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Samuel Kerr - for brandy

Posted by Renee Kerr on July 20, 2009 at 2:06pm

Register Report for Samuel Deckert KerrGeneration 11. Samuel Deckert Kerr-1. He was born Mar 1857 in Pennsylvania[1]. He died Bef. 1920 in Pennsylvania.Notes for Samuel Deckert Kerr: General Notes:1900 Census - West Mahoning, Indian Co., Pa - Dwelling 88 Family 96 (age 43) Occupation: Farmer Married: 22 yrs Children: 8 Still Liv: 81910 Census - S Mahoning, Indiana Co., Pa - Dwelling 18 Family 18 (age 53) Occupation: Farmer Married: 31 years Child: 9 Still Liv: 9Martha Ellen Ayers. She was born M

Hi Everyone!

Posted by Suzanne Pratt on July 20, 2009 at 2:06pm

I am researching the Huntsville, Alabama Drake family. The line I am researching is descended from Captain John Drake, who fought in the Revolutionary War and then migrated to Alabama. I would like to correspond from members of John Drake's family.

Russell County, Kentucky

Posted by Shy Genealogist on July 20, 2009 at 10:52am

I'll be heading to Russell County, Kentucky in about 3 weeks for a short family vacation/research trip. Trying to make a plan for the best use of my time. Can't spend entire days anywhere and will basically be there for a 3 day week-end. Wish I was more familiar with the area...

Ellis Island

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 20, 2009 at 9:30am

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. is an incredible resource for genealogists who have ancestors who immigrated to America through Ellis Island. The Foundation’s website in particular is an incredible resource for genealogists. http://www.ellisisland.org/At the above website, you can search the Ellis Island/Port of New York records for your ancestors. No payment is required to search these records. The website also offers in-depth information on the history of Ellis Island and o

Early Founders Marker - Calvary Cemetery

Posted by P. Davidson-Peters on July 20, 2009 at 7:00am

For those unaware, my last entry on the Early St. Louis website noted that a memorial marker was placed at Calvary cemetery on June 20th to honor the Early Founders of St. Louis.Connie Nisinger, who has done a great deal of photographing headstones in Bellefontaine and Calvary, kindly sent me photos of the new monument.I took the names inscribed on the headstone photo, and extracted information from Frederic L. Billon's book to include the information of those persons. Some of which are: Bequet,

How to create a Family Tree on MyHeritage

Posted by Daniel Horowitz on July 20, 2009 at 6:30am

When you sign up for MyHeritage, you are given the possibility to create an online Family Tree right away. Alternatively you can start your Family Tree with a GEDCOM file, either directly at sign up or at any time afterwards. Alternatively, if you are using our Family Tree Builder software, you can publish the tree(s) you created there to the Family Site of your choice. Note that tree's that you publish from Family Tree Builder cannot be altered online, but all the changes you do in the software

Best of the Genea-Blogs - July 12-18, 2009

Posted by Randy Seaver on July 19, 2009 at 10:17pm

Regular readers of my Genea-Musings blog know that I usually publish, on each Sunday, a list of what I consider the "best" genealogy blog posts for the previous week.This week's post is at http://www.geneamusings.com/2009/07/best-of-genea-blogs-july-12-18-2009.html.There were three Carnivals this week. These are collections of bnlog posts on a certain topic submitted by bloggers. They are fun to participate in - all you have to do is write a blog post on the selected topic and submit it to the C

Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113

Posted by Leilani K Cummings on July 19, 2009 at 7:30pm

I thought someone here at GenealogyWise would be interested in this story too.One of my passions is remembering and honoring those who have sacrificed so much, so that we can enjoy freedom. An article caught my eye yesterday morning, so I thought I'd share it. From the BBC News, "Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113, his care home has said.If interested in reading the rest of the story...My Blog

Book: Sephardic Genealogy's new edition

Posted by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 6:00pm

Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog

Here's excellent news for Sephardic researchers!Jeff Malka contacted me some time ago about the upcoming expanded and completely updated second edition of his award-winning book, "Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their World" (Avotaynu).The 2002 edition received the Association of Jewish Libraries "Best Judaica Reference Book." The original book is the most referenced Sephardic genealogy book in my library, along with Pere

Family Tree Connection - Update (19/Jul/2009)

Posted by Illya Daddezio on July 19, 2009 at 5:44pm

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1913 Catalogue - Bulletin of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and Alumni Report, Vol. VI, No. 2, May, 1913, Catalogue Number. Published Bi-monthly by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 145 North Tenth Street, Philadelphia.

Franklin and Marshall College 1878-1879 Catalogue - Annual Catalogue of Franklin and Marshall College, and the Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA. 1878-1879.

Book: An Ashkenazi given name handbook

Posted by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 5:30pm

Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy blog

Avotaynu has announced the publication of Alexander Beider's "Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants."This softcover book is the dictionary section of his previously published and massive volume, "Dictionary of Ashkenazi Given Names." It does not contain Beider's 300-page introductory section - his doctoral thesis for the Department of History at the Sorbonne (Paris).Included is the description of each name's origin and evolution, demo

Who Am I?

Posted by Cindy Neely on July 19, 2009 at 5:12pm

Sounds like a stupid question to some people, but for years I wondered about the people in my past who made me the person I am today. Of course certain events and things in life will make you and mold you into who you are, but I need to know about my ancestors. Who were they? Where did they live? What did they do? What did they look like? Do I look like any of them? Do I get my kind heart from one of them or my temperament from someone else? I started researching my family tree about 15 years ag

this is my first post

Posted by Trish Blassingame on July 19, 2009 at 1:45pm

and it really is a test.

Respecting the Privacy of Living Family Members...

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 19, 2009 at 1:43pm

One of the first things I learned in my genealogy courses regarded the ethics of displaying information of living relatives. When a genealogist publishes his or her family's pedigree charts or family history, understanding proper etiquette of displaying living relatives information is imperative. If you happen to publish the birth dates of your aunt and she gets upset with you, she may not want to help you with your genelaogy anymore. Publishing information that helps to identify living relative

FAQs

Posted by Elaine L. Fisher on July 19, 2009 at 11:11am

Is there anything like answers to FAQs for participating in groups?Thanks for the help.

Treasures on the World Wide Web

Posted by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 19, 2009 at 11:08am

While doing research on the branches of my family tree, sometimes I come across a little bit of
"treasure". Not a real treasure, but some interesting information or sometimes even a picture.
Recently I was doing some searching on a Klaas Jansen Heixan (my mothers great - great- great - great - great -great grandfather) and came upon the following
This particular branch of the family tree were Silversmiths.
Klaas Jansen Heixan was born on August 11, 1678 in Dokkum, Friesland, and like his father also

Saturday Night Genealogical Fun

Posted by William Bruce Hillman on July 19, 2009 at 8:13am

While reading through Randy Seaver’s blog “Genea-Musings” I decided that I would try the Saturday Night Genealogical Fun challenge and google myself. A little ego boosting here.Well what a novel experience. My face book page appears- no surprise there. Also my blog posts on Genealogy Wise - that was quick. Posts from my own blog “The Hillman’s of Elgin County”- again no big surprise.Googling William Bruce Hillman comes up with 56,600 matches while googling just William Hillman results in 14.800.

A Visit to Pier 21

Posted by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 18, 2009 at 7:00pm

We recently traveled to Halifax, Nova Scotia and visited Pier 21 - Canada"s Immigration Museum.Between 1928 and 1971 1.5 million immigrants - war brides, displaced people, evacuee children and Canadian military personnel who passed through Pier 21 , among them my father in law on his first visit to Canada in the early 50's. pier 21 2

For those that consider visiting pier 21, I would highly suggest the guided tour. It is very informative and it takes you through all the stages that the immigrants to Canada

talkingroots: Memories too precious to lose

Posted by Deason Hunt on July 18, 2009 at 5:57pm

Following a recent local genealogical society meeting, I was thinking about what is lost forever when a person dies. I feel fine, but I wanted to get down some things of which I am likely the last keeper. Otherwise, when I go, they go.The first was a memory of my Dad and namesake, Deason Hunt. As we walked among the tombstones of Hunt Cemetery in eastern Rusk County, Texas, he was telling some of his memories. At the stone of his Aunt Lou Vicey Hunt Ables (1846-1922), Dad recalled her funeral. H

Saturday Fun...

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 18, 2009 at 4:29pm

This summer I took an online course through one of the local community colleges called "Teaching Online." For the course I had to create some content for my "students." My course was a basic genealogy course and the below is what I created just for fun:I created this to make you aware of the tribulations and consequences of being addicted to genealogy. Enjoy!You know your obsessed with genealogy when...1. You have dreams that your great great great grandparents are telling you about their lives

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Samuel Kerr - for brandy

Hi Everyone!

Russell County, Kentucky

Ellis Island

Early Founders Marker - Calvary Cemetery

How to create a Family Tree on MyHeritage

Best of the Genea-Blogs - July 12-18, 2009

Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113

Book: Sephardic Genealogy's new edition

Family Tree Connection - Update (19/Jul/2009)

Book: An Ashkenazi given name handbook

Who Am I?

this is my first post

Respecting the Privacy of Living Family Members...

FAQs

Treasures on the World Wide Web

Saturday Night Genealogical Fun

A Visit to Pier 21

talkingroots: Memories too precious to lose

Saturday Fun...

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