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Adding new spelling to family line.....

Posted by John A Gwinn on April 17, 2010 at 8:43pm

GUYNN.

Found this spelling to be widely used in South Carolina.

Made the connection through local solicitor, Mary Guynn, who has traced the family name to GWYNNS ISLAND, VA.

So, will include this version in future searches.

*John A Guynn, CSA from Texas

*William J Guynn, CSA from Texas

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Why I use Apple computers especially for genealogy

Posted by James Tanner on April 17, 2010 at 5:35pm

t is about time to explain why I use Apple computers for genealogy andall the rest of my computing. The obvious first question is why wastetime/money/frustration with using a computer to do Windows 7 inemulation when I can be a "just as fast" PC for less money? Thebeginning response is that the Quad Core i5 iMac is a lotfaster than even I need for my thousands of graphic files, videos, audiofiles and etc. But the real answer is that our family does graphics. Mywife runs a graphic design company,

Open Library and Google Books for Geneaology Research

Posted by William S Dean on April 17, 2010 at 1:39pm

For many, our brick walls can come tumbling down by using online sources separate from "the usual suspects", i.e. ancestry.com, Family Search, etc. Obscure, hard-to-find, and out-of-print books covering a wide variety of genealogy, history, and specific family histories can be found at online sources. Here are a few that I have found very useful. Perhaps you will, too.

Open Library. Link: www.http://openlibrary.org

Open Library is both an excellent bibliographical resource as well as having numero

Searching for any information

Posted by Christine on April 16, 2010 at 7:14pm

I am looking for any information on a Joe P. Dogan. Born in Mississippi on August 22 1926 and died in Lancing, TN on Jbue 12, 1980. Need to find any living relatives and could really use some advice on the researching. I have been unsuccessful with almost everything that is necessary. Can not find a picture or any living family. Anyone willing to help this would be greatly appreciated.

Apples big and small for genealogy -- Part One

Posted by James Tanner on April 16, 2010 at 2:00pm

Apple Inc. is a topic that draws both praise and criticism. In case you have been on an expedition to somewhere they don't have telephone, TV or Internet service, you may not be aware that Apple has just released a new product called the iPad. Apple now sells six, soon to be seven, major product lines, MacBook laptop computers, Macintosh desktop computers, iPods, iPads, iPhones and iTunes downloads. Just get a little perspective about these machines, by the third quarter of 2008, iPod total glob

John Lennox, Innkeeper at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 16, 2010 at 10:14am

The Lennox Inn, a bed and breakfast, is located at 69 Fox Street in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Lunenburg is a pretty town on the coast, famous for being the berth of the “Bluenose” schooner, found on the Canadian dime. The United Nations has designated the entire town of Lunenburg as a World Heritage Site. It is the oldest continuously operating inn in Canada, built in 1791 by John Lennox, a Scots immigrant. There is some evidence that it was built by Andreas Jung, and sold to Mr. Lennox for a tave

Searching for perfect in genealogy programs

Posted by James Tanner on April 16, 2010 at 8:42am

Actually, the perfect genealogy software program doesn't really exist,but like running after rainbows, you just never know, you might finallyfind what you are looking for. In response to a comment on one of myposts, I decided to compile a wish list of features I would like to seein my perfect genealogy program. All of the perfect features fall intothree categories; necessary, useful and imaginary. You will likelyrecognize some or all of these features in many different programs, itis just that n

Alice Walsh

Posted by Leeann Boone on April 15, 2010 at 3:35pm

HiI am looking for any information regarding Alice M. Walsh(nee CARLSEN/SON) She was born 10/10/1913 in Rice Lake,WI to Henry and -Va(possibly Genieva, maiden name GUAY) Carlsen/son. The obit lists one brother named Clifferd of Waukesha. The obit says that she died 1/12/2001 in Waukesha,WI at the Waters Of West Moreland Manor nursing home. She was the founder of "The Birthday Club" at West Moreland and T.O.P.S group in Waukesha. Her husband Frances died in 1986. Both are burried in St. Joseph Ce

Closing in on Kerlin's Well

Posted by James Tanner on April 15, 2010 at 9:07am

In 1829 or 1830 www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/.../Ewing_Young.pdf">CaptainEwing Young led a large trapping party west from Taos, which atthe time was still part of Mexico, over the MogollonPlateau (now the Colorado Plateau) and west along the south side of theGrand Canyon to the Mojave Desert. Sources indicate that one youngermember of the party was named Kit Carson, later to befamous as an Indian fighter. The party reached the head waters of theVerde River, which is very close to Ke

My Ancestors - Updated list

Posted by Andrew Kolstee on April 15, 2010 at 12:00am

Here is a list of my ancestors:

Great Grandparents:
8. Albert Kolstee (1879-1937), farmer
9. Louise Barbara Trump (1900-1985)
10. Merle Allen Harrington (1894-1978), farmer, constuction
11. Alice Marian Washburg (1895-1991)
12. Martin Emil Widegren (1903-1990), Electrician, taxi driver, factory worker
13. Elmira Sara Harrison (1906-1994)
14. Carl August Johnson (1905-1968), factory worker
15. Rose Marie Conti (1921-2004)

Great-Great Grandparents:
16. Jan Willem "John William" te Kolstee (1830-1895), farmer

Research Notes for Edward Ward and Son Joel Ward and Grandson William L. Ward in Richland, Wayne, Ashland and Knox Counties of the State of Ohio

Posted by Gwynn Socolich on April 14, 2010 at 10:28pm

Joel Ward was born in Richland County, Troy Township. Ohio in 1831. I found a great map of the Original Richland County in the "Past Finder" Newsletter from the Richland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, it was in Volume 11 #2 April-June 1992 on Page 29. I located this publication at the Georgina Cole Library in Carlsbad, California. The map was originally from "Ellsworth's Original Land Records of Richland County, Ohio". On this map Troy is in R19. I found a more detailed map on

What do we mean by features in genealogy programs?

Posted by James Tanner on April 14, 2010 at 7:40pm

Looking at almost any advertisement or Webpage for a genealogy program and somewhere it will mention the product's"features." Generally, these features are functions of the programs thatare highlighted by the promotional materials. For one example, if youlook at the Family Tree Maker Website,you will see a link to product features. Often, the features of aprogram are used to differentiate it from similar competing programs.Like all advertised products, product differentiation is big issue.There

mccarren family

Posted by ed mccarren on April 14, 2010 at 3:20pm

hi im ed mccarren from maine .my ancestor a james mccarron and his wife anna bella boyle left donegal for philledhia u.s.a.about 1860. i have a little info on his family but not nuch .am looking for more. any sugestions?

Hebrew Orphan Asylum New York, Brooklyn?

Posted by Cheryl on April 14, 2010 at 8:10am

I'm looking for anyone who was able to trace family to there and what process they went through to get the info. from that agency. My Grandmother and 3 other siblings were in and out of the Asylum several times. This is new news to us as my Grandmother never told anyone about her family or past.

More Apple Genealogy

Posted by James Tanner on April 13, 2010 at 9:14pm

Apparently, I was not specific enough in my last post about AppleGenealogy. John Newmarkin his TransylvanianDutchGenealogy & Family History blog had a lot of comments. All ofhis comments, as usual, are very good and to the point. I do agree withhis conclusion about my post that Apple genealogy programs are not asfeature filled as those on the PC. I attribute this to a lack ofcompetition on the Apple platform. One example will suffice. ManyPC/Windows based programs have direct look-up capabilitie

Why Seperate Church and State? Combine!

Posted by William S Dean on April 13, 2010 at 10:16am

Before you get upset, this post is not about politics and faith, but about genealogical clues to ancestors' lives. In my research, I have found the records kept by various church groups to be of immense help in learning about my ancestors' lives and travels. Such records combined with "state" documents, incl. census reports, official land deeds, wills, and court cases are often all we have to go on -- evidence-wise -- apart from word-of-mouth family stories (which may or may not be verifiable).

M

Immigrants to Nutfield, New Hampshire

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 13, 2010 at 9:27am

It is well known that Nutfield was founded by a group of Ulster refugees, Scots Irish Presbyterians fleeing the violence of Northern Ireland for New England. They were not welcome to settle in Boston, so in 1719 a group came to settle in New Hampshire. They called their new home “Nutfield” after the abundance of nut bearing trees in the vicinity; butternut, chestnut and walnut. I’ve had a lot of requests for the surnames included in this group, and so I decided to list the family names of subseq

Apple for genealogy

Posted by James Tanner on April 13, 2010 at 8:30am

There is a commonly inaccurate perception that there are no programs for
doing genealogy on Apple Macintosh computers. As it turns out, the list
of available programs is very limited, and there are barely enough
offerings to make the Macintosh a viable platform for those doing their
family history. But there are at least two or three programs that
compete favorably with anything available on the Windows/PC type
computers.

The now old Personal Ancestral File (PAF) program,called Family Records, was one

Apple Computers and genealogy -- all things great and small

Posted by James Tanner on April 12, 2010 at 9:03am

My earliest attempts to use computers for genealogy began with an AppleII with a primitive program that was entirely text based and used a dotmatrix printer with fan-fold paper. I remember that I ended upre-entering my entire file a number of times either due to data crashesor to incompatible upgrades. The amount of information about eachindividual and family was minimal, but the promise of organization andconvenience was worth the effort to keep entering data. Eventually, andcoincidentally, App

John L. Powell

Posted by Robert G. Powell on April 11, 2010 at 6:05am

Looking for info on John L. Powell. 1860 census shows Burlington City, Wife Sarah and son? Alfred. Alfred is G Grandfather. Any info on John would be appreciated.

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Adding new spelling to family line.....

Why I use Apple computers especially for genealogy

Open Library and Google Books for Geneaology Research

Searching for any information

Apples big and small for genealogy -- Part One

John Lennox, Innkeeper at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Searching for perfect in genealogy programs

Alice Walsh

Closing in on Kerlin's Well

My Ancestors - Updated list

Research Notes for Edward Ward and Son Joel Ward and Grandson William L. Ward in Richland, Wayne, Ashland and Knox Counties of the State of Ohio

What do we mean by features in genealogy programs?

mccarren family

Hebrew Orphan Asylum New York, Brooklyn?

More Apple Genealogy

Why Seperate Church and State? Combine!

Immigrants to Nutfield, New Hampshire

Apple for genealogy

Apple Computers and genealogy -- all things great and small

John L. Powell

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