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Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Eight

This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. On our last full day in Hawaii we met with my Honolulu cousin and privately visited the gravesites of the Dominis family at the Oahu cemetery. We also were able to see the Royal Mausoleum, located nearby, where the royal family, including Governor Dominis, is buried. The Mausoleum, Mauna ‘Ala, is on sovereign…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 9, 2010 at 8:25am — No Comments

Murray County Library – 10 Books

10 genealogy books at the Murray County Library that I want to review:

Murray County, Georgia marriages : 1907-1941
Teague, Gene E., Pickens County, Georgia cemetery records
Georgia cemetery records
1851 census of Cherokees East of the Mississippi : Murray County, Georgia
Gilmer County Georgia Heritage :…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 9, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

You really can find your ancestors on the Internet

One recurring question is whether or not the vast number of records

being digitized on the Internet actually increase anyone's chances of

finding their ancestors? From my standpoint the answer is a resounding

yes. This last week had proof of the possibility, one from Sinaloa,

Mexico and another from the Midwest U.S.

It has been the case for sometime that the Family History Library had a

very high percentage of the Mexican Catholic Church Parish Registers… Continue

Added by James Tanner on August 8, 2010 at 10:08pm — No Comments

Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Seven

This is a continuation of the story of my family history research trip to Hawaii. It was our second to last day in Honolulu, and we had a second appointment with the curator at Washington Place. This was the home built by Captain John Dominis for his wife, Mary Lambert Jones, sister to my 4x great grandmother, Catherine Plummer Jones. The Jones family was from Boston, and so he built her a grand, New…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 8, 2010 at 2:36pm — No Comments

Genealogy - Reunions and Reenactments

As a genealogist, a historian, and a historical re-enactor, I'm especially keen to see these three elements of my life merge in other events. Two events recently were brought to my attention. While searching for ancestors' final resting places at Find-A-Grave, I discovered those of one of my sets of gr-gr-great grandparents, Abraham Harmon (1802-1869) and Ann Pillers (1810-1888), buried in the New Palestine cemetery, in Illinois. I contacted the original poster with information about their… Continue

Added by William S Dean on August 8, 2010 at 10:49am — No Comments

Question for those who collect genealogical documents

I am trying to document my Burris line for the DAR. I have two grand parents who lived most of their lives in Kentucky, but both died in Tennessee in the hospital nearest their home. Which state do I send to looking for their death certificates? Any help will be appreciated.

Added by Patricia Ann Clark Blake on August 7, 2010 at 3:02pm — 2 Comments

Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Six

This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. We hadn’t done much research on the past two days, so this day was back to work day! We had another 10 AM appointment for a guided tour at Iolani Palace. It is necessary to make reservations for guided tours ahead of time, but my cousin and her nine year old grandson were able to secure tickets to join us.…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 6, 2010 at 5:10pm — No Comments

Hong Kong Cemetery

The former Colonial Cemetery in Happy Valley…

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Added by Christine Thomas on August 6, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Notes and note taking

I was an awful note taker at the university and in law school.

Especially in law school, I would watch the other students scribble

furiously in their notebooks, so I would copy their behavior and write

copious notes from every class. There was just one problem, when I got

home and went back through my notes, they were absolutely meaningless.

It was not that I couldn't write legibly, it was just that whatever I

wrote down made no sense. I finally got to the point of… Continue

Added by James Tanner on August 6, 2010 at 9:42am — No Comments

Hemphills in 1808

Two hundred years ago, my Hemphill relatives were all in the Burke/Buncombe county area in North Carolina.

Captain Thomas Hemphill (1746-1826), my 5x (twice) and 6x great-grandfather, lived in Burke County, North Carolina in 1810. On April 4, 1808, he entered a grant for 300 acres lying on both sides of the French Broad river in Buncombe . . . → : …

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 6, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Five

This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. On this day, Hubby woke up extra early to swim at Waikiki Beach whilst I slept late. I missed another opportunity to swim in the Pacific Ocean. Then we drove east past Diamond Head, the Halona Blow Hole, the Makapu’u Lighthouse and Hanamuma Bay. This side of the island was dry and rocky, and the mountains look decidedly…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 5, 2010 at 8:24pm — 1 Comment

Genealogy Trip to Hawaii - Day Four

This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii. Since we had been so busy doing my genealogy research, it was time for my hubby to choose the day’s activities. He decided to go to Pearl Harbor, since it was Sunday, and most museums and archives would be closed. Several taxi drivers and hotel staff had told us to arrive extra early in the morning, since…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 4, 2010 at 5:47pm — No Comments

Coon Family

Notes from My Legacy file:

Name: Ephriam Coon

Parents: Henry Abel Coon and Mary Ann Silas

Life Range: 22 Feb 1794 - 29 Dec 1868

Age:

Marriage: _______________. Marana Knapp ( -1908).

1794 Feb 22 Birth: New York, Ontario County, Mendon Township, Honeoye Falls Village.

20 1814 Son born (#7): _______________. Milton Coon (1814-1904). Died in 1904.

22 1816 Son born (#8): _______________. Leander Coon (1816- ).

Unknown Spouse: _______________.… Continue

Added by Gwynn Socolich on August 4, 2010 at 2:45pm — No Comments

Have you cataloged your Genealogy Book, magazine and electronic resources yet?

This is the latest assignment for ProGen Study group. Hopefully, I will have a list by month end. I found that several of the books listed in Professional Genealogy (except three) were at my local genealogy library. Some of these I can check out and others I need to read at the library. They have an exceptional collection of Local Genealogical society publications which I can search with PERSI.

Added by Gwynn Socolich on August 4, 2010 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Anna (Keller) Albright Headstone

Anna Maria (Keller) Albright is buried in the Old Brick Church Cemetery in Alamance (formerly Guilford) County, North Carolina. I read only a few words of German, so I’m taking the data from the inscription on faith. Anna was born 11 Nov 1733, possibly in Pennsylvania or Switzerland. She died 10 Jun 1803.…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 3, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

How to share & write memories

Share your family stories before it is too late. That’s my motto in a nutshell. I believe everyone has a story to tell. It’s just a matter of digging deep to find those memories. Of course, proof is in the puddin’ - alright, no more tacky clichés - I'm about to issue you a challenge:

Grab a pen and paper.
Number your paper from 1 – 13.…

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Added by Jennifer Swan on August 3, 2010 at 8:46am — No Comments

Any updates for FamilySearch?

In the BYU Continuing Education announcement of the Conference on Family

History and Genealogy recently concluded, the senior product manager

for FamilySearch, Daniel C. Lawyer, was scheduled to present "The Future of FamilySearch (Something Big is Coming Soon)"

Although there were a lot of comments about a presentation by Curt B.

Witcher on the coming Dark Ages of Genealogy and a few news accounts of

the presentation… Continue

Added by James Tanner on August 2, 2010 at 8:45am — No Comments

Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Three

This is a continuation of the story of my family history related trip to Hawaii for the past two weeks. I’m skipping over the cruise we took for seven days (you can read a short version in yesterday’s post) and recounting our days on the island of Oahu. We checked into another hotel on Waikiki beach, and then immediately rented a car to get to the Bishop…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 2, 2010 at 8:32am — No Comments

Genealogy Trip to Hawaii- Day Two

This is a continuation of story of my family history related trip to Hawaii for the past two weeks. Our first day was full of meeting “new” cousins and seeing historic sites related to the Dominis family and Queen Lili’uokalani. This next day we checked out of our hotel on Waikiki Beach, Oahu to board a cruise ship to see the islands of Maui, Hawaii and Kauai. This was the vacation part of the trip,…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 1, 2010 at 8:17pm — No Comments

Is a royal line back to the Middle Ages real genealogy?

In a recent comment to my statement about old royal pedigree, Martin said,

It's an incorrect opinion. You've confused two things. I don't believe in lines going back to Adam either. However, I can verify using modern genealogical standards, my line back to medieval

royalty and that royalty back to the early dark ages (about 400-600

A.D.). So it is real genealogy and real history.

Given Martin's expertise in genealogy, it is highly likely that his… Continue

Added by James Tanner on August 1, 2010 at 2:57pm — No Comments