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There is a appropriate analogy to many of the questions I am asked atthe Mesa Regional Family History Center, it is called building bridgesin the air. In genealogical terms it is called starting with the threebrothers that came from Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Norway orwhere ever. Quoting from Val Greenwood, (Greenwood, Val D. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy.Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2000) page 4, "How foolish itwould be...to spend ten years (or even one year or
As I sit here about mid-morning on February 12, 2010, pounding away on my unconnected netbook and, thus, on what is eerily like my last contact with the 21st Century, I let my mind wander back to the lives of my ancestors who lived out their time here in the 19th and earlier centuries without electricity and the electronic devices I have come to depend on for so much in my life.
I am reduced to such thoughts due to the power outage growing out of the seven-inch accumulation of snowfall. Power has
Final Call for Papers, Family History Expo
Colorado Family History Expo. June 25-26, 2010
Midwest Family History Expo, July 30-31, 2010
Family History Expos, http://www.familyhistoryexpos.com/,is looking for presenters for their Colorado and MidwestExpos. Please read the followinginformation for more details.
Call for Papers deadline for the Colorado Family History Expo is February 15, 2010. Deadline for the Midwest Family History Expois March 1, 2010.
To learn more about other upcoming Family Histo
Deborah Wilson, a Quaker in very Puritan Salem Village
Deborah Buffum was born in 1639 in Salem, Massachusetts. Her family was the Quaker Buffum family, headed by her father Robert, who was regularly fined for non-attendance at the Puritan meetings. She married Robert Wilson in Marblehead in 1658, and had at least two children, a Deborah and a Robert.
The records describe Deborah as a Quaker like her parents, and the town History “The Peabody Story” describes her as very young, modest and retirin
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Your Family History Research: What’s Holding You Back?
"What have you been putting off and what is holding you back in your family history research?"
Of course, there are plenty of good reasons for putting things off – timing is important and you can’t do everything at once however if you’re anything like me there are things that you know you probably should be doing that you’re simply procrastinating about.
One of the biggest procrastinations for me, up until last week, was ordering some German re
One of the biggest procrastinations for me, up until last week, was ordering some German re
Her findings have now been included in the Douglas Archives, although it is still very much work in progress.
Sons followed their fathers down the mines, daughters picked up seamstress skills from their mothers, sons followed thei
The thought occurred to me to try and determine how many digitizedbooks are now (as of February, 2010) online. Then, I would try toestimate/guess how many of those are genealogy related.
I realize that the task is likely impossible, but I would like to havesome idea of the magnitude of the online book community. My first stopis Google Books. It appears that Google doesn't publicize the actual number of books scanned. But an article in the Official Google Blogof October 9, 2009 gave the total at m
There were some posts recently involving the Ovington Brothers. The Middagh family, one of the earliest Brooklyn families, owned the land upon which the Ovington Brothers buildings were built, the original building was torn down (1880?0, and a second building erected, which soon burned to the ground (1882?). Only a year later, a new building was opened upon the ruins of the old one. In each stage, the Middagh family renewed the Ovington Brothers' lease. This lease generated a cotroversy in the e
I am constantly amazed by the Internet. It’s not like it’s something new but I regularly find myself wowed when I’m able to find something so easily, when only a few years ago it may have required days of research and possibly a cross-continent trip.
Yesterday I was at the home of a client that we are helping with a large photo archiving project. On the dining room table, where all the boxes and piles of photos and documents are waiting to be organized, was a burlap cap. I asked about it. They wehttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arcemete/pulaski/pulaski.htm
Search for Nan Smith Bush
Social Security Death Index
Name: Nan Bush Date of Birth: Monday February 08, 1875
Date of Death: April 1968 Est. Age at death: 93 years, 2 months
Last known residence: City: Little Rock County: Pulaski
State: Arkansas ZIP Code: 72206
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Illinois
Number: 319-42-0737
It is interesting to find a Blacksheep ancestor. They always leave behind court records! If you ever peruse the message boards at the International Black Sheep Society Genealogists ( http://IBSSG.org/blacksheep ) you will hear over and over again how the records left behind by some naughty or miscreant relatives helped family members to trace their genealogies. This was the case with me in investigating Baker Nason, and other relatives.
Baker Nason was the son of Richard Nason and Sarah Baker, bo
I have been researching my parents' histories and family trees for the past 8 years or so, and learning so much along this path. When I began, there was very little information on either set of grandparents, and with all of them deceased, with cousins rather far-flung and a full generation older, it was quite a challenge.
Along the way I discovered a first cousin - another genealogy nut like me! - who had been "lost" to the family for over 40 years. He and I have shared many finds and copies of d
It is hard to read, but worth the effort!
It gives the names and dates of children born to each family
The films are offered on an 'as seen' basis with no warranty or guarantee offered as to their quality or completeness. They may not be used for digitisation, publication or any commercial re-use. Any copyright restrictions on the films or their content will remain after disposal. Applications are invi
This is my first effort at using Sprout, so with a little bit of work, this could be developed into a useful accessory.
Any suggestions?
