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What are the odds....a sibling decided to move to another state, a small town surrounded by mountains.  A few years later, my mother decided to join him.  Neither sibling or parent had ever been interested in their family history, until I filled them in that they had moved to the same small town that my mothers 3rd great grandfather and family were buried.  They thought I was kidding and asked me to prove it.

On a recent trip to visit them, I took my mother to the small church and cemetery wher

This week an article about the process of immortalizing one’s memories made it to a special Retirement section in the New York Times. My company, Legacy Multimedia, was prominently featured along with other projects and organizations that focus on the preservation of physical mementos and recording of memoirs.

For me, this is incredible validation of the work I do. The excitement I feel working with each new client, discovering who they are, what impact they have made with their lives, and then h

The UGA South Davis Family History Fair is April 19th & 20th

Looking for a low cost education opportunity with nationally known speakers?  Then plan on coming to the UGA South Davis Family History Fair on April 19-20 at the Woods Cross High School in Woods Cross Utah.  Register today at ugagenealogy.org. 

 

The keynote speaker for Friday evening's session will be DENISE MAY LEVENICK, "The Family Curator", speaker and author of  "How to Archive Family Keepsakes: Learn How to Preserve Family Photos,

Anticipation making my heart beat faster, eagerly I opened the envelope. Opening the first paper, I read my great-grandfather's Declaration to become a Naturalized Citizen of the United States.  The feelings I had were almost overwhelming. a mixture of elation, relief and satisfaction as I realized I had finally broken through the impasse and yet another piece of my family's history was now complete. After sixteen years of searching, I had his marriage record, census records, newspaper articles,

The last speaking engagement on Lisa B Lee's website, gotgenealogy.com, was Sept 2012, and the latest newsletter posted was Feb 2012.  She was supposed to speak at the Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society in Feb 2013, but didn't show.  Is she okay?

                                                                                                          Enhanced photo of James Clark, Mary Cashman, Julia Cashman and Tom Keneavy

                                                                                                                       (1895)

 I couldn’t believe I overlooked a useful tool that was right at my fingertips. E.A.B.

Several years a

Looking for any information on a John T. Newhouse born in Tennesee ?   married to a Alice Hendrix (morris county, TX.) and lived in Grayson County Texas (Sherman) I have no information on  John Newhouse family or when he came to Texas or where he first settled.

Children of John and Alice were: Garfield, Andrew, Dothula, Hattie, Georgia, Richard, Jephie (Zephie), Lucinda, Orlivia, Beatrice and John Thomas Newhouse.

Olivia (Monk) married: Tom Lindsey (had one child  Muriel or Marion)

Beatrice (Monni

Contact: Erin Shifflett

Phone: 703-525-0050 Ext. 112

eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org

For Release: 11 March 2013

Early Bird Registration Discount Ends Soon  2013 Family History Conference 

Las Vegas, Nevada, 8–11 May 2013

Building New Bridges

ARLINGTON, VA, 11 March 2013: The NGS 2013 Family History Conference will be held 8–11 May 2013 at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (LVH), Las Vegas, Nevada. Register for the conference today! The early bird registration discount ends on

“Journey through Generations” – A Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists

March 8, 2013 – Austin, TX. Online registration is now open for the 2013 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, scheduled for 21-24 August 2013 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Register at http://www.fgsconference.org by 1 July 2013 for an early-bird discount. This year’s conference theme is “Journey through Generations,” and the local hosts are the Allen County Public Library (ACPL) and the Allen County Genealogical S

MARRIAGE RECORDS

1850-1920

Sweet Owen County

http://www.sweetowen.net/1850do5.htm
http://www.sweetowen.net/1850co4.htm
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Defore Syrena Samuel Taylor Feb 21 1859 29 505
Defore William Jane Scott Oct 10 1875 30 477
Defore Willia D Mary E Wall Dec 10 1885 32 142
Delap Matilda C John D Prindle Mar 16 1852 27 279
Delay Martetia Thomas Loposse Feb 20 1868 29 424
Dell Isaac Lydia Sommers Sept 4 1859 28 382
De

Cemetery Research & Famliy

Presbyterian Cemetery

Ellettsville, Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana

William D. & Helen D. (Reynalds )Wampler

Parents of Carolyn & Vera (Robert D.) Parrish

Those residing in Chambersville Cemetery

Rebecca Lynn Cassel (1961 - 1978)

Amanda Caroline (Parrish)Cassel (1930 - 2012)

Ronald Miller Parrish (1907 - 1984)

Zelma Florence (Edwards) Parrish (1908 - 1998)

Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Parrish (1890 - 1929)

John William Miller (1858 - 1938)

Evaline (Allen) Miller (1866 - 1944)

Children of Ronald Miller Parrish & Zelma Florence Edwards:

William Albert Parrish

Birth 24 Apr 1928 in Owen County, Indiana, USA

Parents: Ronald Miller Parrish & Zelma Florence Edwards

William married: Dorothy Jean Scott on 22 Apr 1955 in Owen, Indiana, USA

Dorothy Jean Scott

Birth 25 Dec 1934 in Monroe County, Indiana, USA

Parents: Paul Scott & Lola Stewart

Robert Dewayne Parrish

Birth 22 Jun 1931 in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, USA

Robert married:

m1.Vera Glodyne Wampler on 10 Sep 1954 in Owen, Indian

 Consider removing your SOURCE CITATIONS when you share. Withholding source citations is one strategy for publicly sharing your research to encourage others to contact you without giving away all of your own hard work. Genealogical research with names, dates, places and relationships becomes a mere finding aid if it is published without source citations. Be sure to label your work as "without sources" or "sources available upon request" so that other researchers will recognize that you've intent

I have talked a lot on my blog and on Facebook about how the digital world has changed our relationship and concept of memoir. With each national disaster, we turn to Facebook, Twitter and other online websites to find out what happened, then understand the impact and finally to share our upsets and grief. We mourn publicly in a way we couldn’t have imagined only 10 years ago.

Grief in a Digital Age

Jessica’s Story

For Jessica Ghawi’s friends and family, their digital grieving began on the 20th of

400 Years of Baptism, Marriage, and Burial History Published Online

Findmypast.com just added millions of new parish registers to its Westminster Collection. Family historians can now search for London ancestors on transcripts and scanned images of these parish records  from the city of Westminster that date back more than 400 years.

The Westminster Parish records cover the period 1538-1945 and come from more than 50 Westminster churches, including St. Anne, Soho, St. Clement Danes, St. George