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PBS “Faces of America” To Ask “Where Do You Come From?”

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., noted scholar and biographer has a new, four-part PBS documentary to air February 10 – March 3 from 8-9 PM on your local PBS Channel.

Focusing on 12 known US personalities such as Mario Batali, Dr. Oz, Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma and other well known names, the documentary uses genetic genealogy to track the ancestral make up of each person. For the first time ever, the actual DNA genome sequencing was filmed and will be shown on television.…

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Added by Stefani Twyford on January 11, 2010 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Family Tree Connection - Update (10/Jan/2010)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Dallas Commerce Street Church of Christ 1890 Directory - Directory of the Commerce Street Church of Christ, Dallas, Texas. M. M. Davis, Preacher. This entire outline of work has been unanimously indorsed by the official board. Prepared by J. T. Toof, at the request of the board.…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on January 10, 2010 at 8:36pm — No Comments

Heading south to the Mesa Family History Expo!

Soon we'll be heading south to the Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona January 22,23, 2010.

I'm thrilled to be attending and will be blogging and tweeting from the event.

Follow me on twitter@luxegen and on my Luxegen Genealogy and Family History Blog.

I hope to meet some of you in Mesa!

Cheers,
Joan

Added by Joan Miller on January 10, 2010 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Take the Genealogy Challenge. - Can you do it?

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Tell us about you and your site on the a3Genealogy Facebook page in 3 sentences or less. Can you do it? Read guidelines below.

Once a month our ProGen Study Group has a class session to discuss reading assignments and exercises pertinent to the professional… Continue

Added by a3Genealogy on January 10, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Family History Expo Contest

As a Blogger of Honor at the Mesa Family History Expo, I am told that two of my readers can receive free tickets to the event. To present these two tickets, I was told to run a contest. First of all it should be known that I do not play board games, much less enter contests. If I were an innovative design type person, I would probably be rich from ghost writing a mommy blog, but since I am an old and somewhat stodgy trial attorney, I have had a… Continue

Added by James Tanner on January 10, 2010 at 5:04pm — No Comments

William Williams

Matching a picture with a name is much more grueling than just doing the genealogy research. This man's name is William Williams...we were told. We know about the William and Williams surnames. We know that the Williams surname in the United States is common, as it is in England and in Wales. Williams became common in Wales where they added the “s” to denote “son of” to their surnames. However, none of this surname history has helped me identify the… Continue

Added by a3Genealogy on January 10, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Data miners and vampires

One of the most common complaints I hear from researchers goes something like the following:

I spent years compiling my ancestry. One of my (friends, cousins, someone -- insert the name or description) asked for a copy of my file. I sent them a copy and later found the file on their Website (Blog etc.) without any acknowledgment and claiming that it was their file.

I call these people who steal others' information and present it as their own, data vampires. Personally, I… Continue

Added by James Tanner on January 9, 2010 at 7:54pm — 1 Comment

Moooore Cows in the family tree!

Searching the family tree for more cow stories, I began to notice cows in wills and other legal records. Obviously, a cow was important to a colonial era family, and so cows were lovingly given to family members, and often called by their pet name in legal documents.

A typical document can be summarized like this:

Isaac Allen is on the 1799-1800 tax list in Essex, Massachusetts assessed for 1 poll, $60 in buildings, 1 cow-right of $40, 1 cow $10, 1 swine $3.33, and $37.50 for… Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on January 9, 2010 at 6:17pm — No Comments

What happened to Stanley George Stoneman?

STANLEY GEORGE STONEMAN was born on 22 June 1890 in Islington, London, United Kingdom to John William Stoneman and Eva A Vevsey. Stanley was a Carpenter (journeyman). He was recorded in the census in 1901, aged about 11, in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. 3 siblings were mentioned in the same census: Arthur (1896), Ethel (1897) and Harold (1900).

ELIZABETH ANN JENKINS was born on 7 November 1887 in Godrengraig, Pontardawe, Breconshire, Glamorgan, Wales, to Daniel Jenkins and… Continue

Added by Eva Pritchard on January 9, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Daniel John Stoneman and Maggie Anthony

Daniel John and Maggie was my husband's grandparents on his mother side.

DANIEL JOHN STONEMAN was born on 11 June 1913 in Godrergraig, Neath Port Talbot, Wales to Stanley George Stoneman and Elizabeth Ann Jenkins. In 1968, aged about 55, he retired (coal minor). Daniel died on 26 June 1984, aged 71.

MAGGIE ANTHONY was born on 10 March 1918 in Ponterdawe, Ystradgynlais, Brecknock, Wales to Joseph Anthony and Jennet Griffiths. Maggie died on 5 January 1998, aged 79, in… Continue

Added by Eva Pritchard on January 9, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

David Pritchard and Ivy Iona Thomas

David and Iona was my husband's grandparents on his father side.

DAVID (DAI) PRITCHARD was born about 17 February 1907 in Cwmgors, Neath Port Talbot, Wales to Thomas Pritchard and Margaret Bowen. David died (Heart attack) on 15 April 1986, aged 79, in Glamorgan, Swansea, Wales. David was a chairman for Cwmgors Rugby Football Club (1927-1982). He became the longest serving chairman in Welsh Rugby history.

IVY IONA THOMAS was born on 12 December 1912 to Thomas (Twm) Thomas and…

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Added by Eva Pritchard on January 9, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Local Resources Rock! Dallas Public Library

I tend to write mostly about internet resources, but as you should know by now, when it comes to genealogical research, you can’t find everything online. I’ve written previously about the importance of spending time at local libraries, because they often contain location specific collections that can be found nowhere else. Today I thought I'd spotlight MY local library, the… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on January 9, 2010 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Wallace Wilson of Abbeville Co. SC

Is anyone out there descended from Wallace Wilson (b1812d1848) and Rebecca Milford Wilson (b abt 1820-1822) from Old Abbeville County, South Carolina. Barryzbox@aol.com

Added by William Barrett Wilson on January 9, 2010 at 5:58am — No Comments

Additions to Eastern European Records on Record Search

FamilySearch Record Search has just re-published the Slovakia Pre-Ajov Region Church Books (Slovakian and Hungarian Place Names) from 1592 to 1952. To quote the site, the collection contains "images of baptisms/births, marriages, and burials that occured in the Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, and Reformed Church parishes, as well Jewish congregations within the area of Northeastern Slovakia. The original records, created by local priests of each parish and by Jewish rabbis are located in… Continue

Added by James Tanner on January 8, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Event Researching Calendar for Genealogists

Seems many are commenting on what we are going to do for the New Year. So thought I would post some of my in the past not written agenda for the year. I find this works well and may help others to be more on top of items and topics they want to tackle.

I am going to start with the month of October. That should be easy to determine why, :>).

October is Family History Month so our genealogy should reflect that theme. We should be checking for events at the libraries,… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on January 8, 2010 at 7:04pm — 1 Comment

Hughes from Ireland ,to Austraila

I would love to find cousins in Austraila, Family of Patrick Hughes from Ireland,with Cork and Dublin connections.

Added by Geraldine Jackson on January 7, 2010 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Denis Bowley. Ieland and USA

is anyone out there researching Surname >Bowley From Ireland .if so you may be related to me.

Added by Geraldine Jackson on January 7, 2010 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Really old and really neat stuff

Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III

The Library of Congress is an inexhaustible source of really old and neat stuff. They also have a healthy dose of family history related items. The particular tablet above is in the Global Gateway in the Digital Collections. The collections include Collaborative Digital Libraries. As I teach classes on Internet resources, I am continually surprised at the general lack… Continue

Added by James Tanner on January 7, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments

Another Cow, a Salmon, and Sam Adams

Yesterday I blogged about a cow, so I thought I’d try another cow story from the family tree…

Sam Adams, the revolutionary firebrand, and John Hancock (no wallflower, himself) were in Lexington, Massachusetts the night Paul Revere rode into town to warn them that the British regulars were approaching. They were at the home of the Reverend Jonas Clarke of Lexington when they heard the British regulars were on the march. So Sgt. William Munroe led… Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on January 6, 2010 at 4:17pm — No Comments