SDGS Program Meeting on Saturday, 8 February Features Laurice Johnson

The next program meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society is Saturday, 8 February, at 10 a.m. at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd, San Diego CA 92119).

The program speaker will be Laurice Johnson.

Laurice's two presentations will be:

*  Session 1:  Facebook, and Websites and Books! OH, MY!

*  Session 2:   Family Search - Making the Most Out of Your Search Through MILLLIONS of Pages of Records

Laurice Johnson grew up in a family that loved talking about ‘the folks’ around the dinner table. At her grandmother’s dinner table she heard lots of stories about her ancestors. She knew all about her great grandparents and THEIR grandparents. Her parents actively researched their family history for many years. After her son was born and she was filling out the family tree in his baby book, she asked her husband what his grandmother’s name was. Imagine her surprise when he responded “Grandma Schutt” – and knew nothing else about her. That was thirty years ago and she has been actively researching since then – not only her own families, but also many others. Laurice has been an active member of the Temecula Valley Genealogical Society since its inception and lives in Menifee.

At 9 a.m. in the upstairs classrooms, there will be two classes:

*  SDGS Orientation -  with Patti Francisco.  This class is designed for all who want to know more about the San Diego Genealogical Society- its people and its programs. We will discuss the history of the society, its officers, the monthly meetings, bi-annual seminars, the education staff, research trips, local resources and more. The session will conclude with a live demonstration of using the website. Bring your laptop.

*  Ancestry - with Diane Gould Hall.  Ancestry is one of the most popular genealogy websites containing billions of historical records. This class will take you through the basic features which help you search for your family ancestors. We will show you how to create your own family tree  and search for common ancestors in the trees of other Ancestry members

Attendees need to reserve their spots at sdgsclasses@gmail.com because seating is limited.

Please park in the main church parking lot, in the Jackson Drive parking lot, or on the street.  Please do NOT park in the neighboring strip mall. Thank you in advance!

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Papa Lee and Daughter Tami in 1977 -- Post 603 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I  can't help it, I can't do a wordless post!  I found some more family photos hiding in Linda's family photo boxes.  This is one of my favorite photographs:

This is Linda's father, Lee S. "Papa Lee" Leland holding his granddaughter, Tami Joy Seaver, in the summer of 1977 at our house in Chula Vista.  Lee doted on his two grandchildren, and they loved being with him.  Lee is almost age 67 and Tami is about 8 months old in this photograph.  He probably tickled her, or she reacted to someone, as I took the photograph.

These photos were digitized from photographs created from developed film and are not particularly sharp, but they are what we have!

Several times a year when our children were growing up, Linda sent photographs to her parents and brother in San Francisco.  When her father died in 2002, her brother sorted out the photos and gave Linda the ones that were of our family and the ones interacting with them.  They were given to us in a big box of stuff back in 2006, and we finally looked at them last year!  I've started digitizing them for use in these Wordless Wednesday posts.

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Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop over the past four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  You may have more Neanderthal DNA than you think

*  A Court Tried To Force Ancestry.com To Open Up Its DNA Database To Police. The Company Said No.

*  Press Release from Vivid-Pix

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 26 January to 1 February 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 26 January to 1 February 2020

*  Historical Record Collections Added in January 2020 [on MyHeritage]

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*   Free Genealogy Webinars for February 2020

*  RootsTech 2020 Free Livestream Schedule

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 4 February, 5 p.m.:  Organizing Your DNA Results (updated!), by Diahan Southard

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 5 February, 11 a.m.:  Developing a DNA Testing Plan: a Guide for Beginners, by Debra Renard

*  Upcoming WWII Research & Writing Center - Monday, 3 February, 5 p.m.:  Free Webinar for Genealogy & Military Research Professionals, by Jennifer Holik

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro: RLP 82: Military Service Records with Michael Strauss

*  Genealogy Connection:  #064 - Randy Fredlund, Co-Founder of Vivid-Pix

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 315 – Genealogist Sunny Morton on Adding Detail to Family Stories / GEDMatch Founder Curtis Rogers on Recent Sale of Site / Dr. Henry Louis Gates on Latest Episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots

*  Ancestral Findings:  Valentine’s Day and Our Ancestors | AF-316

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Amie Bowser Tennant: Genealogy Tip Tuesday: Unusual Places for Vital Records

*  BYU Family History Library: Researching Immigrants to the United States - Joe Everett

*  BYU Family History Library: FamilySearch Partners & Solutions Gallery Update by Rayanne Melick

*  DNA Family Trees:  How to Search MILLIONS of Ancestry Records FOR FREE!

*  DNA Family Trees:  Starting a Family Tree on Ancestry - (don't worry if it looks barren!)

*  Family History Fanatics:  A Newbie's Guide to the MyHeritage Website - Explore New Features

*  FamilySearch:  Road to RootsTech Episode 9: Tour the Family History Library

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S03 E14 Genealogy Adventures Live: University of Virginia's Memorial to Enslaved Workers

*  Genealogy TV:  How to Search Ancestry.com Using Wildcards

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 85: Researching Ancestors Through Photography

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Live with Sarah and Eowyn

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, February 4th,  2020

*  FREE ACCESS at Fold3 during Black History Month 2020

7)  DNA Stories:

*  SEEKING ANSWERS: Adopted Kokomo woman finds biological family through Ancestry.com

*  JUANITA HUGHES: Newly discovered cousin helps with family research

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 31 January 2020?

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Tuesday's Tip: Research Using the 1860 United States Federal Census

The record collection for the 1860 United States Federal Census is one of my favorite record collections.  It is available in digital format online at:

*  Ancestry.com  ($$) - 27,463,424 entries

*  MyHeritage.com ($$) - 27,120,063 entries

* Findmypast ($$) - 27,120,064 entries

*  FamilySearch.org (Free) - 27,150,731 entries

The official population count of the United States in 1860 was 31,443,321, including 3,953,760 slaves who were numbered in a separate slave census.

Why are the number of entries different at each provider, and different from the official census count?  Perhaps it is because all of the  providers permit an alternate user-provided index entry for enumerated persons.  In this census year, slaves were enumerated in a separate census (on FamilySearch, there are 4,429,408 names on the 1860 Slave Schedule). 

The description of the 1860 United States Federal Census collection on Ancestry.com says:

This database details those persons enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1860 Federal Census, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M653, 1438 rolls. (If you do not initially find the name on the page that you are linked to, try a few pages forward or backward, as sometimes different pages had the same page number.)

Enumerators of the 1860 census were instructed to record the names of every person in the household. Added to this, enumerators were presented with printed instructions, which account for the greater degree of accuracy compared with earlier censuses. Enumerators were asked to include the following categories in the census: name; age as of the census day; sex; color; birthplace; occupation of persons over age fifteen; value of real estate; whether married within the previous year; whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, a pauper, or a convict; whether able to read or speak English; and whether the person attended school within the previous year. No relationships were shown between members of a household. The categories allowed Congress to determine persons residing in the United States for collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives.

Few, if any, records reveal as many details about individuals and families as do the U.S. federal censuses. The population schedules are successive "snapshots" of Americans that depict where and how they were living at particular periods in the past. Because of this, the census is often the best starting point for genealogical research after home sources have been exhausted.

The database presently includes the following states and territories: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Dakota Territory, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas Territory (includes parts of Colorado), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska Territory (includes parts of North and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico Territory (includes Arizona), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington Territory and Wisconsin.

The United States was the first country to call for a regularly held census. The Constitution required that a census of all "Persons...excluding Indians not taxed" be performed to determine the collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives. The first nine censuses from 1790 to 1870 were organized under the United States Federal Court system. Each district was assigned a U.S. marshal who hired other marshals to administer the census. Governors were responsible for enumeration in territories.

The official enumeration day of the 1860 census was 1 June 1860. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. By 1860, there were a total of thirty-three states in the Union, with Minnesota and Oregon being the latest editions. There were no substantial state- or district-wide losses.

Here is an example from the FamilySearch census for a search for one person (two screens below):

  I searched each record provider for some of my exact surnames of interest.  The results are:

*  Seaver               1096 (on Ancestry)
                              1093 (on MyHeritage)
                              1093 (on Findmypast)
                              1089 (on Family Search)

*  Carringer             114 (on Ancestry)
                                  60 (on MyHeritage)
                                  60 (on Findmypast)
                                  60 (on Family Search)

*  Auble                  208 (on Ancestry)
                                203 (on MyHeritage)
                                203 (on Findmypast)
                                203 (on Family Search)

*  Vaux                      81  (on Ancestry)
                                  91 (on MyHeritage)
                                  91 (on Findmypast)
                                  94 (on Family Search) 

*  Smith            360,957 (on Ancestry)
                         354,001 (on MyHeritage)
                         354.021 (on Findmypast)
                         354,459 (on Family Search)

FamilySearch, MyHeritage and Findmypast have almost the same number of entries for each surname except Smith - I think FamilySearch provided the index and images for this collection to Findmypast and MyHeritage.

Ancestry,com and FamilySearch created separate census indexes using paid and/or volunteer indexers.  The differences in numbers between providers for a specific surname is probably due to the providers permitting a user-submitted addition to the index.

It is important to understand what this collection represents and includes.  This collection is paper records created by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1860, copied to microfilm and provided at some time for digitization to the digital record providers for a fee.  The record providers then used paid or volunteer indexers to create the different indexes.

These records are Original Source records, with Primary Information (state, county, town) and Secondary Information (for everything else), and Indirect Evidence of the person's name, age, and other items.

I use this database extensively to find my ancestors, my relatives, and other persons in my family tree.  I usually download the record image to my computer for my ancestors, summarize the information for each person in the household, and enter a Census event for the household, with the official census date, the census place, and craft a source citation.  I add a Note for each person with the location, date, and household summary information, and add a Media item for each person in the household of my ancestral families.

For those interested in mining this record collection for Hints of persons in their Ancestry Member Tree, the Ancestry.com database number is 7667.  Currently, I have over 2,280 Hints for persons in my Ancestry Member Tree who are indexed in this record collection.  I work on them occasionally, adding content and source citations to profiles in my RootsMagic family tree.  Of course, I have some accepted Hints from this collection already in my RootsMagic family tree and my Ancestry Member Tree, but not many.

I have not attached many MyHeritage Hints to my MyHeritage tree, which is now a year out of date.  On MyHeritage, I have 1,831 pending Record Matches for persons in my MyHeritage tree.

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NOTE:  Tuesday's Tips is a genealogy blog meme intended to provide information about a resource helpful to genealogists and family historians, especially in the U.S. online genea-world.

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Explore Your MyHeritageDNA Matches Locations and Ethnicities

MyHeritageDNA provides a lot more information than some of the other DNA analysis sites.  I checked my DNA Overview for the first time in awhile, and was surprised by some of the information.

For instance - in MyHeritageDNA, when you click on DNA, then Overview, the page opens with your ethnicity estimate and relationships with your DNA Matches.  I have:

*  1 Close Family

*  3 Extended Family

*  8,051 Distant Relatives

The next section is Locations of my DNA Matches.  Here is my map:

I can click on any country on the map or in the list and see which of my DNA matches reside in that country.

The next section is Ethnicities of my DNA matches (two screens below):

I'm not surprised that I have DNA matches with any of these regions, but find it fascinating that I have DNA matches with partial Nigerian, Japanese and Korean, and Polynesian ethnicity.

I have, according to MyHeritageDNA, 1.1% Mesoamerican and Andean DNA, and have 143 DNA matches that share that ethnicity.  I wonder if any of them are close cousins on the specific chromosome that I have that ethnicity. 

There used to be a chart on 23andMe that showed which chromosomes have specific ethnicities, but I cannot find it now. 

UPDATE:  Thanks to reader vernonsca in Comments who showed me where to find the ethnicity chromosome browser (Ancestry > Ancestry composition > scroll to chromosome browser).  My Native American ethnicity is on chromosome 12 from about 25% to 50% of the chromosome length in the image.  I could check those 143 DNA matches on MyHeritage and determine if any share segments on chromosome 12 in that approximate location. 

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Monday Genea-Pourri - Week Ending 3 February 2020

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

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society general meeting on Wednesday with Gena Philibert-Ortega presenting "20 Places to Find A Maiden Name."  Had a nice talk with Gena about her doing the WAGS seminar in place of DearMYRTLE and about societies in general.  

2)  Watched one Family Tree Webinar video - MyHeritageDNA For Your Family Knot, by Jennifer Dondero.

3)  Wrote and posted a biographical sketch of 7th great-grandfather #526 Thomas Goble (1656-1724) for my 52 Ancestors biographical sketch on Friday.  

4)  Transcribed a 1790 deed of  5th great-grandfather Simon Gates selling land in Marlborough, Massachusetts to William Cogswell for Amanuensis Monday.

5)  Added Notes to about 20 more AncestryDNA matches with cM values, relationships and known common ancestors, and added two ThruLines to the RootsMagic family tree database.  Reviewed new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  Posted Randy's Autosomal DNA Test and Analysis Summary - 29 January 2020 as a benchmark.

6) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 34,295 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 69).

7)  Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 56,104 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 108) , and 115,663 source citations (up 407).   I TreeShared twice this week updating 258 profiles, and I resolved 489 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 123,266 to be resolved, but I work on them weekly.    

8)  Received the approval from the San Diego Colony of GSMD to start working on the formal application worksheet.  I need to gather birth, marriage and death records for my last 8 generations of ancestors, including myself.  

9) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which two were press releases.  The most popular post last week was Seavers in the News -- G.A. Seaver Died in 1918 in Sonoma County, California  with over  542 views.  

10)  Finished up the invitation list for our 50th wedding anniversary party in March at our church.  Daughters Lori and Tami are putting everything together, but need my help with this and with photos, videos, etc.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1790 Deed of Simon Gates to William Cogswell in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is a 1790 deed of  Simon Gates, yeoman of Gardner, selling land in Marlborough, Massachusetts to William Cogswell of Marlborough in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Land Records: 

[Volume 113, pages 6- 7]

[Volume 113, pages 8-9]

The transcription of this deed is:

[page 7 near the top of the right-hand page of image]
[in right margin]

Simon Gates 
to 
W^m Cogswell

[body of text, all handwritten text]

Know all Men by these Presents that I Simon Gates of Gardner in
the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman for and
In Consideration of the sum of Ninety pounds lawfull Money paid
by William Cogswell of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex & Common-
wealth aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & for diverse
and good Causes & Considerations hereunto me????ng do for myself & my he-
irs ^remise^ release, sell, & forever Quit Claim unto the said William Cogswell his
heirs or assigns all my right, title, Interest use ?????? Claim & demand
????????? in a Certain part or a parcel of land lying & being in the north-
erly part of said Marlborough which was formerly the estate of Nath-
an Read & which is mortgaged to me by Jonathan Bruce of s^d Marl-
borough in the County of Middlesex afores^d dated
the twenty forth day of January 1788 the bounds the priviledges is more
fully set forth in said mortgaged Deed reference thereunto being had in
????? buildings together with all the estate Right title Interest and 
Property Claim & Demand whatsoever of the said farm or parcel of Land
which I now have is at any time heretofore had as in ??? the before-men-
tioned Premises with the appurtenances unto any part thereof or which at
any time heretofore has been held and occupied or enjoyed as part or
parcel of the Same.  To have and to hold all the afore granted & bargained
premises with the appurtenances to him the said William Cogswell heirs
& assigns forever with the Reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders 
thereof or any part or parcel thereof forever so that neither I the said Simon
Gates nor my heirs nor any other person or persons claiming from or under
one or them or in the Name right or ???? of me or them & all or with
by any way or Means have claim Challenge or Demands any estate Right
Title or Interest of in & to the aforesaid premises with the appurtenances or
any part or parcel thereof forever.  In witness whereof I the said Simon Gates

[page 8]

and Susanna his wife have hereunto set my hand & Seal this thirtieth Day
of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & ninety
Simon Gates & seal Susanna Gates & Seal.  Signed Sealed & delivered In
presence of Ethan Sever, Nathan Gates Worcester ss Westminster Jan^y 30^th
1790 personally appeared the above named Simon Gates the above gra-
ntor & acknowledged this Instrument to be his free act & deed before me,
Abner Holden Justice peace, Middlesex ss Cambridge May 8, 1793.
Received & entered  by  W^m Winthrop, Regr

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 19 January 2015), Middlesex County, "Deeds, 1793-1794, Vol. 113-114," Volume 113, Pages 7-8, images 32-33 of 540, Deed of Simon Gates to William Cogswell, executed 30 January 1790, recorded 8 May 1793; citing records in land offices and county courthouses, statewide in Massachusetts.

This 1790 deed of Simon Gates of Gardner, with his wife Susanna (Reed) Gates, sells land in Marlborough to William Cogswell.  In 1788, Simon Gates obtained this 90 acres of land in a mortgage deed from Jonathan Bruce for 90 pounds payable in three years.  Before the three years are up, William Cogswell buys the land from Simon Gates in this deed.  The next deed in the record book is William Cogswell selling the land back to Jonathan Bruce for 180 pounds.  

Apparently, this land was part of the estate of Nathan Reed (1719-1802), who must have sold the land to Jonathan Bruce.  Simon Gates' wife, Susanna (Reed) Gates, was Nathan Reed's daughter and only heir.

Unfortunately, the registrar's writing is light in places on the deed and I cannot discern several words in this deed.

Simon Gates (1739-1803), son of Amos and Mary (Hubbard) Gates, who married Susanna Reed (1745-1833) in 1766, is my 5th great-grandfather.  I am descended from their son, Nathan Gates (1767-1830) who married Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855) in 1790.

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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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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 26 January to 1 February 2020

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:

*  FamilySearch Adds “My Contributions” Feature to Mobile App by Taneya Koonce on Taneya's Genealogy Blog.

*   New GeneaGem:  NARA Record Group Explorer by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Is the DNA Party Over? by Ryan Ross on Once Removed.

*  The Youngest Volunteer by Amy Whorf McGuiggan on Vita Brevis.

*  Old Providence, aka OldPVD.com News by Maureen Taylor on Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective.

*  Organising Your Family History by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree.

*  How To Share Ancestry DNA Results by Kitty Cooper on Kitty Cooper's Blog.

*  Pre-Internet "Cousin-Bait" Creates 21st Century Resources by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.

*  5 Favorite Tips From My Family Archive by Denise May Levenick on The Family Curator.

*  What's In Your Genealogy Toolbox? by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  What Everyone Ought To Know About Census Research by Lisa Lisson on Are You My Cousin?

*  Which U.S. states have which levels of local government...and why should I care? by Randy Masjors on RandyMajors.com Research Hub.

*  In Defense of Small Segments by Jim Bartlett on Segment-ology.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

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

*  Friday Finds 31 January 2020 by Lois Willis on Lois Willis -- Genealogy and Family History.

*  Friday Fossicking 31st Jan 2020 by Crissouli on That Moment in Time.

*  Friday Finds: Week 5 -- 2020 by Martin Roe Eidhammer on Norwegian Genealogy and then some.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme -- February 1, 2020  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte,

*  Saturday Serendipity (January 25, 2020) by John D. Tew on Filiopietism Prism.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the 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 currently am 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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