The 9 February 2013 Saturday meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society will be held at St. Andrews Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd, just south of Jackson Drive) starting at 10 a.m. until about 12:30 p.m.
The program speaker is Gena Philibert-Ortega. Gena's two presentations are:
1) American Church Records: Have you looked for your American ancestors' church records? We often concentrate on government sources and neglect other resources that can be equally as valuable. In this lecture we will uncover what can be found in church records, the types of sources, and where they are archived. No matter what church or religion your ancestors participated in, church records can fill in an important piece of the puzzle.
2) I LOVE Libraries: Libraries are essential to genealogical research, but where to start? Learn more about the types of libraries that exist, where to find them, and how to effectively search a library's card catalog. Think you know everything there is to know about libraries? We'll uncover a secret or two that will enhance your research.
The first program will start just after 10 a.m., followed by a 20 minute break for snacks and drinks, then a short announcement and opportunity drawing session, and then the second program.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/sdgs-program-is-9-february-gena.html
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 242: My First Airplane Flight
I'm posting family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they aren't Wordless Wednesday posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.
Here is a photograph from the Seaver/Carringer family photograph collection passed to me by my mother in the 1988 to 2002 time period:
This is a photograph of the airplane in which I took my first airplane ride and vacation in 1956 as a 12-year old. One of my best friends was my neighbor, Butch Craver. They lived across the street in a corner house with a big back yard, his father had a jukebox business (Wurlitzer's I believe, which was fun), and both of his parents were pilots (his mother was a Powder Puff Derby winner in 1972), and they owned this airplane. The airplane seated four as I recall.
Butch's family took flying vacations, and they had an extra seat in 1956, so they invited me to go with them to Vancouver, B.C. to visit family members. I ran home all excited to ask my mother if I could go, and she immediately said "yes" for some reason (she told me when I was older that she and my father had real reservations about it!).
Off we went on our two-week jaunt to the Pacific Northwest in late August 1956. It was great watching the earth go by from 10,000 feet. Butch's father explained and demonstrated the basics of flight (weight, lift, thrust, drag, stability, control) during the flight. This aircraft only went about 120 miles/hour, so we had a lot of air time. We stopped in Sacramento, California, Medford, Oregon and Bellingham, Washington on the way north. In Bellingham, they rented a car and drove into Vancouver, B.C. On the trip back, we stopped in Medford again, then San Francisco (we actually saw President Eisenhower arriving for the 1956 Republican Convention) and home to San Diego. I also saw the absolute power of weather on this trip - in the Pacific Northwest, you cannot avoid flying into and through clouds, and we were caught in a thunderstorm one night in Medford (this plane was already tied down) that destroyed several other light planes on the ground.
This trip sparked an interest in aircraft in this 12-year old boy, and led to a degree in Aerospace Engineering and a 40-year career in engineering in the aircraft industry.
I have forgotten what the airplane model is, but I think it's a Piper PA-22 since it is four seats, tricycle fixed landing gear, dual strut, single engine and high-wing airplane.
Hey Butch - are you reading this? Let's talk!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-242-my.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Here is a photograph from the Seaver/Carringer family photograph collection passed to me by my mother in the 1988 to 2002 time period:
This is a photograph of the airplane in which I took my first airplane ride and vacation in 1956 as a 12-year old. One of my best friends was my neighbor, Butch Craver. They lived across the street in a corner house with a big back yard, his father had a jukebox business (Wurlitzer's I believe, which was fun), and both of his parents were pilots (his mother was a Powder Puff Derby winner in 1972), and they owned this airplane. The airplane seated four as I recall.
Butch's family took flying vacations, and they had an extra seat in 1956, so they invited me to go with them to Vancouver, B.C. to visit family members. I ran home all excited to ask my mother if I could go, and she immediately said "yes" for some reason (she told me when I was older that she and my father had real reservations about it!).
Off we went on our two-week jaunt to the Pacific Northwest in late August 1956. It was great watching the earth go by from 10,000 feet. Butch's father explained and demonstrated the basics of flight (weight, lift, thrust, drag, stability, control) during the flight. This aircraft only went about 120 miles/hour, so we had a lot of air time. We stopped in Sacramento, California, Medford, Oregon and Bellingham, Washington on the way north. In Bellingham, they rented a car and drove into Vancouver, B.C. On the trip back, we stopped in Medford again, then San Francisco (we actually saw President Eisenhower arriving for the 1956 Republican Convention) and home to San Diego. I also saw the absolute power of weather on this trip - in the Pacific Northwest, you cannot avoid flying into and through clouds, and we were caught in a thunderstorm one night in Medford (this plane was already tied down) that destroyed several other light planes on the ground.
This trip sparked an interest in aircraft in this 12-year old boy, and led to a degree in Aerospace Engineering and a 40-year career in engineering in the aircraft industry.
I have forgotten what the airplane model is, but I think it's a Piper PA-22 since it is four seats, tricycle fixed landing gear, dual strut, single engine and high-wing airplane.
Hey Butch - are you reading this? Let's talk!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-242-my.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Making a Photo Tree in RootsMagic 6
I was looking at all of the chart and report options in RootsMagic 6 today, and did some experimentation.
One chart that I had not made with any program is a Photo tree - because I had not added photos to my database until this past year.
In RootsMagic 6, I made this Photo Tree using this keystroke process:
* Reports link
* Charts item on Reports dropdown list
* Photo Tree item on Charts dropdown list
* Select Start Person from index
* Create a Title
* Check Layout and Fonts - modify as desired
* Click on Generate Report
Here is the finished Photo Tree:
I kind of like this - I would like to have more lines for at least birth-death years, and would like to have four generations or even five.
I'll go see what a photo tree looks like in Legacy Family Tree 7.5 and family Tree Maker 2012 in the near future.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/making-photo-tree-in-rootsmagic-6.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
One chart that I had not made with any program is a Photo tree - because I had not added photos to my database until this past year.
In RootsMagic 6, I made this Photo Tree using this keystroke process:
* Reports link
* Charts item on Reports dropdown list
* Photo Tree item on Charts dropdown list
* Select Start Person from index
* Create a Title
* Check Layout and Fonts - modify as desired
* Click on Generate Report
Here is the finished Photo Tree:
I kind of like this - I would like to have more lines for at least birth-death years, and would like to have four generations or even five.
I'll go see what a photo tree looks like in Legacy Family Tree 7.5 and family Tree Maker 2012 in the near future.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/making-photo-tree-in-rootsmagic-6.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
2013 Freeman Student Genealogy Grant Announced
Denise Levenick sent this announcement via email:
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The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Grant Committee is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Student Genealogy Grant. In addition, SCGS Jamboree will once again provide the recipient with free three-day registration.
Any genealogist who is between the ages of 18 and 25 and has attended school in the last 12 months is eligible to apply. The recipient must attend the 2013 SCGS Jamboree in Burbank, California to receive the award.
The $500 cash award was established in 2010 in memory of Suzanne Winsor Freeman, family historian and life-long volunteer, and an enthusiastic annual attendee at the SCGS Jamboree.
“The Freeman Student Genealogy Grant pays tribute to these interests by awarding the annual cash grant to a young genealogist attending the SCGS Jamboree, Southern California’s premiere regional genealogy conference,” notes Denise Levenick, committee chair and Freeman’s daughter.
“We are especially grateful to Jamboree for providing a three-day conference registration to the grant recipient,” she adds. “SCGS is truly a leader in conference organizations by encouraging youth involvement in genealogy through the popular Kids Camp program and now through the student grant project.”
Past recipients of the award include Elyse Doerflinger (Lomita, California), A.C. Ivory (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Anthony Ray (Palmdale, California).
Funding for the cash award is provided by the family grant program; Jamboree registration is provided by the conference.
Complete details and application materials are available at The Family Curator, Suzanne Freeman Student Genealogy Grant < http://www.thefamilycurator.com/swf-grant/>. Follow Grant News at www.thefamilycurator.com. Application deadline is 18 March 2013 midnight PST.
For More Information Contact: Denise Levenick, swfgrant@gmail.com.
Suzanne Winsor Freeman Obituary: TheFamilyCurator.com
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/student-genealogy-grant-announced.html
Finding Plat Maps for the James Vaux Land Holdings
I posted Putting the Land Records Together for James Vaux (1787-1839) yesterday, and in the afternoon I abstracted the four deeds that I have for him in the 1832-1837 time period.
Here are the four abstracts:
* On 16 June 1832, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Wilhem Willink and others (owners of the Holland Land company) for $421.50. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, parts of Lots 27 and 28. The part of Lot 27 was bounded on the East by a line parallel to the East bound of Lot 27, 15 chains, 4 links; South by land of Lyman Letson (14 chains, 92 links); West by land parallel to the first line and partially by land of Oerin Treat, 37 chains, 33 links; North by Lot 28, 14 chains, 92 links; containing 55 acres and a half. The part of Lot 28 was bounded on the West by a line parallel to the west line of Lot 28 at the distance of 30 chains, East therefrom 38 chains, 35 links; North by a line parallel to South bounds of Lot 28, 10 chains, 43 links; East by a line parallel to the first mentioned boundary, 38 chains, 35 links; South by Lot 27, 10 chains, 43 links; containing 40 acres. The deed was recorded 3 August 1832 Genesee County and 3 October 1832 in Erie County (Erie County Deeds, Liber 13, page 318).
* On 15 November 1832, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Oren Treat and others for $336.50. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, Lot 27, Northeast part, containing 55 and a half acres, more or less. The land was bounded on the East by the line laid out to Oren Treat, 43 chains, 79 links; South by the line laid out to Oren Treat, 5 chains, 70 links; West by a line parallel to the first line, 43 chains, 89 links); North by lot 28, 5 chains, 70 links; containing 25 acres The deed was recorded 31 March 1842 in Erie County (Erie County Deeds, Liber 67, pages 19-20).
* On 15 November 1833, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Wilhem Willink and others for $291.39. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, Lot 27, Northeast part, containing 55 and a half acres, more or less. The land was bounded on the North by Lot 28 (15 chains, 4 links); East by Lot 19 (36 chains, 77 links); South by land of Lyman Letson (15 chains, 4 links); West by land deeded previously to James Vaux (37 chains, 5 links). The deed was recorded 17 February 1834 in Genesee County and 20 February 1837 in Erie County (Erie county Deeds, Liber 35, Page 427).
* On 7 January 1837, James Vaux and James Vaux, Jr., both of Erie County, New York, bought land from Eliphalet Jones and his wife Polly for $850. The land was in Aurora town, Erie County, a part of Lot 31 in Township 9, Range 6, containing 4 acres and 47 rods. The land was bounded commencing from a stake in the southeast corner of land owned by Holmes Hollister and Curtiss; on the north by J.S. Bartlett's land; thence running South 89-1/4 degrees East 23 rods and 15 links to the center of the highway; thence North 2-1/2 degrees East along the center of the highway 79 rods and 3 links; thence West parallel to the first mentioned line 23 rods and 15 links; thence South 2-1/2 degrees West 29 rods and 3 links to the place of beginning. The deed was recorded 7 January 1837 in Erie County (Erie County Deeds, Liber 40, Page 520.).
There are three deeds for land bought in Lots 27 and 28, and one for the land bought in Lot 31. Fortunately, two of the deeds can be easily seen on the deed I showed yesterday. The land in lot 28 is adjacent to one of the lots in Lot 27.
Now I want to find these lots on a map of Aurora township, Erie County, New York. There is an 1866 map for this township and county in Ancestry's collection of "Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000." Unfortunately, I couldn't save that image to my computer files.
Recently, Ancestry added the U.S., County and Regional Histories and Atlases, 1804-1984" collection. I found the "New Topographical Atlas of Erie County, New York" in this collection, and then found the 1866 map of Aurora township in Erie County:
There is an index for Towns and Villages:
Aurora Township was on Page 15, which turned out to be Image 11 of 52:
The map of Aurora Township showed the Lot numbers, and the location and names of the owners in 1866. Since my Vaux family had moved to Wisconsin in about 1853, I didn't expect to see that surname listed.
I zoomed in on Lots 27 and 28 and saw:
From the small map on the 1833 deed (posted yesterday), I can tell that the land in three of the deeds was in the northeast quarter of Lot 27, and another was across the road in Lot 28.
There are some familiar names from the Vaux deeds in Section 27 - namely Orin Treat (in the west part of Lot 27) and Luther Letson (in the south part of Lot 27):
There are no houses or owners names in the northeast corner of Lot 27 for some reason. So I think that I've found where they lived. Now to find it on a 2013 map.
Here is a Google Map view of the area south of East Aurora:
I put a red box around the location of the James Vaux land holdings in Lot 27. You can see the town boundary of East Aurora on the upper part of the image above. Comparing this map with the plat map, I think that Center Street (yellow road in the right-center of the map above) is the road between Lots 27 and 19, and that Blakeley Road (County road 55) in the lower part of the image above is the road between Lots 27 and 28. The main east-west and north-south roads appear to be about one mile apart. Therefore, the intersection of Blakeley Road and Center Street is about 3 miles south of the East Aurora town limit, and about 3 miles east of the Village of Griffins Mills.
Switching to the Satellite view, and zooming in on the northeast corner of Lot 27 (intersection of Blakeley Road and Center Street) shows me:
There are at least five modern homes on the land once owned by James Vaux. I wonder if any of the homes were built around and included some of the home built by James Vaux, and his son, on this land.
My next research task is to find the location of the land of my third great-grandparents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux, and Mary Ann's parents, Amos and Mary (Metcalf) Underhill.
My purpose in publishing this information - the deed abstracts, the plat maps, and the modern maps, is to demonstrate how much information is available online to genealogical researchers, at least in certain states at this time. Knowing what resources are available on Ancestry.com, on FamilySearch.org, and other websites is important. It is difficult to "keep up with all the new material" for many people, and I hope that by providing examples to my readers, and web searchers, it will help them find resources to solve their own research problems.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/finding-plat-maps-for-james-vaux-land.html
Copyright (c) 2013, randall J. Seaver
Here are the four abstracts:
* On 16 June 1832, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Wilhem Willink and others (owners of the Holland Land company) for $421.50. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, parts of Lots 27 and 28. The part of Lot 27 was bounded on the East by a line parallel to the East bound of Lot 27, 15 chains, 4 links; South by land of Lyman Letson (14 chains, 92 links); West by land parallel to the first line and partially by land of Oerin Treat, 37 chains, 33 links; North by Lot 28, 14 chains, 92 links; containing 55 acres and a half. The part of Lot 28 was bounded on the West by a line parallel to the west line of Lot 28 at the distance of 30 chains, East therefrom 38 chains, 35 links; North by a line parallel to South bounds of Lot 28, 10 chains, 43 links; East by a line parallel to the first mentioned boundary, 38 chains, 35 links; South by Lot 27, 10 chains, 43 links; containing 40 acres. The deed was recorded 3 August 1832 Genesee County and 3 October 1832 in Erie County (Erie County Deeds, Liber 13, page 318).
* On 15 November 1832, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Oren Treat and others for $336.50. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, Lot 27, Northeast part, containing 55 and a half acres, more or less. The land was bounded on the East by the line laid out to Oren Treat, 43 chains, 79 links; South by the line laid out to Oren Treat, 5 chains, 70 links; West by a line parallel to the first line, 43 chains, 89 links); North by lot 28, 5 chains, 70 links; containing 25 acres The deed was recorded 31 March 1842 in Erie County (Erie County Deeds, Liber 67, pages 19-20).
* On 15 November 1833, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Wilhem Willink and others for $291.39. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, Lot 27, Northeast part, containing 55 and a half acres, more or less. The land was bounded on the North by Lot 28 (15 chains, 4 links); East by Lot 19 (36 chains, 77 links); South by land of Lyman Letson (15 chains, 4 links); West by land deeded previously to James Vaux (37 chains, 5 links). The deed was recorded 17 February 1834 in Genesee County and 20 February 1837 in Erie County (Erie county Deeds, Liber 35, Page 427).
* On 7 January 1837, James Vaux and James Vaux, Jr., both of Erie County, New York, bought land from Eliphalet Jones and his wife Polly for $850. The land was in Aurora town, Erie County, a part of Lot 31 in Township 9, Range 6, containing 4 acres and 47 rods. The land was bounded commencing from a stake in the southeast corner of land owned by Holmes Hollister and Curtiss; on the north by J.S. Bartlett's land; thence running South 89-1/4 degrees East 23 rods and 15 links to the center of the highway; thence North 2-1/2 degrees East along the center of the highway 79 rods and 3 links; thence West parallel to the first mentioned line 23 rods and 15 links; thence South 2-1/2 degrees West 29 rods and 3 links to the place of beginning. The deed was recorded 7 January 1837 in Erie County (Erie County Deeds, Liber 40, Page 520.).
There are three deeds for land bought in Lots 27 and 28, and one for the land bought in Lot 31. Fortunately, two of the deeds can be easily seen on the deed I showed yesterday. The land in lot 28 is adjacent to one of the lots in Lot 27.
Now I want to find these lots on a map of Aurora township, Erie County, New York. There is an 1866 map for this township and county in Ancestry's collection of "Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000." Unfortunately, I couldn't save that image to my computer files.
Recently, Ancestry added the U.S., County and Regional Histories and Atlases, 1804-1984" collection. I found the "New Topographical Atlas of Erie County, New York" in this collection, and then found the 1866 map of Aurora township in Erie County:
There is an index for Towns and Villages:
Aurora Township was on Page 15, which turned out to be Image 11 of 52:
The map of Aurora Township showed the Lot numbers, and the location and names of the owners in 1866. Since my Vaux family had moved to Wisconsin in about 1853, I didn't expect to see that surname listed.
I zoomed in on Lots 27 and 28 and saw:
From the small map on the 1833 deed (posted yesterday), I can tell that the land in three of the deeds was in the northeast quarter of Lot 27, and another was across the road in Lot 28.
There are some familiar names from the Vaux deeds in Section 27 - namely Orin Treat (in the west part of Lot 27) and Luther Letson (in the south part of Lot 27):
There are no houses or owners names in the northeast corner of Lot 27 for some reason. So I think that I've found where they lived. Now to find it on a 2013 map.
Here is a Google Map view of the area south of East Aurora:
I put a red box around the location of the James Vaux land holdings in Lot 27. You can see the town boundary of East Aurora on the upper part of the image above. Comparing this map with the plat map, I think that Center Street (yellow road in the right-center of the map above) is the road between Lots 27 and 19, and that Blakeley Road (County road 55) in the lower part of the image above is the road between Lots 27 and 28. The main east-west and north-south roads appear to be about one mile apart. Therefore, the intersection of Blakeley Road and Center Street is about 3 miles south of the East Aurora town limit, and about 3 miles east of the Village of Griffins Mills.
Switching to the Satellite view, and zooming in on the northeast corner of Lot 27 (intersection of Blakeley Road and Center Street) shows me:
There are at least five modern homes on the land once owned by James Vaux. I wonder if any of the homes were built around and included some of the home built by James Vaux, and his son, on this land.
My next research task is to find the location of the land of my third great-grandparents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux, and Mary Ann's parents, Amos and Mary (Metcalf) Underhill.
My purpose in publishing this information - the deed abstracts, the plat maps, and the modern maps, is to demonstrate how much information is available online to genealogical researchers, at least in certain states at this time. Knowing what resources are available on Ancestry.com, on FamilySearch.org, and other websites is important. It is difficult to "keep up with all the new material" for many people, and I hope that by providing examples to my readers, and web searchers, it will help them find resources to solve their own research problems.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/finding-plat-maps-for-james-vaux-land.html
Copyright (c) 2013, randall J. Seaver
Tuesday's Tip - Look for Recent Obituaries in Google, Tributes and Legacy
This week's Tuesday Tip seems obvious: Look for recent obituaries in a Google search, on Legacy.com and Tributes.com.
The back story: One of my tasks as Research/Queries Chair fro the Chula Vista Genealogical society is to respond to queries sent to CVGS asking for obituary lookups, cemetery grave photos, vital record certificates, local history book lookups, CVGS member name lists, etc.
We received one last week from a queryist wanting information about two persons who died in 2005 and 2009 in San Diego County. I have access to the San Diego Union-Tribune digital archives that go back to 1983, to GenealogyBank's "Recent Obituaries" collection, and the NewspaperARCHIVE's collection on Ancestry.com.
I quickly found one of the obituaries in the GenealogyBank collection, but did not find an obituary for the second person. I emailed the queryist providing the one obituary and apologizing for not being able to find a second one, noting that one may have been published in a newspaper that I could not access, or that one was not published for whatever reason.
I quickly received an email back saying "I found the second one by doing a simple Google search!"
Huh? Why didn't I think of that? Talk about feeling stupid...so I did the Google search too and saw:
The first two results are for listings for the person on www.Legacy.com and www.Tributes.com.
I tried the same search for the second person, and while there were apparent links, they did not show the obituary.
The lesson learned here is to search on Google for results, which may lead to websites like Legacy.com and Tributes com for recent obituaries. Then search the subscription sites, and then search local newspapers on microfilm at a repository.
The URL for this post is:
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
The back story: One of my tasks as Research/Queries Chair fro the Chula Vista Genealogical society is to respond to queries sent to CVGS asking for obituary lookups, cemetery grave photos, vital record certificates, local history book lookups, CVGS member name lists, etc.
We received one last week from a queryist wanting information about two persons who died in 2005 and 2009 in San Diego County. I have access to the San Diego Union-Tribune digital archives that go back to 1983, to GenealogyBank's "Recent Obituaries" collection, and the NewspaperARCHIVE's collection on Ancestry.com.
I quickly found one of the obituaries in the GenealogyBank collection, but did not find an obituary for the second person. I emailed the queryist providing the one obituary and apologizing for not being able to find a second one, noting that one may have been published in a newspaper that I could not access, or that one was not published for whatever reason.
I quickly received an email back saying "I found the second one by doing a simple Google search!"
Huh? Why didn't I think of that? Talk about feeling stupid...so I did the Google search too and saw:
The first two results are for listings for the person on www.Legacy.com and www.Tributes.com.
I tried the same search for the second person, and while there were apparent links, they did not show the obituary.
The lesson learned here is to search on Google for results, which may lead to websites like Legacy.com and Tributes com for recent obituaries. Then search the subscription sites, and then search local newspapers on microfilm at a repository.
The URL for this post is:
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Monday, February 4, 2013
Putting the Land Records Together for James Vaux (1787-1839)
I have discussed finding Erie County, New York land records on FamilySearch for my Underhill and Vaux ancestors in:
* Using New York Land Records, 1630-1975, on FamilySearch,
* Adding Amos Underhill's Land Deeds to RootsMagic 6
* Dear Randy: What Record Collection Would You Like To Have Indexed?
It took me three visits to the Grantor and Grantee indexes on FamilySearch to find all of the deeds for my third great-grandparents, Amos Underhill and James Vaux, and my 4th great-grandfather, James Vaux. I have only checked the 1808 to 1859 deed indexes so far, so there may still be additional deeds to find and analyze. But I think I have them all for James Vaux, who died in 1839 back in Somerset, England after settling in Erie County by 1832, and going back to his birthplace in England on family business.
The next task in my research is to list the deeds, abstract them, and see if they tell me more about the lives of these families in New York.
The deeds for James Vaux (and his heirs) include:
* Wilhem Willink & others to James Vaux, dated 16 June 1832, in Liber 13, page 318
* Oren Treat to James Vaux, dated 15 November 1832, in Liber 67, page 19
* Wilhem Willink & others to James Vaux, dated 15 November 1833, in Liber 35, page 427
* Eliphalet Jones to James Vaux and James Vaux Jr., dated 7 January 1837, in Liber 40, page 520
I have found, saved, and named the images of the index pages and the deeds themselves to my computer digital filing system.
Here is an abstract that I've crafted for one of the deeds:
On 15 November 1833, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Wilhem Willink and others for $291.39. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, Lot 27, Northeast part, containing 55 and a half acres, more or less. The land was bounded on the North by Lot 28 (15 chains, 4 links); East by Lot 19 (36 chains, 77 links); South by land of Lyman Letson (15 chains, 4 links); West by land deeded previously to James Vaux (37 chains, 5 links). The deed was recorded 17 February 1834 in Genesee County and 20 February 1837 in Erie County.
This deed image looks like this:
There is a map of the land described in the deed:
Wilhem Willink and the others who were the party of the first part in this deed represented the Holland Land Company that had purchased, surveyed and were selling land in western New York. More on the Holland Land Company can be found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Land_Company.
My next task is to try to find this exact land location on a plat map of the township (Township 9 was named Aurora at some point in time).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/putting-land-records-together-for-james.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
* Using New York Land Records, 1630-1975, on FamilySearch,
* Adding Amos Underhill's Land Deeds to RootsMagic 6
* Dear Randy: What Record Collection Would You Like To Have Indexed?
It took me three visits to the Grantor and Grantee indexes on FamilySearch to find all of the deeds for my third great-grandparents, Amos Underhill and James Vaux, and my 4th great-grandfather, James Vaux. I have only checked the 1808 to 1859 deed indexes so far, so there may still be additional deeds to find and analyze. But I think I have them all for James Vaux, who died in 1839 back in Somerset, England after settling in Erie County by 1832, and going back to his birthplace in England on family business.
The next task in my research is to list the deeds, abstract them, and see if they tell me more about the lives of these families in New York.
The deeds for James Vaux (and his heirs) include:
* Wilhem Willink & others to James Vaux, dated 16 June 1832, in Liber 13, page 318
* Oren Treat to James Vaux, dated 15 November 1832, in Liber 67, page 19
* Wilhem Willink & others to James Vaux, dated 15 November 1833, in Liber 35, page 427
* Eliphalet Jones to James Vaux and James Vaux Jr., dated 7 January 1837, in Liber 40, page 520
I have found, saved, and named the images of the index pages and the deeds themselves to my computer digital filing system.
Here is an abstract that I've crafted for one of the deeds:
On 15 November 1833, James Vaux of Erie County, New York bought land from Wilhem Willink and others for $291.39. The land was in Erie County, Township 9 (Aurora), Range 6, Lot 27, Northeast part, containing 55 and a half acres, more or less. The land was bounded on the North by Lot 28 (15 chains, 4 links); East by Lot 19 (36 chains, 77 links); South by land of Lyman Letson (15 chains, 4 links); West by land deeded previously to James Vaux (37 chains, 5 links). The deed was recorded 17 February 1834 in Genesee County and 20 February 1837 in Erie County.
This deed image looks like this:
There is a map of the land described in the deed:
Wilhem Willink and the others who were the party of the first part in this deed represented the Holland Land Company that had purchased, surveyed and were selling land in western New York. More on the Holland Land Company can be found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Land_Company.
My next task is to try to find this exact land location on a plat map of the township (Township 9 was named Aurora at some point in time).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/putting-land-records-together-for-james.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
CVGS Seminar on Saturday, 30 March: CeCe Moore on "Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA"
The annual Spring Seminar of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society will be on Saturday, 30 March 2013 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chula Vista Golf Course clubhouse in Bonita (4475 Bonita Road, turn north onto Billy Casper Way from Bonita Road, the gold course is on the right). The event includes a catered lunch.
The featured speaker for this event is CeCe Moore on the theme of "Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA."
Do you want to know all about DNA genetic testing and how it can help you learn about your ancestors? Mark your calendars for March 30th, 2013. CVGS will present renowned genetic genealogist CeCe Moore for a lively and informative day-long seminar. We'll learn about the various DNA tests available, how to read and understand the results and how they'll apply to researching our family trees.
You are encouraged to take advantage of 23andMe's spectacular $99 deal for the genetic test and to bring your test results to the seminar so CeCe can help you interpret them. But do it soon - the results will take at least 3 weeks to return to you.
The fee for CVGS members is $35, $40 to non-members, and $40 for late registrants after March 22. The Registration form is available on the our CVGS website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacvgs2/page26.htm and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChulaVistaGenealogicalSociety). Or contact Gary Brock at gary@cyber.net or (619) 475-4054, or Karen Yarger at khy13@hotmail.com or (619) 426-0834.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/cvgs-seminar-on-saturday-30-march-cece.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
The featured speaker for this event is CeCe Moore on the theme of "Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA."
Do you want to know all about DNA genetic testing and how it can help you learn about your ancestors? Mark your calendars for March 30th, 2013. CVGS will present renowned genetic genealogist CeCe Moore for a lively and informative day-long seminar. We'll learn about the various DNA tests available, how to read and understand the results and how they'll apply to researching our family trees.
You are encouraged to take advantage of 23andMe's spectacular $99 deal for the genetic test and to bring your test results to the seminar so CeCe can help you interpret them. But do it soon - the results will take at least 3 weeks to return to you.
The fee for CVGS members is $35, $40 to non-members, and $40 for late registrants after March 22. The Registration form is available on the our CVGS website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacvgs2/page26.htm and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChulaVistaGenealogicalSociety). Or contact Gary Brock at gary@cyber.net or (619) 475-4054, or Karen Yarger at khy13@hotmail.com or (619) 426-0834.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/cvgs-seminar-on-saturday-30-march-cece.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755)
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 records for Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755) of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Jonathan had four children by his first wife, Deliverance --?-- (????-1734): Samuel Oatley (1726-1794); Rebecca Oatley (1728-????); Rhoda Oatley (1730-1757); Benedict Oatley (1732-1821). By his second wife, Mary --?-- (1702-1786), he had two children: Jonathan Oatley (1737-????); Joseph Oatley (1739-????). All children were born in South Kingstown.
Jonathan Oatley died testate, having written a will on 20 July 1755, less than two months before his death. The will reads (transcribed by Randy Seaver from South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Probate and Town Council Records, Volume 5, Pages 25-27, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834):
"In the Name of God amen, I, Jonathan Oatly of South Kingstown in the County of Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island &c. yeoman being sick & weak of Body but of a sound mind & in perfect memory Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament That is to say principally & first of all I commend my soul into the Hand of God who gave & my Body to the Earth to buried in decent Christian manner according to the Discretion of my Executor herein after named my just Debts & funeral charges being first paid by my said Executor, I give devise and bequeath of my Worldly Estate in the following manner & Form.
"Imprimis - I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary Oatly, my large black chest and all that part of my Household Stuff which she brought with her to me together with all my stock without Doors & any part of my House she shall incline to Improve for & During the Time of her widowhood. I likewise give her the sum of Fifty Pounds in Bills of publick Credit to be paid her by my sd Executor in Two years after my decease.
"Item - I give & devise unto my beloved son Samuel Oatley the sum of Five Pounds in Bills of Credit to be paid by my said Executor within two years after my decease.
"Item - I give & Devise unto my beloved son Benedict Oatly all my Housing & Homestead Bounded Northerly on an Highway Easterly & Southerly on land of Joseph Torry & Westerly on land of James Willson. To him his heirs and assigns forever, He paying to his mother in law & his Brother Samuel the legacies before mentioned and given, and all my Just Debts also I bequeath to him my great Bible.
"Item - I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Rebecca Champlin the one half of all my Household goods not herein disposed of to her mother, to her, Her Heirs and assigns for ever I likewise give her the use & improvement of the other half Solong as Ephraim Drake (my daughter Rhoda's Husband) shall live at whose decease the one Half as aforesaid I give & bequeath unto my beloved daughter Rhoda Drake her Heirs & assigns. But it is to be understood & my will is that my daughter Rebecca (before any division is to be made) shall have one Feather Bed & Beding.
"Item - I give and bequeath unto my two sons Samuel and Benedict all my wearing apparel and what Cloath is in the House not made into any garment to be Equally divided Between Them -- and my Will is that all my Books not herein before disposed of be equally divided between my said Wife and my said son Benedict.
"Lastly, I do hereby constitute, ordain & appoint my Beloved son Benedict Oatly Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking & disanulling all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made Ratifying and Confirming this and this only to be my Last. In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Twentyeth Day of July Anno the Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty five.
"Signed, sealed, published, pronounced,
& declared by the said Jonathan Oatly
to be his Last Will & Testament
in presence of us the subscribers.
................................................................................... Jonathan Oatly (seal)
Latham Clarke
Martha Clarke
William Steward."
On 8 September 1755, Latham Clarke and Martha Clarke personally appeared before the Town Council and declared under oath that they witnessed Jonathan Oatley of South Kingstown deceased sign, seal and declare the above to be his last will and testament and signed as witnesses to the act.
An inventory of the personal estate of Jonathan Oatly, late of South Kingstown, deceased, was taken by Latham Clarke and Benjamin Rodman, as showed by his executor Benedict Oatly and his widow Mary Oatly. The inventory of the personal estate, in two columns over two pages of the records, totaled 559 pounds, 12 shillings, 1 pence. The inventory was approved by the Town Council on 12 January 1756, and recorded by the clerk on 15 January 1756 (from South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Probate and Town Council Records, Volume 5, Pages 34-36, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834).
Only four children of Jonathan Oatley are mentioned in his will - all by his first wife. There is no mention of the two sons accorded to the second wife, Mary - Jonathan and Joseph. The married surnames of the two daughters, Rebecca Champlin and Rhoda Drake, are used, and Rhoda's husband, Ephraim Drake, is identified. I found interesting that Rebecca received sole use and improvement of the household goods until Rhoda's husband died, and then Rhoda was to receive her half.
My ancestry is through the son Benedict Oatley. It is interesting that the will names Jonathan's current wife as Benedict's "mother-in-law," implying that she is his stepmother.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-of.html
Copyright (c) 2013, 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 records for Jonathan Oatley (1689-1755) of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Jonathan had four children by his first wife, Deliverance --?-- (????-1734): Samuel Oatley (1726-1794); Rebecca Oatley (1728-????); Rhoda Oatley (1730-1757); Benedict Oatley (1732-1821). By his second wife, Mary --?-- (1702-1786), he had two children: Jonathan Oatley (1737-????); Joseph Oatley (1739-????). All children were born in South Kingstown.
Jonathan Oatley died testate, having written a will on 20 July 1755, less than two months before his death. The will reads (transcribed by Randy Seaver from South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Probate and Town Council Records, Volume 5, Pages 25-27, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834):
"In the Name of God amen, I, Jonathan Oatly of South Kingstown in the County of Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island &c. yeoman being sick & weak of Body but of a sound mind & in perfect memory Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament That is to say principally & first of all I commend my soul into the Hand of God who gave & my Body to the Earth to buried in decent Christian manner according to the Discretion of my Executor herein after named my just Debts & funeral charges being first paid by my said Executor, I give devise and bequeath of my Worldly Estate in the following manner & Form.
"Imprimis - I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary Oatly, my large black chest and all that part of my Household Stuff which she brought with her to me together with all my stock without Doors & any part of my House she shall incline to Improve for & During the Time of her widowhood. I likewise give her the sum of Fifty Pounds in Bills of publick Credit to be paid her by my sd Executor in Two years after my decease.
"Item - I give & devise unto my beloved son Samuel Oatley the sum of Five Pounds in Bills of Credit to be paid by my said Executor within two years after my decease.
"Item - I give & Devise unto my beloved son Benedict Oatly all my Housing & Homestead Bounded Northerly on an Highway Easterly & Southerly on land of Joseph Torry & Westerly on land of James Willson. To him his heirs and assigns forever, He paying to his mother in law & his Brother Samuel the legacies before mentioned and given, and all my Just Debts also I bequeath to him my great Bible.
"Item - I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Rebecca Champlin the one half of all my Household goods not herein disposed of to her mother, to her, Her Heirs and assigns for ever I likewise give her the use & improvement of the other half Solong as Ephraim Drake (my daughter Rhoda's Husband) shall live at whose decease the one Half as aforesaid I give & bequeath unto my beloved daughter Rhoda Drake her Heirs & assigns. But it is to be understood & my will is that my daughter Rebecca (before any division is to be made) shall have one Feather Bed & Beding.
"Item - I give and bequeath unto my two sons Samuel and Benedict all my wearing apparel and what Cloath is in the House not made into any garment to be Equally divided Between Them -- and my Will is that all my Books not herein before disposed of be equally divided between my said Wife and my said son Benedict.
"Lastly, I do hereby constitute, ordain & appoint my Beloved son Benedict Oatly Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking & disanulling all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made Ratifying and Confirming this and this only to be my Last. In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Twentyeth Day of July Anno the Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty five.
"Signed, sealed, published, pronounced,
& declared by the said Jonathan Oatly
to be his Last Will & Testament
in presence of us the subscribers.
................................................................................... Jonathan Oatly (seal)
Latham Clarke
Martha Clarke
William Steward."
On 8 September 1755, Latham Clarke and Martha Clarke personally appeared before the Town Council and declared under oath that they witnessed Jonathan Oatley of South Kingstown deceased sign, seal and declare the above to be his last will and testament and signed as witnesses to the act.
An inventory of the personal estate of Jonathan Oatly, late of South Kingstown, deceased, was taken by Latham Clarke and Benjamin Rodman, as showed by his executor Benedict Oatly and his widow Mary Oatly. The inventory of the personal estate, in two columns over two pages of the records, totaled 559 pounds, 12 shillings, 1 pence. The inventory was approved by the Town Council on 12 January 1756, and recorded by the clerk on 15 January 1756 (from South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Probate and Town Council Records, Volume 5, Pages 34-36, accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834).
Only four children of Jonathan Oatley are mentioned in his will - all by his first wife. There is no mention of the two sons accorded to the second wife, Mary - Jonathan and Joseph. The married surnames of the two daughters, Rebecca Champlin and Rhoda Drake, are used, and Rhoda's husband, Ephraim Drake, is identified. I found interesting that Rebecca received sole use and improvement of the household goods until Rhoda's husband died, and then Rhoda was to receive her half.
My ancestry is through the son Benedict Oatley. It is interesting that the will names Jonathan's current wife as Benedict's "mother-in-law," implying that she is his stepmother.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/02/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-of.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Best of the Genea-Blogs - 27 January to 2 February 2013
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:
* Free Records! by Emily Garber on the (Going) the Extra Yad blog. Emily tells us about ordering microform images (for free) from the Family History Library.
* Constantly Surprising Me, From California to Massachusetts by Barbara Poole on the Life From the Roots blog. Barbara discovers more about her Poole ancestor by Googling his name - lots more!
* News from the SSDI Front by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Here we go again - Judy stays on top of this issue.
* The Internet as a Tech Tool to Find Offline Information by Caroline M. Pointer on the 4 Your Family Stories blog. Caroline has pointers for how to find resources that are not online, since it's not all on the Internet.
* 5 Little-Used Records for Genealogical Research by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog. Michael identifies some record types we usually don't think of - but should be consulted if they're available.
* The Brick Wall Stories: Lucy Arnold, Part 4 by Diane Boumenot on the One Rhode Island Family blog. Diane gathered many deeds at the FHL and she's analyzing them carefully. I love the chart!
* 10 Innovative Ideas to Engage Your Family With Their Family History by Janet Hovorka on The Chart Chick blog. Excellent ideas - and check out Janet's new blog, Zap the Grandma Gap for the stories about their Christmas holiday trip to England.
* The New Faces of Genealogy by Denise Barrett-Olson on the Moultrie Creek Gazette blog. Denise interviews Jen Baldwin about the creation and development of the In-Depth Genealogist, a group blog.
* The Creative Process: One Brick From the Wall by Diane on the Nuts From the Family Tree blog. Diane tells a story about brainstorming - how can we apply this to genealogy?
* Is That Genealogy Record Abstract Correct? by Paula Stuart-Warren on Paula's Genealogical Eclectica blog. Paula shows that finding the original record really leads to more information. Great advice.
* Genealogical Proof Standard - Step 1 - A Reasonably Exhaustive Search by Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring's Ask A Genealogist blog. Michele provides an excellent description, plus some links for further reading.
These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week:
* Monday Morning Mentions by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.
* Monday Recap for January 28, 2013 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.
* Follow Friday - Favorites for February 1, 2013 by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves for Trees blog.
* Follow Friday - Fab Finds for February 1, 2013 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.
* Warriors, Elopements, and Pranks! It's Follow Friday by Anne Gillespie Mitchell on the Finding Forgotten Stories blog.
* Genealogy News Corral: Special Black History Edition by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Friday Finds - 02/01/13 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.
* Genealogy Blogs, News & Tidbits #5 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.
* Blogs for Genealogists, February 1 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.
* A Sunday Walk Around the Blogs by Dawn Watson on the Digging in the Roots blog.
* Weekly Genealogy Picks, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch 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 1350 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/2013/02/best-of-genea-blogs-27-january-to-2.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
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:
* Free Records! by Emily Garber on the (Going) the Extra Yad blog. Emily tells us about ordering microform images (for free) from the Family History Library.
* Constantly Surprising Me, From California to Massachusetts by Barbara Poole on the Life From the Roots blog. Barbara discovers more about her Poole ancestor by Googling his name - lots more!
* News from the SSDI Front by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog. Here we go again - Judy stays on top of this issue.
* The Internet as a Tech Tool to Find Offline Information by Caroline M. Pointer on the 4 Your Family Stories blog. Caroline has pointers for how to find resources that are not online, since it's not all on the Internet.
* 5 Little-Used Records for Genealogical Research by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog. Michael identifies some record types we usually don't think of - but should be consulted if they're available.
* The Brick Wall Stories: Lucy Arnold, Part 4 by Diane Boumenot on the One Rhode Island Family blog. Diane gathered many deeds at the FHL and she's analyzing them carefully. I love the chart!
* 10 Innovative Ideas to Engage Your Family With Their Family History by Janet Hovorka on The Chart Chick blog. Excellent ideas - and check out Janet's new blog, Zap the Grandma Gap for the stories about their Christmas holiday trip to England.
* The New Faces of Genealogy by Denise Barrett-Olson on the Moultrie Creek Gazette blog. Denise interviews Jen Baldwin about the creation and development of the In-Depth Genealogist, a group blog.
* The Creative Process: One Brick From the Wall by Diane on the Nuts From the Family Tree blog. Diane tells a story about brainstorming - how can we apply this to genealogy?
* Is That Genealogy Record Abstract Correct? by Paula Stuart-Warren on Paula's Genealogical Eclectica blog. Paula shows that finding the original record really leads to more information. Great advice.
* Genealogical Proof Standard - Step 1 - A Reasonably Exhaustive Search by Michele Simmons Lewis on the Ancestoring's Ask A Genealogist blog. Michele provides an excellent description, plus some links for further reading.
These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week:
* Monday Morning Mentions by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.
* Monday Recap for January 28, 2013 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.
* Follow Friday - Favorites for February 1, 2013 by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves for Trees blog.
* Follow Friday - Fab Finds for February 1, 2013 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.
* Warriors, Elopements, and Pranks! It's Follow Friday by Anne Gillespie Mitchell on the Finding Forgotten Stories blog.
* Genealogy News Corral: Special Black History Edition by Diane Haddad on the Genealogy Insider blog.
* Friday Finds - 02/01/13 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.
* Genealogy Blogs, News & Tidbits #5 by Deb Ruth on the Adventures in Genealogy blog.
* Blogs for Genealogists, February 1 by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.
* A Sunday Walk Around the Blogs by Dawn Watson on the Digging in the Roots blog.
* Weekly Genealogy Picks, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch 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 1350 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/2013/02/best-of-genea-blogs-27-january-to-2.html
Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
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