Findmypast Grants Free Access Ahead of Veterans Day 2019

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FINDMYPAST GRANTS FREE ACCESS AHEAD OF VETERANS DAY 2019

• Explore the lives of your military ancestors and their families for free this Veterans Day weekend
• All US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and world records will be completely free to search and explore from the 8^th to the 11^th November 2019

Leading British & Irish family history website, Findmypast, will be providing free access to their entire collection of military and civilian records ahead of Veterans Day 2019.

From 12 p.m. (GMT) Friday November 8^th, until 12 p.m. Monday November 11^th, all records on Findmypast excluding newspapers, electoral rolls and the Periodical Source Index, will be completely free to search and explore.

This includes more than 85 million military records covering the Armed Forces of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Researches will be able to search for their ancestors in a variety of fascinating documents ranging from service records and pensions to medal rolls, POW records, casualty lists and more.

By providing free access to these detail rich documents, Findmypast is offering all visitors to the site the chance to honour the struggles and sacrifices endured by their military ancestors by telling their stories.

What’s more, all other records including censuses, births, marriages & deaths, wills, education & employment records, travel and social history records will also be free to use.

Free access to such a wide range of resources will enable researchers to paint a complete picture of their ancestor’s lives, before, after and during their military service, as well the impact it had on the wider family.

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 8 November 2019

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New military records available to search this Findmypast Friday

Britain, The Great War, I Was There

Learn about the Great War from those who experienced it first-hand. The Great War: I Was There is a magazine that was first published in 1938. Edited by Sir John Hammerton, its 51 editions ran from 29 September 1938 to 19 September 1939 and are available to view in PDF format.

The magazine was a weekly periodical, available on Thursdays, which aimed to capture the undying memories of the 1914-1918 war. It contained excerpts from other sources but mainly consisted first-hand accounts and previously unpublished images.

The series eventually ended due to the start of WWII. The cover of issue 51 states: "In view of the outbreak of the 'European War' subscribers to "I Was There" will not be surprised to learn that the publishers have decided not to proceed with the issue of the proposed New Series.”

Burma Star Association Membership Forms

Did your military ancestor serve in the Burma campaign of World War 2? Search over 53,000 membership forms of the Burma Star Association, to become a full member of the Association, an ex-Serviceman, ex-Servicewoman or Nurse must have been awarded the Burma Campaign Star for service in Burma during World War 2 for the necessary qualifying period or the Pacific Star with Burma Clasp.

The Association is Tri-Service and for members of The Merchant Navy who hold the Burma Star with permanent representatives from the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Royal British Legion on the National Council.

Each records includes both a transcript and an image of the original form. Transcripts will reveal your ancestors application year, ship/unit, status and residence while images will provide you with your ancestors rank, service number, address and signature.

Dekho, Burma Star Association

Search over 4,000 records to find out if your World War 2 became a member of the Burma Star Association. Dekho! Is the journal of the Burma Star Association, it is published three times a year. It informs members of the Association who are unable to get out and meet their comrades with information about events that are going on in the Burma Star Association. These editions run from 1951 to 2018.

The Burma Star Association was officially founded on the 26 February 1951 with 2,000 members. The aims of the Association board were, and still are, to promote the comradeship experienced during the bitter fighting in the jungles and hostile terrain of Burma, and to relieve the subsequent need, hardship and distress that veterans of the Burma Campaign of the 1939-45 War and/or their widows/widowers and may be suffering.

British & Irish Newspaper Update

This week we have added over 115,000 new pages and five new titles; the Musselburgh News, Coatbridge Leader, Fifeshire Journal, Port-Glasgow Express and Blairgowrie Advertiser.

We have updated twelve of our existing Scottish titles this week, with highlights including the 26,378 pages we have added to the North British Daily Mail, spanning the years 1849 to 1894. Other significant updates include those to the Wishaw Press, with 17,552 pages covering the later half of the twentieth century.

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52 Ancestors - Week 303: #514 Samuel Rayment (1679-1724) of Massachusetts

Samuel Rayment (1679-1724) is number 514 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #515 Eunice Norman (1686-1743) in 1704, in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #257 Eunice Rayment (1707-1772) who married #256 Robert Seaver (1702-1752)  in 1726.

*  their son #128 Norman Seaver (1734-1787) who married #129 Sarah Read (1736-1809) in 1755.

*  their son #64 Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816) who married #65 Martha Whitney (1764-1832) in 1783.

*  their son #32 Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825) who married #33 Abigail Gates (1797-1867) in 1817.

*  their son #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) who married #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) 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:                          Samuel Rayment[1–3]    

*  Alternate Name:          Samuel Raymond[4]

*  Sex:                              Male    

*  Father:                         John Rayment (1651-1725)    

*  Mother:                       Martha Wooden (1655-????)  

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

*  Birth:                           18 May 1679, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1]    

*  Deed:                          7 March 1720/1 (age 41), bought land in Marblehead; Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[4]    

*  Death:                        before 6 January 1723/4 (before age 44), Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Probate:                     6 January 1723/4 (age 44), administration granted to Eunice Rayment and Joshua Orne; Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[3]  

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

*  Spouse 1.                  Eunice Norman (1686-1743)    

*  Marriage 1:               21 November 1704 (age 25), Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[2]    

*  Child 1:                    John Rayment (1705-????)    

*  Child 2:                    Eunice Rayment (1707-1772)    

*  Child 3:                    Samuel Rayment (1716-????)    

*  Child 4:                    Sarah Rayment (1718-????)    

*  Child 5:                    Benjamin Rayment (1719-????)  

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

 Samuel Rayment was born on 18 May 1679 in Beverly, Massachusetts, the son of John and Martha (Wooden) Rayment[1].  

He married Eunice Norman on 21 November 1704 in Marblehead, Massachusetts[2].  She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Maverick) Norman.  They had five children, all born in Marblehead:

*  John Rayment (1705-????).

*  Eunice Rayment (1707-1772), married 1726 Robert Seaver (1702-1752).

*  Samuel Rayment (1716-????).

*  Sarah Rayment (1718-????), married 1743 John Jackson (1719-????).

*  Benjamin Rayment (1719-????).

Samuel Rayment was a mariner.  He lived at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

On 7 March 1720/1, John Norman, fisherman of Marblehead, and Benjamin Norman, cordwainer and fisherman of Marblehead, and sons of John Norman and Sarah Norman, and grandsons of Moses Maverick and Eunice his wife late of Marblehead deceased, sold land in Marblehead to their brother-in-law Samuel Raymond, mariner of Marblehead, for 57 pounds and two shillings.  John Norman stated that the land which Samuel Raymond now lives upon, was given to their mother Sarah Norman by their grandparents.  The land consisted of five parts, with John Norman having purchased rights from his brother Moses Norman and his sister Sarah Broughton, and having one right to himself and one right to his brother Benjamin Norman.  The fifth right belonged to their sister Eunice Norman who married Samuel Raymond.  Witnesses to the deed were Archibald Ferguson and John Broughton.  The deed was registered 18 March 1720/1[4].

Samuel Rayment died before 6 January 1723/4, when administration on his estate was granted to his wife, Eunice, and Joshua Orne[3].

An inventory was apprised on 22 January 1723/4 by Richard Reith, Amos Dennis and Thomas Peach, showing real estate of 58 pounds 12 shillings, and personal estate of 24 pounds 14 shillings, and was subscribed to by the administrators Eunice Rayment and Joshua Orne. The final account was filed 10 March 1737[3].

There is no known burial site or record for Samuel Rayment.

5.  SOURCES

1. Town of Beverly, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Two Volumes (Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), Volume 1, Births, page 275, Samuel Rayment birth entry.

2. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1904, 2 Volumes), Volume 1, Marriages, page 306, Eunice Norman and Samuel Rayment marriage entry.

3. "Essex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1638-1881," digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Probate Packet 23,281 (29 images), Samuel Rayment estate.

4. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Essex County, Deeds, 1720-1723, Volumes 38-39, Volume 39, page 184 (image 498 of 605), John and Benjamin Norman to Samuel Raymond, executed 7 March 1720/1, recorded 18 March 1720/1, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,866,031.

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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 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.

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Seavers in the News -- Mrs. Finetta Seaver Dies in 1964

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 Sioux City [Iowa] Journal newspaper dated 14 June 1964:

The transcription of the article is:

"MRS. FINETTA SEAVER

Funeral services for Mrs. Finetta Alice Seaver, 83, a former Sioux City residient, who died Thursday at Columbia, S.C., will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Heaton-Westcott Funeral Home.  The Rev. Dr. Allen Jackson, dean of Morningside College, will officiate and burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery.

"Mrs. Seaver was born April 9, 1881, at Marengo, Iowa, and moved to Plymouth County when she was six years old.  She was married to Dr. William Heller and they lived in Remsen where he practiced medicine until his death in 1921.  She moved to Sioux City and was active in Morningside College and Grace Methodist Church activities.  She was married to Dr. Fred J. Seaver in New York in 1941 and they lived in White Plains, N.Y., until he retired in 1948 and they moved to Winter Park, Fla.

"She is survived by the widower, of New York; one son, Robert Heller of Cincinnati, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Stella M. Bowman of Mound, Minn., and Mrs. Minnie McBride of Sioux City; four brothers, Lewis Fry of Lincoln, William B. of Wolsey, S.D., J.G. Fry of Arcadia, Fla., and R.A. Fry of Merrill, Iowa, and two grandchildren."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Finetta Seaver," Sioux City [Iowa] Journal newspaper, obituary, Sunday, 14 June 1964, page 27, column 3, Finetta Alice Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 7 November 2019).

This obituary provides a fairly detailed account of Finetta Alice (Fry) (Heller) Seaver's life, with a birth date and an implied death date, plus information on her two spouses and one son.  Her maiden surname was Fry, since she has four brothers with that surname.  

I was attracted to this obituary on Newspapers.com because of the unique given name.  Then I found that she married a relatively famous Seaver - Fred Jay Seaver, a renowned biologist and mycologist - and then I realized that I did not have her in my RootsMagic family tree.  Now I do.  I would have been totally lost without the mention of her husband's name and location.  

I am not related to Finetta, but I am distantly related to Fred Jay Seaver - he is my 7th cousin 3 times removed.  

There are over 8,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes the life of a person is memorialized in an obituary with many details.  I am glad I can honor Finetta Alice (Fry) (Heller) Seaver today.

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North San Diego County Genealogical Society Fall Seminar on Saturday, 9 November

The North San Diego County Genealogical Society Fall Seminar is this Saturday, 9 November from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  The seminar will be held at the Carlsbad [Calif.] Senior Center, 799 Pine Street, Carlsbad CA 92008.  Registration begins at 8:45 a.m.

The program speaker is Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist for the "Evidence Essentials" seminar.

Her presentations will be:

1.  No Vitals? No Problem! Building a Family Through Circumstantial Evidence: A Family for Isabella.

2.  No, No, Nanette!  What Negative Evidence Is and Isn't

3.  The Discriminating Genealogist: Telling Good Evidence From Bad

4.  Who, What, Why, When, Where and How of American Divorce

Registration Information

Members – $40
Non-members – $50

Registration is available via mail by downloading the event flyer and mailing in your registration/payment or online using your credit or debit card. NSDCGS uses PayPal as our secure payment processor – You DO NOT need a PayPal account to complete payment.

Mail-in registrations must be received by November 5 and no refunds will be processed after that date. If you have any questions or need to make changes to your registration after it has been completed, please contact NSDCGS Reservations Chair Jean Tempke.

I was told via email that reservations can be made by e-mail reservations@nsdcgs.org or call 760-632-0416. At-the-door registration okay if space available.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1860 U.S. Census Record for Henry Carringer Household in Mercer County, Pennsylvania

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 1860 United States Census record for the Henry Carringer household in Perry township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania:

The Henry Carringer entry is the second family entry from the top of the page:

The  Henry Carringer family information from this record is:

* Henry Carringer -- age 60, male, a farmer, $3200 in real property, $643 in personal property, born PA
*  George Carringer -- age 28, male, farmer, $100 in personal property, born PA
*  Mary Carringer -- age 24, female, born PA
*  Sarah Carringer -- age 22, female, born PA
*  Henry Carringer -- age 22, male, laborer, born PA
*  Eliza Carringer -- age 17, female, born PA, attended school
*  Matilda Carringer -- age 14, female, born PA, attended school
*  Harvey Carringer -- age 12, male, born PA, attended school

The source citation for this record is:

1860 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Perry township; Page 501, dwelling #571, family #544, Henry Carringer household, indexed database with record image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 1140.

This 1860 U.S. census record shows Henry as a widower, with seven of his unmarried children residing with him in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Henry Carringer (about 1800-1879), son of Martin and Maria (Houx) Carringer, married Sarah Feather (1804-1848) in about 1804, and they had ten children between 1827 and 1848.  

Henry and Sarah (Feather) Carringer are my 3rd great-grandparents, through their son David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) who married Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901) in 1851.

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Don Created a Wonderful Genealogy Website on TNG

I wrote Dear Randy: Where Can I Find a Full-Featured, Free, Updatable Online Family Tree? on 28 August 2019 in response to reader Don's question.  Several readers offered useful comments.

I received an email this past week from Don, noting that he had decided on using The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) software and was very happy with the result.  Here is Don's recent email to me about his new website:

"In case you're curious, I thought I'd let you know how this ended up.

"I went with The Next Generation - TNG. Not free, costs:

• TNG one time fee $33
• Domain name registration $8 1st year, $9 subsequent years
• Web hosting $50 1st year, $100 subsequent years
• Roughly, $9/month on a continuing basis.

"The TNG software is decadently easy to use. The creator has a bunch of YouTube videos and Wiki pages as well as a user forum all of which make learning and problem solving very easy. Was able to upload ~11K person GEDCOM and ~3.8K linked images with minimal effort. In truth, the majority of time spent was correcting issues with my data that TNG pointed out (e.g. place name inconsistencies - Maryland vs Md. vs MD, typos - b 1843 d 1798 vs b 1743 d 1798, etc). It has an Admin access log which lets you see what people are looking at and how often. After all this work I must admit it's nice to know people are referencing my data.

"The Website is lechpowell.com  

 "I'd be happy to help anyone who wants to try TNG if they contact me separately (including my "how to install and setup" document noted below).

"I've created a WORD doc that documents every step in creating the website (in case I had to start over from scratch) and looking at it, I must admit it was very easy to do (with the qualifier that I have an engineering/software background that no doubt helped matters).

"Since I've given up on Rootsweb ever coming back or Ancestry.com ever getting tree indexing to work properly, this seemed like the best alternative. TNG has something called Mods (software add-on's) and the mod for Google search indexing worked great. My website came up in Google searches right away and I get many hits a day from that. In Ancestry.com I'm not anyone way ever finding my tree via tree indexing. Plus I know they never saw my full sources, notes, or images..."

My thanks to Don for sharing his thoughts and actions on this.  I went to his new website and saw the product - he has done an excellent job of documenting his genealogy research, and TNG does an excellent job of displaying it in an organized and complete manner.  

Here is a screen shot of his home page:

Here are three screen shots of an ancestor profile in Don's tree; first, the menu ribbon, and event information:

Further down the page are the family information and photos:

Further down the page are Notes and Sources:

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San Diego Genealogical Society Super Saturday (9 November) Features Lisa Alzo

The next program meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society is on Saturday, 9 November, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd, San Diego CA 92119).  This is a "Super Saturday" event with an out-of-town speaker.  

The speaker will be Lisa Alzo, whose two talks will be:

*  Ten Ways To Jumpstart Your Eastern European Research

*  Crossing the Pond:  Successful Strategies for Researching Eastern Eyropean Ancestors

Lisa Ann Alzo, M.F.A., grew up in Duquesne, Pennsylvania , and currently resides in Ithaca, New York . She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1987 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997.

Lisa began writing creatively in the fourth grade with an assignment entitled, “All About Me,” and went on to win several English/Writing awards in high school and college.  She is the author of ten books on genealogy and family history.

Lisa has published articles in Ancestry Magazine, Discovering Family History Magazine, Family Chronicle , Family Tree Magazine , Genealogical Computing, Reunions Magazine, NGSNews Magazine, Reunions Magazine, Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, FEEFHS Journal and Rocenka: Journal of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, The Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly.

An avid genealogist for 26 years, Lisa currently teaches online genealogy courses for Family Tree University and the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. She is the recipient of the 2002 Mary Zirin Prize given by the Association for Women in Slavic Studies to recognize the achievements of independent scholars, and is a frequently invited speaker for national conferences, genealogical and historical societies.

This FREE event includes a light lunch.  We request that you register for a lunch count and so we can provide sufficient seating.  Please see our event page here to register.

SDGS is phasing out having printed handouts at our meetings.  We respectfully request that you print out the two handouts on the Members page on the SDGS website and bring your own copy to the meeting.

There will be no 9 a.m. classes this month.

Please park in the main church parking lot, in the Jackson Drive parking lot, or on the street.Please do NOT park in the neighboring strip mall. Thank you in advance.

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Gramp and Randy in About 1945 -- Post 590 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 - This is one of my favorite photographs:

This photo was taken in about 1945, and shows my grandfather, Lyle L. Carringer ("Gramp," about age 54), with his first grandson, little Randy Seaver at about age one and a half or two. The setting is probably the corn field in the back yard, or side yard, of my grandparents house on Fern Street in San Diego. 

I loved being with my grandparents.  In the 1944 to early 1946 time, my father was in the U.S. Navy and my mother was teaching school, so my grandmother "Gram" was my steady companion during the day, and I'm sure my grandfather "Gramp" got the "duty" in the afternoon after his work day at Marston's department store in downtown San Diego as my grandmother fixed dinner.  I'm pretty sure he loved the "duty."  He was patient and kind and adventurous, so I was too.  

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Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 5 November 2019

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

1)  News Articles:

*  The Genealogy Show announces speakers for 2020 event

*  MyHeritage Education: New Content to Master Your Genealogy Skills

*  Genealogy at Sea! July 2020

*  NGS Awards and Competitions Deadline: 15 December 2019

*  Free Legacy Family Tree update now available (version 9.0.0.332)

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 27 October to 2 November 2019

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 27 October to 2 November 2019

*  November Update: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 156 Titles!

*  New York Geographic Birth Index from Reclaim the Records

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  RootsTech London 2019 LiveStream Videos

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for November 2019

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 5 November, 5 p.m.:  Trove: An Australian and Beyond Genealogical Treasure, by Helen V. Smith

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 6 November, 11 a.m.: Understanding Ethnicity Estimates, by Mary Eberle

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 69 – DNA Tools Part 1: Clustering, Pedigree Triangulation, WATO

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 304 – Brianne Kirkpatrick On Helping Those With Unexpected DNA Results / Free Sites For Europe Research / Finding Passport Applications

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #125r - Repeating Names

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family history Library:  Family Search Genealogies by Ann Tanner

*  DNA Family Trees:  MYHeritage Two tools you NEED to be using! (DNA Kit Winner Announced)

*  Family History Fanatics:  Developing Conclusions For Your Genealogy Research

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S03 E07 Genealogy Adventures Live: Research Trees for Specific Genealogy Goals

*  GeneaVlogger:  How Joe Rogan Is Related to Gerard Way and Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance (VLOG #39)

*  Jennifer Holik:  Exploring Ancestral Lineage Healing in Genealogy & Military Research Work

*  Lisa Lisson:  Records of the Poor - Genealogy Resources for our Poor Ancestors

*  Sharn White:  Several RootsTech London Videos

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, November 5,  2019

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 1 November 2019?

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