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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:
* Genealogy: A Trivial Pursuit? by Greta Koehl on Greta's Genealogy Bog blog. Greta highlights why genealogy is thought by many to be a trivial pursuit, and what we should do about it.
* A Hobbyist's Genealogy Manifesto by Bart Brenner on the Stardust 'n' Roots blog. Bart lists his genealogical principles and practices. A great list!
* Finding a Record Copy or a FamilySearch folly and Finding a Record Copy II or The Quick Brown Fox by Pat Richley-Erickson on the DearMYRTLE Genealogy Blog. Myrt sorts out a poor FamilySearch reference of a Scottish marriage and finds an image of the original record for her correspondent. She noted that the original record had much more information than the FamilySearch index database!
* Courthouse Love - or Not by Debbie Parker Wayne on the Deb's Delvings In Genealogy blog. Deb makes the point that the records we find are wonderful, but the repositories may not be the greatest.
* Does DNA Link 1991 Killing to Colonial-Era Family? by Blaine Bettinger on The Genetic Genealogist blog. Blaine summarizes this week's DNA story in the mass media.
* Citing Black’s Law Dictionary by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Judy confesses about how she survived ESM's Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis course at IGHR/Samford.
* In Defense of the Field: The Study of Genealogy Does Matter by the writer of The Geneabrarian Reference Desk blog. She analyzes what's been written about genealogy as a field or subject.
* Rejected Genealogy Conference Proposals by Amy Coffin on The We Tree Genealogy Blog. You HAVE TO read this one - best genealogy humor of the year to date.
* The Missing Piece by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog. Solving genealogy puzzles is like solving jigsaw puzzles - James has great advice.
* Climbing The Spiral Staircase: Learning Genealogy by Harold Henderson on the Archives.com Expert Series. Harold describes the genealogy learning curve, and provides four practical research tips.
Several genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week, including:
* Fab Finds in Genealogy for the Week of 8 January 2012 by GenuinelyLAF on the 1Ancestry2LittleTime blog.
* Ruth's Recommendations by Ruth Blair on The Passionate Genealogist blog.
* Genealogy Round Up, January 12 by Megan Smolenyak on the Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's Roots World blog
* Friday Finds – 01/13/12 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the Genblog blog.
* Follow Friday: This Week's Favorite Finds by Jen on the Climbing My Family Tree blog.
* Donna’s Picks, Link Love, and More: New Year’s Edition by Donna Pointkouski on the What's Past is Prologue blog.
* Genealogy News Corral, Jan. 9-13 by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Follow Friday – January 13, 2012 by Wendy Littrell on the All My Branches Genealogy blog.
* Follow Friday Gems - 01-13-12 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.
* Week In Review by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.
* Fab Finds in Genealogy for the Week of 15 January 2012 by Genuinely LAF on the 1Ancestry2Little Time blog.
* Weekly Rewind by Apple on the Apple's Tree 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 1140 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/best-of-genea-blogs-8-to-14.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
Updated 5 p.m.: Added GenuinelyLAF's and Apple's posts.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Make Your Own Genealogy Creation
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It's Saturday Night - is everyone ready for some Genealogy Fun?
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (and I hope that you do... because this one is really cool!), is to:
1) Go to the www.ImageChef.com website and explore their FREE offerings. Click on the "Create" button, or choose to make a slideshow or posters from their main page (there are more than one screen of poster backgrounds).
2) Make one or more posters or other creation - perhaps they relate to genealogy or your own family history. Save them to your computer (right click, Save as Picture for Windows users).
3) Show your creations to us... in your own blog post, on a Facebook post, or on Google Plus etc. If you make a really neat one and want to show it to the world but don't have a way to do it, send it to me (rjseaver@cox.net) and I'll show it off for you in a blog post.
Here's mine:
1) I've always wanted to put a big ad up on the stadium scoreboard:
Wouldn't that be a great advertisement? Probably only at a genealogy conference!
2) I want to find some jewelry like this for my wife:
Wouldn't that be a great prize at a genealogy seminar?
3) What would you do if you saw this road sign?
OK, I showed you mine, now show me yours!
It's Saturday Night - is everyone ready for some Genealogy Fun?
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (and I hope that you do... because this one is really cool!), is to:
1) Go to the www.ImageChef.com website and explore their FREE offerings. Click on the "Create" button, or choose to make a slideshow or posters from their main page (there are more than one screen of poster backgrounds).
2) Make one or more posters or other creation - perhaps they relate to genealogy or your own family history. Save them to your computer (right click, Save as Picture for Windows users).
3) Show your creations to us... in your own blog post, on a Facebook post, or on Google Plus etc. If you make a really neat one and want to show it to the world but don't have a way to do it, send it to me (rjseaver@cox.net) and I'll show it off for you in a blog post.
Here's mine:
1) I've always wanted to put a big ad up on the stadium scoreboard:
Wouldn't that be a great advertisement? Probably only at a genealogy conference!
2) I want to find some jewelry like this for my wife:
Wouldn't that be a great prize at a genealogy seminar?
3) What would you do if you saw this road sign?
OK, I showed you mine, now show me yours!
Surname Saturday -- TUCKER (England to Massachusetts)
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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am skipping numbers 319 to 351 because I don't have names or information about them. I am now up to number 355, who is Content Tucker (1695-1737), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]
My ancestral line back through three generations of TUCKER ancestors is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
10. Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11. Julia White (1848-1913)
22. Henry Arnold White ((1824-1885)
23. Amy Frances Oatley (1826-before 1870)
44. Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45. Miranda Wade (1806-1850)
88. Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89. Sybil Kirby (1764-1848)
176. Jonathan White (1732-1804)
177. Abigail Wing (1734-1806)
354. Benjamin Wing, born 01 February 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died after 15 October 1776 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 708. Matthew Wing and 709. Elizabeth Mott. He married 18 October 1722 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
355. Content Tucker, born 12 March 1695 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died before October 1738 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Benjamin Wing and Content Tucker are: Elizabeth Wing (1724-1778); Sarah Wing (1726-1813); Hannah Wing (1728-????); Benjamin Wing (1732-1801); Abigail Wing (1734-1806).
710. Abraham Tucker, born 13 October 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 16 March 1725 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He married 26 November 1690 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
711. Hannah Mott, born November 1663 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died November 1730 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. She was the daughter of 1422. Jacob Mott and 1423. Joanna Slocum.
Children of Abraham Tucker and Hannah Mott are: Elizabeth Tucker (1691-1768); Sarah Tucker (1693-1727); Content Tucker (1695-1738); Abraham Tucker *1697-1776); Joanna Tucker (1699-????); Ruth Tucker (1701-????); Hannah Tucker (1704-????)
1420. Henry Tucker, born about 1619 in East Grimstead, Wiltshire, England; died 21 April 1694 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 2840. Robert Tucker and 2841. Susan Barlow. He married 09 June 1651 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
1421. Martha, born about 1625 in England; died 09 November 1697 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Henry Tucker and Martha are: Abraham Tucker (1653-1725); John Tucker (1656-1751); Martha Tucker (1659-????); Hannah Tucker (1662-1702); James Tucker (1665-1689); Mary Tucker (1668-????); Sarah Tucker (1674-????).
The only book that I have, or a website, with significant biographical information about these families is:
Joseph L. Gahimer, Early Tuckers (http://www.gahimer.org/html/early_tuckers.html, accessed 13 January 2012).
The site provides a list of sources used.
There are a number of databases on the RootsWeb WorldConnect family tree system that provide different information for the Robert Tucker family, including Henry Tucker's birth and marriage. I don't know which is correct...
Are there any Tucker cousins with authoritative information?
It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am skipping numbers 319 to 351 because I don't have names or information about them. I am now up to number 355, who is Content Tucker (1695-1737), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]
My ancestral line back through three generations of TUCKER ancestors is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
10. Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11. Julia White (1848-1913)
22. Henry Arnold White ((1824-1885)
23. Amy Frances Oatley (1826-before 1870)
44. Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45. Miranda Wade (1806-1850)
88. Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89. Sybil Kirby (1764-1848)
176. Jonathan White (1732-1804)
177. Abigail Wing (1734-1806)
354. Benjamin Wing, born 01 February 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died after 15 October 1776 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 708. Matthew Wing and 709. Elizabeth Mott. He married 18 October 1722 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
355. Content Tucker, born 12 March 1695 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died before October 1738 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Benjamin Wing and Content Tucker are: Elizabeth Wing (1724-1778); Sarah Wing (1726-1813); Hannah Wing (1728-????); Benjamin Wing (1732-1801); Abigail Wing (1734-1806).
710. Abraham Tucker, born 13 October 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 16 March 1725 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He married 26 November 1690 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
711. Hannah Mott, born November 1663 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died November 1730 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. She was the daughter of 1422. Jacob Mott and 1423. Joanna Slocum.
Children of Abraham Tucker and Hannah Mott are: Elizabeth Tucker (1691-1768); Sarah Tucker (1693-1727); Content Tucker (1695-1738); Abraham Tucker *1697-1776); Joanna Tucker (1699-????); Ruth Tucker (1701-????); Hannah Tucker (1704-????)
1420. Henry Tucker, born about 1619 in East Grimstead, Wiltshire, England; died 21 April 1694 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 2840. Robert Tucker and 2841. Susan Barlow. He married 09 June 1651 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
1421. Martha, born about 1625 in England; died 09 November 1697 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Henry Tucker and Martha are: Abraham Tucker (1653-1725); John Tucker (1656-1751); Martha Tucker (1659-????); Hannah Tucker (1662-1702); James Tucker (1665-1689); Mary Tucker (1668-????); Sarah Tucker (1674-????).
The only book that I have, or a website, with significant biographical information about these families is:
Joseph L. Gahimer, Early Tuckers (http://www.gahimer.org/html/early_tuckers.html, accessed 13 January 2012).
The site provides a list of sources used.
There are a number of databases on the RootsWeb WorldConnect family tree system that provide different information for the Robert Tucker family, including Henry Tucker's birth and marriage. I don't know which is correct...
Are there any Tucker cousins with authoritative information?
Friday, January 13, 2012
Genealogy Idol Contestants Named!
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The Legacy Family Tree News blog has just announced the contestants in the "RootsTech Genealogy Idol 2012" contest to be held at RootsTech 2012 in Salt Lake City (Thursday, 2 February, 1:45 p.m. (MST) online and in person).
See the announcement at: http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2012/01/genealogy-idol-competition-finalists-announced-and-sign-up-to-watch-and-vote.html.
The blog post above has more information about the contest and the contestants. Viewers from home need to register to watch it live online. I hope the room at RootsTech will be large enough!
The four contestants are:
* Elyse Doerflinger (at RootsTech)
* Elizabeth Clark (at RootsTech)
* Michael Hait (from home)
* Marian Pierre-Louis (from home)
Congratulations to the contestants, and I wish them great luck.
The Legacy Family Tree News blog has just announced the contestants in the "RootsTech Genealogy Idol 2012" contest to be held at RootsTech 2012 in Salt Lake City (Thursday, 2 February, 1:45 p.m. (MST) online and in person).
See the announcement at: http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2012/01/genealogy-idol-competition-finalists-announced-and-sign-up-to-watch-and-vote.html.
The blog post above has more information about the contest and the contestants. Viewers from home need to register to watch it live online. I hope the room at RootsTech will be large enough!
The four contestants are:
* Elyse Doerflinger (at RootsTech)
* Elizabeth Clark (at RootsTech)
* Michael Hait (from home)
* Marian Pierre-Louis (from home)
Congratulations to the contestants, and I wish them great luck.
FamilySearch Historical Collections Update - A Quandary
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I have a quandary... [SOLVED - see Update at bottom of post]
When I checked the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections page, it looks like it's stuck on 1,000 databases.
I check this almost every day, and when I looked at it on 1 January 2012 for my yearly Benchmark Numbers update, it said 1,000 collections.
Today, it still says 1,000 collections:
The screen above is for the "Last Updated" link that I use to see what's been recently added or updated. There have been 33 databases added or updated on this list since 31 December.
Is the number of collections shown wrong? Or have no NEW databases been added since 31 December? Or is something wrong with my computer, or browser?
One more thing - when I click on the "Last Updated" link, I expect to see a clear list from a recent date to the first date on the list (1,000 lines down the list). I don't see that, and you can see it in the above screen shot.
A ways down the list is this segment:
After several databases added on 12 January 2012, there are ten databases listed with update dates earlier than 11 January, followed by the databases for 11 January 2012.
Is the list messed up somehow? Are the dates listed when the database was first added, and the database has been updated, but the updated date was not corrected?
I rely on this list to tell me what new databases have been added to the FamilySearch collection so that I can check out the newly added databases and can blog about them. I wish that it would highlight the absolutely NEW collections somehow. I hope that FamilySearch will fix these, admittedly minor, problems.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/familysearch-historical-collections-update.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
UPDATED 3 p.m.: Quandary solved ...
Robert Kehrer, Sr. Product Manager for Search Technologies at FamilySearch emailed me with this information:
"We hit an artificial code limit somewhere down in the system. There are more than 1000 collections. Only 1000 of them are displayed however. You would have to use the filters to get to the ones cut off the bottom of the list. It will be fixed in our next release."
I have a quandary... [SOLVED - see Update at bottom of post]
When I checked the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections page, it looks like it's stuck on 1,000 databases.
I check this almost every day, and when I looked at it on 1 January 2012 for my yearly Benchmark Numbers update, it said 1,000 collections.
Today, it still says 1,000 collections:
The screen above is for the "Last Updated" link that I use to see what's been recently added or updated. There have been 33 databases added or updated on this list since 31 December.
Is the number of collections shown wrong? Or have no NEW databases been added since 31 December? Or is something wrong with my computer, or browser?
One more thing - when I click on the "Last Updated" link, I expect to see a clear list from a recent date to the first date on the list (1,000 lines down the list). I don't see that, and you can see it in the above screen shot.
A ways down the list is this segment:
After several databases added on 12 January 2012, there are ten databases listed with update dates earlier than 11 January, followed by the databases for 11 January 2012.
Is the list messed up somehow? Are the dates listed when the database was first added, and the database has been updated, but the updated date was not corrected?
I rely on this list to tell me what new databases have been added to the FamilySearch collection so that I can check out the newly added databases and can blog about them. I wish that it would highlight the absolutely NEW collections somehow. I hope that FamilySearch will fix these, admittedly minor, problems.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/familysearch-historical-collections-update.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
UPDATED 3 p.m.: Quandary solved ...
Robert Kehrer, Sr. Product Manager for Search Technologies at FamilySearch emailed me with this information:
"We hit an artificial code limit somewhere down in the system. There are more than 1000 collections. Only 1000 of them are displayed however. You would have to use the filters to get to the ones cut off the bottom of the list. It will be fixed in our next release."
That's good news, and I appreciate Robert's rapid response and permitting this to be shared with my readers.
Follow Friday - Have Some Weekend Genealogy Fun!
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The weekend is here! If you have some free time for genealogy fun, I recommend:
1) Listen to the Geneabloggers Radio show tonight (Friday night, 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT and 6 p.m. PT) hosted by Thomas MacEntee, with co-host Sharon Sergeant. This week's topic is Information Overload: Finding the Genealogy Data You Need. The special guests will include:
* Dan Lynch, author of Google Your Family Tree who’ll have some tips and tricks and making Google searches work for you and your genealogy research!
* Drew Smith of The Genealogy Guys Podcast who as a librarian will offer tips on how to navigate the resources at archives and repositories using finding aids and more!
2) Listen to the FGS Radio - My Society show on Saturday (2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 noon MT, 11 a.m. PT) hosted by Thomas MacEntee. This week's topic will be The FamilySearch Research Wiki and Your Genealogy Society The guests include:
* Lise Embley, of FamilySearch who will help us understand how the FamilySearch Research Wiki works and how it can help your genealogy society.
* We’ll be highlighting FGS member society, Fairfax Genealogical Society, Fairfax County. Virginia, in our weekly Society Spotlight feature.
3) Check out the recent FREE Webinars on:
* LegacyFamilyTree:
*** Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists. by James Tanner (free until 16 January 2012)
*** "Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom, by Maureen Taylor (free until 26 December, but still available)
*** New Genealogy Technology: Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner, by Gordon Nuttall (free)
* RootsMagic Webinars (all free) available at http://www.rootsmagic.com/Webinars/. Recently added:
*** What's New in RootsMagic 5
* National Genealogical Society (NGS) Videos (some are free to view) athttp://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/videos_online
* Thomas MacEntee's Explorinars, including:
*** Easy Website Creation (free to view).
*** Evernote - Easy Note Taking UPDATED (free to view)
*** Facebook Pages vs. Facebook Groups (free to view)
* Ancestry.com's YouTube Channel has over 137 items on it now, including (free to view):
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Using Tree Hints with Crista Cowan
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Exploring the 1930 US Federal Census with Juliana Smith
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Genealogy New Years Resolutions for 2012 with Anne Mitchell
*** Common Surnames: Strategies to Finding Your Ancestor in the Crowd with Juliana Smith
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Using Online Trees to Help with Pre-1850 Relatives with Anne Mitchell.
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Reading Handwritten Historical Documents with Anne Mitchell
*** Ancestry.com Live: How to Control Your Results with Anne Mitchell
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: How to Use the World War II Draft Registration Cards with Juliana Smith
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: How do I find the maiden names of women in my family tree? by Crista Cowan
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: I believe my ancestor was Native American/Indian, How do I prove that? by Crista Cowan
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Unlock the Secrets of the 1790 - 1840 US Census Records with Anne Mitchell
4) Respond to my Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge, posted on www.geneamusings.com soon after 12 noon Pacific time (that's 2000 GMT for those who understand time zones).
5) Go to a local genealogical society program. Is one of your local societies having a program this weekend? Go, learn and share with other attendees. I'm attending the San Diego Genealogical Society's Seminar on Saturday - the speaker is Thomas W. Jones.
6) Go to a local or close repository with genealogy and family history material. Do some research in traditional resources or order FamilySearch microfilms online with original source records.
7) Do some online research in the latest record collections
* FamilySearch (free, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list),
* Ancestry ($$, http://www.ancestry.com/cs/reccol/default),
* Fold3 ($$, www.fold3.com),
* WorldVitalRecords ($$, www.WorldVitalRecords.com),
* American Ancestors ($$, www.AmericanAncestors.org),
* GenealogyBank ($$, www.GenealogyBank.com),
* Archives ($$, www.Archives.com)
8) Add content (names, dates, places, notes, images, sources, etc.) to your genealogy software program. I still have many inches of paper collected over time, and will try to enter some of it into my database this weekend.
9) Spend time with your family doing fun things. Not this weekend...
10) Go to a local cemetery and clean stones, take gravestone pictures, or transcribe epitaphs for your local society, for Find-a-Grave, or a similar online service.
Whatever you decide, please tell us about your genealogy endeavors on a social network or in a blog post. You never know when your experiences may stimulate or encourage others to do useful genealogy work.
The weekend is here! If you have some free time for genealogy fun, I recommend:
1) Listen to the Geneabloggers Radio show tonight (Friday night, 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT and 6 p.m. PT) hosted by Thomas MacEntee, with co-host Sharon Sergeant. This week's topic is Information Overload: Finding the Genealogy Data You Need. The special guests will include:
* Dan Lynch, author of Google Your Family Tree who’ll have some tips and tricks and making Google searches work for you and your genealogy research!
* Drew Smith of The Genealogy Guys Podcast who as a librarian will offer tips on how to navigate the resources at archives and repositories using finding aids and more!
2) Listen to the FGS Radio - My Society show on Saturday (2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 noon MT, 11 a.m. PT) hosted by Thomas MacEntee. This week's topic will be The FamilySearch Research Wiki and Your Genealogy Society The guests include:
* Lise Embley, of FamilySearch who will help us understand how the FamilySearch Research Wiki works and how it can help your genealogy society.
* We’ll be highlighting FGS member society, Fairfax Genealogical Society, Fairfax County. Virginia, in our weekly Society Spotlight feature.
3) Check out the recent FREE Webinars on:
* LegacyFamilyTree:
*** Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists. by James Tanner (free until 16 January 2012)
*** "Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom, by Maureen Taylor (free until 26 December, but still available)
*** New Genealogy Technology: Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner, by Gordon Nuttall (free)
* RootsMagic Webinars (all free) available at http://www.rootsmagic.com/Webinars/. Recently added:
*** What's New in RootsMagic 5
* National Genealogical Society (NGS) Videos (some are free to view) athttp://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/videos_online
* Thomas MacEntee's Explorinars, including:
*** Easy Website Creation (free to view).
*** Evernote - Easy Note Taking UPDATED (free to view)
*** Facebook Pages vs. Facebook Groups (free to view)
* Ancestry.com's YouTube Channel has over 137 items on it now, including (free to view):
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Using Tree Hints with Crista Cowan
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Exploring the 1930 US Federal Census with Juliana Smith
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Genealogy New Years Resolutions for 2012 with Anne Mitchell
*** Common Surnames: Strategies to Finding Your Ancestor in the Crowd with Juliana Smith
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Using Online Trees to Help with Pre-1850 Relatives with Anne Mitchell.
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Reading Handwritten Historical Documents with Anne Mitchell
*** Ancestry.com Live: How to Control Your Results with Anne Mitchell
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: How to Use the World War II Draft Registration Cards with Juliana Smith
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: How do I find the maiden names of women in my family tree? by Crista Cowan
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: I believe my ancestor was Native American/Indian, How do I prove that? by Crista Cowan
*** Ancestry.com LIVE: Unlock the Secrets of the 1790 - 1840 US Census Records with Anne Mitchell
4) Respond to my Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge, posted on www.geneamusings.com soon after 12 noon Pacific time (that's 2000 GMT for those who understand time zones).
5) Go to a local genealogical society program. Is one of your local societies having a program this weekend? Go, learn and share with other attendees. I'm attending the San Diego Genealogical Society's Seminar on Saturday - the speaker is Thomas W. Jones.
6) Go to a local or close repository with genealogy and family history material. Do some research in traditional resources or order FamilySearch microfilms online with original source records.
7) Do some online research in the latest record collections
* FamilySearch (free, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list),
* Ancestry ($$, http://www.ancestry.com/cs/reccol/default),
* Fold3 ($$, www.fold3.com),
* WorldVitalRecords ($$, www.WorldVitalRecords.com),
* American Ancestors ($$, www.AmericanAncestors.org),
* GenealogyBank ($$, www.GenealogyBank.com),
* Archives ($$, www.Archives.com)
8) Add content (names, dates, places, notes, images, sources, etc.) to your genealogy software program. I still have many inches of paper collected over time, and will try to enter some of it into my database this weekend.
9) Spend time with your family doing fun things. Not this weekend...
10) Go to a local cemetery and clean stones, take gravestone pictures, or transcribe epitaphs for your local society, for Find-a-Grave, or a similar online service.
Whatever you decide, please tell us about your genealogy endeavors on a social network or in a blog post. You never know when your experiences may stimulate or encourage others to do useful genealogy work.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Rootstech 2012 Presentations - 11 a.m. Thursday, 2 February
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I'm going to list all of the presentations at RootsTech 2012 session by session in a series of posts. You can see the full schedule of all sessions at http://rootstech.org/schedule/index.
Here is the schedule for Thursday, 2 February at 11 a.m. until 12 noon. The links provide information on the presentation and the speaker:
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255E
Presentation for All Users
How Lexmark and FamilySearch Are Working Together to Scan, Route, and OCR Family History Documents
Tim Rowland
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 260
Hands-on Workshop for Intermediate Developers
The REST of the things you should know about HTTP
Timothy Stokes
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255F
Presentation for Beginner Users
Using WikiTree to collaborate with your non-genealogist family members
Chris Whitten
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 259
Presentation for Intermediate Developers
Top 10 security threats and how to minimize them
Michael Buck
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 355D
Presentation for Beginner Users
Mining Newspaper Archives
Kathleen Murray
Tara Carlisle
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 355A
Presentation for Beginner Developers
IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight Deep Dive
Brad Allen
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255C
Presentation for Intermediate Users
Genealogists “Go Mobile”
Sandra Crowley
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255A
Presentation for Beginner Developers
A New GEDCOM: Project Scope, Goals, and Governance
Ryan Heaton
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 257
Presentation for Intermediate Developers
Using Event Driven Architectures in the Real-Time Web
Phil Windley
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 258
Hands-on Workshop for Intermediate Users
How to Create an Exciting Interactive Family History Story Tour with Google Earth
Lisa Louise Cooke
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255D
Presentation for Advanced Users
One-Step Webpages: A Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems
Stephen Morse
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 155
Presentation for Intermediate Users
Do I Trust the Cloud?
D. Joshua Taylor
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255B
Presentation for Beginner Users
A Genealogical Society Using Social Media
Torill Johnsen
Right away I have a major problem - I would love to sit in on five or six of these talks. It may come down to "if they have an excellent syllabus, then I'll go somewhere else." Fortunately, I've seen the excellent Steve Morse presentation!
My preferred choices for this session include:
* Chris Whitten on Using WikiTree (I use WikiTree...)
* Sandra Crowley on Going Mobile (I just got an iPhone...)
* Ryan Heaton on GEDCOM (a developer talk, will I understand it?)
* Lisa Louise Cooke on Creating Family Stories (I love Google Earth)
* Josh Taylor on Trusting the Cloud (I need to learn more here...)
By the way, the registration fee for RootsTech 2012 is $149 through Friday, 13 January. It goes up to $189 after that.
What session would you like to attend?
Disclosure: I am an Official Blogger for RootsTech 2012, and have had my registration fee paid for by the organization. I look forward to attending this conference!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-presentations-11-am.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
I'm going to list all of the presentations at RootsTech 2012 session by session in a series of posts. You can see the full schedule of all sessions at http://rootstech.org/schedule/index.
Here is the schedule for Thursday, 2 February at 11 a.m. until 12 noon. The links provide information on the presentation and the speaker:
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255E
Presentation for All Users
How Lexmark and FamilySearch Are Working Together to Scan, Route, and OCR Family History Documents
Tim Rowland
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 260
Hands-on Workshop for Intermediate Developers
The REST of the things you should know about HTTP
Timothy Stokes
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255F
Presentation for Beginner Users
Using WikiTree to collaborate with your non-genealogist family members
Chris Whitten
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 259
Presentation for Intermediate Developers
Top 10 security threats and how to minimize them
Michael Buck
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 355D
Presentation for Beginner Users
Mining Newspaper Archives
Kathleen Murray
Tara Carlisle
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 355A
Presentation for Beginner Developers
IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight Deep Dive
Brad Allen
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255C
Presentation for Intermediate Users
Genealogists “Go Mobile”
Sandra Crowley
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255A
Presentation for Beginner Developers
A New GEDCOM: Project Scope, Goals, and Governance
Ryan Heaton
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 257
Presentation for Intermediate Developers
Using Event Driven Architectures in the Real-Time Web
Phil Windley
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 258
Hands-on Workshop for Intermediate Users
How to Create an Exciting Interactive Family History Story Tour with Google Earth
Lisa Louise Cooke
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255D
Presentation for Advanced Users
One-Step Webpages: A Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems
Stephen Morse
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 155
Presentation for Intermediate Users
Do I Trust the Cloud?
D. Joshua Taylor
* 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room 255B
Presentation for Beginner Users
A Genealogical Society Using Social Media
Torill Johnsen
Right away I have a major problem - I would love to sit in on five or six of these talks. It may come down to "if they have an excellent syllabus, then I'll go somewhere else." Fortunately, I've seen the excellent Steve Morse presentation!
My preferred choices for this session include:
* Chris Whitten on Using WikiTree (I use WikiTree...)
* Sandra Crowley on Going Mobile (I just got an iPhone...)
* Ryan Heaton on GEDCOM (a developer talk, will I understand it?)
* Lisa Louise Cooke on Creating Family Stories (I love Google Earth)
* Josh Taylor on Trusting the Cloud (I need to learn more here...)
By the way, the registration fee for RootsTech 2012 is $149 through Friday, 13 January. It goes up to $189 after that.
What session would you like to attend?
Disclosure: I am an Official Blogger for RootsTech 2012, and have had my registration fee paid for by the organization. I look forward to attending this conference!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-presentations-11-am.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
My Family Finder Autosomal DNA Tests - Post 3
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I've been writing about my experience with the Family Tree DNA autosomal test results that I received recently. See:
* My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 1, where I described finding my autosomal DNA results on the Family Tree DNA website, adding my GEDCOM file and what my "Population Finder" results were.
* My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 2, where I described the Matches page and some of the autosomal test matches on some of my chromosomes.
I described finding three test matches on my Chromosome 15 that were three of the five longest continuing strings of DNA markers. Before I started this series, I received an email from the daughter of one of these persons, and she confirmed that the three persons that I match are known relatives to each other. Two are siblings.
Two of these persons posted their surname lists for others to try to determine possible relationships. The two sets of surnames posted were:
Of these 21 surnames in this person's family tree, the only surname that I match within 10 generations back in time is Hill. My Hill ancestry is in Wiltshire in England. Rebecca Hill (1790-1862) of Hilperton in Wiltshire is a third great-grandmother of mine. If one of her siblings was an ancestor of this Matching Person, then we would be fifth cousins (because our common ancestor would be John and Ann (Warren) Hill of Hilperton in Wiltshire).
Since I have only three great-great-grandparents (out of 16) with known English ancestry in my family tree, and the other known family surnames (Richman, Rich, Marshman, Warren, Ring, Vaux, Palmer, Laver, Terrell) are not in the list above, I'm thinking that the common ancestor with this Matching Person is probably a Hill.
The list of 49 surnames above contains three surnames from my known fourth great-grandparents:
* I have two Horton fourth great-grandparents: Hannah Horton (1761-1797) of Eastham, Massachusetts and Phebe Horton (1772-????) of Foster, R.I.
* I have one Martin fourth-great-grandparent: Sarah Martin (1792-1860) of Woodbridge, New Jersey and Delhi, Ontario.
The Matching Person's surname list above provides no obvious matching locations in the list or in the family tree provided, but this Matching Person somehow has a significant autosomal DNA match with me.
Family Tree DNA permits a user to search by Surname in the "Ancestral Surnames" listings for the Matching Persons. Here is a screen shot for the Martin surname:
There are four Matching Persons on my Match list (of 83) with Martin in their Ancestral Surname list.
Of the 32 surnames of my third great-grandparents, the only matches for surnames on my Match list (of those with Ancestral surnames) are Gates (1), Smith (12), Newton (1), Hill (2), White (1), Wade (2), Champlin (1), Carringer (1), King (4), Knapp (1), and Kemp (1).
Of course, the comparisons are only as good as the genealogical research that went into the family tree for each of the matching persons.
I'm not sure where to go next on this project. I am emailing with my "Hill" cousin, and she has also tested on 23andMe and has much more experience analyzing these results than I have. Her Hill ancestor is in the Westbury area of Wiltshire in the 1800 time frame, while mine is in Hilperton in the 1800 time period. The two places are only about 8 miles away from each other. We have shared our Hill family information already, but have not been able to find a common ancestor to date. This search is hampered by very spotty records in the Wiltshire parish records in some time periods, especially in this 1750 to 1800 time period.
If someone has ideas on what to do next, I would appreciate your counsel!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/my-family-finder-autosomal-test-results_12.html
copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
I've been writing about my experience with the Family Tree DNA autosomal test results that I received recently. See:
* My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 1, where I described finding my autosomal DNA results on the Family Tree DNA website, adding my GEDCOM file and what my "Population Finder" results were.
* My Family Finder Autosomal Test Results - Post 2, where I described the Matches page and some of the autosomal test matches on some of my chromosomes.
I described finding three test matches on my Chromosome 15 that were three of the five longest continuing strings of DNA markers. Before I started this series, I received an email from the daughter of one of these persons, and she confirmed that the three persons that I match are known relatives to each other. Two are siblings.
Two of these persons posted their surname lists for others to try to determine possible relationships. The two sets of surnames posted were:
* Leahy (Ireland), Kerslake (England), Doyle (Ireland), Flexton (England), Kelly (Ireland), Collins (Ireland), Brown (England), Harris (England), Noad (England), Allen (England), Edgerley (England), King (England), Spencer (England), Fell (England), Daniels (England), Burder (England), Flaxon (England), Hill (England), Withy (England), Hunt (England), Fox (England)
Since I have only three great-great-grandparents (out of 16) with known English ancestry in my family tree, and the other known family surnames (Richman, Rich, Marshman, Warren, Ring, Vaux, Palmer, Laver, Terrell) are not in the list above, I'm thinking that the common ancestor with this Matching Person is probably a Hill.
* Grant ((SC/AL)), Horton ((AL/SC?/NY?)), Williams ((AL/NC)), Works ((AL)), Heald ((AL/GA/DE/ENG)), Dean ((AL)), Moore ((AL/NC)), McCartney ((AL/GA/IRELAND)), Martin ((AL)), Davis ((AL/SC)), Burns? (GA), Coleman ((AL)), Cone ((NC)), Bonner ((GA)), Sansom ((GA)), Banks ((GA)), Britnell ((SC/AL)), Hinds? ((SC)), Cross ((NC)), Armstrong ((AL)), Peacock, Vann ((GA)), Marable ((VA)), Maxwell, Bishop ((SC)), Arledge ((SC)), Jones, Alston, Poellnitz ((AL/SC/Prussia)), Freeman ((AL)), Williamson ((AL)), Etheredge ((AL)), Luther ((AL/SC)), Braswell ((AL)), Hardy ((AL)), Nichols ((AL)), Rembert ((AL/SC)), Rogers ((SC/AL)), Gibson ((AL)), Oakley ((AL)), Vice ((AL)), Perry ((AL)), Crenshaw ((AL)), Michau ((SC)), Pope ((AL)), Loftin ((AL)), Bondeli ((Switzerland)), McAllister ((Scotland)), Miller
* I have two Horton fourth great-grandparents: Hannah Horton (1761-1797) of Eastham, Massachusetts and Phebe Horton (1772-????) of Foster, R.I.
* I have one Martin fourth-great-grandparent: Sarah Martin (1792-1860) of Woodbridge, New Jersey and Delhi, Ontario.
The Matching Person's surname list above provides no obvious matching locations in the list or in the family tree provided, but this Matching Person somehow has a significant autosomal DNA match with me.
Family Tree DNA permits a user to search by Surname in the "Ancestral Surnames" listings for the Matching Persons. Here is a screen shot for the Martin surname:
There are four Matching Persons on my Match list (of 83) with Martin in their Ancestral Surname list.
Of the 32 surnames of my third great-grandparents, the only matches for surnames on my Match list (of those with Ancestral surnames) are Gates (1), Smith (12), Newton (1), Hill (2), White (1), Wade (2), Champlin (1), Carringer (1), King (4), Knapp (1), and Kemp (1).
Of course, the comparisons are only as good as the genealogical research that went into the family tree for each of the matching persons.
I'm not sure where to go next on this project. I am emailing with my "Hill" cousin, and she has also tested on 23andMe and has much more experience analyzing these results than I have. Her Hill ancestor is in the Westbury area of Wiltshire in the 1800 time frame, while mine is in Hilperton in the 1800 time period. The two places are only about 8 miles away from each other. We have shared our Hill family information already, but have not been able to find a common ancestor to date. This search is hampered by very spotty records in the Wiltshire parish records in some time periods, especially in this 1750 to 1800 time period.
If someone has ideas on what to do next, I would appreciate your counsel!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/my-family-finder-autosomal-test-results_12.html
copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
Treasure Chest Thursday - Death Record of James A. Kemp
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It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to show another digital image of a treasured document in my collection.
This week it is the Death Record of James A. Kemp (1831-1902) of Delhi, Norfolk County, Ontario, one of my second great-grandfathers, and the husband of Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp (1841-1874) and Melissa (Wilson) Kemp (18401-1902).
There are two entries on this register image - the death listings for both James A. Kemp and Melissa (Wilson) Kemp. A two-fer!!
James A. Kemp's death record is on the first line across two pages of this register ("Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947," online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1902, Volume 7, page 162, No. 17332, James A. Kemp entry).
The information on this record for James A. Kemp is (in columns):
* Name of Deceased: Kemp James A.* Sex -- M or F: M
* Date of Death: Sept 19 1902
* Age: 70
* Residence: Delhi
* Occupation: Farmer
* Married or Single: M* Where Born: Prince Edward Co
* Cause of Death, Length of Illness: Acute Indigestion & Heart Failure, 10 hours
* Name of Physician in Attendance: R. Bruce Wells.
* Religious Denomination: Bapt
* Name of Person Making Return: Frank Kemp
* Date of Registration: Sept 19 1902
The information on this record for Melissa Kemp (second row) is (in columns):
* Name of Deceased: Kemp Melissa* Sex -- M or F: F
* Date of Death: Sept 28 1902
* Age: 62
* Residence: Delhi
* Occupation:
* Married or Single: Widow* Where Born: Barrie
* Cause of Death, Length of Illness: Pneumonia, 5 days 10 hours
* Name of Physician in Attendance: R. Bruce Wells.
* Religious Denomination: Meth
* Name of Person Making Return: Frank Kemp
* Date of Registration: Sept 29 1902
I obtained this record image by using the Ancestry.com collections at the San Diego Family History Center. I used the FamilySearch collection entry for this record to determine the microfilm number (1,854,185) and then looked in the Family History Library Catalog to figure out the Volume for the specific registration number in 1902 (see the record description here).
It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to show another digital image of a treasured document in my collection.
This week it is the Death Record of James A. Kemp (1831-1902) of Delhi, Norfolk County, Ontario, one of my second great-grandfathers, and the husband of Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp (1841-1874) and Melissa (Wilson) Kemp (18401-1902).
There are two entries on this register image - the death listings for both James A. Kemp and Melissa (Wilson) Kemp. A two-fer!!
James A. Kemp's death record is on the first line across two pages of this register ("Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947," online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1902, Volume 7, page 162, No. 17332, James A. Kemp entry).
The information on this record for James A. Kemp is (in columns):
* Name of Deceased: Kemp James A.* Sex -- M or F: M
* Date of Death: Sept 19 1902
* Age: 70
* Residence: Delhi
* Occupation: Farmer
* Married or Single: M* Where Born: Prince Edward Co
* Cause of Death, Length of Illness: Acute Indigestion & Heart Failure, 10 hours
* Name of Physician in Attendance: R. Bruce Wells.
* Religious Denomination: Bapt
* Name of Person Making Return: Frank Kemp
* Date of Registration: Sept 19 1902
The information on this record for Melissa Kemp (second row) is (in columns):
* Name of Deceased: Kemp Melissa* Sex -- M or F: F
* Date of Death: Sept 28 1902
* Age: 62
* Residence: Delhi
* Occupation:
* Married or Single: Widow* Where Born: Barrie
* Cause of Death, Length of Illness: Pneumonia, 5 days 10 hours
* Name of Physician in Attendance: R. Bruce Wells.
* Religious Denomination: Meth
* Name of Person Making Return: Frank Kemp
* Date of Registration: Sept 29 1902
I obtained this record image by using the Ancestry.com collections at the San Diego Family History Center. I used the FamilySearch collection entry for this record to determine the microfilm number (1,854,185) and then looked in the Family History Library Catalog to figure out the Volume for the specific registration number in 1902 (see the record description here).
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
More Goodies from the San Diego Newspapers on GenealogyBank
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After the tremendous find yesterday that many years of the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune historical newspapers were recently added to GenealogyBank (see Tuesday's Tip - San Diego Newspapers on GenealogyBank and The Carringer Gardens in 1935), spent several hours last night capturing interesting tidbits of news about my three Carringer families in San Diego from about 1895 to 1943. I was like a kid in a candy shop...it was truly a Forrest Gump genealogy moment for me as I found one helpful and interesting tidbit after another. For the Carringer surname in just the San Diego Union newspaper, there were 183 matches alone! I didn't capture all of them, and there were some that the image would not come up for me.
Two that I had not seen previously included:
1) The wedding announcement of my grandparents, Lyle L. Carringer and Emily K. Auble (appeared on page 8 of the San Diego Union newspaper edition dated 21 June 1918):
2) A list of marriage licenses from page 8 of the San Diego Union newspaper edition dated 21 June 1918)::
I did not have either one of these articles previously. The wedding announcement article sheds more light on Lyle's Marine Corps service, the wedding service itself, and their first home (that was new for me!).
Tonight, the quandary for me is: should I work on my Family History Fair presentation handouts or go mining for more articles on my other families in the GenealogyBank treasure chest? What do you think I'm going to do?
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/more-goodies-from-san-diego-newspapers.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
After the tremendous find yesterday that many years of the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune historical newspapers were recently added to GenealogyBank (see Tuesday's Tip - San Diego Newspapers on GenealogyBank and The Carringer Gardens in 1935), spent several hours last night capturing interesting tidbits of news about my three Carringer families in San Diego from about 1895 to 1943. I was like a kid in a candy shop...it was truly a Forrest Gump genealogy moment for me as I found one helpful and interesting tidbit after another. For the Carringer surname in just the San Diego Union newspaper, there were 183 matches alone! I didn't capture all of them, and there were some that the image would not come up for me.
Two that I had not seen previously included:
1) The wedding announcement of my grandparents, Lyle L. Carringer and Emily K. Auble (appeared on page 8 of the San Diego Union newspaper edition dated 21 June 1918):
2) A list of marriage licenses from page 8 of the San Diego Union newspaper edition dated 21 June 1918)::
I did not have either one of these articles previously. The wedding announcement article sheds more light on Lyle's Marine Corps service, the wedding service itself, and their first home (that was new for me!).
Tonight, the quandary for me is: should I work on my Family History Fair presentation handouts or go mining for more articles on my other families in the GenealogyBank treasure chest? What do you think I'm going to do?
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/more-goodies-from-san-diego-newspapers.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
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