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July 2009 Blog Posts (368)

My McLEAN Line

This is starting with the oldest known McLEAN that I have. Please contact me for more information.

1. John McLEAN

2. Ephraim McLEAN

+ Elizabeth DAVIDON

3. Samuel Mortimer McLEAN

+ Elizabeth IRVINE

4. Charles McLEAN

+ Mary DUNCAN

5. Melchesedick McLEAN

+ Mary McLAREN

6. Mary McLEAN

+ James BONDURANT

7. Virginia BONDURANT

+ John RUSSELL

8. Martha RUSSELL

+ Ammon HIGDON

9. Living HIGDON

+ Living… Continue

Added by Cathryn Hensley Smith on July 15, 2009 at 8:32pm — No Comments

More thoughts on the time capsule

I got to thinking about it some more, during a rare moment of solitude today - what I would like to see in the time capsule that I hope to do at our reunion next year (please read my blog about reunion fundraising for more information): A copy of our local newspaper for the week of the reunion

Birth announcements/wedding invitations/graduation announcements/etc. for events that happen around that time

A record of the price of gas at that… Continue

Added by Tara Pfarner on July 15, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Dealing with ambiguous records.

So, I'm sure that I'm not the only person who has hit a wall in their genealogy research at one point or another. Most of the time, a lack of record is what results in it, but what about when a record gives little to no useful information?

Also, has anyone ever run into a record that either displays false information? For instance, I found a death record from the early 1900s that referred to one of my relatives by a nickname, as well as reporting false information of the… Continue

Added by Joseph Davis on July 15, 2009 at 4:42pm — 3 Comments

Will the Real John Please Stand Up?

I am trying to sort out whether these are all the same John, or not. The contestants are John Savage and John Worden. In the photos, above, it seems that the man on the right has ears that protrude much farther than the man on the left. My… Continue

Added by Shae on July 15, 2009 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Worden Resemblances

Studying the resemblance between two Worden lines. Both men are descendants of John Worden b. 27 Mar 1741, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 6 Jan 1842, Wallkill, Orange, New York. John m. Hannah Stark 2 Oct 1772, Pawling, Dutchess, New York. Hannah b. 1739, Beekman, Dutchess, New York; d. 1810, Beekman, Dutchess, New York. [… Continue

Added by Shae on July 15, 2009 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Moses Harris: Pioneer and Man of God

Moses Harris is my great-great-great grandfather. I’ll admit it, I’m a genealogy buff and I go above and beyond the normal seeking out of ancestors. I try to find journals, newspaper articles, wills, obituaries, family bibles, letters . . . anything I can find to help me realize these men and women who trod this world before us were once real, living, breathing human beings.

One of these is Grandpa Moses, as I like to call him. He was born July 20th, 1798 in Fitch, Pennsylvania. I… Continue

Added by Candace E. Salima on July 15, 2009 at 3:17pm — 2 Comments

Ardingly.

great grandfather,william gray born in ardingly he moved to bradford yorkshire at some point and it appeared he was marriesd four times.he had a high class fruit and vegetable stall in bradford,previous to that he had something to do with ardingly college..ardingly is in west sussex england. so if anyone out there recognises this name and history please get in touch.

Added by jillian anthea clark on July 15, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments

John and Louisa (Lucy) Davis

I am the great granddaughter of John and Lucy (Louisa) Davis. I am looking for information on John Davis(for now)as I would like to finish our family tree on his side. John was born in Indiana, on April 20, 1848, married Louisa (Lucy) Boschert in St. Charles Mo on Aug. 20, 1878. I would like to know his parents names. "Crows laid him on a fence post and the sun hatched him" John Davis' description of where he came from. (by John Adams)

According to the 1860 Census from St. Charles, Mo. it… Continue

Added by G. Dickson on July 15, 2009 at 1:31pm — 3 Comments

An Under-Utilized Resource: The Godfrey Memorial Library

The Godfrey Memorial Library is a private genealogy library in Connecticut, that has an online subscription website full of great databases and useful links. Memberships are quite reasonable, and if you want to "test drive" the website, you can get full access for free at any LDS Family History Center. The website can be just a bit confusing, but with a brief "tour", you can figure out the resources quite easily, and be navigating with ease in no time.

I'd like to start by… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on July 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

WELCOME TO MY PAGE

First day entry. The Newbie, I know it probably won't take long to know how to use everthing here so you bear with me and I will learn. I love genealogy> My Mothers side is Buffington and Fathers side is Luney. So if there are anyone out there in these two catagories give me a shout. Carolyn

Added by Carolyn Cecil on July 15, 2009 at 1:22pm — No Comments

FamilyLink is History

FamilyLink is History.
Really. Not only is FamilyLink all about history, I also just received an email from FamilyLink that said so.

Facts, opinion and speculation about FamilyLink (née WorldVitalRecords) abandoning the original FamilyLink application (alias FamilyHistoryLink) in FamilyLink abandoning FamilyLink.

FamilyLink readying We're Related for GenealogyWise?

Added by Tamura Jones on July 15, 2009 at 1:16pm — 2 Comments

My passion to join the DAR

My paternal grandmother loved to tell stories about our ancestors. She loved history and she loved genealogy. She did not live long enough to know what the Internet is or the amount of resources now available over said Internet to conduct family research. She didn't know what the genealogical proof standard was or what methodology meant or own one book on genealogy. She just loved to tell the stories that had been past down to her and tell the stories she had lived through. Like my maternal… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 15, 2009 at 12:04pm — 1 Comment

Green family/ Worth county georgia

we have been searching for our family history for a number of years our great great great grand father was Lewis Green born in South Carolina about 1850 we are told that our great great grand mother's name was Katie Green ( Roberson or Robinson) and our great grand mother's name was Katie Green 1892 in Georgia ( Sumner) we do fine her in 1910 married to Will Tillman he is 28 years old and Katie is 19 years she has a baby girl name Rosabell she is 3 months old and was born in GreenCove Springs… Continue

Added by Douglas Council on July 15, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Looking for a copy of a page of a book in Harvard Libary

I'm trying to get a copy of one page from a book in Harvard's library that according to Google books contains the name of my ancestor. It is a German directory from the early nineteenth century. More information about it is here:

http://www.rootdig.com/2009/07/google-books-finds-my-ancestor-in.html

Thanks.

Michael

Added by Michael John Neill on July 15, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

For Group Admins: Disable "Send Message to All"

If you created a Group - you are the Admin of that group

.

Under Admin Options you should see "Edit Group"

Click on that, and on that panel you should see "Allow members to send messages to the entire group"

I highly recommend that you uncheck that box if it is currently checked.

What happens with that option is if someone clicks on the link "Send Message to Group" the message arrives in the *email* of *everyone* who is a member of the group.… Continue

Added by John Newmark on July 15, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

My Genealogy Heartbreak

Every genealogist knows that pictures of our ancestors are like treasure. No amount of money could ever make us hand over the very souls of our ancestors. Pictures help our stories of our ancestors come to life. Pictures make us feel as though we actually knew our ancestors. Through pictures we can see through the descendants what physical features stand out down a line. Pictures also tell us about the times our ancestors lived in through their clothing or the background of the picture. Having… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 15, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Looking for surnames Schuman and Rife

Added by Billie Marie Muzzey on July 15, 2009 at 9:29am — No Comments

castellian/castellano

i am trying without sucess to find any information on my gggrandfathers family eg his parents brothers and sisters ect.

my gggrandfathers name was matthew castellian or so i have been led to belive but when posting on italian ancestor sites i have since been told there is no such name in italy and that the name is probably castellano.

my gggrandfather was born in naples italy 1842, before he came to live in liverpool uk, where he married and had several children, i am assuming he came… Continue

Added by patricia duvall on July 15, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

Ancestry In Ontario Libraries

From the Ontario Ministry of Culture press release:

“We have completed negotiations for a two year license for Micromedia ProQuest’s Ancestry Library Edition. Ancestry is a genealogy research tool with data from census, military records, court, land, probate, vital and church records, passenger lists, etc. It covers Canada, the US, UK, and some European countries. The license covers Authorized Users of public libraries (i.e., library cardholders, walk-in patrons while they are on-site and… Continue

Added by William Bruce Hillman on July 15, 2009 at 7:07am — No Comments

magaret audrey clark,nee gray.born in wallasey cheshire.

hi,i am intereted in searching for people who wher econnected or knew of a audrey clark,who was born in wallasey cheshire,i believe in the mount pleasant area .she was born in 1927,give or take a year on this day the 15th of july.she joined the waaf in the second world war and did training in bedford.i will find out more if interested,thank you.

Added by jillian anthea clark on July 15, 2009 at 5:23am — No Comments