52 Ancestors - Week 296: #507 Martha (Morrison) Kinnan (1735-after 1785) of New Jersey

Martha Morrison (1735-after 1785) is number 507 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #506  John Kinnan (1732-1784) in about 1754, probably in Somerset, New Jersey.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #253 Sarah Kinnan (1760-1841), who married #252 Peter Putman (1760-1835) in 1780.

*  their son, #126 John Putman (1785-1863) who married #127 Sarah Martin (1792-1860) in 1810.

*  their daughter, #63 Elizabeth Putman (1818-1895) who married #62 Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907) in 1840.

*  their daughter, #31 Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874), who married  #30 James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) in 1861.

*  their daughter #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)  who married  #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) in 1898.

*  their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977), who married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.

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

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

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

   

*  Name:                      Martha Morrison[1–2]    

*  Alternate Name:      Martha Cannan[1]

*  Sex:                          Female    

*  Father:                     John Morrison (1700-1753)    

*  Mother:                   Margaret  --?-- (1700-????)  

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

*  Birth:                       about 1735, Somerset, New Jersey, United States    

*  Distribution:            22 March 1753 (about age 18), father's will proved; Somerset, New Jersey, United States[2]    

*  Administration:       4 September 1784 (about age 49), appointed administrator of husband's estate; Sussex, New Jersey, United States[1]    

*  Death:                     after 1785 (after about age 50), Sussex, New Jersey, United States    

 

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

*  Spouse 1:               John Kinnan (1732-1784)    

*  Marriage 1:            about 1754 (about age 22), Somerset, New Jersey, United States[1]

*  Child 1:                 John Kinnan (1756-1809)    

*  Child 2:                 Sarah Kinnan (1760-1841)    

*  Child 3:                 Eleanor Kinnan (1765-    )    

*  Child 4:                 Martha Kinnan (1772-    )  

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

Martha Morrison was likely born about 1735 in Somerset County, New Jersey, the daughter of John and Margrete (--?--) Morrison, and one of nine children[1-2].

Martha's father wrote his will in 1751, and he died in 1753.  His will, proved 22 March 1753[2], named his nine children, including daughter Martha, who was under age when the will was written, but no specific bequests were listed in the will abstract.  

Martha likely married, in about 1754, probably in Somerset County, New Jersey, to John Kinnan, the son of Thomas and Eleanor (--?--) Kinnan of Basking Ridge, New Jersey[1].  

After their marriage, they moved to Morris County, New Jersey, and eventually to Sussex County during the Revolutionary War[1].

John and Martha (Morrison) Kinnan had at least four children[1]:

1. Probably John Kinnan. He was born about 1755 in Morris County, New Jersey. He likely married Catherine Victorse Putman a daughter of Margaret Wies and Victor Potman/Putman.

2. Sarah Mary Kinnan. Sarah was born about 1761 perhaps in Morris County, New Jersey. She married Peter Victorse Potman/Putman who was born about 1760 likely in Sussex County, New Jersey, the son of Margaret Wies and Victor Potman.

3. Eleanor Kinnan/Cannan. She was born about 1765 in New Jersey and married John Chamberlain. John  was born about 1759, the son of John Chamberlain.

4. Martha Kinnan/Cannan. Martha was born about 1773 in New Jersey and died in Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. She married Eleazer Atherton who was born about 1765 in New York.

John Kinnan left an intestate estate record in 1784 in Wantage, Sussex County[1].  Widow Martha "Cannan" was named administrator of the estate.  The inventory of John Kinnan's estate was ordered on 4 September 1784, taken on 6 November 1784, and submitted to the court on 17 January 1785 by Cornelius Atherton (the father-in-law of Martha Kinnan, John’s daughter). 

John Kinnan died before 4 September 1784, probably in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.  Martha probably survived him since she served as his administrator, but her death date and death location are not known.  There are no burial records for John or Martha (Morrison) Kinnan.

 

5.  SOURCES

1. Mark Putnam, The Kinnan Family," web page, Putman Family (http://www.putmanfamily.org/Family/The%20Kinnan%20Family.pdf : accessed 3 May 2017), pages 33-41, John Kinnan family sketch.

2. A. Van Doren Honeyman (editor), Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XXXII; Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc. Volume IV, 1751-1760 (Somerville, N.J. : Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers, 1928), page 230, John Morrison will abstract.

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NOTE:  In 2014, 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 2019 to 312 Ancestors in 312 Weeks.

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Seavers in the News - Train Engineer Horace L. Seaver Saves Lives

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

This week's entry is from The World [New York City] newspaper dated 3 February 1898:

The transcription of the article is:

"PREMONITIONS SAVED SEAVER FROM WRECKS

"CHICAGO, Ill. Feb. 2 -- Horace L Seaver of No. 67 Twenty-third street, for over thirty-two years an Illinois Central Railroad engineer, has traveled at least 1,000,000 miles as an engineer and has never been in a train wreck.  Stranger still, he has been saved from wrecks time and again by premonitions.

"In 1890, late on Fourth of July eve, Mr. Seaver started from Springfield to Chicago with a passenger train on which there were 300 persons.  An hour or more after midnight he dropped into a state of semi-consciousness as he sat straight up in his cab.  Suddenly something resembling the voice of a person whispered to him: "Stop.  The bridge is burned - the bridge is burned."

"In an instant the engineer was wide awake and leaning out of his cab window.  In less than twenty minutes he saw far ahead at the side of the track a glow such as is ordinarily cast by the dying fires which tramps leave at the side of the roadbed.  Two or three hundred yards from the fire Engineer Seaver stopped the train, and, running forward, discovered that a bridge which had spanned a thirty-five foot stream had been burned, having been set on fire by an engine which had passed over it five hours before.

The Bridge Was Wrecked.

"About eight years ago, Mr. Seaver started from his home in Chicago down to the depot to take out his train to Springfield.  Even before he climbed in his cab he felt a premonition that a certain bridge a few miles from the town of Bulkley was down.  There had been heavy rains and ice was coming down many streams in the country in great quantities and his vision showed that ice had carried away the supports of the bridge.  The engineer said nothing about it to any one, lest it should turn out that the bridge was all right.  So, pulling his train out into the dark, rainy night, without mentioning his fears, he began the run to Springfield.

"About midnight the train neared the bridge.  A quarter of a mile this side of it the engineer stopped the train.  The conductor ran forward to see what was the matter.  Seaver told the conductor that he was sure there was something wrong ahead at the bridge.  The conductor laughed at him and told him to pull ahead.  Seaver insisted that they should go ahead together and examine it.  The two men went forward through the rain and found the bridge almost ready to drop into the stream.  The ice had carried away the pillars and the bridge was sunken, broken and twisted until it would have been unsafe for a dog to cross.

"An even more startling instance occurred once when the engineer was taking a train out of Cairo.  Near Cairo is a great bridge nearly half a mile in length.  Just as Mr. Seaver was starting from town with the train it seemed to him that he could see cross ties sticking up between the ties a few feet from the far end of the bridge.  The night was dark and the engineer could only see ahead as far as the light was thrown by the headlight of the locomotive.

"As he drew near the end of the bridge he slowed down until the headlight threw its glare within a few yards of the end of the bridge.  Half a dozen cross ties protruded above the bridge a foot and a half or two feet.  Train wreckers had placed the ends of the vertical ties between those of the bridge so that their ends rested on the ground.  As soon as the ties came into view Seaver stopped the train and the crew went forward and removed the obstruction.

Saved a Babe.

"Some years ago Mr. Seaver was taking a train out of St. Louis on an important run.  Two roads had been told that a big freight consignment would be made to the one which made the best time on a given run out of the city.  Mr. Seaver took out the trial run train.  He took enough water at St. Louis to last the time which was ordinarily expended at the little town of Manteno making a stop for water.  The engineer felt when he started out that danger was impending.

"When he arrived at the water tank station in Manteno something impelled him to stop for water.  He did so and while water was running into the tender he walked ahead on the track and 200 yards in front of the engine he found a baby about a year old asleep between the rails.  The engineer picked up the child and carried it into the first house and went ahead on his run.  He made up all the time lost and won the freight contract for his road."

The source citation for the article is:

"Premonitions Saved Seaver From Wrecks" The World [New York, N.Y.] newspaper, story, Thursday, 3 February 1898, page 15, column 7, Horace L. Seaver story;   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 19 September 2019).

So Horace L. Seaver was either lucky or prescient - at least four times in his work life.  

Horace Leonard Seaver (1846-1916) was the son of Nathaniel Leonard Seaver (1809-1880) and Abby Carver (1816-1880).  Horace married Luella Robertson (1860-1922) in 1878 in Centralia, Illinois.  They had one son, Charles Leonard Seaver (1891-1931), who married Josephine R. G'Sell (1896-1935) in 1928.  

Horace Leonard Seaver is my 6th cousin one time removed.  

There are over 8,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - this was one of them.  Horace Leonard Seaver had a career that helped people and in the process saved some lives.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes it is lucky and/or heroic.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1830 U.S. Census Record for Peter Putman Household in Barrington, Yates County,New York

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 1830 United States Census record for the Peter Putman household in Barrington, Yates County, New York:

The Peter Putman entry is the 8th entry from the top of the page:

Peter's son, Victor Putman, is listed after Peter.

The  family information from this record is:

*  Head of household:  Peter Putman

*  one male aged 30 to 39 (perhaps son David)
* one male aged 70 to 80 (certainly Peter Putman)

* one female aged 60 to 70 (likely Sarah (Kinnan) Putman

The source citation for this record is:

1830 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Yates County, New York, population schedule, Barrington town; Page 244, Peter Putman household, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2015), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll 117.

Peter Victorse Putman (1760-1855) married Sarah Kinnan (1760-1841) in 1780 in Wantage, New Jersey.  They had five known sons and perhaps daughters.

Peter and Sarah (Kinnan) Putman are my 5th great-grandparents, through their son John Putman (1785-1863) who married Sarah Martin (1792-1860) in about 1810 in Seneca County, New York.  

My biographical sketch for Peter Putman is in  52 Ancestors - Week 173: #252 Peter Victorse Putman (1760-1835) of New Jersey and New York and my sketch for Sarah (Kinnan) Putman is in    52 Ancestors - Week 174: #253 Sarah (Kinnan) Putman (1760-1841) of New Jersey and New York.

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Dear Randy: Do You Ignore Ancestry Hints?

Sherry asked a question in email recently concerning Ancestry Hints:

"Do you use the ignore button to get rid of a hint once you have recorded your information or do you leave it there are try to remember where you were on the list of hints?"

Here is my response:

I do IGNORE every Record Hint that I look at for my Ancestry Member Tree, perhaps with a few exceptions.  That way, I know that I've at least looked at it, and often include the record information in my RootsMagic tree, add a source citation, perhaps a Note.  If it's a useful record for one of my ancestors, I will save the record image to my computer files and add the Media item to the person profile in my RootsMagic tree. 

On Ancestry, even the IGNOREd hints are saved on the Hints page, so I can go look at them if I choose to.  I like that capability, because occasionally I find that I need to look at them again.  

The RootsMagic WebHints feature shows all of the Ancestry WebHints found for a person, and the list includes New, Ignored, and Accepted Hints.  I can accept or reject them from RootsMagic also.

I would never remember where I was on the list of Record Hints!  I have over 115,000 Record Hints now.  Sometimes it is days later when I come back to the Hint list, and Ancestry has added dozens or hundreds more hints.  I usually start with the latest first, and try to work through 200 or so in one sitting.  I try to do this 3-4 times a week.  I never seem to catch up!  I do what I can, but am resigned that I will never be "finished."

Note that I don't add information to my RootsMagic tree for every Hint - I already have events and source citations for many of them, and don't add information for other trees, for duplicate entries (some state vital records are in multiple collections), or for general collections (e.g., Millennium File, AGBI, etc.).  I seem to add information for one in every 10 to 20 Record hints (I haven't collected statistics on this).  On the other hand, I look at the "Suggested Records" for a person in a record to determine if there are other records of use to me.

I have found that if I TreeShare every other night I can limit the number of new Record Hints and am able to work through some of the older Hints.  

I look at the Photo and Story Hints occasionally so as not to miss something for one of my ancestors.  

Some readers may wonder "don't you help Ancestry by telling them why you accepted or rejected a Hint?"  

This task is a bit time intensive for me, so I don't do that - I just Ignore them.  

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Disclosure:  I have had a fully paid Ancestry.com subscription since 2000.  Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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RootsTech 2020 SLC Registration is Open

I received this information from FamilySearch today:

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RootsTech 2020 SLC Opens Registration

RootsTech crowds enjoy the many attractions of the popular annual event.

SALT LAKE CITY (18 September 2019)—FamilySearch International has announced that registration for RootsTech 2020 Salt Lake City is now open.  RootsTech is a popular 4-day annual family history and technology conference where individuals and families are inspired to discover, share, and preserve their family roots, heritage, and stories. 

The 2020 conference will be held February 26–29, 2020, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, visit rootstech.org/salt-lake. Discounts are available for early registrations.

In 2019, RootsTech attracted over 20,000 attendees from 38 different countries and all 50 states.

RootsTech 2020 will celebrate its 10th anniversary and the distinguished honor that it is the largest genealogy conference of its kind in the world. The conference will feature a full lineup of inspiring and well-known keynote speakers, over 300 informative sessions, including hands-on computer workshops taught by industry professionals; interactive activities and helpful exhibitors in the expo hall; and entertaining events—all designed to inspire and empower personal family discoveries.

Conference Details

The theme for RootsTech 2020 will be “The Story of YOU.” Many of the classes, keynote address, and venue décor will reflect this theme.

“At RootsTech, we believe that the stories we’re creating and preserving today are just as important as the stories of our ancestors,” said Jen Allen, event director. “Reflecting on and celebrating each of our personal journeys is an important part of family history that we are excited to explore at the 2020 conference.”

RootsTech 2020 will also introduce learning forums—new class sessions covering a variety of specialized topics including: records access and preservation, innovation and technology, and DNA. One of these forums will be offered on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

RootsTech 2020 will officially begin on Wednesday, February 26 with class sessions beginning at 8 AM MT. Wednesday’s general keynote session will begin on the main stage at 4:30 p.m. Steve Rockwood, CEO of FamilySearch International, will be the featured keynote speaker.

General keynote sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will begin on the main stage at 11 AM MT and will lead directly into the lunch hour.

Read more about what’s new at RootsTech 2020.

Pricing

Early bird discount pricing is available for a limited time on 4-day passes at just $169 (a $130 discount on regularly priced passes). Single day RootsTech passes are also available for $99. Both one-day and full conference passes include access to the popular expo hall and keynote sessions. Early bird pricing ends October 11, 2019.

Family Discovery Day

Registration for Family Discovery Day is also now open. The event takes place on Saturday, February 26, 2020, and is designed for families and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This free 1-day event includes inspiring messages from Church leaders; engaging classes for families, youth, and young single adults; and evening entertainment to inspire and help families make family history connections. Family Discovery Day attendees will also have access to all the interactive activities and exhibitors found in the RootsTech expo hall. Event details, including speakers and class sessions, will be made available soon at RootsTech.org. The event is free, but registration is required.

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Disclosure:  I have been a RootsTech Ambassador for every RootsTech to date, and have received a free registration as a result.  I am not an Ambassador this year because my life situation will not permit attendance at RootsTech 2020 SLC.  

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Christmas 1977 at the Seaver Home -- Post 583 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post!  I found some more family photos hiding in my voluminous My Pictures file folder - I don't think I've posted this one yet.

This photograph is from December 1977, and it was taken in our living room (ah yes, the gold rocker chair, the blue shag carpet, the dark wood tables, the walls were yellow - a 1970s house!) in our present home in Chula Vista.  I wonder who took the photo - perhaps my father or mother, or one of my brothers.

This year, Linda (in the red dress and shoes) was 35, Tami (on Linda's lap) was 14 months, Randy (in beautiful purple shirt and red pants) was 34, and Lori (sitting on the end table) was 3.  

We still have the furniture, but changed out the walls (now oatmeal) and the carpet (now Pergo flooring with a rug) about 13 years ago.  

My daughters will remember the 1970s house forever, I think!  The grandkids will remember the Pergo floors.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 17 September 2019

Some of the genealogy news and education items across my monitor the last four days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  GRAMPS 5.1.1 Released

*  Board for Certification of Genealogists Elects 2019-2020 Officers

*  DNA.Land is relaunching!

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 8 to 14 September 2019

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 8 to 14 September 2019

*  NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 15 Titles - September, 2019

*  PRONI to release new digitised records online

*  The Chicago FBI Files

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for September 2019

*  National Archives Seventh Annual Virtual Genealogy Fair – Wednesday – October 23, 2019

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 17 September, 5 p.m.:  Civil Law Concepts and Genealogy, by Claire Bettag.

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 18 September, 11 a.m.: Research Latin America Genealogical Resources on the Internet, by Daniel Horowitz

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 20 September, 11 a.m.:  1,000 Webinars: History, Bloopers, Inside the Tech, and what's next, by Geoff Rasmussen

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #106 Rare Family Finds

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 298 – Creating Social Media Sites For Newfound Cousins/ Ask Us Anything On Navy Records / Identifying The Unidentified in Photos

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 62: Separating Men of the Same Name

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Tip Tuesday: Crowdsourcing for Genealogy Brick Walls

*  Family History Fanatics:  An Introduction to Family Tree DNA - A Segment of DNA

*  Genealogy TV:  Documenting Major Life Events in Your Family History & Celebrating Genealogy TV's 100th Episode!

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S03 E02 Genealogy Adventures Live Gullah Geechee Genealogy with Althea Sumpter

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, September 17,  2019

7)  DNA Stories

*  Arrest made in nearly 14-year-old serial killer case in Daytona Beach

*  A Colorado teen's murder was cold for 38 years. This cracked the case in weeks.

*  Mid-Michigan family connects with sister after Ancestry.com DNA test

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 13 September 2019?

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Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1800 U.S. Census Record for Nathan Gates Household in Gardner, Mass.

It's Treasure Chest Tuesday - 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 1800 U.S. Census record for Nathan Gates household in Gardner, Massachusetts:  

The Nathan Gates household is below the middle of the page image:

The extracted information from this record is:

*  Head of household:  Nathan Gates

*  Males under age 10:  5 (probably sons Nathan, Jeremiah, Abel, Asaph, Luther or Amos)

*  Males aged 26 to 44:  1 (certainly Nathan)

*  Females under age 10:  1 (probably daughter Abigail)

*  Females aged 26 to 44:  1 (certainly wife Abigail (Knowlton) Gates)

The source citation for this record is:

1800 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Gardner: Page 449, Nathan Gates household; online image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M32, Roll 16.

Nathan Gates (1767-1830) was the son of Simon and Susanna (Reed) Gates of Gardner.  He married Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855) on 17 June 1790 in Westminster, Mass.   They had 15 children between 1791 and 1813, but one died before 1800.  I am descended from their daughter, Abigail Gates (1797-1867)m, who married Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825).  

Nathan and Abigail (Knowlton) Gates are my 4th great-grandparents. 

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Monday Genea-Pourri - Week Ending 15 September 2019

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

1)  Moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting  with 13 in attendance.  I discussed the MyHeritage Live 2019 videos and the BCG webinar videos on Family Tree Webinars, RootsMagic Version 8, the NGS/FGS merger, free and updatable online family trees, and my Sophia Newton birth date and parentage challenge.  The attendees discussed their research challenges and successes.

2)  Presented "Genetic Genealogy and DNA Testing" at Santee Library as part of the OASIS programs with 35 in attendance.  I reviewed the science (hopefully in laymen's terms), and the ethnicity estimates and DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe and Living DNA, plus the analysis capabilities at GEDmatch, Genetic Affairs and DNA Painter.  

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3)  Watched the Sunday Genealogy and DNA tracks livestream at the MyHeritage Live 2019 Conference in Amsterdam.  I still haven't seen the Saturday Genealogy track.  These are off the MyHeritage website and their Facebook page now - hopefully, they will be on Family Tree Webinars soon.  Watched the Elizabeth Shown Mills webinar on Reasonably Exhausting Proof, the First Criteria for Genealogical Proof.  Can I say "WOW!?"

4)  Was a panelist on today's Mondays With Myrt.  The panel discussed Pat K's McCarry postcards received from Ireland, the 1923-1964 book copyrights, and the CZUR scanner, Judy Rusell's blog post about genealogy fiction, Graham's RootsTech London guide, the new PRONI Records, Kathryn Hogan's Canada course and webinars, Pat's post on paying speakers, and society technology use.  

5)  Wrote and posted a biography of 6th great-grandfather #506 John Kinnan (1732-1784) for my 52 Ancestors biographical sketch on Friday.  

6)  Transcribed an 1819 deed of  4th great-grandfather Nathan Gates (and his mother and siblings) quitclaiming land in Gardner, Massachusetts to Reuben Gates for Amanuensis Monday.

7) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 32,619 of my RootsMagic persons with FSFT.

8)  Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 54,735 persons in my RootsMagic file, and 109,243 source citations.   I TreeShared twice this week updating 245 profiles, and I resolved 447 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 115,546 to be resolved, but I work on them weekly.

9) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which one was a press release.  The most popular post last week was Randy's Autosomal DNA Test and Analysis Summary - 11 September 2019 with over 223 views.

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