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Princess Kaiulani Movie out on DVD

The independent film "Princess Ka'iulani" I reviewed last May on this blog post ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/princess-kaiulani-in-cambridge-again.html ) is finally being released on DVD today, September 14th, 2010, in stores and online. You can read about it more at this link at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Kaiulani-Qorianka-Kilcher/dp/B003EYVXRS?tag=princesskaiulani-20 and at the director's website http://www.princesskaiulanimovie.com/

A background to the story of Ka'

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Newest obituary collections added - 9-14-2010

Hi all,

Below you will find the latest obituary collections added since the last list.

To search for your surnames, be sure to use the searchbox that has the GenealogyBuff.com watermark and the name of the county on the search button. Other search boxes may be a sponsor.

A complete list of collections can be found at http://www.genealogybuff.com/obituary_collections.htm

ALL COLLECTIONS ARE FREE.

Here's the list:

COLORADO - Lake County Obituary Collection
http://www.genealogybuff.com/co/lake/webbbs_conf

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FamilySearch.org status and update

Indications are that FamilySearch must be getting closer to releasing the new version of their FamilySearch.orgwebsite. This last week or so, a banner appeared on the original siteinviting users to try the new beta version. There is also an invitationon the FamilyHistory Library startup page to try the beta version of theFamily History Library Catalog which is incorporated in the beta site.

The beta site for FamilySearch.org is not new news. It has been aroundfor many months in some form or anot
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what area would they have sailed from ??

Hi everyoneIn the 1840's if you lived around Crossmolina in Northern Ireland were would you have set sail to go to Canada ? Now Killala Bay is not far or would they have traveled to other ports?I can't find any ships that would have sailed from Killala Bay ! can anyone help? Thanks
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searching howland

My mother is Elsie Howland Copp born 1920. Her father was Thomas Stanley Howland born 1894 in New Bedford Mass. His father was Henry D. Howland married to Annie M. Simpson. That's as far back as I know for sure. What I'm trying to do is find out if my lineage goes back to the Mayflower. I am new at this and not really sure what to do. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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History Street Cred

My historical "street cred" is strong in California. My ancestors were among the first Spanish/Mexican settlers in my home state of California, so you may be able to understand both my interest and my quest to always "know more" since my "roots" are so deep in California history. Many of the following ancestors' sons also served at California Presidios, gained grants to rancho lands; many of their daughters married into the same or other Spanish/Californio families.

Many of these men had previou
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Researching in the Oberkaufungen Kirchbücher

The amount of information contained in these Churchbooks gradually increases from very minimal in 1573, to quite a lot by 1830. For example, the first page in the first volume containing the first 26 Baptismal Records of a total of 41 for the year 1573, the very first entry reads:

Hans Hanstein Juniori ein Meydlein.

This entry tells us three things. First, a baby girl is being baptized. Second, her father's name is Hans Hanstein. Third, there is more than one Hans Hanstein in this village; this fa

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Connecting the Research to the Genealogist

A while back, I wrote a post about connecting the genealogist to theresearch. Now, I am going to turn that around and talk about anotherside of the issue, connecting the research to the genealogist. In otherwords, how do we get the information we find out to the genealogicalcommunity without being lost in the background noise of the Internet?

A article from Ancestry Magazine from November/December 2000 called"Share and Beware -- Sharing Genealogy in the Information Age" leads offwith a discussion
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Problems communicating my family tree.

When I first started to research my family tree I wisely wrote down every entry I heard from family, I researched the usual places online and found dates and names to fill in my tree, my data became a menagerie. So I read how to organize the mess you see, then I wondered how to communicate this book across the sea. Now I searched for templates and discovered many but unfortunately I needed dollars a plenty you see. . Each template I found though it be free, took a Paf editor whose price was nowh

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Generations of "the girls"

Sometimes it's interesting to put the photographs together and see the resemblances and differences. These are photos of "the girls" of my family.

Great niece, Victoria (2010):


Her grandmother, my baby sister, Maggie (about 1956):



Our mother, Mary Winterbourne Dean (about 1927):



Our grandmother, Daisy Margarite Yorba Winterbourne (about 1908):



Great grandmother, Teresa Pryor Yorba (about 1872):




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Doing Homework

I just spent 2 hours helping my 8 year old grandson do his homework, he likes to twiddle between answers, could this be a early indication of procrastination. I guess he has inherited it from his grandma. I love to procastinate when I have to do things I dont want to do. I wonder how many other of my quirks he has inherited? I guess I need to be more observant and I just might find out.

Nite all.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Genealogy

While it's rarely a challenge outside of old Spanish/Mexican genealogy, the idea of social caste strongly rears its "old school" head when dealing with the complexities of European (Spanish), mestizo, creole, mulatto, indio, and the numerous variations of how much percentage you are of one or another.

I was reminded of the challenge recently when contacted by a possible relative for more information. She had traced her ancestry to the second wife of my 3rd great grandfather, Nathaniel Pryor, who
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Join us for our first-ever live webinar on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:00PM EDT. The webinar, Mapping Software for Genealogists will cover essential software tools: AniMap (U.S. & Canada), Centennia (Europe & Middle East), and Map My Family Tree (entire world), and maybe even a Legacy Family Tree tip or two.

Registration is free but space is limited.

In this 30 minute webinar we'll cover the following topics:

  1. AniMap software (U.S. & Canada): learn how to find the correct county for the time
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There have been a rash of Blog posts about the release of Family Tree Maker 2011. It looks like I last visited the subject of lineage linked database programs
back in January of 2009. For those of you who are not used to that
name, a lineage linked database program is software that stores your
family information such as Personal Ancestral File, RootsMagic,
Ancestral Quest, Legacy Family Tree and so forth. There are new programs
coming out all the time and it is difficult (read impossible) to keep
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Got a Windows Mobile based device? With the new Pocket Genealogist 4.0 you can easily transfer your Legacy Family Tree files, including pictures, from your PC to your PocketPC 2003 or Windows Mobile 5/6 device.

And while you are at the cemetery or the library, you can add or edit information and when you get home, Pocket Genealogist will sync with and update your Legacy files on your PC - no GEDCOM needed.

Read the entire article here.

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Come Join Us At These Events

Guest Speaker: Alfredo Pena, head genealogist for CorGoMiUri

Sept 11 is the start of a three part series presented to help Hispanic Researchers find their past.

Sept 11, 2010 Bonita Library on Bonita Road, by the Museum and golf course at 1-3 pm
Conference Room in the door to the left.

"The CONQUEST OF MEXICO: FINDING YOUR ANCESTORS AMONG THE CONQUISTADORS"

Description: "Myths and realities about the conquistadors: some of the families that descend from them and what sourc
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James Wilson was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on March 15, 1765. His father was a farmer, and James was an apprentice to a blacksmith. He had little formal education. In 1796 he removed to Bradford, Vermont and taught himself cartography. To make up for a lack of education, he bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. At Dartmouth College he saw a pair of English globes, and became interested in producing his own. He began by turning solid blocks of wood, and covering them with maps. H

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In the title to this post, I use for the definition of "conundrum" thatof an intricate and difficult problem. The question was raised by MartinHollick, author of

Hollick, Martin E. New Englanders in the 1600s: A Guide to Genealogical Research Published between 1980 and 2005. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.

in his post, "Shepardizing Your Genealogy" "How do we connect the average researcher with this latest and greatest information?"

The term "shepardizing" derives fro
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When I was working at the University of Utah Library a million years ago(maybe only half a million), my past-time on break was to walk thestacks, it was exercise and I also became acquainted with all of thedifferent sections of that huge library. I would also find books ofinterest from time to time. Whenever I go to a library, I essentially dothe same thing, walk up and down the shelves looking for relevantmaterial. I have learned that no index (card catalog) is perfect andthere is no substitute
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In my recent poston buying a new computer I talked about some of the factors that gointo choosing a system for home (or small business) use. Here are myrules or at least the ones I have adapted over the years in purchasingdozens of computers:

Rule No. 1: Always buy the fastest computer you can reasonably afford.

This is a pretty simple rule. Various computer systems are rated by thespeed of the processor and the speed the information is moved internally(Bus Speed). Usually, within a short time a n
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