Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 214: Birth Records of Zachariah Hildreth's Children in Townsend, Mass.

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time 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 Birth Record for the children of Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828) and his two wives in Townsend, Massachusetts.

The transcription of the list of children is:

Aaron son of Zachriah & Elisabeth Hildreth born Oct 30th 1778

Betsy daughter of Do born June 4th 1780

Hannah daughter of Do born September 10th 1782

Zachriah son of Do born April 10th 1783

Lucy daughter of Do born July 18th 1785

Patty daughter of Do born May 16th 1787

Fanney daughter of Do born Augt 22d 1789

Nabby daughter of Do born April 16th 1791

James son of Do born July 17th 1793

Nabby daughter of Zachariah & Nabby Hildreth born Feb 27th 1795

James son of Do born July 23d 1798

Joseph son of Do born April 2d 1800

Mary daughter of Do born Augt 17th 1801

Stow son of Do born April 17th 1803

Elisabeth daughter of Do born Augt 4th 1804

John son of Do born April 4th 1806

Levi son of Do born May 8th 1808

The source citation for the record of my ancestor, second great-grandfather Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857), is:

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Townsend Births, Marriages and Deaths, Book 6" page 98 (penned, image 163 of 1351), Zachriah Hildreth entry.

The records in this town record book were entered by family in the town record book.  This particular book was Book 6, started in 1792 (according to the first page of Book 6), and it appears that all of the entries in this family were entered by one person and probably at the same time (as opposed to one at a time when the event occurred).  Consequently, this is a Derivative Source with Secondary Information and Direct Evidence of the births of the 17 recorded children of Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828).  

Zachariah Hildreth's first wife, Elizabeth (Keyes) Hildreth (1759-1793), died on 6 August 1793, soon after the birth of her 9th child in 14 years.  Zachariah married Abigail Hart (1775-1846), probably in 1794, and had 8 more children in the next 14 years.  The Hildreth family book says that Abigail Hart was the teenage housekeeper for Zachariah and Elizabeth (Keyes) Hildreth helping take care of their children.  

These records are also transcribed and published in the book:

Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992).

Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) is my second great-grandfather, and married Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) in 1810, and they had 9 children, including my great-grandfather, Edward Hildreth (1831-1899).

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/treasure-chest-thursday-post-214-birth.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Fold3 Offering World War II Records Through May 31st for FREE

The Fold3.com blog announced that, in honor of Memorial Day, registered users can access the World War II collection for FREE through 31 May.  There is a link on the blog to the World War II collection at http://go.fold3.com/wwii/.

The collections available for free include:

*  American Battle Monuments Commission
*  Army Registers, 1798-1969
*  Foreign Burial of American War Dead
*  Japanese Air Target Analyses
*  Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-2013
*  Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial

*  Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII
*  Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009
*  New York 174th Regiment Service Cards
*  New York Army National Guard Service Cards (Selected)
*  New York National Guard Personnel Jackets

*  New York National Guard Shooting Jackets
*  New York State Adjutant General Reports, 1846-1995
*  New York State Military Museum Photos (Civil War - ...)
*  Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial
*  Photos - WW II Japanese

*  State Dept Records - France
*  State Dept Records - Russia
*  Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
*  WWII 27th Division Photos
*  WWII Allied Military Conferences

*  WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualty List
*  WWII Army Enlistment Records
*  WWII Draft Registration Cards
*  WWII "Old Man's Draft" Registration Cards
*  WWII European Theater Army Records

*  WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-54
*  WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army
*  WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Navy
*  WWII Milestone Documents
*  WWII Naval Press Clippings

*  WWII Navy, Marine Corp, and Coast Guard Casualty Lists
*  WWII Navy Muster Rolls
*  WWII Submarine Patrol Reports
*  WWII US Air Force Photos
*  WWII War Diaries

There are 36 collections on that list, and some of them are more extensive than just Wotld War II.

You can access the list of all collections at Fold3 by going to the Browse page (http://www.fold3.com/browse.php), and selecting a category.  By clicking on the World War II category, you can see the record collections in that category:

If you click on one of the publications, then you can see the list of way-points that are available.  I clicked on the Navy Cruise Books" publication and saw:

clicking on the "H" Ship letter in the Navy Cruise Books publication, I can see the list of ships for which there are Cruise Books available:

You may be able to find some interesting records and photographs if you go and search or browse some of these collection.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/fold3-offering-world-war-ii-records.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 17 May on Military Records and Pensions

The Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except December) from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on the campus of UCSD, University of California, San Diego. See our web page www.cgssd.org  for directions.

The next meeting will be held on Saturday, 17 May 2014. Here are the details:

*  9 a.m. to 10 a.m.:  User Groups: 
** Legacy, with Reuben Marchant, 
** Family Tree Maker, with Ken Robison, 
** Roots Magic, with Chris Christensen 

*  10 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.:  Break, refreshments

*  10:20 a.m.:  Announcements followed by program:

"Military Records and Pensions"

by Edward Grant Ries

Captain USMC (Ret.)

Records of military service and pensions can provide a wealth of family history information. This presentation will cover the types of records found in the home, on online sites such as Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and fold3, and at NARA. Records of military service and pensions provide us with a portrait impossible to obtain elsewhere of our ancestor’s patriotism, dedication, and courage. Whether they served in peacetime or wartime, at home or abroad, records of military service and pensions can be found. These records can also provide a wealth of information on a veteran’s family. While the focus is on American service, records of other countries will be briefly discussed.

You will learn how to glean information from:

   • Memorabilia, photos, insignia, medals and ribbons, letters, journals and official papers found at home or in storage
   • Internet archives such as ancestry.com, fold3.com and familysearch.com
   • National repositories such as NARA and the National Military Records Center in St. Louis
   • Lineage Societies such as Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and Sons of the American Revolution(SAR)
   • National Cemeteries, Monuments, and Burial Records Prisoner of War Records
   • Pension Applications and Awards, Pensioner Censuses, and Land Grants in lieu of Pensions.

Ed Ries researches and teaches family history, focused on the southern states, Scotland, England, military records, and use of Internet collaboration tools. He graduated with a BS, magna cum laude, from the University of Utah, majoring in earth sciences and mathematics. He earned MA and PhD degrees from UCLA, doing research in geophysical processes. He has had three careers, as a Marine Corps air control officer, then as a software engineer and manager, and author, publishing three novels of historical fiction set in 1700s Scotland. He retired as Director of Software Engineering for BAE Systems in Rancho Bernardo, where he headed development of software for world-wide mapping and charting.

We meet at the Robinson Auditorium complex on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus in La Jolla. From North Torrey Pines Road, turn at Pangea Drive into UCSD. Free parking is available in the parking garage on the left; use any space other than those specifically reserved for UCSD vehicles. Signs will mark directions to our meeting room. Please refer to our website www.cgssd.org; or the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies website (click here) for driving directions and a map.

NOTE:  Members and guest parking will be limited to the Pangea Parking Structure ONLY on Saturday, May 17th.  The Hopkins Parking Structure will be closed.   

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/cgssd-meeting-on-saturday-17-may-on.html

     

The 30th Street Bridge in San Diego -- Post 307 for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I'm posting family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be Wordless Wednesday posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.

Here is a photograph from my grandfather's photo album in the Seaver/Carringer family collection handed down by my mother in the 1988 to 2002 time period:

This is a photograph of the 30th Street Bridge in San Diego that connects North Park to Brooklyn Heights.  I think it was taken in the 1908 to 1920 time frame.  Wikipedia has this photograph on their site - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_Street_(San_Diego).  The "Brooklyn Hts" written in the lower left-hand corner is my grandfather's printing.  I don't think that he wrote "30th St Bridge" at the bottom of the photo.

There is a streetcar on the Brooklyn Heights side of the bridge, running north (to the left of the picture).  There are only a few houses visible on the north side of the bridge.  

The bridge is a wood and steel trestle design, and had only two lanes, with the streetcar track running down the middle of the bridge.  There is a narrow sidewalk on both sides of the bridge.  I remember riding my bicycle across this bridge in the early 1950s, and always worrying that my tires would get caught in the wooden planks on the bridge, or that I would run over the trolley tracks.  

The bridge traversed Switzer Canyon that runs below the bridge and drains this part of San Diego into San Diego Bay through Balboa Park.  It was about 400 feet long.

The 30th Street trestle bridge was replaced in the 1950s with a causeway - they built up the earthen works to support the causeway and paved two lanes with raised sidewalks and low side rails.  The bridge was a lot easier to ride my bike across in the 1950s and 1960s, but the danger for bike riders was the passing cars.

Here is a Google satellite view of the area now, with the pin centered on the 30th Street Bridge.  Grape Street is at the bottom of the image:

I grew up on the block bounded by 30th Street (on the west), Hawthorn Street (on the south), Fern Street (on the east) and Ivy Street (on the north), but the whole neighborhood was my "playing field."  The 30th Street Bridge was five blocks north of Ivy Street.  As a kid, my buddies and I roamed this canyon, especially in the area west of 28th Street and at the foot of Grape Street.  The golf course was there, and we hunted for golf balls, spied on the golfers, built forts in the brush, and played Cowboys and Indians and hide and seek.  

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/the-30th-street-bridge-in-san-diego.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

WikiTree's "100 Degrees of AJ" Tool and Relationship Calculator

 AJ Jacobs wants to hold the largest family reunion ever (see http://ajjacobs.com/global-family-reunion/) in June 2015, and has added his own family tree to WikiTree and Geni.com.

WikiTree has a new page for "100 Degrees of AJ" tool to determine if you are related (somehow) to AJ Jacobs. I can't resist things like this, so I tried it out:

1)  Here is the page for the "100 Degrees of AJ" tool:

2)  To see if you are related to AJ Jacobs, click on the link that says "100 Degrees of AJ Jacobs."  You have to do this from the screen above, I think.  Here is the form:

In order to see if you are related to AJ Jacobs, you have to be in the WikiTree connected family tree, and connect to AJ's family line somehow.

3)  I put my WikiTree ID (Seaver-15) into the "WikiTree ID for Person Two" above, and it told me that AJ and I have 24 degrees of separation:

The "common" link is the Prescott family in Massachusetts, where AJ is related (through several twists through siblings of his grandfather) to Benjamin Prescott (1687-1777), and I am descended from Benjamin's brother, Samuel Prescott (1674-1758).

4)  On the second screen above, there is a link to "Find a Relationship" of any person in the WikiTree to another person in the WikiTree.  The link is at  http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Relationship:

I found another Seaver person in the WikiTree, so I added their WikiTree ID along with my own on the screen above, and saw the result:

I am a 4th cousin 6 times removed from William J. Seaver (1810-1892).

5)  On the WikiTree profile page for William J. Seaver (shown below), I can click on the "Relationship" button" and see the same relationship chart as above.

6)  I like the Relationship calculator - it is very helpful.  However, WikiTree has "only" about 7 or 8 million profiles, so not every person is in this connected family tree, and therefore you may not find a relationship connection unless someone has added their ancestral lines.

7)  Are you related to AJ Jacobs?  Check out the tool noted above to find out, but only if you have added your ancestry to WikiTree.

Now I'm wondering if I can attend the World's Largest Family Reunion in June 2015, since I'm related (somehow) to AJ Jacobs!

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/wikitrees-100-degrees-of-aj-tool-and.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Winner of Victorian Youth Offenders Records Contest Announced

After Ancestry.com ran a promotion for their new Victorian Youth Offenders collection (see  Tattoos, Pigeon Theft and Financial Fraud in Victorian Youth Offenders Database on Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com offered my readers the chance to win a 3-month World Explorer Ancestry.com subscription (see Victorian Youth Offender Records Contest, posted 1 May 2014).

I publicized this contest on social media several times, and it closed at midnight Sunday night.  I ended up with only one contestant, which really surprised me.  Reader Jack'sMommy5 made this comment on my blog post:

"I found this interesting case in the England Prison Records, 1801-1914-

"This was at the Wakefield House of Correction, November 1, 1842

"Mary Penistone, age 50, Height 5 feet, 2 inches, married to Richard Penistone, 7 children, maiden name Aldridge. Imprisoned from November 1, 1842 to April 29, 1843 for stealing a pair of shoes that belonged to Margaret Heaton. She also stole 9 yards of printed cotton and 10 silk handkerchiefs, property of Dennis Roberts."

I need reader Jack'sMommy5 to contact me via email at rjseaver@cox.net with her real name and email address so that I can pass that information on to Ancestry.com.  

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/winner-of-victorian-youth-offenders.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Tuesday's Tip - Subscribe to Family Tree Magazine

This week's Tuesday's Tip is:  For up-to-date information about genealogy methodology, software, websites and resources, subscribe to Family Tree Magazine.

Family Tree Magazine is published seven times per year by F+W Media on a yearly subscription basis.  The magazine has a U.S.A. orientation.  You can subscribe to receive a paper mailed version or download a digital version, or both.   I have subscribed for at least ten years and have a stack of paper to prove it!

In the March/April 2014 issue, the magazine published Genealogy Web Guides, with the best search strategies, insider tips and need-to-know facts for finding ancestors, for:

*  Ancestry.com
*  Archives.com
*  Archives.gov
*  FamilySearch.org
*  FindMyPast.com
*  Fold3.com
*  Library of Congress
*  MyHeritage.com
*  Online Books
*  Online Newspapers
*  Online Libraries

There were also articles about Social Media Mavericks and Searching Smarter.

The May/June 2014 issue has articles about:

*  Making It Work, by Denise Levenick (organizing your research)
*  Warming Up a Cold Case, by Lisa Louise Cooke (strategies to crack brick wall cases)
*  The Way Home, by James M. Beidler (sources for finding a German immigrant's home village)
*  Their Loss, Our Gain, by Sunny Jane Morton (five sources for poor ancestors)
*  Catch the Wave, by David A. Fryxell (57 European genealogy websites)
*  Birth Records, by Shelley Bishop (Genealogy Workbook series article)

In addition, each issue has one or more standard columns, including:

*   Genealogy Insider (news and tips)
*  The Toolkit (reviews of family history resources)
*  History Matters (on an interesting historical topic)
*  Family Archivist ( archiving and preserving)
*  Now What? (answers to reader questions)
*  Photo Detective (with Maureen Taylor)

All in all, each issue is chock full of interesting, helpful and timely genealogy and family history news and information.

Family Tree Magazine also offers extensive learning opportunities with their Family Tree University (http://www.familytreeuniversity.com/?r=ftmnav), which costs additional money for each course.

I highly recommend this genealogy and family history magazine to keep you up to date on what is happening in genealogy and family history.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/tuesdays-tip-subscribe-to-family-tree.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Who Really Was the Father of Sophia Newton (183?-1923)?

I've been pecking away at finding records for Thomas J. Newton, the purported father of my 2nd great-grandmother, Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (1834-1923).  I say "purported" because some records for Sophia give his name, and some records do not, and now I have enough information to at least question whether Thomas J. Newton was actually her biological father.  I don't have evidence that he wasn't, but the evidence that I have that he was is fairly scanty.

I'm thinking that better minds than mine can figure this out.  So, if this mystery intrigues you, please contribute your ideas and suggestions to me at rjseaver@cox.net.  I will appreciate any contributions.

1)  Here is what I think I know about Sophia (Newton) Hildreth and her identified parents:

*  When last I summarized my evidence, I wrote Evaluating the Evidence: When and Where was Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (183?-1923) Born? (posted 27 November 2012).  I had 13 pieces of evidence, and hypothesized that:

*  The only actual birth date I have is 14 September, calculated from the age at death in the death record, and supported by the 1900 Census record that indicates September as the birth month.

*  The available evidence indicates that the year of birth is between 1832 and 1837.  The two earliest pieces of evidence (1850 Census and 1852 marriage record) imply 1834 by the age given in the records.  The 1880 Census evidence implies 1833.  The 1860, 1870 and 1900 Census evidence implies 1835.  The 1910 Census evidence implies 1836.  The 1920 Census evidence implies 1837.  Her age at death calculates to be 1836.  Ages given on census records, and death records, are notorious for being one or two years off if the specific person did not provide the information to the enumerator; also, people fibbed at times.  My working hypothesis, based on all of the available evidence, and weighting the earliest bits of evidence the most, is that Sophia Newton was born in 1834.  I should note that all of the evidence, save the death record probably provided by her son, is Indirect Evidence of the birth year.  

*  The place of birth may be Massachusetts, Cambridge, Vermont, or Springfield, Vermont.  The entries for Cambridge, Vermont were in birth and death records for her children, and were possibly provided by Sophia herself.  The birth place information on her death record was probably provided by her grandson, Frederick Walton Seaver (since his parents were already deceased).  My conclusion is that she was born in Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont based on the evidence at hand.

*  The only record that provides a father's name is her marriage record on 25 December 1852 to Edward Hildreth in Northborough, Massachusetts - it says her father was Thomas J. Newton and her mother was not listed.  Sophia (Newton) Hildreth's death record in 1923 does not provide a father's name, but identifies her mother's name as (Buck) Newton.

*  Sophia Newton had a brother, Thomas J. Newton (1835-1915), whose marriage record in 1864 identifies his parents as Thomas and Sophia, and his death record in 1915 identifies his parents as Thomas J. Newton (born in Maine) and Sophia Buck.  His death record says that his birth date was 3 June 1835 in Burlington, Vermont.  The 1900 U.S. census says he was born in June 1835, but the 1850 (age 17), 1870 (age 37) and 1880 (age 47) census records imply he was born in 1832-3, as does his 1864 marriage record (age 32).  So we have a birth year range of 1832-1835 for Thomas J. Newton.

*  Sophia (Newton) Hildreth's mother was likely Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882), who married (1) Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) in 1817 in Sterling, Massachusetts, and had two Brigham sons in 1820 and 1830; (2) Thomas J. Newton (????-????) at some time between 1830 and 1850, possibly in Massachusetts; (3) Jonathan Stone (1795-1868) in 1862 in Westborough, Massachusetts.

2)  Here is what I know about Thomas J. Newton (????-????):

*  I've written about Thomas J. Newton in Mystery Monday - Thomas J. Newton of Maine (19th century) (23 March 2009), Using the FAN Club Principle - Thomas J. Newton, Father of Sophia Newton (1834-1923) - Post 1 (19 November 2010), and Post 2 (22 November 2010).

*  I have found just one record for a Thomas J. Newton that I can identify as probably associated with Sophia Newton (183?-1922).  I wrote about it in Found a Record for My Thomas J. Newton! (17 January 2014).  This record is dated 3 December 1832 and is in Westborough, Massachusetts.

*  I'm still looking for more information when I find new databases that might be helpful.

3)  Another factor - Lambert Brigham:

* I recently found a death record for Sophia (Buck) Brigham's first husband, Lambert Brigham, dated 5 May 1834 in Westborough, Massachusetts.  See Finding Lambert Brigham's Death Record in Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Collection.

*  Now I have another research question to answer:  Was Lambert Brigham still Sophia (Buck) Brigham's husband when he died on 5 May 1834.

*  If they were still married, then it is likely that Sophia (Buck) Brigham did not marry Thomas J. Newton (assuming they married!) until after 5 May 1834.

*  If they were still married, then it is likely that Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (183?-1922) was the daughter of Lambert Brigham if she was born on 14 September 1834.  If she was born on 14 September 1835 or later, then her father was likely Thomas J. Newton.

4)  Some hypotheses:

*  Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) was the biological father of Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (183?-1922), but died before Sophia was born on 14 September 1834 (?).  Thomas J. Newton, second husband of Sophia (Buck) Brigham, married her before or after the daughter Sophia was born and took the family away to Vermont.  In this case, Lambert Brigham is likely the father of Sophia and perhaps Thomas (depending on his birth year).

*  Sophia (Buck) Brigham and Lambert Brigham divorced before 1834, and Sophia married Thomas J. Newton and had children Sophia Newton and Thomas J. Newton in Vermont as their subsequent records indicate.  In this case, Thomas J. Newton is likely the father of the children Sophia and Thomas.

*  Thomas J. Newton is the father of Sophia and perhaps Thomas by an unknown wife who dies before 1834.  After Lambert Brigham dies on 5 May 1834, Thomas J. Newton marries Sophia (Buck) Newton in Massachusetts or Vermont, and she acts as mother to the children Sophia Newton and Thomas J. Newton.  The children are raised thinking that Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone is their mother.  The 1852 marriage record, which names the father but no mother, supports this hypothesis.  Is it coincidence that the son Thomas J. has the same given names as the purported father?  In this case, I've been researching the wrong mother for many years!

5)  What other possible scenarios can you think of?  What records would you try to find that might help me determine which hypothesis, if any, is correct?  If you have any thoughts on this matter, please let me know via email at rjseaver@cox.net. 

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/who-was-really-father-of-sophia-newton.html

copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Did You Watch DearMYRTLE's AmbushCAM Videos from NGS 2014 Conference?

DearMYRTLE (also known as Pat Richley-Erickson in her real life) debuted the AmbushCAM at the National Genealogical Society 2014 Conference.  The results are on YouTube as a series of short (4 to 6 minutes) videos done by Pat on  the exhibit hall floor using her smart phone, a wireless hot spot, a tripod, and a team of helpers not at the conference.

The AmbushCAM videos can be seen on the DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel now:

*  Night Before NGS2014 (7 May 2014)
*  View From the Evidentia Booth (7 May 2014)
*  Daniel Horowitz, Chief Genealogical Officer of MyHeritage.com (7 May 2014)
*  Ron Arons, Mind Maps for Genealogists (7 May 2014)

*  Bruce Buzbee, RootsMagic Developer (7 May 2014)

*  Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective (7 May 2014)

*  Shannon Combs-Bennett (8 May 2014)
*  Linda McCauley FGS.org Gone to Texas (8 May 2014)
*  Rorey Cathcart, FGS.org, 1812 Project: http://www.preservethepensions.org (8 May 2014)
*  Jen Baldwin: TrGR (8 May 2014)
*  Gaylon Findlay: Ancquest.com Ancestral Quest (8 May 2014)
*  FamilySearch.org:  FamilySearch Interview (8 May 2014)
*  Ed Thompson: EvidentiaSoftware.com (8 May 2014)
*  Crista Cowan: Ancestry.com (8 May 2014)
*  Duff Wilson: Ancestry.com (8 May 2014)

*  Friday 1 - Rebecca Koford (9 May 2014)
*  Friday 2 - Jordan Jones (9 May 2014)
*  Friday 3 - Patty Roy (9 May 2014)
*  Friday 4 - Dick Eastman (9 May 2014)
*  Friday 5 - Maury Cralle Jr. (9 May 2014)
*  Friday 6 - Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, from GRIPitt.org (9 May 2014)
*  Friday 7 - DearMYRTLE has Comments from NGS (9 May 2014)

*  Saturday 1 - Jan Meisels Allen RPAC - www.fgs.org/rpac (10 May 2014)
*  Saturday 2 - Carmen Cross (10 May 2014)
*  Saturday 3 - Barry Kline www.tnggn.org (10 May 2014)
*  Saturday 4 - Lisa Louise Cooke - www.genealogygems.com (10 May 2014)
*  Saturday 5 - Kim Jordan (10 May 2014)

Pat describes the hardware setup she used during the last ten minutes of today's Mondays With Myrt Hangout On Air, also on her YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27WGadPbu0).  She also credits Russ Worthington and Andy Hatchett for monitoring and producing the videos and getting them on the YouTube channel soon after the interview was completed.

Lisa Louise Cooke has done many short video interviews over several years at conferences - see her YouTube Genealogy Gems Channel for the results.  Lisa used a digital video camera, then edited the videos after the conference, and uploaded them to YouTube.  Dick Eastman also did some "man-at-the conference" video interviews and put them on his Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter blog.  

At other conferences, notably at RootsTech, there have been audio and video interview areas where media mavens, like Pat and Lisa, were able to make 10 to 20 minute interviews with genealogy persons on a scheduled basis.  The RootsTech videos were then edited and provided to the interviewers for their use by FamilySearch.

Is this the future of genealogy blogging?  I think that we are likely to see more of these types of "blogger-at-the-conference" interviews as time goes on that try to bring the conference news and happenings almost live to viewers.  

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/05/did-you-watch-dearmyrtles-ambushcam.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

Amanuensis Monday - Post 218: 1881 Deed of Land in Louisa County, Iowa from Matilda S. and John S. Moore to Mary and Louisa M. Carringer

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."

The subject today is a deed for land in Louisa County, Iowa dated 28 November 1881 from Matilda S. Moore and John S. Moore to Mary and Louisa M. Carringer for $1.

The transcription of this document is:

1 Matilda S. Moore & husb }

2 to } Filed for Record Feby 4, 1882 9 AM

3 Mary & Louisa Carringer } N. W. McKay Recorder.

4 Know all men by these presents that we

5 Matilda S. Moore and ^her husband^ John S. Moore of the County of Clay

6 and State of Kansas for and in consideration of the sum

7 of One Dollar to us in hand paid by Mary and Louisa M.

8 Carringer of the County of Louisa and State of Iowa as follows

9 one of the heirs at law of the estate of Henry Carringer late

10 of the County of Louisa and State of Iowa deceased,

11 we sell an undivided One Sixth interest in the following

12 Real Estate situate in the County of Louisa and State of

13 Iowa to wit: The North west quarter, ¼, of the North east

14 quarter, ¼, of section number twenty nine “29” Township number

15 seventy five “75” Range number five “5” west, containing (40) acres

16 more or less and in the event of the sale of said property by

17 an Order of the Court we authorize and empower the said

18 Mary and Louisa M. Carringer as their legal representatives

19 to draw and use our allotment from the sale thereof.

20 In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands

21 and seals this the 28^th day of November A D 1881

22 State of Kansas } Matilda S, Moore {seal}

23 Clay County } John S. Moore {seal}

24 On this the 28^th day of November A D 1881 before

25 me W.S. Beatty a Notary Public in and for said County

26 and State aforesaid personally came Matilda S. Moore and

27 her husband John S. Moore personally to me known to be

28 the identical persons whose names are affixed to the fore-

29 going instrument of writing as grantees and acknowledged

30 the execution of the same to be their voluntary act

31 and deed for the purpose therein expressed.

32 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal

33 Notarial the day month and year last above written at

34 Clay Center Kansas. W.S. Beatty

33 { W.G. Beatty }

34 { Notary } W. G. Beatty

35 { Public } Notary Public

36 { Clay County } Commission Expires Nov

37 { Kansas } 30, 1881

The source citation for this deed is:

Louisa County, Iowa, Louisa County, Iowa, deeds records, 1839-1935; index, 1839-1901, "Deeds, v. 32, 35, 1876-1882," Volume 35, Page 620 (stamped), Matilda S. and John S. Moore to Mary and Louisa M. Carringer entry, accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,005,869.

The record image was obtained with my iPhone in February 2014 at the Family History Library from the microfilm machine. 

There are separate deeds from four children of Henry Carringer selling their share in the land owned by Henry Carringer in Louisa County, Iowa to their sisters, Mary and Louisa M. Carringer.  I learned the location of each of the children when they filed their respective deeds, that each was a child of Henry Carringer, and that there were six shares, presumably for six living heirs-at-law.  

Henry Carringer (1800-1879) is my third great-grandfather, and the father of David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902).  He came to Louisa County, Iowa from Mercer County, Pennsylvania in about 1858 with several of his children, and died there in 1879.  He bought land in Louisa County, Iowa in 1864, which I transcribed in Amanuensis Monday - Post 215: 1864 Deed of William McCullough to Henry Carringer in Louisa County, Iowa.  

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