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A chance connection at Jamboree

I was at the Southern California Genealogical Society's 2010 Jamboree this past weekend. I dropped by the Los Californianos booth, for at least the fourth time. The nice lady at the booth (I forgot your name!) asked me what the surname was of the family I had in early… Continue

Added by Patricia Aceves Wyble on June 14, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments

New FamilySearch Beta Test

A recent announcement from FamilySearch began another round of Beta

Testing of the New FamilySearch program. This particular Beta Test was

aimed at three changes to the program. Quoting from the announcement

E-mail:

We need your feedback on the following changes:

· New Discussions feature. This feature allows users to post and respond to discussions about deceased persons in the new FamilySearch. Users

can share and coordinate information they…

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Added by James Tanner on June 14, 2010 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Columbus Public Library

On a recent business trip, I visited the Columbus Public Library in Columbus, GA. What an amazing genealogy collection! They have as many stacks in the genealogy wing as my local library has in the whole adult section. They also have wi-fi throughout the library, so I was able to post my notes directly to my . . . → : CONTINUE…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 14, 2010 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Footnote

Footnote is have free access to all it's Civil War records for a limited time.
http://www.footnote.com

Added by Bob Mooney-Pa on June 14, 2010 at 8:02am — 2 Comments

Finding John Tanner

Sometimes all the computer power in the world cannot help you find the

family history records you are looking for. My Great-great-great

grandfather, John Tanner, is a case in point. My research goal was

really to look for John's great-great-grandfather, William Tanner. But

the search for William eventually lead to direct information about John

Tanner's birth, dates that had been passed down for hundreds of years

and had been the subject of a number of books.… Continue

Added by James Tanner on June 13, 2010 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Yo soy una mezcla de muchas cosas La arena mortal de mis células llenas de España con su música de toros Cuando las caras de un pasado Me miran por entre sus ojos rasgados Que soy yo Española o ame…

Yo soy una mezcla de muchas cosas

La arena mortal de mis células llenas de

España con su música de toros

Cuando las caras de un pasado

Me miran por entre sus ojos rasgados

Que soy yo

Española o amerindia

El mestizaje me llena de confusión

Maldita sea

Porque es que mis antepasados

Se mesclaron

Llenándome de pena

Y curiosidad acerca de mis raíces

De aquí,… Continue

Added by Maria Camacho on June 13, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Horace Greeley remembers Londonderry

My regular blog is Nutfield Genealogy at www.nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com where I blog about Londonderry and Derry, New Hampshire local history and genealogy in general for our our part of New England. This was one of my most popular blogs last month, not just for local people,…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on June 12, 2010 at 3:40pm — No Comments

Finding my past UK FREE

For anyone with UK interests. Finding My Past UK is have free access during the World Cup when England play.

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/world-cup.jsp?utm_source=FB&utm_content=120610&u

And here's the time table for the World Cup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule

12 June… Continue

Added by Bob Mooney-Pa on June 12, 2010 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

mtDNA Testing

I chose to use Family Tree DNA, which purports to have 90% of the genealogy DNA market share. I ordered the mtDNAPlus test kit. It’s a little more expensive than the basic mtDNA kit, but I knew I wouldn’t be satisfied with lesser results and . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 12, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

My Family Line

Francois Daragon LaFrance and Marie Guillemette
Francois Daragon LaFrance and Josette Lefebvre Laciseraye
Jean-Baptiste Daragon LaFrance and Marie Francoise Desjardins
Pierre Daragon LaFrance and Hypolite Legault
Joseph Odile LaFrance and Marguerite Theoret
Joseph LaFrance and Malvina Blanche Dupuis
Lionel Joseph LaFrance and Henrietta LaRoux
....

Added by Jennifer McNair on June 12, 2010 at 12:59am — 2 Comments

Bobet in U.K./Wales

I have not made the connection between Ed Bobet and his UK ancestors. Info to date shows his birth as Wales 1626 to UNK and UNK. Is there any info out there wrt to his ancestors (names, BMD data, locales, etc).??

Added by Robert B. Hicks on June 11, 2010 at 9:46am — No Comments

Plaskett, Plasket- Cumberland, England UK, St. Croix and St. Thomas Danish West Indies, Denmark, Canada, USA

I am the grandaughter of Victor Augustus Plaskett b, March, 1888 in St. Croix, Danish West Indies and d. August, 1984 in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Based on research it is my understanding that all Plasketts are related regardless of where they are from. There is a black side and a white side of the family which some may not know.

It appears that John Plaskett c. 1751 and Isabel Sergeantson, c. 1749 of Cumberland England had at least 8 children that we know of.…

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Added by Lisa Williams Phillip on June 10, 2010 at 6:52pm — 6 Comments

Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina: Burke County, Volume I

I found a great source record last week at the library. It’s a book called Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina: Burke County, Vol. 1. The author is Emmet R. White and it was published in 1984 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. of Easley, S.C.

It has biographical sketches on many soldiers, including summaries of military . . . → :…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 10, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Isle of Axholme genealogy

If you have Ancestors from the Isle of Axholme (north-west Lincolnshire in England), a very good site is Axholme Ancestry. There's more about it here.

The site actually covers a bit more than the Isle of Axholme itself, and includes south-east Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire as well -- Humberside, in fact. So if you have any ancestors or other relatives… Continue

Added by Steve Hayes on June 10, 2010 at 10:27am — No Comments

Who owns the genealogy? and Why?

In my last post, I addressed the question of who owns the genealogy?

Ownership of the information is an interesting question. As an example,

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) microfilmed the

Swedish Church records. A copy of the original microfilms is in the

Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Another copy went to the

Swedish National Archives. The Archives then "sold" the rights to these

films to Genline.com. Genline then digitized… Continue

Added by James Tanner on June 10, 2010 at 8:18am — 1 Comment

From the Slush Pile to Publication. Do purple ravens exist?

Randomness can be defined as events that happen outside predictability, prior knowledge and beliefs. I’ll start with an example. What has Paris Hilton done for the fine arts? The answer: NOTHING. And yet, she became the next big thing.

Now let’s take this concept to the world of publishing with the idea that a writer’s manuscript, deep within the bowels of the slush pile, is discovered at random – regardless of whether you are Hemingway resurrected or just another…

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Added by Jennifer Swan on June 9, 2010 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Ed Bobet and his UK ancestors?

I have not made the connection between Ed Bobet and his UK ancestors?
Born in Wales 1626 to UNK / UNK. Do you have any further info?

Added by Robert B. Hicks on June 9, 2010 at 9:15am — No Comments

Who owns the genealogy?

During the past few posts, I have been examining who owns the genealogy

companies. What I find is a mixture of huge multinational corporations

and family owned businesses. I did have an ulterior motive in examining

the ownership however, I had several larger issues to discuss and needed

to know a little background before I jumped into the controversial

arena. When you realize the diversity of the ownership of the larger

genealogy companies, you can imagine… Continue

Added by James Tanner on June 9, 2010 at 8:43am — No Comments

Cox Family of SC/NC

1 John Cox Abt. 1660
2 Charles or John Cox 1686 ?
3 Benjamin Cox 1720
4 John Cox 1750
5 Jesse Cox 1790
6 Needham J. Cox 1814 Horry County SC GGGFather
7 Needham J. Cox Jr. 1861 Horry County SC GGFather
8 Austin B. Cox 1898 Horry County SC GFather

This is my work in progress. Anyone else working this line?

Added by Brenna Cox on June 7, 2010 at 10:39pm — 1 Comment

Who owns the genealogy companies? Part Eight

Down the home stretch on who owns the genealogy companies. This time I

look at MyHeritage.com. Another of

the non-U.S. companies, headquartered in "the beautiful village of Bnei

Atarot, near Tel Aviv, Israel, founded by German Templers in 1902 under

the name of Wilhelma." See MyHeritage. Unlike

some of the other genealogy companies I have recently reviewed,

MyHeritage is… Continue

Added by James Tanner on June 7, 2010 at 10:29pm — No Comments