Thursday, October 13, 2022

1921 England and Wales Census Now Included in Findmypast Premium Subscription

 I received this information from Findmypast recently:

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Find the key to your family mystery with unlimited access to 1921 Census of England and Wales

Unlimited* access to 1921 Census of England and Wales now included in Findmypast’s new Premium subscription

These 8 billion records offer an unprecedented glimpse into the lives and loves of our not-so-distant ancestors

Existing 12-month Pro subscribers can upgrade for just $23.99

Family history website, Findmypast, has this week revealed their new Premium subscription, which includes unlimited* access to the 1921 Census of England and Wales. You can now delve into the most comprehensive record of life in England and Wales to your heart’s content.

All family stories have chapters with open endings, mysterious myths and tall tales. These riddles can be solved with the help of the 1921 Census. Your own family story could be waiting to be unlocked.

The 1921 Census could reveal where your ancestor was living, what they were doing, and who they were doing it with in the summer of 1921. During this period of great social change, England and Wales had just emerged from the horrors of the First World War, a global pandemic, and vast unemployment. Were your ancestors embracing the roaring 20s, or just managing to put food on the table? The 1921 Census can help you find out.

You may discover more about a secretive relative, like community member George: ‘Thanks to the 1921 Census, I finally found out more about my mysterious great-grandad's childhood.’ Or, like Sandy, you might solve the mystery of a missing ancestor: ‘The 1921 Census came out, and bingo: I found the answers I needed.’

The new Premium subscription is available at $239.99, and includes all records on Findmypast, including the historical newspaper collection. Any existing subscribers who wish to upgrade can do so on a pro-rata basis. Existing 12-month Pro subscribers, who benefitted from a 10% loyalty discount on 1921 Census purchases, can upgrade to the Premium subscription for just $23.99.

Digitised in partnership with The National Archives and the Office for National Statistics, the work took three years to complete, and preserved some of the nation’s history for all time. The Census can be accessed online on Findmypast (with a Premium subscription or with micropayments), or for free from one of three regional hubs.

Have you played detective already, and solved a mystery with the 1921 Census? Anyone wishing to tell their story can contact discoveries@findmypast.com or submit details via the form on the Findmypast blog.

Mary McKee, Head of Content Publishing at Findmypast said; "The 1921 Census has been out in the world for nine months now, and we’ve been amazed by the discoveries our community have unlocked. With our new Premium subscription, our members can explore the lives of their 1920s ancestors to their hearts’ content. More people than ever now have the chance to discover their family story, and uncover how their past could shape their future.”

Jessamy Carlson, Family History specialist at The National Archives, said: “The release of a census always provides a wealth of research potential, and the 1921 Census is no different. We’ve really enjoyed hearing accounts of what people have found about people and places so far. There’s still so much to discover from a pivotal time between the wars, when communities were recovering from a great influenza pandemic and embarking on a new era where everyday rights and roles were changing.”

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1677 Birth Record for Mary Dolberry in Boston, Massachusetts

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

The treasure today is the 1677 birth record of Mary Dolberry in Boston, Massachusetts:
The birth record for  Mary Dolberry is near the middle of the page:

The transcription of this record is:

"Mary of Thomas & Sarah Dolberry born Apr. 13 [1677]."

The source citation for this record is:

Boston City Registrar, Reports of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston; Volume 9 (Boston, Mass.: Rockwell and Churchill, 1883), page 141, Mary Dolberry birth entry, 13 April 1677.

This record is a Derivative Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the birth of Mary Dolberry.  The Original Source is probably a Boston town record book that is not now extant online.

Mary Dolberry (1677-a1720) in 1701, probably in Medford.  She was born 13 April 1677 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (--?--) Dolberry (or Dolbear).  She married  in about 1699 to Jonathan Wade (1683-b1720), the son of Nathaniel and Mercy (Bradstreet) Wade.  He died before 1720, probably in Mystic, Connecticut. 

Nathaniel and Mary (Dolberry) Wade are my 7th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their son Nathaniel Wade (1708-1754), who married Ruth Hawkins (1710-1789) in 1731 in Scituate, Rhode Island.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Genealogy Education Bytes - 6 to 12 October 2022

 Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  Upcoming Conferences and Institutes







2 ) Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):



*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 18 October, 5 p.m.:  Misled by Records: Identifying Adam Cosner’s Parentage by Pam Stone Eagleson.

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 19 October, 11 a.m.:  Colonial Migrations to 1770 by An G. Lawthers.

3)  Podcasts/Radio Shows:




4)  YouTube and Facebook Videos:








*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Katy Barnes









5)   Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy Education Bytes - 29 September to 5 October 2022?

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Grandsons at Christmas Time in 2006 -- Post 738 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

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

We went to Lori's home in Brookdale at Christmas 2006 and had a great time.  Grandson Logan was 10 months old (crawling and standing) and grandson Lucas was 3 years old.   I took my Santa Claus hat and had fun playing with the boys, watching them open their Christmas gifts, and then playing with them.

This is all part of our family history!  

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Note:  The photo is on the website - click the URL below.  Feedly isn't showing my images now.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Genealogy News Bytes - 5 to 11 October 2022

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:






2)  New or Updated Record Collections:







3)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - 28 September to 4 October 2022.

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Seavers in the News -- 1968 Obituary of Warren Seaver (1925-1968) of Akron, Ohio

 Here is this week's 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 Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal newspaper dated 22 October 1968, page 83:

The transcription of the article is:

"Warren Seaver

"Warren E. Seaver, 43, of 1853 Twelfth st. SW died Monday in General Hospital after a short illness.

*  Born in Carrollton, Ky., Mr. Seaver lived in Akron 42 years.  He was graduated from Kenmore High School, served in World War II, ad worked as a lather for Bridger Bros. Plasterers.

"He was a member of Goodyear Boating and Yachting Club.

"He leaves wife Harriet, daughter Nancy, son James and mother Freda Watkins, all of Akron, and brother Dale and sister Mrs. Mary Smith of Portage Lakes.

"Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Prentice Kenmore chapel, where friends may call from 2 of 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.  Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery."

The source citation is:

"Warren Seaver," The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal, Tuesday, 22 October 1968, page 83, column 1, Warren Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 October 2022).

This obituary identifies his name, age, residence, implied death date and place, spouse's names, children's names, mother's name, an occupation, some work history, an organization, but no cause of death or church organization information.

Warren Edward Seaver (1925-1968) was born 21 April 1925 in Carrollton, Kentucky, the son of  Warren Edward and Freda M. (Brunner) Seaver.  He died 21 October 1968 in Akron, Ohio.  He married Harriet M. Simon (1925-2014) in about 1947, probably in Akron.  They had two children:

*  James Edward Seaver (1949-1970).
*  Nancy Marie Seaver (1955-????), married 1974 James Michael Rauckhorst (1955-????).

I am not related to Warren Edward Seaver (1925-1968).  His paternal 3rd great-grandfather was Henry Seaver (1743-1810), who was born in Germany.
 
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 life is cut short.  I am glad that I can honor Warren Edward 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.


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Monday, October 10, 2022

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 10 October 2022

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

1)  Hosted the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Board Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom.  I reported on the Newsletter, Research Group and DNA Interest Group, plus comments on the CVGS website.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society Program Meeting on Zoom on Saturday.  There were five breakout rooms in two sessions - I attended the RootsMagic group in the first session, but was not provided a second session opportunity.  

3)  Published a genealogy biography for the 52 Ancestors series for 7th great-grandfather  #720 Jonathan Wade (1683-a1720) of Medford, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.

4) Transcribed a probate record document - 1879 Guardianship Petition for Four Children of Norman Seaver of Westminster, Mass.  - for the Amanuensis Monday series. 

5) AncestryDNA now has 41,057 DNA matches (up 58 from 3 October) for me today, with no  new ThruLines.  MyHeritageDNA now has 10,768 DNA matches (up 14 from 3 October) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

6)  Checked out the new "By Parent" feature on AncestryDNA Matches and had about 12% Unassigned.  

7)  There was one session 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 48,480 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 29).

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 70,060 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 8 from 3 October), and 145,418  source citations (up 20). I TreeShared no new or modified profiles with my Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 88  Ancestry Hints. My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 175,345 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  My MyHeritage family trees have 200,305 Record Matches in 286 sources and I work on them occasionally.  

9) Wrote 16 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which three were a press release. The most viewed post last week was MyHeritage Announces Sorting Ability for Shared DNA Matches with over 244 views.

10)  Real life:  This is week 135 since COVID restrictions started.  Linda is at a memory care and skilled nursing facility in Chula Vista 7 miles from home and I visited her six times last week.   I went grocery shopping on Monday and Friday.   I watched the Padres games every day and we are finished the regular season at 89-73, and made the Wild Card playoffs, where we beat the Mets two games to one.  Onward to Los Angeles!    I listened to the SDSU Aztecs game on Saturday, and we beat Hawaii 16-14.  I watched the Chargers/Guardians game on Sunday - we won 30-28.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1879 Guardianship Petition of Christian Seaver for Four Children of Norman Seaver

 This week's document for transcription is from the 1879 guardianship file for the four daughters of Norman and Christian Seaver of Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts in probate file 52869 in Worcester County Probate Court records.

Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 52869, image 5 of 7:

The transcription of this affidavit is (handwriting in italics):

To the Honorable the Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Worcester:

Respectfully represents   Christian Seaver   of
Westminster   in the County of   Worcester   that
there is occasion for the appointment of a Guardian of
                                                 Della M. Seaver born June 11 1867
                                                 Flora A. Seaver born Sept 8 1870
                                                 Ida S. Seaver born Nov 14 1873
                                                Sarah E. Seaver born Oct 8 1875

of                    in the County of Worcester, minors and children
of Norman Seaver    late of   Westminster    in
the County of   Worcester   deceased, and   Christian Seaver
his widow; and your petitioner prays that she may be appointed to that trust.

Dated this   twenty third   day of   September   A.D. 1879
                                                       Christian Seaver

I, the surviving parent    of said minors hereby
assent to the granting of the foregoing petition.
Christian Seaver
                
The source citation for this probate file is:

Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case file 52869 (7 images), Della M. Seaver et al of Westminster, 1879, guardianship petition; "Worcester County (Massachusetts) Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors  (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 9 October 2022).

Norman Seaver (1828-1879) married Christiana Lovewell (1837-1916) on 22 May 1862 in Leominster, Massachusetts.  He died 29 August 1879 in Westminster, Massachusetts, leaving four children born between 1867 and 1875:

*  Della Marie Seaver (1867-1920), married 1899 Lee Raymond Parker (1873-1945).
*  Flora Adelia Seaver (1870-1900, married 1894 Alvah Collier Jacobs (1870-1904).
*  Ida Louisa Seaver (1873-1929).
*  Sarah Eliza "Sadie" Seaver (1875-1954).

The probate case file also includes:

*   the $300 bond of Christian Seaver, Artemus Merriam and Joel Newton.
*  an affidavit by Christian Seaver attesting that the real estate of the minors does not exceed $150, and the personal estate does not exceed $100.

Norman Seaver (1828-1879) is my 2nd cousin four times removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 5th great-grandfather 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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Sunday, October 9, 2022

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 2 to 8 October 2022

 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:

*  New: Sorting for Shared DNA Matches by Erica on MyHeritage Blog.

*  "Who Are My Parents Anyway?" by Frank Jatzek on SidetrackedGen.

*  Lessons Learned from My One Place Study by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  Land Dispute by Marcia Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Organizing Genealogy Research : Problems by Jennifer Dondero on The Occasional Genealogist.

*  How Jack and Jill Helped Solve the Holly Brick Wall by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls.

*  AncestryDNA’s SideView Assigns Matches to Parent Sides by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.

*  The Top Genealogy Websites for Your German Family History Research by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears The Genes In Your Family.

*  Looking Ahead to 1960 US Census Release in 2032 by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  How DNA Tests Can (and Can’t) Build Your Family Tree by Diahan Southard on Family Tree Magazine Blog.

* Using Ancestry SideView By Parent and What are Unassigned Matches in Ancestry SideView? by Fiona Brooker on Memories In Time.

*  The Search for Hannah Hobart’s Missing Husbands by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis.

*  Hispanic Genetics: What Are the Origins and Trends? on the FamilyTreeDNA Blog.

*  Creating Network Graphs with Gephi Part 2: Import Spreadsheets and Run Layouts 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 - 7th Oct 2022 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - October 8, 2022  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

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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Census Sunday -- 1950 U.S. Census Record for the William B. Richmond Family in Santa Barbara, California

The 1950 United States Census record for the household of William B. Richmond in Township 2, Santa Barbara, California, residing at 415 West Figueroa (taken 11 April 1950), is on Sheet 22 of ED 42-43:

The William B. Richmond household starts on line 13 of the image (Sheet 22):

The information entered for each person in this household is:

*  Line 13 of Sheet 22 - 415 West Figueroa, dwelling #232, is not a farm, is not on 3 acres or more.

*  Line 13 of Sheet 22 - William B. Richmond, head of household, white, male, age 40, married, born in California, a worker, worked 40 hours last week, an auto mechanic, works for telephone company, a private business.

*  Line 14 of Sheet 22 - Jane M. Richmond, wife, white. female, age 34, married, born in Pennsylvania, a home worker, worked no hours last week,  

The source citation for this family is:

1950 U.S. Federal Census, Santa Barbara County, California, Township 2, ED 42-43, Sheet 22, Household #232, Lines 13 to 14, William B. Richmond household; indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 9 October 2022).

William Brown Richmond (1909-2003) was born 13 September 1909 in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Charles Percival and Jessie Louise (Brown) Richmond.  He died 27 January 2003 in Santa Barbara.  He married Jane Elizabeth McPherson (1915-1999) in about 1947 in Santa Barbara, the daughter of Harmon Ray and Elizabeth May (Whited) McPherson.  She died 28 January 1999 in Santa Barbara.  They had no children.

William Brown Richmond is my first cousin once removed.  Our common ancestors are first great-grandparents Thomas and Julia E. (White) Richmond.

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