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Missionary to Australia? That’s what he told the family!

My great great grandfather, the music Professor Caleb Rand Bill came from Nova Scotia to New England with his wife. They had their nine children in succession from…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 18, 2010 at 5:57pm — No Comments

ORPHAN PHOTOS

Memorable Family Treasures

One of the nicest gifts that our families can leave us is pictures of themselves, places they have been and other family members, such as group photos. Sometimes all three are in one photograph.

How many pictures do you possess that do not have a name, date or a place written on the back of the photo? If your family is like my family, you probably have quite a few. I inherited a boxful of such pictures. Some of the faces are familiar, some I… Continue

Added by Linda Tuchten Forest on March 18, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Claiming a copyright

As genealogists, we constantly refer to historical documents. In many

cases, those documents many be subject to claims of copyright. It is far

easier to claim a copyright to an old document than to actually prove a

claim for breach of copyright. It is not uncommon to find references to

a copyright for documents that are clearly, legally not subject to any

possible copyright. Unfortunately, most discussions of copyright issues

are rather more inclusive than… Continue

Added by James Tanner on March 18, 2010 at 9:13am — No Comments

J Richard Liles my Great Great Grandfather 1869 1894

J. Richard Liles

Birth 27 June 1869 in Manor, Texas, USA

Death 31 May 1894 in…

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Added by Terry on March 17, 2010 at 7:44pm — No Comments

New Registration and Sign-in for FamilySearch Websites

FamilySearch,

the genealogical organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is moving towards using a unified sign-in system for all of their Websites. This change will allow users to have the same

user name and password, not only for all FamilySearch Websites, but for other general LDS Church Websites as well. Because some of the sites have information specific to members of the Church, there

are two basic systems; an "LDS Account" for those who are Church… Continue

Added by James Tanner on March 17, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

David Clark Moren 1841 Arkansas

David Clark Moren 1841 Sevier, Arkansas Territory, United States is my great great grandfather. He passed away in 1928 in Dresden, Navarro County. His children were Thomas Mathew, Elijah David ( my GG), and "Betty" Augusta Emily Moren. My grandfather is Woodrow Wilson Moren and just reciently passed away. My father is Woodrow Carlton Moren.

I am wondering if anyone knows for sure who his parents are and has any hard proof. I would love to be able to trace him out of the United…

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Added by Terry on March 17, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Native American Bloodlines

Today I called the Choctaw Nation and I found out that even if you are Native American you have to be a direct descendent of a person who's NAME APPEARS on the DAWES list, BETWEEN 1898 to 1906 on INDIAN TERRITORY at the time.

http://www.nls.uk/blogs/bartholomew/index.cfm/2009/2/13/The-Indian-Territory Map of Indian Territory.

If…

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Added by Terry on March 17, 2010 at 6:27pm — 1 Comment

Dewdney DNA project

This is to let you know that I have set up a Dewdney DNA project. This is a Y DNA project open to all males bearing the Dewdney surname or one of its variants, and also to females who can beg, borrow or steal DNA from a male Dewdney relative.

Please look at:

www.familytreedna.com/public/Dewdney/ , www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/dewdney

I do hope you… Continue

Added by Caroline Hayes on March 17, 2010 at 10:16am — No Comments

Job done?

After all that breast beating about my failure to find my grandmother's birth in my previous blog entries, when the birth certificate for Florence Brooks eventually arrived, everything was wrong. The date of birth was wrong; the father's name was wrong and the father's occupation was wrong. Back to the drawing board! The census entry showed a sister for Florence whose name was Minnie, apparently born in Clerkenwell about 1873. I decided to look for her birth. Free BMD had a Minnie registered…

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Added by John Matthews on March 17, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Healy to hawaii connections of Heather wilkinson Rojo

Ran across your post of Healy-Crosby from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

the Comfort Healy you show as your gggrandfather, is my grandfather's grandfather. (Also named Comfort Haley)

I have the copy of the same inscription from his tombstone: They are taken frp, Watt's Psalms and Hymns, - the first four lines of Hymn No. 18, and the last four lines of Hymn No. 19.

His son, Ebenezer Haley, the California pioneer , has the samae four lines on Hymn No. 18 on his gravestone in the…

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Added by Edna healey Pace on March 16, 2010 at 5:31pm — 1 Comment

How cousin are we?

How many times you have been at a family reunion and knew the person you were talking to was your cousin, but were not sure "how cousin" you were? Often understanding and remembering the kinship relationship between distant cousins is not that easy. I realized that in a recent trip to visit a distant cousin on my husband's side of the family. That brought me to create this visual "cousin chart" that has proven very useful, and that is going to be…

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Added by Michelina Hall on March 16, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Almost 2.5 million records added to Record Search

FamilySearch's
Record Search has added nearly 2.5 million images of the
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province Civil Registrations from 1811 to 1942
and additional records to the Netherlands, Gelderland Province Civil
Registrations from 1811 to 1950.
Read more...

Added by James Tanner on March 16, 2010 at 8:52am — No Comments

Rev. Daniel Emerson, founder and pastor at Hollis, New Hampshire

In colonial New England, the grave…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 16, 2010 at 8:39am — No Comments

Free online classes from the Family History Library

The world famous Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah recently

announced that it is making its popular classes available for free on FamilySearch.org.

Now you can access these classes at anytime you wish. Quoting from an

article in the… Continue

Added by James Tanner on March 15, 2010 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Are you a Count of the Holy Roman Empire? Am I?

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was an English nobleman. He was the second son of Sir Mathew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, and of Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby.

In 1579 he was personally recommended by Queen Elizabeth to the emperor, Rudolph II, and was Created a Count of The Holy Roman Empire by Imperial Letters Patent of the Holy Roman…

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Added by William Douglas on March 15, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Just in about National Archives in NY

New York National Archives Plans Move, Offers Meetings

The New York City Office of the National Archives will be relocating in

the fall of 2011; the exact date is yet to be determined.

Many of the records will be kept off-site.

The National Archives has just announced they will hold two public meetings

on May 4th at 10:30 AM and at 5:30 PM at the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House at One Bowling Green in New York City. Questions about the move should be directed… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on March 14, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Family Tree Connection - Update (14/Mar/2010)

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

Vashti Rebekah Lodge 1905 By-Laws - Constitution and By-Laws of Vashti Rebekah Lodge No. 35, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Orrington, Maine. Instituted February 19, 1902.

The Beneficient Record No. 19, February 1901 - The Beneficient…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on March 14, 2010 at 8:40am — No Comments

Found! Ohio Vital Records on Family Search Beta

See my blog post in Blogger: for Malcolm, Ward and Graham.

Added by Gwynn Socolich on March 13, 2010 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Who Do You Know You Are? Exploring Your Family & Personal History

America is riveted right now by NBC’s hit show “Who Do You Think You Are?” which, in partnership with Ancestry.com, shares the genealogical history of well known entertainment personalities Spike Lee, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Kudrow (who is also the Executive Producer), Sarah Jessica Parker & husband Matthew Broderick as well as Emmitt Smith. It airs on Fridays at 8/7 PM. You can find more information about the show including the schedule and full episodes at…

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Added by Stefani Twyford on March 13, 2010 at 11:09am — No Comments