Are you fastened in? Ready for a Blast OFF? A month of learning and sharing and caring.
1 October was Workshop meeting and Board Meeting
2 October was locating items for the workshop in Lemon Grove mid month.
3 October completion of items for Workshop for
4 October Come one and all to the Bonita-Sunnyside Library IT is FREE
Learn fun things for Family History making events in your own home with all ages of family from the very young to the oldest.
Bonita-Sunnyside Library 10 to 4 pm nex
looking for info on carpenter family in roane county wv in 1700's
2014 is the 170th. Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Police.
The Governor of Hong Kong wanted experienced men and 3 officers from the East End of London were recruited from the Metropolitan Police in 1844. Their story - plus other 19th. century Hong Kong Police vignettes - will be told at a FREE talk "From British Bobby to Hong Kong Copper" at The National Archives (TNA), Kew at 2pm on Thursday 18th. September 2014
If you are interested in Hong Kong Police History
If you are inter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2014
Contact: Eowyn Langholf, gfrcousincoordinator@gmail.com
GLOBAL FAMILY REUNION SEEKS GENEALOGISTS TO “CONNECT FOR THE CURE”
The Global Family Reunion in June 2015 is expected to be the biggest, most inclusive celebration of family connections in history. It’s also more than that: It’s about fighting Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s about connecting to find a cure!
In honor of World Alzheimer’s Month, September, the Global Family Reunion is “going purple” by an
Block this date for a day of fun and learning.
It won't even seem like learning. A great interactive day has been planned.
Attendees will learn how to have fun, learn and not cost a large amount of money.
4 October 10 AM to 4 PM
Bonita-Sunnyside Library, Bonita, CA
Topics are:
Creating a Family Heirloom, come learn how simple this is.
Sharing Stories, just as simple, it is amazing
Captioning Family Photos, a fun family or society event.
Desi
Starting Sept. 30, 2014, Genealogy.com will be making a big change. GenForum message boards, Family Tree Maker homepages, and the most popular articles will be preserved in a read-only format, while several other features will no longer be available, including member subscriptions and the Shop.
I, for one, will be missing the closure of the forums, to which i have contributed over several years, both posing questions and providing responses.
I guess they were not providing a big enough income stre
ARLINGTON, VA, 26 AUGUST 2014: The National Genealogical Society announces the
release of Genealogy and the Law: A Guide to Legal Sources for the Family Historian by Kay
Haviland Freilich, CGSM, CGLSM, FNGS and William B. Freilich, Esq. Genealogy and the Law guides
readers through the variety of legal sources that genealogists need in order to explain many of
the events that occurred in their ancestors’ lives. Land ownership, estate administration, and
taxation are a few of the many aspects of l
Annual population statistics were provided in Hong Kong throughout the 19th. and early 20th. century. Unfortunately, these do not provide the detailed information sought by today's genealogists.
However, the 1911 UK census will help identify a large number of Europeans who were in Hong Kong at this time. Head on over to my Hong Kong Family History Blog for more information.
Looking for father of Richard Turner was born Abt 1662 in Lands End, Cornwallshire County, England, and died Bef 8 Oct 1742 in Caroline County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth. She was born Abt 1662. NOTE: Should be Corwall England.
Do not give up hope if you ancestors were born in Hong Kong. Certificates are available although there are gaps in the records due to losses in the second world war. This link will give you further details: HK Birth, Marriage, Death certificates
2014 FGS CONFERENCE ONLINE REGISTRATION ENDS AUGUST 19
“Gone to Texas” – A Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists
August 15, 2014 – Austin, TX. Online registration for the 2014 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference, scheduled 27-30 August 2014 in San Antonio, Texas, ends Tuesday, August 19. Register at http://www.fgsconference.org/registration. This year’s conference theme is “Gone to Texas,” and the local hosts are the San Antonio Genealogical and Histor
Methods to help you have the results you seek
!. Record Keeping is Critical
2. Timeline is a boost for research
3. Know your Census’s Difference
4. Go back where you were and recheck for new data, especially FamilySearch.org.
5. Do not waste steps : > )
Do you wonder what that statement means?
Susi Pentico will be giving a talk on the tips and tricks of a successful trip for research. There are some key things one must to before leaving and preferably about 4 or so months before or even a year before. So when you arrive they are familiar with you. Come to the Bonita-Sunnyside Library 12 to 3 pm Saturday 2 August and learn more.
It is free.
This photo is of my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Szilagyi Bertalan and on the far left is my great-grandfather (Emery Bertalan). The man next to him I now believe to be his brother Louis Bertalan. The very tall young man in the rear and the girl in front of him are probably his (Louis') children. The young boy in the front and the two younger girls are my great-grandfather's children from his second marriage...my grandfather's half-siblings.
On the back of this photo it says "The church where Lajos and others are." We aren't sure who Lajos or the others are and we don't know where this is located either.
UPDATE: June 10, 2014
After viewing this picture some very kind soul did some research and found this Brooks House was the Brooks Settlement House in Hammond, Indiana. I did a quick search and found a Lajos Peto in Hammond. This may be my great-grandfather's brother! :)http://opheliasteencenter.com/#/brooks-house/4555286729
UPDATE
Both of my parents lived somewhat east of Pittsburgh. My mother's g-grandfather was John Henry Uhlenberg, who was born in 1822 in Hanover, and sailed from Bremen, arriving in Baltimore on 25 May 1840. He indicated his place of origin was Venne, Germany, but he was the only person of that name on that voyage, so I'm not sure that I would find any information about him in Udo Thoerner's Venne book. Mr. Euhlenberg had at least one daughter, Mary Eva, who was born in Wexford PA in 1847. One of Mar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2014
July 22, 2014 – Chicago, Illinois. Jennifer Holik announces the release of two of her latest books. The Tiger’s Widow the second book in the Stories of the Lost series. And, Stories from the Battlefield: A Beginning Guide to World War II Research.
The Tiger's Widow Synopsis:
Love knows no boundaries of time and space or life and death. It exists forever in our hearts as we remember and honor those who have gone before us. Through those memories we pass life lesso
Found this book at Barnes & Nobles. It is called 4,000 Years of Uppity Women.
It is by Vicki Leon.
Talk about a genealogical adventure in many early lines of the past, it will curl your hair, tickle your funny bone and leave you amazed.
If one has early Turkish, Mesopotamian, Mid East back ground you might want to sneak a peak at it.
Having a glimmer of one of these lines I thought it might be interesting. That was an understatement.
In ways it reminds me of when the Numismatic person c
