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Hi Everyone!

I am researching the Huntsville, Alabama Drake family. The line I am researching is descended from Captain John Drake, who fought in the Revolutionary War and then migrated to Alabama. I would like to correspond from members of John Drake's family.

Added by Suzanne Pratt on July 20, 2009 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Russell County, Kentucky

I'll be heading to Russell County, Kentucky in about 3 weeks for a short family vacation/research trip. Trying to make a plan for the best use of my time. Can't spend entire days anywhere and will basically be there for a 3 day week-end. Wish I was more familiar with the area...

Added by Shy Genealogist on July 20, 2009 at 10:52am — No Comments

Ellis Island

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. is an incredible resource for genealogists who have ancestors who immigrated to America through Ellis Island. The Foundation’s website in particular is an incredible resource for genealogists. http://www.ellisisland.org/

At the above website, you can search the Ellis Island/Port of New York records for your ancestors. No payment is required to search these records. The website also offers in-depth information on the history of Ellis… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 20, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Early Founders Marker - Calvary Cemetery

For those unaware, my last entry on the Early St. Louis website noted that a memorial marker was placed at Calvary cemetery on June 20th to honor the Early Founders of St. Louis.

Connie Nisinger, who has done a great deal of photographing headstones in Bellefontaine and Calvary, kindly sent me photos of the new monument.

I took the names inscribed on… Continue

Added by P. Davidson-Peters on July 20, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

How to create a Family Tree on MyHeritage

When you sign up for MyHeritage, you are given the possibility to create an online Family Tree right away. Alternatively you can start your Family Tree with a GEDCOM file, either directly at sign up or at any time afterwards. Alternatively, if you are using our Family Tree Builder software, you can publish the tree(s) you created there to the Family Site of your choice. Note that tree's that you publish from Family Tree Builder cannot… Continue

Added by Daniel Horowitz on July 20, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Best of the Genea-Blogs - July 12-18, 2009

Regular readers of my Genea-Musings blog know that I usually publish, on each Sunday, a list of what I consider the "best" genealogy blog posts for the previous week.

This week's post is at http://www.geneamusings.com/2009/07/best-of-genea-blogs-july-12-18-2009.html.

There were three Carnivals this week. These… Continue

Added by Randy Seaver on July 19, 2009 at 10:17pm — No Comments

Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113

I thought someone here at GenealogyWise would be interested in this story too.

One of my passions is remembering and honoring those who have sacrificed so much, so that we can enjoy freedom. An article caught my eye yesterday morning, so I thought I'd share it. From the BBC News, "Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113, his care home has said.

If… Continue

Added by Leilani K Cummings on July 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Book: Sephardic Genealogy's new edition

Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog

Here's excellent news for Sephardic researchers!

Jeff Malka contacted me some time ago about the upcoming expanded and completely updated second edition of his award-winning book, "Sephardic… Continue

Added by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Family Tree Connection - Update (19/Jul/2009)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1913 Catalogue - Bulletin of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and Alumni Report, Vol. VI, No. 2, May, 1913, Catalogue Number. Published Bi-monthly by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 145 North Tenth Street, Philadelphia.…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on July 19, 2009 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Book: An Ashkenazi given name handbook

Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy blog

Avotaynu has announced the publication of Alexander Beider's "Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants."

This softcover book is the dictionary section of his previously published and… Continue

Added by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Who Am I?

Sounds like a stupid question to some people, but for years I wondered about the people in my past who made me the person I am today. Of course certain events and things in life will make you and mold you into who you are, but I need to know about my ancestors. Who were they? Where did they live? What did they do? What did they look like? Do I look like any of them? Do I get my kind heart from one of them or my temperament from someone else? I started researching my family tree about 15 years… Continue

Added by Cindy Neely on July 19, 2009 at 5:12pm — 4 Comments

Respecting the Privacy of Living Family Members...

One of the first things I learned in my genealogy courses regarded the ethics of displaying information of living relatives. When a genealogist publishes his or her family's pedigree charts or family history, understanding proper etiquette of displaying living relatives information is imperative. If you happen to publish the birth dates of your aunt and she gets upset with you, she may not want to help you with your genelaogy anymore. Publishing information that helps to identify living… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 19, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

FAQs

Is there anything like answers to FAQs for participating in groups?
Thanks for the help.

Added by Elaine L. Fisher on July 19, 2009 at 11:11am — No Comments

Treasures on the World Wide Web

While doing research on the branches of my family tree, sometimes I come across a little bit of

"treasure". Not a real treasure, but some interesting information or sometimes even a picture.

Recently I was doing some searching on a Klaas Jansen Heixan (my mothers great - great- great - great - great -great grandfather) and came upon the following

This particular branch of the family tree were Silversmiths.

Klaas Jansen Heixan was born on August 11, 1678 in Dokkum, Friesland, and… Continue

Added by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 19, 2009 at 11:08am — No Comments

Saturday Night Genealogical Fun

While reading through Randy Seaver’s blog “Genea-Musings” I decided that I would try the Saturday Night Genealogical Fun challenge and google myself. A little ego boosting here.

Well what a novel experience. My face book page appears- no surprise there. Also my blog posts on Genealogy Wise - that was quick. Posts from my own blog “The Hillman’s of Elgin County”- again no big surprise.

Googling William Bruce Hillman comes up with 56,600 matches while googling just William Hillman… Continue

Added by William Bruce Hillman on July 19, 2009 at 8:13am — 1 Comment

A Visit to Pier 21

We recently traveled to Halifax, Nova Scotia and visited Pier 21 - Canada"s Immigration Museum.

Between 1928 and 1971 1.5 million immigrants - war brides, displaced people, evacuee children and Canadian military personnel who passed through Pier 21 , among them my father in law on his first visit to Canada in the early 50's.

pier 21 2

For those that consider visiting pier 21, I would highly suggest the guided tour. It is very informative and it takes you through all the stages that… Continue

Added by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 18, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

talkingroots: Memories too precious to lose

Following a recent local genealogical society meeting, I was thinking about what is lost forever when a person dies. I feel fine, but I wanted to get down some things of which I am likely the last keeper. Otherwise, when I go, they go.

The first was a memory of my Dad and namesake, Deason Hunt. As we walked among the tombstones of Hunt Cemetery in eastern Rusk County, Texas, he was telling some of his memories. At the stone of his Aunt Lou Vicey Hunt Ables (1846-1922), Dad recalled… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 18, 2009 at 5:57pm — 2 Comments

Saturday Fun...

This summer I took an online course through one of the local community colleges called "Teaching Online." For the course I had to create some content for my "students." My course was a basic genealogy course and the below is what I created just for fun:

I created this to make you aware of the tribulations and consequences of being addicted to genealogy. Enjoy!

You know your obsessed with genealogy when...

1. You have dreams that your great great great… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 18, 2009 at 4:29pm — 2 Comments

New Mexico: Secret ancestry, hidden health risks

From Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog

Hispanics in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado are more frequently uncovering a secret Jewish ancestry, as well as a hidden health risk.

The story mentions FamilyTreeDNA.com's Santa Fe DNA Project, Father Bill Sanchez (with a moving 30-minute video interview - see below), a genetics counselor, information… Continue

Added by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 18, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Paying Dues Pays Off -- Another Brick Wall In Ruins

One of the things that I always tell people in my lectures, is to always try to take advantage of local resources that are available to you. I can't believe I took so long to heed my own advice on this one! I've been looking under every stone I could find for information on the parentage of my 4th great grandfather, David Stevens. I know lots about him, his wives, his divorce in 1817, his kids, and all the descendants. But not knowing who his parents were has plagued me for the past several… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on July 18, 2009 at 9:30am — 4 Comments