I have a wish to find the div of Max and Ann Gold, need help in Philly..MY helper has cancer...I tried 1939, 40 and 41 with no luck..They say Ann was crazy and they say Max was a bigamist, where is the truth?Max's nephrew is Morth Schwartz, Philly erea..if anyone know him. Son of Harry sis Florence, ma Reba Help- needed..Gayle
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In 2003 the United States Senate officially recognized October as National Family History Month, a time "to encourage family history research, education, and the sharing of knowledge."President George W. Bush, in signing a Proclamation in support of Family History Month in 2003, said, "Lessons in family lineage are often lessons in courage, endurance, and love. While tracing our roots can be challenging, the rewards can be great - affirming our pride in our history and keeping us mindful of the
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Two weeks ago we took yet another award, this one an ISES Crystal Icon Award for Best Videography. ISES is the International Society for Special Events and the Icon awards are recognized for top achievement within the special events industry.It's such an honor to win all these awards and we really appreciate the opportunity to have our work judged by our peers. It's satisfying and gives us acknowledgment that indeed we are producing some great stuff over here. But truly, our biggest reward and t
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Have been adding photos and relationship links to the Bergthal Cemetery site on Find A Grave. I thought I was done with all those and then noticed I hadn't done very many of the Bergthal ones, so am trying to do a few a day. It is slow going especially since after doing a few, the internet locks up and I have to shut down. Hopefully someone someday gets something from all these. I've only gotten a couple of comments on other cemeteries.Also there are several grave markers where only one spouse w
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Posted by James Tanner on September 11, 2009 at 9:04am
One of my remote great-grandfathers moved from Rhode Island to New York. All of the published family histories had the story but the move had never been documented or, at least, the source had never been recorded. In reading through early Rhode Island town records, I discovered the real estate tax rolls for the town where they lived. In the tax rolls, I found the family listed year after year, and then they disappeared. This event gave me source for the timing of their movement to New York, thus
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Last night while research one of my branche's discovered someone of importance in my tree. Now, he is not a close realitive, but still. Below is a story that I found about him on Ancestory.comThe Puritan leader and governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop, was born in Edwardston, Suffolk, on the 12th of January (old style) 1588, the son of Adam Winthrop of Groton Manor, and Anne (Browne) Winthrop. In December 1602 he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, but he did not graduate. The years
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Posted by Nick Roach on September 11, 2009 at 3:30am
While carrying out genealogy research you will obviously encounter a number of old photographs, some of which will have been preserved and looked after extremely well, others may not have let the years treat them so well.So how do you go about restoring these images? Well, there are a number of software packages out there to have a go yourself, the best in my opinion being Adobe Photoshop however there are a number of other titles, some of which are freeware and require no payment nor subscripti
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Posted by James Tanner on September 10, 2009 at 9:21am
Perhaps a couple of examples will illustrate the reason for my recent posts on brick walls. I have the opportunity to talk to many people every week about their genealogy and for that reason, I frequently have comments about difficulties in finding one certain individual, sometimes a direct line relative but often a collateral relation. Often, these researchers become so consumed with finding the information about the difficult individual, they spend most of their research time going over and ov
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The American Pomeroy Historic Genealogical Association (APHGA) identified an error in the pagination sequence of the microfilmed copies of the 1820 US Federal Census. These errors relate to the towns of Manlius, Cicero and Lysander in Onondaga County, New York, and were discovered while attempting to verify the location of the Spencer Pomeroy and Lucy Pomeroy households.The APHGA’s research indicated that both of these Pomeroy families should have been living in Manlius, N.Y., but both the Ances
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Posted by James Tanner on September 9, 2009 at 10:39pm
The final Stakes in the Idaho Falls Temple District are now scheduled to go live with New FamilySearch on September 14, 2009. All of the members of the St. George Temple District now have full access to the Website. This leaves only the following Temple Districts to yet have access to New FamilySearch:Read more...Read more…
Posted by James Tanner on September 9, 2009 at 7:40pm
In a recent article in the print edition of Family Tree Magazine, Lisa Louise Cooke listed six very large online collections of maps. This list got me thinking and I decided visit a few of the sites and some others besides those in the magazine. The largest collection of maps listed was that of the National Library of Australia. However, the article claims that there are 300,000 maps in the collection, but the Website states that there are " Over 7225 items from the Map Collection are now access
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Posted by Bob Mooney-Pa on September 9, 2009 at 12:18pm
You know I debated for along time if I should send away for these records and finally did. Everyone one said it'll take 6 wks to get them. I must have lucked out. I only 3 weeks I had my gr grandfathers and what a surprise it was.I have learned so much from these records.I always knew he was married afew times,but 4 times...wow.It's amazing the people who tried claiming his pension.It contains doctors reports,court documents,ex wives statements and more.If you have been putting it off or just ha
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I would like to get the Peter book reprinted for this year's reunion but that may be asking too much of myself. There is just so much information in the genealogy section that it needs to be redone. The book part is okay as is. Can I do it? Hmm.
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Posted by Kate Steere on September 9, 2009 at 4:32am
I've been working on my FIL's Tietjen line off and for the last three years. What we 'know'(right, LOL):Claus(Charles) Tietjen born circa 1856 from Germany, parents unknown, interred March 9, 1890married Meta(Martha, Mattie) Eichmann(not sure of the correct spelling) born 1854-1856, she was born in NY or Germany.and they had the following children:Martha Clara Tietjen born 1879, married twice according to 1900 census, only know of marriage to James S Cox in 1905, she dies 1913 of TB in Manhattan
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Monday Madness was rather quiet. I had no luck looking for Shirley's William Wright in NY. Nor any luck looking for her Dexter Wright. It has been quietly driving us mad.Dexter is the son of Henry and Phebe Wright whom is the son of William Wright and Orilla Wilson Wright.1880 census has Dexter Wright in Bainbridge Chenango NY age 14 born about 1866Father Henry born NY mother Phebe born NYsingle white male living at home with parents and siblings.William age 18Charles 16Dexter 14Frank 10.Two boy
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One of the most precious things my grandmother Mary Browne Kearney left behind was a special box, one she kept her entire adult life. I remember seeing it from time to time when Kearney lived with us. Typically she would have the box open on her bed, either adding items or reviewing its existing contents.It was a sad looking thing - an old, dented safety deposit box of military khaki green. A collection of dings and dents accumulated over the years had taken on a rusty hue, and the long-broken s
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Posted by James Tanner on September 8, 2009 at 8:34am
Despite the economic difficulties and their impact on various state libraries and archives, there is one very bright spot, the State of Washington. A recent blog of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, once again called my attention to this huge online resource. The main Washington State Archives Website has access to the Digital Archives site with an amazing 83,887,328 total records with 66,904,296 searchable online. The online records include the following collections,Read more...Read more…
Posted by James Tanner on September 8, 2009 at 8:03am
In two of my previous posts, I have discussed aspects of the situation commonly referred to by genealogists as hitting a "brick wall." See Records you may not even know exist and A return to the "brick wall" issue. It occurs to me that the term is really so vague as to be useless and as I pointed out, the concept of being unable to continue with research is a fallacy. If there are no more records, then that is not a brick wall situation, it is an end of the line. To illustrate my point about the
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Posted by James Tanner on September 7, 2009 at 12:14pm
In one of my last posts, I gave the opinion that most of the so-called "brick wall" claims in genealogical research were mostly fallacious. Of course, I immediately received contrary opinions. For that reason, I believe the discussion of the issue should be expanded. Genealogical research is not entirely open ended. As with all historical research, there are finite limits to the amount of information available in any given locality or time period. It is evident that in the current era, the amoun
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