Rabbit Holes With Randy -- Finding Probate Records For My Ancestors Using Record Hints on Ancestry.com

 I have found and transcribed hundreds of probate records for my ancestors and published them on this blog and listed them in my Amanuensis Monday post collection.

However, I know that I have missed finding some over the years and wanted a way to find those I've missed without searching for every one of my ancestors in the Ancestry.com state probate collections.  

Aha - maybe I can use the "Mining Ancestry.com Hints From a Specific Collection" Tool that I've used for other record collections.  I have a very mature Ancestry Member Tree with over 200,000 Record Hints, including the probate record collections.  

The most deceased ancestors I have are from Massachusetts, so I went to the "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probates, 1635-1991" collection and noted that the Ancestry database number is 9069 (it's in the URL).  

So if I use my Tree Number ("treenum" = 113002012) and the Ancestry database number ("dbas" = 9069) in the URL to get record Hints from my tree for this database  (https://www.ancestry.com/hints/tree/113002012/hints?hf=record&hs=last&hdbid=9069) I get over 200 record hints for persons in my database (in alphabetical order):

For the first two Hints, I checked my files and I already have found and transcribed those, so I will "Ignore" them.  Note that the Hint list helpfully shows the relationships to me!

Further down the list, I see Joseph Allen (7th great-grandfather) and Ralph Allen (8th great-grandfather).  

Checking my Amanuensis Monday list, I already have Joseph's will transcribed.  But I don't have Ralph's!  I clicked on the image to see the record summary for Ralph Allen:

I clicked on the record image thumbnail to see Ralph Allen's handwritten will:

There are two pages for Ralph Allen's probate record in Barnstable County, Massachusetts - the will and a short inventory.  I downloaded them from Ancestry, renamed them, and stored them in the Ralph Allen family file directory on my computer.  I will transcribe it on one of these Mondays and add it to the Notes for Ralph Allen and to the Amanuensis Monday list.

I browsed through the rest of the over 200 entries in the Record Hint list for this Massachusetts Ancestry record collection, and found several more probate records for my Massachusetts ancestors that I have not captured (e.g., Henry Howland 1670, Nicholas Busby-1657, John Eaton-1658, etc.).

Then I went through the New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire Probate Records on and found several more probate records.  I need to do more on Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and California to find even more.  

So this was a very profitable two hours down this rabbit hole - and the results will provide me more blog fodder and information about my ancestors.  

This "Mining Ancestry.com Hints From a Specific Collection" Tool works for many of Ancestry's collections - but only for the top 10% (by number of records) of their collections which provide Record Hints.  I use it occasionally when I'm searching for something different to do in my research.  

Unfortunately, Ancestry has not been very careful in indexing these probate record collections - I often find probate papers for unindexed families with the indexed papers.  Note that in the third image that they have indexed other names found in the record - this is new and good.

Note that the link I used is specific to my Ancestry Member Tree - you will have to find your Ancestry Member Tree Number and substitute it for my tree number to make it work for you.

It's important to remember that Ancestry does not automatically find Record Hints for every person in your Ancestry Member Tree.  They provide Hints every day for a few persons in your AMT (probably randomly), but if you change something in a profile of a person, or the person appears on the screen of your Tree (pedigree or family views), then Hints will be generated.  So the user can "stimulate" Hints for persons in their AMT by looking at their tree and clicking to see more ancestors or descendants of a profile.  

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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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Seaver Family Home in Leominster, Massachusetts -- Post 699 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs: 

Linda and I took a vacation to New England in July 2004.  my uncle, Edward Richmond Seaver (1913-2004) died 14 February 2004 in Arizona, and the family gathered in Leominster, Massachusetts to bury him in Evergreen Cemetery with his late wife, Janet (Roukes) Seaver.  

On this trip, I took a lot of family photos from this trip plus house photos and cemetery photos. 

This photo is of the house at 290 Central Street in Leominster.  My Seaver grandparents lived in this  house from about 1912 to the 1930s with their six children.  My grandfather was the superintendent for a plastics manufacturing company on the same property.  My father and his siblings have many good memories of this house.  Unfortunately, it was demolished several years ago and is now a parking lot.

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Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 21 December 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education 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 since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  MyHeritage Surpasses 1 Million Annual Subscribers!

*  Marine Veteran Meets Daughter for the First Time after More than 60 Years: 'God Answers Prayers'

*  Dad meets daughter for the first time just before Christmas

*  Genealogy kits aren’t fun holiday gifts. They’re privacy violations waiting to happen

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 December 2021

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 December 2021

*  Findmypast Friday: Discover Workhouse Records and More this Week

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  RootsTech Connect 2022 - 3-5 March 2022 (Virtual) 

*  NGS 2022 Family History Conference - May 24-28, 2022 (In-Person!)

4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 21 December, 5 p.m.: Uncovering Immigrant Origins Through Cluster Research, by Dana Palmer.

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 22 December, 11 a.m.:  Our Neanderthal Genetic Ancestry, by Ugo Perego

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website, by Paul Milner

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 180 - RootsFinder Network Graphs

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 159: The Shot Heard Round the World at the Concord Museum

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-556: Vital Records: A Closer Look at Family History Research #2 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-557: Christmas Traditions of Germany | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 404 - The How And Why Of A Family Legend / Crista Cowan On Ancestry Changes And New Assets

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  BYU Family History Library:  MyHeritage: A Closer Look - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library:  Christmas Gifts - Marilyn Thomsen

*  BYU Family History Library:  Bonanza! Strategies to Add a Lot of People to Your Family Tree - James Baker (15 December 2021)

*  Ellen Thompson-Jennings - Family History Hound:  Saving Your Genealogy FOREVER - Step One

*  Family History Fanatics:  FamilySearch: Searching Memories for Your Family History

*  Family History Fanatics:  How Far Back Can A DNA Segment Remain Unchanged in Genetic Genealogy?

*  Family History Fanatics:  Which Website is the Best to Use For Making Fictional Family Trees?

*  FamilySearch:  Demo: Easy Discovery Experiences for Your Family in FamilySearch

*  FamilySearch:  Hearts Knit Together

*  Findmypast:  Friday's Live December 17th

*  Genealogy Asdventures Live:  S05 E13: Sold Downriver - Using U.S. Slave Ship Manifests & Records in Your Research

*  Genealogy TV:  Extracting Census Data into Excel to Find More Ancestors: Tiny Tip Clip

*  MyHeritage:  Learn all about our recently added historical records! Join us live!

*  WikiTree:  18 December 2021: Weekly Recap + WikiTree Challenge update

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 17 December 2021?

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ICYMI: Historical Records of an American Santa Claus

There was at least one man who used the name Santa Claus in U.S. history, and there are quite a few records for him:

*  In the 1900 U.S. Census, a person named "Santa Clause" (born April 1887 in MO) was the son of William Clause (born Feb 1857 in MO) and Henrietta Clause (born May 1861 in MO), with siblings Emma B. Clause (born Jan 1881 in MO), William E. Clause (born Nov 1882 in MO), Earler (?) Clause (born Dec 1885 in MO), Nellie Claus (born Nov 1889) and Earl Clause (born Dec 1894 in MO). The family resided in Liberty township, Saline County, MO (NARA T623, Roll 902, ED 129, Page 3A).

*  In the 1910 census, "Sante Claus" was age 23, single, a farm laborer, living as a hired man in the household of David Fleshman in Liberty township, Saline County, MO (NARA T624, Roll 823, ED 172, Page 4A).

*  In the 1920 census, "Santy Clause" (age 31, single, a boarder) resided with his brother Earl Clause in Blackwater township, Pettis County, MO (NARA T625, Roll 939, ED 125, Page 4B).

*  In the 1930 census, "Santa Claus" (age 42, married, first at age 24, born in MO, a laborer, works in river construction) resided in Marshall township, Saline County, MO with his wife Mabel Claus (age 36, married, first at age 18 in MO), son William Claus (age 15, born MO), son Raymond Claus (age 12, born CO), son Fred Claus (age 9, born MO), son Joseph Claus (age 6, born MO), son James Claus (age 3, born MO) and daughter Dorthy Claus (age 0, born MO) (NARA T626, Roll 1246, ED 20, Page 12A).

Notice that son Raymond Claus was born in Colorado, not Missouri. And also note that Santa was in Missouri in the 1920 census listed as single, but he obviously had a wife and children in 1920 if the 1930 census records are correct.

I was unable to find Mabel Claus or the two children, William and Raymond, in the 1920 census - perhaps someone else would like to try! My best guess is that they may be in Colorado then, or back in Saline County MO.

*  In the 1940 U.S. census, "Santa Claus" (age 52, married, born in Missouri, completed 4th grade, a sewer man) resided in Marshall, Saline county, Missouri with his wife Minnie Mabel Claus (age 46, married, born Missouri, completed 6th grade); son William Owen Claus (age 24, single, born Missouri, completed 7th grade); son Raymond Elbert Claus (age 22, single, born Colorado, completed 8th grade, a yard man); Fred Claus (age 19, single, born Missouri, completed 7th grade);  son Joseph Claus (age 16, single, born Missouri, completed 1st year of high school, a new worker); son James Claus (age 13, single, born Missouri, completed 6th grade); daughter Amy Ruth Claus (age 9, single, born Missouri, completed 3rd grade); daughter Edna May Claus (age 3, single, born Missouri).

There is more:

*  Santy Clause married Minnie Mabel Hill on 9 June 1912 in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri. Their marriage record is in the Missouri Marriage License database on Ancestry.com, but it only says that he was from Marshall and over age 21, and she was from Marshall and over age 18.

*  "Santy Clause" registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917 in Prowers County, Colorado. He was age 29, born 4 April 1888 in Marshall MO, a natural born US citizen, Caucasian, married with two children. He was a farmer, and resided in Lamar, Route A, Prowers County, Colorado. He was medium height, medium build, blue eyes, light brown hair, and no disabilities, and had no previous military service.

*  Santa Clause has a Missouri death certificate - he died 1 April 1957 in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri (see it at  http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1957/1957_00011723.PDF) [My thanks to reader Kathy L who sent the link to me in 2013.]

*  Members of the Clause family are buried in Blue Lick Union Church Cemetery in Saline County, Missouri. The list includes:

Donna Clause (died 3 Oct 1942, age 0-4-24)
Earl Clause (1894-1940)
Helen F. Clause (1919-1955)
Henrietta S. Clause (18__-1915)
Minnie Mabel Clause ("Mother," 1894-1944)
Raymond E. Clause (1917-1971)
Santa Clause ("Father," 1888-1957) - see his Find A Grave memorial here.
Silvina Clause (1877-1964)
William Clause (1856-1917)

So, to summarize:

"Santa Claus" was born 4 April 1887 or 1888 in Marshall, Saline County, MO, the son of William and Henrietta (--?--) Claus. He married Minnie Mabel Hill in 1912 and they had at least 6 children.  He was a farmer in 1920, laborer in river construction in 1930, and a sewer man in 1940. He died on 1 April 1957, a retired minister,  in Marshall, Missouri and is buried in Saline County, Missouri.

This Santa Claus is, unfortunately, not coming to town soon - he's dead and buried in Missouri. It doesn't appear that he could possibly be the jolly purveyor of toys and good cheer with a big belly and long white beard who lives with his unnamed wife and elves and 9 reindeer at the North Pole, does it? 

Don't tell the kids.

Isn't it amazing what you can find on the Internet with lots of spare time on your hands?

I posted this originally on 27 November 2006 and had two comments from granddaughters of Santa Claus, one from a cousin several times removed, and one from a lady whose parents were married by Santa Claus.  I had another comment from a probable relative in 2011 - see post here.  In 2013, a neighbor commented - see that post here.]

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Note:  I have posted this every year since 2006 at Christmas time.  

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Carringers in the News -- Lyle Carringer and Emily Auble Wed in 1918 in San Diego

  It's time for another edition of "Carringers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Carringer (my mother's maiden surname) that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the San Diego [Calif.] Union newspaper dated 23 June 1918:

The transcription of the article is:

"Miss Emily Auble Weds Lyle Carringer, U.S.M.C.

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"Mrs. Georgia K. Auble has announced the marriage of her daughter, Emily Kemp Auble, to Lyle Carringer, who is stationed with the marines in Balboa Park.  The wedding took place last Wednesday afternoon at the parlors of the Central Christian church, only the immediate families of the two being present at the ceremony, performed by Rev. W. E. Crabtree.

"The young people are both residents of San Diego, and attended the local high school.  Mr. Carringer is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Carringer, 2105 Thirtieth street, who are almost pioneers of this city.  He has been in the canteen at the Exposition camp for the past year, but is expecting to leave soon.

"The wedding was very quiet and came as a complete surprise to the many friends of the couple.  The bride wore a blue silk suit with a large white hat, and had no attendants.  Mr. and Mrs. Carringer will make their home at the Marine View apartments at First and Hawthorne streets."

The source citation is:

"Miss Emily Auble Weds Lyle Carringer, U.S.M.C.," San Diego [Calif.] Union newspaper, Sunday, 23 June 1918, page 37, column 2, Carringer-Auble wedding announcement;   GenealogyBank, Newspaper Archives   (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 20 December 2021).

Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) was born 2 November 1891 in San Diego, California, to Henry Austin and Abbie Ardell "Della" (Smith) Carringer.  He died 5 November 1976 in San Diego.  Emily Kemp Auble was born 19 August 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Georgianna (Kemp) Auble.  She died 19 June 1977 in San Diego.  They had one daughter:

*  Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.

Lyle L. and Emily (Auble) Carringer are my maternal grandparents.

There are hundreds of Carringer "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them. Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a newspaper article provides more detail about a couple.  I am glad that I can honor my Carringer grandparents today.

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure: I have a paid subscription to GenealogyBank.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

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ICYMI: My Surname Christmas Tree

I made a Surname Christmas Tree back in 2013 in a Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post and have repeated it several times since.  Here it is:

That's my Angel Linda on the top of the tree!

Here's how I did it:

*  I used my word processor to add the surnames in an approximate tree shape.

*  I colored the surnames green for the tree and brown for the trunk.

*  I went to Google Images and looked for tree ornaments to decorate my tree, saved them, and inserted them into the word processing page.  

*  I saved the word processing page as a PDF file.

*  I opened the PDF file, reduced the magnification, and used the Windows Snipping Tool to create a JPG image.

*  I added the JPG image as above.

It did take me over an hour to create...I have over 10 generations of ancestral surnames on the tree above.  I hope I didn't spell any names wrong!

First published December 2013!  I need to update it for new surnames found in the last eight years.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 20 December 2021

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

1) Hosted the Chula Vista Genealogical Society General Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom.   The speaker was local executive Michael Brunker on "How a Simple DNA Kit Changed My Life."  After the talk, we installed the new CVGS officers.

2)  Worked on my DNA matches on AncestryDNA updating my spreadsheet.  I now have the top 90 matches on the sheet with lots of information.  Also looked at Linda's DNA matches on MyHeritage, and added several more lines to her family tree.  Lots of 4th and 5th cousin Norwegians - not a surprise!

3) Transcribed a deed record in  1742 Deed of Robert Sever of Framingham, Mass. Selling Land in Sudbury To Isaac Read for Amanuensis Monday.

4) Published a genealogy biography of 7th great-grandmother #633 Sarah Smith (1661-1737) of Charlestown and Stoneham, Massachusetts.

5)  Worked in the Wiltshire probate records looking for Richman, Rich, Marshman, Angel and other surnames in the 1700-1870 time frame and found a few - see Rabbit Holes With Randy -- Wiltshire Probate Records.

6)  The RootsMagic TreeShare feature stopped working for me, so I disconnected it from the Ancestry tree.  Then used TreeShare to create a new Ancestry Member Tree and set out populating Record Hints in that tree.  

7) AncestryDNA added 64 new DNA matches this past week, with two new ThruLines, and MyHeritage added 2 new DNA matches. Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe. Researched and added ancestral lines for three AncestryDNA matches to RootsMagic, and added Notes to 7 AncestryDNA matches.

8)  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 46,242 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 70).

9) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 67,652 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 118 from last week), and 143,664 source citations (up 68). I TreeShared 156 new or modified profiles with my Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 977 Ancestry Hints. My newest Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 19,967 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily.  

10) Wrote 18 Genea-Musings blog posts the past week, of which three were a press release. The most viewed post the past week was Rabbit Holes With Randy -- Wiltshire Probate Records with over 530 views.

11) I am still fine here at the Genea-Cave, hunkered down and not going out much after Week 92 of COVID-19 semi-isolation. Linda is at a memory care and skilled nursing facility in Chula Vista 7 miles from home and I visit her for an hour every day - we usually play Uno and she wins about half the time.  Had my vascular sonograms on my legs and aorta on Thursday - all seems OK.  The Chargers lost their game on Thursday.  Finished up the Christmas letter and mailing list, and mailed 40 cards/letters and emailed 100 letters to friends and family (if I missed you and you want one, please email me!).  Went to church on Sunday and enjoyed seeing friends and singing Christmas songs.  I went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Other than that, it was stay-at-home on the computer doing (mainly) genealogy, plus eating, sleeping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, watching TV news and sports, reading books, napping, and a little yard work.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1742 Deed of Robert Sever of Framingham, Mass. Selling Land in Sudbury To Isaac Read

This week's document for transcription is the 1742 deed record for Robert Sever, husbandman of Framingham selling a 4-1/4 acre parcel of meadow land in Sudbury to Isaac Read, yeoman of Sudbury, for 120 pounds.

[Middlesex County, Mass. Deeds - Volume 45, Pages 59-60]:

The transcription of this deed is (starting at the bottom of the right-hand page of the first image):

[page 59]

All people to whom these Presents shall come greeting.  Know ye that I Robert Sever of

Framingham in the County of Middlesex in his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New

[page 60]

England husbandman for and in consideration of the Sum of one hundred and twenty pounds to me in

hand before the ensealing hereof well and truly paid by Isaac Read of Sudbury in the County a-

foresaid yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and my self therewith fully satisfied and

contented and thereof and of every part and parcel thereof do exonerate acquit and discharge him the said

Isaac Read his heirs executors and administrators forever by these presents have given granted bargained

sold aliened conveyed and confirmed unto him the said Isaac Read his heirs and assigns forever a

certain peice or parcel of meadow ground situate lying and being in said Sudbury and on the westerly

side of said Sudbury river containing by estimation four acres and a quarter be the same more or

less butted and bounded as follows viz't.  Beginning at the Southeasterly corner of said premises at an Elm

tree at a Brook running thence Northerly to a white oak and from thence Westerly to a stake & stones

and from thence Southerly to a heap of stones and from thence Easterly to the Elm tree wherein first

begun bounded Easterly by Elisha How, northerly by Paul Brintnal, Westerly by Nathan Goodenow

and Josiah Richardson, Southerly by said Brook.  To have and to hold the said granted and

bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to the same belonging or in any wise ap-

pertaining to him the said Isaac Read and to his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only proper

use benefit and behoof forever and I the said Robert Sever for my self my heirs executors and

administrators do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Isaac Read his heirs & assigns

that before the ensealing hereof I am the sole and lawful owner of the above bargained premises and

am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper right as a good perfect and abso-

lute estate of inheritance in fee simple and have in myself good right full power and lawful au-

thority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm said bargained premises in manner as aforesaid and

that the said Isaac Read his heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times fore-

ver hereafter by force and vertue of these presents lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy

and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of from all and all manner of former or o-

ther gifts grants bargains sales causes mortgages wills entails jointures dowries judgments executions or

incumbrances of what name or nature soever that might in any measure or degree obstruct or make

void this present deed.  Furthermore I the said Robert Sever for my self my heirs executors and admin-

istrators do covenant and engage the above demised premises to him the said Isaac Read his

heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever for-

ever hereafter to warrant secure and defend by these presents dated at Sudbury the nineteenth

of April AD 1742 and in the fourteenth year of his Majesty's Reign.  Robert Sever and Seal.

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Joseph Hemenway Josiah Browne  Middlesex ss April

6 1743  Robert Sever abovenamed personally appearing acknowledged this Instrument to be his act

and Deed.                                                                  Before me Jos. Buckminster Justice of Peace

Middsc  Camb.  February 25 1744  Rec'd and entred by Fra. Foxcroft Reg'r

The source citation for this land record is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 20 November 2021), Middlesex County, "Deeds 1744-1748, vol. 45-46," Volume 45, Pages 59-60 (images 44-45 of  725), deed of Robert Sever to Isaac Read, executed 19 April 1742, recorded 25 February 1744; citing original records in County Courthouses, and on FHL Microfilms.

This deed is for a tract of 4-1/4 acres of meadow land in Sudbury sold by Robert Sever to Isaac Read for 120 pounds.  The land was on the west side of Sudbury river and along a brook.

Robert Sever (1702-1752) was the son of Joseph and Mary (Read) Sever of Framingham,  Massachusetts.  He married Eunice Rayment (1707-1772) on 2 September 1726 in Boston, and they had nine children.  Robert and Eunice (Rayment) Sever are my 6th great-grandparents through their son Norman Seaver (1734-1787).

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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."

Read other transcriptions for records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 12 to 18 December 2021

Scores 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:

*  Do You Know These Expressions Your Ancestors Used? (Part 3) by Jessica Edwards on the GenealogyBank Blog.

*  Research Trip Preparations - Part 2 by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.

*  12 Days of Christmas to Finding Your Family History by Minnie Sheridan on The Genealogy Show.

*  Labels for DNA Matches — now improved! by Esther on MyHeritage Blog.

*  1950 Census Release Will Offer Enhanced Digital Access, Public Collaboration Opportunity by Victoria Macchi on National Archives News.

*  Gifts for the genealogists on your list by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History.

*  The Men of the Gardes Mobiles Who Joined the California Gold Rush by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog.

*  Genealogically Related Books to Give (and Receive) this Holiday Season by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.

*  Arses, Elbows and FOMARR by John Grenham on John Grenham - Irish Roots.

*  You Can't Get There From Here by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.

*  Should You Plant a Family Tree at MyHeritage.com? by Keih Riggle on GenealogyTools.com.

*  Use Nicknames in Your Newspaper Searches to Find 50% More Ancestor Articles by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.

*  RM8 Problem List by Marcia Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Another New Rule of Genealogy Discovered: Number 14 by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  How to Make a RootsFinder Triangulation Network Graph with MyHeritage DNA Matches by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.

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 Fossicking 17th Dec. 2021 by Crissouili on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - December 18, 2021  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  Saturday Serendipity (December 18, 2021) 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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