Going to a Burtoft Reunion in FL next weekend. I'm excited to meet cousins I didn't know I had.I feel that I have to have all the genealogoy that I have all put together and organized before I go. What should I take?
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Lots of folks tend to be misinformed about LDS genealogy resources. Many changes have been going on in the past few years, which have included major revamping of the LDS genealogy website www.FamilySearch.org. I’d like to just mention a few of the resources available from the website that I feel are of real importance to genealogical researchers - and even better than Ancestry.com (because they’re free!)From the website’s main page, you can still download a free genealogy organization program fo
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One aspect of my life that sometimes makes me sad is that I didn't know either set of grandparents very well. My paternal grandparents were both born and raised in a small New York town. They moved out to California after all three of their children had settled here. They moved to a small farm in Paradise and then when they could no longer keep up with the farm, they moved to Chico where they both died. My paternal grandmother died 24 Apr 1990, a day shy of her birthday. I was in seventh grade.
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As some of you know, one of my major genealogy goals is to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). A few weeks ago I requested a Patriot Lookup for my ancestor Martin Graves, to see if he was already a recognized patriot. Within days I had received an email stating that Martin Graves had indeed been recognized by the DAR. A few weeks ago I faxed off the request for a copy of the original application. After weeks of waiting for a copy of the application, checking the ma
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My parents were both natives of Oakland, Alameda County, California. My Grandparents all met up in Oakland, but came from disparate roots.My Dad's parents were Jean Lassalle and Anna Madeleine Mazeres.Jean was born in 1888 in Ogeu les bains, France. He came to America to avoid conscription in France. He arrived at Ellis Island 9 Apr 1907 on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. He was going to San Francisco, California to see his cousin, R. Leclerge. I've yet to figure out who that is.Anna was born in
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Just to let Genealogywise users know that my "how-to" column "Casefile Clues" is now housed on my own site www.casefileclues.com. It's a weekly column that typically discusses one record or family and analyzes it for clues, meanings, and suggested further research. "Casefile Clues" is not about new websites, new books, or "getting the latest scoop." It's about research. The website has more information. Thanks. MichaelIf someone knows how to perform a global search of what's on genealogywise, pl
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I have been Irish Genealogy blogging forwww.Irishroots.com since 2006, and as oftoday, have been named Irish Roots OpinionBlogger at www.IrishCentral.comShould be able to reach a lot ofnew Irish families there ! Irishcentral isa very large site, covering all aspects ofIrish news. I am starting with a series onthose just beginning to discover Irish Roots.Hopefully some of these folks will find thereway to GenealogyWise, I will be sure to letthem know.The first entry is on starting the searchat Ir
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Brigham Young University is working on a new website (currently in Beta) called Historic Journals (http://journals.byu.edu) where historic journals are being digitized and posted online. If you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and have registered for the New FamilySearch program, you can sign in to the website, and automatically, your pedigree chart from NewFamilySearch is compared to the names that have been identified in the journals, and if there are any matche
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Okay, so I must admit that I do not use any genealogy software right now. I once had Family Tree Maker around 2004 but when my computer crashed and I lost all of the data (thankfully I had backed up everything with paper due to me being very paranoid) I just couldn't find the time to retype everything. It just sounded like such a pain in the butt.So, because of this, genealogy software is one of those areas of genealogy I am quite uninformed about. Many of you are experts and some are novices or
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As A child growing up and being the first grandson I was always told by my grandfather that "I was the most important Sheaffer" as it was up to me to carry the name on, and until I was 16 I was the only grandson. My grandfather always said he had no other Sheaffer cousins or at least those with the name Sheaffer. This stuck with me throughout my childhood often wondering what happened to all these other Sheaffer's. At around 13 I had a school project on family history, this was exciting to me as
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The Boyd Farm in Londonderry, now Rolling Meadows Town HousesA few years, ago two portraits were donated by a descendant to the Londonderry Leach Library, and their story was printed up in the Derry News. They were primitive style paintings of Robert W. Boyd and his wife, Mary Lund Towne painted by the itinerant portrait painter Horace Bundy in 1851. In the days before photography it was common to hire these roaming self taught artists to capture the family on canvas. Robert Boyd died only one m
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Well after a basically a week as a member to this site I think I have it figured out. It's been a exciting week too. Meeting people in chat has turned out to be great. I now have info on 2 different people that I didn't have plus some great sites for furture use.The groups are good too. Hopefully I will be able to provide help as well as get help.I highly recommend joining the scheduled chats they are very informative.
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The letter in my last post indicated that my grandma had moved back in with her dad at the age of 18 in June of 1927. On October 10 of that year she was married to the son of a Baptist Preacher who lived next door to her foster parents. His name was Richard Lemmy Meherg. I was able to find them in Fayette County, Alabama in the 1930 US Census. Finding anything in the census is a lot of work. There are usually indexes, but they often have spelling mistakes due to the poor quality of the microfilm
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Just wanted to stop by and say hello. I am new to Genealogy Wise, but not to the Genealogy world. While I do not consider my self and expert, I have been very succeful in locating many lost ancestors through persistance. I have learned that when you hit a brick wall it helps to walk away from that particular line and concentrate on another branch and then come back later. Never leave a rock or branch unexplored. You never know what you might find in the smallest of information pieces.I have seve
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