Sorry I hadn't replied to the January 2011 post; notification must have come in while I was out of state burying Mom.
As to Mr. Sheldon, yes, I have concluded Johnson Dobkins has to belong to Evan & Margaret-his first name is a dead giveaway, at any rate. Plus the fact that no one else claims him. We have the same problem with Eleanor Dobkins that married William Brickey-no one claims her; and it is my theory that she and Thomas Dobkins who married Mary Compton Brickey McAdams also belong to E
Give us our freedom.
I had DNA testing through 23andMe and my roots were traced back to Yoruba. I believe my ancestrors were sent to Barbados and later to the states. The earliest grandmother I can trace to went by the surname GIST from Union SC. Can anyone help me or give me suggestions on how I can trace my roots?
Part 1 – Overview (This will be part 1 of a 5 part series)
Okay, admit it. What do you normally think when someone announces, “It’s time to show Home Movies”? You mentally roll your eyes while giving them a blank stare or at best, a forced smile don’t you? That’s because most home movies are dreadfully boring affairs with no audience appeal outside the immediate family. The joy of these events is often lost in the transition from live experiences to the screen. Well, it doesn’t have to be that wa
Saturday Review Society Saturday and Surnames Saturday Combined
Virginia, and ten others from our society went to the SDGS meeting in Mission Valley, CA.
We listend to Dr. Thomas Jones talk about Research and Methodology.
He eloquently stated much of what I do and learned for everyone to understand the term: "Leave No Rock Unturned",
means exactly that. {My term, not his} He showed this in charts and graphs and words and census and land records
and general information. He did a great
Wednesday a Day of Wisdom, Maybe
Today is Genealogy Round Table, researching for the Brick Wall's in our Genealogy.
I am going to bring up two names again if they have the time. Madison/Mattison
Over on one of my other blogs I posted the two tips for the day.
I am looking for anyone that is related to the McDermotts, of Neligh or Elgin Neb. They were the greatgrand parents of my late husband.
I do not know their first names, I have a picture of a couple,that I am hopeing to be his great grandparents, the man is over 6 ft. which is coinsidisng with what my late husband told me about his great grand father, Mr McDermott had a printing press in town,he was the father to Eudora Plank, my husbands grandmother.. I would like to have this information for my
i am looking for any krawczyk sirname originally from southern region of Poland, specifically the Krakow area.
Bloggers Topics and Comments That Moved Me this Week.
For me, an interesting week has passed. I just blogged over on my other site about the communities doings of this last week.
But I want to share my thoughts on some of the outlying data that reached out to my mind. I think they carry more weight than all the judging contests ever could.
I loved when someone said, " Why do you do Genealogy?" " Why would you recommend someone to do Genealogy?",
"What makes Genealogy Important to you or your famil
Hi , I am looking for any and all informationfor Pearl L Goodell of North Shade, Gratiot MI.,
born in the1800's. Pearl was married to a Benjamin H. Parrish and they had five sons. Lived in the
Muskegon area which now is considered a township. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Tracy Parrish
Hello,
Hoping someone can help me as I am terribly stuck.
My GGGG grandparent were Charles Sheppard and Elizabeth Mary Grubb.
The only ones I have been able to find is a Charles and Elizabeth Mary that married in East Wickham 28 May 1826. I don't know his parents, her's to my knowledge is a James Grubb and a Sarah Charnock.
My problem is the first born son was born in Bethnal Green, 24 Oct. 1822, why would they marry 4 years after his birth? Plus this would have made Elizabeth Mary only about 14 y
Here it is January 4, 2012, and I'm blogging about my new years resolutions. That might seem late and may even seem strange, since one of my resolutions is to end procrastination. Please bear with me as I explain the reasons.
Resolution Concepts
1. Do less.
2. Do more.
3. Do nothing.
4. Do it now.
5. Do for others.
6. Do for myself.
7. Do it in order.
8. Do the math.
These are the key concepts. Now let me explain in detail.
1. The concept here is that I take on too many task at
I trying to find out more information on my grandmother's side of the family. Klein's, lived in Sayerville Long Island in the late 1880's. My great grandfather was born in Germany and moved to America around 1867.
Around 1920 they moved to Norwalk Connecticut. I found some family in Connecticut and I know there are more. It's the married names that changes a lot of things and makes it harder to find.
Thanks,
Deb Myers
Anyone with any detail large or small on our family name would be so much appreciated. There are many variants of the name, Clinenboomer, Clinkenbroomer or ..vroomer, Clink, Klangenbaumer. So you see our difficulties. Thanks for anything you can add to our sketchy history.
So many people will go to ancestry or another site and say OH look I found my entire tree already done for me. whats the fun in that?
I have had many people say that they copied info from another tree just to find out later it was wrong. You cannot write a family history by copying someone elses. You miss out on all the fun and the thrill of discovering new records and info on someone in your tree on your own.
I have had to use paid researchers on my Northern roots and to me when I get info from
Defining the Genealogy Community - Comments and Thoughts
Interesting how the "Hot Topics" show up at the busy time. More importantly one wants to answer the
query with serious thought and not provocation.
Having read that there was a comment: "Are Bloggers the New Experts?", I had to set on my response a bit.
Blogging in no way makes anyone an expert, but it does let someone who may be an expert in some area or arena of Genealogy to shine and be an Expert. Blogging is a form of communication use
Looking Back, Looking Forward, Giving Thanks. My final post of 2011.
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