"A Mother's Love ..... or Something Else" by Peter E. Small: Part II

Genea-Musings reader Peter E. Small solved a family genealogical mystery and wrote a report about it, and I offered to publish his work on my blog.  

This will be a multi-part series posted over several weeks - probably on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Earlier parts were published in:

*  Prologue:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/05/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by.html
*  Part I:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/05/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by_30.html

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A Mother’s Love…..or something else?

 A True Genealogical Mystery Solved

 Copyright © 2019 Peter E. Small All Rights Reserved

PART II

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley” – Robbie Burns

The 1960’s, 70’s and most of the 80’s left little or no time for serious genealogy. Military service, career demands, marriage and then child rearing took precedence. A “Special Assignment” as a Loaned Executive to the United Way of New York put me in close proximity to the New York Public Library and their massive genealogical holdings. I spent many fruitless hours perusing their Family History tomes with no success.

But, I considered it a learning experience at the time and I still do today. The library is a national treasure.  During the 1990’s I was introduced to Personal Computers and the Internet. My first internet success story was finding a Passenger Manifest on the newly created Ellis Island website. The manifest recorded my mother and her parent’s emigration from County Antrim, Northern Ireland to New York’s Ellis Island. It was truly an amazing experience. It also coaxed me to take the plunge into Irish Genealogy.

My father passed away in February of 2000 and a few years later, after I had retired, I went to visit with my mother. My plan was to have her move back up north to live with my wife and me. My plan did not meet with her approval.

I was preparing for my forlorn departure when I thought of my father’s personal papers and effects. I asked my mother if she would let me have his birth certificate, death certificate and anything else that might be of genealogical importance for my files. She gave me his death certificate and a well worn scrap of paper that he always carried in his wallet. Transcribed there on, was his father, mother, sister and all of his nieces and nephews birth date. She did not know if he ever had a birth certificate.

My father enlisted in the Army in 1941, pre-Pearl Harbor. After the war ended he worked for the US Postal Service. Wouldn’t two governmental jobs, so to speak, require some proof of identity? I was baffled.

An axiom or recommended strategy of genealogical research is that you always start with yourself and work backwards. “Advancing to the rear” as the French on the Maginot Line might have said.

I was soon to learn that I had made rookie error number two by circumventing well established genealogical practices and not documenting each generation before moving to the next. I had completely overlooked a missing piece of the puzzle. A puzzle I still had not solved after several decades.

I suppose I could make the excuse that my father, aunt and the NYC Health Department’s death certificate all referred to my grandfather as Albert. Everything was substantiated by people who knew him. I had never considered asking my father to see his birth certificate.

One of the first things I did when I returned home from my visit with my mother was to order a copy of my father’s birth certificate from the City of New York. After 10 to 15 days I received the document. I was not expecting to find any new information, but I was still glad I had ordered and received it.

I opened the envelope and unfolded the copy of the birth certificate. I took in the document in its totality. 

Then, item by item. 

*  Date of Birth: September 15, 1917, 

*  Name of Child: Howard Edgar Small

*  Father’s Name: Elvin Edgar Small.

I just stood there staring at that name for maybe a minute or so. It was not registering with me. Elvin. Not Albert. Where had I seen that name before?

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Randy's NOTE:  Stay tuned for the next installment of this multi-chapter report.  I will add all of the chapters to this post, and the other chapter posts, as they are published. The chapters to date are:

*  Prologue:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/05/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by.html

*  Part I:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/05/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by_30.html
*  Part II:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/06/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by.html
*  Part III: https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/06/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by_6.html
*  Part IV:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/06/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by_11.html
*  Part V:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/06/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by_13.html


*  Part VI:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2019/06/a-mothers-love-or-something-else-by_18.html

My thanks to Peter for sharing this mystery and its' solution with me and the Genea-Musings readers.

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Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1879 Summary of Proof in War of 1812 Pension of Rosannah Lanfear

This week's Tuesday's Treasure is the 1879 Widow's Summary of Proof for a War of 1812 Widow's Service Pension filed by Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear:

The extracted information for this pension record is (handwritten portions in italics):

SUMMARY OF PROOF

*  Marriage:  Date:  October 10 1807, of  Isaac Lamfear    to
                   Rosannah Laun as alleged by claimant supported by affidavits of Daniel 
                   Wise andnd Jos. Grimshaw as to Cohabitation in B.L. Claim.  also by 
                    Affidavits of Sterling Wilcox and Daniel Caulkins in this Claim.

*  Proof as to Capacity to marry:  Claimant alleges that there was no legal barrier to such marriage.

*  Death of soldier:  Date:  May 3, 1851, as alleged by Claimant, and this allegation 
                          is corroborated by affs. of Daniel Wise and Jos. Grimshaw 
                          in Bounty Land Claim.

*  Widowhood:  Claimant allegation and identifying witnesses
                         Age of claimant 95 years.

INCIDENTAL MATTER.

Claimant applied for and received B. L. Warrant No. 114282 for 160 Acres  
Lanfear is the correct spelling of the name.
The claim was rejected under act Feb. 14 1871 by reason of insufficient service.
The witnesses S. Wilcox and Daniel Caulkins served themselves less than 
Sixty days, as shown by the Aud[itors] report of of Febr. 26, 1878 and their testimony
was not competent to establish pensionable service under the act Febr. 14 1871.
Claimant filed Waiver under act Febr 14/71 and desires claim adj. under act March 9/78.
Thir Aud. rep. that Sterling Wilcox served in Capt. N. Gould comp. from Sep 9 1812
to Sep 23 1812 and from March 5 1813 to March 12 1813 and as Captain from May 30
to June 7 1814.  Daniel Caulkins served in Captain N. Gould's Co. from Sep 9 1812
to Sep 23 1812 and in Capt. Sterling Wilcox Co. from May 30 1814 to June 7 1814.
and July 29 1814 to Aug 22 1814.  The report of the office of Febr. 19 1878 as to
the service of Isaac Lanfear is correct.

Surname is Lanfear RER (Evidence as to marriage before Treaty of peace not deemed sufficient to establish fact)

The source citation for this Widow's War of 1812 Pension Application file is:

"War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files," digital image, Fold3.com   (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 27 May 2019), W.O. Pension No. 11,838, Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear, page 12 of 201; citing NARA RG15-1812PB-Bx2071.

This pension file contains 201 pages.  Isaac Lanfear died in 1851, and his widow Rosannah Lanfear applied under the Act of 1871 but it was denied.  She reapplied in 1876, and received the pension in 1879.  Some of the pages in the application are duplicates, so I'm picking the pages that are the most useful.  Some of Isaac Lanfear's records had the surname Lamfear or Lanifear or Landfear, so there was some confusion over the years during the application process.  By the 1850 time, the family was using Lanfear.

Isaac Lanfear (1777-1851) and Rosina (Laun) Lanfear (1781-1881) are probably my 4th great-grandparents, through an unknown child who had Devier James Lanfear (1839-1894) in Jefferson County, New York, perhaps out of wedlock.  Devier Lanfear was adopted by Ranslow and Mary (Bell) Smith of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, and that family moved to Wisconsin in about 1843.  Devier J. Lanfear went by Smith, and had a formal name change from "Lamphier" to "Smith" on 21 March 1866 by an act of the Wisconsin State Senate.  He is named as "my adopted son, Devier J. Lamphear alias Smith" in Ranslow Smith's will dated 1865, probated in Andrew County, Missouri in 1873.

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Photos From Day Three (Sunday) of Genealogy Jamboree 2019

I did not take many photos at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree on Day Three (Sunday), but here are the ones I did take (not counting the one in the Day Three summary post).

*  Here are Bruce and Laurie Buzbee at the RootsMagic exhibit in the corner where they could see spies trying to glimpse the RootsMagic 8 screens:

*  Ed Zapletal and Gena Philibert-Ortega at the MoorsHead Magazine exhibit:

I don't know the names of the folks at the Mayflower Descendants exhibit (or of the bystander!):

Bob Taylor at The Family History Guide exhibit:

As I said, I have taken very few photos this Jamboree.  I need to do a better job of this.  

And that's it.  I've seen many photos on Facebook of genealogy friends together, but very few of the exhibit hall.  

The latest news is that there will be no SCGS Genealogy Jamboree in 2020, and that they will revamp the offerings for 2021.  Any conference this size, with 150 classes, about 60 exhibitors, and 4 days at a hotel is expensive for the organizers, exhibitors and attendees.  I am curious as to what they will do, since there is no other large society conference west of RootsTech Salt Lake City at present.  

Perhaps a one or two day genealogy show with limited classes/workshops (say, no paid speakers, or a fee per class or workshop) and a large exhibit hall, for a relatively low daily registration fee, is the answer.  There were four or five "little theaters" at Jamboree this year, and I think there were eight or ten at RootsTech SLC this year.  

I think that a weekend show in a hall the size of the Marriott Burbank hotel could draw 500 to 1000 people in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Las Vegas.  Move it around - say twice a year - on a three or four year rotation depending on interest.  You don't want five in one year because that's a burden on the exhibitors, but two a year could work.

There are plenty of online webinar opportunities at present for education, but the local communities need a regular opportunity to see genealogy products and learn about them.  On the other hand, every company provides online education using webinars or video but not everybody in the genealogy community is tuned in yet. 

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Monday Genea-Pourri - 3 June 2019

Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week:

1)  Attended the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree 2019 conference in Burbank, California over the weekend.  We arrived on Thursday afternoon, and returned Sunday evening.  I attended 7 classes (out of 16 time slots) and roamed the exhibit hall every day talking to  vendors about their products.  My best experience was the preview of RootsMagic Version 8 - I have some idea of what to expect now.  The best time is talking to genealogy friends about their family, their research and their work.  I wrote posts summarizing my activities for each day.  We saw our daughter and her family on Sunday night for some family history.

2)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society program meeting on Wednesday.  The speaker was Webmaster Gary Brock, who presented "Places" with over 200 photos of his travel to Europe in October 2018, plus his wife's royal and noble European genealogy.  He will present the second part of this later this year.

3)  Transcribed the 1852 deed of 3rd great-grandfather Zachariah Hildreth selling land in Townsend, Mass. to his son, Milo Hildreth for Amanuensis Monday.

4)  Wrote and posted a biography of 6th great-grandmother #473 Mercy (Kelsey) Cutter (1698-1760) of Woodbridge, New Jersey  for my 52 Ancestors post on Friday.  

5)  Worked once on my July presentation on Top 10 Genealogy Search Tips.  Added about 10 slides this week.  About 70% done now.  It's slow going.

6)  Watched one  Family Tree Webinar - Misbegotten Children: Tracing the Family Lines of the Illegitimate, by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen.

7) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and other ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 31,153 of my RootsMagic persons with FSFT.

8)  I continue to use Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 53,700 persons in my RootsMagic file, and 105,121 source citations.   I TreeShared once this week updating 114 profiles, and I didn't resolve any Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 111,089 to be resolved, but I try to work on them weekly.

9) Wrote 22 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which one was a press release.  The most popular post last week was My Day 1 at SCGS Genealogy Jamboree 2019
with over 321 views.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1852 Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Milo Hildreth in Townsend, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1852 deed of  Milo Hildreth buying land from Zachariah Hildreth of Townsend in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Land Records: 

[Volume 654, pages 148-149]

[Volume 654, pages 148-149]

The transcription of this deed is:

[Volume 654, page 149, starts near bottom of right-hand page]

[in right-hand margin]

Hildreth
       to
Hildreth

[body of text]

         Know all Men by these presents
That I Zachariah Hildreth of Townsend in the County
of Middlesex yeoman in consideration of two thousand
dollars to me paid by Milo Hildreth of Northborough in
the County of Worcester combmaker the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged do hereby give grant bargain sell
and convey unto the said Milo his heirs and assigns forever
a certain tract of land situated in the Southeasterly part
of said Townsend on both sides of the road leading from
Benj F. Lewis to Lunenburg bounded beginning at a
stake and stones on the East side of said road at a corner
of land now or late of Ephraim Spaulding thence South
easterly on said Spauldings land to a stake and stones

[Volume 654, page 150]

thence southerly on said Spaulding land to a stake and
stones at the road leading from said Spauldings to Joel
Emery's thence westerly on said road to a corner formed by
said road and the road first named thence crossing the 
first named road to a corner of land late of Isaac Spaul-
ding at a stake and stones thence Northerly by said road
about fourteen rods to a stake and stones thence Westerly
two rods and ten feet to a stake and stones thence Northerly
about seven rods to a stake and stones thence Easterly about
two rods and ten feet to the aforementioned road thence nor-
therly by said road about six and a half rods to a stake
and stones thence Southwesterly by land of James Hil-
dreth about thirty nine rods to a stake and stones thence
Southerly by land f said James about four rods to a stake
and stones at land ^late^ of Isaac Spaulding thence Westerly on
land late of said Isaac and land now or late of Henry
Spaulding to the School lot so called to a stake and stones
thence west about 41°  North by land now or late of Samuel
Scales and land of Solomon Green about one hundred
and fourteen rods and two thirds of a rod to a stake and
stones to a corner of land now or late of Elish Conant thence
Northerly in a straight line by said Conant land and
land of Aaron Hildreth to a stake and stones on the bank 
of the Squanaook river thence Easterly by said river as it
formerly run meaning to follow the old channel of said
River to the Clark Bridge so called across said River thence
Southerly by the road first mentioned to the bound first men-
tioned, excepting the roads passing through said premises.
Also Pew Number 8 in the Brick Meeting house belonging to 
the Orthodox Congregational Church and Society in said
Townsend.  To Have and To Hold the above granted
premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereto belong-
ing to the said Milo Hildreth his heirs and assigns to his
and their use and behoof forever and I the said Zachariah
Hildreth for myself and my heirs executors and administra-
tors do covenant with the said Milo his heirs and assigns
that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore granted prem-
ises that they are free from all incumbrances that I have
good right to sell and convey unto the said Milo as aforesaid
and that I will and my heirs executors and administrators
shall Warrant and Defend the same to the said Milo his

[Volume 654, page 151]

heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and de-
mands of all persons.  In Witness Whereof I the said Zach-
ariah Hildreth and I Hannah Hildreth wife of said
Zachariah who hereby release all my right of dower in said
premises have hereunto set our hands and seals this twelfth day
of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
fifty two.  Zachariah Hildreth  {seal}  Hannah Hildreth
{seal} .  Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us F.A.
Worcester, Elizabeth Wilder.  Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts Middlesex S.S. August 12^th 1852.  Then personally
appeared the above named Zachariah Hildreth and
acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and
deed before me F.A. Worcester Justice of the Peace.
                   Middlesex ss  May 13, 1853  Recd & Recorded by
                                                                 Caleb Hayden  Reg.

The source citation for this recorded deed is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2019), Middlesex County, "Deeds, 1853, Vol. 653-654," Volume 654, pages 149-151 (images 367-8 of 597), Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Milo Hildreth, executed 12 August 1852 1852, recorded 13 May 1853.

In this deed, Zachariah Hildreth and his wife Hannah sell one tract of land in Townsend to Milo Hildreth for $2000 on 12 August 1852.  Milo Hildreth is a son of Zachariah and Hannah Hildreth.  

Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857), who married Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) in 1810, is my third great-grandfather.  I am descended from their son, Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married Sophia Newton  (1834-1923) in 1852.

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NOTE:  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."

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My Day Three at Genealogy Jamboree 2019

We made it home last night at 8:10 p.m. after stopping for three-plus hours in Huntington Beach to see daughter Tami and her family.  We even took some photos, and then my phone battery ran out.

Day Three at Jamboree for me included these highlights:

*  We had our usual breakfast at 7:30 a.m. down in the lobby media area, and then up to the room to pack the suitcases.  I read blog posts and updated the Best Of post, and noted that Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 26 May to 1 June 2019 posted.

*  I went to Bruce Buzbee's class at 8:30 a.m. on RootsMagic and even learned a few new tricks.  He did use the last five minutes to show some screens of RootsMagic 8, and I know at least one person got a photo of it (not me!).

*  At 9:30 a.m. I headed over to the Exhibit Hall and tried to take photos, and posed with Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage for a selfie.

I hustled back to the hotel area to see Michael Strauss's talk on "Influenza: America's Deadliest Epidemic."

*  At 11 a.m., I went up to the room, checked all of the hiding places, and brought the suitcases and the laptop down to the lobby, then put them in the car, and checked out of the hotel.

*  It was lunch time, and Linda didn't want to eat there, so we found the Burbank In 'n' Out and had lunch, and were back to the conference by 12:45 p.m.

*  I spent the next hour roaming the exhibit hall, saying goodbye to folks, and checking the prize board (I didn't win anything again).  I took a few more photos which I will put in the later blog post.

*  We left at 1:50 p.m. for Huntington Beach via I-5, I-605, and I-405, and got there by 3:15.  Everyone was home and we took some photos while talking to the grandkids and watching the softball college world series (Tami played softball, and binge watches these tournaments).  I enjoy watching softball more than baseball because it's faster, the players are more enthusiastic, and the intensity level is higher.  Tami gave me a beautiful shirt for Father's Day plus candy and cookies (I shared with the kids).

*  We all went to dinner at Marie Callenders, went back to the house, and said our goodbyes.  I'm going to try to see them more often - it's been two months and it needs to be every month or less.

*  We were on the road by 6:45 p.m. and got home by 8:10 p.m. - 102 miles in 85 minutes - no stopping or traffic door to door (except for traffic lights at both ends).

I attended two out of four class sessions today, so that makes me 7 out of 16.  Not bad, and about my average most years.  I will watch some of the livestreamed classes in later days and weeks too.

Someone told me on Sunday that there would be no Jamboree in 2020 but it would be revamped for 2021. 

So our 12th consecutive Jamboree is over and I'm not sure when we will go again with Linda's problems getting more severe.  It will have to be year-to-year.  I love seeing the friends and colleagues, but we don't really socialize that much, and this year Linda spent most of the time in the hotel room because it was too cool and gloomy outside to swim in the pool.

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Photos From Day Two of Genealogy Jamboree 2019

I did not take many photos at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree on Day Two (Saturday), but here are the ones I did take (not counting the two in the Day Two summary post).

*  Here is Alex Cass, the creator of the CelebrateDNA T-shirt company:

*  Rob Warthen and John Collins at the DNAGedCom/Genetic Family exhibit:

*  Dave Obee and his colleague Christine ??? (sorry!) visited Geoff Rasmussen at the Legacy Family Tree exhibit:

*  David Neal is the creator of the DNA2Tree mobile app for iOS that helps adoptees find birth families:

*  The Living DNA exhibit with David Nicholson and his colleague (whose name I have forgotten):

As I said, I have taken very few photos this Jamboree.  I need to do a better job of this.  I have about five more from Sunday which I will post on Monday.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 25 May to 1 June 2019

Dozens 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:

*   Visualizing your Tree - With Expected Autosomal & X DNA Shared by Lara Diamond on the Lara's Jewnealogy blog.

*  Would It Help If Genealogists Shared Stories as Short as a Tweet? by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

*  Using AncestryDNA ThruLines to Further Your Genealogy Research by Gretchen on the Legacy Tree Genealogists blog.

*  What Is the Future of Obituaries? by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt blog.

*  Finding Palatine Ancestors by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.

*  Why You Are Not Finding Your Ancestors in the New York State Death Indexes by Debra Dudek on the Fountaindale Public Library & Genealogy & Research Blog.

*  Bloggers Research Toolboxes - 2019 by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  The Archive Lady:  What Is An Archive by Melissa Barker on the Abundant Genealogy blog.

*  The Trouble With Genealogy Conferences by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry blog.

*  FamilySearch Tree and Sources by Marcia Philbrick on the Heartland Genealogy blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  Friday Fossicking - May 31st 2019 by Crissouli on the That Moment in Time blog.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme -- June 1, 2019  by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte 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 900 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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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 26 May to 1 June 2019

The following record collections were listed on the Ancestry Card Catalog list on Ancestry.com during the period from 26 May to 1 June 2019:  

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

*  Web: Kansas Historical Society, Knights and Ladies of Security, Index to Death Claims, 1902-1930; indexed database without record images,ADDED 5/31/2019

*  U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current; indexed database without record images, Updated 5/30/2019

*  Munich, Germany, Nazi Documentation Regarding Jews, 1919-1946 (USHMM); indexed records without record images, Updated 5/29/2019

*  1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules; indexed records with record images, Updated 5/28/2019

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

By my count, there were 1 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,667 collections available as of 1 June, an increase of  1 from last week.  

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Disclosure:  I have had a fully paid Ancestry.com subscription since 2000.  Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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My Day Two at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree

I had a much better night's sleep last night - at least 8 hours, so I had better energy today, but now my feet hurt because I'm not used to walking so much.  Here are my highlights from Day Two:

*  Had breakfast down in the media room next to the lobby again - we are creatures of habit.

*  Back to the room to read email and blogs, added to the Best Of post, and noted that My Day 1 at SCGS Genealogy Jamboree 2019 posted.

*  Left at 8:20 a.m. and went to the Hollywood Room to hear Peggy Clemens Lauritzen present "America's Turnpikes, Rivers and Canals."  I did manage to get a good photo of Peggy and her husband Kerry - they live in Ohio and drive out every year.

*  At 9 a.m., the Exhibit Hall was open so I jumped in and  discussed DNAGedcom (www.dnagedcom.com with Rob and John at their Genetic Family exhibit.  They have additional tools to analyze matches at the segment level, cluster matches, and a chrome extension to put chromosome data into your AncestryDNA matches (from GEDmatch data).  This is a subscription service.

*  I hustled down to the Pavilion at 9:30 a.m. to catch Michael Lacopo give his presentation on "Pennsylvania German Social History: Furthering Research by Understanding Your Ancestors."

*  After another loop through the Exhibit Hall and seeing friends, I went up to the room to escort Linda to lunch in the Conference Center Hallway.  I had cookies for a snack.  Talked to Andy Lee and Jay Holladay too.  

*  I had my lunch at the ProGen Alumni luncheon in the Daily Grill restaurant from 12:30 to 2 p.m.  Denise Levenick and Cyndy Richardson set this up, and had a game to play - guess what 15 different doodads were - most were from the 1920 to 1950 time frame.  I took a photo of them and asked Facebook friends to help (this was legal!).  I had the beef dip sandwich with fries, and it was bleh.  There were about 27 in attendance at three tables, and  there was lots of sharing after we introduced ourselves.  I didn't win the game - Jane Neff Rollins did.  Here's the photo I put on Facebook:

*  After lunch, I tried to get into Crista Cowan's talk on Ancestry but the room was full.

*  So it was back to the Exhibit Hall and I talked to Jacqi Stevens about her society seminars, Connie Moretti at the DAR exhibit, and Ray Raser and the current Mayflower Society California leader ab out joining the Mayflower Society.  

Then I spoke to Alex Cass at the Celebrate DNA! (www.CelebrateDNA.com) exhibit which sells customized T-shirts with DNA symbols and your ethnicity estimates.  

*  I took some more photos in the Exhibit Hall and then was able to talk to David Neal who is the creator of the DNA2Tree program at www.DNADreamers.com.  This is a iOS only (at this time) app that can be used by adoption DNA Angels and others to streamline the research and analysis process for adoptee DNA testing and family tree building.  DNA2Tree analyzes your AncestryDNA results:  it loads your DNA matches, then uses matches trees to find common ancestors, analyzes DNA match clusters, and builds a birth family tree.  It can be used for brick wall problems also.  This is a subscription site, and David hopes to add Android mobile devices in the future.

*  I went back to the room and noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Genealogy Research Trip and Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 26 May to 1 June 2019 posted.  I 
collected Linda and we went to dinner at Black Angus in Burbank.  We were back by 7:30 p.m. 

*  Read email and blogs, added to the Best Of, and wrote Photos From Day One at Jamboree 2019 and this post.

I attended only two of the six time slots for classes today, but I had good intentions.  So I have attended 5 classes in the 12 possible time slots.

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