Friday, December 10, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 10 December 2021

 Welcome to Genealogy News and Education 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 since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:






2)  New or Updated Record Collections:





3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes



4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 14 December, 11 a.m.:  Looking Back & Peeking Ahead: 2021 at MyHeritage, by Daniel Horowitz

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 December, 11 a.m.: Navigating the NARA Website, by Julie Miler

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets, by Ellin Kowitt

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - How to Prevent Gmail from Going to Your Spam Folder, by Marian Pierre-Louis

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  A Cup of Christmas Tea (AUDIO) with Best-Selling Author Tom Hegg


6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):











*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Top 10 Archival Heirloom Solutions - Episode 81



7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 7 December 2021?

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Findmpast Friday: Search New Far East Directories and London Synagogue Records

  I received this from Findmypast today:

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Search new Far East Directories and London Synagogue records



This week's Findmypast Friday update involves two unique record collections spanning 108 years.

Asia, Far East Directories & Chronicles 1833-1941

Did your ancestors work or reside in the Far East? Discover more with this collection of directories and chronicles that cover the international community in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malaysia, Siam, Dutch East Indies, Borneo and The Philippines.

Consisting of over 70,000 records printed in books that were published between 1833-1941, the collection provides listings of active corporations, foreign residents and government agencies of all nationalities for each particular year, together with their addresses in countries including Borneo, China, Indo-China, Japan, Korea and The Philippines.

They were compiled annually from many different local sources, and include names and addresses of Western corporations, institutions, consulates and foreign residents including large numbers of Americans, Canadians and Australians. Details of the residents include addresses, occupations and employers.

Parts of these books can also contain details of treaties, conflicts, changes of jurisdiction, relevant law, currencies and taxes, public holidays, festivals and traditions.

London, Synagogue Seatholders 1904

Discover your Jewish heritage with this collection of seat holders from a number of synagogues across the area now known as Greater London.

Covering 16 synagogues from Bayswater to Stoke Newington, these transcripts and images provide a snapshot of a time in which the Jewish population of Britain was saw significant growth, rising from 46,000 to 250,000 between 1880-1919. Many of these new arrivals were refugees from Russia, fleeing the Pale of Settlement region in which Jewish residents had faced terrible persecution and been forced from their homes.

Newspapers

This week’s update sees Findmypast publish five brand new titles along with substantial updates to 13 existing ones.

New titles:
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52 Ancestors - Week 409: #632 Andrew Phillips (1661-1717) of Charlestown, Massachusetts

Andrew Phillips (1661-1717)  is #632 on my Ahnentafel  List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #633 Sarah Smith (1661-1737) in 1683 in Charlestown, Suffolk County,  Massachusetts Bay Colony.

I am descended through:

* their son #316 Ebenezer Phillips (1695-1746) who married #317 My Smith (1698-1746) in 1717 .
* their son #108 John Phillips (1722-1800) who married #109 Hannah Smith (1725-1774) in 1749.
*  their #79 Martha Phillips (1757-1830) who married #78 Isaac Buck (1757-1846) in 1791.
* their daughter #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) who married #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834)  in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) who married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) 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:                       Andrew Phillips[1–5]

*  Sex:                          Male

*  Father:                      Andrew Phillips 1630-????
*  Mother:                    Elizabeth  1635-????

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

*  Birth:                       about 1661, probably Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]
*  Baptism:                  6 February 1686/7 (about age 25), "age 25, son of Andrew;" First Church in Charlestown, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]

*  Death:                     10 December 1717 (about age 56), Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]
*  Probate:                  17 December 1717 (about age 56), will proved; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]

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

*  Spouse 1:               Sarah Smith 1661-1737
*  Marriage 1:            11 November 1683 (about age 22), Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]

*  Child 1:                 Andrew Phillips 1687-1755
*  Child 2:                 Ebenezer Phillips 1695-1746
*  Child 3:                 Joanna Phillips 1697-1726
*  Child 4:                 Samuel Phillips 1699-1722
                   
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

The family records for Andrew Phillips are included in Volume 2 of the book by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Genealogy and Estates of Charlestown", New England History Press, Somersworth NH, 1869

Andrew Phillips was born in about 1661, probably in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (--?--) Phillips of Charlestown[1].  He was baptized in the First Church of Charlestown on 6 February 1686/7 at age 25, after his marriage, and admitted to the church on 24 August 1687[1].

Andrew married Sarah Smith (1661-1737), the daughter of Michael and Joan (Best) Smith of Malden, on 11 November 1683 in Charlestown[1-3].   They had four children, all born or baptized in the Charlestown records:

*  Andrew Phillips (1687-1755), married 1706 Mary Covell (1686-1734).
*  Ebenezer Phillips (1695-1746), married about 1717 Mary Smith (1698-1746).
*  Joanna Phillips (1697-1726), married 1723 Jonathan Lawrence (1696-1773).
*  Samuel Phillips (1699-1722).

Andrew and wife Sarah were deeded 10.5 acres of land in the 2nd Division in Malden, near Reading, by her father Michael Smith in 1686.  The land was bounded northwest by Peter Tufts, southwest by John Smith, northeast by John Tucker, and northwest by Samuel Phipps[1].

Andrew Phillips bought 20 acres of land in Charlestown from Joseph Phipps, bounded west by Eleazer Phillips, east by Samuel Carter, north by John Fosdick, and south by Lieutenant Waters.  The deed was dated 1699, and recorded in 1704[1].

Andrew Phillips bought 16 acres of land in Charlestown from Jonathan Tufts, bounded north by T. Millard, west by Samuel Smith, and south and east by land of Andrew Phillips.  The deed was recorded in 1701[1].

Andrew Phillips bought ten acres of land in Charlestown from Edward Wilson, bounded north by P. Hay, south by Thomas Wesson, and east and west by land of Andrew Phillips.  Also, two acres of land in Charlestown, bounded north by Sergeant Carter, east by F. Willoughby, south by Jonathan Cary. The deeds were dated 1703, and recorded in 1718[1].

Andrew Phillips sold lots to S. Gould in 1712, recorded in 1715. He also bought 30 acres of land from N. Dunton in 1714.  He sold this property to P. Hay in 1714, and then bought it again in 1715. and he sold 14 acres of it to W. Bryant in 1715, recorded in 1718[1].

Andrew Phillips died 10 December 1717 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, at age 56[1,4].  His burial location has not been found.

Andrew Phillips of Charlestown died testate, and his probate papers are in Middlesex County Probate Court Records, Packet #17,297[5]. The will of Andrew Phillips of Charlestown was written on 5 December 1717, and proved 17 December 1721.  The will transcription is:
"In the Name of God Amen.  Ye fifth Day of December 1717:  I Andrew Phillips of Charlestown in ye County of Midalsix in New England Husbandman being very sick & weak of Body But of perfect mind & memory Thanks be to god for It.  Therefore Calling to Mind ye Mortallity of my Body & knowing yt it is appointed for all Men Once to Dy, Doo Make & Ordain ys My last will and Testament yt is to say principally & first of all I Give & recomend my Soule into ye hands of God yt Gave it and my Body I Recomend to ye Earth to be Buried in a Decent Buriall at ye Discression of my Executor nothing Doubting but at The General Resurection I Shall Receive ye same Again By ye Mighty power of god, & as Touchiong Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life:  I Give Demise & Dispose of ye Same in ye following Manner & form:

"Imprimus I Give & Bequeath to Sarah my Dearly Beloved Wife One third of ye Income of my Estate Dureing her naturall life & all ye Moveable Goods within My house & Ten Cord of Wood yearly Cut & brought to her house & ye Best Room in my house as long as she remains my widow.

"Item  I give to my Well Beloved Son Andrew Phillips ye Summ of forty pounds;  Ten pound of the sd forty to be paid Two years after my Decease & Ten pounds a year yearly after Sarah my Dearly Beloved Wives Decease till ye whole be paid.

"Item  I give to my Well Beloved Son Ebenezer Phillips thirty thre acres of land lying & being in Charlestown Butted & Bounded Northwardly by Peter Hay & Ebenezer Damon, Southwardly by the highway and Andrew Phillips & ye highway Eastwardly by ye land of Henery Phillips, Westwardly by Peter Hay & part of a lot I Bought of Elias Brigden Butted & Bounded Northwardly be ye land of Thomas Miller, Southwardly by ye land of Andrew Phillips, Eastwardly by ye land of Thomas Miller, Westwardly by ye highway And Henery Phillips Togeth with all Timer and Standing lying or Being yt on, to him & to his heirs forever, & one third part of ye moveables upon my place without Doors I alsoe Doe give to my son Ebenezer Phillips.  I Doe also will yt my son Ebenezer Doth Cut and Bring to ye house of Sarah my wife five Cords of wood  yearly So long as she Remains my Widow.  I Doe also Will yt my Son Ebenezer Shall pay to his Brother Andrew Phillips ye Summ of Twenty pounds to Be paid five pounds two years after my Decease & five pounds a year after Sarah My Wives Death yearly till ye Whole Summ of twenty pounds be paid to ye sd Andrew Phillips or his heirs or assigne.  Also to pay to my Daughter Johanna Phillips ye Summ of fifty pounds & also to be paid Twenty five pounds at my Decease & ye Cow & ye Rest part of ye fifty pounds, Ten pounds a year yearly after Sarah my Wives Decease till ye Whole Summ of fifty pounds in Mony be paid.

"Item  I Give to my Son Samuell Phillips Twenty two Acres of Land wth a house Orchard & all ye Buildings upon Bounded Southerly by Kendal Parker & Peter Hay Northwardly by ye highway Eastwardly by ye land of James Taylor Westwardly by ye highway, & Seven Acres I Bought of Thomas Eaton Butted & Bounded Eastwardly by ye highway Westwardly by ye Land of James Hay Southwardly by ye land of Peter Hay, also Six Acres of land Butted & Bounded by ye land I gave to my son Ebenezer Phillips before mentioned & expresed, westwardly by Peter Hay Northwardly (Eastwardly) by Ebenezer Phillips Southwardly by ye highway, also five Acres offe yt lott I Bought of Elias Brigden also one third part of ye moveables without Doors Belonging to my Estate. I Doe also Will yt my Son Samuell Phillips shall pay to Sarah my Wife five Cords of wood a year yearly to be Cut and brought to her house as long as She Remains My Widow & if She be maried to again yt Utterly to faill, & alsoe Samuel Phillips my son Shall pay to his Brother Andrew Phillips twenty pounds wch is to be payd five pounds Two years after my Decease & fivep ounds a year after Sarah my Wives Decease till ye whole summ of twenty pounds be payed, also to pay to my Daughter Johanna Phillips ye Summ of fifty pounds, & also (to be payed) twenty five pounds & ye cow at my Decease & ye Rest part of the fiftie to be paid Ten pounds a year yearly after Sarah my Wives Decease till ye whole be paid.

"Item  I Give to my sons Ebenezer Phillips & Samuell Phillips ye Summ of fourtenn pounds Mony yt is Due by a Bond to me from Ebenezer Knight Bearing Date May 1715 Togather with all other Debts Due and oweing to me to be Equally Divided Betwen them.

"Item  I Doe give to my Well Beloved Daughter Johanah Phillips ye Summ of One Hundred pounds in Mony & Two Cows to be paid to her by my sons Ebenezer Phillips & Samuell Phillips as it is afforementioned & Specified in this will.  The Reasons why I Doe Not Give to my son Andrew Phillips no more is, first Because he hath Received thirty eight pounds in mony already, also ye help of Building of his house & Breaking up of land & also the Selling of Wood & Timber of off my land & also his goeing away from me at ye Age of Nineteen years.

"Item  I Give to my Well Beloved Son Ebenezer Phillips Whom I likewise Constitute Make & Ordain My Only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.  I furthermore Will yt ... monie is in the House Doe Not pay the funerall charges & yt my Sons Ebenezer Phillips & Samuell Phillips Shall pay Equally ye part of yt funrl Charges & I Doe hereby utterly Dissallow, Revoke & Disanull all and every Other former Testament, Wills & Legasies Bequests & Executors by Me in Any Ways Before ye Time Named Willed & Bequeathed Rattifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament In Witness Whereof I have Set My hand & Seallo ye Day & Year Above Written.

"Signed Sealed Published & Pronounced &
Declared by ye sd Andrew Phillips as his last
Will & Testament in ye Presence of us ye
Subscribers...Andrew Phillips

Daniel Gould
Thomas Miller
Nathaniel Cowdrey"
The will was proved at Cambridge on 17 December 1717, with Ebenezer Phillips posting a 500 pound bond, and with the consent of Samuel Phillips, the widow Sarah Phillips, and Joanna Phillips[5].

5.  SOURCES

1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Genealogy and Estates of Charlestown of the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, Two Volumes  ( Boston, Mass. : David clapp & Sons, 1879),, Volume 2, page 746, Andrew Phillips family sketch.

2. Roger D. Joslyn, Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984), 3 Volumes, Volume 1, Marriages, page 119, entry for Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith of Malden, 11 November 1683.

3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 23 July 2013), Charlestown > Archives Births Marriages Deaths > 1629-1800, Marriages, page 381 (image 250 of 385), Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith entry, 11 November 1683.

4. Roger D. Joslyn, Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume 1, page 250, Deaths, Andrew Phillips entry, 10 December 1717.

5. "Probate Records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts),"  Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 886 FHL US/CAN Microfilms, Probate Packet Packet #17,297, Andrew Phillips of Charlestown, 1717, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,421,489.

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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 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 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, December 9, 2021

Seavers in the News - James T. Seaver Dies in Connecticut in 1960

 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 The Herald Statesman [Yonkers, N.Y.] newspaper dated 2 August 1960:

The transcription of the article is:

"JAMES T. SEAVER
former Bronxville Resident

"James T. Seaver, formerly of Mount Vernon and Bronxville, died July 19 in Cheshire, Conn., word just reached The Herald Statesman.

"Mr. Seaver was born in Hartford, Vt., in 1875.  He was graduated from the University of Vermont and practiced electrical engineering until his retirement in 1932.  He had been employed by the New York Central Railroad Co.

"The eighty-five-year-old man lived in Mount Vernon from 1909 to 1925.  Then he moved to Bronxville, remaining there until 1954.  He was active in civic affairs there and was a parishioner of the First Reformed Church.

"Mr. Seaver is survived by his wife, Idella B. Seaver; a son, Col. James T., with the U.S. Air Force, of Vienna, Va., and now stationed at the Pentagon; a daughter Mrs. William C. Eichmann, with whom he was living in Cheshire; and four grandchildren."

The source citation is:

"James T. Seaver," The Herald Statesman [Yonkers, N.Y.] newspaper, Tuesday, 2 August 1960, page 2, column 3, James T. Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 9 December  2021).

This obituary provides the name, birth year, age, death date and place, children names, spouse's name, and some information about occupation or associations.

James Thatcher Seaver (1875-1960) was born 20 August 1875 in Hartford, Vermont, the son of Richard Adam and Eliza Maria (Barber) Seaver.  He died 19 July 1960 in Cheshire, Connecticut.  He married (1) to Mary J. Babcock (1878-1909) on 19 January 1906, and they had no children.  He married (2) to Mary Idella Benjamin (1885-1963) on 14 September 1909 in Hartland, Vermont.  They had two children:

*  Mary Elizabeth Seaver (1914-2002), married 1938 William Charles Eichmann (1912-????).
*  James Thatcher Seaver (1917-1962), married about 1941 June Irene Taylor Fuller (1919-????).

James Thatcher Seaver (1875-1960) is my 6th cousin 3 times removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person's obituary has fairly complete family information. I am glad that I can honor Edith Mary (Duel) Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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MyHeritage Adds 359 Million Additional French Historical Records

 I received this information from MyHeritage recently:

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MyHeritage yeserday announced the publication of 359 million additional historical records from France from a vital records collection — including birth, marriage, and death records — and a naturalization records collection.

This is MyHeritage’s third update of French historical record collections since mid-October 2021, during which they have added 844 million records in total from 15 historical record collections.

All these records were previously only available exclusively through Filae, a leading French genealogy company that MyHeritage recently acquired.

The new collections complement the huge French treasure trove of vital, census, military, and burial records, making MyHeritage a good resource for anyone researching their French roots.

The collection, France, Vital Records Index, of 359 million records is an index of various birth, marriage, and death records in France from the 16th through the 20th centuries. 

The collection, France, Naturalizations, 1900-1963, contains 1.7 million records. It is an index of French naturalization records from the 20th century. It does not include images of scanned documents. Records contain the individual’s name and date and place of birth, as well as the date of the decree of naturalization.

Searching the collections on MyHeritage is free. To view these records or to save records to your family tree, you’ll need a Data or Complete subscription. 

Read more about this collection in https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/12/myheritage-publishes-359-million-additional-historical-records-from-france/.

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Disclosure:  I receive a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage, and gave received other material consideration in past years.  I uploaded my autosomal DNA raw data to their DNA product.  This does not affect my objective analysis of MyHeritage products.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1683 Marriage of Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay

 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 1683 marriage entry for Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith in the Charlestown, Massachusetts town records book:

The birth entry is the second item from the bottom of  the right-hand page:

The transcription of this record is:

"\Andrew Phillips & Sarah Smith of Malden, joyned
in covenant of Marriage before Samuel Nowell Esq'r
Assist'd the 11'th of Novemb'r     1683"

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1620-1988," database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :  accessed 23 July 2013), Charlestown > Archives Births Marriages Deaths > 1629-1800, Marriages, page 381 (image 250 of 385), Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith entry, 11 November 1683.

This is an entry in a copy of an original town record book for Lynn, Massachusetts.  It is a Derivative Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of this marriage.

Andrew Phillips (1661-1717) was born in 1661 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (--?--) Phillips of Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay.  He married Sarah Smith on 11 November 1683 in Charlestown.  Sarah Smith (1661-????) was the daughter of Michael and Jane (--?--) Smith of Malden, Massachusetts Bay.  

Andrew and Sarah (Smith) Phillips are my 7th great-grandparents through their son Ebenezer Phillips  (1695-1746 who married Mary Smith (1698-1746) in about 1717 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Rabbit Holes With Randy - 1871 Birth Record for Maria Loreta Cerasoli in Capestrano, Italy on FamilySearch

 After writing Rabbit Hole Genealogy Fun - Death Record of Irene Albina Marano in Capestrano, Italy last week, I decided that I had so much fun doing it that I would make it a weekly event (if I can find the time or remember to go down a rabbit hole).  So welcome to "Rabbit Holes With Randy." 

I spent about two hours on this rabbit hole today, and successfully found the birth record for my grandsons' 2nd great-grandmother, Maria Loreta Cerasoli (1871-1940).  I only had information about her from several online family trees.  Those trees said she was born in Capestrano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy in 1871, married in 1895 in Capestrano to Giuseppe "Joseph" DeMilio (1870-1930), migrated to the USA, settled in Iron county, Michigan, and died there, leaving nine children including my grandsons' great grandmother, Clara DeMilio (1911-2012).  

Since Maria was born in 1871, the records for her birth and her marriage are not in the State Archives records posted on the Antenati Portale website - they cover 1809-1865 and 1911-1943.  So Antenati will not have Maria's birth record or marriage record.

I searched for information about Capestrano and L'Aquila state on Wikipedia, Google Maps, the FamilySearch Wiki, and the FamilySearch Catalog today.  

Luckily, the FamilySearch Catalog has the Civil Registers for the years 1866 to 1944 in digital microfilm available to me at home.  The earlier years (1809-1865) are on digital microfilm but I can only view them at a FamilySearch Center.  Here is the Catalog entry for the Capestrano records:

The red sentence near the bottom of the image says that the "Records of Italy, L'Aquila, Civil Registration (State Archive) are available online, click here."  When I clicked "here" I got the indexed database for the collection, but it is missing 1866 to 1910.  

In addition, this database had no entries from Capestrano for any year.  

So back to the "rest of the page" in the Catalog:

Note that the data for 1809 to 1865 have the camera with the key over it, meaning I cannot see those records at home and need to go to the FamilySearch Library to access them.  

At the bottom of the page are the later years:

The records from 1866 to 1910 are available to me at home.  The 1871 birth data is in the "Nati, publicazioni, matrimoni, morti 1866-1887" collection on Film number 2013834, Items 2-6.

The digital microfilm for this film has 3,100 images, and I want Item 2 on this film.

The first Item on the film was for another L'Aquila town, and Item 2 was the birth records. 

Luckily, I discovered that each year of the Birth records had an index in the back of each register, so for 1871 it looks like this:

The second entry from the bottom in the left column lists "Cerasoli Maria Loreta" with number 67 in the 1871 birth register.

I browsed back to image 697 and saw Maria's birth record near the bottom of the left-hand page continuing to the top of the right-hand page (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WR-KZYW?i=696&cc=2043786&cat=399605):  

I can't read the Italian but I can pick out the child's name, the birth date of 18 August 1871, and the parents names of Carlo Cerasoli (son of Emidio) and Albina Marano (daughter of Giandomenico).

I saved the record to my computer files, and then crafted the source:

"Registri dello stato civile dir Capestrano (L'Aquila), 1809-1910," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 December 2021), original book, "L'Aquila > Capestrano > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, morti 1866-1887," Anno 1871, Registro de Nati, image 697 of 3100, No. 67, Maria Loreta Cerasoli birth entry; also on FamilySearch Microfilm 2,013,834, Item 2.

For some reason the FamilySearch created source citation (on the "Information" tab on the image above, not shown) has a different image number:

"Italia, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1824-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WR-KZYW?cc=2043786&wc=M7SM-J6D%3A349599601%2C349658301%2C349658302 : 22 May 2014), L'Aquila > Capestrano > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, morti 1866-1887 > image 516 of 2919; Tribunale di L'Aquila (L'Aquila Court, L'Aquila).

The FamilySearch permanent link goes to the same record in a second FamilySearch digital microfilm set.  The image URLs are the same up to the ? in the URLs.

Now that I found that FamilySearch has the birth, marriage and death records for 1809 to 1944, I can do more searching here, although Antenati has a search facility for 1809 to 1865 and 1911 to 1943. 

So this was another fun escape into the rabbit hole of genealogy research and I had a lot of fun doing it.  I'm going to demonstrate this process to the CVGS Research Group on Wednesday.

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Randy and Linda on Lake Winnipesaukee in Jul 2004 -- Post 697 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs: 

Linda and I took a vacation to New England in July 2004.  My uncle, Edward Richmond Seaver (1913-2004) died 14 February 2004 in Arizona, and the family gathered in Leominster, Massachusetts to bury him in Evergreen Cemetery with his late wife, Janet (Roukes) Seaver.  

On this trip, we took the time to visit with the New Hampshire cousins, and stayed with my first cousin Virginia for several days in Salem, New Hampshire in her 1700's era salt-box house.  I have a lot of family photos from this trip plus house photos and cemetery photos.  This photo shows Linda and I riding along having a fun and relaxing time.

One of the New Hampshire family's traditions was summer boating on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.  This photo shows Linda and I riding along having a fun and relaxing time.  My cousin Diana's husband, Chuck, had a boat and we got to ride in at around the lake along with their family.   We had a wonderful day in the warm air and there is plenty of pretty scenery around the lake.  I love New England!

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