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Friday, October 13, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 13 October 2017

Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1) News Bytes:

*  English and Welsh GRO PDF certificate service trial returns

*  Reclaim the Records liberates New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016

*  Dutch Genealogy News for September 2017

*  The American Society of Genealogists elects a new Fellow: Rachal Mills Lennon

*  The Internet Archive Now Claims that Libraries may Legally Scan, Digitize, and Republish Books from 1923 to 1941

2) Record Databases:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 13 October 2017

*  New military records from TheGenealogist

*  Family History Month - New Records from ScotlandsPeople

*  Advantage Preservation Adds 700 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages - September, 2017

3) Genealogy Education:

*  FamilySearch Offers FREE ONLINE United States and Canada Genealogy Research Seminar October 16-20, 2017

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 5 p.m. PDT:  Databases, Search Engines, and the Genealogical Proof Standard by David Ouimette

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 18 October 2017, 11 a.m. PDT:  The WPA: Sources for Your Genealogy, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  FREE Webinar From SCGS: October 18, 2017 - Dr. David R. Dowell, PhD & Elizabeth Balkite: Family History + Health History Lead to Personalized Healthcare

*  NARA’s 2017 Virtual Genealogy Fair is coming up (Wednesday, 25 October 2017)

* Archived Family Tree Webinar::  Southern States Migration Patterns, by Mary Hill

* Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Is Your Society Growing? Social Media may be your saving grace, by Dear MYRTLE

* Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress, by Shannon Combs Bennett

* The Genealogy Gems Podcast: Episode 209

* DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  GenDoc 5 Citation subtleties

* DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel: WACKY WEDNESDAY - Researchers CAN go home again

* Findmypast YouTube Channel:  The Findmypast Search Masterclass

* Nicka Sewell-Smith YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep44: Finding Your Roots Season 4 Recap, Part 1

* BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  3 - FamilySearch (Updated Oct 2017) - Judy Sharp

* BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Getting Better Search Results with Wildcards - Kathryn Grant

* Amy Johnson Crow's YouTube Channel:  The Ethics of Genetic Genealogy: Tips from Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist

* Genealogy QuickStart YouTube Channel: LIVE-How Philly Are You?

* The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube Channel:  Chit Chat Live: Finding Your Roots with Larry David and Bernie Sanders

4) Genealogy Bargains:

* Genealogy Bargains for Friday, October 13, 2017

5) Neat Stuff:

*  ‘Stillborn’ daughter finds her 91-year-old mom

*  5 Types of Maps Every Genealogist Should Know

*  Irish American Genealogy and Family History Facts

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 10 October 2017?

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Ordering a PDF of English/Welsh Historical Birth and Death Records From the GRO

I read Chris Paton's post "English and Welsh GRO PDF certificate service trial returns" on his The GENES Blog yesterday, and thought I would go through the process. The cost for a PDF of the record saved online and downloaded (not emailed to the requester) is only £6, using a credit card.

The records available during this three month trial period are:

* Civil Registration Births, 1837-1916
* Civil Registration Deaths, 1837-1957

To order records, visit https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

The site says:

"A PDF is not a certificate and has no “evidential” value, and therefore a certificate is required for official purposes, e.g. applying for a passport, driving licence or giving notice of marriage."

I don't have a birth record for my great-grandfather, Thomas Richman (later Richmond) who was born in 1848 in Hilperton, Wiltshire to James and Hannah (Rich) Richman. So I want to order one.

1) I went to the link above and was shown the screen below:

2) I clicked on the link to "Search the GRO historical birth and death indexes and order Certificates/PDFs Online."

That took me to the Login page, where I entered my email address and a password:

3) After registering as an individual on the screen above, I clicked on the "Submit" button and was taken to the "What would you like to do?" page:

4) I want to order a certificate/PDF, but I know that I need to find the Volume and Page for the birth record I'm seeking, so I clicked on the "Search the GRO Indexes" link. The "Search the GRO Online Index" page appeared (two screens below):

I entered the information for Thomas Richman, including his name, birth year, and mother's maiden name, and clicked "Submit." The screen above indicates that there is one record (shaded in Yellow).

5) I clicked on the red "1" on the "Go to Page" line on the screen above, and the application form appeared with the information from the Index filled in (two screens below):

At the bottom of the page, I clicked on the button for "uploaded to your order page."

6) I clicked on the "Submit" button and saw the information page about the PDF:

I clicked the box at the bottom of the screen above to confirm that I want the PDF on my order page.

7) After clicking "Submit" again, I was taken to the "Basket Summary" page, which identified exactly what I was ordering and that it would cost £6.00:

8) I was done, so I clicked on the "Checkout" button, and was taken to the "Proceed with payment" page:

9) I clicked on the "Proceed with payment" button and used a credit card to pay for the order.

10) After paying for the order, I was taken to the "Order complete" page which summarized what I had ordered

11) I received an email with the order information, and a link to view my order.

The screen above indicates a "Despatch Date" of 19 October 2017.

I will report again when I receive the PDF.

12) This was fairly easy to navigate, and the process is logical, but there was a lot of clicking involved! The font size on the screens is small, I bumped it up a bit to 125% at times so I could read it easily.

13) Do you need to order a GRO record for an English or Welsh birth or death? This is a good opportunity to do so at a reasonable price.

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 13 October 2017

I received this information today from Findmypast:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday

There are over 2.8 million new records and newspaper articles available to search this Findmypast Friday, including;

London, Docklands and East End Baptisms, 1558-1933

Over 40,000 records covering the parishes St John Wapping, St Leonard Bromley, St Mary Bow & St Mary Whitechapel have been added to our collection of London, Docklands and East End Baptisms. The collection now contains over 783,000 records from 29 East End Parishes. Each record consists of a transcript created by Docklands Ancestors that will reveal your ancestors birth date, baptism date, parent's names, address and the location of their baptism.

London, Docklands and East End Marriages, 1558-1859

Over 10,000 additional records have been added to London, Docklands and East End Marriages, 1558-1859. Covering the parishes of St John Bethnal Green, St John Wapping, St Leonard Bromley, St Luke Limehouse and St Mary Whitechapel, the new additions consists of transcripts of original Parish registers. The amount of information listed may vary but records can include the couple's names, marital status, the groom's occupation, the date of the wedding and where it took place.

Greater London Burial Index

Over 35,000 new records covering Clerkenwell in central London have been added to the Greater London Burials Index. The Index contains over 1.6 million names from more than 230 parishes in the Greater London area. Each record includes a transcript that lists the information found on the original index entry. The amount of information listed varies, but most records will include a combination of the following information about your ancestor; full name (including maiden name if female) birth year, death year, burial date, occupation, denomination, relationship and address.

Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms

Over 13,000 records have been added to our Collection of Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms. The new additions cover the parishes of Chilham, Stalisfield & Staple and each record includes both a transcript and an image of the original document. Transcripts will reveal your ancestor's birth year, baptism date, baptism place and parent's names, residence and parent's profession. Images may reveal additional information such as the parent's residence and profession, the name of the officiating minister and any additional notes or remarks.

Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Banns

An additional 2,416 records covering Chilham, Stalisfield & Staple are now available to search within our collection of Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Banns. Banns are the publications on three successive Sundays of a couple's intention to marry. Note that many entries in the banns registers include the date of marriage as well. The images of the original registers will often provide additional information, such as the dates on which banns were read and whom they were read by.

Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Marriages

Add another branch to your family tree by uncovering vital information about your ancestor's spouse with over 6,000 new Canterbury Archdeaconry Marriages. Transcripts will reveal the couple's birth years, marriage date, marriage location and the names of their fathers, while images may reveal additional details such as the bride and groom's residence, occupation, and fathers' occupation.

Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Burials

Explore over 9,000 records from the parishes of Chilham, Stalisfield and Staple to determine where your Kent ancestors were laid to rest. Records will reveal your ancestor's birth year, death year, burial date and burial place. Images may provide you with the names of additional family members such as your ancestor's parents, children or spouse.

PERiodical Source Index image update

We've added 30,004 new images to seven publications in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Additionally, 10,902 articles have been added to the index. Images have been added to the following titles:

NewsLeaf, (2012-2013)
Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, (1918-1923)
William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, (1892-1923)
Wisconsin Magazine of History, (1917-1924)
Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto Transactions, (1896-1923)
Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society Proceedings and Collections, (1858-1922)
Yorkshire County Magazine, (1891-1894)

British Newspaper Update

Over 2.3 million new articles and 16 brand new titles have been added to our collection of historic British Newspapers this month. New titles now available to search include;

Whitchurch Herald
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
The Atlas
Winsford & Middlewich Guardian
Chard and Ilminster News
Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette
Worthing Herald
Denbighshire Free Press
Barking, East Ham & Ilford Advertiser, Upton Park and Dagenham Gazette
Loughborough Monitor
Cardigan & Tivy-side Advertiser
Leigh Journal and Times
Thame Gazette
Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser
Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle
Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal

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52 Ancestors - Week 196: #275 Hephzibah (Clark) Hamant (1699-1791) of Medfield, Massachusetts

Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791) is #275 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #274 Timothy Hamant (1699-1774) in 1727 in Boston, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

* their daughter, #137 Patience Hamant (1735-1780), who married #136 Moses Smith (1732-1806) in 1762.

* their son, #68 Aaron Smith (1765-1841) who married Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) in 1795.

* their son, #34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840), who married #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) in 1826.

* their daughter #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884)who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.

* their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Name: Hephzibah Clark[1]

* Alternate Name: Hephzibah Hammant[2]

* Alternate Name: Hepsibah Hamant[3]

* Alternate Name: Hepzibah Clark[4]

* Sex: Female

* Father: Joseph Clark (1664-1731)

* Mother: Mary Wight (1667-1705)

2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Birth: 2 February 1698/9, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]

* Distribution: 19 August 1774 (age 75), will of husband, Timothy Hamant; Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]

* Death: August 1791 (about age 92), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[3]

* Burial: August 1791 (about age 92), probably Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Spouse 1: Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)

* Marriage 1: 19 October 1727 (age 28), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[4]

* Child 1: Mehitable Hamant (1728-1814)

* Child 2: Elias Hamant (1730-1730)

* Child 3: Timothy Hamant (1731-1731)

* Child 4: Seth Hamant (1733-1771)

* Child 5: Patience Hamant (1735-1780)

* Child 6: Capt. Timothy Hamant (1736-1813)

* Child 7: Basmath Hamant (1738-1812)

* Child 8: Dinah Hamant (1739-1813)

* Child 9: Francis Hamant (1741-1808)

4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

Hephzibah Clark was born on 2 February 1698/9 in Medfield, Massachusetts, the 6th child (of seven) born to Joseph and Mary (Wight) Clark[1].

She married Timothy Hamant on 19 October 1727 in Boston, Massachusetts by Justice of the Peace Samuel Sewall[4]. They were both noted as being from Medfield.

Timothy and Hepzibah had nine children between 1729 and 1741, all registered in the Medfield town records.

In Timothy Hamant's 1771 will, proved in Suffolk County Probate Court on 19 August 1774, he bequeathed to his wife Hephzibah[2]:

" I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Hephzibah Hammant the Improvement of the one third part of my Real Estate during her natural life, the one third part of such Money as may remain after my Debts & funeral Charges shall be paid, if any there should be; as also the one third part of such Debts as may be due to me at my decease, and the whole of the within door Moveables to be at her entire use & dispose forever; as also the Improvement of the one third part of all my Buildings during her natural Life, & the one third part of my Stock, to be at her dispose forever."

Hepsibah Hamant died in August 1791 in Medfield, Massachusetts[3]. The Medfield vital records book says:

"[HAMANT] Hepsibah, wid. Timothy, Aug --, 1791."

Hephzibah is probably buried at Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield, but there is no gravestone or burial record available.

There are no probate records for Hepzibah (Clark) Hamant in the Suffolk county, Massachusetts Probate Court.

5) SOURCES

1. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Births, page 35, Hephzibah Clark entry.

2. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing Suffolk County [Mass.] Probate Records, 1636-1899, "Probate Records, Vol. 74-75, 1774-1776," Volume 74, pages 70-72, Timothy Hammant will written 8 May 1771, proved 19 August 1774.

3. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Deaths, page 214, Hepsibah Hamant entry, 1791.

4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Boston > Boston Marriages, 1721-1751, Vol. II, page 69 (image 36 of 127), Timothy Hamant and Hepzibah Clark entry.

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NOTE: Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks.

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Seavers in the News-- Eveline Seaver Celebrates Her 81st Birthday

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

This week's entry is from the Springfield [Mass.] Republican newspaper dated Thursday, 10 April 1924:

The transcription of this article is:

"OBSERVES 81ST BIRTHDAY

"Mrs. Eveline D. Seaver of 166 Hampshire street celebrated her 81st birthday yesterday at her home by keeping open house and was tendered a reception last night by her relatives at which five generations of the family were present. She was born at South Londonderry, Vt., April 9, 1843, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Baker. At 18, she was married at Sunderland, Vt., to John S. Seaver, son of Mr. and Joseph F. Seaver and the couple lived at Sunderland until the outbreak of the Civil War when they went to Chicopee, where Mr. Seaver was a foreman in a sword factory. After the war, they returned to Vermont until 1899 when they came to Indian Orchard. Mrs. Seaver has lived here for the past 25 years. Her husband died 13 years ago shortly after the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They had six children, three now living being E.J. Seaver of Oak street, Mrs. B.F. Norcross of Springfield, and Harry E. Seaver, who makes his home with his mother and is employed as a foreman at the Milton Bradley company."

The source citation for this record is:

"Observes 81st Birthday," article, Springfield [Mass.] Republican, \Thursday, 10 April 1924, page 4, column 3; GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 12 October 2017), Newspaper Archives collection.

I had Eveline D. (Baker) Seaver (1843-1926) in my RootsMagic database, married to John S. Seaver (1839-1911). Based on U.S. census records, I had only four children born to them, so I'm missing two children that probably died in the 1870s or 1880s. The children that lived to adulthood and had families include:

* Edward James Seaver (1861-1933), who married (1) Mary Alma James (1859-1912) in 1886; they had five children between 1887 and 1897. He married (2) Maude L. (Smith) Raymond (1884-1957) in 1914 and they had one child in 1924.

* Harrietta Seaver (1864-????), married Horace E. Norcross (1860-1952) in about 1882.

* Mary A. Seaver (1866-1920), married Arthur J. Hooker (1867-1907) in 1886. I don't have any children for this marriage.

* Harry Ernest Seaver (1881-1959), who married Pansy H. Swartz (1885-1945) after 1930. I don't think they had any children.

Based on the known Seaver descendants of Eveline, I don't see how they could have had five generations of relatives at the party, unless a sibling of Eveline had a great-great-grandchild in attendance.

This obituary provided a birth date and birth place, father's name, residences and a marriage place for Eveline Baker, and biographical information for Eveline and John. In addition, the married name of daughter Mary.

I am a 4th cousin 4 times removed of Eveline's husband, John S. Seaver. Eveline's 2nd great-grandchildren would be my 8th cousins.

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Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver (1615-1657) Fixed Again on FamilySearch Family Tree

On FamilySearch Family Tree, I entered many of my ancestors to be "Watched" for changes. Each week I receive an email with changes made on my "people" by other researchers. Unfortunately, some of the changes made are erroneous.

My 10th great-grandmother is Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver (1615-1657), who married Robert Seaver (1608-1683) in 1634 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died in Roxbury in 1657. She is in the Roxbury town records and vital record book. There are no records for Elizabeth's birth or parents names, but that doesn't stop FSFT users from adding parents, or merging profiles with other persons named Elizabeth Ballard.

1) Such was the case yesterday when I saw that the profile for "my" Elizabeth Ballard had been changed again - born in 1611 and died in 1704 in Nottinghamshire, England. The profile had her parents as Hugh Ballard and Maria Prosser, married to Robert Seaver in 1634 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, with their seven children born in Roxbury between 1640 and 1650, and with two children born in Ireland in the 1650 time frame, and married also to a Roger Ruggles in 1632 who had died in 1605. Huh?

What happened was that, in the past year or so, someone had merged the profile for "my" Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657) with the Elizabeth Ballard (1611-1704), daughter of Hugh and Maria, and added the Ruggles marriage and the information. So I had to reverse the merge, or delete the relationships of Elizabeth Ballard (1611-1704) with Robert Seaver (1608-1683) and their children. That sounds easy, but it was difficult to do.

2) What I did was the following:

* Removed the relationship of Elizabeth Ballard (1611-1704) with Robert Seaver and the children, adding a reason that said

"This profile has conflated two or more women named Elizabeth Ballard. The Elizabeth Ballard who married Robert Seaver (1608-1683) was born about 1615 to unknown parents and died in 1657, having had 7 children in Roxbury, Masssachusetts.

"This Elizabeth Ballard L844-RGL should be disconnected from Robert Seaver and a correct Elizabeth Ballard added."

* Added a new profile for Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657) with the information I have for her.

* Added the new (and right) Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657) as spouse and mother in the Robert Seaver family.

* The profile for Elizabeth Ballard (1611-1704) still had the Life Sketch, sources and notes that applied to Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657) because those came to the merged profile from the previous profile for Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657). I deleted them.

* Added the Life Sketch, Sources, and a Note to the Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657) profile.

3) So now there are two different profiles for these two different persons named Elizabeth Ballard:

* Profile LY3H-HYS is Elizabeth Ballard (1615-1657) who married Robert Seaver in 1634 and had seven children with him between 1640 and 1650.

* Profile LRM2-GGD is Elizabeth Ballard (1611-1704), daughter of Hugh Ballard and Maria Prosser (who married in 1609 in Andover, Mass.). Elizabeth apparently married Roger Ruggles (1561-1605) in 1632. I will let someone else work out her relationships.

Hopefully, no one will mess with "my" Elizabeth Ballard, but if they do, I will go fix the profile again.

* I added a "Discussion" item for "my" Elizabeth Ballard that says:

"Please DO NOT merge this profile with any other Elizabeth Ballard profile. She is not the daughter of Henry Ballard and Maria Prosser. She is not the wife of Robert Ruggles. See the discussion in the Life Sketch for more details."

* I also added a "Discussion" item to the other Elizabeth Ballard, saying:

"Please DO NOT merge this profile with the Elizabeth Ballard LY3H-HYS profile. LY3H-HYS is not the daughter of Henry Ballard and Maria Prosser. She is not the wife of Robert Ruggles. She is the wife of Robert Seaver (1608-1683) who she married in 1634 and had 7 children with between 1640 and 1650 in Roxbury, Mass."

4) Some readers may say "Why do you bother with this? We all know that online family trees are full of wrong information, and FamilySearch Family Tree is one of them."

My response is the same as before: "I think the FamilySearch Family Tree is the best opportunity for a 'Big World Genealogy Tree' because of the emphasis on providing sources, fostering collaboratin, and integrating stories, media, documents and notes. Elizabeth is my ancestor, and I want the information for her to be as accurate and complete as possible."

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1791 Death Record of 6th Great-Grandmother Hepsibah (Clark) Hamant - Post 385 of Treasure Chest Thursday

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

The treasure today is the 1791 Death record of Hepsibah Hamant in Medfield, Massachusetts:

The Hepsibah Hamant death record:

The transcription of the record is:

[HAMANT] Hepsibah, wid. Timothy, Aug. --, 1791.

The source citation for this record is:

Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Deaths, page 214, Hepsibah Hamant entry, 1791.

Hepzibah Clark (1699-1791) married Timothy Hamant (1699-1774) on 19 October 1727 by Samuel Sewall. They had nine children together between 1728 and 1741 in Medfield, Massachusetts.

Timothy and Hepzibah (Clark) Hamant are my 6th great-grandparents. I am descended from their fifth child, Patience Hamant (1735-1780), who married Moses Smith (1732-1806) in 1762 in Medfield.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

SDGS Program Meeting on Saturday, 14 October, Features Colleen Greene

The Saturday, 14 October 2017, meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society starts at 10 a.m. at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in San Diego (8350 Lake Murray Blvd., at Jackson Drive, San Diego, CA 92119).

The program speaker for the two sessions is Colleen Greene. Her topics are:

10 a.m.: An Overview of Cloud Computing for Genealogy

Cloud computing refers to on-demand applications, data, and services hosted and shared over the internet. This introductory presentation discusses the general concepts behind cloud computing, and why it matters to genealogy. It highlights genealogy-specific tools as well as general products that are useful to family historians, and showcases specific examples. We will discuss the benefits and risks associated with cloud computing, and take a look at trends that have a direct impact on genealogy.

11:15 a.m.: Cloud Computing for Genealogy: Applications, Strategies, and Workflows

The list of cloud computing applications relevant to genealogists is constantly growing and changing. This presentation looks at cloud-based tools that are particularly useful for storing, organizing, sharing, and collaborating on your genealogy research and society operations. We will discuss strategies for selecting the right tools to fit your needs, and demonstrate suggested workflows to improve your productivity.

Speaker's C.V.

Colleen Greene, MLIS, is a librarian, genealogist, historian, web developer, content strategist, and educator who teaches and presents on genealogy, web content strategy, social media, digital history tools, and other emerging technology tools and topics. She has a knack for being able to explain complex technology concepts in easy to understand terms. Colleen holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, a Masters of Library & Information Science, and a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University. She is the Marketing & Web Systems Librarian at California State University, Fullerton. Colleen is also a faculty lecturer for the San Jose State University School of Information, where she teaches an online graduate-level U.S. genealogy course for future librarians, that focuses on the Genealogical Proof Standard. Her website is http://www.colleengreene.com/.

The 9 a.m. class in the upstairs classroom is about Ancestry.com with Del Ritchhart.

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