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Searching for James Noble, born about 1805-1811, perhaps Co. Cavan, but uncertain, died 1900 in Walkerton, On. Canada. Emigrated to Canada approximately 1830-1840. Married Mary Harmon, born 1816, Ireland. Son David Allan Noble born 1850 in Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario, Canada. 

Also searching for Stephen Black, D.O.B. 1799 - possibly in Co. Armagh, N.I. and wife Mary Stevenson, also possibly born Armagh. Have marriage bond dated 1830 from Diocese of Armagh, Church of Ireland. Emigrated to

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Jones update More to Jesse Jones...

Elijah JonesLooks like the died 10 Aug 1896 .. also Married Christina Shoppell.. would like to see picture.Jessie is spelled different.
Name: Jessie Jones
Sex: Male
Wife: Sarah Young
Son: Elijah Jones

Other information in the record of Elijah Jones and Sarah J Benell Perigo

from Indiana Marriages

Name: Elijah Jones
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 03 Apr 1887
Event Place: Clay, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: , Owen, Indiana
Gender: Male
Race: White
Race: White
Number of Total Marriages: 2
Birthplace: ,
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more of my Direct Jones line

More update on the Jones

as I researched

I learned my direct line macline.. line
that Own a merchant store
as I talk to deans, they say Co Owned but census, and documents say after working on the railroad they owned it and managed it, Jones and Dean were family, so If Dean say co own as well as the Jones, I think it was possible it was co manage, but Owned by the Cassel family. As it is also noted on war records.

The families went to war together from the records too.

Found the research interesting,

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Old Dutch Names and the meanings

Daghuerder = Day laborer
Dagloner = Day laborer
Dekker = Roofer, slater or reed-thatcher
Diefleyer = Helper of the sheriff
Hopman = Chief, leader, headman
Horlogiemaker = Horloger /clockmaker/watchmaker
(Hout) draeyer = Turner in wood
(Hout) drucker = Blockprinter
Houtenbeeldsnyder = Wooden statue sculptor
Houtenprinsnyder = Wood engraver
Houtgraveur = Wood-engraver
Houthakker = Wood-cutter, timber-cutter
Houtsnijder = Wood-carver, -sculptor
Houtzager = Sawyer
Jager = Hunter
Klerk = Clerk, schoolmaster, regist
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SPRING, is it approaching, just slowly, slowly, slowly.  It is 77 Degrees and the change is so drastic  I feel out of sync.

Planted the 3 plants for the garden in pots, one will need moved to larger pot when I locate what I am going to toss that is no longer producing.  These plants are for the Butterflies and Hummingbirds we encourage in our yard. WE lost one of these 2 years ago. 

The Cherry tree is like my genealogy. It is budding on branches and needs attended to.  

So today I went to Ancestr

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     Having been following this blog for some time now and it is interesting.

     My Genealogy Hound a free service provided by Hearthstone Legacy Publications

     www.MyGenealogyHound.com

      www.MyGenealogyHound.com

    Today they posted a  picture of the remains of the Church  built at Jamestown  

    It is the Old Church Tower taken in 1902. 

     Photos of the Historic Church at Jamestown Settlement

      It has Biographies by State and county.

        Browse By State and County

 

     It has Sur

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   Jones researchers,  we had our line verified but was exciting to see DNA some how links us with a group of individuals that I am happy to learn.

    DNA wish I could grasp it better. I understand it 's workings not how to make it work.  

    We have an ancestor that is Indian and it shows.   Paper trail showed it 4 years ago now DNA somehow does.

   Teague Jones wife seems to be the link in some format.  

   More to come.

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Do You Really Know Transcribing?

By Shannon Bennett, Student

Well, this course didn't dally around; it jumped straight into the nuts and bolts of creating a good transcription. While several of the courses I previously wrote about did touch on the basics of transcription, Modules 1 and 2 of Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting  provides an intense introduction to the process.

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Students in typing class in school. Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000032060/PP/re

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By Shannon Bennett, Student

The next required course I am taking for the National Institute is Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting. If you have followed my journey so far you might be able to guess what my reaction to this course is going to be.

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Of course, it was pure excitement!

Seriously, even though these may be tedious activities to do, and the least fun of all the possible genealogy chores, they are important skills for successful

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By Shannon Bennett, Student

Whoa, what a course. It made me think. It made me analyze my family connections. Most of all it showed me how great of a story my family narrative is! Amazing stuff, and I am so happy that I registered for it.

For those of you who are still not convinced, I am not sure there is much else I could say to sway you.  However, I will do my best. The rest of you who like stories and putting pieces of information together in new ways need to take this course.  Need reasons? Ok

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Analyze Data

Your Data  

Based on your research log and evaluation log, you will want to take some time to analyze your findings.  Some of the important things to keep in mind while analyzing your data are: 

  • Is the record for the right person/family? 
  • Is the record original or derivative? 
  • Are there other records that need to be checked? 
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Look for clues that can lead to other record types.  For example, if you find a civil marriage record that indicates a couple was married by a minister, try to determine the ch

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Your Ancestor the Hero

By Shannon Bennett, Student

Well I am almost done. Really digging into the meat and potatoes of the Demystifying Culture and Folklore course now. Plus, we discuss one of my favorite mythologists, Joseph Campbell. Ah, hero myths, we should all be familiar with that concept thanks to Star Wars and Harry Potter.

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Now, before you go away and start thinking that I am going off the deep end and there is no way we can draw comparisons between family stories

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Mortality Schedules

US Mortality Schedules  

The U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules are a supplemental schedule to the “every ten year” population schedules and are available for the census years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880.  The census enumerators were required to gather the census information for the population schedules in addition to determining if any family member had died during the previous 12 months before the date the census was taken.

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Even though these lists of deaths are widely believed to underreport 

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Learning More About Family History and Culture

Wow!  This course, Demystifying Culture & Folklore started off with a bang.  Lots of information and a page turner to boot.  It’s hard to believe that I am even more excited now than I was before the first day started.  However, if you remember my introduction post to this course, I am a self-confessed myth and folklore geek.

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Mother And Son Reading A Book . Image courtesy of / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

What I liked, and I didn’t get from the undergrad courses I took, is that this is firmly family cent

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Clients

Client Management 

When you first started your genealogy business, you perhaps did a few projects for family members to get some experience and work out the details of your offerings and fees.  At some point, you began actively marketing to obtain new clients.  Depending on how long you have been in business, you probably now have had some experience with actual, paying clients.  

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Client Correspondence 

Although researching, writing, editing can be done alone, much of the work a genealogist does in

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Shannon Bennett, Student

A good story can captivate the hearts and minds of listeners for years. Sometimes, when you have heard a story repeatedly, you can pick up the little embellishments and the differences that occur as a story develops and changes. Family stories are the same way. They captivated us as children, intrigued us as adults, and are information to be proved as genealogists.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.

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Research Gaps

Previous Research  

Sometimes we get so caught up in the thrill of the hunt for our ancestors that we might not always practice good research techniques.  We find a document, pull a few bits from it, put it aside, and move on to the next search.  This is why reviewing the research we have already done should always be the first step when trying to break down a brick wall.

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Many brick walls can be solved simply by reviewing what we have done and identifying gaps.  Oftentimes, the records we already

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