February 2011 Blog Posts (35)

I am third generation American, born in 1953, and my father, Robert Alton Hutto, born in 1928. My grandfather, Joseph Henry Hutto, was born in 1885. He was the first born child of my great-grandparents, George Washington Hutto and Anna Greene Hutto (originally an immigrant from Hamburg, Germany), and hence the first American citizen born to our family.

 

I have a major concern about the websites out there claiming our surname HUTTO is either German or English, but in fact my…

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As I write this, I am sitting on a plane returning from a family reunion in California. My cousin celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday and several family members flew in for the occasion. My cousin's grandmother and my grandmother were sisters, so while I see him all the time (since he lives in the same building as my parents), his sisters and their…

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I am still trying to find the parents of Eli (George) Baker born abt 1830 Madison County, NY Died Sep 5 1864 in Petersburg, VA was a soldier in the Civil War, captured and killed. Bef his death he lived in CT moving there abt 1850, was married 2x, 1st wife divorced him, they had a son, he left behind a 2nd wife.

                                                            Sites to Search

 

 1.  http://www.usgenweb.org/       covers United States, Counties   my #1 site

 

2.   http://www.worldgenweb.org/            covers world sites

 

3    http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html  great site FREE and PAY

 

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 Library Research for Anyone

 

You do not have to wander far to do genealogy research.  From the Armchair in your living room to down the street at the nearest library you can garner information to use in your hunt for clues to expand your knowledge of family.

 

 You can learn about the climate and weather and environment of the area your ancestors lived by just going to the library.  Yes, if you are a card holder  you can even probably, access…

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Adam BT CT out of Africa CF …

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For the past two blog posts I have been writing about archiving (How I Save and Archive My Digital Photos), and storing digital photos (How To Backup and Store Your Digital Photo Files.) My first post on this subject looked at how I… Continue

I would like to compare DNA results with two Robertson families that may turn out to be the same family. 
1.  William Robertson that married Abigail Cleveland about 1787 - I believe this is the William Robertson that died in Gallatin county, Ky in 1823.

2.  And/or  the William Robertson that died in Frederick county, Va. about 1798.

 

 

Our Mother, Dorothy Inez Hoffman Jones, daughter of Cecil L Jones and Inez Mae Scott, was born 29 June 1920 at Little Bear, Platte Co. Wyoming. She left this earth to go home 10 January 2011 at Valley Ford, Sonoma Co., Califonria. 

She bore 4 living children and numerous grandchildren, and even more great and great great grandchildren.

 

Family spreads all over the west coast and mid west. Her lineage is very early…

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***100% DOCUMENTED PAPER TRAIL verified in PR. Re: LDS *** All born in CURACAO - MDKO-Most-Distant-Known-Origin-All died in PR

6th generation gfather born Juan Nicolas QUIRINDONGO firstborn? European yDNA I(eye)2a1 M26+ Mulatto phenotype 1740? BORN KIRINDONGO in CURACAO (died in Peñuelas PR) - mentioned present at age 80? with wife Catalina at son Pedro's 1818 2nd marriage in Peñuelas PR

5th generation gfather Patriarch and protagonist Pedro QUIRINDONGO firstborn? European yDNA… Continue

John Henry QUIRINDONGO Arroyo (illegitamate gfather Juan Arroyo should be CORTéS)

1st gen Mother Sara Pilar ARROYO (illegitamate father Juan Arroyo should be CORTéS) Cadiz 1910-2005

2nd gen gfather Juan Natividad ARROYO-CORTéS 1887-1942 listed…

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Amerindian mtDNA “A” Pedigree John Henry QUIRINDONGO-300 yr direct line

Amerindian mtDNA “A” father Carmelo QUIRINDONGO Arroyo 1888-1968

*1^st   gmother…

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Born Fighting: How the Scots Irish Shaped America, is a new television documentary based on a book by Senator James Webb of Viriginia, who is a direct descendant of Ulster Scots who immigrated to America. However, this two part program was first broadcast in the United Kingdom yesterday on 1 February 2011 on STV. It is produced by Scottish and Ulster Television and the Smithsonian Channel.



Before the siege of Derry in 1689, Scots Presbyterians flooded Northern… Continue

Last week I blogged about how I have been organizing and tagging all my digital photos during frequent 3 hour flights. I received several comments and questions from readers about what to do with those photos once they are tagged and organized into a meaningful architecture.

I find myself once again sitting on an airplane and thought I would take this time to…

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