I wrote a blog post yesterday titled "Tuesday's Tip: Online Digital Newspaper Archive" with a link to an EXCEL spreadsheet with a long list of online historical newspapers provided by a Genea-Musings named Ronny.
Last night, I received this comment from Miriam J. Robbins, author of the Ancestories: The Stories of My Ancestors and owner of several other websites, including one with links to Online Historical Newspapers. Here is Miriam's comment:
"This was not 100% Ronny's work. He emailed me some time ago and said he had copied much of the information from my website to his spreadsheet. My website consists of hours and hours of work and my personal research of these sites, and not simply copying and pasting newspaper titles and dates. I told Ronny he was NOT to merge my information with his database and certainly not to email my work to others. This is a direct violation of copyright.
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/"
Rather than continue to expose Ronny and myself of a possible copyright violation, I chose to remove the blog post from my blog and the EXCEL spreadsheet from my shared Google Drive folder.
I have informed Miriam and Ronny of my actions, and have raised several issues concerning the blog post and Ronny's spreadsheet.
UPDATE 13 May 2015: On 12 May 2015, Miriam J. Robbins, who has the Online Historical Newspapers website with similar content to Ronny's spreadsheet, was concerned that Ronny had copied some or all of her information to his spreadsheet. When I was notified of this, I took this blog post down until the issue could be resolved. Ronny informed me and Miriam that he had deleted Miriam's data from his spreadsheet before he sent it to me (and others), and that none of Ronny's information included Miriam's information. Miriam double checked this, and found that this was the case. So I am reinstating the blog post.
Ronny updated the spreadsheet after I noted that some of the links were erroneous, and the updated spreadsheet has been substituted for the first one in the link above. The updated link is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1cdsFRokSx_RnpqUjQwanJvNlk/view?usp=sharing
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/tuesdays-tip-digital-newspaper-archive.html
Stay tuned!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/i-took-tuesdays-tip-post-down.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 16 May Features Kitty Cooper
The Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (CGSSD) meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except December) from 9:00 am to 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 16 May 2015. Here are the details:
9:00: User groups: RootsMagic, Mac
10:00: Break, refreshments
10:20: Announcements followed by program:
"The Advantages of Working with a One World Tree"
presented by
Kitty Munson Cooper
The concept of a one world tree is to have a database where genealogists who are researching the same ancestors can collaborate. The idea is to have just one copy of every person on the tree, rather than each of you having your own separate family trees. The goal is to work together to decipher records and solve genealogical problems. The fantasy is to someday have an all embracing tree for everyone who lived in recorded history.
What are the advantages of doing this? What are the disadvantages? How well does this collaboration work? Do you keep a private copy of your tree? Do you hold back any of your data or photographs?
Which of the three major websites (listed here alphabetically) is best for this: FamilySearch, Geni or WikiTree? They all have their positive points as well as their negatives so the decision becomes one of personal preference. Personally I use all three, a lot!
Kitty Munson Cooper is well-known blogger on genetics and genealogy. She started her blog - blog.kittycooper.com - in 2012 to keep track of her family's DNA tests as well as her genealogical research. Written for her relatives with simple step by step pictorial explanations, the blog soon became extremely popular. It currently receives about 800 unique visitors a day.
Her interest in family history and genealogy started at her beloved Aunt Marion's funeral in 1997 when she realized that many stories had died with her aunt. She resolved not to let any more of them be forgotten and started collecting stories, pictures, and family data from that day forward. Meeting a second cousin there who was an accomplished genealogist may have also given her a push.
Kitty started programming computers in 1966 while still in high school and currently has her own small web development business. In her spare time she has created a number of tools for the genetic genealogy community for displaying pictures of whom their DNA is from, showing overlapping segments, and grouping the DNA overlaps.
She has a cum laude degree from Harvard University and is also a World Champion Bridge player. Born and raised in New York City, she now lives in Lakeside, California (East San Diego County) with her husband Steve and their dog Navajo. They have over an acre and more than 20 fruit trees. Gardening is another hobby of hers.
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 for directions.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/cgssd-meeting-on-saturday-16-may.html
The Ranslow Smith House in Henderson, N.Y. -- Post 359 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday
I'm posting old family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be wordless posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.
Here are some of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver/Carringer family collection:
This is the house that Ranslow Smith built in 1839 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York as it stood in May 2004 when I visited the location and did research in the Watertown and South Adams libraries in Jefferson County.
A newspaper article in the Watertown (NY) Daily Times, titled "Old Houses in the North Country," number 516, describes the Ranslow Smith house in Henderson town: "The house, built of native limestone, is claimed to have been built in 1839 upon a tract of 177.18 acres and there is a deed of 126.56 acres in the same are from Isaac and Anne Bronson of New York City to Ranslow Smith. The name 'R. Smith' is carved into the lintel over the door. The house has five large rooms on the main floor and three bedrooms on the second floor. There was a kitchen fireplace and Dutch baking oven in the basement."
Ranslow Smith (1805-1873) is the adoptive father of my second great-grandfather, Devier J. Lamphear Smith (1839-1894).
I wish that I had been brave enough to go knock on the door and ask if this was the Ranslow Smith house and ask to see the lintel with the engraving on it. I didn't - I was in a hurry, but I did take the few minutes to stop, get out and take these photographs.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/the-ranslow-smith-house-in-henderson-ny.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Here are some of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver/Carringer family collection:
This is the house that Ranslow Smith built in 1839 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York as it stood in May 2004 when I visited the location and did research in the Watertown and South Adams libraries in Jefferson County.
A newspaper article in the Watertown (NY) Daily Times, titled "Old Houses in the North Country," number 516, describes the Ranslow Smith house in Henderson town: "The house, built of native limestone, is claimed to have been built in 1839 upon a tract of 177.18 acres and there is a deed of 126.56 acres in the same are from Isaac and Anne Bronson of New York City to Ranslow Smith. The name 'R. Smith' is carved into the lintel over the door. The house has five large rooms on the main floor and three bedrooms on the second floor. There was a kitchen fireplace and Dutch baking oven in the basement."
Ranslow Smith (1805-1873) is the adoptive father of my second great-grandfather, Devier J. Lamphear Smith (1839-1894).
I wish that I had been brave enough to go knock on the door and ask if this was the Ranslow Smith house and ask to see the lintel with the engraving on it. I didn't - I was in a hurry, but I did take the few minutes to stop, get out and take these photographs.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/the-ranslow-smith-house-in-henderson-ny.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
New Ancestry.com Database -- Oregon Motor Vehicle Registrations, 1911-1946
Ancestry.com added a new database today titled "Oregon Motor Vehicle Registrations, 1911-1946."
I was intrigued by this - what could I learn from it? I don't have any ancestors that resided in Oregon in that time frame, so I searched for the Seaver surname.
Here are the results for my search:
I clicked on the first match on the list and saw:
The indexed information doesn't provide a lot of information. I clicked on the "View" link to see the list of registrations with R.L. Seaver on the page (on image 362 of 428 of the January 1917 volume):
The information for R.L. Seaver has this information:
* Number: 24688 [Is this driver's registration or an auto registration?]
* Name: Seaver, R.L.
* Town: Malheur
* Car: Ford-885895
Some entries have an address in the town or city.
I wondered what the title of the volume with this information was - here is the first image for this volume:
What could I do with information from this database?
* I could track residences (town/city and address) from year to year
* I could track vehicle types and makes from year to year.
I could find no R.L. Seaver in my RootsMagic database or in the 1910 or 1920 U.S. Census records residing in Oregon. I wonder who he (?) was?
If you have Oregon ancestors, this might be an interesting database to search. I hope they add California next! I would love to know what makes of automobiles that my Carringer and Auble ancestors had.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/new-ancestrycom-database-oregon-motor.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
I was intrigued by this - what could I learn from it? I don't have any ancestors that resided in Oregon in that time frame, so I searched for the Seaver surname.
Here are the results for my search:
I clicked on the first match on the list and saw:
The indexed information doesn't provide a lot of information. I clicked on the "View" link to see the list of registrations with R.L. Seaver on the page (on image 362 of 428 of the January 1917 volume):
The information for R.L. Seaver has this information:
* Number: 24688 [Is this driver's registration or an auto registration?]
* Name: Seaver, R.L.
* Town: Malheur
* Car: Ford-885895
Some entries have an address in the town or city.
I wondered what the title of the volume with this information was - here is the first image for this volume:
What could I do with information from this database?
* I could track residences (town/city and address) from year to year
* I could track vehicle types and makes from year to year.
I could find no R.L. Seaver in my RootsMagic database or in the 1910 or 1920 U.S. Census records residing in Oregon. I wonder who he (?) was?
If you have Oregon ancestors, this might be an interesting database to search. I hope they add California next! I would love to know what makes of automobiles that my Carringer and Auble ancestors had.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/new-ancestrycom-database-oregon-motor.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Mining the NewspaperARCHIVE Collection on MyHeritage Record Matches
I noted in Mining More Record Matches on MyHeritage on 27 March 2015 that I had many more Record Matches to review. As most Genea-Musings readers know, a "Record Match" in MyHeritage is a record that MyHeritage thinks applies to a person in my MyHeritage family tree - the MyHeritage search system did this automagically while I slept, blogged or watched the baseball game.
Every once in awhile, I go in and "mine" one of these collections - in other words, search for information in records that I do not have for persons in my family tree database, and add content and a source citation to my database.
Today, I noticed that MyHeritage had 666 Record Matches for me from the NewspaperArchive collection on MyHeritage. I don't have a subscription to NewspaperArchive, but MyHeritage provides images and OCR transcriptions to records in the collection. The process for capturing information from this collection on MyHeritage is fairly straightforward:
1) On the list of Record Matches from the NewspaperARCHIVE collection, I saw an item for the marriage of Helen Josephine Hosford and Cecil A. Munger in Belleville, Kansas:
I looked in my family tree database, and don't have a source citation for this marriage - this is an opportunity to add one to the database.
2) I clicked on the link for the record, and saw information about the newspaper, the issue date, and an image of the newspaper page (two screens shown):
I could see that the wedding article was in two columns, I could zoom in one level but the article still wasn't easy to read. I didn't see a way to download the page from the screen above.
3) I clicked on the orange "Full screen" button and saw:
There is a Download icon (the down arrow icon in the black header next to the orange "Exit full screen" button). I clicked that, and was able to save the page as a PDF file.
I opened the PDF file, and zoomed into the article and was able to read it easily:
From here, I used my Windows Snipping Tool to snip the two parts of the article and saved the snippets to my file for the Munger family. Next, I transcribed the article into the marriage event Note in my family tree database, and crafted a source citation for the event. Here is my source citation crafted using the "Newspapers, Online Images" source template in RootsMagic 7:
"Munger-Hosford," wedding announcement, The Belleville (Kansas) Telescope, 10 July 1930, page 5, column 4, marriage of Helen Josephine Hosford and Cecil A. Munger, 25 June 1930; digital images, MyHeritage.com (http://www.myheritage.com : accessed 12 May 2015), citing NewspaperARCHIVE (http://www.NewspaperARCHIVE.com) collection.
4) Back on the MyHeritage Record Match screen for the item, I clicked on the "Confirm" button below the page image. A popup box told me that the "Record Match Confirmed":
Then I could extract information into my MyHeritage family tree for this event (two screens below):
I clicked the right arrow to include the information and the source, and then clicked the light green "Save to tree" and the record was attached to the two person profiles in the marriage event.
5) These Record Matches of NewspaperARCHIVE articles in the MyHeritage system are really useful to add detail and context to persons in my family tree. When you find a newspaper, like the Belleville [Kansas] Telescope, you can really find some gems for your ancestral families and relatives.
One caveat: Because these matches are found based on OCR (Optical Character Recognition), the matches are not always correct. I've found that the accuracy rate is about 50% for the NewspaperARCHIVE collection on MyHeritage. However, it is still easier to use these Record Matches than to blindly search every digital newspaper archive website for nuggets.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/mining-newspaperarchive-collection-on.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Every once in awhile, I go in and "mine" one of these collections - in other words, search for information in records that I do not have for persons in my family tree database, and add content and a source citation to my database.
Today, I noticed that MyHeritage had 666 Record Matches for me from the NewspaperArchive collection on MyHeritage. I don't have a subscription to NewspaperArchive, but MyHeritage provides images and OCR transcriptions to records in the collection. The process for capturing information from this collection on MyHeritage is fairly straightforward:
1) On the list of Record Matches from the NewspaperARCHIVE collection, I saw an item for the marriage of Helen Josephine Hosford and Cecil A. Munger in Belleville, Kansas:
I looked in my family tree database, and don't have a source citation for this marriage - this is an opportunity to add one to the database.
2) I clicked on the link for the record, and saw information about the newspaper, the issue date, and an image of the newspaper page (two screens shown):
I could see that the wedding article was in two columns, I could zoom in one level but the article still wasn't easy to read. I didn't see a way to download the page from the screen above.
3) I clicked on the orange "Full screen" button and saw:
There is a Download icon (the down arrow icon in the black header next to the orange "Exit full screen" button). I clicked that, and was able to save the page as a PDF file.
I opened the PDF file, and zoomed into the article and was able to read it easily:
From here, I used my Windows Snipping Tool to snip the two parts of the article and saved the snippets to my file for the Munger family. Next, I transcribed the article into the marriage event Note in my family tree database, and crafted a source citation for the event. Here is my source citation crafted using the "Newspapers, Online Images" source template in RootsMagic 7:
"Munger-Hosford," wedding announcement, The Belleville (Kansas) Telescope, 10 July 1930, page 5, column 4, marriage of Helen Josephine Hosford and Cecil A. Munger, 25 June 1930; digital images, MyHeritage.com (http://www.myheritage.com : accessed 12 May 2015), citing NewspaperARCHIVE (http://www.NewspaperARCHIVE.com) collection.
4) Back on the MyHeritage Record Match screen for the item, I clicked on the "Confirm" button below the page image. A popup box told me that the "Record Match Confirmed":
Then I could extract information into my MyHeritage family tree for this event (two screens below):
I clicked the right arrow to include the information and the source, and then clicked the light green "Save to tree" and the record was attached to the two person profiles in the marriage event.
5) These Record Matches of NewspaperARCHIVE articles in the MyHeritage system are really useful to add detail and context to persons in my family tree. When you find a newspaper, like the Belleville [Kansas] Telescope, you can really find some gems for your ancestral families and relatives.
One caveat: Because these matches are found based on OCR (Optical Character Recognition), the matches are not always correct. I've found that the accuracy rate is about 50% for the NewspaperARCHIVE collection on MyHeritage. However, it is still easier to use these Record Matches than to blindly search every digital newspaper archive website for nuggets.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/mining-newspaperarchive-collection-on.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Tuesday's Tip - A Digital Newspaper Archive Database - UPDATED
This week's Tuesday's Tip is: Use a Digital Newspaper Archive Database in spreadsheet format to find digitized newspapers for your community of interest.
Genea-Musings reader Ronny emailed two weeks ago offering me a spreadsheet that he compiled from the holdings of several online digitized historical newspaper providers, such as Ancestry.com, GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive, Elephind, Old Fulton Postcards, Google News Archive, and others. If the newspaper is at a commercial site, you need a subscription or you could find a library that provides access to the site.
Ronny noted in his email:
The updated link is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1cdsFRokSx_RnpqUjQwanJvNlk/view?usp=sharing
When you open the link, only the first page of the spreadsheet shows up (I'm not an expert at Google Drive, apparently!).
There is a download icon at the top of the page (the down arrow icon) where the complete spreadsheet can be downloaded to your computer. The file size is 1.430 megabytes. It downloads as an .xlsx file, which most spreadsheet programs should be able to read.
When you open the file in your spreadsheet program (I use LibreOffice Calc), the top of the spreadsheet starts with Alabama newspapers in alphabetical city order:
Line 13,461 of the spreadsheet is for Wright, Wyoming:
The column headings are:
A: State
B: City
C. County
D: Title
E. Date Range
F: Earliest Date
G: Latest Date:
H: Site (with link to the website, not the specific newspaper)
I: Pay Site or Free
J: # of Issues
K: Items
This is offered to Genea-Musings readers free of charge and as is. It may or may not be updated in the future.
NOTE: Some of the links in the "Site" are incorrect. I will try to get Ronny to fix them.
My thanks to Ronny for creating this spreadsheet - this was a labor of love, and is freely offered to Genea-Musings readers.
UPDATE 13 May 2015: On 12 May 2015, Miriam J. Robbins, who has the Online Historical Newspapers website with similar content to Ronny's spreadsheet, was concerned that Ronny had copied some or all of her information to his spreadsheet. When I was notified of this, I took this blog post down until the issue could be resolved. Ronny informed me and Miriam that he had deleted Miriam's data from his spreadsheet before he sent it to me (and others), and that none of Ronny's information included Miriam's information. Miriam double checked this, and found that this was the case. So I am reinstating the blog post.
Ronny updated the spreadsheet after I noted that some of the links were erroneous, and the updated spreadsheet has been substituted for the first one in the link above. The updated link is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1cdsFRokSx_RnpqUjQwanJvNlk/view?usp=sharing
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/tuesdays-tip-digital-newspaper-archive.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Genea-Musings reader Ronny emailed two weeks ago offering me a spreadsheet that he compiled from the holdings of several online digitized historical newspaper providers, such as Ancestry.com, GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive, Elephind, Old Fulton Postcards, Google News Archive, and others. If the newspaper is at a commercial site, you need a subscription or you could find a library that provides access to the site.
Ronny noted in his email:
"I got tired of hunting various sites to figure out if a town I was hunting had any newspaper archives available so I made a spreadsheet that now has over 13,000 collections, mainly from Genealogy Bank, Newspapers.com, Newspaperarchive.com, Ancestry.com, Old Fulton Post Cards, Google News Archives and Elephind. Though there are a few others included as well. I don't have a web site but would love to share the collection with others. I think if more people utilized newspaper archives, it would help break down some brick walls. "He wanted me to somehow make it public and offer it to the genealogy world for him without charge to users. I thought this was a great idea, and after a little thought, I uploaded it to a Google Drive file, and made it shareable.
The updated link is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1cdsFRokSx_RnpqUjQwanJvNlk/view?usp=sharing
When you open the link, only the first page of the spreadsheet shows up (I'm not an expert at Google Drive, apparently!).
There is a download icon at the top of the page (the down arrow icon) where the complete spreadsheet can be downloaded to your computer. The file size is 1.430 megabytes. It downloads as an .xlsx file, which most spreadsheet programs should be able to read.
When you open the file in your spreadsheet program (I use LibreOffice Calc), the top of the spreadsheet starts with Alabama newspapers in alphabetical city order:
Line 13,461 of the spreadsheet is for Wright, Wyoming:
The column headings are:
A: State
B: City
C. County
D: Title
E. Date Range
F: Earliest Date
G: Latest Date:
H: Site (with link to the website, not the specific newspaper)
I: Pay Site or Free
J: # of Issues
K: Items
This is offered to Genea-Musings readers free of charge and as is. It may or may not be updated in the future.
NOTE: Some of the links in the "Site" are incorrect. I will try to get Ronny to fix them.
My thanks to Ronny for creating this spreadsheet - this was a labor of love, and is freely offered to Genea-Musings readers.
UPDATE 13 May 2015: On 12 May 2015, Miriam J. Robbins, who has the Online Historical Newspapers website with similar content to Ronny's spreadsheet, was concerned that Ronny had copied some or all of her information to his spreadsheet. When I was notified of this, I took this blog post down until the issue could be resolved. Ronny informed me and Miriam that he had deleted Miriam's data from his spreadsheet before he sent it to me (and others), and that none of Ronny's information included Miriam's information. Miriam double checked this, and found that this was the case. So I am reinstating the blog post.
Ronny updated the spreadsheet after I noted that some of the links were erroneous, and the updated spreadsheet has been substituted for the first one in the link above. The updated link is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1cdsFRokSx_RnpqUjQwanJvNlk/view?usp=sharing
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/tuesdays-tip-digital-newspaper-archive.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
Monday, May 11, 2015
So What is a Genealogical Society?
Geneablogger Susan Petersen wrote An Open Letter to Genealogy Societies on the LongLostRelatives.net blog two weeks ago. DearMYRTLE wrote Societies: Trying to Crank it Out the Way They've Always Done It? on the DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog last week. We had a long discussion about this on the May 4th Mondays With Myrt also.
The "classic" genealogy society model is a group of persons interested in genealogy in a location (neighborhood, town, city, county, state, region, country) who meet in person to share information or help colleagues with their research. Most of these "classic" societies have elected boards, by-laws, printed or online newsletters, regular program meetings with a speaker, etc., depending on the size of the society, interests of the members, and capabilities of the volunteers. I am a member of a national (NGS), two regional (NEHGS, SCGS), and several local societies (SDGS, CGSSD, CVGS). I am most active in CVGS as the Research Chair hosting a monthly research group meeting, and as the newsletter editor.
In recent years, due to the availability of the Internet in almost every corner of the world, the nature of genealogy societies has changed a bit. Now there are "groups," "communities" and other online groups that don't meet in the formal sense, but are connected to each other. In general, these groups may have an administrator or two, but there is no formal board with by-laws, no regularly scheduled meeting, etc. The benefit of these online groups is instant communication, access to experts, and discussion avenues.
I suggest that these groups, and others like them, are just as much a "genealogy society" as those "classic" societies I described above:
1) A Facebook Group: Thousands of Facebook groups have been formed to discuss a wide range of topics, from Ancestry.com to Cite Your Sources to RootsMagic Users to Find A Grave Genealogy Discussion to "Surname" Family Genealogy (see Seaver Family Genealogy) to "Local" Genealogy Society (see San Diego Genealogical Society) to "My" Genealogy Society (see Ruth's Genealogy Society), and many more. Anybody can start a group and recruit members. Groups can be Open or Closed (need to make a request) to Join.
You can search any group using the "Search this group" field in the group title line. Some of these groups have thousands or even hundreds of thousands of members. Members can ask questions, or answer questions, or comment within the rules of the group. Record images and photographs and videos can be uploaded from mobile or desktop devices.
You can download a list of links to Facebook Genealogy groups from Katherine Willson's blog at http://socialmediagenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook-list/.
2) Google+ Communities: Hundreds of Google+ Communities have been formed by one or more persons, and other persons were invited or requested to join. Some of these are by subject, or geographical area, or by interest, or even centered on an individual. For example, I am a member of DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Community, DNA Genetic Genealogy Interest Group, New York Genealogy, Legacy Virtual User's Group, Tech for Genealogy & Family History Researchers, etc.
One of the neat features of Google+ Communities is that online video discussions can be embedded in the Communities with Hangouts On Air (basically an online video discussion), which are then added to the presenter's YouTube Channel. Up to 10 persons can be on the video presentation at one time. Some "classic" societies are using Hangouts On Air to have a presenter from a remote location to the society venue. DearMYRTLE has several weekly discussion groups, and comments can be read in the DearMYRTLE Genealogy Community. Other well-known genealogists, like Russ Worthington, Tessa Keough, the In-Depth Genealogy leaders, etc. host HOAs on a regular basis.
3) Webinars: Several "classic" genealogical societies and several genealogy businesses host webinars on a regular basis. Most are freely available to watch live, and are available to members or subscribers after the live event. Family Tree Webinars has more than one webinar per week by professional genealogists, and an archive of over 200 webinars. You can find a list of all upcoming webinars at http://blog.geneawebinars.com/p/calendar.html. You need to register and then click the emailed link when the webinar is started. For genealogy education, webinars cannot be beat!
4) Several companies and book authors have online forums or message boards to provide resources and discussion forums. Some examples are the RootsMagic Message Boards, Elizabeth Shown Mills Evidence Explained Forums,
5) Readers can receive daily or weekly newsletters from genealogy bloggers and writers. some examples are Genea-Musings and Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. Readers can subscribe to the newsletter from the blog page. Many genealogy companies and societies have regular email newsletters that provide new features, highlights, research successes, etc.
In the year 2015, there is really no excuse for complaining about your local "classic" genealogy society, or the fact that there is no local society, as long as you have an Internet connection. Find the outlets that you like, join as required, and enjoy your virtual connections to other researchers with your interests. Most of this is FREE!
I consider all of the above to be an "online genealogical society" where there is regular communication and collaboration between "members" for the purpose of education and helping the "members."
I'm sure there are more examples of "online genealogy societies." What other examples do you suggest of "alternative" or "online genealogical societies?
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The "classic" genealogy society model is a group of persons interested in genealogy in a location (neighborhood, town, city, county, state, region, country) who meet in person to share information or help colleagues with their research. Most of these "classic" societies have elected boards, by-laws, printed or online newsletters, regular program meetings with a speaker, etc., depending on the size of the society, interests of the members, and capabilities of the volunteers. I am a member of a national (NGS), two regional (NEHGS, SCGS), and several local societies (SDGS, CGSSD, CVGS). I am most active in CVGS as the Research Chair hosting a monthly research group meeting, and as the newsletter editor.
In recent years, due to the availability of the Internet in almost every corner of the world, the nature of genealogy societies has changed a bit. Now there are "groups," "communities" and other online groups that don't meet in the formal sense, but are connected to each other. In general, these groups may have an administrator or two, but there is no formal board with by-laws, no regularly scheduled meeting, etc. The benefit of these online groups is instant communication, access to experts, and discussion avenues.
I suggest that these groups, and others like them, are just as much a "genealogy society" as those "classic" societies I described above:
1) A Facebook Group: Thousands of Facebook groups have been formed to discuss a wide range of topics, from Ancestry.com to Cite Your Sources to RootsMagic Users to Find A Grave Genealogy Discussion to "Surname" Family Genealogy (see Seaver Family Genealogy) to "Local" Genealogy Society (see San Diego Genealogical Society) to "My" Genealogy Society (see Ruth's Genealogy Society), and many more. Anybody can start a group and recruit members. Groups can be Open or Closed (need to make a request) to Join.
You can search any group using the "Search this group" field in the group title line. Some of these groups have thousands or even hundreds of thousands of members. Members can ask questions, or answer questions, or comment within the rules of the group. Record images and photographs and videos can be uploaded from mobile or desktop devices.
You can download a list of links to Facebook Genealogy groups from Katherine Willson's blog at http://socialmediagenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook-list/.
2) Google+ Communities: Hundreds of Google+ Communities have been formed by one or more persons, and other persons were invited or requested to join. Some of these are by subject, or geographical area, or by interest, or even centered on an individual. For example, I am a member of DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Community, DNA Genetic Genealogy Interest Group, New York Genealogy, Legacy Virtual User's Group, Tech for Genealogy & Family History Researchers, etc.
One of the neat features of Google+ Communities is that online video discussions can be embedded in the Communities with Hangouts On Air (basically an online video discussion), which are then added to the presenter's YouTube Channel. Up to 10 persons can be on the video presentation at one time. Some "classic" societies are using Hangouts On Air to have a presenter from a remote location to the society venue. DearMYRTLE has several weekly discussion groups, and comments can be read in the DearMYRTLE Genealogy Community. Other well-known genealogists, like Russ Worthington, Tessa Keough, the In-Depth Genealogy leaders, etc. host HOAs on a regular basis.
3) Webinars: Several "classic" genealogical societies and several genealogy businesses host webinars on a regular basis. Most are freely available to watch live, and are available to members or subscribers after the live event. Family Tree Webinars has more than one webinar per week by professional genealogists, and an archive of over 200 webinars. You can find a list of all upcoming webinars at http://blog.geneawebinars.com/p/calendar.html. You need to register and then click the emailed link when the webinar is started. For genealogy education, webinars cannot be beat!
4) Several companies and book authors have online forums or message boards to provide resources and discussion forums. Some examples are the RootsMagic Message Boards, Elizabeth Shown Mills Evidence Explained Forums,
5) Readers can receive daily or weekly newsletters from genealogy bloggers and writers. some examples are Genea-Musings and Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. Readers can subscribe to the newsletter from the blog page. Many genealogy companies and societies have regular email newsletters that provide new features, highlights, research successes, etc.
In the year 2015, there is really no excuse for complaining about your local "classic" genealogy society, or the fact that there is no local society, as long as you have an Internet connection. Find the outlets that you like, join as required, and enjoy your virtual connections to other researchers with your interests. Most of this is FREE!
I consider all of the above to be an "online genealogical society" where there is regular communication and collaboration between "members" for the purpose of education and helping the "members."
I'm sure there are more examples of "online genealogy societies." What other examples do you suggest of "alternative" or "online genealogical societies?
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/so-what-is-genealogical-society.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - May 3 to 9, 2015
I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).
As of 10 May 2015, there were 1,974 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 5 from last week):
* United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1925; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007; 3,287,619 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-1961; 18,165 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005; 83,312 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893; 191,573 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Missouri, Deaths, 1835-1976; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005; 101,352 indexed records with images, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997; 240,090 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 May 2015
* India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records, 1194-2015; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 06 May 2015
* England, Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1535-1984; 1,196,651 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922; 3,874,103 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Utah Applications Indian War Service Medals, 1905-1912; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1994; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Wisconsin, Milwaukee Petitions to Naturalization, 1848-1991; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005; 524,595 indexed records with images, added or updated 05 May 2015
Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell which collections are brand new and which ones are updated. The asterisk they use is for "Recently added or updated." I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.
In order to select a specific collection, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.
Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link). It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/new-or-updated-record-collections-at_11.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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As of 10 May 2015, there were 1,974 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 5 from last week):
* United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1925; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007; 3,287,619 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-1961; 18,165 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005; 83,312 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893; 191,573 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 May 2015
* Missouri, Deaths, 1835-1976; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005; 101,352 indexed records with images, added or updated 07 May 2015
* Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997; 240,090 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 May 2015
* India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records, 1194-2015; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 06 May 2015
* England, Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1535-1984; 1,196,651 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922; 3,874,103 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 06 May 2015
* Utah Applications Indian War Service Medals, 1905-1912; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1994; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Wisconsin, Milwaukee Petitions to Naturalization, 1848-1991; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973; no index, Browse Images only, added or updated 05 May 2015
* Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005; 524,595 indexed records with images, added or updated 05 May 2015
Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell which collections are brand new and which ones are updated. The asterisk they use is for "Recently added or updated." I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.
In order to select a specific collection, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.
Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link). It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/new-or-updated-record-collections-at_11.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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Amanuensis Monday - Post 267. 1691 Will of Roger Eastman of Salisbury, Massachusetts
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 the 1691 will of Roger Eastman (1612-1694) of Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts:
The transcription of this will is (handwritten, lines transcribed as written):
In the name of God Amen. The twenty
Six day of June Anno Dom: sixteen hundred ninety one
I Roger Easman of the town of Salisbury
in the County of Essex in Massachusetts Colony of New England
Carpenter: being weak in body, but of
sound & perfect memory, praised be God: doe make & ordain
this my
last will & Testament: in manner &
form following. Viz. Imp I bequeath my Soul into the hands of
Allmighty God my maker, hoping through
the meritorious Death & passion of Jesus Christ my only Saviour
& Redeemer to Receive free Pardon &
forgivness of all my Sinns. And my body to be buried in Christian
buriall at the discretion of my
Executrix hereafter nominated: and as for that Worldly Estate as the
Lord
in mercy hath lent me my will &
meaning is that it be disposed & bestowed as in this my will is
herafter
Expressed. Imp. I doe give &
bequeath to my Sonn John Easman twelve pence. It: I doe give
& bequeath to my Sonn Nathaniel
Easman twelve pence. It: I give & bequeath to my Sonn
Phillip Easman twelve pence. I doe
give & bequeath a certain debt of about three or four
pounds that my Sonn Thos Easman now
deceased owed unto me unto Deborah the widdow & Relict of my
said Sonn Tho: Easman. It: I give
unto my Sonn Tymothy Easman twelve Pence. It: I doe
give & bequeath unto my Sonn Joseph
Easman twelve pence. It: I doe give unto my Sonn
Benjamin Easman twelve pence. It: I
doe give & bequeath to my Son Samll Easman twelve pence.
It: I doe give & bequeath unto my
daughter Sarah Shepherd twelve pence: It: I doe give
& bequeath unto my daughter Ruth
Herd a Certain meddow lott being two Acres more or less lying
in the Tad [?] meddow between Mr. John
Sanders & Thos. Rowells meddow which I Esteem
& vallue to her at twenty pounds; &
having already given to her & payd twelve pounds thirteen
shillings; I doe now allso give &
bequeath unto her my said daughter Ruth Herd Seaven pounds &
seaven shillings; Also my will &
meaning is that the aforesd Legacies be payd by my
Executrix in ordinary Country pay &
at ordinary prizes amongst us here; within one year
after my decease. And all the rest of
my Estate undisposed of by this my Will
I doe give & bequeath unto my
beloved Wife Sarah Easman, with power to sell & dispose of
as her necessity may require or as she
shall think meet: & make her Sole Executrix of this
my last will & Testament; revoking
all other wills & testaments, in Witness whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand & seal this
twenty Sixth day of June Anno Dom. Sixteen hundred
ninety one.
his
Signed, Sealed & declared by Roger X Easman
Rodger Easman to be his March 27
1695 mark
last Will & Testament Mr.
James Allen made oath {seal}
before us
James Allin Anna Allen made oath that She
Rachill Allin Sett her hand as An Evidence to this
Anna Allin will
The source citation for this document is:
Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Estate Case 8488 image 7 of 8, will of Roger Easman, 1691; digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 10 May 2015).
This will was written by another person with excellent penmanship, presumably under Roger Eastman's direction, since he signed it and the witnesses signed it, and the will was attested in court after his death.
I had a difficult time determining if the bequests for the sons was 12 pence or 12 pounds. Here are snippets from the will:
a) "twelve pence":
b) "twenty pounds":
As you can see, the words are written somewhat differently - the letters "o", "u", "d" and "s" in "pounds" are quite distinct from the "e", "n", and "c" in "pence. The flourish after the "c" in "pence" confused me.
Ruth (Easman) Heard was the youngest daughter of Roger and Sarah Eastman. It is probable that she had not received land or some other gift from her father and therefore received a specific piece of land in the will. I think that Roger probably gave land to his other children at some point in time before writing this will. A search of Essex County land records will probably find those deeds.
The will names the following heirs:
* wife and executrix Sarah Easman (1620-1698)
* son John Easman (1640-1720)
* son Nathaniel Easman (1643-1709)
* son Phillip Easman (1644-1714)
* son Thomas Easman, now deceased (1646-1688), and his widow Deborah
* son Tymothy Easman (1648-1733)
* son Joseph Easman (1650-1692)
* son Benjaman Easman (1653-1728)
* son Samuel Easman (1657-1725)
* daughter Sarah Shepherd (1655-1745)
* daughter Ruth Herd (1660-????)
These children are named in birth order, except Sarah should be between Benjamin and Samuel.
I am descended through the second son, Nathaniel Eastman (1643-1709) who married Elizabeth Hudson in 1672.
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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of May 3 to 9, 2015
The following databases were added or updated on Ancestry.com during the period from 3 May to 9 May 2015:
The databases added or updated include:
* Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/8/2015
* Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970; indexed records with images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* U.S. Virgin Islands, Passenger Lists, 1885-1962; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/6/2015
* Virginia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1904-1963; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/6/2015
* UK, Popular Edition Maps, 1919-1926; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/5/2015
* Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012; indexed records with images, UPDATED 5/4/2015
* Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/4/2015
* Bronx County, New York, Divorce and Civil Case Records, 1914-1995; indexed records with images, UPDATED 5/4/2015
The recently added and updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections
The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx. There are 32,655 databases available as of 10 May, an increase of 5 over last week.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/added-or-updated-databases-at_10.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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The databases added or updated include:
* Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/8/2015
* Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970; indexed records with images, UPDATED 5/7/2015
* U.S. Virgin Islands, Passenger Lists, 1885-1962; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/6/2015
* Virginia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1904-1963; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/6/2015
* UK, Popular Edition Maps, 1919-1926; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/5/2015
* Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012; indexed records with images, UPDATED 5/4/2015
* Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869; indexed records with images, ADDED 5/4/2015
* Bronx County, New York, Divorce and Civil Case Records, 1914-1995; indexed records with images, UPDATED 5/4/2015
The recently added and updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections
The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx. There are 32,655 databases available as of 10 May, an increase of 5 over last week.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/05/added-or-updated-databases-at_10.html
Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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