."
For this report, the "Items to include" menu looks like this:
The default seems to be Name, Birth, Marriage and Death facts. The user can add other items to the list of Facts by clicking the Plus button, or can delete items from the list by highlighting the item on the list and clicking the X (delete) button. A user can click on the "Name Options" button below the list of items to select from an "Options: Names" list - shown in the screen above).
There are Fact options (I chose "Include only Preferred Facts," Note options (I chose "Include Person notes" and "Include Fact Notes") and Source options (I chose "Include sources").
The "Fonts" icon in the right-hand panel opens the Fonts menu which permits the user to specify the Font, Size, Color, alignment, and font effects (bold, italic, underline) for the Report Title, Report Headers, Report Body, Report Footer and Preparer Information items. This menu is shown below:
The "Header/Footer" icon opens the Header/Footer menu and the user can select the options desired.
The "Page Setup" icon opens the Page Setup menu where the user can specify portrait or landscape pages, and select the top, bottom, left and right margins for the report.
Any time the information in one of these four icons is changed, the Report is generated again, so the user is advised to set the report settings using a small number of generations so as to minimize the report generation time (four generations took less than ten seconds, but I've waited several minutes for ten generations).
When the user is finished selecting the "Items to Include," the "Fonts," the "Header/Footer" and the "Page Setup," the settings can be saved using the "Save Report Settings" icon.
In the right-hand panel (shown above), the user can select or edit the Report Title, specify a background image, define the Number of Generations, and click on several report options. When everything has been specified, clicking on the "Generate Report" button sets the program off to create the "Ahnentafel Report."
The screen above shows the top of the "Sources" section of the report. The sources are always provided as Endnotes - there is no Footnotes option with the "Ahnentafel Report."
The user can use the "Save Report" icon to save the report within the FTM 2012 system on your computer - I haven't been able to find the file in my file folders. The benefit of this is that the user can go to the "Saved Reports" item in the "Publish" Workspace menu to open a saved report.
The user can click on the "Print" button in the upper right-hand corner to print the report. The user can click on the "Share" button in the upper right-hand corner (shown in screen above) to share or save the Report to:
* Upload to Ancestry
* Upload to MyCanvas
* Send as PDF
* Send as CSV
* Send as RTF
* Send as Image
* Export as PDF
* Export as CSV
* Export as RTF
* Export as HTML
The "Export" function permitted me to "Save As" to my computer files.
While this "Ahnentafel Report" seems very well done, there are some things I would like to see added or improved, including:
* I would like to see an option to start each Generation at the top of a new page.
* The "Notes" I have in this particular file, imported from my RootsMagic 4 database, have extra spaces in the text caused by FTM's use of the CONCatenate GEDCOM tag for all lines, rather than the CONTinue GEDCOM tag like most other programs use. This happens in the Sources also.
* Each person with Notes has a "Notes for [person name]:" line added. There is no blank line after this line - I would like to see another option in one of the menus for this so that it stand out a bit.
* There is no opportunity to include photographs or document images in this report.
* While this is a true "Ahnentafel Report" - meaning a list of ancestral families, I would like to see an option to include all spouses and all children for each person in the ancestor list. The spouses do show up in the Child's list of the person's parents, but the other children do not.
* Sources are provided only as Endnotes. I would like to see a "Footnotes" option, and an "Endnotes after each Section" option.
* My Sources were improted from RootsMagic 4 and have formatting (bold, italics, etc.) and the formatting does not come through in FTM 2012, but shows up is, for example, <i> for italics.
* I would like to see an option for the Preparer's Name in the Footer (there is a check box for "Include Preparer's Information" which puts the information on the last page of the report.
* There is no Index for Names or Places provided in this report.
* I would like to see an option for an "Introduction" page that would go at the beginning of the Report, so the user could explain something about the report - not everyone who receives this report will understand exactly what it is and how it was created.
* One request that I've had for years, and I know that many persons have, is that there be an option to save the file as a Microsoft Word document (and other word processing systems also) with Field Codes for the Names and Places. That would permit users to move text around without having to completely revise the Index.
What other additions or changes to the "Ahnentafel Report" in Family Tree Maker 2012 would you like to see?
One of the most important features, for me, of any genealogy management program is the narrative reports that it produces. I put all of my biographical family history information into the Notes.
In Family Tree Maker 2012, the Narrative Reports are in the "Publish" Workspace and in the "Genealogy report" list. There are only two Narrative Reports available, the "Ahnentafel Report" and the "Descendant Report." Here is the "Publish" Workspace screen with the "Genealogy Report" item selected:
I had my grandfather, Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) selected in the People workspace previously, so I created the "Ahnentafel Report" (a list of ancestral families from one person, in an ancestor order similar to a pedigree chart) for him:
The default number of generations seems to be four. In the screen above, you can see that there is a heading at the top of the page, a sub-heading for the generation number, and then text.
There are icons in the right-hand panel for "Items to include," "Fonts," "Page Setup," "Save Report Settings," "Use Report Settings," and "Save Report."
For this report, the "Items to include" menu looks like this:
The default seems to be Name, Birth, Marriage and Death facts. The user can add other items to the list of Facts by clicking the Plus button, or can delete items from the list by highlighting the item on the list and clicking the X (delete) button. A user can click on the "Name Options" button below the list of items to select from an "Options: Names" list - shown in the screen above).
There are Fact options (I chose "Include only Preferred Facts," Note options (I chose "Include Person notes" and "Include Fact Notes") and Source options (I chose "Include sources").
The "Fonts" icon in the right-hand panel opens the Fonts menu which permits the user to specify the Font, Size, Color, alignment, and font effects (bold, italic, underline) for the Report Title, Report Headers, Report Body, Report Footer and Preparer Information items. This menu is shown below:
The "Header/Footer" icon opens the Header/Footer menu and the user can select the options desired.
The "Page Setup" icon opens the Page Setup menu where the user can specify portrait or landscape pages, and select the top, bottom, left and right margins for the report.
Any time the information in one of these four icons is changed, the Report is generated again, so the user is advised to set the report settings using a small number of generations so as to minimize the report generation time (four generations took less than ten seconds, but I've waited several minutes for ten generations).
When the user is finished selecting the "Items to Include," the "Fonts," the "Header/Footer" and the "Page Setup," the settings can be saved using the "Save Report Settings" icon.
In the right-hand panel (shown above), the user can select or edit the Report Title, specify a background image, define the Number of Generations, and click on several report options. When everything has been specified, clicking on the "Generate Report" button sets the program off to create the "Ahnentafel Report."
The screen above shows the top of the "Sources" section of the report. The sources are always provided as Endnotes - there is no Footnotes option with the "Ahnentafel Report."
The user can use the "Save Report" icon to save the report within the FTM 2012 system on your computer - I haven't been able to find the file in my file folders. The benefit of this is that the user can go to the "Saved Reports" item in the "Publish" Workspace menu to open a saved report.
The user can click on the "Print" button in the upper right-hand corner to print the report. The user can click on the "Share" button in the upper right-hand corner (shown in screen above) to share or save the Report to:
* Upload to Ancestry
* Upload to MyCanvas
* Send as PDF
* Send as CSV
* Send as RTF
* Send as Image
* Export as PDF
* Export as CSV
* Export as RTF
* Export as HTML
The "Export" function permitted me to "Save As" to my computer files.
While this "Ahnentafel Report" seems very well done, there are some things I would like to see added or improved, including:
* I would like to see an option to start each Generation at the top of a new page.
* The "Notes" I have in this particular file, imported from my RootsMagic 4 database, have extra spaces in the text caused by FTM's use of the CONCatenate GEDCOM tag for all lines, rather than the CONTinue GEDCOM tag like most other programs use. This happens in the Sources also.
* Each person with Notes has a "Notes for [person name]:" line added. There is no blank line after this line - I would like to see another option in one of the menus for this so that it stand out a bit.
* There is no opportunity to include photographs or document images in this report.
* While this is a true "Ahnentafel Report" - meaning a list of ancestral families, I would like to see an option to include all spouses and all children for each person in the ancestor list. The spouses do show up in the Child's list of the person's parents, but the other children do not.
* Sources are provided only as Endnotes. I would like to see a "Footnotes" option, and an "Endnotes after each Section" option.
* My Sources were improted from RootsMagic 4 and have formatting (bold, italics, etc.) and the formatting does not come through in FTM 2012, but shows up is, for example, <i> for italics.
* I would like to see an option for the Preparer's Name in the Footer (there is a check box for "Include Preparer's Information" which puts the information on the last page of the report.
* There is no Index for Names or Places provided in this report.
* I would like to see an option for an "Introduction" page that would go at the beginning of the Report, so the user could explain something about the report - not everyone who receives this report will understand exactly what it is and how it was created.
* One request that I've had for years, and I know that many persons have, is that there be an option to save the file as a Microsoft Word document (and other word processing systems also) with Field Codes for the Names and Places. That would permit users to move text around without having to completely revise the Index.
What other additions or changes to the "Ahnentafel Report" in Family Tree Maker 2012 would you like to see?
Amanuensis Monday - Will of Ephraim Hildreth (1654-1731) of Westford, Mass.
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Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the will of Ephraim Hildreth (1654-1731) of Westford, Massachusetts. He married (1) Dorothy Barnes (1664-1686) in 1685 in Stow, and they had one son, Ephraim (1686-1686). He married (2) Anna Moore (1666-1760) in 1686 in Stow, and they had 11 children - Ephraim Hildreth (1687-????), Joseph Hildreth (1689-1764), Richard Hildreth (1691-????), James Hildreth (1692-1696), Ebenezer Hildreth (1696-????); James Hildreth (1698-1761), Jonathan Hildreth (1701-1752), Anna Hildreth (1705-1784), Thomas Hildreth (1707-1707), Jacob Hildreth (1709-????), and David Hildreth (1711-????).
Ephraim Hildreth died testate, having written a will on 5 March 1730/1. His probate records are in Middlesex County [Mass.] Probate Records, Packet #11,316 (accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,397,093). The will reads:
In the Name of god, Amen. The Fifth Day of March, in the year of our Lord 1730/31. I Ephraim Hildreth of Westford, in County of Middl-x in New England, Youman, being very Sick & weak in Body, but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be given unto God; therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is expected for men once to dye, Do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament that is to ???? & principally and first of all, I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, trusting through the Merits, Death and Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit Everlasting Life, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: That is to say,
"First I will that those Debts and deuties as I do owe in Right or conscience to any maner of parson or parsons What so ever Shall be well and truly contented and paid or ordained to be paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor here after named.
"Item I give and bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved Wife all my houshold moveables and stuff and one cow during her natural life and after her decease to Return and Remain to my daughter Anna Butterfield as by a deed I signed to her.
"Item I give and bequeath to my Wife all my money and Bonds which is due or owing or will becom due: and also all my Estate that I have not deeded away all Ready and two cows and four swine to her and her dispose for ever and all so one heffer two years olde to be at her dispose for ever and allso one calf to her and her dispose for ever.
"Item My Will is that my oxen and all my husbandtre tools and instruments and my Waring appariel be Equibly devided amongst all my sons but only Joseph Heldreath my Eldest son to have a duble share of ye same.
"Item I give to my well beloved son Joseph Heldreath all the lands that I gave to him by a deed of gift and allso a duble share of my oxen and husbandtre tools and a duble share of my waring apparriel for his full portion of my Estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son Ebenezer Heldreath all the lands that I gave to him by a deed of gift and all so a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtre tools and a seventh part of my waring apparrel for his full portion of my estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son James Heldreath all the lands that I gave to him by a deed of gift and allso a seventh part of my waring apparriel and a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtre tools for his full portion of my estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son David Heldreath all the lands that I gave him by a deed of gift and all so a seventh part of my waring appariel and a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtree tools for his full portion of my estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved daughter Anna Butterfield forty and six pounds at marradg and a deed I signed to her of several things more which is her full portion of my Estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son Jonathan Heldreath and to my well beloved son Jacob Heldreath all the land that that I let them have by a deed of sail and Eatch one of them a seventh part of my warring apparriel and all so Each one of them a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtre tools for there full portions of my estate.
"And the sd Jonathan Heldreath and Jacob Heldreath I do likewise constitute make and ordain my ondly and sol Executors of this my last will and testement and I do utterly disalow revoake and disanull all and Every other former Testements Wills Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before this time named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last will and testement in Witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above Written.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Ephraim Hildreth as his last Will and testement in the presence of us the Subscribers
Nathaniel Boynton
Samuel Chamberlin .............................................................. /s/ Ephraim Hildreth
Joseph Underwood."
Jonathan Hildreth and Jacob Hildreth presented the will of Ephraim Hildreth of Westford, deceased, to the Judge of Probate of Middlesex County on 12 April 1731. Nathaniel Boynton and Joseph Underwood took an oath that they witnessed the signing and sealing of the will and that Ephraim Hildreth was of sound and disposing mind. The widow, Anna Hildreth, requested in writing that the will be proved.
Jonathan Hildreth, Jacob Hildreth and Joshua Fletcher, yeomen all of Westford, posted bond of 1,000 pounds on 12 April 1731.The Court approved the will and directed the executors to well and faithfully execute the will and administer the estate of the deceased.
The will is very straightforward - it names his wife and all seven living children, including his daughter Anna, wife of John Butterfield. My line is through the son James.
Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the will of Ephraim Hildreth (1654-1731) of Westford, Massachusetts. He married (1) Dorothy Barnes (1664-1686) in 1685 in Stow, and they had one son, Ephraim (1686-1686). He married (2) Anna Moore (1666-1760) in 1686 in Stow, and they had 11 children - Ephraim Hildreth (1687-????), Joseph Hildreth (1689-1764), Richard Hildreth (1691-????), James Hildreth (1692-1696), Ebenezer Hildreth (1696-????); James Hildreth (1698-1761), Jonathan Hildreth (1701-1752), Anna Hildreth (1705-1784), Thomas Hildreth (1707-1707), Jacob Hildreth (1709-????), and David Hildreth (1711-????).
Ephraim Hildreth died testate, having written a will on 5 March 1730/1. His probate records are in Middlesex County [Mass.] Probate Records, Packet #11,316 (accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,397,093). The will reads:
In the Name of god, Amen. The Fifth Day of March, in the year of our Lord 1730/31. I Ephraim Hildreth of Westford, in County of Middl-x in New England, Youman, being very Sick & weak in Body, but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be given unto God; therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is expected for men once to dye, Do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament that is to ???? & principally and first of all, I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, trusting through the Merits, Death and Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit Everlasting Life, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: That is to say,
"First I will that those Debts and deuties as I do owe in Right or conscience to any maner of parson or parsons What so ever Shall be well and truly contented and paid or ordained to be paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor here after named.
"Item I give and bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved Wife all my houshold moveables and stuff and one cow during her natural life and after her decease to Return and Remain to my daughter Anna Butterfield as by a deed I signed to her.
"Item I give and bequeath to my Wife all my money and Bonds which is due or owing or will becom due: and also all my Estate that I have not deeded away all Ready and two cows and four swine to her and her dispose for ever and all so one heffer two years olde to be at her dispose for ever and allso one calf to her and her dispose for ever.
"Item My Will is that my oxen and all my husbandtre tools and instruments and my Waring appariel be Equibly devided amongst all my sons but only Joseph Heldreath my Eldest son to have a duble share of ye same.
"Item I give to my well beloved son Joseph Heldreath all the lands that I gave to him by a deed of gift and allso a duble share of my oxen and husbandtre tools and a duble share of my waring apparriel for his full portion of my Estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son Ebenezer Heldreath all the lands that I gave to him by a deed of gift and all so a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtre tools and a seventh part of my waring apparrel for his full portion of my estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son James Heldreath all the lands that I gave to him by a deed of gift and allso a seventh part of my waring apparriel and a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtre tools for his full portion of my estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son David Heldreath all the lands that I gave him by a deed of gift and all so a seventh part of my waring appariel and a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtree tools for his full portion of my estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved daughter Anna Butterfield forty and six pounds at marradg and a deed I signed to her of several things more which is her full portion of my Estate.
"Item I give to my well beloved son Jonathan Heldreath and to my well beloved son Jacob Heldreath all the land that that I let them have by a deed of sail and Eatch one of them a seventh part of my warring apparriel and all so Each one of them a seventh part of my oxen and husbandtre tools for there full portions of my estate.
"And the sd Jonathan Heldreath and Jacob Heldreath I do likewise constitute make and ordain my ondly and sol Executors of this my last will and testement and I do utterly disalow revoake and disanull all and Every other former Testements Wills Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before this time named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last will and testement in Witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above Written.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Ephraim Hildreth as his last Will and testement in the presence of us the Subscribers
Nathaniel Boynton
Samuel Chamberlin .............................................................. /s/ Ephraim Hildreth
Joseph Underwood."
Jonathan Hildreth and Jacob Hildreth presented the will of Ephraim Hildreth of Westford, deceased, to the Judge of Probate of Middlesex County on 12 April 1731. Nathaniel Boynton and Joseph Underwood took an oath that they witnessed the signing and sealing of the will and that Ephraim Hildreth was of sound and disposing mind. The widow, Anna Hildreth, requested in writing that the will be proved.
Jonathan Hildreth, Jacob Hildreth and Joshua Fletcher, yeomen all of Westford, posted bond of 1,000 pounds on 12 April 1731.The Court approved the will and directed the executors to well and faithfully execute the will and administer the estate of the deceased.
The will is very straightforward - it names his wife and all seven living children, including his daughter Anna, wife of John Butterfield. My line is through the son James.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
October 26th CVGS Program Meeting - "Refighting the Civil War, Part 2"
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Susan Zimmer: Susan joined the Chula Vista Genealogical Society in 2002, after she retired from 31 years teaching at Sweetwater High School. Her interest in genealogy began when her grandfather shared a hand-drawn map of Germany, showing his birthplace. Genealogy success has led her to membership in Daughters of the American Revolution, United States Daughters of 1812, and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865, of which she is currently president of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Tent 5.
The Wednesday, October 26th program meeting of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society is from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, in Chula Vista) Auditorium, and will feature:
“Refighting the Civil War, Part 2” by Susan Zimmer and Robyn Adair
The purpose of the program is to remind people that we are commemorating 150 years from the Civil War.
They will share information about the Civil War connections in San Diego, discuss the two women's organizations which connect to the war, talk about the membership requirements for Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and United Daughters of the Confederacy, and share tips for researching Civil War veterans. The presenters are:
Susan Zimmer: Susan joined the Chula Vista Genealogical Society in 2002, after she retired from 31 years teaching at Sweetwater High School. Her interest in genealogy began when her grandfather shared a hand-drawn map of Germany, showing his birthplace. Genealogy success has led her to membership in Daughters of the American Revolution, United States Daughters of 1812, and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865, of which she is currently president of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Tent 5.
Robyn Adair: Robyn was born in Coronado and grew up there. She joined Oliver Wetherbee Chapter DAR in 1966, the year she and Roy were married. His Naval assignments allowed her to visit much of the east coast and prowl through family cemeteries and courthouses over the years. She is president of the Stonewall Jackson Chapter 476, United Daughters of the Confederacy, a member of United States Daughters of 1812, Daughters of the American Revolution and others.
Please enter the Auditorium through the Conference Room near the east entrance in order to register your presence, pick up the program and have a snack/drink. There will be a brief business meeting before the program.
Best of the Genea-Blogs - 16 to 22 October 2011
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Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.
My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for the genealogy carnivals, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* How do you join the genealogical community? by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog. James highlights a problem many researchers have - what happens to our stuff?
* The Case of the Disappearing Records: Ghost Towns by Susan Farrell Bankhead on Susan's Genealogy Blog. This is an excellent article to help those of us with ancestors that lived in ghost towns, past or present.
* FamilySearch's Genealogy Courses - Review Part 1 by Jenny Lanctot on the Are My Roots Showing? blog. Jenny describes several of the excellent FamilySearch videos available for free online.
* Google Maps ~ 3D Research Trips by Lee Drew on the Family History with the LineageKeeper blog. This is really cool, I think!
* Tips From My Genealogy Pals by Kim von Aspern-Parker on the Le Maison Duchamp blog. Nine genea-pals had tips for Kim - maybe one will help you.
* The Moment You Knew by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog. Lynn tells how she became a genealogist and family historian. Read the comments too...and perhaps contribute your own blog post on the subject.
* A Timeline of my Earliest American Colonial Ancestors 1608-1630 by Betty Tartas on the Betty's Boneyard Genealogy Blog. Betty uses an immigrant ships website to find her early colonial immigrant ancestors. Great site!
* Research, Proof Standards, and DNA Testing by Debbie Parker Wayne on the Deb's Delvings in Genealogy blog. Debbie summarizes a medical book about treatments and how it deals with DNA testing for genetic purposes.
* Day 1 at NARA - Land Case Files - Part 1, Part 2 - Scrip Warrants by Ginger R. Smith on the Genealogy by Ginger's Blog. Ginger and Liz are at the Archives - we get to see what they see! I love posts like this.
* Have You Created A Life Road Map for Your Descendants? by Linda Robbins on the HollingsworthRobbinsFamilyTree blog. This is a great idea, and perhaps SNGF fodder soon!
Several genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week, including:
* Monday Morning Mentions by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.
* Links, 10-17-11 by Liz Haigney Lynch on The Ancestral Archaeologist blog.
* Monday's Link Roundup by Dan Curtis on the Dan Curtis ~ Professional Personal Historian blog.
* Ruth's Recommendations by Ruth Blair on The Passionate Genealogist blog.
* Genealogy Round Up, October 20 by Megan Smolenyak on the Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's Roots World blog.
* Follow Friday - The News Edition (More or Less) by Cheryl Cayemberg on the Have You Seen My Roots? blog.
* Follow Friday: This Week’s Favorite Finds by Jen on the Climbing My Family Tree blog.
* Genealogy News Corral, Oct. 17-21 by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Follow Friday Gems - 10-21-11 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.
* Week in Review by John Newmark on the TranslyvanianDutch blog.
* Best Bytes for the Week of October 22, 2011 by Elizabeth O'Neal on the Little Bytes of Life blog.
I encourage readers to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, RSS feed or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.
Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1060 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here
Updated: 3 p.m. to add Elizabeth's Best Bytes post.
Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.
My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for the genealogy carnivals, or other meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* How do you join the genealogical community? by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog. James highlights a problem many researchers have - what happens to our stuff?
* The Case of the Disappearing Records: Ghost Towns by Susan Farrell Bankhead on Susan's Genealogy Blog. This is an excellent article to help those of us with ancestors that lived in ghost towns, past or present.
* FamilySearch's Genealogy Courses - Review Part 1 by Jenny Lanctot on the Are My Roots Showing? blog. Jenny describes several of the excellent FamilySearch videos available for free online.
* Google Maps ~ 3D Research Trips by Lee Drew on the Family History with the LineageKeeper blog. This is really cool, I think!
* Tips From My Genealogy Pals by Kim von Aspern-Parker on the Le Maison Duchamp blog. Nine genea-pals had tips for Kim - maybe one will help you.
* The Moment You Knew by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog. Lynn tells how she became a genealogist and family historian. Read the comments too...and perhaps contribute your own blog post on the subject.
* A Timeline of my Earliest American Colonial Ancestors 1608-1630 by Betty Tartas on the Betty's Boneyard Genealogy Blog. Betty uses an immigrant ships website to find her early colonial immigrant ancestors. Great site!
* Research, Proof Standards, and DNA Testing by Debbie Parker Wayne on the Deb's Delvings in Genealogy blog. Debbie summarizes a medical book about treatments and how it deals with DNA testing for genetic purposes.
* Day 1 at NARA - Land Case Files - Part 1, Part 2 - Scrip Warrants by Ginger R. Smith on the Genealogy by Ginger's Blog. Ginger and Liz are at the Archives - we get to see what they see! I love posts like this.
* Have You Created A Life Road Map for Your Descendants? by Linda Robbins on the HollingsworthRobbinsFamilyTree blog. This is a great idea, and perhaps SNGF fodder soon!
Several genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week, including:
* Monday Morning Mentions by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.
* Links, 10-17-11 by Liz Haigney Lynch on The Ancestral Archaeologist blog.
* Monday's Link Roundup by Dan Curtis on the Dan Curtis ~ Professional Personal Historian blog.
* Ruth's Recommendations by Ruth Blair on The Passionate Genealogist blog.
* Genealogy Round Up, October 20 by Megan Smolenyak on the Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's Roots World blog.
* Follow Friday - The News Edition (More or Less) by Cheryl Cayemberg on the Have You Seen My Roots? blog.
* Follow Friday: This Week’s Favorite Finds by Jen on the Climbing My Family Tree blog.
* Genealogy News Corral, Oct. 17-21 by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Follow Friday Gems - 10-21-11 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.
* Week in Review by John Newmark on the TranslyvanianDutch blog.
* Best Bytes for the Week of October 22, 2011 by Elizabeth O'Neal on the Little Bytes of Life blog.
I encourage readers to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, RSS feed or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.
Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1060 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here
Updated: 3 p.m. to add Elizabeth's Best Bytes post.
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