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March 2011 Blog Posts (40)

Surname Information on some of Family Ties EASTMAN-FOLK/FOULK-MYERS-SHOWALTER

John EASTMAN to Roger Eastman and Sarah SMITH to

Joseph Eastman & Mary TILTON to

Peter Eastman & Mehitable ROOT to

Azariah & Ruth JENKINS EASTMAN to

Vespasion & Eunice STODDARD Eastman to

Abijah Stoddard b1778 m to Esther THOMAS (Indian kin)

to George Herbert b1834 & Lydia TROWBRIDGE Eastman to

Margaret Mae EASTMAN b 1869 ie died 23 Jan 1958 Washburn IA

to daughter Victoria Mae (Ida) Foulk married to Carl Fremont JONES to Dad… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on March 19, 2011 at 6:03pm — No Comments

Maine Genealogical Society's Spring Workshop Featuring John Philip Colletta

The Maine Genealogical Society i sexcited to have nationally-acclaimed speaker John Philip Colletta returning to Maine on April 23, 2011.

Mr. Colletta will lead us on an exploratory journey through Arriving in America: Passenger Arrival Records into Becoming an American: Naturalization Records, then on into Dealings with the Government: Lesser-Used Federal Records; and then…

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Added by Brian Bouchard on March 19, 2011 at 10:05am — No Comments

30% Discount on New Ancestry.com Memberships

I'd heard about this a while back, but just today verified it for myself - and it's true! If you go to your local LDS Family History Center, all of which are free to use and open to the public, and ask them to show you how to use their library version of Ancestry.com through their "portal", from the opening screen there will be a "sign up" offer on the right side of the screen. When you enter your email address, it will email you an… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on March 15, 2011 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Manuel Fenollosa, Spanish Immigrant to Salem, Massachusetts 1838

My great great grandfather Caleb Rand Bill was a music professor in Salem, Massachusetts before the turn of the 20th century. Whilst researching his story, I found out about two other early music teachers in Salem, who were both Spanish immigrants. It is interesting that they became ardent abolitionists around the time of the American Civil War.

Manuel Fenollosa came to Salem from Spain with his brother in law, Manuel Emilio in 1838 on the US navel frigate United States. …

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 15, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Old Family Photos in Genealogy

I don't have a blog, rather I operate AncientFaces. I began the website back in 2000 and now it has over 50,000 family photos that were submitted by the genealogy community. I urge everyone to check for photos of their ancestors and to share their own. AncientFaces is 100% free and advertisement supported - so there is never a cost involved!

AncientFaces - Family…

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Added by Daniel J Pinna on March 15, 2011 at 12:03pm — No Comments

I just added my blog site

I just added my blog site in my profile here. I tried it and it went there.

http://sharonsfamilyandotherstuff.blogspot.com

Added by Sharon Haas on March 12, 2011 at 10:21am — No Comments

Powell Info

Greetings

I am interested in information on Archibald Powell as he relates to the Vannest,Field, Ten Broeck's, Dudley's and Powell's. I have several of Anna Powell Hagaman's letters from the 1920's written to her niece Grace Ann Arnold Powell. She talks alot about family history and has given me many good leads not to mention just good reading material.

I have a gap I can not fill- who is Archibald's father and mother? And does this line trace back to Thomas Powell of Long…

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Added by David McKeown on March 11, 2011 at 6:26am — No Comments

How to set your “Favorites” on the NEHGS search site

There has been an ongoing discussion about the “new” NEHGS website at www.americanancestors.org and on their Facebook group. Lots of folks are having trouble navigating the new search site, and finding their favorite databases. Actually, this website is no longer new, since it has been around since late last summer. The way things move so quickly with technology, I wouldn’t be surprised to see additional changes by now at the NEHGS site…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 10, 2011 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Death, Deceit and a Couple of Sea Captains

A while back, my niece's husband asked me if I would help him look into his ancestry. (He thought that perhaps his family had “come from whales”.) Seeing as he was and still is serving our country in the Air Force, I was happy to see what I could help him find. In addition to showing him how to do basic census records research, I ran some searches on several of the online digitized book sites. We were both amazed at what I found about one of his ancestors in a book on HeritageQuest --…

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Added by tami osmer glatz on March 9, 2011 at 9:24am — 1 Comment

HELP HELP, I Hit a Brick Wall

Hi everyone, I'm new here.

I'm Charles J. O'Berry (Berry) from Arizona. I'm looking for some help in my research.

My grandfather was Charles Otto Berry Sr. from Morgan City, Louisiana. He was born Oct 10, 1900 in…

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Added by Charles James O'Berry (Berry) on March 8, 2011 at 8:57pm — No Comments

Belleville, Illinois - Perrin - Parrin - Parron

My Father and his family were from Belleville and East St. Louis, IL

Trying to find history and burial location of Charles & Elizabeth

Rouge (Nee Perrin or Parrin or Parron) from East St. Louis and

Belleville. 1870 to 1920

It is spelled all 3 ways on family records that I have on my Father

and my Aunt below..

My Father - Charles Leo Rouge b 1900 and his Sister (My Aunt) Lilly…

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Added by Robert Arthur Rouge` on March 8, 2011 at 6:44pm — No Comments

Preists and Soldiers who became farmers in Sweden.

In the course of my research I have realized that many of my earliest Swedish ancestors were priests in the Catholic church prior to 1530 and Lutheran's after that. There was even one who had to face the ecclessiastical court and then the King's court to prove he didn't have Catholic leanings although he was ordained in the Lutheran church.

If I ever traced all of their descendants(which might take several lifetimes lol) I would have distant relatives all over the world as if I didn't…

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Added by Maryann Rosie on March 8, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments

Genealogists in San Diego , Lemon Grove, National City, Chula Vista, Spring Valley and surrounding areas

The Lemon Grove library is hosting talks twice a month to promote genealogy in the community.

We meet 6 to 7:45 pm at 8073 Broadway, Lemon Grove, Ca 91945

Susi Pentico has presented countless talks and some guest speakers over the last almost ten years.

We have had as few as 4 and as many as 23 at any one event.

Being situated in the mid area of the county it was hoped to reach out to those who could not get to other

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on March 7, 2011 at 10:22pm — No Comments

Bradley's of New Orleans,La. 1897

Hi ,,,,I would like to find info. on my mother 's family. My Mother was BRUNETTA LLOYD BRADLEY. She was the youngest of 4 daughters of ?&? Bradley. I am embarassed I do not know my Grandmother or Grandfather Bradley's first names.

My mother was born March 20,1897 in New Orleans.La.I believe her sister's names were; TaTee ,Josey,and Charlotte . Charlotte may be "TaTee",,"lottee",not sure.

Brunetta Lloyd bradley married Isaac Nichols Tower (I Believe) in 1918.

Any…

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Added by Thomas Alva Tower Sr. on March 6, 2011 at 12:47am — 1 Comment

Beyond Wills and Trusts – What Do You Do With Your Intellectual Property?

Most people that have families take on the onerous and reflective task of writing a will which provides instructions for the distribution and disposable of our physical assets after we die. Some are very complicated and involve the establishment of trusts to by-pass generations, leaving collections and assets to future generations. Some are very simple distribution of property to surviving relatives. But most people neglect considering how to pass on their accumulated knowledge and memoirs, who… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on March 4, 2011 at 6:25pm — No Comments

5 March Bonita Library, Shirley Becker and Early Census Records

Early Census Records and how to glean knowledge for them for your research is the goal of Shirley's talk on Saturday at the library

4375 Bonita Road, Bonita,CA 91902 12 to 3 pm

.My talk will be on working with the first Five Census Taken of the United States. At first glance they are discouraging as there doesn't seem to be very much information, but appearances are deceiving. With patience and perseverance facts can be…

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on March 4, 2011 at 12:15pm — No Comments

John Legore

I'm looking for info on John Legore, I know he was born in France in 1755 but I don't know anything prior to that so if you have any info please let me know . Thank you Anthony

Added by anthony monks on March 3, 2011 at 1:38pm — 1 Comment

A Comment on a Great SEMINAR and Speaker Curt Witcher

Over on another of my blog pages I posted a note about a seminar some of us at CVGS attended last weekend.

Hemet - San Jacinto Genealogical Society hosted a great day of knowledge and prizes and terrific lunch.

Lunch was provided by the Boy Scouts of America. I am learning new methods of lunches all the time.

We are hoping for a large seminar like we did last October this October, so my eyes and ears are out there…

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on March 1, 2011 at 9:08pm — No Comments

How do I link my blog posts from blogger.com

I set up a blog account on Blogger.com. So how can I link my blogs from there here and vise versa. My blog address is http://sharonsfamilyandotherstuff.blogspot.com. Or is it not possible. I use gmail address for that account and a yahoo mail address for this site.

Added by Sharon Haas on March 1, 2011 at 1:25pm — No Comments