Thursday, October 26, 2023

Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1864 Death Record of Amy Frances (Oatley) White (1826-1864) in Norwich, Connecticut

 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 1864 death record of Amy Frances (Oatley) White in the Norwich, Connecticut Town Records:


The death record is the second record at the top of  the left-hand page:


The extraction of this death record is:

*  Date:  November 12 1864
*  Disease or cause of death:  Stran^? U?? Hernia
*  Name:  Amy Frances White Oatley 
*  Age:   38 0  0
*  Color:  W[hite]
*  Birthplace:  Kingston R.I.
*  Last Occupation:  Housewife
*  Residence:  do [Norwich]
*  Single, married or widowed:  Married 

The source citation for this  death record is:

Norwich, Conn., Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1640-1921, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 10 microfilm rolls, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,311,436, Deaths, pg. 257, image 648 of 941, Amy Frances White death record, 12 Nov 1864.

This record is probably a Derivative Source, copied neatly into a record book at an unknown time, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence for the death of Amy Frances White in Norwich, Connecticut on 12 November 1864.

Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864) was born in 1826 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, the daughter of Jonathan and Amy (Champlin) Oatley.  Amy married Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) on 30 June 1844 in Thompson, Connecticut.  They had six children between 1845 and 1860.  Amy died 12 November 1864 in Norwich, Connecticut.

The Henry White family resided in East Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut in the 1860s, but Amy died in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.  The places are separated by only 37 miles.  Why was she in Norwich?  I cannot identify an Oatley or White close relative who lived in Norwich in the 1860 and 1870 census records.  Perhaps Amy was visiting a friend or neighbor who had moved to Norwich.  She was only 38 years old.  

I think that the cause of death was a "strangulated umbilical hernia."  I looked it up on Wikipedia, and the small intestine may have been trapped within the umbilical muscle ring adjacent to the belly button.  It occurs in adults but is much more rare than in babies.

Henry Arnold and Amy Frances (Oatley) White are my 2nd great-grandparents.  I am descended through their daughter, Julia E. White (1848-1913), who married Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868. 

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 19 to 25 October 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 October 2023

*    Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 27 October, 11 a.m.:  Dissection & Analysis of Research Problems: 10 Steps to a Solution by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 1 November, 11 a.m.:  Finding Females in US Naturalization Records, 1790-1952 by Nancy E. Loe.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:



4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  5 FREE Family History Websites You're Missing






*  FamilySearch:  Top 4 Tips - Military Records


5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  12 to 18 October 2023?

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Elvis Singing to Linda in 2023 -- Post 791 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 celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary (53.5 years after our wedding in March 1970 - we had to cancel it in 2020 due to COVID) on Saturday, 14 October, and my upcoming 80th birthday and Linda's upcoming 81st birthday, at our church with about 70 friends and family in attendance with a Hawaiian theme.  

The entertainment was an Elvis impersonator who was pretty good.  He sang many songs, some while holding Linda's hand and singing to her.  

Linda wore a shirt that Tami had made for us - Hawaiian flowers with the faces of our daughters, Lori and Tami.

It was a really fun day - excellent food, entertainment and love all around. 

This photograph is all part of our family history.  

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 18 to 24 October 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


*  4,400 Free Canada Online Historical Newspaper Links

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 11 to 17 October 2023.

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Seavers in the News -- J. Margaret Seaver (1892-1976) Dies in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1976

 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 Rapid City [S.D.] Journal  newspaper dated 31 October 1976, page 6:

The transcription of the article is:

"J. Margaret Seaver

"Services for J. Margaret Seaver, 84, are scheduled Sunday 4 p.m. at the Campbell-Paula Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Voas officiating.  

"Burial will be in the Garden City Cemetery.

"Mrs. Seaver died Saturday at a Rapid City hospital.  She was born March 22, 1892, in Sioux City, Iowa.

"She married Loyd W. Seaver July 12, 1916, at Mellette.  They farmed near Garden City.  Mrs. Seaver was a member of the Garden City Methodist Church and a 50-year Member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

"She was preceded in death by her husband and a son.

"Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Betty Lou Gatewood, Washington Courthouse, Ohio; a son, Louis Seaver, Rapid City; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren."

The source citation is:

"J. Margaret Seaver," Rapid City [S.D.] Journal newspaper, Sunday, 31 October 1976, page 6, column 2, J. Margaret Seaver obituary,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 23 October 2023).

This obituary provides the name, age, birth date, birthplace, death date, death place, spouse's name, marriage date, burial information, associations, and children's names and current locations.  It does not provide  parents names, education, or cause of death.

Julia Margaret Snyder (1892-1976) was born on 12 November 1892 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of George Frederick and Louisa Lizetta (Loos) Snydar.  She died 30 October 1976 in Rapid City, South Dakota.  She married Lloyd Wesley Seaver (1894-1958) on 15 July 1916 in Mellette, South Dakota.  They had three children:

*  George Loyd Seaver (1917-1966), married 1941 Frances Gassman (1914-1974).
*  Louis Eugene Seaver (1922-1991), married 1947 Margaret Elgina Rider (1922-2017).
*  Betty Lou Seaver (1924-1986), married Robert Wilson Gatewood (1920-2007).

I am a 2nd cousin 8 times removed to Lloyd Wesley Seaver.  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683).

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person has an obituary that provides a fairly complete life summary.  I am glad that I can honor Julia Margaret (Snyder) 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, October 23, 2023

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 22 October 2023

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

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) DNA Interest Group Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom with 20 in attendance.  I reported on Ancestry's new ethnicity regions, the FamilyTreeDNA Discover tool, 23andMe accounts exposed, answered questions, and the group discussed the homework question.  

2)  Transcribed the 1892 will of John K. Seaver (1826-1900) of Franklin County, New York for the Amanuensis Monday theme.  

3)  Renewed my GenealogyBank subscription and did some searches for selected ancestors, with some success.  

4)  AncestryDNA now has 44,223 DNA matches (up 73 from 15 October) for me today, with five new ThruLines (but two were wrong).   I added  Notes to 5 matches, and the DNA Match line for no ThruLines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 11,863 DNA matches (up 27 from 15 October) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

5)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 50,007 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 63).  

6) 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 71,599 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 62), and 146,254  source citations (up 10).  Resolved 393 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 99 new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree.  My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 178,991 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

7) Wrote 14 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 14 to 20 October 2023 with over 140 views.  Genea-Musings had about 18,300 page views last week.  

8)  Real life:  This is week 189 since COVID restrictions started.   Today is my 80th birthday and I'm feeling mortal, but basking in the glow of our party last week.  I stayed home except for visiting Linda almost every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility. Walked almost every day on the block and talked to several neighbors.  Went to the CVGS in-person meeting on Tuesday and the Rohr engineer's lunch on Thursday.  Finished reading James Patterson's The President's Daughter and started John Lescroart's The Missing Piece.  My Aztecs lost on Saturday (now 3-5) last week, and the Chargers lost on Monday to Dallas and Sunday to Kansas City (now 2-4).  Watched some college football on Saturday and NFL football on Sunday.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1892 Will of John K. Seaver of Franklin County, New York

 This week's document for transcription is the 1892 will of John K. Seaver, in the Franklin  County, New York Surrogate Court records.

*  Franklin County, New York Surrogates Court Records, Wills Vol. 011, Page 150, image 114 of 402:

The transcription of this one page document is:

Will   In the Name of God. Amen.
I John K. Seaver, of the age of sixty five years
and upwards being of sound mind and memory
and considering the uncertainty of this frail and
transitory life, do therefore make, ordain, publish and
declare this to be my last Will and Testament, that is to say:

First - After all my lawful debts are paid and dis-
charged, I give and bequeath to my Wife, Harriett Newall
Seaver, and to her heirs and assigns forever, all my
Property and Estate whether Real, Personal or Mixed,
wheresover situate; and
Likewise I make, constitute and appoint my said
wife Harriet Newall Seaver to be my executrix of
this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all
former Wills by me made.

In witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal, the second day of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety two.

                                           John K. Seaver   L.S,

The above ^written^ instrument was subscribed by the said
John K. Seaver in our presence, and acknowledged by
him to each of us; and he at the same time declared
the above instrument, so subscribed, to be his last Will
and Testament; and we, at his request, have signed our
names as witnesses hereto, in his presence and in the
presence of each other, and written opposite our names
our respective places of residence.
Julius C. Saunders         Malone, N.Y.
George H. Mulholland   Malone, N.Y.

[In the left margin:]

Received the original will of 
J.K. Seaver Aug. 22 1900
Harriet N. Seaver, Executrix.

The source citation for this will is:

New York Surrogates Court, Probate files, Franklin County > "Wills, Vol. 011, 1895-1905," page 150 (image 142 of 402), James K. Seaver will, written 2 January 1892, presented 22 August 1900; "New York, U.S., Wills and Probates, 1659-1999," digital images,   Ancestry.com   (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 October 2023); Original data is from New York County, District and Probate Courts filmed by FamilySearch.

John Kinsley Seaver (1826-1900) was born 22 April 1826 in Salisbury, Vermont, the son of Joshua and Betsey (Bigelow) Seaver.  He died before 22 August 1900 when his will was presented to the Franklin County Surrogates Court by his executrix.  He married Harriet Newell Moore (1826-1904) on 9 December 1848 in Manchester, New Hampshire.  They had three children:

*  John K. Seaver (1850-????).
* Milton Seaver (1851-????).
*  Olin Julian Seaver (1853-1883), married 1873 Martha "Mattie" Lovell (1855-b.1880). 

Apparently, none of the children survived John Kinsley Seaver's death.

The pages above are a Probate Court clerk's copy, transcribed to the court record book and therefore a Derivative Source (although there was testimony that the original will filed in the court was transcribed carefully and exactly),  It is Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the relationships, dates and places noted therein.

I am a second cousin five times removed to John Kinsley Seaver (1826-1900), with the common Seaver ancestor being 6th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1702-1752).

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Sunday, October 22, 2023

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 15 to 21 October 2023

 Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week: 

*  We All Carry Inside Us The People Who Came Before Us  by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree.

*  How to Bust a Brick Wall When You're Too Busy for Genealogy by Jennifer Dondero on The Occasional Genealogist.

*  When Your Kids Won't Take Their Stuff: Make a Book by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past.

*  Finding a Final Resting Place by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  Sourcing Events by Marcia Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*   Family History as News: Don't Bury the Lede Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  Back to the Basics with Immigration Records: Part 3 1820-1906 by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

*  Challenges of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree, Now and in the Future by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  “One” and Genealogy by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Automated Source Citation Builders by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.

*  The Acadian Deportation: Tips for tracing ancestors forcibly removed from New France by Michelle on Legacy Tree Genealogists.

*  Finding the Seeds of a Story in Your Research by Lynn Palermo on The Family History Writing Studio.

*  Don’t Make These Genealogy Mistakes! by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Friday Fossicking 20th Oct 2023 by Crissoulli on That Moment In Time.

*  This Week's Creme de la  Creme - October 21, 2023 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Chula Vista Genealogical Society Meeting on Wednesday, 25 October Features Gena Philibert-Ortega

 Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 12 noon PDT

CVGS General Meeting (in a Zoom Video Conference)

“Finding Your Family Genealogy in Digitized Books”

by Gena Philibert-Ortega

We are so lucky to be living in today's world where we have access to so many digitized books online. In this presentation, learn about what types of books exist online, how to access them, and how to find what you need. Websites discussed will include Google Books, Hathi Trust, and Internet Archive.

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women's history. She holds a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's Studies) and a Master's Degree in Religion. Her published works include two books, numerous articles published in magazines and online, as well as six editions of the Tracing Your Ancestors series from Moorshead Publishing. Her writings can be found on her blogs, Gena's Genealogy and Food.Family.Ephemera, as well as the GenealogyBank and Legacy Webinars blogs. She has presented to diverse groups worldwide, including the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series. Her current research includes women's repatriation and citizenship in the 20th century, foodways and community in fundraising cookbooks, and women's material online.

PLEASE REGISTER for this event through the event email that will be sent to all CVGS members or on the CVGS website (https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5439830).

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This program will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing platform for Meetings.

Please note that the meeting starts at 12 noon Pacific Daylight Time (3 p.m. Eastern time, 2 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Mountain time). The Zoom Meeting room will be open by 11:45 a.m. PDT for visiting and helping attendees connect.

Members and non-members can register on the CVGS website for this meeting at  https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5439830.  and look for the email with the Zoom meeting reminder on Tuesday, 24 October, with the link to JOIN the Zoom meeting. Contact randy.seaver@gmail.com if you have problems or register too late for the email.  

Attendance is free but only 100 Zoom seats are available, so please register soon.

NOTE: The Chula Vista Genealogical Society offers an annual membership of $30. Besides the monthly General Meeting with a program speaker on the last Wednesday of each month, there is a monthly Research Group meeting on second Wednesdays and a DNA Interest Group meeting on third Wednesdays, all at 12 noon Pacific time, plus a monthly 10 page email newsletter chock full of program announcements, research tips and program reviews.

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