Wednesday, October 17, 2012
CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 20 October 2012
The Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (CGSSD) meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except December) from 9:00 a.m. to noon on the campus of UCSD, University of California, San Diego. See our map page for directions.
The next meeting will be held on 20 October 2012 from 9:00 am to noon. Here are the details:
Instead of the annual Mini-Fair, we will be having a “Guided Tour of the UCSD Geisel Library.”
Conducting the tour will be Harold Colson, a research librarian at the library. Harold is also a genealogist and maintains a website pertaining to colonial period tax records of certain key counties in North Carolina.
• 9:00. Meet at the regular meeting place (the IR/PS building in the Robinson Auditorium complex at UCSD, La Jolla. See a link to maps at www.cgssd.org) for business and an initial presentation by Harold Colson.
• About 9:30, we will proceed on foot to the Geisel Library. If anyone needs to travel by car, we can arrange that through volunteers. We will provide maps if some attendees want to move their cars closer, but parking at the library is not convenient except for disabled placard holders, and nearby parking (which is free on weekends) is not plentiful.
• After gathering in a library meeting room, Harold will lead the group to various book and map collections of interest to genealogists, including computer terminals that have access to Internet resources not available to the general public unless they come to the library. We call these the "deep Internet."
• Following the library visit, we will not be returning as a group to IR/PS. The library is open to the public so anyone can stay all day if they'd like.
Visitors are welcome to attend.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/cgssd-meeting-on-saturday-20-october.html
(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 227: Randy's High School Graduation Picture
I am posting photographs from my family collections for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday (you know me, I can't go wordless!).
Here is a photograph from the Geraldine (Seaver) Remley family collection handed down from my Aunt Gerry in 2007 after her passing.
I think that this is the only picture I have of me at age 17 - and it's probably a good thing!
This is the day of my graduation from San Diego High School in June 1961. It was taken at the home of Marshall and Dorothy (Taylor) Chamberlain, probably by my mother or by Dorothy; it was sent to Geraldine Seaver, who put it in her scrapbook. The date on the photo edge is Jan 1962, which means that it stayed in someone's camera for a fairly long time!
The persons in the picture are (from left):
* Randall J. Seaver (moi), born 1943, in a suit, tie, grad gown and grad cap. I think that I'm looking at my little brother to make sure he doesn't do something to mess up the picture.
* Emily (Richmond) Taylor, my great-aunt "Aunt Emily," who was the sister of my father's mother.
* Frederick W. Seaver (in back of Scott), my father.
* Scott (in front of my father), my youngest brother
* Stan, the middle son of our family.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-227.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Here is a photograph from the Geraldine (Seaver) Remley family collection handed down from my Aunt Gerry in 2007 after her passing.
I think that this is the only picture I have of me at age 17 - and it's probably a good thing!
This is the day of my graduation from San Diego High School in June 1961. It was taken at the home of Marshall and Dorothy (Taylor) Chamberlain, probably by my mother or by Dorothy; it was sent to Geraldine Seaver, who put it in her scrapbook. The date on the photo edge is Jan 1962, which means that it stayed in someone's camera for a fairly long time!
The persons in the picture are (from left):
* Randall J. Seaver (moi), born 1943, in a suit, tie, grad gown and grad cap. I think that I'm looking at my little brother to make sure he doesn't do something to mess up the picture.
* Emily (Richmond) Taylor, my great-aunt "Aunt Emily," who was the sister of my father's mother.
* Frederick W. Seaver (in back of Scott), my father.
* Scott (in front of my father), my youngest brother
* Stan, the middle son of our family.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-227.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Enter Genea-Musings Contest to Win a 3-Month Ancestry World Explorer Membership
As part of the Ancestry.com Death Record Education Program (see www.ancestry.com/death), I was offered the opportunity by Ancestry.com to run a contest of my choosing for one of my readers, to win a FREE 3-month Ancestry World Explorer membership. In addition, a second FREE Ancestry World Explorer membership will be awarded to a designated friend of my contest winner.
Here are the rules for my contest:
The contest rules are:
1) Entrants must email me at rjseaver@cox.net with their entry titled "Death Contest," and providing their name, location and email address.
2) Entrants must answer this question correctly:
"What was the exact death date of David Jackson ("D.J.") Carringer (1828-1902), and where was he buried?"
Entrants must provide a link to the information (which can be found on Genea-Musings, and elsewhere).
3) One contest entry per person.
4) The deadline for contest entries is Sunday, 21 October 2012 at 8:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (that's 11:59 p.m. EDT, 10:59 p.m. CDT, 9:59 p.m. MDT, and 3:59 a.m. GMT on 22 October).
5) One winner will be selected from a random drawing conducted by Randy Seaver on Monday, 22 October 2012 using a random number generator for the number of entries submitted. The decision will be final.
6) The winner's name and email address will be passed to Ancestry.com for awarding of the prize by Ancestry.com, and announced soon after on Genea-Musings.
Thank you to Ancestry.com for offering to provide the prize for this contest.
Please share this contest opportunity with your friends and colleagues. Give them this link: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/enter-genea-musings-contest-to-win-3.html
There will be a second, similar, contest, with a different question, on Tuesday, 23 October.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/enter-genea-musings-contest-to-win-3.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Here are the rules for my contest:
The contest rules are:
1) Entrants must email me at rjseaver@cox.net with their entry titled "Death Contest," and providing their name, location and email address.
2) Entrants must answer this question correctly:
"What was the exact death date of David Jackson ("D.J.") Carringer (1828-1902), and where was he buried?"
Entrants must provide a link to the information (which can be found on Genea-Musings, and elsewhere).
3) One contest entry per person.
4) The deadline for contest entries is Sunday, 21 October 2012 at 8:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (that's 11:59 p.m. EDT, 10:59 p.m. CDT, 9:59 p.m. MDT, and 3:59 a.m. GMT on 22 October).
5) One winner will be selected from a random drawing conducted by Randy Seaver on Monday, 22 October 2012 using a random number generator for the number of entries submitted. The decision will be final.
6) The winner's name and email address will be passed to Ancestry.com for awarding of the prize by Ancestry.com, and announced soon after on Genea-Musings.
Thank you to Ancestry.com for offering to provide the prize for this contest.
Please share this contest opportunity with your friends and colleagues. Give them this link: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/enter-genea-musings-contest-to-win-3.html
There will be a second, similar, contest, with a different question, on Tuesday, 23 October.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/enter-genea-musings-contest-to-win-3.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
How Many Seaver Death Records Are There on Ancestry.com?
Have you entered the Ancestry.com Death Contest yet? There are puzzles on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to solve. There is a valuable prize for the Monday and Wednesday contests, and all entrants are entered for the grand prize of a free iPad on 2 November 2012. Check it out at www.ancestry.com/deathcontest.
I was curious to see how many death records for my Seaver surname there were on Ancestry.com. I entered "Seaver" in the Last name field of the Birth, Marriage and Death Records, with "Exact match" checked, and saw:
There are 24,647 matches for births, marriages and deaths for the exact "Seaver" surname in Ancestry's collections today.
I noted that:
* Of the 5,085 Seaver matches in Massachusetts Town Records, 1620-1988, there are 800 death records
* There are 1,588 Seaver names in the U.S. Obituary collection (not all of them are deceased Seaver folks, but many are!)
* There are 1,403 entries for Seaver in the Social Security Death Index.
* There are 707 Seaver names in the Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements, 1851-2003 collection. 515 of them are in Obituaries.
* There are 310 matches in the New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1654-1949 collection.
* There are 278 matches in the California Death Index, 1940-1997
* There are 268 matches in the Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2011 collection.
* There are 241 matches in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 collection.
* There are 212 matches in the Web: Massachusetts Find A Grave Index, 1620-2011 collection.
And that's just in the first 20 collections listed. Don't forget to look in all of the collections listed - not just the first 20. I still have lots of work to do here!
Don't forget that Public Member Trees often have death dates and places (occasionally with source citations!) for persons - these can be used as finding aids or clues to records in other collections.
The point here is that Ancestry.com has MANY Death records in their 31,018 collections (as of today) - and they add collections on a regular basis.
I know that many searchers do not get the "Summarized by Category" view I have above - many searchers have the "Sorted by Relevance" view (see below):
You can click that dropdown box in the "Matches..." line to get to the "Summarized by Category" listings.
I rarely use the "Sorted by Relevance" list because there are often too many matches to easily digest and find the "nuggets" that I'm looking for in my searches.
So how many Death Records are there for your ancestral surnames? Have you searched for all of your ancestors, and collateral family persons, on Ancestry.com?
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/how-many-seaver-death-records-are-there.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
I was curious to see how many death records for my Seaver surname there were on Ancestry.com. I entered "Seaver" in the Last name field of the Birth, Marriage and Death Records, with "Exact match" checked, and saw:
There are 24,647 matches for births, marriages and deaths for the exact "Seaver" surname in Ancestry's collections today.
I noted that:
* Of the 5,085 Seaver matches in Massachusetts Town Records, 1620-1988, there are 800 death records
* There are 1,588 Seaver names in the U.S. Obituary collection (not all of them are deceased Seaver folks, but many are!)
* There are 1,403 entries for Seaver in the Social Security Death Index.
* There are 707 Seaver names in the Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements, 1851-2003 collection. 515 of them are in Obituaries.
* There are 310 matches in the New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1654-1949 collection.
* There are 278 matches in the California Death Index, 1940-1997
* There are 268 matches in the Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2011 collection.
* There are 241 matches in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 collection.
* There are 212 matches in the Web: Massachusetts Find A Grave Index, 1620-2011 collection.
And that's just in the first 20 collections listed. Don't forget to look in all of the collections listed - not just the first 20. I still have lots of work to do here!
Don't forget that Public Member Trees often have death dates and places (occasionally with source citations!) for persons - these can be used as finding aids or clues to records in other collections.
The point here is that Ancestry.com has MANY Death records in their 31,018 collections (as of today) - and they add collections on a regular basis.
I know that many searchers do not get the "Summarized by Category" view I have above - many searchers have the "Sorted by Relevance" view (see below):
You can click that dropdown box in the "Matches..." line to get to the "Summarized by Category" listings.
I rarely use the "Sorted by Relevance" list because there are often too many matches to easily digest and find the "nuggets" that I'm looking for in my searches.
So how many Death Records are there for your ancestral surnames? Have you searched for all of your ancestors, and collateral family persons, on Ancestry.com?
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/how-many-seaver-death-records-are-there.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Tuesday's Tip - FamilySearch Family Tree Learning Tools
This week's Tuesday's Tip is: Learn how to use the FamilySearch Family Tree (soon to be available for every person to contribute to, perhaps this week!), including the ability to add, edit, delete, and merge persons and their information.
There is a wealth of "learning material" online to help a researcher come up to speed and learn how to use this interconnected "Mother of all Genealogy Family Trees."
Here are some of the links I've collected:
1) Guides and Articles:
* Gaining Access to the FamilySearch Family Tree (PDF)
* Getting Started with FamilySearch Family Tree (PDF)
* Family Tree: Quick Start Guide (September 2012) (PDF)
* Using the FamilySearch Family Tree: A Reference Guide (2 October 2012) (PDF)
* Family Tree Release Notes (4 October 2012) (PDF)
* Sources in FamilySearch Family Tree: A FamilySearch White Paper (PDF)
* Family Tree: Dealing with Duplicate Records (PDF)
2) Videos and Presentations (all on FamilySearch Research Courses)
* Family Tree: Overview
* Navigating the FamilySearch Family Tree
* Family Tree: Adding Information
* Family Tree: Correcting Information About a Person
* Family Tree: Correcting Family Relationships
* Family Tree: Adding Sources
3) Webinars
* FamilySearch Family Tree Webinar (James Tanner, 15 October 2012)
* FamilySearch Made Easy with RootsMagic (18 January 2011)
* New FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree (22 January 2011) - scroll down page to find this
Devoted readers of Genea-Musings know that I have been working in FamilySearch Family Tree since February 2012. I think it has a real potential to be what it hopes to be - an interconnected family tree with sourced information, discussions, etc. However, that will require that information in the tree is source-centric and that collaboration will be required to resolve disputed data and relationships.
At this time, there is no GEDCOM (or similar) upload capability to add information to FamilySearch Family Tree. Users can add persons, data, sources, etc. to the tree by adding it online, or by using one of the genealogy computer programs to add persons, combine persons, add data, etc. I use both RootsMagic 5 and Legacy Family Tree 7.5 to do this. However, source citations do not transfer to the Family Tree from the programs.
UPDATE, 18 October: Michael McCormick offers this URL for the current list of these Family Tree training materials: https://familysearch.org/tree-training (you have to use your free FamilySearch registration username and password). Thank you, Michael!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/tuesdays-tip-familysearch-family-tree.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
There is a wealth of "learning material" online to help a researcher come up to speed and learn how to use this interconnected "Mother of all Genealogy Family Trees."
Here are some of the links I've collected:
1) Guides and Articles:
* Gaining Access to the FamilySearch Family Tree (PDF)
* Getting Started with FamilySearch Family Tree (PDF)
* Family Tree: Quick Start Guide (September 2012) (PDF)
* Using the FamilySearch Family Tree: A Reference Guide (2 October 2012) (PDF)
* Family Tree Release Notes (4 October 2012) (PDF)
* Sources in FamilySearch Family Tree: A FamilySearch White Paper (PDF)
* Family Tree: Dealing with Duplicate Records (PDF)
2) Videos and Presentations (all on FamilySearch Research Courses)
* Family Tree: Overview
* Navigating the FamilySearch Family Tree
* Family Tree: Adding Information
* Family Tree: Correcting Information About a Person
* Family Tree: Correcting Family Relationships
* Family Tree: Adding Sources
3) Webinars
* FamilySearch Family Tree Webinar (James Tanner, 15 October 2012)
* FamilySearch Made Easy with RootsMagic (18 January 2011)
* New FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree (22 January 2011) - scroll down page to find this
Devoted readers of Genea-Musings know that I have been working in FamilySearch Family Tree since February 2012. I think it has a real potential to be what it hopes to be - an interconnected family tree with sourced information, discussions, etc. However, that will require that information in the tree is source-centric and that collaboration will be required to resolve disputed data and relationships.
At this time, there is no GEDCOM (or similar) upload capability to add information to FamilySearch Family Tree. Users can add persons, data, sources, etc. to the tree by adding it online, or by using one of the genealogy computer programs to add persons, combine persons, add data, etc. I use both RootsMagic 5 and Legacy Family Tree 7.5 to do this. However, source citations do not transfer to the Family Tree from the programs.
UPDATE, 18 October: Michael McCormick offers this URL for the current list of these Family Tree training materials: https://familysearch.org/tree-training (you have to use your free FamilySearch registration username and password). Thank you, Michael!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/tuesdays-tip-familysearch-family-tree.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Monday, October 15, 2012
Finding Daniel Spangler's Probate Records on FamilySearch - the Russell Index System
I've been mining the Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994 collection on FamilySearch.org for some time now.
This post describes the search for the Daniel Spangler probate records in Mercer County, which I transcribed today in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
The search in Mercer County was difficult because of the complexities of the record sets available. In Mercer County, as in most counties, there are multiple record sets.
For Mercer County, Pennsylvania, there are several sets of probate records:
* Estate Index, 1804-1971 (11 indexes, by surname)
* Orphans Court Dockets, 1804-1867 (4 sets)
* Proceedings Index, 1804-1971 (11 sets)
* Register's Dockets, 1804-1908 (1 set)
* Wills, 1804-1917 (9 sets).
I knew that Daniel Spangler died in 1851, and had resided in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The discovery process proceeded in this way:
1) In the Mercer County Estate Index, 1804-1971 collection, I clicked on the volume for surnames S-T. The initial look was very confusing because this Index uses the Russell Index, which can be described this way:
"To Locate Names in the Index:
Determine first key-letter following initial letter in Family Name. Find section number in the column headed by said key-letter, opposite given name initial desired. Names not containing a key-letter will be located under 'Misc.' Corporations, etc. will be located under the first key-letter following the initial letter in the first word of the name, or if no key-letter, under 'Misc.' Always omit the article 'The.'"
The instruction page and table is shown below:
So if I'm looking for Daniel Spangler, the key LMNRT letter in SpaNgler is N, his first name starts with D, so when I look in the chart above, I see that I need to find Page 43. If I was searching for Martin Carringer, I would search for page 114 (key letter R, given name M) . If I was searching for Stephen Cox, I would look for page 156 (key letter Misc., given name S).
That's seems simple...until you realize that the FamilySearch collection image numbers do not correspond exactly with the desired Russell Index page number. After figuring this out, I found the correct page on Image 51 (of 955) in this volume:
That entry for Daniel Spangler told me that his probate papers are in File Number O.S. 1664, with Proceedings in Volume 17, page 74, Block 5.
2) In the Mercer County Proceedings Index, Vol. 17-19 collection, I found Volume 17, Page 74 on Image 94 (of 891):
The information about the papers in Daniel Spangler's probate packet is in Block 5 above (lower left-hand corner).
This entry tells me that there are papers for:
* Letters-Bond-Aug. 13, 1951
* Inventory-Sept. 6, 1851
* Sale List, Sept. 11, 1851
* Sale of Real Estate: Docket = OC, Vol. = D, Page = 93, Date = 17 Sept. 1851
* Account - Mar. 10, 1856: Docket = Acc, Vol. = 2, Page 387, Date = 50 Apr. 1856
* ....................................... Docket = OC, Vol. = E, Page =320, Date = 50 Apr 1856
My interpretation of this is that only three of these six records are available in the Probate Court Record books - two are in the Orphans court records (OC) and one is in the Account records (Acc). The Account records are not available on FamilySearch, but the Orphans Court records for this time period are available.
3) In the Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858 collection, I found Volume D, Page 93 on Image 55 (of 684) with the Sale of the Real Estate:
The probate paper record for the Sale of the Real Estate is on the right-hand side of the image above. I transcribed this and it is included in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
The probate paper for the Account is in Volume E, Page 320, on Image 503 (of 684):
The probate paper record for the Account in 1856 is in the upper part of the left=-hand page above. I transcribed this and and it is included in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
4) All of the Probate Records for Mercer County, Pennsylvania are available on microfilm through the Family History Library Catalog. Unfortunately for me, the O.S. (Old System) Probate Files are not available on microfilm or in digital format.
5) I wanted to post this because many researchers are going to start using the Probate Records for many states on FamilySearch, and discover that they will have to use the Russell Index process above in order to find their folks and their records (or give up after getting frustrated because they don't understand the system.
Once you understand the Russell Index system, it becomes easier. However, the FamilySearch collection images are not on the Pages listed by the indexes - you have to search for them. It becomes easier with practice by guessing an Image number, checking the page number that comes up, and then guessing another image number. Eventually, you can use the back or forward arrows to find the page you want.
This is more difficult to do in the digital space than on microfilm, but, of course, you can do it at home at any time of day, and you don't have to rent a number of microfilms (it would have been 3 different films in the search above - probably over a two month period) at the FHC.
Lastly, not every County in every State uses the Russell Index. You may get lucky and find your county of interest actually has a consolidated list by surname first letter that leads you to the probate records easily.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/finding-daniel-spanglers-probate.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
This post describes the search for the Daniel Spangler probate records in Mercer County, which I transcribed today in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
The search in Mercer County was difficult because of the complexities of the record sets available. In Mercer County, as in most counties, there are multiple record sets.
For Mercer County, Pennsylvania, there are several sets of probate records:
* Estate Index, 1804-1971 (11 indexes, by surname)
* Orphans Court Dockets, 1804-1867 (4 sets)
* Proceedings Index, 1804-1971 (11 sets)
* Register's Dockets, 1804-1908 (1 set)
* Wills, 1804-1917 (9 sets).
I knew that Daniel Spangler died in 1851, and had resided in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The discovery process proceeded in this way:
1) In the Mercer County Estate Index, 1804-1971 collection, I clicked on the volume for surnames S-T. The initial look was very confusing because this Index uses the Russell Index, which can be described this way:
"To Locate Names in the Index:
Determine first key-letter following initial letter in Family Name. Find section number in the column headed by said key-letter, opposite given name initial desired. Names not containing a key-letter will be located under 'Misc.' Corporations, etc. will be located under the first key-letter following the initial letter in the first word of the name, or if no key-letter, under 'Misc.' Always omit the article 'The.'"
The instruction page and table is shown below:
So if I'm looking for Daniel Spangler, the key LMNRT letter in SpaNgler is N, his first name starts with D, so when I look in the chart above, I see that I need to find Page 43. If I was searching for Martin Carringer, I would search for page 114 (key letter R, given name M) . If I was searching for Stephen Cox, I would look for page 156 (key letter Misc., given name S).
That's seems simple...until you realize that the FamilySearch collection image numbers do not correspond exactly with the desired Russell Index page number. After figuring this out, I found the correct page on Image 51 (of 955) in this volume:
That entry for Daniel Spangler told me that his probate papers are in File Number O.S. 1664, with Proceedings in Volume 17, page 74, Block 5.
2) In the Mercer County Proceedings Index, Vol. 17-19 collection, I found Volume 17, Page 74 on Image 94 (of 891):
The information about the papers in Daniel Spangler's probate packet is in Block 5 above (lower left-hand corner).
This entry tells me that there are papers for:
* Letters-Bond-Aug. 13, 1951
* Inventory-Sept. 6, 1851
* Sale List, Sept. 11, 1851
* Sale of Real Estate: Docket = OC, Vol. = D, Page = 93, Date = 17 Sept. 1851
* Account - Mar. 10, 1856: Docket = Acc, Vol. = 2, Page 387, Date = 50 Apr. 1856
* ....................................... Docket = OC, Vol. = E, Page =320, Date = 50 Apr 1856
My interpretation of this is that only three of these six records are available in the Probate Court Record books - two are in the Orphans court records (OC) and one is in the Account records (Acc). The Account records are not available on FamilySearch, but the Orphans Court records for this time period are available.
3) In the Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858 collection, I found Volume D, Page 93 on Image 55 (of 684) with the Sale of the Real Estate:
The probate paper record for the Sale of the Real Estate is on the right-hand side of the image above. I transcribed this and it is included in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
The probate paper for the Account is in Volume E, Page 320, on Image 503 (of 684):
The probate paper record for the Account in 1856 is in the upper part of the left=-hand page above. I transcribed this and and it is included in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
4) All of the Probate Records for Mercer County, Pennsylvania are available on microfilm through the Family History Library Catalog. Unfortunately for me, the O.S. (Old System) Probate Files are not available on microfilm or in digital format.
5) I wanted to post this because many researchers are going to start using the Probate Records for many states on FamilySearch, and discover that they will have to use the Russell Index process above in order to find their folks and their records (or give up after getting frustrated because they don't understand the system.
Once you understand the Russell Index system, it becomes easier. However, the FamilySearch collection images are not on the Pages listed by the indexes - you have to search for them. It becomes easier with practice by guessing an Image number, checking the page number that comes up, and then guessing another image number. Eventually, you can use the back or forward arrows to find the page you want.
This is more difficult to do in the digital space than on microfilm, but, of course, you can do it at home at any time of day, and you don't have to rent a number of microfilms (it would have been 3 different films in the search above - probably over a two month period) at the FHC.
Lastly, not every County in every State uses the Russell Index. You may get lucky and find your county of interest actually has a consolidated list by surname first letter that leads you to the probate records easily.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/finding-daniel-spanglers-probate.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Ancestry.com Death Records Contest - Research, Enter and Win
Ancestry.com has announced a Death Records Contest at www.ancestry.com/death. Here is the page for it:
In the upper right of the screen above, there is a link to a Death Record Challenge. There are six different contests during the next two weeks, and all entrants will have a chance at a new iPad as a Grand Prize. The contests will have questions that require the participant to dig through death records, thus helping them practice their skills.
You can click on the green "Start Digging" button (www.ancestry.com/deathcontest) and see this screen:
The screen above shows the first contest - you can dig in Ancestry records and find the answer, then submit your answer to win the first prize. This first contest ends on Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (8:59 p.m. PDT).
Look for contest announcements on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on the www.ancestry.com/deathcontest site.. There will be prizes for the Monday and Wednesday contests, but not for the Friday contests. Entrants for all contests will be entered into the Grand Prize (an Apple iPad) drawing.
Ancestry.com has also offered Genea-Musings readers the opportunity to win a free 3-month Ancestry.com World Explorer membership. I will have two separate contests, and will announce the first contest soon. My thanks to Ancestry.com for offering Genea-Musings readers this opportunity!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/ancestrycom-death-records-contest-what.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
In the upper right of the screen above, there is a link to a Death Record Challenge. There are six different contests during the next two weeks, and all entrants will have a chance at a new iPad as a Grand Prize. The contests will have questions that require the participant to dig through death records, thus helping them practice their skills.
You can click on the green "Start Digging" button (www.ancestry.com/deathcontest) and see this screen:
The screen above shows the first contest - you can dig in Ancestry records and find the answer, then submit your answer to win the first prize. This first contest ends on Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (8:59 p.m. PDT).
Look for contest announcements on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on the www.ancestry.com/deathcontest site.. There will be prizes for the Monday and Wednesday contests, but not for the Friday contests. Entrants for all contests will be entered into the Grand Prize (an Apple iPad) drawing.
The prizes for each day are as follows:
Monday Oct. 15 - $100 Amazon.com gift certificate
Wednesday Oct. 17 – Family Tree Maker, User Guide, & Advanced User Guide (Approximate Retail Value “ARV” - $114)
Monday Oct. 22 – US Deluxe year membership (ARV - $155)
Wednesday Oct. 24 - AncestryDNA test (ARV - $99)
Monday Oct. 29 - $100 Spafinder.com gift certificate
Wednesday Oct. 31 – World Explorer year membership
(ARV - $299)
Grand Prize: iPad
Ancestry.com has also offered Genea-Musings readers the opportunity to win a free 3-month Ancestry.com World Explorer membership. I will have two separate contests, and will announce the first contest soon. My thanks to Ancestry.com for offering Genea-Musings readers this opportunity!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/ancestrycom-death-records-contest-what.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme several years 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 probate file of Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Perry, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Daniel married Elizabeth King (1796-1863) in 1815, and they had ten children: Anna Katrina Spangler (1816-1816); Anna Maria Spangler (1818-1869); Henry K. Spangler (1820-1820); Elizabeth Spangler (1822-1884); Sarah Elizabeth Spangler (1824-1864); Dorothea Matilda Spangler (1827-1891); Helen Spangler (1831-????); Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901); Louisa Spangler (1839-1883); Margartet Jane Spangler (1841-1871).
Daniel Spangler died intestate, and his probate papers are in File O.S. 1664 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania Orphans Court (not obtained to date). Benjamin Robinson and John M. Carringer were named Administrators of his estate. Letters and Bond were filed on 13 August 1851, an Inventory was filed on 6 September 1851, a Real Estate Sale was ordered on 15 September 1851, and an Account was recorded on 25 April 1856 (from Mercer County Estate Index, and Proceedings Index, 1804-1971, Vol. 17, page 74, accessed on FamilySearch.org in the Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994 collection for Mercer County, Pennsylvania).
The entry in the Orphans' Court records that describes the real estate sale (Mercer County Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858, D-E, Volume D, page 93 (image 55 of 684) says:
September Term 1851
Petition of John M. Carringer &
Benjamin Robinson Adm^rs.
of
Daniel Spangler for leave to
Sell Real Estate
At an Orphans Court held at Mercer in and for the county of Mercer on the 15^th day of Sept^r A.D. 1851. The petition of Benjamin Robinson and John M. Carringer, Adm^rs of all & singular the goods and chattels rights & credits of Daniel Spangler dec'd who died intestate, was presented to the said Court, representing that the said intestate died leaving issue eight children to wit: Mary Ann (now the wife of Joseph M. Caringer), Eliza (now the wife of Benjamin Robinson), Sarah Ellen (now the wife of John M. Carringer), Matilda (now the wife of Wm E. McNight), Helen Brown (now the wife of John Brown), Rebecca, Louisa, Margaret Jane, the last three of whom are yet in their minority. That the personal estate is insufficient for the payment & the maintenance of his minor children as by the statement & schedule herewith presented appears, and the said intestate died seized in his demesne as of fee of and in a tract of land, situated in Perry township, Mercer County, Penna. Bounded on the north by land of Allen Hutchison, East by Beels & Seemons heirs, on the South by land of Sam^l Griffith & on the West by land of Davison's and Beggs being Donation lot No. 929 in the 5th district of donation lands and containing two hundred acres and allowance, and praying the Court to make an order allowing them to make sale of the said messuage and tract of land or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the debts & maintenance and educate the minors of the said intestate.
Sept. 15 1851 prayer granted and a sale decreed of any portion of the premises within described not exceeding two hundred acres to be laid off by the adm^rs by survey in one or more parcels to suit purchasers, sale to be made on the premises on the 2nd Monday of December 1851 with leave to adjourn to the court house in Mercer on the first day of next term - usual order as to terms and notice - Sept. 15 1851 Bond taken & approved (order issued).
To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphans Court of Mercer County the administrators of Daniel Spangler dec^d respectfully report that in pursuance of the order of Court having complied with all its requirements they sold the land therein mentioned to wit, one hundred acres of the South end of the tract denoted in said order on the 15 Day of Dec. A.D. 1851 at the Court House in the borough of Mercer having given due and timely notice of the time and place of sale and sold the same to John Waugh for the sum of five hundred dollars he being the highest and best bidder and that the highest and best price bidden for the same.
Dec^r 15 1851. The Court confirm the sale and order and decree that it remain firm and stable forever and direct a deed to be made by the adm^rs to the purchaser on his complying with the terms of sale.
The account of the estate of Daniel Spangler was presented to the Probate Court in the April Term of 1856 (Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858, D-E, Volume E, page 320, image 503 of 684):. It says:
April Term 1856
Account of the Estate
of
Daniel Spangler dec^d
At an Orphans Court held at Mercer in and for the County of Mercer on the 25th day of April 1856. The Account of Benjamin Robinson and John M. Carringer Administrators of the Estate of Daniel Spangler deceased was presented after having passed the Register in which said Accountants charge themselves with
...................................................................... $ 640.57
And claims credit for ............................... $ 642.04
(over paid) ..................................................... $ 1.47
April 25th 1856 presented and confirmed nise [?] unless exceptions are filed on or before the first day of next term.
August 18. 1856 Confirmed.
In the first document, the eight surviving children of Daniel Spangler are listed - all daughters, including the five with married names). However, Daniel's wife's name, Elizabeth, is not mentioned for some reason. My records, based on the Spangler surname book, indicate that Elizabeth died in 1863. Unfortunately, I have not found an 1860 census record for Elizabeth of her two youngest children, Louisa and Margaret who were unmarried in 1860.
The new information in this record is the land of Daniel Spangler -- 200 acres in Perry township, originally Donation lot number 929. In order to pay debts, 100 acres was sold in December 1851 to John Waugh for $500. This calls for investigation into land records in Mercer County!
I found Donation lot 929 on the Perry township Warrantee Map (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-522WarranteeTwpMaps/r017Map2926MercerPerryWeb.pdf) - it is in the south central portion of the township, and about one mile from Martin Carringer's Donation lot #941.
Three of the daughters of Daniel Spangler married Carringer men - including my second great-grandmother, Rebecca Spangler who married David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-for.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the probate file of Daniel Spangler (1781-1851) of Perry, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Daniel married Elizabeth King (1796-1863) in 1815, and they had ten children: Anna Katrina Spangler (1816-1816); Anna Maria Spangler (1818-1869); Henry K. Spangler (1820-1820); Elizabeth Spangler (1822-1884); Sarah Elizabeth Spangler (1824-1864); Dorothea Matilda Spangler (1827-1891); Helen Spangler (1831-????); Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901); Louisa Spangler (1839-1883); Margartet Jane Spangler (1841-1871).
Daniel Spangler died intestate, and his probate papers are in File O.S. 1664 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania Orphans Court (not obtained to date). Benjamin Robinson and John M. Carringer were named Administrators of his estate. Letters and Bond were filed on 13 August 1851, an Inventory was filed on 6 September 1851, a Real Estate Sale was ordered on 15 September 1851, and an Account was recorded on 25 April 1856 (from Mercer County Estate Index, and Proceedings Index, 1804-1971, Vol. 17, page 74, accessed on FamilySearch.org in the Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994 collection for Mercer County, Pennsylvania).
The entry in the Orphans' Court records that describes the real estate sale (Mercer County Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858, D-E, Volume D, page 93 (image 55 of 684) says:
September Term 1851
Petition of John M. Carringer &
Benjamin Robinson Adm^rs.
of
Daniel Spangler for leave to
Sell Real Estate
At an Orphans Court held at Mercer in and for the county of Mercer on the 15^th day of Sept^r A.D. 1851. The petition of Benjamin Robinson and John M. Carringer, Adm^rs of all & singular the goods and chattels rights & credits of Daniel Spangler dec'd who died intestate, was presented to the said Court, representing that the said intestate died leaving issue eight children to wit: Mary Ann (now the wife of Joseph M. Caringer), Eliza (now the wife of Benjamin Robinson), Sarah Ellen (now the wife of John M. Carringer), Matilda (now the wife of Wm E. McNight), Helen Brown (now the wife of John Brown), Rebecca, Louisa, Margaret Jane, the last three of whom are yet in their minority. That the personal estate is insufficient for the payment & the maintenance of his minor children as by the statement & schedule herewith presented appears, and the said intestate died seized in his demesne as of fee of and in a tract of land, situated in Perry township, Mercer County, Penna. Bounded on the north by land of Allen Hutchison, East by Beels & Seemons heirs, on the South by land of Sam^l Griffith & on the West by land of Davison's and Beggs being Donation lot No. 929 in the 5th district of donation lands and containing two hundred acres and allowance, and praying the Court to make an order allowing them to make sale of the said messuage and tract of land or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the debts & maintenance and educate the minors of the said intestate.
Sept. 15 1851 prayer granted and a sale decreed of any portion of the premises within described not exceeding two hundred acres to be laid off by the adm^rs by survey in one or more parcels to suit purchasers, sale to be made on the premises on the 2nd Monday of December 1851 with leave to adjourn to the court house in Mercer on the first day of next term - usual order as to terms and notice - Sept. 15 1851 Bond taken & approved (order issued).
To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphans Court of Mercer County the administrators of Daniel Spangler dec^d respectfully report that in pursuance of the order of Court having complied with all its requirements they sold the land therein mentioned to wit, one hundred acres of the South end of the tract denoted in said order on the 15 Day of Dec. A.D. 1851 at the Court House in the borough of Mercer having given due and timely notice of the time and place of sale and sold the same to John Waugh for the sum of five hundred dollars he being the highest and best bidder and that the highest and best price bidden for the same.
Dec^r 15 1851. The Court confirm the sale and order and decree that it remain firm and stable forever and direct a deed to be made by the adm^rs to the purchaser on his complying with the terms of sale.
The account of the estate of Daniel Spangler was presented to the Probate Court in the April Term of 1856 (Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858, D-E, Volume E, page 320, image 503 of 684):. It says:
April Term 1856
Account of the Estate
of
Daniel Spangler dec^d
At an Orphans Court held at Mercer in and for the County of Mercer on the 25th day of April 1856. The Account of Benjamin Robinson and John M. Carringer Administrators of the Estate of Daniel Spangler deceased was presented after having passed the Register in which said Accountants charge themselves with
...................................................................... $ 640.57
And claims credit for ............................... $ 642.04
(over paid) ..................................................... $ 1.47
April 25th 1856 presented and confirmed nise [?] unless exceptions are filed on or before the first day of next term.
August 18. 1856 Confirmed.
In the first document, the eight surviving children of Daniel Spangler are listed - all daughters, including the five with married names). However, Daniel's wife's name, Elizabeth, is not mentioned for some reason. My records, based on the Spangler surname book, indicate that Elizabeth died in 1863. Unfortunately, I have not found an 1860 census record for Elizabeth of her two youngest children, Louisa and Margaret who were unmarried in 1860.
The new information in this record is the land of Daniel Spangler -- 200 acres in Perry township, originally Donation lot number 929. In order to pay debts, 100 acres was sold in December 1851 to John Waugh for $500. This calls for investigation into land records in Mercer County!
I found Donation lot 929 on the Perry township Warrantee Map (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-522WarranteeTwpMaps/r017Map2926MercerPerryWeb.pdf) - it is in the south central portion of the township, and about one mile from Martin Carringer's Donation lot #941.
Three of the daughters of Daniel Spangler married Carringer men - including my second great-grandmother, Rebecca Spangler who married David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-for.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Sunday Night Fun Doing Online Searches
After several hours of searching Pennsylvania Probate Records and New Jersey Probate Records on FamilySearch tonight, I decided to go hunting in GenealogyBank.
I recalled that I had not searched for my grandmother, Emily Kemp (Auble) Carringer (1891-1977), with her maiden name in the San Diego newspapers.
Some tidbits popped up:
1) Emily graduated from Lincoln School in San Diego in June 1913. Here is the list of graduates (from San Diego Union, 25 June 1913, page 20):
2) Emily K. Auble participated in a Senior-Junior dance at San Diego High School in June 1915. Since she was not on the list of graduates, I assume she was a Junior ("150 Senior Pupils Entertained by Junior Class," San Diego Union, 12 June 1915, page 3):
3) I was not familiar with the location of Lincoln School in 1913. I Googled ["city directory" "san Diego" 1913] and found the 1917 San Diego city Directory (full text) on the Internet Archive site (www.archive.org). I did a Ctrl-F, entered "lincoln school" and quickly saw:
Lincoln School was on the east side of 12th, between E and F Streets. I know where that is! That block is now part of San Diego City College. It was only two blocks from their home at 14th and F Streets.
Another previously unknown problem solved... now I'm done for the night!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/sunday-night-fun-doing-online-searches.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
I recalled that I had not searched for my grandmother, Emily Kemp (Auble) Carringer (1891-1977), with her maiden name in the San Diego newspapers.
Some tidbits popped up:
1) Emily graduated from Lincoln School in San Diego in June 1913. Here is the list of graduates (from San Diego Union, 25 June 1913, page 20):
2) Emily K. Auble participated in a Senior-Junior dance at San Diego High School in June 1915. Since she was not on the list of graduates, I assume she was a Junior ("150 Senior Pupils Entertained by Junior Class," San Diego Union, 12 June 1915, page 3):
3) I was not familiar with the location of Lincoln School in 1913. I Googled ["city directory" "san Diego" 1913] and found the 1917 San Diego city Directory (full text) on the Internet Archive site (www.archive.org). I did a Ctrl-F, entered "lincoln school" and quickly saw:
Lincoln School was on the east side of 12th, between E and F Streets. I know where that is! That block is now part of San Diego City College. It was only two blocks from their home at 14th and F Streets.
Another previously unknown problem solved... now I'm done for the night!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/10/sunday-night-fun-doing-online-searches.html
Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Best of the Genea-Blogs - 7-13 October 2012
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:
* Part 2 - Choosing the Right Autosomal DNA Test Shouldn't be a Random Process by Dr. Tim Janzen on the Record Click blog. Tim discusses each of the Autosomal DNA tests available, and links to a great comparison chart. Part 1 is here.
* 10 Reasons to Join a Genealogy Society by Terri O'Connell on the Finding Our Ancestors blog. I like Terri's list and agree with it!
* ROAD TRIP: The Things We Carry by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog. Harold lists the items he carries on a research trip. Excellent list.
* Resources for Genealogy Research in Colonial America by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog. Julie has a great link collection on Diigo - check them out!
* Why I Blog: Cousin Bait Reels in a Big One by Amy Coffin on The We Tree Genealogy Blog. If you blog, a cousin might find you. Amy tells about one of her catches.
* Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Judy recounts punishment in England and America that, um, boggles my modern mind.
* The Catholic Gene Celebrates Church "Doors of Faith" edited by Lisa on The Catholic Gene blog. There are 30 articles in this link collection with many pictures and stories about Catholic church doors.
* SS-5 by Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring blog. Michele dissects what is on an SS-5 card, and shows several examples.
* Avoiding Five Common Research Errors by the writer of the Rootsonomy blog. Here are some good reminders.
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.
* Monday's Mentionables 10-1 to 10/7/12 by Cyndi Beane Henry (Texicanwife) on the Mountain Genealogists blog.
* Monday Recap for October 8, 2012 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.
* Genealogy News Corral - Oct. 8-12 by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Follow Friday - Fab Finds for October 12, 2012 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.
* Weekly Genealogy Picks: October 7-11 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.
* Follow Friday - 10/12/12 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.
* From the Blogs, October 12 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy 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 1290 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/2012/10/best-of-genea-blogs-7-13-october-2012.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* Part 2 - Choosing the Right Autosomal DNA Test Shouldn't be a Random Process by Dr. Tim Janzen on the Record Click blog. Tim discusses each of the Autosomal DNA tests available, and links to a great comparison chart. Part 1 is here.
* 10 Reasons to Join a Genealogy Society by Terri O'Connell on the Finding Our Ancestors blog. I like Terri's list and agree with it!
* ROAD TRIP: The Things We Carry by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog. Harold lists the items he carries on a research trip. Excellent list.
* Resources for Genealogy Research in Colonial America by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog. Julie has a great link collection on Diigo - check them out!
* Why I Blog: Cousin Bait Reels in a Big One by Amy Coffin on The We Tree Genealogy Blog. If you blog, a cousin might find you. Amy tells about one of her catches.
* Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Judy recounts punishment in England and America that, um, boggles my modern mind.
* The Catholic Gene Celebrates Church "Doors of Faith" edited by Lisa on The Catholic Gene blog. There are 30 articles in this link collection with many pictures and stories about Catholic church doors.
* SS-5 by Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring blog. Michele dissects what is on an SS-5 card, and shows several examples.
* Avoiding Five Common Research Errors by the writer of the Rootsonomy blog. Here are some good reminders.
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.
* Monday's Mentionables 10-1 to 10/7/12 by Cyndi Beane Henry (Texicanwife) on the Mountain Genealogists blog.
* Monday Recap for October 8, 2012 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.
* Genealogy News Corral - Oct. 8-12 by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Follow Friday - Fab Finds for October 12, 2012 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.
* Weekly Genealogy Picks: October 7-11 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.
* Follow Friday - 10/12/12 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.
* From the Blogs, October 12 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy 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 1290 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/2012/10/best-of-genea-blogs-7-13-october-2012.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
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