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Breaking Down Walls

I have had so much luck within the past week finding lost realitives that I had hit brick walls on through help from friends on Genealogy Wise. This is such a great place to hangout... Thanks everyone for your help and expertise.

Added by Robin R. Cordell-Inge on August 17, 2009 at 9:49pm — No Comments

Blog Statistics

For some time now I have been using Statcounter(http://www.statcounter.com/) to track statistics for my own blog www.hillmansofelgin.blogspot.com. Its free and easy to insert into the blog by following instructions.

Some of the statistics are useful when deciding what to put into the blog. Some are just for fun. For example, I find that people use Google96.87%,Yahoo!21.53%,Google Blog Search10.76%,AOL UK10.76% ,Bing10.76%, and MSN10.76% as their search engines.

The country… Continue

Added by William Bruce Hillman on August 17, 2009 at 9:06pm — No Comments

Reminder about online registration for the FGS Conference

The conference begins in only 15 days in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The last day to register online is Wednesday, August 26th. After that you can register at the conference beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1st. at the Statehouse Convention Center. To register online click here.

The Conference News Blog is carrying many important posts these days. Check it out… Continue

Added by Paula Stuart-Warren on August 17, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Fenton Family of Crimble Hall

Currently working on additions to the Fenton family of Crimble Hall. Focus on descendants of Colonel James Fenton, son John and his 2nd wife Hannah (Owston). Colonel James came to the U.S. in 1880 and settled in Plymouth Co., Iowa. He was married to his cousin Frances Emily (Owston), daughter of William. His brother Robert, who accompanied him to the U.S. was married to Eliza Radcliffe and lived in Gage Co., Nebraska before removing to Colorado where he died in 1909.

Colonel James… Continue

Added by P. Davidson-Peters on August 17, 2009 at 1:40pm — No Comments

New additions to FamilySearch Labs

In my last three posts to Genealogy's Star, I have reviewed three new additions to FamilySearch Labs. The additions include updates to the FamilySearch Alpha Website, Forums and England Jurisdictions of 1851.

Added by James Tanner on August 17, 2009 at 8:38am — No Comments

The Importance of Cemeteries

The Importance of Cemeteries

By Brad Manzenberger

When I tell people that I restore historic cemeteries I get one of two response; Wow! That’s cool! or Wow! Cemeteries creep me out! I have always loved cemeteries and as long as none of the “residents” get up and join me they won’t creep me out.

My love for graveyards increased as I got into genealogy. From that genealogy my passion for restoring historic pioneer cemeteries grew.

So why are… Continue

Added by Brad Manzenberger on August 16, 2009 at 2:32pm — 2 Comments

Owen Thomas, Revolutionary War Soldier.....or maybe not

For as far back as I can remember I have known that we had a Revolutionary war soldier in the family tree. My Grandmother had joined the DAR through him. When grandma passed away I received her original DAR application along with certificates and her regents pin. Those are items I have always treasured and always will, but I have realized they may all be based on false information. When I started doing the family genealogy one of the first things I did was pull out the DAR application and put… Continue

Added by Dawn Evans Stringer on August 16, 2009 at 12:40pm — 3 Comments

Goals - What Me?

Randy Seaver in his Saturday Genea-Musings blog asked some interesting questions.

* What is your UGG - your "Ultimate Genealogy Goal" for the genealogy research that you wish to leave to your heirs, descendants and the genealogy community?

* How long do you think you have have left to fulfill this ultimate goal?

* Are you prioritizing your time adequately in order to achieve this goal?

* If not, what should you do to achieve the goal?

* Will you do what you need to… Continue

Added by William Bruce Hillman on August 16, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Simon Drock and Lot Little 1790 census New Hampshire

While doing some research for the 1790 Census: Slave Holders, Other Free Persons and Slaves website I found a couple of wonderful sites containing great information for a Simon Drock and Lot Little of New Hampshire.

Simon Drock was living in Newport, Cheshire County, NH in the 1790 census. Simon Drock, born about 1760 was the son of a Negro slave by the name of Guy Drock. Guy was the slave of… Continue

Added by Toni Feeney on August 16, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Anyone Else Have This Problem - Oh, Sorry, It's Just Us Hillbillies ;-)

I can't believe how many times I'm cranking away on my family tree in Ancestry.com, finding records with spouses and children and thinking "hey, that name sounds familiar" - and come to find out, yup! I've been here before - on the other side of the tree. Both sides are second or third or kissin' cousins. I guess that's what happens when you have a lot of ancestors in Kentucky... (ducks and runs)

Added by Jeanie DiLeonardo on August 15, 2009 at 9:55pm — 7 Comments

It's the Little Things in Life that Make Me Smile...

A funny thing that I encounter is the different ways people will describe eye color or hair color. For example: I consider myself a redhead: my earliest photos show a wisp of light reddish hair, and there's always been a "warm" cast, even when the Florida sun lightened it. It irritated me a bit when a high school boyfriend's best friend gave me the nickname "Blondie" - that just didn't fit in with my self image! Likewise, I once was filling in a form and put "red" for hair color, only to have a… Continue

Added by Jeanie DiLeonardo on August 15, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Excerpts of Soldiers In The King Philips War (1675-77) by George M Bodge

"King Philip's War (1675-77) was a total war for survival, and involved extensive operations by both provisional and standing militia units. King Philip's War was fought in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. During King Philip's War, up to one third of America's white population was wiped out. The fire and ruin, the blood and agony of the tomahawk and the flaming arrow were spread up and down the Connecticut River Valley, barbarous and pitiless the dripping hatchet plunging into the brains of… Continue

Added by Eileen Cogan on August 15, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

From Nuts & Bolts to "the whole house"

While the dates of births, marriages, re-locations, public service, deaths, and burials give genealogists the "bare bones" of a family history, we always need more. Sometimes we are fortunate to have family stories, anecdotes, letters, diaries, and quotes to help flesh out the ancestors' lives, but again, we always need more. What some of us would like to know about our ancestors is "how they lived, thought, and possibly felt" -- what influenced them, what was going on around them, and this is… Continue

Added by William S Dean on August 15, 2009 at 10:26am — 1 Comment

Archaeology and Family History

When I introduce myself as an archaeologist I generally find that people make assumptions about what that actually means. For a start I get asked about what I’ve been digging up lately and have to explain that not all archaeologists dig. I have (or should I say had?) a desk job. On top of that there is the problem of what period do archaeologists actually cover? We don’t cover dinosaurs, not in the slightest. Archaeology is all about the study of man and as yet no one has found any evidence to… Continue

Added by Sarah MacLean on August 15, 2009 at 7:17am — 6 Comments

Researching Your Foreign Ancestors - Online & Elsewhere

It can be a bit disheartening when you start chasing a family line, and you soon find yourself in a foreign country, like Denmark, Italy or Czechoslovakia (Or perhaps the US is a foreign country for you!) What do you do next? How can you further your family research if you can’t afford a trip overseas and you don’t speak the language?

Well believe it or not, you actually have several options. They all involve a little work, mind you - nothing quite so simple as typing your name into… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on August 14, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Nightmares About Genealogy

FH for GenyWise.doc

Added by Unknown Ancestor on August 13, 2009 at 11:50pm — 2 Comments

African Ancestry and believers!

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Read the following article that I just found in my late father's archives: It simply proves my thoughts on this issue...What are yours?

Added by CHASTITY on August 13, 2009 at 6:57pm — 2 Comments

Another brick wall for me...

Since I can't tear down my brick wall on my mom's side, I figured I would take a crack at my dad's family. Which, by the way, I know very, very little. I guess, I will start with the parents of my grandmother, Rosa Ward (born 12/13/10). She died in Wisconsin, 7/5/63. Rosa was born in Mississippi. I don't know their names. She married Chapman (or Chatman) Myers and they had one son George (my father). She later married Jackson Tripp (I believe in Wisconsin). She had a sister, but I'm not sure of… Continue

Added by Pam McCreary on August 13, 2009 at 6:56pm — 4 Comments

Ancestory.com Update

WOW! I'm so out of touch..... I have been so covered with work and school and all my other stuff, that I have not had time to work on my family tree. I signed on to Ancestory Tree tonight and updated my account and WOW! It's really nice how they have it updated and it to me is so much easier to use. I like the new look....

Added by Robin R. Cordell-Inge on August 13, 2009 at 6:27pm — No Comments

Amos Nettleton - 1737 Killingworth, Conn., USA

I have been trying to find the wife of Amos Nettleton for several years now. I'm hoping somebody in either Killingworth from the District of Brunswick, New York can help me find this elusive person. His wife would probably have been born abt 1741 in Duchess County, New York and died abt 1799 in Augusta Township, Leeds/Grenville County, Ontario, Canada

Any help or advice would be very greatful.

Tim

Added by Tim Fenton on August 13, 2009 at 4:13pm — No Comments