Thursday, September 7, 2023

Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1661/2 Birth of Rebecca Rolfe (1662-1751) in Newbury, Massachusetts

 I looked in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings for Treasure Chest Thursday.

The treasure today is the 1661/2 birth record of Rebecca Rolfe in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay:


The birth record is on the left-hand page near the end of the 1661 listing:


The transcription of this birth record is:

"Rebecca y'e daughter of John Rolfe was born February 9th"

The source citation for this birth record is:

 "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Newbury > Births, Marriages, and Deaths > image 680 of 2384, Rebecca Rolfe birth entry, 9 February 1661/2; citing original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records (Provo, Utah : Holbrook Research Institute), Microfiche collection.

This record is perhaps an Original Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the birth of Rebecca Rolfe, daughter of John [and Mary (Scullard)] Rolfe in Newbury, Massachusetts.  Note that the date is surely 9 February 1661/2 since it's at the end of the 1661 listings.

Rebecca Rolfe (1662-1751) was born 9 February 1661/2 to John and Mary (Scullard) Rolfe in Newbury, Massachusetts.  She married (1) William Cutter (1649-1723) in about 1679 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Richard and Elizabeth (--?--) Cutter.  They had ten children.  Rebecca married (2) to John Whitmore (1654-1739) on 3 June 1724 in Cambridge.  They had no children.

William and Rebecca (Rolfe) Cutter are my 7th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their son Richard Cutter (1682-1756) who married Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760) in about 1722 in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 31 August to 6 September 2023

Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.


1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar









2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars for September 2023

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 7:15 a.m.:  3-2-1 data backup is great, but first you need to find all of your data by Thomas MacEntee.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 8:30 a.m.:  Italian Local and Parish Censuses by Suzanne Russo Adams.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 9:45 a.m.:  10 Places to Search for An Ancestor’s Death Date… Without a Death Certificate by Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 11 a.m.:  Life Cycle of a Record: From Clerks and Clerics to You, The Digital User by Cyndi Ingle.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 9 September, 12:30 pm.:  Explore Your Ancestors’ Names in the ‘Newspaper Name Index’ by James M. Beidler.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 12 September, 11 a.m.:  Power of place – using MyHeritage to tell the stories of buildings & places by Rhonda Lauritzen.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 13 September, 5 p.m.:  Setting Sail with Your Seafaring Ancestors by Denise E. Cross.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:


*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 269: Mary Margaret Peterson

4) Recent YouTube Videos:





*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Quickie: Google Genealogy filters

*  Genealogy TV:  Occupations
*  Genealogy TV:  Ancestry Updates September 2023





*  Storied_Social:  Episode #005 Lisa Lisson


5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes - 24 to 30 August 2023?

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Genealogy Software: Heredis 2024 Is Available!

 I received this information from Heredis today:

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Introducing Heredis 2024 and the Family Chronology! 

Immerse yourself in your family's history with the Family Chronology!

  • A new document to easily visualize your ancestors' lifespans (and there's even more to it)!
  • Compare the lives of several ancestors or groups of persons in your family tree in a single glance, then picture their overlapping lives to figure out who knew whom!
  • Find out how old they were when their children or grandchildren were born, to give just one example. 
  • Place your ancestors in the context of their time period.
  • Group your chronologies by places of birth: you will easily identify ancestors who may have crossed each other’s path!
  • This document also highlights potential gaps in your genealogy: you'll be able to spot missing dates for major events very easily. 
  • Put the spotlight on specific surnames in your genealogy by grouping them together. 
  • Easily identify all those who are not related by blood to the primary person.

Use this view as a basis for illustrating one of your ancestors’ biography!

Discover the new features in detail

More Heredis 2024 features: 

  • The Mixed Wheel, which can display all your ancestors and descendants,
  • New options available for all the wheels, 
  • The option to rename your media, 
  • The option to choose from various date formats in your documents,
  • Data protection,
  • Easier transmission of your genealogy files from one device to another,
  • Plus, of course, over 50 improvements and fixes!

Discover the new features in detail

And to celebrate the release of Heredis 2024, your mobile application is available at 50 % off!

Till October 1st, 2023, download the Heredis 2024 app on your tablet or smartphone and enjoy a 50% discount.

This new version has been updated to meet the requirements of the latest operating systems. It also includes several improvements: 

  • The ability to enter source citation in basic and comprehensive modes: assign the same source to 2 different citations for events and facts.
  • The same source can be associated several times with an event or a fact.
  • Import or export with the new compressed format (.hmwz) to open files from a 2023 or 2024 version and from all platforms.
  • Better default language management.

Your Heredis 2024 MasterClass!  

NEW. Get Heredis 2024 MasterClass to have Heredis 2024 software installation backup at your fingertips and videos to learn all the functions of the Heredis software via short demonstration videos (available with the upgrade pack). 


More information about MasterClass


How do I upgrade to the 2024 version?

Are you currently using an older version of Heredis and wish to take advantage of this new release to upgrade your software? Select one of these two offers:

Make sure your computer is compatible with Heredis 2024. 


Any questions? Feel free to reach out to us via our Contact form.


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Disclosure:  I have received complimentary copies of Heredis software over the years, including this most recent version, but I have never really explored it.  I am in the process of exploring how I might use this software to enhance my genealogy research.


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Randy in June 1961 -- Post 784 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

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

This is a photograph of me at the time of my graduation from San Diego High School in June 1961.  I was 17 years old and had finally grown to a height of about 5' 7" and a weight of about 130 pounds.  The setting is the patio at my parents' home at 2119 30th Street in San Diego.  Please ignore the trash can!

 I recently found this photograph in the "hidden in plain sight" collection of photos from my mother's home (discovered in 2002) in the genealogy cave.  I colorized this photograph using the MyHeritage photo tools.  I don't recall if the robe is gray or black or blue.  I think it is probably a medium blue since that was the school colors.

This photograph is all part of our family history.  

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 30 August to 5 September 2023

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:






2)  DNA Research Stories











5)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 23 to 29 August 2023.

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Seavers in the News -- Fred P. Seaver Sr. Dies in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1975

 Here is this week's 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 Poughkeepsie [N.Y.} Journal  newspaper dated 2 June 1975, page 20:

The transcription of the article is:

"Fred Seaver Sr.

"Fred P. Seaver Sr., 73, of 35 Vernon Ter. died Sunday at Vassar Hospital.

"Born in Bethlehem, N.H., May 16, 1902, he was the son of Edward and Clara (Teakles) Seaver.  Prior to retiring two years ago, Mr. Seaver had been a chef at Vassar Hospital.

"He had resided in this area the last 43 years.  Mr. Seaver was a member of the Pirate Canoe Club, Poughkeepsie Yacht Club, U.S. Power Squadron, Dad's Club of the VFW and the Community United Methodist Church.

"Mr. Seaver is survive by his wife, the former Grace E. Clark; three sons, Fred P. Jr., Paso Robles, Calif.; Leonard T., Walden and Samuel E. Seaver, St. Louis, Mo.  a daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Camasi, Newburgh; a brother, Roger, Waterbury, Conn. 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

"Friends may call at the Dowling Funeral Home, 43 Fairview Ave., tonight, 7 to 9 o'clock.  Members of the Pirate Canoe Club will conduct a service at the funeral home tonight at 7:30 o'clock.

"Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home.  The Rev. Stephen Goldstein-Jones will officiate.  Burial will be in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery."

The source citation is:

"Fred Seaver, Sr.," Poughkeepsie [N.Y.] Journal newspaper, Monday, 2 June 1975, page 20, column 3, Fred Seaver Sr.. obituary,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 September 2023).

This obituary is very complete although it is light on his occupation and possible military service.  It even provides the maiden name of his wife.

Frederick Pettigrove Seaver (1902-1975) was born 16 May 1902 in Grafton, New Hampshire, the son of Edward Dudley and Clara Belle (Teakles) Seaver.  He died 1 June 1975 in Poughkeepsie, New York.  He married Grace Elizabeth Clark (1908-2000) on 22 June 1929 in Naugatuck, Connecticut.  They had four children:

*  Frederick Pettigrove Seaver (1931-2020), married Sakeo Matsuo (1928-????).
*  Leonard Thompson Seaver (1932-2013), married (1) 1951 Grace Adelaide Birdsall (1933-2006); (2) 1965 Leona Callander (1933-????).
*  Samuel Edward Seaver (1933-1990), married Patricia Ann Fertig (1936-2009).
*  Cynthia Grace Seaver (1934-2014), married (1) 1954 Roy Henry Weygant (1926-1967); (2) 1967 Bernard Charles Camasi (1928-1984).

Frederick Pettigrove Seaver (1902-1975) is my 8th cousin twice removed, with Robert Seaver (1608-1683) as our most recent Seaver common ancestor.

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 has an excellent obituary with much family information I am glad that I can honor Frederick Pettigrove 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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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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Monday, September 4, 2023

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 4 September 2023

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

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) general meeting on Wednesday on Zoom with Jean Wilcox Hibben as the speaker on "Induction Vs. Deduction."

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society DNA SIG meeting on Saturday on Zoom with Kathy Fernandes presenting on "Shared Matching Methodology."

3)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for  7th great-grandfather #944 William Cutter (1650-1723) of Cambridge, Massachusetts for the 52 Ancestors series on Friday.  I've written 495 of these sketches for my ancestors.

4)  Transcribed the one page 1860 List of Heirs for Horace Seaver (1792-1858) of New York City for the Amanuensis Monday series.  I've transcribed about 700 records in this series.

5)  Explored  The New Ancestry.com Member Tree Fan Chart: 

6)  AncestryDNA now has 43,921 DNA matches (up 37 from 27 August) for me today, with 54 new ThruLines.   I added  Notes to 19 matches, and the DNA Match line for 2 of the new ThruLines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 11,669 DNA matches (up 15 from 27 August) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

7)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 49,847 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 14).  

8) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 71,424 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 24), and 146,178  source citations (up 3).  Resolved 260 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 101 new and updated profiles with Ancestry.  My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 178,542 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

9) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which three were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Guest Post: What Happened at AncestryDNA This Week? with over 206 views.  Genea-Musings had about 92,400 page views last week.  

10)  Real life:  This is week 182 since COVID restrictions started.   I stayed home except for visiting Linda every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility. Walked every day on the block and talked to several neighbors.   Went to the cardiologist on Tuesday for the lab tests and pre-op information.  Went to the church Men's Bible Study on Saturday morning.  Attended the 50th anniversary party for the Lindseys at church on Sunday.  Finished reading Faye Kellerman's The Lost Boys and am reading The Judge's List by John Grisham. The SDSU Aztecs won their second football game against Idaho State but I didn't watch it.  The Padres season continued, and I watched all of the games this past week.  They are 65-73 so far (4-3 this past week) and still in fourth place in the NL West division. 

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