Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 9 to 15 March 2023

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, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

* SCGS Genetic Genealogy 2023 Conference Registration is Open - 31 March to 2 April 2023, Virtual and in-person (Burbank, Calif.)

* 2023 GSNJ Spring Conference - 22 April 2023 - In-Person (West Windsor, New Jersey)

* Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS) 2023 Conference - 26-29 April 2023, Virtual and In-Person (Sandusky, Ohio)

* New England Regional Genealogy Consortium (NERGC) 2023 Conference - 3-6 May 2023, In-Person only (Springfield, Mass.)

* 2023 National Genealogical Society (NGS) Family History Conference -- 31 May to 3 June 2023, Virtual and In-Person (Richmond, Virginia).

* International German Genealogy Partnership 2023 Conference - 9-11 June 2023, Virtual and In-Person (Fort Wayne, Indiana).

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

* Conference Keeper Calendar

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series

* MyHeritage 2023 Webinar Series

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar’s 2023 Mexico Research Series

* Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2023 Webinar Series

* Utah Genealogical Association Pro Talk Webinar Series

* RootsTech 2023 On-Demand Sessions

* Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 17 March, 11 a.m.:  Padrones of the Past: Colonial-era Censuses of Mexico, by Joy Oria.

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

* Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 22 March, 11 a.m.:  PERSI 2.0: The New PERSI for Everyone, by Sunny Morton

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:

* Ancestral Findings: AF-728: Melania Knavs Trump: America’s First Ladies, Part 45 | Ancestral Findings Podcast
* Ancestral Findings:  AF-729: A History of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Episode 274 - Marriage Records and Gretna Green (AUDIO ONLY PODCAST)

* Research Like a Pro: RLP 244: RLP with DNA - Locality and Ethnicity

4) Recent YouTube and Facebook Videos:

* Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Find Family in Census (EVEN THOSE ELUSIVE ONES!)


*  AmericanAncestors:  Finding Your Ancestral Homestead




*  Storied_Social:  Stories from the Ordinary



5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes - 2 to 8 March 2023?

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Linda's Christmas 2008 Gift From her Brother -- Post 759 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

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


At Christmas time 2008, we made our usual annual trek by car to the San Francisco Bay area to celebrate the holiday with daughter Lori and her two boys, Lucas and Logan, and to see Linda's brother, Paul, and his wife Deb.

This photo was taken on 23 December 2008 at Brother Paul's home in Sonoma County, California.  Paul was always very creative with his gifts to us, often giving Linda a framed photograph or print that reminded her of her family life in San Francisco.  

The picture in Paul's hands is the 1878 Centennial "bird's eye view" print of the city of San Francisco.  It graces our family room wall to this day.  I need to check it out to see if I can find the house that Elijah McKnew's family (Linda's great-grandparents) lived in at that time.

This is all part of our family history!

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 8 to 14 March 2023

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:








* REVIEW: Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy



2)  New or Updated Record Collections:








3)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 1 to 7 March 2023.

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Seavers in the News -- Olivia (Seaver) Stakel Dies in 1971 in Batavia, New York

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 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper dated 9 August 1971, page 35:

The transcription of the article is:

"MRS. OLIVIA STAKEL

"BATAVIA -- Mrs. Olivia Seaver Stakel, formerly of 26 Belinger Ave., died yesterday (Aug 8. 1971) at the Batavia Nursing Home.

"The widow of Wallace G. Stakel, she was the mother of Wallace J. Stakel of Batavia, former Genesee County District Attorney.

"Mrs. Stakel, the former Olivia Seaver, was born in Byron.  She was a member of St. James Episcopal Church here, its Lyon class and the Batavia Bird and Garden Club.

"She was the sister of the late John B. Seaver and of the late Claraibel Seaver Coons.  Her husband died May 23, 1944.

"Surviving with her son in Batavia are another son, Frederick C. Stakel of New Canaan, Conn., and four grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. tomorrow in St. James Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.  Calling hours at the H.E. Turner Mortuary are 7-9 this evening."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Olivia Stakel," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper, Monday, 9 August 1971, page 35, column 1, Olivia (Seaver) Stakel obituary; Newspapers.com  (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 March 2023).

This obituary identifies her name, residence, date and place of death,  names of her husband, two children and two siblings, with education and association information.  

Olivia Margaret Seaver (1885-1971) was born 22 February 1885 in Byron, New York, the daughter of Charles Alexander and Jennie Jane (Beecher) Seaver.  She died 8 August 1971 in Batavia, New York.  She married Wallace Gilbert Stakel (1883-1944) on 9 January 1908 in Batavia.  They had two children:

*  Wallace John Stakel (1909-1989), married 1934 Gertrude Maria Nobles (1902-1987).

*  Frederick Charles Stakel (1911-1993), married 1939 Jean Marjorie Barben (1914-1999).

I am an 8th cousin twice removed to Olivia (Seaver) Stakel.  Our common Seaver ancestor is 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683).

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 has a fairly complete obituary. I am glad that I can honor Olivia (Seaver) Stakel  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, March 13, 2023

MyHeritage CEO Gilad Japhet's Address at RootsTech 2023

Gilad Japhet gives a presentation at a MyHeritage-sponsored luncheon at RootsTech every year, and I've always found them informative, excellent, and fun.  I have fond memories of sitting in these lunches in past years with Roberta Estes and other friends, marveling at Gilad's ingenuity, vision, and accomplishments.

Gilad reflected on one of his most recent family history discoveries, dove into the newly released MyHeritage features, and gave an exciting preview of what's to come.

Here is the video of Gilad's address:

[Click the Play icon, then click YouTube and watch it in a larger format]

It is an excellent summary of his own research and MyHeritage's recent efforts to advance the DNA and family tree technology.

In the AI Time Machine segment, Gilad used time machine photos of Roberta and myself:

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Disclosure: I receive a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage, and gave received other material consideration in past years. I uploaded my autosomal DNA raw data to their DNA product. This does not affect my objective analysis of MyHeritage products.  I am a subscriber to Family Tree Webinars and love it.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 12 March 2023

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

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Wednesday in a Zoom meeting.  I reported on the RootsMagic 9, Ancestry's new features, MyHeritage's new features, RootsTech 2023, Drew Smith's new book, RootsWeb, and more.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society Program Meeting on Saturday in a Zoom meeting.  Elissa Scalise Powell was the speaker on " Rubik’s Cube Genealogy: A New Twist on Your Old Data" and "Patriot or Not?: Using the GPS on a Closed DAR Line."

3)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for #748 Solomon Carpenter (1677-1750) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts and South Kingstown, Rhode Island  for the 52 Ancestors series. This is my 470th ancestor sketch. 

4)  Transcribed the 1878 Application for Widow's Claim and Widow's Brief of Rosannah Lanfear of Lorraine, New York for Bounty Land in the War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files for the Amanuensis Monday series.

5)  Watched more RootsTech 2023 videos and saved more syllabus articles.

6) AncestryDNA now has 42,573 DNA matches (up 83 from 5 March) for me today, with one new ThruLines.   I added one Note to my new matches.  MyHeritageDNA now has 11,178 DNA matches (up 14 from 5 March) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

7)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 49,291 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 41).  

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 70,818 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 45), and 145,833  source citations (up 46). I TreeShared 90 new or modified profiles with my Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 734 Ancestry Hints. My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 176,692 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  I resolved no MyHeritage Record Matches but I work on them occasionally.  

9) Wrote 14 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Monday through Sunday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 26 February to 4 March 2023  with over 174 views.  Genea-Musings had about 14,700 views last week.  

10)  Real life:  This is week 157 (three years!) since COVID restrictions started.   I stayed home except for visiting Linda every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility. Went grocery shopping on Monday and Friday.  Finished the David Baldacci book, Walk the Wire, and started the Iris Johansen book The Bullet.  Watched the Aztecs conference championship game, and the NCAA tournament selections.   

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1878 Application for Widow's Claim and Widow's Brief of Rosannah Lanfear of Lorraine, New York for Bounty Land in the War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files

This week's document for transcription is the 1878 Widow's Claim and Widow's Brief for Bounty Land in War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files in 1878.

1)  War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant File for Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear, image 176 of 201:

2)  War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant File for Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear, image 179 of 201:


3)  War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant File for Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear, image 180 of 201:


The transcription of this Widow's Brief for Bounty Land is:

[image 176 of 201]

CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR BOUNTY LAND.

State of New York       }  SS:
County of   Jefferson  }

On this  Twenty fourth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and 
Seventy Eight, personally appeared before me, Erwin F Ramsdell, the same
being a member of a court of record within and for the county and State aforesaid,  Rosannah Lanfear
aged  94  years, a resident of  Lorraine  , in the State of  New York  , who,
being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of  Isaac Lanfear
deceased, who was the identical  Isaac Lanfear  , who served under the name of
Isaac Lanfear  as a  Private  in the company commanded by Captains
Gould Wilcox and Goodell, the  55th regiment of Militia, commanded by
Clark Allen  , in the war of   1812   ; that her said
husband   Volunteered at Lorraine aforesaid on or about the  Ninth day
of September  , A.D. 1812  , for the term of  the war   and continued in actual service
in said war for the term of  sixty six days  , and whose services terminated, by reason of
honorable discharge at Sackets Harbor  , on or about the 25th
dau of August , A.D.  1814 .  She further states that the following is a full description of
her said husband at the time of enlistment, viz:  Occupation farmer age 35 years hight
5 feet 6 nches Complection light Blk hair & blue eyes & was born at Hillsdale, N.Y.
She further states that she was married to the said  Isaac Lanfear , at the city (or
town) of Claverack , in the county of Columbia , and in the State of
New York , on the  Tenth  day of October, A.D.  1809
by one  David Wager, who was a  Justice of the Peace; and
that her name before said marriage was  Rosannah Lown ; and she further states
that  deponent has not remarried since the death
of her said husband.
and that her said husband  Isaac Lanfear , died at Lorraine , in the
State of  New York, on the  Third day of May , A.D. 1851;
and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence for herself and her said husband since
the date of his discharge from the Army, viz:  Lorraine County of Jefferson
and State of New York.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty land (or the additional bounty land) to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855; and she further declares that she has heretofore made  an application
for  a pension under the act of February 14'th 1871 which
application was dated about March 08'th 1876 which pension
No. is 11,838.

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BOUNTY LAND
WIDOW'S BRIEF

Case No. 333149, Act of   March 3'd 1855,  Warrant No.  114282
Rosannah Lanfear      , widow of
                                                    {  Rank:  Private
Isaac Lanfear                              {  Captains: Gould & Wlcox
                                                    {  Regiment:  N.Y. Mil.
                                                    {  War: War of 1812

Post Office:  Lorraine, Jefferson, County and State of   New York
Attorney:     has none                  P.O. ------------------
---------- County, State of ----------,  Fee  ---------- Contract
 No         Warrant No. ------------------ acres, Act of ----------------, issued to
Either claimant or soldier previously.

Application filed   April 29'th, 1878

                           {  as Private in Co. of Capts. Gould, Wilcox & Goodell
Alleged service  { in the 55th Regt. of Mil (Clark Allen Cmdr)  in War of 1812
                           { Volunteered at Lorraine Sept 9, 1812 & was honorably discharged
                           {  at Sacketts Harbor on or about Aug. 25, 1814.

Record evidence { Third Auditor reports name of Isaac Landfear not on rolls of Capt.
of service            { Gould & Wilcox's Co. N.Y. Mil. War of 1812.  No rolls of Capt. Goodell.

                           {  by testimony of Sterling Wilcox (under who soldier served, who states that
Parol evidence   { the soldier served at Sacketts Harbor under Capt. Gould from Sept. 9 to Sept 28'th in 
of service.          { 1812 also fr4om March 5'th to 19'th in 1813; also under Capt. Wilcox from May 30'th
                           { to June 7'th in 1814; also from July 29 to Aug 24, 1814; also held in reserves in
                           { Adams under Capt. Goodell.  David Caulkins testifies to the same service of the sol-
                           {dier in said War. The service of the witnesses are verified by record. P.M. at Worth
                           {Center N.Y. says Wilcox is reliable witness & that he has been informed that he served
                           { in the War of 1812. P.M. at Lorraine says Caulkins is a reliable witness & in 86                                      [ years of age.

                             {  by testimony of Daniel Caulkins & Dan'l Wise & Joseph Grimshaw
Proof of identity.  {the testimony of Stephen Wilcox under who the soldier served
                             {  see letter of Postmaster at Lorraine Jefferson Co. N.Y.

                            { by claimants oath of allegiance - presumed from his continuous
Proof of loyalty. { residence in N.Y. state since close of War of 1812 & P.M.s endorsement of her loyalty
                           { during the War of the Revolution.  In Pension claims by testimony of David W.
                           { Froman & Malinda Lanfear

Claimant directs warrant to be sent to   herself (as above).

Admitted at  One hundred & sixty (!60) acres   June 12th, 1878
                                                                    Mortimer [?] [Bride}, Examiner
Approved   July 15,  1878
                   Charles H. Sawyer, Reviewer.

[image 180 of 201]

SUMMARY OF PROOF

                  { of Joseph Lanfear to Rosannah Lown is shown by claimant's account
                  {  to have been solemnized October 10, 1808 (or 1809) by David Wager a Justice of the                            { Peace in town of Claverack, Columbia Co. New York. The testimony of Daniel Wise and
Marriage.  { Daniel Caulkins as to cohabitation for over 30 years Deputy Secretary of the
                  { State of N.Y. Certifies that Daniel Wager was a J.P. for the town of Claverack N.Y.
                  { in 1808.

                  {  Claimant alleges neither she nor her husband "sustained marriage
Proof as to { relations other than" her own marriage to the soldier.  In view of
capacity to { the early date of the marriage & for the reason that no suspicion
marry        { exists as to a prior marriage - it is presumed that the marriage as above
                 {  was legal.

                  {  Shown by claimant's averment to have occurred at Lorraine N.Y. May 3'd
Death of    { 1851.  The testimony of Daniel Wise & Joseph Grimshaw who helped
soldier       { bury him.

Widowhood.{ Shown by claimants averment, the testimony of Daniel Wise & Joseph
                    { Grimshaw who have known claimant 59 & 40 years respectively.

INCIDENTAL MATTER

Wilcox & Caulkins are both pensioners under Act of 1871.
See testimony in Rejected claim of Rosannah Lanfear
No. 11838 - Act Feb 14, 1871.


The source citation for this probate case file is:

"War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files," digital image, Fold3.com   (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 27 May 2019), W.O. Pension No. 11,838, Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear, images 176, 179-180 of 201, Bounty Land and Widow's Brief; citing NARA RG15-1812PB-Bx2071.

This pension file contains 201 pages.  Isaac Lanfear died in 1851, and his widow Rosannah Lanfear applied under the Act of 1871 but it was denied.  She reapplied in 1876, and received the pension and bounty land warrant for 160 acres in 1878.  Some of the pages in the application file are duplicates, so I have picked the pages that are the most useful.  Some of Isaac Lanfear's records had the surname Lamfear or Lanifear or Landfear, so there was some confusion over the years during the application process.  By the 1850 time, the family was using Lanfear.

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

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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 of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Sunday, March 12, 2023

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 5 to 11 March 2023

  Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds 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:

*  RootsTech Roundup Day 3 #NotAtRootsTech by Janet Few on The History Interpreter - Janet Few.

*  RootsTech 2023: World's Largest Family History Event Recap by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Jeans in Your Family: Family History and Genealogy Blog.

*  Three Days At #RootsTech2023 – Uniting by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt.

*  Small Segments Needed for Distant Ancestors by Jim Bartlett on Segment-ology.

*  RootsTech 2023 Virtual Presentation Highlights by Annette Kapple on AK's Genealogy Research.

*  My RootsTech 2023 Take-Away by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB's Genealogy Blog - Southeastern USA.

*  This Spreadsheet Sorts DNA Matches By Branch by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  Three Resource Wikis for Genealogy by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.

*  RootsTech 2023 – Truly United by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

*  REVIEW: Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargain$.

*  How To Convert A GEDCOM File To Spreadsheet (Script Provided) by Margaret O'Brien on Data Mining DNA.

*  ROOTSTECH 2023 ~ An overview of our week by Diane Gould Hall on Michigan Family Trails.

*  The Big Announcements You Missed at RootsTech 2023 by Denys Allen on PA Ancestors.

*  RootsTech 2023 - Recap by Miles Meyer on Miles' Genealogy Tips.

*  RootsTech 2023 Recap: Uniting and Learning In Genealogy Family Research on Legacy Tree Genealogists.

*  Uniting at RootsTech 2023  by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.

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 10th Mar 2023 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - March 11, 2023  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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Saturday, March 11, 2023

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - 100 Word Genealogy Challenge - An Ancestor I'd Like to Meet

 Hey genea-folks, 

it's Saturday Night again, 

 time for more Genealogy Fun!

 

Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  This SNGF is based on the 100 Word Challenge (https://100wc.net/) that school children are participating in around the world.  They are given a word or phrase to write a story about in one hundred words.

2)  Write a short 100 word story using the phrase ",,,an ancestor I would like to meet..." in 100 words. Why would you like to meet him/her? [Hint:  If you write it in a word processor, you can use Tools > Word Count (or similar) to count words]

2)  Share the story with all of us by writing your own blog post, writing a comment on this blog post, or put it in a Facebook post.  Please leave a comment on this post so others can find it.

Here's mine:

An ancestor I would like to meet is my 4th great-grandfather Isaac Lanfear (1777-1851), the son of Latham and Anna (Wilbur) Lanphere. He married Rosina Laun in 1807 in Claverack, New York and resided in Lorraine, New York.  They had 11 children. Isaac volunteered in 1812 in the War of 1812, and was discharged in 1814. He has a War of 1812 pension file. I would ask him about his grandchild, Devier J. Lanphear (1839-1894), who was adopted by Ranslow and Mary Smith in about 1840. I don’t know which of Isaac’s children was Devier’s parent, but Isaac likely knew.

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