Friday, April 24, 2020

Genealogy News Bytes -- Friday, 24 April 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop over the past three days.





2)  New or Updated Record Collections:



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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE!



*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 28 April, 11 a.m.:  Working with DNA segments on MyHeritage, by Ran Snir

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 29 April, 11 a.m.:  Road Crews and Jury Selection: How To Find Where Our Ancestor Lived and Their Neighbors, by J. Mark Lowe

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Maryland State Archives Decoded, by Rebecca Koford

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Introduction to Vivid-Pix RESTORE, by Rick Voight

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone: 3 Ways to Use Gmail Smarter, by Marian Pierre-Louis

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #174r - A Better Way

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 81: The Genealogy Show in England

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors: How to Handle Old Books

*  BYU Family History Library:  Basic Paper Document Preservation with James Tanner





*  Family History Ron:  Family History Ron Q&A 9 Apr 2020

*  Family History Ron:  Family History Ron Q&A 23 Apr 2020



* Genetic Genealogy Ireland:  The Tree of Mankind from FTDNA (Mike Sager)






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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 24 April 2020

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New & exclusive Kent parish records available to search on Findmypast


New baptism, marriage and burial records join the largest collection of UK parish records available online.

Leading family history website, Findmypast, has today announced the online publication of over 1.2 million new Kent Parish records in partnership in association with the Medway archives.
Digitised and published online for the very first time, these new additions have been joined Findmypast’s existing collection of Kent records provided in association with Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Kent County Council, Medway Archives, the North West Kent Family History Society and Val Brown.

Now containing over 9.9 million records, Findmypast’s Kent collection forms the most comprehensive online repository of Kent parish registers in the world.

This week’s Findmypast Friday new additions include:

Kent Baptisms


Over 490,000 new records covering 71 parishes have been added to our Kent baptismal collection. Baptism records can reveal excellent details for your family tree including:
  • Your ancestors' names
  • Their birth and baptism dates
  • Their parents’ names
  • Their parents’ occupations
  • Where they were baptised
  • Their religious denominations
The records consist of transcriptions of the original baptism record.

For all of this week's Kent additions, check the parish list for details of the new parishes and time frames covered.

Kent Marriages and Banns

Once you’ve found your ancestor's baptism record, it's time to find their marriage. To help with this, we've added over 360,000 additional transcripts of marriage records to our Kent parish collection. Marriage records can reveal even more details for growing your family tree including:
  • Your ancestors’ names
  • Their age and birth year
  • Their marriage date
  • Spouse’s names
  • Where they were married
  • Where they lived
  • Their father’s names and occupations
  • Witness names for both bride and groom
70 new parishes have been added to this record set.

Kent Burials

The Kent Collection is rounded-off with brand new burial records from 54 parishes across the county, over 378,000 of them. Burial records provide details on the final resting place of your ancestors including:
  • Their names
  • Their birth, death and burial dates
  • Their ages when they died
  • Their occupations
  • Where they were buried
  • Their religious denominations

Newspapers

Our newspaper collection continues to grow every week. This week, we have added 68,516 brand new pages, including one new title. The new paper covers British colonial governance in India:
  • Bombay Gazette from 1792, 1813-1814, 1816-1841, 1850-1856, 1858 and 1860-1868
As well as that, the following five papers have had more pages added from the listed years:

If you need a helping hand with your family research, why not ask a question in the Findmypast Forum, our thriving online community? There are plenty of like-minded family detectives ready and willing to help.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.

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52 Ancestors - Week 327: #538 Thomas Allen (1690-1777) of Sudbury, Massachusetts

Thomas Allen (1690-1777) is number 538 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #539 Sarah Grande (1691-1723) in 1711 in Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #269 Sarah Allen (1717-1796) who married #268 Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752)   in 1735.
*  their son #134 Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785) who married #135 Abigail Peirce (1750-1776) in 1771.
*  their daughter #67 Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855) who married #66 Nathan Gates (1767-1830)  in 1790.
*  their daughter, #33 Abigail Gates (1797-1867) who married  #32 Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)  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:                     Thomas Allen[1–4]    

*  Sex:                        Male    

*  Father:                   Benjamin Allen (1661-1721)    
*  Mother:                 Frances Rice (1670-after 1721)  
   
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                    1690, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States    

*  Deed:                    2 February 1720/1 (about age 31), received 5 tracts of land in Sudbury from father, Benjamin Allen; Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Distribution:         29 August 1721 (about age 31), father's will proved; Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]    

*  Death:                  about 1777 (about age 87), Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  

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

*  Spouse 1:           Sarah Grande (1691-1723)  
*  Marriage 1:        27 June 1711 (about age 21), Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]    

*  Child 1:             Thomas Allen (1713-    )    
*  Child 2:             Daniel Allen (1715-    )    
*  Child 3:             Sarah Allen (1717-1796)    
*  Child 4:             Grace Allen (1719-1785)  

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

Thomas Allen was born in about 1690 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, the first child of Benjamin and Frances (Rice) Allen.  

 He married Sarah Grande on 27 June 1711 in Wayland, Massachusetts[1-2].  Sarah may have been the daughter of Robert and Mary (Parker) Grande of Boston, although there is no birth record or other record for the relationship. 

 The Wayland town record for this marriage says[1]:
"Thomas Allen & Sarah Grande were joyned in marrige June ye 27'th .....1711"
Thomas and Sarah (Grande) Allen had four children between 1713 and 1719, all recorded in Sudbury town records:

 *  Thomas Allen (1713-????), married about 1740 to Beulah Stone (1718-1762).
*  Daniel Allen (1715-????).
*  Sarah Allen (1717-1796), married 1735 to Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752).
*  Grace Allen (1719-1785), married 1739 to John Bigelow (1715-1787).

His wife, Sarah, may have died after the birth of Grace in Sudbury, but there are no death records for her.  It does not appear in the records that Thomas Allen married again or had more children.

 On 2 February 1720/1, Benjamin Allen, husbandman of Sudbury, gave five tracts of land to his dutiful son, Thomas Allen, husbandman of Sudbury, in consideration of his fatherly love, good will and affection.  The five tracts were: 21 and a half acres lying in Sudbury that he had formerly bought from Ephraim Rice; 3 acres of meadow in Sudbury; 3 acres of meadow in Sudbury on the west side of the river;  14 acres of upland on Ashen Swamp hill in Sudbury; an acre of land on Hoghouse Hill in Sudbury.  The deed was signed by Benjamin and Frances Allen, and was recorded on 2 February 1724[3].

 In the will of his father, Benjamin Allen, husbandman of Sudbury, dated 21 August 1721, and proved 29 August 1721 in Middlesex Probate Court, Thomas Allen was bequeathed[4]:
"Item.  I give unto my son Thomas Allen Five Shill: He having already Rec'd a Deed of Gift of Lands in Sudbury in full of his portion."
Thomas Allen may have died in 1777 in Sudbury, but there are no town records or cemetery records for him.  There are no probate records listed for Thomas or Sarah Allen in Middlesex or Worcester Counties, Massachusetts. 


5.  SOURCES

1. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Wayland Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 197 (image 101 of 1050.), Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande marriage entry, 1711.

2. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Marriages, page 163, Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande marriage entry, 1711.

3. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 23 April 2020), Middlesex County, "Deeds 1724-1727, Vol. 24-25," Volume 24, Pages 272-3 (images 144-145 of 760), Deed of Benjamin Allen to Thomas Allen, 2 February 1701/2, recorded 2 February 1723/4; citing original records in Middlesex County Courthouse.

4. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 23 April 2020), Probate Packet 302, Benjamin Allen estate (4 images); original records in Middlesex County Massachusetts Probate Court Records, Cambridge, Mass.

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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 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.


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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Ancestry Offers Free U.S. Yearbook Collection Through 26 April

I received this notice from Ancestry.com this afternoon:

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With over 450,000 yearbooks and more than 62 million pages, Ancestry offers the largest searchable yearbook collection. We are opening access to search our yearbook records for FREE, beginning now through Sunday, April 26 by visiting Ancestry.com/Yearbooks. 

So people can find their families’ and their own yearbook photos by searching the records HERE.

Once only found in dusty basements or attics, yearbooks are a great resource to see the faces of your family. Ancestry offers the largest searchable yearbook collection and includes books as recent as the 1990s. Yearbooks offer historical context and help pinpoint family members in a particular time and place. 

 See what grandpa looked like as a freshman in high school. Learn what activities, sports or clubs your grandmother loved, and have fun exploring fads and fashion of the time. 

Additional resource:

 Yearbooks collection video overview
Screenshots and search tips

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful.  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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Seavers in the News -- George C. Seaver Dies in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1925

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 Knoxville (Tenn.] Journal newspaper dated 26 August 1925:

The transcription of the article is:

"George C. Seaver
"JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Aug. 25. -- (Spl.) -- Funeral services for George C. Seaver, 77 years old, who died Saturday evening at his home here, were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the family residence, conducted by Dr. M.P. Carico, of the Munsey Memorial church, followed by interment in Oak Hill cemetery.  Mr. Seaver was a pioneer merchant of Johnson City, engaging in the hardware business as a member of the firm Seaver & Summers.  He was associated with the Summers Hardware company at the time of his death.  He is survived by the following children, all of whom were present at the funeral services:  Mrs. Charles Brown, Will Seaver, Mrs. W.C. Phlegar and Guy O. Seaver."

The source citation is:

"George C. Seaver," The Knoxville [Tenn.] Journal newspaper, death notice, Wednesday, 26 August, 1925, page 2, column 3, George C. Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 23 April 2020).

The only information of genealogical value in this obituary is George's death date and place, his children's current names, and his occupation.  There is nothing about his birth, spouse or marriage.

I had this family in my Seaver family tree database.  George Curry Seaver was born 2 August 1847 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, the son of Jeremiah and Nancy (Thurman) Seaver.  He married (1) Harriet Ruth "Hattie" Ballard (1848-1876) on 10 September 1871 in Washington County, Tennessee.  They had two children:

*  William Elbert Seaver (1874-1933).
*  Hattie May Seaver (1876-1900).

George Curry Seaver married (2) Mary Ruth "Mollie" Reeve (1855-1927) in about 1887 in Tennessee.  They had three children:

*  Georgia Reeve Seaver (1888-1933), married 1913 to Woodie Calvin Phelgar (1883-1947).
*  Guy Orlando Seaver (1890-1978, married 1920 to Ruth Lyle McCorkle (1898-1985).
*  Grace Rebecca Seaver (1893-???), who may have married Charles Brown.

I am not related to this Seaver line, since they descend from Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver who came from Germany and settled in Virginia before 1770.   

There are over 9,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and  some persons experience hardship, overcome it,  and live long lives.  I am glad that I can honor George C. Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

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U.S. Yearbooks on MyHeritage Now Free (Until 23 May) and In Color

I received this news from MyHeritage this morning:

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I’m pleased to share that we’ve opened up access to our yearbook collection for FREE, through May 23, 2020! Our yearbook collection consists of 290 million names in 36 million pages, from yearbooks across the U.S. from 1890 until 1979. Take this opportunity to reminisce about your own high school years or search for your loved ones in the collection. 

 In addition, following the successful release of MyHeritage In Color™ (10 million photos were colorized in the first 3 months), one of the ideas raised by our team was to apply this technology also to records, in cases where black and white photos are abundant and colors could enhance the records. We focused our attention on the huge U.S. Yearbook collection on MyHeritage, and I’m happy to announce that you can now view our entire collection of U.S. yearbooks in color!

 Search MyHeritage U.S. Yearbooks for Free Now

 Ordinarily, accessing the yearbook records on MyHeritage requires a Data or Complete subscription. Now, through this wonderful freebie, anyone can access the yearbooks for free, without even having to sign up, through May 23, 2020. And the yearbooks are now colorized!

 We’re doing this because we want to help our community in these challenging times and give people a fun activity to do when they are isolated at home that is genealogical, enjoyable, and free.

 We’ve made it easy to share the yearbook pages on social media. Anyone who shares a yearbook page on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram with the hashtags #LookingGood and #FreeYearbooks and tags @MyHeritage will enter a drawing. Each week we’ll select one lucky winner who will receive a free MyHeritage Complete subscription! 

 Please see the blog post or visit www.myheritage.com/yearbooks to learn more. 

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 I couldn't resist looking for my own Yearbook picture (in color):

See, I had hair ... 59 years ago!

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1711 Marriage Record of Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande in Wayland, Mass.

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 1711 marriage record of Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande in the Wayland, Massachusetts town record book:

  The marriage record for Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande is  on the right-hand page:

This record says:

"Thomas Allen & Sarah Grande were joyned in marrige June ye 27'th .....1711""

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Wayland "Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 197, Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande marriage entry, image 101 of 1050.

This Wayland town record is a Derivative Source (because it is obviously a transcription of an earlier record) with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the names of Thomas Allen and Sarah Grande and the marriage date and place.  The Original Source is a town record book birth register that is no longer available.  This is still Primary Information and Direct Evidence for the names and birth event.

Thomas Allen (1690-1777) was the son of Benjamin and Frances (Rice) Allen.  He married Sarah Grande (1691-1723) on 27 June 1711.  Sarah Grande parents are uncertain.

Thomas and Sarah (Grande) Allen are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Sarah Allen (1717-1796) who married Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752) in 1735 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.  

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