Genea-Musings

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Seavers in the News -- Mrs. Cora L. Seaver Dies in Los Angeles in 1961

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

This week's entry is from the The Kokomo [Ind.] Tribune newspaper dated 11 August 1961:

The transcription of the article is:

"Mrs. Cora L. Seaver

"Mrs. Cora L. Seaver, 88, Los Angeles, Calif., died Wednesday in a hospital in Los Angeles. She had been in failing health for several years.

"She was born Aug. 20, 1872 in Howard County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bell. She had lived in California for approximately eight years.

"She was married in 1897 to William Earl Seaver, who died in March, 1955.

"Surviving are one son, Edgar Seaver of Kokomo; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Kirschner of Wisconsin and Mrs. Mazie Davis of Los Angeles; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Fenn Funeral Home with burial in the Galveston Cemetery.

"Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m., Sunday."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Cora L. Seaver," The Kokomo [Ind.] Tribune newspaper, Friday, 11 August 1961, page 2, column 4, Mrs. Cora L.Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 December 2021).

This obituary provides the name, age, approximate death date and place, spouse's name, children's names, but no occupation and associations information.

Cora Lenore (Bell) Seaver (1872-1961) was born 20 August 1872 in Howard County, Indiana, daughter of Thomas and Maria Ann (Wilson) Bell. She died 9 August 1961 in Los Angeles. She married William Earl Seaver (1874-1955) on 10 April 1897 in Kokomo, Indiana. They had three children:

* Mazie Bell Seaver (1898-1987), married 1920 Harry A. Davies (1895-1953).

* Mary Madeline Seaver (1906-1994), married 1928 Lester Quinton Harness (1901-149); (2) Richard Ernest Kershner (1904-1971).

* Edgar Earl Seaver (1909-1987), married 1947 Lela May Long (1918-1987).

I am not related to William Earl Seaver (1874-1955). He is descended from Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver of Virginia in the 18th century.

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them. Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person's obituary provides little interesting information. I am glad that I can honor Cora Lenore (Bell) Seaver 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 complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2021/12/seavers-in-news-mrs-cora-l-seaver-dies.html

Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1668 Birth Record of Ruth Cutler (1668-1738) in Reading, Massachusetts

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1668 birth record entry for Ruth Cutler in the Reading, Massachusetts town vital records book:

The marriage record is the fifth from the top of the Cutler section of the page:

The transcription of this record is:

"[CUTLER] Ruth, d. of Thomas, Feb. 2, 1668."

The source citation for this record is:

Thomas W. Baldwin (compiler), Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1912), Births, page 59, Ruth Cutler entry, 2 February 1668.

Ruth Cutler (1668-1738) was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Giles) Cutler of Reading, Massachusetts Bay. She married John Smith (1667-1704) in 1693 in Charlestown; he was the son of Matthew and Alice (Leader?) Smith of Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay. They had four children.

This is a Derivative Source record, copied and organized from original town record books for Reading. It is Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage.

John and Ruth (Cutler) Smith are my 7th great-grandparents through their daughter, Mary Smith (1698-ca1746), who married Ebenezer Phillips (1695-1746) in about 1717 in Charlestown.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Legacy Family Tree Webinars Announces 2022 Series Schedule

I received this information from Family Tree Webinars today:

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MyHeritage and FamilyTreeWebinars.com are pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2022 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series, now in its 13th year. Choose from 120 classes from genealogy's leading educators on topics ranging from the 1921 U.K. census to the 1950 U.S. census, from Greece and China to Prussia and Nova Scotia, from Backblaze and Instagram to Airtable, from organizing your papers to printing books on MyHeritage, and from organizing your DNA with the Leeds method to the madness of 'Mc' surnames. We are also introducing the brand new Mexico research series AND the brand new monthly online genealogy conferences.

Click here to register (free).

Mexico series

The year 2022 brings the addition of the Mexico research series to our live broadcast lineup.
The Mexico research series will broadcast live the third Friday, every other month, and will deliver educational webinars geared toward Mexican-ancestored people in the United States and around the world. Speakers for the 2022 series include Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS; Henrietta Christmas and Lisa Medina. Click here for the entire lineup.

Monthly Online Genealogy Conferences

Treat yourself to an online genealogy conference (all free!) nearly every month. Conference themes include Organization (January), African-American research (February), Ireland (March), 3rd annual genealogy webinar marathon (April), Germany (May), BMDs/vital records (June), Military (July), New England (August), 2nd annual Webtember event (September), Writing and Publishing (October), Census (December). Watch this blog for upcoming information.

In addition to our weekly Webinar Wednesdays, we will continue to offer other unique classes.

We are proud to once again host the monthly webinar series for the Board for Certification of Genealogists where we will learn from board-certified genealogists Beth Stahr, Alice Hoyt Veen, David Rencher, David Ouimette, Mark Wentling, Denise E. Cross, Carolyn L. Whitton, Jennifer Zinck, Julie Miller, Pam Stone Eagleson, Nicole Gilkison LaRue and Anne Morddel. Click here for the entire lineup.

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The Down Under series continues into its fourth year! This series of webinars is designed for genealogists in Australia and New Zealand - at 12pm (noon) on the first Wednesday of each month (Sydney time). They'll have their very own Webinar Wednesday with convenient timing. Click here for the entire lineup.

The African Diaspora series, in its second year, will broadcast live the first Friday of each month and will deliver educational webinars geared toward African-ancestored people in the United States and around the world. Speakers for the 2022 series include Shelley Murphy, Nicka Smith, Ari Wilkins, Renate Yarborough Sanders, Calvin Dark, Char McCargo Bah and Janice Lovelace. Click here for the entire lineup.

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Ann G. Lawthers, Sc.D.
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Brenda Hudson, Ph.D.
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Calvin Dark
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Disclosure: I am an ongoing paid member of Family Tree Webinars and love it!

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Rabbit Holes With Randy - Using the MyHeritage "Matches By Source" Feature

Another day, another rabbit hole. Today, it was browsing through the MyHeritage "Matches by Source" feature. If you have a family tree on MyHeritage, then you will have this feature - look under "Discoveries" and click on "Matches by Source."

The list of sources with records that MyHeritage thinks match a person in one or all of your family trees (I have 4) on MyHeritage is ordered by number of record matches. Here is my current list (two screens - the top 11 are shown below).

There are 285 MyHeritage record collections with at least one match to someone in my trees. The top record collection, FamilySearch Family Tree, has 44,354 matches that I have not looked at yet.

One of the most useful is the "Compilation of Published Sources" (books and other published material) - I have 1,303 pending matches on this list:

There is a wealth of newspapers on this list - Chronicling America, and each state has a Newspapers listing, plus Canada. Here is the top match from Pennsylvania Newspapers (I have 461 pending matches):

And Canada Newspapers (I have 292 pending matches):

There are also many record collections for states and countries. I checked out the Denmark listings - there are 14 of them. Here is the first match to a person in my MyHeritage tree in "Denmark Church Records, 1576-1919":

This is my grandsons' 2nd great-grandfather confirmation record in 1895. I clicked the orange "Review match" button and saw:

And further down the screen is the record image:

I use this "Matches by Source" listing all the time. MyHeritage has done the search for me, based on the information in my tree, for every person in my tree. If I add a family, MyHeritage finds the information in their record collections for me. I often find a marriage date/place or a death date/place in the listings for a given person in my tree that I did not have before.

Of course, you can find all of the matches on the profile of the person in your family tree. Brown circle icons are Record Matches (historical records, including family trees) and green circle icons are Smart matches (to other MyHeritage trees).

Beware though, not every match is correct. Especially for newspaper records. The researcher needs to apply critical thinking to each suggested match - is this the right person?

Some people were really famous and had their name in the newspaper many times - Frank Figone (on the 3rd image above, a relative of my grandsons) was an Italian singer and had his name in the San Francisco records and newspapers dozens of times, and I think MyHeritage found every one of them!

Going down this rabbit hole every week usually adds dozens of records to my family tree.

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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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Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Linda and the Cable Car in 2004 -- Post 700 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

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

In early September 2004, we drove north to the San Francisco Bay area to celebrate the first birthday of our first grandchild, Lucas, in the Santa Cruz area. Linda wanted to visit her favorite places in San Francisco too, so we spent a fun day being tourists.

This is Linda before she got on the cable car in downtown San Francisco. She has so many memories of riding the buses, trolleys and cable cars from her childhood, school and college days.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 28 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:

* Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail

* News in Genealogy

* 'It was an unbelievable feeling:' German man reunites with dad after 20 years of searching

2) New or Updated Record Collections:

* Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 18 to 24 December 2021

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

* MyHeritage Online Events for December & January

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 5 January, 11 a.m.: The Only Thing You Need to Know About DNA and Genealogy, by Diahan Southard

5) Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

* Research Like a Pro: RLP 181: RootsFinder Triangulation Network Graphs with MyHeritage Matches

* The Photo Detective: Episode 160: Ask Maureen December 2021 Edition

* Ancestral Findings: AF-562: US Census Records: A Closer Look at Family History Research #3 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6) Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

* Family History Fanatics: Genealogy Trivia Using Kahoot! ~ Phil vs Bambi

* FamilySearch: Paula Madison: Chinese Diaspora, Finding Her Roots

* FamilySearch: 21st-Century Tools for Connecting with Family

* Genealogy Adventures Live: S05 E14: Researching the Children of Breeders

* MyHeritage: How to Upload DNA Data to MyHeritage

* MyHeritage: Join Thomas MacEntee LIVE and Get Tips for the New Year!

7) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 24 December 2021?

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The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2021/12/genealogy-news-and-education-bytes_01934381460.html

Carringers in the News -- Betty Virginia Carringer Celebrates Her First Birthday in 1920

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 1 August 1920:

The transcription of the article is:

"Celebrates Birthday With Party for 17

"Little Miss Betty Virginia Carringer celebrated her first birthday Friday with a party given by her mother, Mrs. Lyle L. Carringer, at her home, 2054 Harrison street. The decorations were in pink and white.

"Those invited were Great Grandma Smith and Grandmothers Carringer and Auble; the Misses Myrtle Kemp, Letha Klughardt, Genevieve Berry; Mrs. Dave Gershon, Mrs. Fred Allen, Mrs. Sherwin Smith, Mrs. James Kerr, Mrs. John McCann; the Little Misses Virginia Kerr, Beulah Irene McCann, Betty Virginia Carringer, and Masters Gordon Gerson, Junior Allen and Sydney Smith."

The source citation is:

"Celebrates Birthday With Party for 17," San Diego [Calif.] Union newspaper, Sunday, 1 August 1920, page 38, column 5, Betty Virginia Carringer birthday party; GenealogyBank, Newspaper Archives (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 December 2021).

Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) was born 30 July 1919 in San Diego, California, the daughter of Lyle L. and Emily K. (Auble) Carringer. She married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.

Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver is my sainted mother. This article corroborates the street address of the Carringer home in late July 1920, and the list of attendees indicates family and friends, especially those with small children. Myrtle Kemp (1893-1970) is the first cousin of Emily (Auble) Carringer, and the niece of Emily's mother, Georgianna (Kemp) Auble.

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 your very close family. I am glad that I can honor my mother, Betty Virginia Carringer, 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.

The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2021/12/carringers-in-news-betty-virginia.html

Monday, December 27, 2021

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 27 December 2021

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

2) Worked on my DNA matches on MyHeritageDNA updating my spreadsheet. I now have the top 50 matches on the sheet with lots of information. Also added color-dot tags for descendants of 4th great-grandparents, but there aren't too many because I can't find common ancestors for most of my matches.

2) Transcribed a deed record in 1750 Deed of Robert Sever of Framingham, Mass. Buying Land in Narragansett No. 2 from Josiah Browne for Amanuensis Monday.

3) Published a genealogy biography of #634 7th great-grandfather John Smith (1667-1704) of Charlestown, Massachusetts.

4) Worked in the Massachusetts probate records for more of my ancestors and wrote about it in Rabbit Holes With Randy -- Finding Probate Records For My Ancestors Using Record Hints on Ancestry.com.

5) Updated the lists for 52 Ancestors Biographies and Amanuensis Monday Posts to include the 2021 posts to date. Started writing the 2021 summary posts too.

6) AncestryDNA added only 2 new DNA matches this past week, with no new ThruLines, and MyHeritage added 18 new DNA matches. Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe. Researched and added notes for 7 AncestryDNA matches.

7) 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 46,386 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 144).

8) 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 67,812 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 160 from last week), and 143,733 source citations (up 69). I TreeShared 333 new or modified profiles with my Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 973 Ancestry Hints. My newest Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 20,672 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily.

9) Wrote 19 Genea-Musings blog posts the past week, of which none were a press release. The most viewed post the past week was Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Did Genea-Santa Bring You For Christmas? with over 491 views.

10) I am still fine here at the Genea-Cave, hunkered down and not going out much after Week 93 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. Got my shopping done and visited Linda on Christmas morning with all the gifts for her. We also calledo ur daughters and her brother. The Aztecs won their bowl game on Tuesday and the Chargers lost their game on Sunday. Went to church on Christmas Eve 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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The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2021/12/genealogy-pot-pourri-week-ending-27.html

Amanuensis Monday -- 1750 Deed of Robert Sever of Framingham, Mass. Buying Land in Narragansett No. 2 from Josiah Browne

This week's document for transcription is the 1750 deed record for Robert Sever, bricklayer of Framingham buying Lot number 70 in Narragansett No. 2 from Josiah Browne, Esquire of Sudbury, for 60 pounds.

[Worcester County, Mass. Deeds - Volume 35, Page 342]:

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

[page 342]

To all People to whome these Presents shall come Greeting. Know ye
that I Josiah Browne of Sudbury in y'e County of Midellsex in
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq'r for &
In consideration of the sum of Sixty Pounds Lawfull money
to me in hand and truly paid by Robert Sever of Framingham
in said County Bricklayer to my full content & Satisfaction

have given Remised Released sold &c by these Presents do fully &

freely and absolutely give grant sell Remise Release and forever

quitclaim unto him the said Robert Seaver a Certain Lott of Land

in Narragansett Township/ so-called N'o. 2 Lying northwesterly of Watchusett

said Lott being originally the Right of M'r Dennis Headly / a Soldier

in Narragansett Fight and by him sold to Mr. Joseph Ball Late

of Watertown Dec'd and by him in his Life Time conveyed to his

son Josiah Ball as by their Deed may appear and by the said Josiah

Ball sold to James Jones Jun'r of Weston as may appear by his Deed

Dated April 28'th 1735 and since conveyed to Elisha Jones of Weston as

may appear by his Deed ~~dated April~~ And since by the said Elisha Jones conveyed

to me the aforesaid Josiah Browne, the same being Laid out &

is in Number Seventy as may be seen by the Platt and is Lying

[page 343]

near Watchusett Pond Together with all the other Rights & Divisions

Remainder or Remainders thereunto belonging within the said Town-

ship being the single Right or share of one Soldier according to y'e act of

the General Court Whether Laid out or yet to be Laid out.

To have nd to hold to him the said Robert Sever

with all the Priviledges appurtenances Comodities and Conveniences

thereunto belonging and to his Heirs and assigns for his and their only Proper

use Benefitt and behoofe forever and the said Josiah Browne doth for himself

his Heirs Executors Covenant To and with the said Robert Sever and his Heirs

and assigns that before the Ensealing hereof he is the True andLawfull owner

of y'e said Premises and hath in himself good Right & Lawfull authority

to Sell and convey the same in manner as aforesaid and that the said

Robert Seaver and his Heirs and assigns may by Force & Vertue of these

Presents have hold use occupy possess and Enjoy the Demised & Every

part thereof free and Clear Excepting that the said Robert Sever or his

Heirs or assigns shall be obliged to pay all Rates or Taxes that shall

become due on the Lott or Rights aforesaid by Virtue of the Legall

Grants or Votes of the Proprietors of said Township but otherwise freely

and Clearly acquitted and discharged from all manner of former or other

Gifts Grants Sales or other Incumbrances whatsoever.

And the said Josiah Browne his Heirs Exe'c and adm'n from all right or

Title or Interest viz the Premises shall be utterly debarred by these Presents

and he said Robert Sever and his Heirs and assigns may peaceably &

quietly enjoy the same against the Lawfull Claims or Demands of the said

Josiah Browne or any other Person from by or under him forever.

In witness whereof y'e said Josiah Browne hath hereunto set

his Hand and Seal this Twentieth Day of November A.D. one thousand seven

hundred & fifty in y'e 24'th year of his majesty's Reign. Josiah Browne {seal}

Signed sealed and Delivered in presence of Samuel Browne Elizabeth Bogle

Middlesex ss January 28'th 1755. Then the above named Josiah Browne Esq'r

personally appeared & acknowledged y'e above written Instrument to be

his free act & Deed. Before me Sam'l Brigham Just. of Peace

Feb. 4'th 1755 Rec'd & accordingly Entred & Exam'd pr J. Chandler 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), Worcester County, "Deeds 1754-1756, vol. 35-36," Volume 35, Pages 342-343 (image 137 of 695), deed of Josiah Browne to Robert Sever, executed 20 November 1750, recorded 4 February 1755; citing original records in County Courthouses, and on FHL Microfilms.

This deed is for Lot number 70 in Narragansett No. 2, later named as Westminster town. Robert Sever paid 60 pounds for this lot northwest of Mount Wachusett in central Massachusetts.

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.

The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2021/12/amanuensis-monday-1750-deed-of-robert.html

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 19 to 25 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:

* Three Brick Walls Smashed by Remarkable WikiTreers by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

* When the Ancestor Trail Leads to a New Locale, Take Your Research Plan With You by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* Surprising Free Finds From Google Books by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.

* 9 Ways to Effectively Find Obituaries in Online Newspapers by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.

* Christmas Traditions Through the Years by Sam Linnell on Family Wise Ltd.

* Preparing for the 1950 U.S. Federal Census Release by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

* DNA Mystery Solved! My 2XGG Changed His Name by Sunny Morton on Your DNA Guide.

* The WikiTree Challenge Week: A great opportunity and experience by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

* Holiday Traditions From Around the World by Talya on MyHeritage Blog.

* Making Meaning Out of a Pile of Family Photos by Debby Warner Anderson on Debby's Family Genealogy blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

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

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - December 24, 2021 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* Christmas Saturday Serendipity (December 25, 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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