Genea-Musings

Monday, May 23, 2016

Register for SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Livestreaming - FREE on June 3rd to 5th

I received this information by email from the Southern California genealogical society today:

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Registration

Now Open for FREE

Live Streaming of

Jamboree 2016 Sessions

Click Here To Register

This is a long one - so stay with us...

Last week, we announced the schedule for the pay-per-view live streamed sessions from the Genetic Genealogy 2016 Conference. Thank you to genealogists around the world who have already registered for the DNA pay-per-view sessions.

Now, it's time to release the rest of the news you've been waiting for - the schedule for the FREE live streaming from the 47th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree.

We are very grateful to our Diamond Sponsor, Ancestry.com, which is underwriting the cost of the free Jamboree Live Stream. With their generous support, SCGS is once again able to bring you 14 hours of high-quality family history education free of charge.

The live streamed sessions from Jamboree are listed below. Session descriptions, speaker bios, suggested experience levels and schedule details are available on the Jamboree website.

The Jamboree streaming video is FREE, but you will need to register to view the broadcasts. We encourage you to register in advance so there is no delay when you want to view the sessions.

Friday, June 3

FR008 German Immigrant Waves: Contrasts and Sources - James M.Beidler

FR018 Problems and Pitfalls of a "Reasonably Shallow" Search - Elissa Scalise Powell, CG®, CGL®

FR027 Tracking Migrations and More: The Records of Old Settlers Organizations - Paula Stuart- Warren, CG®, FMGS, FUGA

FR035 Principles of Effective Evidence Analysis - George Goodloe Morgan

Saturday, June 4

SA009 Getting Started with Eastern European Research - Lisa A. Alzo, MFA

SA018 Be Your Own Digital Archivist: Preserve Your Research - Cyndi Ingle

SA022 German Names: Their Origins, Meanings, and Distribution - C. Fritz Juengling, PhD, AG®

SA032 Using Military Pension Files to Fill Gaps in Family History - J. H. Fonkert, CG®

SA037 Maximizing Your Use of Evidence - Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG®, CGL®, FASG, FUGA, FNGS

SA052 German Genealogy on the Internet: Beyond the Basics - Michael D. Lacopo, DVM

Sunday, June 5

SU009 The Firelands, the Connecticut Western Reserve and the Ohio Territory - Peggy Clements Lauritzen, AG®

SU010 Avoiding Shiny Penny Syndrome with Your Genealogy - Tessa Ann Keough

SU027 All Aboard: Staying on Track with Your Research - Barbara M. Randall

SU031 U. S. Passport Applications - Debbie Mieszala, CG®

You won't be bored between sessions. Videos featuring Ancestry's training team will run during Jamboree breaks and lunches.

We hope you will share these broadcasts with others. Because the sessions are sponsored by Ancestry and available for free, you can host viewing parties with one or two friends, or with a room full of fellow society members. Of course, we also hope you will share this email to help us promote this outstanding opportunity.

If you can't watch a session in real-time as it is being live streamed, you will be able to watch it at your convenience before July 5, 2016, on the live stream website (not to be confused with the SCGS website and the Extension Series Webinar archives available for SCGS members).

Jamboree and DNA live streamed sessions will not be available for purchase on DVD, nor will they be accessible in the SCGS website archive.

Registration for the pay-per-view and free Jamboree sessions will remain open through July 5, 2016 when the special archive will close.

DNA Pay Per View

If you missed the announcement about the Genetic Genealogy 2016 pay-per-view broadcast, you can find all the details on the DNA registration page. The live streamed sessions for Genetic Genealogy will not be available on the Jamboree live streamed website.

Important Notes

You do not have to be a member of SCGS, nor do you need your SCGS membership number, to view any of the streaming video.

Streaming videos will not be shown on the SCGS website and are not the same as Jamboree Extension Series Webinars.

Genetic Genealogy/DNA Day pay-per-view live streaming is separate from Jamboree Free live streaming and is accessed via a separate webpage.

Each registration will generate a confirmation email that will contain your username (email) and automatically generated password.

PLEASE NOTE: If you sign up for both live streamed opportunities, you will generate 2 separate passwords. Please keep track.

If you forget your password or have any technical difficulties, click "Contact Support" on the live streaming webpage.

The Jamboree App is not involved in live streaming. Don't forget to download this. Read this blog post for details.

Jamboree live streaming is FREE and available to the public, but viewers need to register. We highly encourage you to register in advance.

The 47th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree

"Giving to the Future by Preserving the Past"

Friday - Sunday

June 3 - 5, 2016

"The Future of the Past: Genetic Genealogy 2016"

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Both held at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel

2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, California

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Amanuensis Monday - Post 321: Estate Inventory of Henry Smith (1680-1743) of Medfield, Mass.

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

The subject today is the 1743 inventory of the estate of Henry Smith (1680-1743) of Medfield, Sussex County, Massachusetts:

The transcription of the inventory is (transcribed line by line):

An Inventory of the Estate of Henry Smith late of Medfield in

the County of Suffolk Husbandman deced as it was appraised by us the

Subscribers on Sept'r 22'd & 23'd 1743 in the old Tenour –

To Wearing Apparel Books & arms & a p'r Boots & Spurs	£ 28	13	--
To one Cotton Shirt & 2 pr. Of Linnen Breeches	1	7	--
To a p'r of gloves & Mittens & 2 Woolen Shirts	1	5	6
To 5 Y'd & half of Woolen Cloth & 8 Y'd of Druggett	9	7	--
To one pair of Sheets a Table cloth & other Linnen	2	10	--
To 2 p'r of Stockings & Two Towells		9	--
To Money in hand and Money due to the Estate	137	16	4
To four Beds with the Beding & other things belonging	56	15	--
To 6 pillowbeers a Table cloth, a Bolster Case & other old Linnen	1	18	–
To a Bed Blanket & 3 Y'ds & half of Druggett	1	12	6
To Buttons & Mohairs & a Foot Wheel	3	3	6
To a Linnen Wheel & two Great Wheels	1	7	6
To 13 Chairs, Pewter Ware, a Button Mould & a Led pan	11	11	6
To 2 brass Kittles 2 Skillets a warming pan & Iron Kittle	8	15	–
To an Iron Pott & a frying Pan	1	2	–
To 2 hand Irons & 2 haker Tongs Fire Peals & Gridiron	3	10	–
To a Box Iron & Heater Earthen Ware & A Table	1	10	4
To 9 Milk Trays 2 Pails a Churn & a Cun	1	13	–
To 2 Butter Tubs a Dye Tub Scales & Weighh	–	10	6
To 2 old Pails & a Pigger an old Tub & a Tunnel	–	7	6
To 8 Cyder Barrels an old Tub & Glass Bottles	2	8	–
To a Beer Vessel two Meat Tubs and a Soap Tub	1	–	6
To an old Box a Lanthorn & Sheep Shears	–	7	6
To 4 Chests 2 Noxes & a Fan	0	4	–
To a Lawn Sieve a half Bushells & a half Peck	–	11	–
To an old Bestead Some Baskets a Keeler & an old Hogshead	–	16	–
To a Small Tray the best Saddle Bridle & Breast Plate	1	13	6
To an old Saddle parts of a Bridle & Leather Fetters	–	17	6
To a Wooden Bottle a Sieve & Male Pillion	–	9	–
To a Cheese Press & things belonging Woolen Gloves &	–	12	6
To a Great Plough a Grass Plough & a Seed Plough	7	9	--
To the Stock of Cattle and one Mare	171	10	–
To a Cart & Wgheels & all the Irons belonging & Sled Chains	9	11	6
To 3 Chains and two Iron Bars and Bar Iron	13	3	2
To a Breaking Up Hoe and a Broad Hoe & 2 old Hoes	1	9	–
To 4 Axes and Adze and an old hand Saw	2	14	6
To 2 Chizzells a Gouge Shieve A Stock Shieve & a fro	1	5	–
To 3 Augres Pincers a Beetle & Wedges & Harrow Teeth	3	9	–
To 2 Bells Old Scyths and 2 Bush Scyths & Tackling	2	6	6
To 2 pairs of Cords and some ox Shoes	–	17	6
To a Pillion & Horse Tackling & a Curl Rope	3	19	–
To 21'tt Flax and 4 'tt Horse Tackling	2	8	–
To 22 ½ tt Wool & a Tow Comb £5-4/ ¾ tt Cotton & an old Blankets 7/5	5	11	5
To about an ounce & ¾ of Silver	£ 2	6	8
To a Swine a Slead & 2 forks	24	5	–
To 26 Sheep & 525 of Skip Boards	21	11	6
To 225 Oak Board & 150 of oak plank	1	7	3
To half a p'r of Hillyweds Barking Irons & other old Irons	–	15	–
To a Grindstone & 2 sickles	1	–	–
To the House & Barn & 220 acres of Land at Home	910	–	–
To 3 acres of Meadow in Bridge Street Meadow	150	–	–
To 9 acres of Meadow in the Pine Swamp & 3 acres more } Joyning to Sam'l Smith's Meadow }	130	–	–
To Two acres of Meadow at Jade Walk	20	–	–
To 43 acres of Land in Walpole and 220 acres more in Said } Walpole lying in another piece }	815	–	–
To a Right in the Great Cedar Swamp in Said Walpole	10	–	–
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Samuel Morse Seth Clark Edward Turner	£ 2609	6	4

Suffolk Ss: By the Hono'ble Josiah Willard Esq'r Judge of Prob. &c

Henry Smith one of the Executors (Daniel Smith the other Executor

being Indisposed) presented the foregoing & made oath that it contains a

true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of his Father Henry Smith deceased

so far as hath come to his knowledge and that if more hereafter appears he

will cause the Same to be added. The Subscribing appraizers were Sworn

before Justice Clark as per his Certificate J. Willard

Boston Oct'o 21. 1743.

Daniel Smith the other Executor Personally appeared before me this

26^th of October 1743 and was Sworn in the Form above written.

J. Willard

Ex'd Ss And'w Belcher Reg'r.

The source citation for this inventory is:

Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, indexed database with digital images,Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Suffolk County, "Probate Records, Vol 35-37, 1740-1745," Volume 36, Pages 443-444 (images 572-573 of 927), Henry Smith inventory, 1743.

Note that there is £2,035 in real estate and the remainder is the personal estate, with the largest personal items being money in hand and livestock.

I posted the will transcription in Amanuensis Monday - Post 320: Will of Henry Smith (1680-1743) of Medfield, Mass.

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CVGS Program on Wednesday, May 25th Features Jim Bregante

WEDNESDAY, May 25th GENERAL MEETING

from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

At Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) in Auditorium

“San Diego's Waterfront Through the Eyes of a Child”

with Jim Bregante

Take a historical journey along the waterfront and Little Italy, from the 1930's to present, narrated by Jim Bregante, a native San Diegan. An experienced speaker, Jim is a Docent for the San Diego Maritime Museum, a member of the San Diego History Center and the Italian Historical Society of San Diego.

Jim shares his experience of growing up in Little Italy, near all the vibrant waterfront life, via a PowerPoint presentation, featuring pictures from historical and family archives. Depicting his family's start in the fishing industry, his experiences on the waterfront as a youth and life in Little Italy; Jim's memories are shared and treasured by many San Diegans.

All Chula Vista Genealogical Society programs are FREE to attend. There will be a short business meeting after the speaker's presentation. Refreshments will be available AFTER the business meeting.

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of 15 to 21 May 2016

The following databases were added or updated on Ancestry.com during the period from 15 to 21 May 2016:

The databases added or updated include:

* Mainz, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950; indexed records with record images, UPDATED 5/18/2016

* U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; indexed records with record images, UPDATED 5/18/2016

* Prenzlau, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950; indexed records with record images, UPDATED 5/18/2016

* Hesse, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1661-1875; indexed records without record images, ADDED 5/17/2016

* Web: Queensland, Australia, Immigration Indexes, 1848-1972; indexed records without record images, UPDATED 5/17/2016

* Hesse, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1730-1875; indexed records without record images, ADDED 5/17/2016

* U.S., Newspaper Marriage Index, 2002-2015; indexed records without record images, UPDATED 5/17/2016

* New Mexico, Land Records of New Spain, 1692-1846; indexed records with record images, ADDED 5/16/2016

* Hawaii, Passport Records, 1849-1850, 1874-1900; indexed records with record images, ADDED 5/16/2016

The recently added and updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections.

The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.

By my count above there were 4 NEW databases ADDED this past week, per the list above. There are now 32,590 databases available as of 22 May, up 5 from last week.

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NGS 2016 Conference Blog Compendium - UPDATED!

I am not attending the National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2016 Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from May 4 through 7, 2016, but a lot of geneabloggers are.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15 to 21 May 2016

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 daily blog prompts or 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:

* What every genealogist needs to know about American marriage records by Frederick Wertz on the Findmypast Blog. This is a brief review of the possible marriage record types found in the Findmypast collection..

* Is It A Match? Ways to Correlate Evidence and Identify Ancestors by Jake Fletcher on the Legacy News blog. Jake describes his processes to work with evidence and identify ancestors.

* When I Started by Kathleen Moore on The Misadventures of a Genealogist blog. With a little humor, Kathleen shares how she got started 13 years ago.

* Dead or Alive at Ancestry.com by Michael John Neill on the Rootdig.com blog. Heh.

* Finding Living Cousins by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog. Linda describes her favorite tools to do this.

* Putting the Search in Context by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry blog. Jacqi lines up documents with history and maps on her Marshall Jackson challenge.

* War, Starvation, and Smallpox Decimate the Rode Family by Don Taylor on the D. Taylor's Genealogy blog. What a tragic and inspiring story.

* MyHeritage is Adding Free DNA Matching by Kahl on the MyHeritage Blog. More information should be forthcoming soon.

* The Challenge of Innovation and Change in the Genealogical Community by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog. James discusses technology, innovation and genealogy. I agree.

* Riding Grandfather's Paper Express: Genealogical Research in U.S. Railroad Records by Jake fletcher on the Legacy News blog. Jake provides a nice summary for this record type.

* Ask Yvette: Untangling two same-named women by Yvette Hoitink on the Dutch Genealogy blog. Yvette untangles a puzzle for a cousin with sound principles and original records.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday Fossicking 20th May 2016 by Crissouli on That Moment in Time blog.

* GAGs - GeniAus' Gems - 21 May 2016 by Jill Ball on the GeniAus blog.

*  Recommended Reads by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*   Friday Finds 20 May 2016 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

*  This Week's Creme de la Creme -- May 21, 2016 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

* Saturday Serendipity (May 21, 2016) by John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog.

*  Favorite Reads of the Week: 21 May 2016 by Nicole Dyer on the Family Locket blog.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another 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 1590 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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