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Edwin Lee was born January 14,1814 in Green, New York, Broome County. He married Harriett French in New York February 15, 1840. They had 4 children - Alamanson, Polly Jane, Charles and Morris. Morris is my great grandfather.
Trying to locate Edwin and his family in census has not been alot of fun. They just simply cannot be found. Edwin was a barge canal captain on the Chenango Canal so I'm wondering when the census was taken they were on the barges. Harriet passed in 1860 and Edwin remarried Lou
Hey there!
This will only take a few seconds. They reset the Worldwide Top Sites for Genealogy again. If you click on the following link, Worldwide Top Sites, you can vote for ShoeStringGenealogy.com, my free genealogy website. Just click on the underlined link on the window that appears.
I'd greatly appreciate it, and it will help put ShoeString in the top ten, thus enabling more people to visit and perhaps better research THEIR own family history.
Thank you!
Happy Dae·ShoeString Genealogy
It was great with the diversity of the people interviewed and researched, to learn that there was even an interconnect between two of them. No I will not tell the whom's.
Then in the blog GenealogyBank.com by Thomas Kemp there was a great start of how to start your Genealogy. It was labeled (Genealogy Boot Camp
The Underground Railroad was neither Underground, nor was it a Railroad. It was in essence a series of conductors, safe houses, trails along rivers, secret routes, sometimes walking, and other times hiding in wagons. Before Europeans arrived, North and South America was comprised of thousands of Native American Tribes. Native Cultures date back at least ten thousand years, having traveled over the Bering Strait into North America. As America was Colonized, the Native population was reduced by di
In 1992, the Libraryacquired its 100 millionth item. The collections now includeapproximately fifteen million books, thirty-nine million manuscripts,thirteen million photographs, four million maps, more thanthree-and-a-half million pieces of music, and more than half a millionmotion pictures. The
Udo Thoerner’s History of Emigration
from Venne, Germany to America
Thörner, Udo. Venne in America: The historical account of the emigration from a Lower Saxony Village in Germany to the Americas in the 19th century. Rosalie Horstman Haines, tr.; 323 pp., 2008. ($32, incl pstg from Hamilton County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 15865, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215).
Note by "Genealogywise" member: Udo Thoerner was a wonderful friend who opened so many doors into my husband's family history
I have been working on preparing a presentation I am giving on March 2 at the Abundant Living Conference at Camp Allen. The conference spans 3 days and is billed as “Explore aging as a spiritual journey-grow mentally, socially and creatively. Come, relax, enjoy… celebrate the years!” The setting is a beautiful one, deep in the Piney Woods. I have never been to Camp Allen. In fact, it’s been many years since I’ve been to any ‘camp’ at all so I’m looking forward to seeing what Camp Allen has to of
John Dominis AKA Aimoku
I’ve learned quite a few facts about my cousins from the Hawaiian newspapers. From obituaries I’ve learned their burial places, information about their arrival in Hawaii, occupations, funeral arrangements, etc. I also learned a few other interesting bits of trivia…
#1 Being the Prince Consort to the Queen of Hawaii doesn’t mean that certain legal obligations can be forgotten. It was very interesting to read in the legal notices of the The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu) 1865-19
Zacatecas, 23 de abril 1678. Ana de Chirriaga, hija legítima de Martín de Chirriaga y Ana de Covela, difuntos, mineros, vecino fueron de esta ciudad y ella originaria de ella, sus hermanos fueron María de Chirriaga, y el bachiller Nicolás de Chiriaga cura propio beneficiario de esta ciudad a quien nombra albacea. Sus herederos son Martín de Chirriaga, hijos de su hermano Martín. Firman como testigo Juan Antonio Bernal. fjs.(48-48v)
Zacatecas, 17 de mayo1673. María de Chirriaga, vecina, hija legítima del capitán Martín de Chirriaga, y Ana de Zavala, difuntos, vecinos fueron de esta ciudad, y ella originaria de la misma. Otorga testamento y declara por su hermana a Ana de Chirriaga legítima mujer de Juan Cenlargo, pide que se funde una capellanía y capellanes sus sobrinos Martín y Andrés de Chirriaga, hijos legítimos de su hermano Martín de Chirriaga difunto y de Francisca Rendón. Albacea el bachiller Nicolás de Ch
Zacatecas, 1 de agosto 1659. El capitán Martín de Chirriaga, vecino y minero. Hijo legítimo de Pedro de Chirriaga y María Martínez de Sanobre, difuntos, vecinos fueron de la villa de Hernani en Guipúzcoa, de donde es originario.Otorga testamento y declara que tuvo en arrendamiento la hacienda de minas de Juan Guerrero Villaseca. Tiene una estancia de ganado mayor, llamada Buenavista. Y su hacienda de minas con 3 molinos, 100 mulas. Su cuñada Matiana de Zavala, mujer de Pedro Hernánd
Christobal del Muro, bautizado 16 Sept. 1663 en Aguascalientes. Contrajo matrimonio con Gertrudis de Avila Medina, hija legítima de Cristobal de Medina y María de Avila (Gertrudis tomó el apellido de su madre).
Francisco del Muro, bapt. 16 Ene. 1665 en Aguascalientes.
Luisa del Muro, bapt. 05 Abr. 1666 en Aguascalientes.
Pedro del Muro, bapt. 19 Jul. 1
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The meeting is from 12 noon until 2 p.m. in the Chula Vista Civic Center Library Auditorium (365 F Street in downtown Chula Vista).
The program description and Margaret's CV include:
"This program concerns names and their variations. Genealogists often disregard valid information for an ancestor because of the way a given name or surname is spelled. Surnames were spelled by literate record takers prim
