Princess Ka’iulani of HawaiiThe Barbarian Princess Controversy?On the anniversary of her birthday, 16 October 2009 will be the world premiere of a new movie about Princess Ka’iulani of Hawaii. She was born Victoria Ka’iulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn on 16 October 1875, and was Queen Liliuokalani’s heir to the throne. Her father was Scots, and her mother was sister to the Hawaiian King. At this point in history, Hawaii was the center of all trade and shipping in the Pacifi
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Climate changes affect Genealogy in many ways. People migrate due to changes, floods, famine etc.Many people died on ships when crossing the ocean seas with the storms never heard of before at that time of the year appeared. People froze to death in NY City and other areas when a large drop in temperature brought all mode of travel to a halt and produce or milk or food could not be brought to the city dwellers. Country people generally, faired better because they had only themselves to rely on.
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Posted by Steve Hayes on October 15, 2009 at 3:30pm
For the last three months I've been working a lot on the Sandercock families, most of which seem to originate in eastern Cornwall and western Devon in England. I've been trying to link all the ones I find into families. My own branch come from Cardinham in Cornwall, and Ive traced them back to the marriage of William Sandercock to Mary Verran in 1729.Now I'm trying to bring all Sandercock researchers together, and there is a Sandercock family forum where researchers can compare notes and exchang
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I recently found out that the State of Colorado has some interesting new rules for adoptees. If you were Born/adopted between June 30 1951 and July 1 1967? you can access your adoption records. I am fortunate enough to be in the early part of the dates, just barely, I'm not sure on the exact end date of this group. I contacted, by phone, because I didn't believe what I read, Colorado Vital records and yes it was true so I spent 40.00 dollars that included the price of th money order and mailed o
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I was recently contacted by a distant cousin who had seen the family work I've done at ancestry.com. Now a LOT of my family has been dispersed through early parental deaths, loss of records, etc. etc. So many family members don't know much about the ancestral roots, old family stories and connections, and so forth. My distant cousin has really helped me "collect" a "narrative" by asking about specific family members long passed. Sometimes, you have so much "data" that it seems overwhelming to ke
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Posted by Ken Jones on October 15, 2009 at 11:21am
I just read and commented on a ladies blog about her 3rd great grandfather being a slave owner and fathering children by his slave and then keeping them as slaves. It is beyond my comprehension how a person could do this. I've seen the movie Roots several times and it is a fantastic look into our past as a nation. But what amazed me is how the people of the time could have these high morals and go to church every week and turn around and beat and maim their slaves plus father children by a race
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Dear Friends,I have a shameful confession to make. I am the great great great granddaughter of slaveholders.My ancestors held African people and their children in slavery.In the 1800's, one of my ancestors (probably more) fathered at least one child whom he continued to hold in slavery. Her name was Martha. As she grew into adulthood and had children, he kept them, his grandchildren, as his slaves, too. Once I started researching it, I found that many of my Southern relatives held slaves at that
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Posted by James Tanner on October 14, 2009 at 8:32pm
In a letter sent out to all Family History Consultants and Center Directors, FamilySearch made the following invitation, quoting from the letter:The FamilySearch Research Wiki is a collaborative Web site where individuals can find answers to family history research questionsRead more...Read more…
Posted by Beth Gatlin on October 13, 2009 at 11:36pm
For many years there has been a rumor in my family that my grandmother had been adopted from her father's cousin's family in New Mexico. My grandmother wrote a letter to my uncle in 1976 which mentioned this rumor (she never believed that it was true), and the family was discussing the rumor at my mother's Fourth of July barbecue this past summer, so this is something that has been speculated about for more than thirty years, possibly longer. Long ago, when my grandmother needed to get a passpor
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Pepperell Family of Kittery, MainePhoto by Rich Beauchesne seacoastonline.comThe William Pepperell FamilyThe original settlers of the Maine and New Hampshire coast were known as the “Piscataqua Pioneers.” Early settlements in Strawbery Bank, Portsmouth, Kittery and the Berwicks blended together before boundaries were settled between the colonies. York County, Maine was actually York County, Massachusetts, and the border below Exeter was disputed for generations. Recently, the Isles of Shoals and
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Posted by Debora Kerr on October 13, 2009 at 11:31am
I discovered that the email address I used to sign up with this service is no longer operational. I have updated with a new address. I apologize to anyone who may have tried to contact me and heard nothing back due to my not receiving the messages.
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I was recently watching “Craft in America“, PBS’s excellent series covering the major influences that play a part in each artist’s craft. The particularly episode I watched was episode V – Process, that looked at how an artist achieves the skill to become proficient. It profiled several artists about how they have learned their techniques. Artist Tom Joyce, was talking about how he has learned technique from a very old blacksmith. They showed them together, this very old man sitting in a chair w
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Posted by James Tanner on October 13, 2009 at 5:41am
You may or may not have heard of the settlement of the Google Books lawsuit, but if you have any interest in the future of books or libraries, you may wish to read about it in the Official Google Blog.For many years, Google has had an ambitious project to digitize all of the world's books. Yes, all of them. In 2005, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google challenging the project. The settlement of that lawsuit just occurred.Read moRead more…
Posted by patsy adkins on October 12, 2009 at 10:00pm
We are wanting to host a memorial service for Dawn Evan Stringer this coming Sunday after Jim Avery chat on Sunday. We are encouraging as many people who knew Dawn here on Genealogy Wise to attend it. If you cant make it just post a note on here and we will share it with the group.thank you very muchpatsyJust found her fill Obtituary online from Access NorthGa.ComDawn Elizabeth Stringer, 47Passed Away: 10/11/2009Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mrs. Dawn Elizabeth Stringe
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Posted by James Tanner on October 12, 2009 at 1:40pm
Bruce Buzbee of RootsMagic on October 12, 2009, announced an update to the popular RootsMagic 4 program. Quoting from the RootsMagic Bolg, the new, fixed and updated items are:Read more...Read more…
Posted by James Tanner on October 12, 2009 at 8:20am
The National Archives (NARA) in Washington, D.C. as well as its many branch repositories, contains only about 1% to 3% of the documents and materials "created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government." (Fortunately, I might add). See About the National Archives. Only those documents of historical or legal importance (as judged by the government itself, of course) are kept in the vast storage areas. There is no practical way to describe the variety and complexit
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I'm beginning to organize the data that I've collected over the last four years. Papers, papers, papers, and binders full of information. Beginning to to feel overwhelmed and running across the same information two or three times. Going to spend some time making sense of everything I have and find a proper home for them. I was working with too many family members at one time and will concentrate on ONE family unit at a time. That is my pledge/promise for today.
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Posted by James Tanner on October 11, 2009 at 7:41pm
Arkansas is not known for its online digital collections but the number of records in increasing regularly. Across the U.S. there is a substantial difference between the collections being digitized by the various states. There are considerably more resources online than those shown in the lists below, but most are not digitized and are indexes or transcribed lists.Read more...Read more…
In MemoryofMr Jabez Treadwellwho departed this Life22d Day of Decr1781In the 67th year of his age."Bleƒƒed are the dead which die inthe Lord that they may reƒtfrom their Labours; and theirworks do follow them."When I first applied for membership in the Mayflower Society, I had eleven different passengers to choose from for my lineage papers. The easiest route to membership was to choose Isaac Allerton, because he settled in Salem and Marblehead, and I was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. To fill
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