The following link is in regards to a statement made today about Burr Oaks Cemetary in Chicago, Ill - famous resting place to several famous african-americans, including Emmett Louis Till. Apparently, for four years now, the cemetary workers have been digging up graves, cutting up the bodies, and dumping the parts into a massive open grave in the deepest backends of the cemetary land. How could anyone desecrate a grave that way?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT
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Since I was a little kid I would always ask my grandmother about her family and how things were "in the old days" She told me so much information but I was a kid and cannot remember everything she told me. So, a few years ago I decided that I would try and find out some more information for myself. WOW, who knew there was so much information out there. You can get information about family and places from everywhere; internet, family, library, newspapers.I have boxes and boxes and notebooks at my
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Mailing lists can be a terrific way of gathering information and sharing stories with others. Mailing lists allow you to keep up to date with advancements in a field, events, and education. Sometimes though, someone or a group of people on the mailing list begin souring the list with drama. Some people just thrive on conflict. A fact that is difficult to escape in life, but one that is controllable, especially on a mailing list.Recently, a professional list for genealogy dealt with conflict amon
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Wow - I went looking for a marriage certificate I had received from the state of Michigan, and haven't found it yet. I've read occasionally about "the box" - I have "the drawer". It's the top drawer of my little file cabinet (the bottom is full of financial records, medical stuff for me and my pet, etc.). I have been just dumping everything in there for about a year now. It's definitely time to go through it and get it organized.I started looking through the papers and found things I'd forgotten
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Originally posted at http://thechartchick.blogspot.com/2009/07/generation-maps-social-networking.htmlIt has been fascinating tonight to watch a new genealogy social networking site get started. I signed up for Genealogywise.com late this afternoon, and in just a few hours, I had dozens of friends and dozens of fans on the Generation Maps group. We'd love to have you join us. It will be interesting to see where this site goes and how it develops.I've loved all the fun we have had on facebook over
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I am mapping out my fathers family. I am stuck @ my grandparents... Does anyone have info on the Larue's or Burke's from Oklahoma? They (my grandparents) eventually ended up in southern California.Thanks for any info you may have!!
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Everyone has a story of when they were bit by the genealogy bug and their entire lives were transformed to trying to get as much information as possible about their family. This blog will share mine. I will also post this as a discussion forum to hear others stories.My paternal grandfather died when I was 16 years old on December 17, 1993. I was a junior in high school. Both sets of my grandparents lived two hours from my house in different directions, so I was never close with any of them. My f
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Less than 5% of the research materials available to you is on the net. Further, stumbling blindly around the net and wasting time with folks who likely know less than you do, or playing with most pay-for-genealogy websites, is akin to shooting at the woods from the back door hoping to bag a squirrel for breakfast; slim chance, indeed. However by venturing into the woods where squirrels more likely will be found, your chances of coming home with something to eat are much greater than trying from
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There is no better tip for all good genealogists to take to heart than to remember first and foremost to document each and every source whether it be written, spoken, e-mailed or heard. This is important not only for others with whom one might share information who may wish to corroborate their own findings. Source documentation is also important especially when old parroquial church books and other documents already in a state of detrioration continue to be assaulted by heat, book weevils and t
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Another group of links sent to the Candyman list onJuly 3, 2009.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Candyman/Repeat. Bedford County, PennsylvaniaMother Bedford: The Pennsylvania Frontier of the 1700shttp://www.motherbedford.com/Brief biographies; genealogiesSearch : A - GeneaStarhttp://www.geneastar.org/liste.php3?lettre=AAncestries reported in the U.S. 2000 censushttp://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdfAdams County, Pennsylvania obituary database (100 sampleobits)http://www.adamslibrary.org/
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There has always been a story told over and over again by my mother and grandmother. I doubt it was told to us as a warning regarding the dangers of playing near railroad tracks - we never lived near railroad tracks. I think perhaps it was probably one of the most devastating family events, so it was a story that was retold over and over to preserve the memory of this little boy as best as possible?Oddly enough, before I began researching my family history, this story always went that "Grandma P
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This was sent to the Candyman Genealogy List on July 3, 2009http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Candyman/I try to send in ten links per day. You have to be a member tosee the posts, but you can go no-mail and still fish through thearchives.Linda BeeSearch EngineWolfram|Alphares://C:\WINNT\system32\shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm#http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/12/future.search.engine/index.htmlNew services promise online life after death - CNN.comhttp://www.legacylocker.com/Unclaimed propertyIndiana Unclaime
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Looking to share information on families from Pollard, Jessamine Co., Ky. I have a large data base which connects many of the Jessamine Co., Ky families. Would like to exchange info with any one else interested in Jessamine Co. and surrounding Ky counties.
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NBC News reported this afternoon that employees at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, IL have been digging up graves and reselling the plots. They stated that there was an area blocked off that they believe have the remains from the graves, plus the tombstones, all piled up. According to the NBS reporters, the owners of the cemetery tipped the police off to what was going on.When will our loved ones be safe. Cemeteries are moved, family is not notified. Now the employees seem to think it is alright to
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I remember when I first started doing Genealogy....there was so much information and what do you do with it all...DO NOT be discouraged....go slow one person at a time.... get each person done as thoroughly as you can, Full name if possible, if they have a nick name, put that in "quote marks" IF they do not have a middle name put NMN (no middle name) If you are unsure of something put it in pencil so you can erase it when you find out for sure.If you are doing your family tree online, on a progr
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For years, this picture had haunted my father. Two of the figures he knew quite well, one was his aunt, the sparkling and witty Fanny as a teenager standing next to her mother, his grandmother, but the other two were total strangers. The only clue we had was the phrase written on the back of the picture in his father's handwriting that simply stated, "Mom and Aunt Sara". He'd discovered the photos while cleaning out my grandmother's apartment after she had a stroke, long after his father had pas
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Hi everyone,I was never a part of Facebook (althought I've seen a little of my kids' pages) so I'm trying to figure out how this works. I'm really hoping this doesn't become something that I become so wrapped up in that I never have time for research! Looking forward to meeting lots of new friends!
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I have family that moved over from Wales to Kentucky. Without knowing many dates, how does one find out where they came from originally? I have been looking for answers for a few years now, and no one in the family is able to find out or remember anything.
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Researching your family tree can be a rewarding experience, not just for you, but also for other living members of your family and those members yet to be born. The first step in preparing to research your family tree is to write down all the information about your family that you know. Include names, birth, marriage, divorce, and death dates and locations. Occupations, residences, schools attended, medical information, and anything else you find pertinent to your family tree should also be incl
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