Gwynn Socolich's Blog (16)

I am working on my marketing plan for gsgenealogy and next month the business plan is due.  I took a SBDC course in developing a Business Plan but there were no sample plans for Genealogy research available from the resources they provided.  The template they provided was a useful tool to begin the marketing plan.

I am not sure if I am related but Harvard University has an extensive collection on the family of Artemus Ward. 1724-1933.

Here is the Link: http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/home?_collection=ward

You may want to print the "Ward family. Artemas Ward House and Ward family papers digital collection: A finding Aid" by Harvard College Library and it will give you the scope of this massive…

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Please see my website for a detailed analysis of this place in Londonderry County, Northern Ireland in regard to the Riddell Family: http://ning.it/boyREk
Sources included.

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

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.

Still pondering the details of this obit. on my WordPress blog: http://gsgenealogy.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/edward-ward-of-columbus-grove-putnam-county-ohio/

Still more mysteries to uncover about this Ward Branch from Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

The Pro Gen Study group will meet at Jamboree. There will also be a Southern California APG meeting at Jamboree. Jamboree is only one week away. I can hardly wait! I will be meeting up with some of my friends from the San Diego Genealogical Society who plan to take the train. We took the train two years ago and it was a relaxing ride and the hotel for Jamboree was across the street. We could not all fit on the shuttle so some of us walked to the hotel. They were doing construction at the hotel… Continue

Please refer to my other blog. http://gsgenealogy.blogspot.com/ for genealogy related sources from the Vista, San Diego County Library.

Joel Ward was born in Richland County, Troy Township. Ohio in 1831. I found a great map of the Original Richland County in the "Past Finder" Newsletter from the Richland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, it was in Volume 11 #2 April-June 1992 on Page 29. I located this publication at the Georgina Cole Library in Carlsbad, California. The map was originally from "Ellsworth's Original Land Records of Richland County, Ohio". On this map Troy is in R19. I found a more detailed map on… Continue

A frequent visitor to our genealogical society, Colleen Fitzpatrick PhD came to set the scene of her story with a combination of logic and humor. I always enjoy hearing her speak. It was a story of mystery and intrigue. One man with a mysterious past and two families who were descended from him. She combined modern DNA research with tried and true genealogy research methodology. She was searching for current descendants using the Census, City Directories, the phone book, electronic databases as… Continue

See my blog post in Blogger: for Malcolm, Ward and Graham.

http://gsgenealogy.blogspot.com/

I will be posting my research on Peter Gates family on my blog http://gsgenealogy.blogspot.com/ in the next few weeks. Those Zecheraiah Gates men are confusing! I am not finished researching but will share preliminary findings.

Looking for the Father of Peter Gates from Groton, New London, Connecticut. Peter was born 26 Feb 1750. An ancestry tree puts Peter as the son on Zebadiah Gates and Sarah Woodmansey but the Book (found on Google Books) Stephen Gates of Hingham and Landcaster, Massachusetts and his descendants by Charles Otis Gates does not support this. It has a completely different list for children of Zebadiah Gates which does not include children: Mary, John, David (brother of Peter who owned land with him… Continue

I am researching two ladies in my collateral line. One is Desire Avery and the other is Irene Avery. Desire Avery married Ephriam Gates whose sister Lephe Gates married John Riddle (Riddell). Desire Avery was born 5 March 1788 in Leyden, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The other Avery is Irena who married Miles Coon of Manlius, Onondaga New York. Irena Avery was born in 1818 and died in 1903, she is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Palymra, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. One of my research… Continue

I am busy following the trails of the Coon, Congdon, Darling, Bunker, Potter, Dow families of Palmyra, Jefferson County Wisconsin. Specifically, I am looking for Coon collateral lines.