Friday, March 1, 2019

New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 March 2019

I received this information from Findmypast this afternoon:

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New Cincinnati Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday



There are more than 6.7 million new records available to search this Findmypast Friday:


Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Records
Over 405,000 sacramental register entries covering 103 Parishes across the Dioceses of Cincinnati are now available to search online for the first time. These new collections consist of indexes of baptisms, marriages, burials and congregational records spanning the years 1800 to 1979. These new collection include;

                    Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records
                    Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Burials
                    Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Marriages
                    Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
In 1850, Cincinnati was the 5th largest city in the United States. Its location on the Ohio River made it a popular stopping off point for immigrants and pioneers traveling west, many of whom stopped long enough to create a sacramental record. Early in the history of the Archdiocese there were large numbers of German and Irish immigrants spread throughout its counties and, by the end of the 19th century, there were joined by increasing numbers of Italians and Eastern Europeans.

Liverpool Roman Catholic Parish Records
Over 1.4 million baptisms, marriages, burials and congregational records covering 47 parishes have been released online for the first time in association with the Archdiocese of Liverpool. These latest additions to our collections of English Catholic records span the years 1754 to 1988 and include images of the original documents. These new records have been added to the following collection;
                    England Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records
                    England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages
                    England Roman Catholic Parish Burials
                    England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Between 1830 and 1930 about forty million people left Europe in search of a better life and roughly nine million of them sailed from Liverpool, then the largest emigration port in the world. These people were mostly travelling to North America, Australia and New Zealand - the ‘New World’ - and the millions of Irish, English, Scottish, Italians, Germans, Polish and many others who settled in or passed through the city are captured in city’s records.

Search for your Liverpool ancestors with over 2.5 million admission and discharge registers, classification lists, registers of the sick, and other documents from seven different institutions including: Fazakerley Cottage Homes, Kirkdale Industrial Schools, West Derby Union Workhouse, Olive Mount Children's Home, Sefton General Hospital, Toxteth Park Workhouse, Walton Workhouse, and West Derby Union.

Within the admission and discharge registers, you may discover your ancestor’s religion, last residence, name and address of nearest relatives, and discharge date. The classification lists would classify children as orphans, illegitimate, deserted, child of parents undergoing punishment, child of widows or widowers, or child of lunatics. The records also contain lists of children sent to Canada. The lists will provide the date the child was sent, the name and address of the foster parents, and the ship name.

Liverpool Church of England Parish records
Over 2.2 million parish baptisms, marriages, burials and congregational records have been added to our collection of Lancashire Church of England parish records. The new additions cover 157 parishes across the city and span the years 1653 to 1991 and are available to search through the following collections;

                    Lancashire, Liverpool Congregational Records
                    Lancashire Baptisms  
                    Lancashire Banns & Marriages
                    Lancashire Burials
The records are also available to browse.

Over 646,000 additional records covering hundreds of schools across Liverpool and Lancashire between 1807 and 1952 are now available to search. The new additions include admissions, withdrawals and log books that will enable you to learn more about your ancestor’s early years.
These records may reveal a variety of details about your ancestors including birth dates, admission years and the schools they attended. You may also be able to discover their parents’ names, father’s occupation, exam results and any illnesses that led to absence from school.

England & Wales Non-Conformist Records
Over 50,000 additional records have been added to our collections of England & Wales Non-Conformist births and baptisms, marriages and burials covering Methodist churches in the English port city of Liverpool. The new additions span over 100 years of the city’s history between 1800 and 1915 and are available to search within the following collections:

                    England & Wales Non-Conformist Marriages
                    England & Wales Non-Conformist Burials
                    England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms

This week we have added 117,904 new pages to The Archive. We have two brand new titles joining us this week – the Folkestone Express, Sandgate, Shorncliffe & Hythe Advertiser, which spans the years between 1868 and 1919, and the Central Somerset Gazette, which covers the years between 1862 and 1981.

This week also sees updates to four of our existing titles, with further updates to last week’s new title, the East Kent Gazette, as well as new pages for the Oxfordshire Telegraph, the Sunday Independent (Dublin) and the Evening Herald (Dublin).

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Genealogy News Bytes - 1 March 2019


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:


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Ancestry.com Announces MyTreeTags™ Feature in Beta Release]

*  Ancestry.com Introduces New and Improved DNA Matching Tools Feature in Beta 

*  Ancestry.com Introduces New AncestryDNA ThruLines™ Feature in Beta Release

*  Ancestry® Announces Coveted Content Releases & New Family History Research Tools at RootsTech

*  MyHeritage Releases the "Theory of Family Relativity™" Feature for Finding Common Ancestors of MyHeritageDNA Matches 

*  MyHeritage Adds Automatic Clustering of DNA Matches for Insights on Common Ancestors 

*  DNA Quest Initiative Is Extended

*  RootsTech London – October 24-26, 2019

*  The LDS Church Donates 2 Million $ to the International African American Museum Center

*   Findmypast Announces Project to Digitise & Publish 1921 Census of England & Wales 

*  Stephen & Tabitha King Donate 1.25 Million $ to NEHGS

 IGHR 2019 registration tomorrow!

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

 
Findmypast’s Exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive Continues to Grow

*  Fold3 Adds New Allied POW Records

*  Chronicling America Updates - February, 2019

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar


*  Upcoming SCGS Webinar - Saturday, 2 March, 10 a.m.:  Irish Research - What's New? by Donna Moughty

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 5 March, 5 p.m. PST:  Polled! Finding your Ancestors in New South Wales Colonial Muster and Census Returns, by Carol Baxter


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 6 March, 11 a.m. PST: A Guide to Third Party Tools For DNA Testing, by Michelle Leonard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Spreadsheets 401 : Excel-lent Inspiration, by Mary Kircher Roddy

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Online Resources for French Genealogy part III: Succession tables, Electoral lists, Notarial Records, Newspapers, by Paul Woodbury

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #49… The Benefits Of Tying Historic Figures And Events To Your Ancestral Stories

5)  Genealogy Education - Video:

*  FamilySearch YouTube:  Watch the RootsTech 2019 Free Live Stream - Wednesday

 FamilySearch YouTube:  Watch the RootsTech 2019 Free Live Stream - Thursday

*  Ancestral Findings YouTube:  #227 - Your Foot Shape and Your Genealogy 

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Creative Ways to Showcase Genealogy In Your Home - RootsTech Expo Hall

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Nathan Dylan Goodwin Released Two New Genealogy Mystery Novels

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube: How to Handle Junk Information on Ancestry Trees?

*  Sharn White YouTube:  Rootstech 2019 Day 1

*  Sharn White YouTube: Interviewing Nick BARRATT of Who Do You Think You Are at Rootstech

*  Ancestry YouTube:  RootsTech 2019 Address From Ancestry CEO Margo Georgiadis | Ancestry

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  Learning to Love Family History...Research! by Kathryn Grant (UPDATED)

*  RF Tree genealogy YouTube:  Podcast #5 - King George

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, March 1,  2019


7)  DNA Success Stories

*  DNA Test Reveals Lookalike Friends Are Actually Sisters

*  Siblings reunite after 53 years thanks to DNA test through Ancestry.com

 Former LA County 5th District Supervisor Mike Antonovich meets his biological son

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 26 February 2019?

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Findmypast’s Exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive Continues to Grow

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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Findmypast’s exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive continues to grow

Findmypast brings Cincinnati and Liverpool Catholic records online for the very first time

●    Findmypast adds indexes containing over 1.2 million records from the Dioceses of Cincinnati and Archdioceses Liverpool to its exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive

●       Published online for the first time, family historians from around the world can now search for Catholic ancestors in these significant regions

●       New records date back to 1800, span more than 130 years of Catholic history and cover 150 parishes across both regions.

Leading family history website, Findmypast, has today announced the online publication of indexes containing over 1.2 million sacramental records in partnership with the Archdioceses of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Liverpool.

These landmark releases form the latest in a series of substantial updates to Findmypast’s exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive, a ground-breaking initiative that aims to digitize the historical records of the Catholic Church in North America, Britain and Ireland for the very first time.

Findmypast is today releasing indexes of baptism, marriage burial and congregational records covering 103 Catholic Parishes across the Archdioceses of Cincinnati and 47 in Dioceses of Liverpool.  

The records shed new light on the history of Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic and will provide researchers all over the world with the opportunity to discover early American immigrants.

Between 1830 and 1930 about forty million people left Europe in search of a better life and roughly nine million of them sailed from Liverpool, then the largest emigration port in the world. These people were mostly travelling to North America, Australia and New Zealand - the ‘New World’ - and the millions of Irish, English, Scottish, Italians, Germans, Polish and many others who settled in or passed through the city are captured in the Diocese of Liverpool’s registers.

In 1850, Cincinnati was the 5th largest city in the United States. Its location on the Ohio River made it a popular stopping off point for immigrants and pioneers traveling west, many of whom stopped long enough to create a sacramental record. Early in the history of the Archdiocese there were large numbers of German and Irish immigrants spread throughout its counties and, by the end of the 19th century, there were joined by increasing numbers of Italians and Eastern Europeans.

The Catholic Church holds some of the oldest and best-preserved genealogical records in existence. However, as many of these documents memorialize important religious sacraments, their privacy has long been protected and access to original copies has, until now, been hard to come by.

In collaboration with the Diocese of Liverpool and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Findmypast is helping to digitize these records and make them widely accessible for the first time.

Today’s release marks just the latest update to a collection that will continue to grow throughout 2019 as additional updates from a variety of British, Irish, US and Canadian Dioceses will be added to the Roman Catholic Heritage Archive throughout the year. The millions of new records will complement Findmypast’s massive collection of British and Irish data, providing many more connections and a more comprehensive experience to family historians in North America, Britain and all over the world.

Tamsin Todd, CEO of Findmypast said: “Immigrant stories shed light on the bravery and sacrifices of previous generations, and yet so often the details are hard to discover. We are delighted to be partnering with new Archdiocese to bring these important records online for the first time. As part of our millions strong Catholic Heritage Archive, these records will help family historians recover the stories of Catholic ancestors on both sides of the Atlantic, those who settled and those who migrated to the ‘new world.”

Sarah Alter, Archdiocesan Archivist at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, added: "It has been a goal of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archives to make our sacramental records more readily available to researchers looking to uncover stories from the past. We are happy to be working with Findmypast to make this goal a reality. Researchers will find that southwest Ohio is a treasure trove of family information, whether from immigrants who decided to make Ohio home or those who stayed for a while before moving farther west. Now researchers can search these records themselves and find the many paths the records will take them."

To find out more about the collection, visit: https://www.findmypast.com/catholicrecords

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.

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Received my MyHeritage AutoCluster Analysis

MyHeritage announced yesterday that they have released Automatic clustering (from Genetic Affairs) for MyHeritageDNA matches.  See  Introducing AutoClusters for DNA Matches.

The blog post says:  "AutoClustering technology organizes a person’s list of DNA Matches into clusters of people who are likely to have the same common ancestor, because they are all mostly related to each other. Clusters are color-coded for convenience and are presented in a powerful visual chart, as well as in list format."

I immediately requested my AutoCluster report, and received the email with the results late last night.  This morning, I opened the file and reviewed the AutoCluster graphic and the .csv (spreadsheet) file for my matches.

For reference purposes, I have over 6,000 DNA Matches with 8 centiMorgans or more, and over 50 matches with 34 cM or more.  

The AutoCluster analysis I received was for 80 DNA matches with shared DNA between 10 and 350 cM.  Here is my Autocluster graphic (with the DNA Match names grayed out for privacy reasons - in two screen shots) which has 15 clusters with between 3 and 14 members:

This chart is sorted by Clusters.  The other options, in the dropdown menu at the top, are by Name, by # of Shared Matches, and by Shared cMs with the tester.

Below the graphic above, there is a list, by cluster, of the 80 DNA matches in the 15 clusters.  Information included is the name, the total cM, the largest segment cM, the number of segments, the number "in common with", the cluster number, and the size of the tree.  If I have included a Note for the DNA match, it is also provided.  Here is the top of my AutoClusters Information list:

At this time, I know the common ancestors of only about 5 of the 80 DNA Matches on the chart.  I need to review the spreadsheet and sort the information, and add known common ancestors, and other things to the spreadsheet in order to determine the ancestral line that each cluster represents..


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52 Ancestors - Week 267: #440 John Underhill (1721-1793) of Chester, New Hampshire

John Underhill (1721-1793)  is #440 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #441 Joanna Healey (1718-1809)  in 1741 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #220 John Underhill (1745-1816), married #221 Hannah Colby (1745-????) in 1767.
*  their son, #110 Amos Underhill (1772-1865), married #111 Mary Metcalf (1780-1855) in 1801.
*  their daughter, #55, Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1882) in 1839. married #54 Samuel Vaux (1816-1880) in 1839.
*  their daughter, #27 Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), married #26 Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894) in 1861.
*  their daughter, #13 Abby Ardell Smith (1862-1944), married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977).
*  their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: John Underhill[1–4]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Sampson Underhill (1692-1732) * Mother: Elizabeth Ambrose (1698-1782)
 
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 *  Birth:                      16 March 1720/1, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]    

*  Occupation:            1784 (about age 63), Representative; New Hampshire, United States[1]    

*  Will:                       15 September 1785 (age 64), will written; Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States[4]    

*  Death:                    31 July 1793 (age 72), Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States[1]    
*  Probate:                 21 August 1793 (age 72), will proved; Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States[4] 
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
*  Spouse 1:              Joanna Healey (1718-1809)    
*  Marriage 1:           21 October 1741 (age 20), Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States[1]    

*  Child 1:                Betty Underhill (1742-1806)    
*  Child 2:                William Underhill (1744-1780)    
*  Child 3:                Sgt. John Underhill (1745-1816)    
*  Child 4:                Molly Underhill (1747-1835)    
*  Child 5:                Moses Underhill (1749-1838)    
*  Child 6:                David Underhill (1751-1827)    
*  Child 7:                Samuel Underhill (1753-1828)    
*  Child 8:                Jeremiah Underhill (1755-1794)    
*  Child 9:                Sarah Underhill (1759-1838)    
*  Child 10:              Joanna Underhill (1764-    )  
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

The book,  Underhill Genealogy, Volume 4, by Josephine C. Frost, published in 1932 provides most of the following information about John Underhill[1].

John Underhill was born on 16 March 1720/1 in Salisbury, Massachuswetts, the son of Sampson and elizabeth (Ambrose) Underhill of Salisbury[1-3].  

He was married in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to Joanna Healey on 21 October 1741 by Rev. Flagg[1].  Joanna was the daughter of William and Mary (Samborne) Healey of Chester.  John and Joanna (Healey) Underhill had ten children[1]:

*  Betty Underhill (1742-1806), married Samuel Buswell (1741-1827) in 1764.
*  William Underhill (1744-1780), married Abigail Choate (1747-1810) in about 1767.
*  John Underhill (1745-1816), married Hannah colby (1745-????) in about 1767.
*  Molly Underhill (1747-1835), married James Pierce (1743-1796) in 1765.
*  Moses Underhill (1749-1838), married Rachel Lufkin (1771-????) in about 1787.
*  David Underhill (1751-1827), married Jemima blake (1758-1829) in 1792.
*  Samuel Underhill (1753-1828), married Sarah Underhill (1756-1829), in 1775.
*  Jeremiah Underhill (1755-1794), married Anna Heath (1755-1844) in 1775.
*  Sarah Underhill (1759-1838), married Moses Greenough (1740-1832) in 1789.
*  Joanna Underhill (1764-????), married Moses Preston (1764-????) in 1784.

The Deeds of Rockingham County, New Hampshire show that on 17 September 1766 that John Underhill, gentleman of Chester, New Hampshire, for love and affection, conveyed to his son William, husbandman of Candia, certain land (Liber 113, page 385)[1].

John Underhill, gentleman of Chester, New Hampshire,  conveyed for love and affection certain land to his son William of Candia, New Hampshire on 17 September 1766.  He conveyed land to his son Jeremiah on 19 May 1773 and 3 January 1785  (Liber 139, pages 99-100)[1].

On 16 May 1782, John Frye Jr and wife Lydia of Andover, Massachusetts quit-claimed to Robert Wilson Esq. and John Underhill, gentleman of Chester, 1/7 part of the real estate "of our grandfather Benjamin Batchelder, late of Chester, deceased.  This deed shows quite conclusively that Elizabeth (Ambrose) Underhill, was the first wife of Sampson Underhill and second wife of Benjamin Batchelder, was then deceased. (Liber 151, p287)[1].

John Underhill, Robert Wilson, and John Wilson Jr. all of Chester, New Hampshire, conveyed to Hannah Sargent, part of the 20 acres which Benjamin Batchelder died possessed of (which was laid out to John Frye and his wife Lydia) and of John Prescott Batchelder, Benjamin Batchelder and Jonathan Batchelder, which we "the first three named, bought of said heirs" 10 May 1785 (Deeds 127, p170)[1].

He was one of a committee of three to lay out the Sixth Division of the town of Chester on 9 November 1772.  On 14 April 1777, he was one of a committee of five to hire good men to enter the Continental Service.  He was one of a large committee to accept and approve the prices set ny the convention at Concord for the necessities of life on 18 October 1779.  He was one of three to hire 20 men on 5 July 1780. On 29 January 1781, he was one of six to procure "our proportion of soldiers" for three years during the present war.  He was chosen Representative 1 November 1781 and in 1784.  On 19 April 1785 he voted to set the meeting house on his land.  On 6 May 1793, the Presbyterian Parish voted to take down the old meeting house and "set on the ground that Capt. Underhill purposes to them."  In November 1785, he was one of a committee of three to sell the common land[1].

In 1784, John Underhill was chosen Representative from Chester to the State Council to form a State Constitution, thus being the first representative sent out from Chester.  He was styled "Captain" at this time[1].

John Underhill, gentleman, made his will in Chester, New Hampshire on 15 September 1785,  which was proven 21 August 1793, and is recorded in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire (No. 5922][1,4].  The will says:
In the Name of God Amen ---
I John Underhill of Chester in the County of Rockingham & State of NHampshire Gent. Being though not of sound Body yet of a Sound disposing mind & memory Thanks be given to God for the same; this fifteenth day of Sept'r 1785 calling to mind the frailty & mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die Do make this my last Will &Testament. And principly & first of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my Body to Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and as to that worldly Goods which God hath graciously given me I give, demise & bequeath in the following manner ---
Imprimis – I give and bequeath to my Daughter Betty Buswell Six pounds lawful money within twelve months after my decease to be paid by my Executors hereafter named; and this ^with^ what I have before given her I account a Sufficient portion out of my Estate –
Item – I give and bequeath to my Daughter Molly Pearce three pounds lawful money within twelve months after my decease to be paid by Executors hereafter named and this with what I have before given her I account Sufficient portion out of my Estate –
Item – I give & bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Underhill Six pounds lawful money within twelve months after my Decease to be also as much houshold furniture as I have given to her Sister to be paid by Executors hereafter named& this I account a Sufficient portion out of my Estate.
Item – I give & bequeath to my Daughter Joanna Presson Six pounds lawful money in twelve months after my decease to be paid my my Executors hereafter named and this with what I have given her I account a Sufficient portion of my Estate – 
Item – I give & bequeath to my Son Moses Underhill being part one Acre and an half of Land, being part of that Land that I & my Son Samuel own together adjoining David Richardson's Land; and this with what I have given him I account a Sufficient portion out of my Estate –
Item – I give and bequeath to my Sons John Underhill & Jeremiah Underhill all my wearing Cloaths; and this with what I have given them I account a Sufficient portion out of my Estate – 
Item – I give to my Grandson Stephen Underhill one quarter part of a hundred Acre lot known by the Name of the Wells Lot which I & my Son John Underhill bought of Samuel Wells, also all the out Land that I shall die possessed of except what shall be herein disposed of to him his Heirs & Assigns and this I account a Sufficient portion out of my Estate –
Item – I give and bequeath to my Son David Underhill his Heirs and Assigns part of my homestead lying on the north side of the Concord road, beginning at the Southeasterly Corner near my dwelling house thence westerly on sd highway 36 Rods to a Stake & Stones thence northerly 180 Rods to David Richardson's Land to Candia Road twenty five Rods, thence on sd Road to the first Bound including what I have already given him a Deed of; also all the Land I own on the Southerly Side of sd Concord Road except what shall be herein disposed of to my Son Samuel Underhill together with the Buildings on the Same; he paying & performing as I shall herein order ---
Item – I give and bequeath to my Son Samuel Underhill his Heirs and Assigns part of my homestead lying in the Southerly Side of Concord Road, beginning at the S.Westerly Corner a Stake & Stones thence northerly on the widow Presson's Land so called to sd Concord Road thence easterly on sd Road 70 ^Rods^ to a Stake & Stones,thence Southerly to Land of Isaac Blasdel about 160 Rods to a Stake & Stones thence by sd Blasdels Land 50 Rods to the first Bound.  Also all the Land I own on the northerly Side of sd Concord Road which I have not herein disposed of to my Son David Underhill including what I have already given him a Deed of, with all the Building thereon, He paying and performing as I shall herein Order –
And I do appoint my two Sons /Viz/ David Underhill & Samuel Underhill to be my Executors to this my last Will & Testament, they to receive and pay all just Debts due to & from my Estate & the Legacies which I have here given & ordered to be paid, with funeral Charges. Renouncing all other and former Wills Bequests & Executors by me named whatsoever. In Witness to all above written and herein contained I do hereto Set my hand and affix my Seal this 15th day of Sept'r 1785 first above mentioned. 
Signed Sealed published pronounced& declared by the sd John Underhillto be his last Will & Testament inpresence of usTho's Sargeant                                        /s/John UnderhillJohn ManningJosiah Flagg                         Rockingham Ss Aug't 21'st 1793                                             This will was proved on Common                                             form by the oath of Tho's Sargent &                                             Josiah Flagg Esqr & Allowed by                                                              Sam'l Tenney Ju. Prob.
John Underhill died 31 July 1793 in Chester, New Hampshire.  There is no known burial record or gravesite.
  
5.  SOURCES

1. Josephine C Frost, Underhill Genealogy, Volume 4 (N.p.: Myron C. Taylor, in the interests of the Underhill Society of America, 1932), pages 22-25, John Underhill sketch.

2. David Webster Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton (Providence, R.I., Snow & Farnham, printers, 1897-1917).

3. Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), Births, page 243, John Underhill entry.

4. "New Hampshire, County Probate Estate Files, 1769-1936," digital images, FamilySearch (https://FamilySearch.org), Rockingham County > Case Files 5921-6015, 1793-1794 > Case File 5922, John Underhill of Chester, 1793 (images 22-27 of 1041); Original records in County courthouses, offices of register of probate, and historical societies, New Hampshire.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2019 to 312 Ancestors in 312 Weeks.


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RootsTech LiveStreaming Classes for Friday, 1 March 2019

Even though I am not at RootsTech 2019 in Salt Lake City this year, I can still participate in some of the education opportunities by watching the livestreaming classes on www.RootsTech.org.

Here is the schedule of presentations that will be shown during Friday, 1 March, with times in Pacific time (add 1 hour for Mountain, 2 hours for Central, 3 hours for Eastern, 8 hours for the UK, etc.):

*  7:00 a.m. -- 
Why and How to Put Yourself into Your Family History (Power Hour)

In family history, it’s easy to overlook ourselves and the generations we know because we don’t feel like history! But you are a part of your family history. In this Power Hour, Curt Witcher, senior manager of the Genealogy Center, will show you why putting yourself into your family history is so important (along with the science to back it up!). Amy Johnson Crow, author and host of the Generations Cafe podcast, will show you how you can include yourself without getting overwhelmed. Scott Fisher, host of the Extreme Genes radio show, will show you interview techniques to get more (and better) stories.

*  8:30 a.m. --Essential Considerations for DNA Evidence 

Blaine Bettinger will explain how to use DNA evidence correctly and correlated with documentary evidence. In this session he will examine some of the considerations, limitations, and pitfalls we should consider when using DNA evidence.

*  10:00 a.m. -- 
Friday General Session: Saroo Brierley 

Perhaps no one knows the joy that comes from connecting with family better than Saroo Brierley. Saroo will share his remarkable story of how he used technology to reconnect with the land of his childhood and rediscover his family.

*  12:30 p.m. -- 
Getting the Most Out of Billions of Records on MyHeritage SuperSearch (Sponsored by MyHeritage) 

One of the best ways to maximize MyHeritage is to host your tree at MyHeritage, where the systems will automatically help you find new records, fill gaps in your existing tree, and provide matches that can help you efficiently discover new ancestors and family members. In this session, Mike Mansfield will help you learn how to move your tree from online tree systems to MyHeritage and how MyHeritage works with your tree to find new and additional information that you can easily evaluate and add to your tree.

*  2:00 p.m. -- 
Discover Your Japanese Ancestors 

Join Valerie Elkins, and learn how to find your Japanese ancestors in Japan. Discover how to obtain your family’s vital records from Japan and climb your family tree. Japanese are wonderful record-keepers, but accessing those records can be challenging without knowing how to proceed.

*  3:30 p.m. -- 
The Research Road Map: Your Path to Success 

Amy Johnson Crow explains why having a research plan is more than making a to-do list. See how having a good plan is essential to making progress in your research and making it less frustrating.


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