tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76329523514384547502024-02-19T14:22:38.212-07:00Lineagekeeper's Genealogy BlogLee Drew's Genealogy & ThoughtsLee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-37024341297103270242016-05-13T23:22:00.001-06:002016-05-13T23:25:35.245-06:00Constitutions of Clarendon ~ 1164<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kV4_WvUPaZxOCnJHwgFJl11A8jbFDNDogh2pzDySMFBbKIQkoLZt3qsfem7QVWuLWU5p3YUhHJIGRl5Qr-3JsR4maQncts7N79U32heBAKJZSb5hIkezWZRCjG2eE7p62XkfUhnR9Mpp/s1600/4.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kV4_WvUPaZxOCnJHwgFJl11A8jbFDNDogh2pzDySMFBbKIQkoLZt3qsfem7QVWuLWU5p3YUhHJIGRl5Qr-3JsR4maQncts7N79U32heBAKJZSb5hIkezWZRCjG2eE7p62XkfUhnR9Mpp/s320/4.png" width="237" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the year of our Lord's incarnation 1164, the fourth year of the papacy of Alexander, the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tenth of the most illustrious Henry, king of the English, in the presence of the same king, was made this remembrance or recognition of a certain part of the customs, liberties, and dignities of his predecessors, that is to say of King Henry his grandfather and others, which ought to be observed and held in the kingdom. And because of dissension and discords which had arisen between the clergy and the lord king's justices and the barons of the kingdom concerning the customs and dignities, this recognition has been made before the archbishops and bishops and clergy, and the earls and barons and great men of the kingdom. And these same customs declared by the archbishops, bishops, earls, and barons, and by the nobler and older men of the kingdom, Thomas archbishop of Canterbury and Roger archbishop of York and Gilbert bishop of London and Henry bishop of Winchester and Nigel bishop of Ely and William bishop of Norwich and Robert bishop of Lincoln and Hilary bishop of Chichester and Jocelin bishop of Salisbury and Richard bishop of Chester and Bartholomew bishop of Exeter and Robert bishop of Hereford and David bishop of St. David's and Roger elect of Worcester conceded and on the word of truth firmly promised by word of mouth should be held and observed for the lord king and his heirs in good faith and without subtlety, these being present: Robert earl of Leicester, Reginald earl of Cornwall, Conan earl of Brittany, John earl of Eu, Roger earl of Clare, earl Geoffrey de Mandeville, Hugh earl of Chester, William earl of Arundel, earl Patrick, William earl of Ferrers, Richard de Luci, Reginald de Mowbray, Simon de Beauchamp, Humphrey de Bohun, Matthew de Hereford, Walter de Mayenne, Manser Biset the steard, William Malet, William de Courcy, Robert de Dunstaville, Jocelin de Baillol, William de Lanvallei, William de Caisnet, Geoffrey de Vere, William de Hastings, Hugh de Moreville, Alan de Neville, Simon Fitz Peter, William Maudit the chamberlain, John Maudit, John Marshall, Peter de Mara, and many other great men and nobles of the kingdom both clergy and laymen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. If a controversy arise between laymen, or between laymen and clerks, or between clerks concerning patronage and presentation of churches, it shall be treated or concluded in the court of the lord king.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Churches of the lord king's fee cannot be permanently bestowed without his consent and grant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. Clerks charged and accused of any matter, summoned by the king's justice, shall come into his court to answer there to whatever it shall seem to the king's court should be answered there; and in the church court to what it seems should be answered there; however the king's justice shall send into the court of holy Church for the purpose of seeing how the matter shall be treated there. And if the clerk be convicted or confess, the church ought not to protect him further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4. It is not permitted the archbishops, bishops, and priests of the kingdom to leave the kingdom without the lord king's permission. And if they do leave they are to give security, if the lord king please, that they will seek no evil or damage to king or kingdom in going, in making their stay, or in returning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5. Excommunicate persons ought not to give security for an indefinite time, or give an oath, but only security and pledge for submitting to the judgment of the church in order that they may be absolved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6. Laymen ought not to be accused save by dependable and lawful accusers and witnesses in the presence of the bishop, yet so that the archdeacon lose not his right or anything which he ought to have thence. And if there should be those who are deemed culpable, but whom no one wishes or dares to accuse, the sheriff, upon the bishop's request, shall cause twelve lawful men of the neighborhood or the vill to take oath before the bishop that they will show the truth of the matter according to their conscience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7. No one who holds of the king in chief or any of the officials of his demesne is to be excommunicated or his lands placed under interdict unless the lord king, if he be in the land, or his justiciar, if he be outside the kingdom, first gives his consent, that he may do for him what is right: yet so that what pertains to the royal court be concluded there, and what looks to the church court be sent thither to be concluded there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8. As to appeals which may arise, they should pass from the archdeacon to the bishop, and from the bishop to the archbishop. And if the archbishop fail in furnishing justice, the matter should come to the lord king at the last, that at his command the litigation be concluded in the archbishop's court; and so because it should not pass further without the lord king's consent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9. If litigation arise between a clerk concerning any holding which the clerk would bring to charitable tenure but the layman to lay fee, it shall be determined on the decision of the king's chief justice by the recognition of twelve lawful men in the presence of the king's justice himself whether the holding pertain to charitable tenure or to lay fee. And if the recognition declare it to be charitable tenure, it shall be litigated in the church court, but if lay fee, unless both plead under the same bishop or baron, the litigation shall be in the royal court. But if both plead concerning that fief under the same bishop or baron, it shall be litigated in his court; yet so that he who was first seised lose not his seisin on account of the recognition that was made, until the matter be determined by the plea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10. If any one who is of a city, castle, borough, or demesne manor of the king shall be cited by archdeacon or bishop for any offense for which he ought to beheld answerable to them and despite their summonses he refuse to do what is right, it is fully permissible to place him under interdict, but he ought not to be excommunicated before the king's chief official of that vill shall agree, in order that he may authoritatively constrain him to come to his trial. But if the king's official fail in this, he himself shall be in the lord king's mercy; and then the bishop shall be able to coerce the accused man by ecclesiastical authority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11. Archbishops, bishops, and all ecclesiastics of the kingdom who hold of the king in chief have their possessions of the lord king as barony and answer for them to the king's justices and ministers and follow and do all royal rights and customs; and they ought, just like other barons, to be present at the judgments of the lord king's court along with the barons, until it come in judgment to loss of limbs or death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">12. When an archbishopric or bishopric, or an abbey or priory of the king's demesne shall be vacant, it ought to be in his hands, and he shall assume its revenues and expenses as pertaining to his demesne. And when the time comes to provide fro the church, the lord king should notify the more important clergy of the church, and the election should be held in the lord king's own chapel with the assent of the lord king and on the advice of the clergy of the realm whom he has summoned for the purpose. And there, before he be consecrated, let the elect perform homage and fealty to the lord king as his liege lord for life, limbs, and earthly honor, saving his order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">13. If any of the great men of the kingdom should forcibly prevent archbishop, bishop, or archdeacon from administering justice in which he or his men were concerned, then the lord king ought to bring such an one to justice. And if it should happen that any one deforce the lord king of his right, archbishops, bishops, and archdeacons ought to constrain him to make satisfaction to the lord king.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">14. Chattels which have been forfeited to the king are not to be held in churches or cemeteries against the king's justice, because they belong to the king whether they be found inside churches or outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The declaration of the above-mentioned royal customs and dignities has been made by the archbishops, bishops, earls, barons, and the nobler and older men of the kingdom, at Clarendon on the fourth day before the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, lord Henry being present there with the lord king his father. There are, indeed, many other great customs and dignities of holy mother church and of the lord king and barons of the kingdom, which are not included in this writing, but which are to be preserved to holy church and to the lord king and his heirs and the barons of the kingdom, and are to be kept inviolate for ever.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-55844050127788299362016-05-08T13:57:00.002-06:002016-05-08T14:01:51.731-06:00My Great Grandaunt ~ Emma Louisa Burger Drew<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are times in genealogy research when you encounter information about a long deceased family member that causes you to immediately like them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Such was the case when I found the records for my great grandaunt, Emma Louisa Burger Drew Mead. Emma married my great granduncle, Charles Henry Drew, the younger brother of my ancestor, David Lewis Drew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Emma was born on 4 Sep 1852 in Iowa, the daughter of the Reverend James Burger and his wife Nancy Middleton. Like my ancestors, David Lewis and Helen Marr Farrar Drew, both Emma and Charles migrated to California shortly after the gold rush.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Emma was the oldest child in her family. She married Charles on 22 May 1867 in Copperopolis, California at the tender age of 14. Charles was a relatively old man compared to Emma with his age of 22.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The couple had four children before Charles' untimely death from pneumonia in 1890 at the early age of 45 leaving Emma a widow at age 38.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Within the space of a few years she had lost two of her children and her husband to illness. All would be hard blows for anyone to handle, but this plucky little lady, didn't embrace life that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Within a year, she married Willard Clinton Mead, a 32-year-old miner from Illinois. He had migrated to the gold country of California to seek his fortune. The couple never had any children of their own but true to the stories I had found about Emma, they brought ten homeless children who needed a safe harbor and stable environment into their lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both of Emma's two daughters by Charles married prominent men in the community while their mother focused on people from the other end of the social spectrum by spending the currency of her life, time and effort, assisting those less fortunate than herself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her obituary noted her love of those less fortunate individuals that she'd brought into her life.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Mrs. Mead, Covered Wagon Pioneer, Dies At An Advanced Age."</b></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coming to California as a six month old baby by ox team, Mrs. Emma Louise Mead, one of the pioneers who made early California history, died here Thursday after a long illness.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Deceased was 82 years of age, a native of Iowa, but practically her entire life was spent in California. The family settled originally near Copperopolis where they were engaged in farming. When but fifteen years of age deceased was married to Charles Drew, and the young people moved at once to Red Bluff where Drew engaged in mining for many years. The two surviving children are both residents of Oakdale, Mrs. Ed Rodden and Mrs. Maude Gray.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Following Mr. Drew's death forty years ago, deceased came to Oakland to make her home and her married Willard Mead. They removed to Stockton where Mrs. Mead became prominent in social work and for her love of children. In all she brought up ten homeless children. Nine years ago, following the death of her husband, Mrs. Mead moved to Yosemite Valley where she made her home until six years ago, at which time she came to Oakdale, residing with her two daughters.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Funeral services for deceased were held at the Oakdale Undertaking Parlors Saturday afternoon, with Rev. H. H. Allen in charge. Interment was made in Copperopolis."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Emma was small of stature but enormous in heart. Thanks for putting the important things first in your life Aunt Emma. A smile always come to my face when I think of you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/2016/05/my-great-grandaunt-emma-louisa-burger.html" target="_blank">Posted 8 May 2016 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></b></span><br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-16581659748847069982016-04-18T23:58:00.000-06:002016-04-18T23:58:15.032-06:00It Wasn't Mrs. O'Leary's Cow<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1893, Michael Ahern, a reporter for the Chicago Republican, admitted that he had fabricated the story of Mrs. O'Leary''s Cow kicking over a lantern that started the Great Chicago Fire.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2,000 Acres of Buildings Destroyed</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On <b>11 October 1871, the Chicago Tribune </b>reported that 2,000 acres of buildings had been destroyed by the fire. Eight thousand people were homeless and two hundred bodies had been found by searchers to date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. What do you know about this fire?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I was in bed myself and my husband and five children when this fire commenced. I was the owner of them five cows that was burnt, and the horse wagon and harness. I had two tons of coal and two tons of hay. I had everything that I wanted in for the winter. I could not save five cents worth of anything out of the barn. Only that Mr. Sullivan got out a little calf. The calf was worth eleven dollars on Saturday morning. Saturday morning I refused even eleven dollars for the calf, and it was sold afterwards for eight dollars. I didn't save one five cents out of the fire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Do you know how the fire caught?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I could not tell anything of the fire only that two men came by the door. I guess it was my husband got outside the door and he ran back to the bedroom and said "Kate the barn is afire." I ran out and the whole barn was on fire. Well I went out to the barn and upon my word I could not tell anyone about the fire. I got just the way I could not tell anything about the fire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. You got frightened.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I got frightened. I got the way I did not know when I saw everything burn up in the barn--I got so excited that I could not tell anything about the fire from that time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. You thought your house was going to burn then.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. Then the men went and fixed two washtubs at both hydrants. There is a hydrant in front of our place and a hydrant in front of Mrs. Murray's. They set two washtubs and then began to put water on the little house, and everything was gone only the little house, and they made for that and kept it wet all through until the fire was gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Is that your house?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. They kept water on it until the fire went out. We had plenty of water until the fire was done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Was there any other family living in your house?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. There was Mrs. Laughlin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. How many rooms did they occupy?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Two rooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Front rooms?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Do you know whether they were in bed?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I know they were not in bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. How do you know that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Because I could hear from my own bedroom. Could hear them going on. There was a little music there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. They had a little party there?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. Her husband was a fiddler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. They had dancing there?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. They had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Some company?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Some company. I could not tell how many were there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. That was going on at the time the fire broke out, that dance, was it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I could not tell you sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Did you hear any of these people from the front part of the house passing to the back end of the dwelling, pass back and forth in the alley between the two houses?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I didn't indeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. About what time did this fire break out?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. As near as I can guess it was a little after nine o'clock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Had any of the people who were at the party been in your part of the house?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. No sir. There was not any of them there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. You could simply hear the music and they were having a jolly time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I could hear anything from our own bed to their rooms. Because they pretty near joined together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Have you heard from any person who was there anything in relation to anybody's going out to the barn with a light?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. I have heard of it. I have heard from other folks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Who did you hear anything in regard to it from?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I heard from other folks. I could not tell whether it is true or not. There was one out of the party went in for to milk my cows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Who did you hear say that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Mrs. White.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Where does Mrs. White live?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Across the way from us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. There is two two-story houses there right together?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. She lives in the east one?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. She said--the first she told me she mentioned a man was in my barn milking my cows. I could not tell for I didn't see it. The next morning I went over there she told me it was too bad for Leary to have all what he was worth lost. We did not know who done it. Said she and one of the neighbors there was someone from the party went and milked the cows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Did they state who the person was?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. No sir. They did not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. What did they want to milk for?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Some said it was for oysters. I could not tell anything only what I heard from the outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Had these persons in your house been in the habit of getting milk there before if they wanted it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. No sir. I never saw them in my barn to milk my cows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Did you have any talk with Mrs. Laughlin about it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. What did she say about it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. She said she never was in the stable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Did she deny that anybody went from her house?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. She did sir. She said she had no supper that night. She said her man had supper to a relation and to her brother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Had no coffee or oysters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Had no coffee or oysters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Was there any other party in the neighborhood that you know of?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. No sir. Well there as always music in saloons there Saturday night. I do not know of any other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. This was Sunday night.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. This was Sunday night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Is Mrs. Laughlin living in the house now?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. No sir. She moved out of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Do you know whether the tenants of the houses about there were in the habit of getting shavings from the planing mills to burn?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. There was shavings in every house there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Put them in the house?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Almost every house?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. They got them because they were cheaper fuel than they could get anywhere else?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes there were shavings in every house. That I can say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. In some houses larger quantities of them?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Did you have any packed in your barn?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. I had some packed in my barn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. How many do you think?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. When I used to clean out the barn I used to throw in a little shavings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Did you use them for bedding?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Yes sir. Not so much for bedding. I used to clean out the places and take a dish full and throw it in along with the cows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. After you discovered the fire can you state whether there was any engine on the ground, or how soon after did you discover one?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. The first engine I seen playing it was on Turner's block.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Can you give us an idea about how great a length of time passed from your first hearing of the fire until you saw the engine?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. I could not, sir. The engine might be there unknown to me--I got so excited. All I had was there in that barn. I did not know the fire was down until the next day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Had you any insurance upon your barn and stock?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. Never had five cents insurance--I had those cows one of them was not in the barn that night. It was out in the alley. That one went away. I could not get that one. My husband spent two weeks looking for it and could not find it anywhere in the world. I could not get five cents. I had six cows there. A good horse there. I had a wagon and harness and everything I was worth. I couldn't save that much out of it (snapping her finger) and upon my word I worked so hard for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fifteen years ago, Christmas arrived in July, or at least it did in my life. A decades-long search for the keystone on one of my ancestral brick walls was found causing the wall to tumble. An obscure </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">article in a rarely read city history book identified the location where my 3rd great grandmother, Mary Ardith Tirrill Farrar, died and was buried.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The discovery happened in the Harold B. Lee Library at the Brigham Young University in Provo,Utah and was a total fluke. My wife and I had gone to dinner on a warm Saturday night in early July and as usual, the dessert tray proved to be my undoing. The carrot cake they make is the best in the area. I had to have a piece. The cake was great but I knew that I'd still be awake by sunrise on Sunday morning if I didn't do something to burn off at least part of our evening meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A walk on a beautiful summer evening under the red, gold and purple sky with its feathered clouds would do the trick and better yet, I'd get points for taking a romantic stroll across the south end of the BYU Campus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we walked by the library, we decided to take advantage of our location and spend an hour browsing through books looking for information about our respective ancestors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My wife was rewarded almost immediately when she found a history of her 3rd great grandfather that she hadn't seen before. I wasn't as successful, until I started dragging my finger over the spines of the books wondering if one of them would 'feel' right. Not only did one feel right, it literally fell into my hands when I touched it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Retreating to a comfortable chair, I settled down to scan through its pages on the off-chance that there actually was something in it of worth in my ancestral quest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember saying to my wife, "Watch this!" "This book fell into my hands." "I wonder if it will also fall open to a page that talks about my ancestors." With her typical wry smile at my antics, my wife indicated the table in front of our feet and said, "Give it a try."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did and the rest of the story is the basis for a lot of genealogy serendipity stories that have spun off my fingers since that summer night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mary Tirrill Farrar's family was listed in the town history saying she had died in Walworth County, Wisconsin! Wisconsin? She lived in New Hampshire and South Carolina or so I thought. How, when and why had the family moved to to Wisconsin? That is another story but the clue opened the door to finding the lineage of her husband, Thomas Farrar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So what does all of this have to do with the <b><a href="http://www.walworthcgs.com/" target="_blank">Walworth County Genealogical Society</a></b>? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is the rest of the story:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After two consecutive days in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City looking for the Farrar's in Walworth, I'd found grandpa's naturalization document and little else. I was out of time and out of energy after two opening to closing days of research. I abhorred walking out of the doors defeated, so I decided to pull out the old "finger drag" method once again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tick, tick, tick. My fingers slipped across the spines of the books in the Wisconsin section on the main floor. No Joy. No Joy. No Joy. What was I thinking? Did I think that the finger drag method would work again? Well, why not? I hadn't touched the bottom row of books, so I went to my knees and started dragging my fingers over that row of books. The method had to work. The library closing call was coming from the speakers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Drag, drag, SNAG! A new paperbound book stopped my progress because of its size, it couldn't be pushed further back on the shelf. I pulled it out and chills ran up my back because it was titled, <b><a href="https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/816030?availability=Family%20History%20Library" target="_blank">"Brick Church Cemetery: Walworth Township, Walworth County, Wisconsin" by the Walworth County Genealogical Society.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You know how the story goes from this point on. Grandma Mary's namee was listed on the pages. She had died there along with her young son and her mother-in-law. Mother-in-law?? Wow!! Her name was on the other side of my "Brick Wall"
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elizabeth Shaw was born in Yorkshire, England where she grew up, met and married grandpa Eli Farrar and eventually migrated to America where the couple joined with their two sons, John and my ancestor, Thomas, who had migrated a few years earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The clue came from the inscription on Elizabeth's tombstone, "Elizabeth, wife of Eli Farrar, Died July 18, 1857 aged 62 years." In one moment, the inscription gave me the names I had search for during the previous 50 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Serendipity? Was the publication of cemetery tombstone inscriptions by the Walworth County Genealogy Society the end of the story? No. Obviously not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The book had arrived at the Family History Library as a new acquisition or donation the same week that I was there researching. After photocopying the page about the Farrar burials, it easily slid back on the shelf with its spines flush with the books adjacent to it. Other than its lighter colored cover, it didn't stand out at all. In fact, being on the bottom shelf, I probably wouldn't have bent down to read the title if it hadn't stopped my finger dragging exercise. Serendipity!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course the story goes on from here. When I got home, I couldn't put the photocopy down. It meant too much to quickly tuck it away in one of my documents binders after I'd transcribed it into my genealogy database. I kept wishing that I could see the tombstones. I spend a lot of time taking photos of tombstones in my area and posting them on Find-a-Grave so they are available for the families of the 'names' on the markers. Would anyone do something like that for me in Walworth County?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Enter the <b><a href="http://www.walworthcgs.com/" target="_blank">Walworth County Genealogical Society</a></b>. I found their website and their phone number. The wonderful lady that answered my call that day said that she was just leaving BUT if I would send her a minimal check for the purchase of gas, she would take the time out of her very busy mom-of-youngsters life and drive to the Brick Church Cemetery and take photos of the tombstones for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They arrived via email several days later. I only sent her three "Thank You" notes during the ensuing weeks. The headstone inscriptions contained the information I sought for so long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Genealogy societies, like the Walworth County Genealogical Society, provide services like this to researchers all of the time. They are uniquely positioned to help folks like you and I. They live where we are researching and have access to all of the records, histories, location knowledge and the community ties to help researchers like us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you haven't contacted or joined a genealogical societies like the one in Walworth County, do so. You'll benefit more than you can imagine. I certainly have. Give it a try. Prove it to yourself. </span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-78759331247155126562016-02-23T00:01:00.005-07:002016-02-23T00:09:37.039-07:00Ancestral Stories ~ You Can't Make This Stuff Up<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9PD5RpPOzkWWfH45NuOwy_jwGFQc7zTMnPWgB5g_zkBSnCPcpadZ31VumcGtu5JmfI4NqIYNK8ZCSCP9ucBT_5SOXD3HhEWVKrdFF9jnag8Xz2Om5wmIvWjUiSJrmb1F1X3jwNhLERtf/s1600/genealogy+news.png" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are times when you are a participant in a genealogy story so full of serendipity that the storyline </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: normal;">is hard to believe even though it is happening to you.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Case in point. Our family as known for over a hundred years that our grandmother, Eliza Sampson, was from France and that her husband Henry Friedlander, was from somewhere on the continent. They married, had three children and lived in Saint Peter Port on Guernsey off the French coast where grandpa died.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a series of voyages that literally took her around the world, Eliza’s daughter, Rosa Clara Friedlander, ended upon the coast of California with her husband and their baby. They walked and rode in wagons over the course of the next two years to Utah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">From Rosa’s notes and stories, we had knowledge that even though her mother’s maiden name was Sampson, she was indeed born in France.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finding an Eliza Sampson, yes, spelled with a “P”, in France in the early 1800’s proved to be the Brick Wall in our research. None of the cumulative research until a year ago found a single useful clue about her parentage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">A cousin, Marsha, from England enjoyed one of the most serendipitous experiences in the research lives of anyone in our family. Marsha and I have talked and shared research information for years about our common ancestry. Between the two of us, we’ve knocked down many genealogy brick walls thanks to our respective locations, resources and skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">The lineages of Grandpa Friedlander and his wife, Eliza Sampson, has always been like a thorn in our sides during our years of research successes. While other seemingly impossible clues had been found, their respective brick walls proved to be made of the impenetrable SciFi metal Krell from the “Forbidden Planet”. The wall seemed to even be covered with a frictionless surface, because nothing we threw at it would stick. Everything slid off as fast as it touched.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then …. One evening not long after reviewing our research on Grandma Sampson, Marsha went to a lecture at a college in London where the lecturer talked about the records he’d uncovered about the English Navy and citizenry who lived or were in Port anywhere in France who were taken prisoner by Napoleon so they couldn’t fight against them when he declared war on England. He said that he had microfilm copies of the French prisoner records if anyone wanted to look through them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marsha was irresistibly drawn to them and within a short time found the name of William Sampson, a British Naval Lieutenant who was taken prisoner aboard his ship in a French port.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knowing that these prisoners were held in France for many years, she decided to trace his life in France. She found that he was among the prisoners who were taken to Verdun where they were basically under arrest and not allow to leave town. The French government did not pay for any of their expenses, so they had to find employment to pay for their shelter and sustenance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many Engllish families lived in barns and other similar housing during their captivity. Grandpa Sampson was fortunate because he found employment with a restaurant - pub owner by the name of Remy Thiery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apparently, his work was received well by Remy because it continued for a number of years. Eventually, the young British office fell in love with Francoise Thiery, one of the young daughters in the family of Remy and Marie Claire Maloiseau Thiery. Marsha found their marriage record and from that knowledge was able to find the birth of their daughter, Eliza Sampson!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The discovery turned the key in the door of our Brick Wall. Does a tree make any sound as it falls in the forest and no one hears it? Well, I know that the tumbling of Brick Walls makes a sound because the lucky researcher who fells it makes the sound in the form of a “Yahoo!” or “Wahoo!” or “Yeah!” or “Holy Cow!” string of sounds combined with many more incomprehensible sounds. Many new dances are scored while the lucky wall-buster is dancing in joy as well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since that time, I’ve been able to push many of grandma Francoise Theiry Sampson’s ancestral lines back to 1600. All we need was the clue to fell the wall. We’ve also been able to trace Grandpa Sampson’s English ancestry back several more generations thanks to the knowledge of where he was born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">So let’s recap this story of serendipity and wall-felling success.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The lecturer was probably the only English born person who had personal knowledge of the records we needed and had a copy of them after having spent years examining them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He invited my cousin to read his transcripts and view a copy of the original records about Englishmen captured by Napoleon without the declaration of war.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He had a copy of not only these prisoner records from Verdun, France but also a copy of French church records that related to the births, marriages and deaths of the prisoners.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The records proved that William Sampson was our ancestor due to his marriage to Francoise Thiery and the birth record of their daughter, Eliza Sampson whose birth date matched the date that her daughter, Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie had in her records.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The journey of the ping involved in tracing this story started in the Isle of Guernsey in the early 1800’s, traveled to England, then to Australia, then surviving the sinking of a ship in the South Pacific, then to Tahiti, then to San Francisco, then to Utah where it simmered, stewed and generally acted as a thorn in the side of Rosa’s descendants for almost one hundred and fifty years.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two of Rosa’s descendants of approximately the same ages were bitten by the “genealogy bug” early in their lives. Both were born in the States, enjoyed genealogy research training and eventually lived in locations that are conducive to finding ancestral records that neither would have found on their own, yet thanks to collaborative research had just enough resources available to them to seize on the random threads of serendipity that float through their lives from time to time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both of these researchers have learned to listen and watch with something other than their natural senses. Outsiders can argue all they want about the root causes, but as one of these blessed folks, I know the source of the ribbons of serendipital knowledge aren’t from physical prowess, yet are nonetheless real.</span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-75076920755674326602015-12-08T20:01:00.000-07:002015-12-08T20:20:19.594-07:00Belle Howell Bohn Injured in Runaway<p>It was a typical January day for <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=L6HZ-W7W" target="_blank">Arabella Emelia "Belle" Howell Bohn</a></strong> that morning in 1914. Bundling up, she took the reins of her buggy to run a few errands. Unfortunately, the day didn't end well.</p> <p>Just a few hours later, something spooked her horse causing it to run away. Belle was thrown from the buggy and fractured her skull.</p> <p>The daughter of the famous <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141205105927/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_Howell" target="_blank">Rear Admiral John Adams Howell</a></strong>, Belle survived her injuries. She was born on 31 December 1869, the second child to her mother <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=MM4S-CKR" target="_blank">Arabella Emelia Krause Howell</a></strong>.</p> <p>Belle married <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KD38-PFG" target="_blank">John Valentine Bohn</a></strong> on 19 June 1895 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 27. </p> <p>The accident is similar to a busy wife chasing to complete the many tasks on her agenda and through no fault of her own being involved in an automobile accident today. I've read the report of the accident and no, Belle wasn't wearing her seat belt. In his case, her carriage didn't flip and thus if they had worn seat belts in that day, it would have saved her from her serious injuries.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ed7buYhugtc/VmeZpIjyIPI/AAAAAAACMi4/uNMaLsBak84/s1600-h/Howell%252520Belle%252520Bohn%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="Howell Belle Bohn" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Howell Belle Bohn" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5hZp7bwJC0Y/VmeZqwdWkyI/AAAAAAACMjA/Te_LNhyMsFI/Howell%252520Belle%252520Bohn_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="557" height="599"></a></p> <p><b><b><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Posted 8 December 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></b></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-24713105230967074272015-12-04T17:02:00.000-07:002015-12-04T17:06:39.041-07:00Digital Newspapers Provide Genealogy Surprises<p>I've spent a lot of hours looking for ancestral information in old newspapers over<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Spb5XvPmF8g/VmIqiJ7kujI/AAAAAAACMZA/i21na0s1iKk/s1600-h/newspaper_icon%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="newspaper_icon" style="float: right; margin: 5px; display: inline" alt="newspaper_icon" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsuKRI3GtPIIbc0carTjTtobxrkK3YdusNIvmbbVGlN4VV6pRzZjtWefGS59ukO82IC3Ud2Ckx-E2vjXXdjUKOZhya4osdk1q9tLbwP5tqNSV8b3BBK1VrkwwDoIXcGgtIQ7LDyEL5F3t/?imgmax=800" width="156" align="right" height="124"></a> the past few weeks. Some of the articles brought Joy. Others made me Sad. Thank goodness that these treasures weren't lost when the newspapers were discarded years ago.</p> <p>I knew that one of my great grandfathers had experienced a nervous breakdown after spending years in a particularly nasty work environment, but didn't realize how badly he was affected. Reading article after article about his problems made me ache over the impact his problems had on his wife, children, parents and extended family. The articles provided answers to many questions I've entertained for decades about his life. The situation was worse than I'd imagined.</p> <p>Bless great-grandma and her family including my grandmother. Now, the articles and the notes my mother recorded about the details she'd heard as a child provide windows into scenes that I wouldn't have imagined.</p> <p>Today, when I think of great grandma, the song Amazing Grace comes to my mind alongside her photo.</p> <p>My continued newspaper research quest revealed articles about the sad story surrounding the death of my great uncle, Hyrum. My mother told me that her father's brother was killed in an accident in Idaho. She'd said that grandpa and his brother were very close and that he had grieved over the loss of his brother for years. Other than the knowing the date and place of Hyrum's death, I didn't have any other knowledge about the accident. Thanks to the <strong><a title="Utah Digital Newspapers" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075544/http://digitalnewspapers.org/" target="_blank">digital newspapers</a></strong> that the University of Utah has posted online, I now have at least part of the story.</p> <p>Hyrum was the oldest son of Hyrum and Anne. Born in 1883, in American Fork, Utah, hed decided that there was little future on the family farm and went to Sugar City, Idaho to work in the sugar mill when he was age twenty. Less than a year later, he was dead.</p> <p>The news articles describe the accident. A steel beam fell from an upper floor in the plant "severing half of his ear and cutting a very ugly hole in his head." He survived the train tip to Salt Lake City but died shortly after arriving in St. Mark's Hospital.</p> <p>His body was brought home to American Fork for burial and after the service he was laid to rest in a plot that his parents purchased. Later, his parents, several siblings, their spouses and their children would be buried surrounding his grave.</p> <p>I'm now several days into another research foray in the old newspapers. I've found copies of numerous obituaries, military draft notices, articles about life and work events of my ancestors and their families. Without the digital images, all of this information would be lost to time.</p> <p>Are you using the Internet to search for similar articles and notes about your family? If not, you are missing a treasure trove that literally resides at your finger tips. To access them, you can pay for subscriptions sites or you can search the free sites that many universities have established using funding that is awarded by the federal government every year.</p> <p>Check out the <strong><a title="Chronicling America" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140123093347/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Newspaper Program</a></strong> site to see if there are digitized newspapers that cover your area of interest. If not, review subscription sites like Newsbank and others like it. You'll also want to talk to your local libraries and see if they have login credentials for digital libraries and newspapers. In most cases, they will provide login information at no cost to residents in their city and those who hold their library cards.</p> <p>Late evening hours seem to produce the best results in my own ancestral news article quest. Maybe it is because by then, the noise of the day has settled to a rippling layer on the floor. Find your own 'sweet spot' slice of time and give these resources a try. You'll be well rewarded for your effort.</p> <p><b><b><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Posted 4 December 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></b></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-55345932727978311452015-10-22T09:09:00.000-06:002015-11-21T09:52:30.068-07:00Pilgrim Anniversaries and Important Dates<p><strong><font size="6"></font></strong> <p><strong><font size="6">Pilgrim Anniversaries</font></strong> <p><strong>MD: 1:89</strong> <p>The following table sets out the important first events for the Pilgrims. Dates are in "new style." <p><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="4">1620</font></strong><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5nOqv0h5nLM/VlChSLKCVxI/AAAAAAACL1M/joDtbsBXwmY/s1600-h/Mayflower%252520silhouette%25255B2%25255D.png"><img title="Mayflower silhouette" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Mayflower silhouette" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-basYLdaFuUo/VlChTS5fwDI/AAAAAAACL1Q/4D5ckcwnuTU/Mayflower%252520silhouette_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="181" align="right" height="244"></a> <p><strong>15 Aug 1620<br></strong>Sailed from Southampton, England. <p><strong>16 Aug 1620</strong><br>Sailed from Plymouth, England. <p><strong>16 Nov 1620</strong><br>William Butten died at sea. <p><strong>19 Nov 1620<br></strong>First sighted Cape Cod. <p><strong>21 Nov 1620</strong><br>Signed "The Compact." Anchored in Cape Cod Harbor and went ashore. <p><strong>23 Nov 1620</strong><br>Took the shallop ashore for repairs. <p><strong>25 Nov 1620<br></strong>First exploring party set out by land. <p><strong>26 Nov 1620<br></strong>Discovered Truro Springs, Pamet River, Cornhill <p><strong>7 Dec 1620<br></strong>Second exploring party set out with the shallop. <p><strong>12 Dec 1620<br></strong>Found the wigwams, graves, etc. <p><strong>14 Dec 1620</strong><br>Edward Thomson died. The first death after reaching Cape Cod. <p><strong>16 Dec 1620</strong><br>Third exploring party set out with the shallop. Jasper More died. <p><strong>17 Dec 1620<br></strong>Dorothy (May) Bradford died. </p> <p><strong>18 Dec 1620</strong><br>James Chilton died. First encounter with the Indians. Reached Clark's Island at night. </p> <p><strong>19 Dec 1620</strong><br>Spent on Clark's Island <p><strong>20 Dec 1620</strong><br>Third exploring party spent the Sabbath on Clark's Island. <p><strong>21 Dec 1620</strong><br>FOREFATHERS DAY. Third exploring party landed on Plymouth Rock, and explored the coast. <p><strong>25 Dec 1620</strong><br>The Mayflower set sail from Cape Cod for Plymouth, but was driven back by a change in the wind. <p><strong>26 Dec 1620</strong><br>The Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Harbor. <p><strong>27 Dec 1620<br></strong>First Sabbath passed by the whole company in Plymouth Harbor. <p><strong>28 Dec 1620<br></strong>A party landed and explored by land. <p><strong>29 Dec 1620</strong><br>One party explored by land, and another in the shallop. Discovered Jones River. <p><strong>30 Dec 1620<br></strong>Decided to settle near what is now Burial Hill. <p><strong>31 Dec 1620</strong><br>Richard Britteridge died. The first death after reaching Plymouth. <p><font size="4"><strong><font color="#0000ff">1621</font></strong> </font> <p><strong>2 Jan 1621<br></strong>Began to gather materials for building. <p><strong>3 Jan 1621<br></strong>Solomon Prower died. 1621 <p><strong>7 Jan 1621</strong><br>Divided the company into nineteen families and laid out lots. <p><strong>11 Jan 1621</strong><br>Degory Priest died. <p><strong>14 Jan 1621</strong><br>Myles Standish with a party discovered wigwams, but saw no Indians. <p><strong>18 Jan 1621</strong><br>Christopher Martin died. <p><strong>22 Jan 1621</strong><br>Peter Brown and John Goodman lost themselves in the woods. <p><strong>24 Jan 1621<br></strong>The thatch on the commonhouse burned. <p><strong>29 Jan 1621</strong><br>Began to build their storehouse. <p><strong>31 Jan 1621</strong><br>Kept their meeting on land. <p><strong>8 Feb 1621</strong><br>Rose Standish died. <p><strong>19 Feb 1621</strong><br>The house for the sick people caught fire. <p><strong>26 Feb 1621</strong><br>Indians carried off tools left in the woods by Myles Standish and Francis Cooke. <p><strong>27 Feb 1621<br></strong>Had a meeting to establish military orders, and chose Myles Standish Captain. <p><strong>3 Mar 1621</strong><br>Got the great guns mounted on the hill. William White, William Mullins, and two others died. <p><strong>7 Mar 1621</strong><br>Mary (Norris) Allerton died. <p><strong>17 Mar 1621</strong><br>Sowed some garden seeds. <p><strong>26 Mar 1621</strong><br>Had another meeting about military orders, but were interrupted by the coming of Samoset. <p><strong>28 Mar 1621<br></strong>Samoset came again, with five others. <p><strong>31 Mar 1621</strong><br>Another meeting about laws and orders, interrupted by coming of Indians. The carpenter fitted the shallop "to fetch all from aboord." <p><strong>1 Apr 1621</strong><br>Another meeting for public business, interrupted by the coming of Samoset and Squanto to announce Massasoit, with whom a treaty was made. <p><strong>2 Apr 1621</strong><br>The laws and orders concluded. John Carver chosen Governor for the ensuing year. <p><strong>3 Apr 1621</strong><br>Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow, wife of Edward Winslow, died. <p><strong>12 Apr 1621</strong><br>Governor Carver certified a copy of the will of William Mullins, which was carried back to England on the Mayflower. <p><strong>22 May 1621</strong><br>Edward Winslow and Susanna (Fuller) White married. The first marriage in the colony. <p><strong>12 Jul 1621</strong><br>Stephen Hopkins and Edward Winslow set out to visit Massasoit. <p><strong>13 Jul 1621</strong><br>They reached Sowams, and were welcomed by Massasoit. <p><strong>24 Aug 1621</strong><br>Captain Standish set out for Namasket, with a party of armed men, to revenge the supposed death of Squanto. <p><strong>28 Sep 1621</strong><br>Captain Standish set out with nine men, and Squanto and three other Indians, to visit the Massachusetts. <p><strong>30 Sep 1621</strong><br>Landed at Squantum, in Quincy. <p><strong>20 Nov 1621</strong><br>The Fortune arrived. 1621 <p><strong>23 Dec 1621</strong><br>The Fortune set sail on her return to England. <p><b> <p><b><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Posted 22 October 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></b></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-41852612580855671002015-10-19T12:05:00.000-06:002015-10-19T12:21:37.629-06:00Diseases Found on Death Certificates<p><b> <ul> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Ablepsy - Blindness</font><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0vqduV5j1OY/ViU0qnrm-rI/AAAAAAACK2o/QkEs9h1rqvU/s1600-h/babymortherdeath%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="babymortherdeath" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="babymortherdeath" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dEYXWK3l8TA/ViU0sF5K0XI/AAAAAAACK2w/5ujq3U2B-CM/babymortherdeath_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="139" align="right" height="240"></a></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Ague - Malarial Fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">American plague - Yellow fever.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Anasarca - Generalized massive edema.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Aphonia - Laryngitis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Aphtha - The infant disease "thrush".</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Asphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Atrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bad Blood - Syphilis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Biliousness - Jaundice associated with liver disease.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Black plague or death - Bubonic plague.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Black pox - Black Small pox</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Black vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Blackwater Fever - Dark urine associated with high temperature.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bladder in Throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates)</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemia</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bloody flux - Bloody stools</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bloody sweat - Sweating sickness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bone shave - Sciatica</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Brain fever - Meningitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Breakbone - Dengue fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bronze John - Yellow fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Bule Boil - tumor or swelling.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cachexy - Malnutrition</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cacogastric - Upset stomach</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cacospysy - Irregular pulse.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Caduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Camp Fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Canine Madness - Rabies, hydrophobia.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Catalepsy - Seizures / trances.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Chilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Child Bed Fever - Infection following birth of a child.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Chin Cough - Whooping cough.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cholera mrbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cholecystitus - nflammation of the gall bladder</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cholelithiasis - Gall stones</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cold Plague - Ague which is characterized by chills</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Colic - An abdominal pain and cramping</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Congestive Chills - Malaria</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Consumption - Tuberculosis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Congestive Chills - Malaria with diarrhea.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Congestive Fever - Malaria.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Corruption - Infection</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Coryza - A cold</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Costiveness - Constipation</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cramp Colic - Appendicitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Crop Sickness - Overextended Stomach</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Croup Laryngitis - diphtheria, or strep throat</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cynanche - Diseases of throat</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Day Fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Debility - Lack of movement or staying in bed</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dengue - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dentition - Cutting of teeth</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Diary Fever - A fever that lasts one day</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Distemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dock Fever - Yellow fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney disease (Glomeruleonephsitis) or heart disease</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dry Bellyache - Lead poisoning</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dyscrasy - An abnormal body condition</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dysorexy - Reduced appetite of mucous and blood.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Dysury - Difficulty in urination</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Eclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Edema Nephrosis - swelling of tissues</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Edema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Eel thing - Erysipelas</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Enteric Fever - Typhoid fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Enteritis - Inflations of the bowels</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Epitaxis - Nose bleed</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Extravasted Blood - Rupture of a blood vessel.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Falling sickness - Epilepsy</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Fatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liver</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Fits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Flux of Humour - Circulation.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">French Pox - Syphilis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Gathering - A collection of pus</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Glandular Fever - Mononucleosis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Great Pox - Syphilis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Green Fever / Sickness - Anemia</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Grippe / Grip - Influenza like symptoms</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Grocer's Itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Heart Sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from body</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Heat Stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hectical Complaint - Recurrent fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hematemesis - Vomiting blood</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hematuria - Bloody urine</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of body</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hip Gout - Osteomylitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Horrors - Delirium tremens</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brain</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hydrophobia - Rabies</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hydrothroax - Dropsy in chest</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Hypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heart</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Inanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of food</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Infantile Paralysis - Polio Intestinal colic Abdominal pain due to improper diet</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Jail Fever - Typhus</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">King's Evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Kruchhusten - Whooping cough</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lagrippe - Influenza.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Long Sickness - Tuberculosis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lues Disease - Syphilis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lues Venera - Venereal disease.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lumbago - Back pain.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lung Fever - Pneumonia</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lung Sickness - Tuberculosis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Lying in - Time of delivery of infant.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Malignant Sore Throat - Diphtheria.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Mania - Insanity.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Membranous - Croup Diphtheria</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Meningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cord</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Milk Fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Milk Leg - Post partum thrombophlebitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Milk Sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Mormal - Gangrene</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Morphew - Scurvy blisters on the body</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Mortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissue</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Myelitis - Inflammation of the spine</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Myocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Necrosis - Mortification of bones or tissue</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Nervous Prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Neuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia in head</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Nostalgia - Homesickness.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as "Cause of death"</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Paroxysm - Convulsion</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Pericarditis - Inflammation of heart</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Peripneumonia - Inflammation of lungs</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Peritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal area</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Petechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spotting Puerperal exhaustion Death due to child birth</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Phthiriasis - Lice infestation Phthisis Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Plague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Pleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breath</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Podagra - Gout</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Poliomyelitis - Polio</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Potter's Asthma - Fibroid pthisis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Pott's Disease - Tuberculosis of spine</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Puerperal Exhaustion - Death due to childbirth</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Puerperal Fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Puking Fever - Milk sickness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Putrid Fever - Diphtheria.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Quinsy - Tonsillitis.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Remitting Fever - Malaria</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints Rickets Disease of skeletal system</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Rose Cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Rotanny Fever - (Child's disease) ???</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Rubeola - German measles</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sanguineous Crust - Scab</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scarlatina - Scarlet fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scarlet Fever - A disease characterized by red rash</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scarlet Rash - Roseola</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sciatica Rheumatism in the hips</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Screws - Rheumatism</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and fistulas develop. Young person's disease</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scrumpox - Skin disease, impetigo</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Scurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Septicemia - Blood poisoning</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Shakes - Delirium tremens</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Shaking - Chills, ague</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Shingles - Viral disease with skin blisters</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Ship Fever - Typhus</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Siriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sloes - Milk sickness Small pox Contagious disease with fever and blisters Softening of brain Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sore Throat Distemper - Diphtheria or quinsy</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Spanish Influenza - Epidemic influenza</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Spina Bifida - Deformity of spine</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Spotted Fever - Either typhus or meningitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">St. Anthony's Fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">St. Vitas Dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntary</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Stranger's Fever - Yellow fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Strangery - Rupture</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sudor Anglicus - Sweating sickness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Summer Complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Swamp Sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Sweating Sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Thrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vessel</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Tick Fever - Rocky mountain spotted fever</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Toxemia of Pregnancy - Eclampsia</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Trench Mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Tussis Convulsiva - Whooping cough</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Variola - Smallpox</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Venesection - Bleeding</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Viper's Dance - St. Vitus Dance</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Water on Brain - Enlarged head</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">White Swelling - Tuberculosis of the bone</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Winter Fever - Pneumonia</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Womb Fever - Infection of the uterus.</font></p> <li> <p><font face="Arial">Worm Fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea.</font></p> <li><font face="Arial">Yellowjacket - Yellow fever.</font></li></ul> <p><b><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">Posted 19 October 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</font></a></b></p></b> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-24207987013266301452015-10-18T12:30:00.000-06:002015-10-18T12:31:47.303-06:00Using ZenWriter for Blog Posts<p>If you are like me, the weekend arrives and you need to create a series of posts for your blog and other writing tasks. You settle in planning to write up a storm and then something catches your eye and off your mind goes down the rabbit hole.</p> <p>Does this happen to you too? It often happens to me. Those of us with multiple monitors are exposed to even more distractions than folks without the wrap around eye candy. However, we all have distractions with email notifications, messaging, Skype and Google Hangout calls and many other popup distractions.</p> <p>There are days when it is hard to concentrate long enough to finish a single post, let alone seven or more.</p> <p>Is there a solution? Yes. There is. I'd heard others mention <strong><a title="ZenWriter" href="http://www.beenokle.com/zenwriter.html" target="_blank">ZenWriter</a></strong> noting that it is an almost extreme productivity tool. I thought they may have been just waxing eloquent until I tried using it and now here I am waxing eloquent myself.</p> <p>Why is it so useful? Why is it better than just shutting down all other applications and launching just your favorite writing tool?</p> <p>Serenity</p> <p>ZenWriter is well named. It presents a writing environment that is conducive to productivity without distraction.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NQ_g2dHWBTg/ViPla_WbyLI/AAAAAAACKw4/wDAzadyyVEo/s1600-h/zenwrtrer%2525201%25255B5%25255D.png"><img title="zenwrtrer 1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="zenwrtrer 1" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-agVdQQA9wXc/ViPlcNES9GI/AAAAAAACKxA/7kLz6UBgoMs/zenwrtrer%2525201_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="593" height="339"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>How is that accomplished?</p> <p>There are few editing tools to worry about. The backgrounds are peaceful scenes and ZenWriter even includes its own music player and music library.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cugnP9AAimI/ViPldtAkmqI/AAAAAAACKxI/Qis3aG0PgTo/s1600-h/zenwriter%2525202%25255B8%25255D.png"><img title="zenwriter 2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="zenwriter 2" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nW85oNg_ANI/ViPle8JIbdI/AAAAAAACKxQ/Y8FUngiRa0E/zenwriter%2525202_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="101" height="264"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>The background can be changed from dark to light with a single click.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nsk-6-bYthI/ViPlgc7MIkI/AAAAAAACKxY/AVBn2hMjWmY/s1600-h/zenwriter%2525203%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="zenwriter 3" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="zenwriter 3" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WBCDLu3jjik/ViPlhuI-oRI/AAAAAAACKxg/sgXQRrDkRsI/zenwriter%2525203_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="144" height="264"></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qi_xJTEXiKo/ViPli2fehBI/AAAAAAACKxo/0vMzafK7Le4/s1600-h/zenwriter%2525204%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="zenwriter 4" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="zenwriter 4" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K7244OR4S8w/ViPlkgqnjwI/AAAAAAACKxw/TGn9o2iiGL8/zenwriter%2525204_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="593" height="319"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>I've added some of my own music to the music library. I find that background music keeps my mind quietly active while it churns over the topics and subsequent text of future posts. You can also add your own images to the image library.</p> <p>I’m not getting any compensation tor writing about Zen Writer. Read more about them on their <strong><a title="ZenWriter Blog" href="http://zenwriter.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">blog.</a></strong></p> <p>Give <strong><a title="ZenWriter" href="http://www.beenokle.com/zenwriter.html" target="_blank">ZenWriter</a> </strong>a try if you'd like to enjoy an environment where you can 'Zen out' and create masterful blog posts. </p> <p><b>Posted 18 October 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-45318998210722255522015-09-18T14:24:00.000-06:002015-09-18T14:33:36.957-06:00Library Treasure - Forgotten Ancestors - Forgotten Research<p> <p>A cousin walked through the basement level of an obscure library in London a few years ago randomly looking for titles that were of interest.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-QsZOGrny22mUmKvddkIPqZf9ewI9ftIZCiSLPTXUDtoBxfYifGmmNyajjlDqS33X3byGwoCBU1NObS-u9bVQgxXm5viXWK2eK9q6qGmAuDsCotMH9kzuIk1lpEaBp8K-gqW5VIpZdOE/s1600-h/banffshire_field_club_journal%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="banffshire_field_club_journal" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="banffshire_field_club_journal" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uJMthg_9UkI/Vfx1HywrW7I/AAAAAAACJhU/82r3KVAUQvs/banffshire_field_club_journal_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="154" align="right" height="262"></a> <p>An old black tome with the word Banffshire visible on the spine caught her eye. Opening the book, the pages spilled out across the table. The binding had failed due to age and the readily apparent years of hard use. <p>Picking up the page bundles, the name Gordon stood out on one of them. A quick scan of the page resulted in a shout of joy. The article covered our Gordon ancestry. The information in the article came from private genealogical study paid for by our 5th great granduncle, <strong><a title="Cosmo Gordon Record on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KGMS-8XF" target="_blank">Cosmo Gordon</a></strong>. <p>Although his name was Cosmo, like the famous Cosmo Gordon's of Scotland, he wasn't famous. He did work for the British Government in relatively high level positions and was paid enough money to satisfy his desire to know his Gordon lineage. <p>A copy of the genealogy research report ended up in the possession of a family who allowed an author to copy it and include the data in an article he wrote for the Banffshire Field Club Journal. <p>Another genealogy legend was created. <p>Due to the condition of the book, my cousin wasn't allowed to copy it. She quickly jotted down the facts in the article and sent them to me. <p>I looked for a copy of the article in the library catalogs across the States but found nothing. I needed to see that article to completely mine all of the genealogy data and hints in it. <p>Eventually I found a listing for the Field Club online. The didn't have a web presence as that time so the contact information came from one of the hundreds of search queries I sent out using every term I could think of that might result in a 'hit'. <p>After a few tries, I found a telephone number that rang in the Field Club offices when the historian was present. <p>I asked her if she knew of any publications in the States that may include the article I wanted to see. Of course the answer was negative but just before we were going to ring off, she remembered that there may be a copy of the article on a shelf in the basement where the few extra copies were stored. <p>A week later, I received an email from her saying that she'd found one surviving copy of the 100 year old article and there were a few other articles that might mention the Gordon family. I found a way to transfer funds to purchase the articles and send them to me. <p>When they arrived, they were just what you'd expect to see in a bundle that had set in the humid conditions of a basement by the ocean for a century. The old metal staples in the fold were rust covered. The paper was yellowed and stiff. The contents of the article were pure gold. <p>Cosmo's report gave me clues that I never would have found here in my area 5,000 miles away from where they happened hundreds of years ago. <p>Anyone who has engaged in genealogy research in Scotland that involves members of clans knows that surnames often changed from the birth surname to the name of the clan. Members of these families often did not baptize their children in the Church or England or in the more prominent Protestant churches, thus birth, marriage and death records aren't easy to find. Cosmo's report included the names that have proven to be difficult to prove with sources. I probably wouldn't have found them without the content in the report. <p>My Gordon ancestors were brewers and property owners. Some of them didn't have sterling characters as witnessed in the actions of great uncle Alexander Duff, but most were honest people living their lives for their families and country. <p>The old Field Club Journal articles continue to yield clues as time goes on. My research uncovers topics and snippets of information that resonate in my mind because of the information I've read in the articles. The collective information frequently gels into clues that result in more proven ancestors and facts that support their existence. <p>The success in this story all derive from browsing through the aisles of an obscure library and the faded letters in the title of an old worn book catching the eye of my cousin. She wasn't looking for nor expected to find information about our ancestors, but like all good genealogy stores, this story follows their common theme..... Being in the right place at the right time and taking a few minutes to let the genealogy 'magic' happen. <p><b>Posted 18 September 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-19867309570463528652015-09-16T21:49:00.000-06:002015-09-17T00:30:31.352-06:00Memorial Day Thoughts ~ May 2012<p>Visiting cemeteries on Memorial Day are typically celebrations of the lives of our deceased ancestors.<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TsEnXd5Yquc/VfpbfO2hZrI/AAAAAAACJfg/GiWDvxI-dTo/s1600-h/Grave_of_young_husband_2012%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="Grave_of_young_husband_2012" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Grave_of_young_husband_2012" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bv2dtn2sfo4/VfpbgZZKLuI/AAAAAAACJfo/JwNOTChm2_Q/Grave_of_young_husband_2012_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" align="right" height="161"></a></p> <p>The fragrances of many flowers fill our vehicle as we travel from cemetery to cemetery and grave to grave as we decorate family graves. Their scent evokes dozens of long-term memories of similar pilgrimages on other Memorial Days.</p> <p>The Memorial Day experience in 2012 was different. After visiting several cemeteries, we concluded our pilgrimage with a stop at a cemetery with many ancestral graves. Just across from them, a young widow sat on a large rock in deep despair next to the week-old grave of her husband.</p> <p>My mood changed immediately from celebration of my ancestors lives to deep concern. Fathers and grandfathers will do about anything to protect their wives, daughters and granddaughters from pain. The body language of despair coupled with gulps of air told her story. Her beloved was gone.</p> <p>As much as I wanted to comfort her, I could not intrude on her privacy. I was an unknown. A well-meaning unknown but whose intrusion was undoubtedly not wanted or sought.</p> <p>I grieved over her pain and over my lack of the ability to assuage it in any way.</p> <p>Within a few minutes, she recognized that she was no longer alone in her cone of grief. With a final gesture of her hand toward her husbands grave, she entered her vehicle and drove away.</p> <p>Deep in thought, I stood watching her vehicle disappear into the distance.</p> <p>Had any of my ancestors felt pain like hers over an untimely death? I only had to look up to see the headstones of two sets of my 2nd great grandparents to get the answer.</p> <p>Yes. They had.</p> <p>One of the couples, <strong><a title="James and Emily Blacknall Hoggard Record on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KWV3-162" target="_blank">James and Emily Blacknall Hoggard</a></strong>, lost a baby daughter without her father ever seeing or holding her. He left England to come to America to establish a new life for his family. I don’t think he even knew his wife was pregnant when he left.</p> <p>He worked hard, saved every penny possible and was finally able to send for his sweetheart and their seven children. Partway through the voyage, the new baby, <strong><a title="Emma Dorothy Hoggard Record on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KWJ6-DTM" target="_blank">Emma Dorothy Hoggard</a></strong> died and was buried at sea.</p> <p>Yes, they knew the pain of an untimely death.</p> <p>Turning a few degrees, I gazed upon the headstone of another set of <strong><a title="Charles Joseph Gordon and Rosa Clara Friedland Logie records on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KWVQ-CH8" target="_blank">great grandparents, Charles Joseph Gordon and Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie</a></strong>. Had they experienced similar pain?</p> <p>Unfortunately, yes, they had.</p> <p>Their third child was born small in size. <strong><a title="Silas James Logie record on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K8HL-9QH&parents=KWVQ-CH8_KWVQ-CZX" target="_blank">Silas</a></strong> was called a midget by society of that day. A group of seemingly good men from the area had approached the family. They asked if it would be possible for young Silas to join them for the summer as they toured their little circus from town to town.</p> <p>Silas would be the main attraction in the center ring. His joyful personality and laughter would bring cheers from the audience.</p> <p>“We’ll take good care of him.” “We promise.” “He’ll earn more money than his father over the summer months.”</p> <p>Things went well until 3 September 1869 when the troop was returning back to their homes. One of the rough circus crew had become increasingly jealous of little Silas during the summer. His popularity far exceeded the attention created by the clown paint on the face of the ruffian in their circus performances.</p> <p>Seeing his opportunity to destroy his supposed enemy on the narrow cliff-side road ahead, he maneuvered his horse between Silas and the high side of the road. A simple jab in the ribs of his horse caused it so shy into the horse carrying Silas.</p> <p>Both Silas and his horse went over the cliff and were killed.</p> <p>Nothing could be proven to bring justice to Silas’ murderer. He claimed the incident was an accident,yet almost everyone in the circus company knew of his hatred of the diminutive youngster.</p> <p>Pain. There was deep pain in the hearts of his parents. The guaranteed safety and good treatment of their son was invalid.</p> <p>He was dead.</p> <p>His father acted as the town undertaker in addition to his carpentering jobs.</p> <p>Great grandpa, Charles Joseph Gordon Logie, had to build the casket for his little son, Silas – the son he had allowed to travel with ‘safe’ men for the summer.</p> <p>He had to dress and clean his little body before putting in the coffin.</p> <p>He had to dig the grave.</p> <p>Pain. Real pain in the hearts of my great grandparents.</p> <p>Today, far removed from the immediacy of the incidents, view of ancestors lives in celebration when we visit their graves on Memorial Day, and rightly so. Their lives should be celebrated.</p> <p>Because of them, we are here, enjoying our lives and growth opportunities that sometimes include pain. Without them we would not be here to gain those experiences.</p> <p>I am grateful every day for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the knowledge and promises it brings to us. You see, I now that <strong><a title="Familes Can Be Together Forever" href="https://www.mormon.org/faq/together-forever" target="_blank">families can be together forever</a></strong>.</p> <p><b>Posted 17 September 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-66861741904898331492015-09-10T00:03:00.000-06:002015-09-10T00:04:27.010-06:00Accidental Shooting Death of Andrew Bennett<p><strong><a title="Andrew J. Bennett on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K4BF-S7X" target="_blank">Andrew J. Bennett</a></strong>, seventeen-year-old son of the prominent <strong><a title="Obadiah Miller Bennett on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K4FX-3DF" target="_blank">Obadiah Miller</a></strong> and <strong><a title="Hannah Margaret Graham Bennett" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KVGW-92W" target="_blank">Hannah Margaret Graham Bennett</a></strong> was accidentally killed by his close friend Russell Igo at the Igo residence while looking at a new shotgun.</p> <p>Russell said he accidentally pulled the trigger causing the shotgun to fire and strike Andrew in the neck. Andrew was killed almost instantly.. </p> <p>Andrew’s death was a tragedy for his family and for Russell and the Igo family. The shock of it almost killed Russell as he went into violent convulsions in his grief.</p> <p>Andrew was born on 3 Feb 1888 in Fairfield, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was the seventh of twelve children in Obadiah and Hannah’s family. His father was a well-known cabinet maker, furniture store owner and undertaker. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YteY0hhsPPY/VfEdZGAwlZI/AAAAAAACJGg/UnO1ilmfojE/s1600-h/Bennett%252520Andrew%25252014331%252520death%252520article%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="Andrew J. Bennett Death Articles" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Andrew J. Bennett Death Articles" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PwHXQYaOjQU/VfEdaWvLu-I/AAAAAAACJGo/VtypP7_NRkU/Bennett%252520Andrew%25252014331%252520death%252520article_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="551" height="986"></a></p> <p> </p> <p><b>Posted 10 September 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-5918806365847138102015-09-05T14:12:00.000-06:002015-09-05T14:22:29.213-06:00Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts<p>I’ve enjoyed many visits to Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts seeking the burial locations of my ancestors. The trips always leaves me wishing I could<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SP8m-3f8gRo/VetOvDzRJpI/AAAAAAACID8/K0jxp5nnOyg/s1600-h/epitaphs_from_burial_hill%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="epitaphs_from_burial_hill" style="background-image: none; float: right; margin: 5px; display: inline; border-image: none" border="0" alt="epitaphs_from_burial_hill" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HYlGdgTXNeU/VetOwMvRjhI/AAAAAAACIEE/XloLCt075wQ/epitaphs_from_burial_hill_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" align="right" height="235"></a> spend more time there taking photos and obtaining the exact latitude and longitude coordinates of my ancestors graves.</p> <p>When I return home from these visits, I always spend time looking through my trip notes comparing them to the information in books like Bradford Kingman’s “<strong><a title="Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QWEaAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892</a></strong>:, or Benjamin Drew’s <a title="Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Its Monuments and Gravestones Numbered and Briefly Described, and the Inscriptions and Epitaphs Thereon" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cqdDQwAACAAJ" target="_blank"><strong>“Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts: its Monuments and Gravestones Numbered and Briefly Described, and the Inscriptions and Epitaphs Thereon Carefully Copied”</strong></a> and my favorite, the more recently published work by the Robinson family, Barbara, Howard and Cynthia titled “<strong><a title="Burial Hill in the 1990's, Plymouth, Massachusetts: a six-year cemetery mapping project with descriptions, conditions and some photographs" href="https://archive.org/details/burialhillin199000brad" target="_blank">Burial Hill in the 1990’s, Plymouth, Massachusetts": a six –year mapping project with descriptions, conditions and some photographs.”</a></strong></p> <p>The Robinson family did it right. They spent summer after summer in the cemetery documenting its burials and tombstones.</p> <p>I own copies of all of the books about burials in Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Sometimes I just need a quick reference lookup though and am too lazy to pull the books from the shelves of my library, so I launch Google Books and read Kingman’s tome online.</p> <p>The book may be of equal use in your own laziness. Thanks Google Books!!</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-90998695982398168392015-08-23T16:56:00.000-06:002015-08-23T17:01:53.664-06:00The Power of Technology in Education Today<p>The world is filled with stories of terror, war and stupidity of mankind, yet there never has been a better time to be alive from the perspective of freely available knowledge and easy access to it.<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lC9ZQ95PUdQ/VdpQ2yFktiI/AAAAAAACGWM/MkXZkEexPsk/s1600-h/teacher_old%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="teacher_old" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="teacher_old" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrVbZ4-v3eAGQvu3RhAKz-fHj8QFKqcE9Zn632GiLtws0SfhhIso_SOz2DoN4LT3HJJv4JywYCXQgSHgUiHT7WsKAU28n3kKlcgj8lGoVKK_CtZMluh_APczu0Sp_gvGUR_uqx5fwTRiX/?imgmax=800" width="180" align="right" height="240"></a></p> <p>While researching the lives of several of my second and third great grandparents, I noted a common theme in their lives and the lives of their families. A higher level education would have dramatically improved the living conditions of themselves and their families. The records surrounding their lives shows neighbors who had received more education than the majority of the public and their homes and annual income reflected that fact. That some of them added the title Dr. to their names did not mean that they attended advanced medical schools like we require today to acquire such monikers but it did indicate that they’d had some training in the fields said that they represented. However, many of the neighbors were leaders in finance and some were doctors in well-known hospitals in large cities which indicates that they did indeed have specialized higher educational degrees.</p> <p>My ancestors who really had to struggle to feed and house their families had little free time to attend any additional schooling and even if they had the time, they wouldn’t have had the money to pay for it nor the contiguous blocks of time required to travel to the location of the schools that offered the education they wanted.</p> <p>Today, we see educational opportunities online everywhere. College or specialized training courses are readily available online with just a few clicks of the mouse. The courses are offered by entities ranging from the most prodigious colleges on the planet to small applied skills training companies. A surprisingly large number of the courses are free if you don’t want to attached educational credits to the course. I’ve taken many of the courses myself and never cease to be amazed at the knowledge I gain from them with little effort on my part other than sitting down and going to the lessons online. Gaining education this way is certainly different than it was when I was in college early in my life. I don’t have to stand in the long lines to get a card that will allow me to register for a class. I don’t have to wait for my turn to be early in the process based on the first letter of my surname and where it is in rotation to the first of the list this year. I don’t have to miss courses because the prerequisite class is filled because my surname letter had rotated to the end this year and all of the available seats were already taken.</p> <p>Our children and grandchildren face a litany of problems that didn’t exist when we were their age but gaining an education, if they want it, isn’t one of them beyond the normal financial and available time considerations.</p> <p>Like many of you, I sit in on free genealogy webinars that are sponsored or presented by <strong><a title="FamilySearch Webinars" href="https://familysearch.org/blog/en/family-history-library-offers-free-webinars-handouts-online/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a></strong>, <strong><a title="Legacy Family Tree Webinars" href="http://familytreewebinars.com/" target="_blank">Legacy Family Tree</a></strong>, <strong><a title="RootsMagic Webinars" href="https://www.rootsmagic.com/Webinars/" target="_blank">RootsMagic</a></strong> and other companies that give me both new skills that I need to be a better researcher as well as new research ideas, methods and knowledge of venues of which I was totally unaware and probably wouldn’t have found left to my own devices.</p> <p>Like some of you, I take specialized courses online of a technical nature that give me the tools and skills needed to write some programming code, tweak software skins and write little apps of my own that fit my particular needs on my handheld devices. Many of these courses are free. Folks who have mastered the skills in the lessons, happily present them for the consumption of folks who have similar interests in an almost pay-it-forward environment of sharing.</p> <p>Today, many workers take short specialized training courses online to sharpen their job skills either in their current position or for a position they hope to secure. Their bachelors and masters degrees often act as the requisite key that allows them open the job seeking door. The specialized courses give them the code to the last tumbler in the lock to open the slot that will accept their application in that refined environment of qualified and highly skilled applicants.</p> <p>Business Insider magazine recently published a list of what they consider to be <strong><a title="Business Insider - 37 Best Sites - Learn New Skills" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-37-best-websites-for-learning-a-new-skill-2015-8" target="_blank">the best 37 websites for learning new skills</a></strong>. If you are reading this post, you’ll find one or more of these sites to have the exact training courses that you’d hoped to find one day. We all wish we knew how to do something using skills that we don’t current posses. If that skill requires reading, writing and using your mind, the training course you need is probably in this group of 37. If not, it probably does exist online if you search for it. </p> <p>In September 2014, I wrote a post about<strong> <a title="Effectiveness of online training and educational courses" href="https://leedrewsviews.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/online-classes-really-do-work/" target="_blank">the effectiveness of online courses</a></strong> and included a short list of links to online educational facilities that offer excellent educational courses. My view of the value of online education has only increased in appreciation and perceived value since then.</p> <p>I wish my parents were still alive so I could dazzle them with the educational opportunities online that we can access with such ease. I probably don’t have a good enough imagination to appreciate how excited my 5th great grandparents would be to see the online courses. They would probably appreciate them so much that they’d liken them to handouts of gold and silver. Training and education that was simply impossible for them to obtain is ours for the taking, requiring little more effort on our part than doing a quick search, registering and clicking to start the course.</p> <p>I marvel at the difference in perspective from which I see the world and how my grandchildren see it. The recent article, “<strong><a title="The Class of 2019 has never licked a postage stamp" href="http://mashable.com/2015/08/18/beloit-college-2019-class-mindset/" target="_blank">The Class of 2019 has never licked a postage stamp</a></strong>” brought that discussion into clear focus in my mind. Their perception of the world around them is so wildly different than mine due to time and the environment surrounding their society and the one I’ve known from my youth in a tiny western town, it is almost incomprehensible. While I’m still the guy that teaches them how to use and tame technology, our societal reference points are radically different. Hopefully, they’ll take advantage of skills based training for subjects that don’t exist entirely within the mind but have in fact a physical factor in survivability skills should the lights go out.</p> <p>Our lives are extremely busy today. Doing what meaningful activity, I’m not always sure, but we certainly are busy aren’t we? Do you take advantage of a few hours of your time each week to improve your education and skills thanks to online education courses? If you haven’t taken skills based training online yet, don’t hesitate to give it an honest try. </p> <p>If you are interested in genealogy and improving your research skills and successes thanks to it, be sure to visit the <strong><a title="FamilySearch Learning Center" href="https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html" target="_blank">FamilySearch Learning Center</a></strong> and revel in the excellent selection of free courses found there.</p> <p>We live in a magical time in the timeline of this world. Take advantage of the educational opportunities it offers us. None of us are too old or too ‘dumb’ to learn new skills to better ourselves and our interface with family, friends and even our hobbies.</p> <p><b>Posted 23 August 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-87070857363107592402015-08-17T11:18:00.000-06:002015-08-17T11:52:44.587-06:00Find Unique Ancestral Records on FamilySearch<p>FamilySearch offers so many records on its site, it is easy for users to quickly<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ftIWs7Rh87s/VdIfOXbIKSI/AAAAAAACFp4/D4P4AST-GXk/s1600-h/35%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="35" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbX7qloW3_JB2YNYjsT9P7VU2snV-vFzYrBTEApT9xdelso1yTZlK3rtII5PNWf_o-GowPgrZb9FHC9GgeZvxYxSAl3cMnA3qBMkwQDmYljHseTyUk1p3hRc0hB0pPFqSfvarCLo2BMg0M/?imgmax=800" width="170" align="right" height="180"></a> develop a research ‘rut’ in their minds and never fully address the wealth of information it offers.</p> <p>I hadn’t considered the fact that students in my classes and support groups were using all the search tools on FamilySearch until FamilySearch included a simple <strong><a title="Find search on FamilySearch for Photos, Stories and Documents" href="https://familysearch.org/photos/find?search" target="_blank">“Find”</a> </strong>tab on their site. The word “Find” in this case is deceptively simple when compared to the search power it brings into play.</p> <p align="right"><font size="4"><a title="https://familysearch.org/photos/find?search" href="https://familysearch.org/photos/find?search">https://familysearch.org/photos/find?search</a></font></p> <p>The power of Find is so great is because FamilySearch applies the “Find” search on the “Find photos and stories” to all of the user submitted images, documents and stories in FamilySearch Tree. </p> <p>When I’ve explained this to people, they respond by saying, “So?” “Why is that such a big deal?” The answer is that it’s an immense “deal” because users of Tree are now submitting a significant number of these types of attachments to the records of their family in Tree and the level of participation is growing almost exponentially. </p> <p>When we make these attachments of our photos, stories and documents, we are almost exclusively adding information about the related person that we have personally vetted, meaning that no matter how good the search algorithm is written and used by any company, the human mind is still significantly better in identifying and validating the data in its relationship to a specific person. </p> <p>It doesn’t matter what the “Find” search results contain, because in almost every case the results belong to the person for whom you have searched or a person with the exact same name if you have wrapped your search terms in the Boolean operator of quote marks (“ “).</p> <p>I won’t dwell on the “I wish great grandma had a more distinctive name than “Elizabeth Smith” argument because I’d get more refined search results, but at least we are getting results in this case from person records on Tree which have attachments that actually belong to an “Elizabeth Smith” and her record includes details that identify her specifically. Users of Tree have already filtered the attachments to the correct Elizabeth Smith. She may not be our Elizabeth but she is one of the significantly fewer Elizabeth Smiths in Tree because users have filtered the rest out of our results by not attaching anything to their respective records. </p> <p>That will change over time as more images, documents and stories are added to Tree by users but even then the results are linked to the “exact” person they claim to represent.</p> <p>Let’s look at a search query on FamilySearch “Find photos and stories” for one of my ancestors without using the Boolean operators of quote marks. Her name is <strong><a title="Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie record on FamilySearch Tree" href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KWVQ-CZX&spouse=KWVQ-CH8" target="_blank">Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie</a></strong>. The unfiltered search term told the search engine to include each name as a unique term and to bring back the results for each of her names. Thus, the results show <strong><font size="4">16,538</font></strong> items in Tree that match at least one of those names.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eLXDxaJj734/VdIfQ8I5WcI/AAAAAAACFqI/NqXL9A6R5uo/s1600-h/fs_find_no_Boolean%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="fs_find_no_Boolean" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="fs_find_no_Boolean" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7x9e3sprGs0/VdIfSM4CGKI/AAAAAAACFqQ/9s91SDM8Cd8/fs_find_no_Boolean_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="547" height="363"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Now, let’s add quotes around grandma’s name: “Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie” and do the search again. I’m lucky in that grandma’s name is quite unique, so all <strong><font size="4">6 </font></strong>of the results belong to her. But even if there were dozens of Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie’s in Tree, it wouldn’t take me long to click on the results to determine which of them is my Rosa and once I have identified her record on Tree, I only have to click on the memories tab to see all of the other attachments. Which as I noted earlier, have already been vetted by someone else (or maybe myself and I’ve forgotten about it) as being correct and attached to the correct person record in Tree.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NTOUgLuqMh8/VdIfXOq4eFI/AAAAAAACFqY/ucaKbiUFxIA/s1600-h/fs_find_w_Boolean%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="fs_find_w_Boolean" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="fs_find_w_Boolean" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YZrMf94j22o/VdIfYhEu3kI/AAAAAAACFqg/NjvSd_aCSbk/fs_find_w_Boolean_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="545" height="382"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>I love this search tool because of the high value results it can contain. It will also include any recordings that may be attached to our ancestors record as well. If the recording includes the actual voice of an ancestor, few of us can be restrained from pumping our fist in the air and exclaiming, “Score!”</p> <p>When we add these often very unique records to the huge number of church, government, website and other records that are found on FamilySearch, our chances of ancestral quest success is very high.</p> <p>The <strong><a title="FamilySearch Main Page" href="https://familysearch.org/" target="_blank">main page of FamilySearch</a></strong> contains a tab called “Search”. Mouse over it for a drop down list of the main types of collections on FamilySearch that are available from that position on the site.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XJuimnn6qjg/VdIfZ7ID3AI/AAAAAAACFqo/iUbUd_RMMvw/s1600-h/fs_search_resource_list%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="fs_search_resource_list" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="fs_search_resource_list" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J9nys7G-AWI/VdIfa7-dQ-I/AAAAAAACFqw/6nl__T_VAMQ/fs_search_resource_list_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="179" height="240"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>While you are exploring, be sure to visit the <strong><a title="Obituaries on FamilySearch" href="https://familysearch.org/obituaries/" target="_blank">FamilySearch Obituaries</a></strong> page. The number of obituaries being added to the obituaries collection on FamilySearch is already immense and will continue to grow almost unabatedly for the foreseeable future.</p> <p align="right"><a title="https://familysearch.org/obituaries/" href="https://familysearch.org/obituaries/"><strong><font size="4">https://familysearch.org/obituaries/</font></strong></a></p> <p>We all know that obituaries often contain genealogy “gold” because of the amount of genealogy related data that are included in them. Perhaps we’ll hear you exclaim “Score” too when you find the obituary of someone in your own extended family in the collection.</p> <p>If you haven’t taken time to explore the depth of the FamilySearch and FamilySearch Tree sites in the past few months, do so now. It’s already the most resource rich site in existence and its growth continues seemingly unabated thanks to resources dedicated to supporting it by <a title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - God's Plan of Salvation" href="http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/plan-of-salvation" target="_blank"><strong>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</strong></a> and the hosts of volunteers who index, add their own records and generally support the subscription free FamilySearch site for the benefit of all users worldwide.</p> <p><b>Posted 17 August 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-57821145312692948322015-08-16T20:51:00.000-06:002015-08-16T21:55:58.661-06:00Good Morning. Who Died?I may be unique, but I doubt it. Every morning I arise, mumble something like "goo morgan" to my wife and then stumble off to glance at the front page of the newspaper. My real goal in reading the paper is to read the obituary page. Have any of my extended cousins or their spouses died since yesterday?<br />
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Unfortunately, too many of them seem to by passing on now and equally sad are the obituaries I've read about many younger folks and acquaintances passing in the last few months. Frequently, the names on the obituary page are familiar but I can't remember exactly how I know their name. I dutifully read dozens of obituaries every month for people that I don't know. Sometimes though, the listing is about a cousin that I've only met through the research of my lineage and related families.<br />
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Genealogy. It's the reason I read so many obituaries every month. I would read them to find information about friends and extended family anyway but not with such focused searches. I work very hard to find the genealogy 'gold' hidden in the obits.<br />
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Obituaries are invaluable resources to genealogists. The facts in them are often wrong or "off" a little because of the stress on the family at the time of the passing but the names and places in them are generally accurate.<br />
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Some obituaries are sparsely populated while others are rich with details about the person or their life. Obituaries from the turn of the century are often lengthy stories about the deceased individual.<br />
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The obituary for one of my great grandmothers is almost a half page long, complete with her photo and comments by friends and religious leaders. When I found it, I didn't even try to obey the "Silence" signs in the library. "Hah!" "Look at that!!" My exclamations gained the attention of everyone on that floor. I could only manage a grin and a finger point at the page before finally telling them that "I found my 2nd great grandmother!" Shaking their heads at the eccentric behavior of one of "those genealogists", the other patrons went back to their studies and research.<br />
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The smile on my face stayed in place all day. I greeted everyone with a little more cheer during the visit and had extreme patience with the young desk attendant who repeatedly tried and failed to restock copy machine with paper.<br />
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Frequently, I find obituaries or death articles in digital newspapers online. Sometimes, I can't imagine why they are in a newspaper from a distant town, but am grateful because the local newspaper of the time was destroyed by uncaring corporations who purchased then name and subscriber list of the local publication, but had no interest in the years of published content.<br />
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Absent the indexing and hosting of online digital images of newspapers, I wouldn't have found the majority of the obituaries now safely stored in my sources folder and in the Memories section of their respective records on FamilySearch Tree.<br />
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Are you enjoying similar success with ancestral finds in your own research? If you haven't, don your Sherlock cap and enter into the fray. Today is a good day to put a smile on our face too.<br />
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When you have thoroughly mined the Internet and need to physically visit a library, take the stairs and not the elevator. If you visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, expect to have a lot of fun and research success.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Obituary of Rosa Clara Friedlander Logie</span></strong></div>
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American Fork Daily Citizen<br />
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Death of Mrs. Rosa Logie. <br />
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She Passed Away Sunday Afternoon -- A Short Sketch of Her Life <br />
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Mrs. Rosa Clara Logie died on Sunday afternoon, June 15, at 3:40 p.m. after a lingering illness of nearly six months. The cause of her death was a general breakdown from old age. The last six weeks she suffered considerable, but the end was very peaceful. <br />
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The funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Second Ward chapel. W.S. Chipman taking charge. The choir sane, "I Need Thee Every Hour." Opening prayer was by Bishop W. B. Smith and the song, "Resting Now From Care and Sorrow." <br />
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The speakers were William R. Webb, Bishop James Garner and President S. L. Chipman. An appropriate solo was rendered by Mrs. Clifford E. Young. The choir sang "Adieu, All Earthly Honors." James H. Clarke offered the closing prayer and Stephen D. Chipman dedicated the grave. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. <br />
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Mrs. Logie was thoroughly good Christian woman and one who had a kind word for all and harsh words for none. She was a devoted wife and mother, a loyal friend and a good neighbor. <br />
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Sister Rosa Clara Friedlander - Logie was born on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel, June 16, 1837 of English-French and German parentage. He father died while she was but a child and her mother married again, living in London. At the age of 12 she embarked with her mother and stepfather for Australia. <br />
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Mrs. Logie in her youth was left alone in Sidney, New South Wales, in charge of Mission President Brother Farnham, her parents living in Melbourne. At this time, in company with Sister Mary Ann Evans who is now living here, they walked twelve miles every Sunday to the church branch of the L.D. S. in that far off country. sister Evans testifies to the faithfulness of that young maid to the principles of the Gospel. At the age of 16 this young maiden met and married Brother Charles J. Logie, about 1853. <br />
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They left Australia in 1854 for California, taking passage in the ship Julia Ann in company with the missionaries, John S. Eldridge, James Graham, Brother Farnham and twenty- three others with hopeful hearts they souls buoyed up with anticipation of arriving in Zion in a few short months. But God ordered it otherwise, and severe trials and disasters came upon them; their ship was wrecked upon a coral reef, which was part of the Scilly Islands, one of the Society group in the great Archipelago of the Pacific; a lonesome barren isle, where they were imprisoned for seven long months, living upon turtle meat and turtle eggs and water obtained from the rain, which they caught in shells. We cannot picture the dreary, disconsolate life they led. Five of the heroic band lost their lives by shipwreck; the balance apparently doomed to death by starvation and exposure. They were finally taken off the island by French fruiting vessels and conveyed to Tahiti, which is in the main course of vessels to the Sandwich Islands. <br />
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President S. S. Smith of Colorado, now dead, told me of the arrival of Brother Charles Logie and his wife at Honolulu and of their sad experiences on this voyage. In due time they arrived in San Francisco. Leaving San Francisco they arrived in Carson City, Nevada, living there a short time; from thence moving to Lehi, going from Lehi to Provo Valley, living a short time in Midway; thence to American Fork, where meeting their old friends, Brother and Sister Evans and Brother John S. Eldridge, they felt that they would settle down in peace and make their lifetime home in this city. <br />
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How much could be said of such lives, vicissitudes, trials, poverty, everything to endure to discourage and dishearten and through it all, her hope and courage predominated, and now they have both gone to their eternal rest and reward. such lives are but lessons, faithful lessons to those who remain giving strength to the weak vicissitudes encouragement to all. <br />
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Sister Logie was the mother of twelve children, and this alone it seems to me, entitles her to a crown of glory. There are nine living children as follows: <br />
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Sister Annie L. Clark, Charles J. Logie, Mrs. Rosa L. Bennett, Mrs. Eliz L. Bennett, Mrs. Elizabeth Atkins, Walter Logie, Mrs Elenore Gaisford and the Misses Georgina and Beatrice Logie. <br />
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She leaves twenty- nine grandchildren and twenty- two great grandchildren. <br />
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<b>Posted 16 August 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-87842510349187351672015-08-14T03:28:00.001-06:002015-08-14T03:28:27.725-06:00Maggie Bennett Killed By A Train<p>My 4th cousin, young <strong><a title="Maggie Bennett Record on Ancestry.com" href="http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22373091/person/1859516979" target="_blank">Maggie Bennett</a></strong> and her friend Miss C. Donnell were playing on the Rock Island Railroad Tracks when the Rock Island Denver Limited came streaming down the line. Miss Donnell got off the tracks in time. Maggie did not. She was struck by the pilot crossbar throwing her over 100 feet through the air.</p> <p>Maggie was born in July 1890 in Arkansas, the daughter and oldest child of James Thomas and Mary E. Barker Bennett. Her fatal accident occurred on 23 August 1902 in Four Mile, near Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.<br></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uWVYNFWxlkc/Vc20rwrwgxI/AAAAAAACFmQ/1enl14ldei0/s1600-h/Bennett%252520Maggie%252520Accidental%252520Death2%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bennett Maggie Accidental Death2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Bennett Maggie Accidental Death2" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oC9Z2FXfjho/Vc20tQbgFfI/AAAAAAACFmY/URfu0GF2ZwQ/Bennett%252520Maggie%252520Accidental%252520Death2_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="558" height="1161"></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a title="Maggie Bennett Death Record on FamilySearch" href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-NLGF" target="_blank"><img title="bennett_maggie_death_record" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="bennett_maggie_death_record" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YAcQoNwLSA-fWDCftnqyyXP4CXG0xdd8Qphs7LYYlmzPyaAlR7Zj8XR2Da_FNnTiP6cJ6Jkjphewi0JgTJguQ-WAD_CFq0sYapfFkxNYxnJ1S1SkgqNPsfGn6SsPR9HdasSVydnxMvKU/?imgmax=800" width="558" height="265"></a></p> <p>Maggie’s Death Record is found on FamilySearch in the Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992.</p> <p>Source Citation:</p> <p>"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," , FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-NLGF">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-NLGF</a> : accessed 14 August 2015), Maggie Bennett, 23 Aug 1902; citing Death, United States, page , county archives, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,749,701.</p> <p>Maggie’s tombstone is shown on <strong><a title="Maggie Bennett - Find-a-grave Memorial" href="https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=bennett&GSfn=maggie&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1902&GSdyrel=in&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=126534592&df=all&" target="_blank">her memorial on Find-a-grave</a></strong>. She was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa, in plot 3-34-3</p> <p>Maggie is shown in the <strong><a title="Maggie Bennett in the 1900 Census" href="http://sharing.ancestry.com/7148907?h=626481&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url" target="_blank">1900 Federal Census</a></strong> in Dallas, Dallas County, Iowa.</p> <p>Loosing a child to an early death is a terrible experience for any parent. Unfortunately, Maggie’s parents, James T. and Mary Bennett lost 4 children before their 10th birthdays. Only five of their children survived to their 10th birthday.</p> <p><b>Posted 14 August 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-91014962358337075942015-08-02T20:59:00.000-06:002015-08-02T21:07:12.258-06:00All Of My Ancestors Have Been Found!<p>How many time shave you heard this or a similar comment from folks? "All of<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Sjs2rpqFLZU/Vb7a2V1cRjI/AAAAAAACE04/J2g_WtRwXxI/s1600-h/1c2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="1c2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="1c2" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8EijTQiDXUI/Vb7a3-KUsiI/AAAAAAACE1A/LFqqS41ZwGg/1c2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="176" align="right" height="240"></a> my ancestors have been found." "Aunt Julia or Uncle Tim have done our genealogy research for years." "They said there is nothing left to find."</p> <p>I hear this or similar comments constantly in my genealogy classes or from folks that write and ask me questions about genealogy. Few things folks say to me elicit a faster response. "Baloney!" "I know they are your family member but do not believe their statement to be correct." "Maybe you are just looking for an excuse to not enter into the wonderful world of genealogy yourself."</p> <p>The research completed by your relative undoubtedly has one or more errors in it. My own research does. I find errors in it all of the time. We all make mistakes in our research assumptions or place too much faith in the text written on Death, Birth or other Certificates. Our "conclusive proof" from 1995 may not be so conclusive now in light of new records that have emerged in the ensuing years.</p> <p>New records have undoubtedly exposed 'new' ancestors heretofore unknown in your family tree. You get to engage in the very enjoyable ancestral quest of finding them.</p> <p>Aunt Julia and Uncle Tim are probably great people, but they are just that.....people. When you add your unique perspective to your family ancestral hunt, you'll search for information in ways and in places that they didn't as part of their quest. You will find 'new' information.</p> <p>How much information about your extended family is in their files? I've found that even though I love my direct ancestors and their life stories, the stories and families of their siblings and the descendants of their siblings are often far more enjoyable and amazing than those of my direct ancestors. Don't forget the perspective of your grandparents from the early 1700's. If you were in their position, looking down through time at the generations of your descendants, you would love them all and have great pride in them. Remember that just because a person is your 2nd cousins (maybe 2, 3 or 4 times removed), they are still family.</p> <p>Have Julia and Tim added all of the current generations of your family to their records? Yes, we have to be extremely careful with personal data today, but if you never publish or share information about living people and properly protect the data on your computer, adding the information about ALL of your current family should be in the family knowledgebase that you create.</p> <p>How well sourced is the information collected by Julia and Tim? I've had to dump very large sections of my ancestral tree over time as I continue to add and evaluate sources. In all but one case, the information I thought was correct still appears to be correct to most people, but when I aggressively evaluated the source that proves the information of a key person that links a branch to me, I found errors in assumptions made by town clerks and even religious documentation centuries ago. Saying goodbye to 10 to 20 generations of 'your' family because they really aren't yours is gut-wrenching but it has to be done. When the dust settles, you have an accurate family record AND you also have the fun of filling the empty charts for that branch of your family once again.</p> <p>Did Julia and Tim get copies of the sources they reference (if any) in their data? If any of the source images are missing, go get them. It is your family. Without real sources all you really have is a good story. With vetted sources, you'll be able to prove your lineage to anyone who questions its accuracy and you'll have the 'warm fuzzy' of knowing the data is correct in your heart of hearts. </p> <p>If you are new to genealogy, don't be surprised at the reaction you'll receive from a seasoned genealogist if you accidently make the "My work is all done" statement in their presence. They know the statement isn't correct and will tell you the same thing I've mentioned above.</p> <p>Isn't that great! The wonderful world of genealogy is not closed to you and once you start in your genealogical quest, you'll know why that statement is so wonderful.</p> <p><b>Posted 2 Aug 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-61942511922715255292015-07-26T16:17:00.000-06:002015-07-26T16:23:16.016-06:00Genealogy ~ How Many Certificates Do You Need?<p>My wife calls me a pack rat when it comes to my genealogy records. I call myself<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-66AAfdk-wpI/VbVdk1AUrwI/AAAAAAABGnc/XLXAZXINxEk/s1600-h/married_couple%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="married_couple" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="married_couple" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2SrZ47YLgbr1RSJjSEd0Nb-bTw0r5JaSBy2POsE-NLxFG74L7rKR05jdSEefWa3zNUG_mV4bhG4Ck9x0wnG5nJDCg96HvLBt1YBlLIsM6WaTof2Q03rnlJ3z0aT4JYSNPurWeETtuagT/?imgmax=800" width="176" align="right" height="240"></a> a well-sourced researcher. Which of us is right?</p> <p>This morning, I mentioned that I needed to pick up several more Wilson-Jones 367-49 heavy 3-ring binders and a couple thousand sheet protectors for my ever increasing collection of genealogy source documents. That comment started a discussion about "how large of a collection do I intend to keep at our house."</p> <p>My position was that you can't have too many source documents to support your research data, especially if a large percentage of them are Birth, Marriage and Death certificates along with a liberal smattering of wills, deeds, journals and photographs.</p> <p>Of course, my position on this is correct, as I'm sure you defend your similar position to your own spouse and family. Undoubtedly, their eyebrows raise when you say something similar to them too.</p> <p>"I don't have THAT much." "Why are you concerned about it?" That is a reasonable statement, isn't it?</p> <p>"Let's take an inventory of what you have and measure it against what is Too Much" Hmmmm... This argument may not go in my favor.</p> <p>An hour later, I totaled the columns of tick marks just to be sure they were 'fairly' counted. It does seem that I have a 'little' larger collection than I realized.</p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="533" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="444">Four Drawer File Cabinets</td> <td valign="top" width="87">4</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="460">Horizontal Four Drawer File Cabinets</td> <td valign="top" width="96">1</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="455">Book Shelves (6 ft wide to ceiling)</td> <td valign="top" width="103">4</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="450">Wall Cabinets</td> <td valign="top" width="108">10</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="446">3” Wilson-Jones Hard Cover Binders</td> <td valign="top" width="112">42</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="443">Terabytes of Disk Storage</td> <td valign="top" width="115">14</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="441">Computers dedicated to Genealogy</td> <td valign="top" width="117">6</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="439">Grab Bags for Interviews</td> <td valign="top" width="119">2</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="438">Photography Bags and Equipment</td> <td valign="top" width="120">3</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="437">Flat Bed Scanners</td> <td valign="top" width="121">3</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="437">Printers</td> <td valign="top" width="121">4</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="437">Desks or Built in Work Surfaces</td> <td valign="top" width="121">4</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="437">Storage Closets</td> <td valign="top" width="121">2</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="437">Rooms to Store all this stuff</td> <td valign="top" width="121">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As you can imagine, my argument was weakened "a bit" by this revealing list. I'm still not moving away from my initial position but I'm sure the discussion will not 'go away' over time.</p> <p>My wife also loves genealogy, so we both have that bias in common. Nonetheless, she asks "How Much Is Enough?" and made sure that I clearly understand that my genealogy space 'creep' will not be allowed into her quilting room / domain.</p> <p>Our Tech Manager son tells me to 'Digitize Everything', meaning that I should toss the hard copies. Of course he knows that I've always created digital copies of my documents, notes, etc., and have them backed up in multiple locations, but "Toss the Hardcopies"" That isn't going to happen for a number of reasons, including document survivability in scenarios such as loosing my digital copies to a hi-elevation EMF Pulse or some other cataclysmic event. The news on television tells me to expect about anything these days.</p> <p>Yes, I understand the ramifications of such a devastating event would impact my life so greatly that I probably won't care about doing or proving genealogical research for a long time, but I want to give the records as many chances to survive as I can.</p> <p>I've talked to our children about taking over my somewhat large genealogy collection after my wife and I pass from this life. Who can house it? Who wants it? Who will continue in our ancestral quest? There is a lot of interest among them but no takers so far.</p> <p>The answers to the longtime disposition of my records and data isn't settled yet. Donating the collection to a library hasn't been as good of an idea as I initially thought. Most libraries don't want it or if they did accept it would 'toss' the majority of it to save space. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah doesn't' want it. They'll accept it in published book form but not all of the binders, files and digital files that I have. The very large family history library at Brigham Young University doesn't want it, again unless it is in bound books, etc.</p> <p>The decision about how to pass my research and associated records that were accumulated over tens of thousands of hours with a huge financial investment during my lifetime has yet to be resolved.</p> <p>I'm currently uploading ancestral photos, source documents, histories and other records to my ancestral records on <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree" target="_blank">FamilySearch Tree</a></strong>, but the going is slow. I know that the images and files that I save there will survive about anything short of the earth being vaporized.</p> <p>I'm still exploring other solutions that I'll rely on in parallel to the FamilySearch Tree. I'm not sure that most of them are workable solutions but I'll choose one or two of them before long and run with them. You are probably in the same position to one varying degree or another. </p> <p>Let me know your plan. However, please don't comment on the size of my genealogy collection as a cc: to my sweetheart though. OK? We've already had that discussion.</p> <p><b>Posted 26 Jul 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-15414121990862378322015-07-19T14:14:00.000-06:002015-07-19T15:36:36.162-06:00Collaborating With CousinsIt seems like any difficult genealogy research problem can be resolved by teams<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fTaMUJKABpA/VawFV21A72I/AAAAAAABGbE/AnO8jhACdgM/s1600-h/google_docs%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img align="right" alt="google_docs" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5mNHeYwWMfaUmZjr4C-OfBwSS1iqfru-EtbFzR9tt0yO8YJpieewhIY2xyw46581QtAwXKJJblHzYYtTe1rhTxY3N-WTZjZM1NzmmM3LHj9FQLab4C82BYQxKcEojphkRWyE78jBv5kr/?imgmax=800" height="110" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="google_docs" width="116" /></a> of cousins if they actively engage in research.<br />
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I've seen it happen time after time over the years as I've organized cousins teams. We each bring our unique skills, perspectives and resources to the table. The cumulative effect always exceeds the research ability of any single member of the team.<br />
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Our cousins teams communicate in a number of ways. We obviously use email but it is a poor vehicle to carry attachments and collaborative information. Email is best used for brief announcements, clarifications, etc.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XOhKhJ29AV8/VawGfj_OzAI/AAAAAAABGcI/fbJBV07r9Bs/s1600-h/dropbox%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img align="right" alt="dropbox" border="0" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cmgW64QLUFc/VawGgR0pv2I/AAAAAAABGcQ/3zgnaCT5Of4/dropbox_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="113" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="dropbox" width="113" /></a><br />
Scanned and other images and photos are typically uploaded to <strong><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/" target="_blank">Drop Box</a></strong> or a similar cloud storage location. Links to them are shared to all the team when they are uploaded.<br />
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We use <strong><a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a></strong> constantly. A document, spreadsheet or presentation is easy to access and work on by all of the team when they reside in the Google cloud. It isn't unusual to see others editing a document that you are working on. Their edits show up in real time and typically evoke a conversation or series of messages on <strong><a href="https://www.google.com/+/learnmore/" target="_blank">Google+</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a></strong> or <strong><a href="https://www.skype.com/en/" target="_blank">Skype</a></strong>.<br />
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Google Hangouts or a Skype conference call are used for group wide meetings and<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R7Al4rYvjG8/VawHACojfII/AAAAAAABGcY/SNeO5jU9TJw/s1600-h/google_plus%25255B4%25255D.png"><img align="right" alt="google_plus" border="0" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IkAREKitEf4/VawHA_r7BfI/AAAAAAABGcg/EybgQX8I8bc/google_plus_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="109" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="google_plus" width="111" /></a> brain storming sessions. I wear a ball cap on bad hair days. Sometimes the ladies in the group decline to activate their video feed if they are enjoying a similar wild or wet hair day. I don't know why, they have to look at the men in the group in our 'rugged' and often 'unkempt' state, but apparently the ladies are better trained in appearance than us guys.<br />
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We used to use Springpad to assemble some of our research results and planning<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nWr5yr053_g/VawFYks9RwI/AAAAAAABGbk/1QbuuEVB0bE/s1600-h/evernote%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img align="right" alt="evernote" border="0" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hr-SxjlZVIk/VawFZTtra_I/AAAAAAABGbs/5DgFxF1_LR8/evernote_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="113" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="evernote" width="113" /></a> before it was closed. Now, almost all of us use <strong><a href="https://evernote.com/?var=2" target="_blank">Evernote</a></strong> to collect images, quotes and links that apply to our research.<br />
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Our collected data is frequently posted on our <strong><a href="http://www.tngsitebuilding.com/" target="_blank">TNG</a></strong> powered genealogy sites or other genealogy sites, including FamilySearch Tree so we can see our data in pedigree, family and other formats.<br />
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All of these resources combined with the skills and resources of the team bring an almost irresistible force to bear. I love being alive now and having so many real-time powerful tools at my finger tips. If you haven't created cousins teams before, give one a try.<br />
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It may take you a little time to work out the tools and format <a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W6EoNho2zp8/VawFaJfESMI/AAAAAAABGb0/Cb5hiNsKQjE/s1600-h/skype%25255B4%25255D.png"><img align="right" alt="skype" border="0" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3YgZ0ASvKAA/VawFaw9UQbI/AAAAAAABGb8/GjThbn0rWEk/skype_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="112" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="skype" width="112" /></a>that work best in your situation but it is time well spent. The results of your first team project will surprise you. The feeling won't be a singular event. Plan on experiencing it over and over as you collaborate with your teams from now on.<br />
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<b>Posted 19 Jul 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-64789616589327334222015-07-15T07:55:00.000-06:002015-07-15T07:55:00.369-06:00Dinner At Haddo House<p>Working on my <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/2009/07/cosmo-cuthbert-and-cudbear.html" target="_blank">Gordon Ancestry</a></strong> is always enjoyable and frustrating at the same time. Enjoyable because there is a lot of information written about the family in general. Frustrating because the surname was frequently adopted by others thus making lineal research all the more difficult.</p> <p>References to family living at Haddo or having titles and ownership with Haddo in the name string crops up with some frequency. Although I have long been familiar with the title, I hadn't taken the time to search for the exact location of the home.</p> <p>Google Maps made the search easy and fast.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oKHTlneLQKE/VaW-jyta6aI/AAAAAAABGTM/eechYTfWVZE/s1600-h/haddo_house%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="haddo_house" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="haddo_house" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tzUE8ueTNx0/VaW-k6tF1AI/AAAAAAABGTU/hn56qfRew5w/haddo_house_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="551" height="473"></a></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddo_House" target="_blank">Wikipedia offered further insight</a></strong> including a very nice painting by Alfred Edward Emslie of a dinner that was held there. I don't think that I have never attended dinner with real class yet ... at least I've never chatted around the table with a good set of bagpipes playing in the background.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wVCQZoT6re0/VaW-lnzXw7I/AAAAAAABGTc/-UISaSK0UC4/s1600-h/dinner_haddo_house%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="dinner_haddo_house" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="dinner_haddo_house" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FPVIhWtX5hD9ZmlZwCXiSgd7MF03tBVJ2dQ95RjgloPi8CPC9vSduC9WQvDKQIoC1gWNe_ETgLarA_tic1DtogqmAP6pUh43CKM0jjAUXmdHOJAKQId8u95d8N7WN8CbgSY0tMdvOD9U/?imgmax=800" width="554" height="360"></a></p> <p><b>Posted 15 Jul 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-44746209333064491642015-07-14T16:47:00.000-06:002015-07-14T18:21:42.810-06:00When An Ancestor Changed Their Identity<p><strong><a href="http://www.kriswilliams.com/" target="_blank">Kris Williams</a></strong> of Ghost Hunters fame releases a genealogy related video about every month in partnership with Ancestry.com. Like many of you, I was introduced to Kris on the SyFy Channel as part of a Ghost Hunter team in their quest to either find or disprove the existence of Spirits.</p> <p>While Kris is a beautiful woman, her attraction to me was when I heard her say she has been interested in genealogy for many years. I love hearing those words from young folks.</p> <p>In her 26 March 2012 video, "<strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/39718324" target="_blank">Genealogy Graveyard Hunting</a></strong>", Kris talked about searching for the tombstones of her ancestors in a cemetery in New Hampshire. While she didn't mention the name of her ancestor the video dwelled on the tombstone of James P. Osgood twice. I assumed that he is indeed Kris' ancestor and after a quick check on Ancestry.com, I found that to be the case.</p> <p>The story she told caught my attention in two ways: She distinctly heard the steps of an unseen person throughout the search for her ancestors tombstone as did her boyfriend who was in the opposite of the cemetery.</p> <p>I've heard footsteps, felt touches and have heard words from unseen sources in my own forays in the United States. Without exception, stopping and paying attention to them has resulted in finding the very tombstone(s) that I hoped to find but had all but written off as not being in the cemetery under my feet.<br>By coincidence, a number of those experiences were also in New Hampshire while on genealogy 'vacations' with big research agendas and very limited on-site time.</p> <p>Most of these trips would have ended with total or substantial failure had the tombstones not been found. They were the last clue available to me in that particular ancestral quest.</p> <p>The second item that caught my attention was the name of her ancestor, <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZYK-B8F" target="_blank">James P.</a><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bDw59_lv1Rs/VaWR_UpXRbI/AAAAAAABGSk/Oy5uFpQ3V1c/s1600-h/osgood_james%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="osgood_james" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="osgood_james" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jiTVqdFDvd0/VaWSAciUwfI/AAAAAAABGSs/PdmKqvmYnnI/osgood_james_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="169" align="right" height="235"></a> Osgood</strong>. I had been working on the extended family of my Burgess line in the weeks previous to Kris' video and James P. Osgood's name had been among the names I'd added to my database with one significant difference: James P. Osgood was the AKA name for Robert Luce Robbins in my research.</p> <p>Could my Robert Luce Robbins, AKA, James P. Osgood be the same person as the man in Kris' story? it only took a few minutes searching to find another confirmation of that fact.</p> <p>The <strong><a href="https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=osgood&GSfn=james&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=32&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=89597939&df=all&" target="_blank">memorial for James P. Osgood on Find-a-grave</a></strong> tells his story. Robert Luce Robbins left Maine with my cousin, <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=L4H2-HXN" target="_blank">Mary B. (Luce) Spalding</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZYK-B8D" target="_blank">her child</a></strong> along with two sons from his first / current marriage. They eventually settled in Southern New Hampshire, where he was known as James P. Osgood.<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HZXrTEUFSmA/VaWSBZ6tvNI/AAAAAAABGS0/hF1m7b699u8/s1600-h/osgood_james_headstone%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="osgood_james_headstone" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="osgood_james_headstone" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q899xOdXsWo/VaWSCe2YG0I/AAAAAAABGS8/0ChW04fak_o/osgood_james_headstone_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="157" align="right" height="238"></a><br>You and I can imagine any number of reasons why he changed his name and one of us may be right but I haven't found the truth of the story or at least the truth in a well-documented record.</p> <p>It doesn't matter that much to me. He was the second spouse of my 5th cousin times removed, Mary Belinda Luce Spaulding. It's not a close relationship.</p> <p>His name change does matter to his descendants, like <a href="http://trippingaroundthetraps.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Kris Williams</strong></a>. How were they to supposed to find him when he started life with a different name than the name known to his descendants as witnessed on his tombstone?</p> <p>I've been fortunate in my own ancestry to not encounter ancestors who changed their names like this. Or, have I encountered them and not realized it when I've hit my own ancestral 'brick walls'? Probably not, but who knows? I do have a few Black Sheep ancestors, (thank heaven in their case or I never would have found them without their law breaking records) and a few others that seemed timid in broadcasting their existence to anyone else.</p> <p>What are the stories about your name changing ancestors? How did you find them? What was the process? How long did it take? Did you too hear footsteps or enjoy some other genealogy serendipity in resolving the puzzle?</p> <p>If the stories I've heard from others telling how they found their name changing ancestors can be considered as the 'norm' then yes, you did enjoy similar nudges and shoves in a serendipitous way.</p> <p>Here's to learning to listen and then acting on the prompts that we receive in our ancestral quest. </p> <p><b>Posted 14 Jul 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2015 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-66681960872148331982015-06-09T17:20:00.000-06:002015-06-09T17:22:30.876-06:00Google Photos Is Great–Except When It Is Not<p> <p>The recently released Google Photos with its unlimited storage is you allow<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1mUlwDJP5Qs/VXd1KwDJnbI/AAAAAAABD4o/tCLpttNP9is/s1600-h/google_photos_albums%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="google_photos_albums" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="google_photos_albums" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WL82OiQHFLI/VXd1L_Ur36I/AAAAAAABD4w/s4Jdz9mvuAc/google_photos_albums_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="207" align="right" height="271"></a> Google to resize your images is Great! Except when it is not. <p>At the end of May 2015, Google announced Google Photos Unlimited, a free service for Google users that allows unlimited photo storage for your Google account as long as you allow them to resize your images to no longer than 16 megapixels. The company states that the resizing is “near identical” to the original image. I’m not a photographer beyond my family and genealogy snaps and found the resized images were indeed “nearly identical” to my eye. If you want to store your images in their original size on Google Photos, you can do so but you’ll have to pay for the storage space used that exceeds the free storage limit associated with your Google account that includes Gmail, Google Docs, Blogger posts, etc. <p>The new Google Photos storage is a steam roller in the cloud photo storage sector. For example, Yahoo’s Flickr offers 1 terabyte of free storage (which is great but it isn’t unlimited), and Dropbox only offers 2 gigabytes of photo storage for free. <p>From a personal perspective as a genealogist, I was delighted with Google’s news. I keep a full set of my genealogy related images in many locations, including Flickr and other cloud backup sites as well as on local storage drives both in my home and in proximity to my home. If the “Big One” from the movies ever hits and my home is sucked down to the depths, the odds that at least one copy of my images surviving on an external backup site is still high. <p>I can’t stress enough how this knowledge comforts me. I want my genealogy images to survive me to be used by my family and the public for a long time. There is no need for them to spend the huge amount of time and money that I’ve expended to acquire them, and in many cases, I have the only surviving original copy of the hardcopy photo. <p><strong>Using Google Photos</strong> <p>Adding photos to Google Photos is simple. Just click the up arrow at the top of your browser page in photos, or install the Google Photos App if you aren’t using an Android phone or tablet. The Android OS has the photos app installed in it. <p align="center"><a href="https://photos.google.com/"><strong><font size="4">https://photos.google.com</font></strong></a> <p>My genealogy person or homestead image collection is fairly large, but in terms of storage size, it isn’t very large. That selection of my genealogy photos could reside on my free Google Drive account without the need to purchase additional storage memory. However, I am a volunteer who takes thousands of headstone photos annually to post on sites like Find-a-grave. Even though the cemeteries in my area are relatively small ranging from 1200 to 20,000 headstones, the corresponding number of images at even a 5 megapixel size adds up after season of 1000 photo image per day forays. <p>When I first started adding the photos to Find-a-grave, I kept a copy of the images for my own local purposes because a large percentage of the names on the images were related to me. As time when on, I continued to keep a copy of all of my images even after they were uploaded to Find-a-grave and started to wonder if it was necessary since my job was done. Find-a-grave had a copy of the image, why waste storage space locally for the same image. <p>Then came a note from the husband of a young woman buried near me that I’d posted a photo of her headstone on Find-a-grave. He thanked me profusely for posting the photo. When she passed away, they were living here as students. Like most students, they had little money and it was a few years before her husband could save enough money to purchase a headstone for her grave. He finished school and went to his home country and later ordered her headstone from there. The stone was beautiful but the company that placed the marker sent him a photo of the marker in the mail but it looked like one our grandmothers took forty years ago. He hadn’t seen a good photo of the maker for his beloved wife and couldn’t find anyone who would take the photo for him. <p>…..And then I posted my photo as one of the 1000 that I’d taken the weekend<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hPoTi85cqxo/VXd1MpFxKDI/AAAAAAABD44/_xjgyepnTNI/s1600-h/google_photos%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="google_photos" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="google_photos" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jolmxZuHxcA/VXd1Naq900I/AAAAAAABD5A/s3iFrjwcdT8/google_photos_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="149" align="right" height="240"></a> earlier. When I brought up her memorial on Find-a-grave and inspected the full size display of the image I’d uploaded, I noted that the image had be significantly resized by Find-a-grave. The original image was dramatically better. Which image should you want of your beloved’s marker? The original hi-res image or the significantly resized image on Find-a-grave? Of course, I found the original in my backup storage and sent a copy of it to him. <p>That experience alone convinced me that I needed to keep a copy of my images in my off-site storage plan. <p>Since that time, I’ve received hundreds of requests for a copy of my original tombstone images. The stories vary, but the are invariably consistent in one aspect. Family members want a copy of the headstones of their family but live so far away from their burial location they can’t afford to make a trip here just to take a photo. <p><strong>Problem with Google Photos</strong> <p>After the requests for images started to arrive, I created an account on Flickr and received a free 1 terabyte account for my images. I installed the Flickr uploader program and uploaded all my genealogy photos. The process was simple and fortunately, I created relevant albums for each category or cemetery. Moving images from album to album through a browser was simple if I messed up. <p>The day that Google Photos Unlimited went hot, I started uploading the headstone photos there as well. I had to use my browser because there isn’t a standalone program like Flickr Uploader but it isn’t an issue. The problem I encountered is that as you know, sitting and uploading thousands of images over a long period of time turns you into a mindless zombie. My mind degraded to that level around 1:00 a.m. I have four monitors and so I kept working on genealogy research on three of them while using the fourth as my window into Google Photos. I’d glance at it, note the status of the current upload set and act if necessary. Mindless, repetitive action for hours on end in that venue. Sometime early in the 1:00 a.m. hour, the shutters on my uploading intelligence slammed shut. I started uploading the first batch of images for a new cemetery without creating an album for it first. My mind and memory motion was set and it was wrong. After 20,000+ image uploads later, I tumbled the fact that I was just dumping the images into the Photos bucket, not in the right album. They were now all floating there without a home. <p>Thinking that I could move them fairly easily, although with a fairly significant time impact, I selected 1000 images in the browser window, clicked on the plus (+) sign on the top right of the screen and clicked “Add to Album”. No problem right? Not so Joe Jitsu!! You just discovered your mess up. After waiting a few minutes an error message appeared saying that the move to the new album had failed. Thinking that I’d taken too big of a bite at a time, I selected 200 images and tried again. Once again, No Joy! Hmmmmm… I selected 100 images and the transfer took place. OK, I had to keep the bites small. I’d only have to do the same transfer movements 210 times! Phew! <p>…. And then….. the next selection of 100 , no, rather 99 images failed. 50 failed. 20 failed. 9 worked. <p>…. And then….. the next selection of 9 failed, 5 failed, 2 worked……… aaarrggghhhh <p>…..And then….. the next selection of 2 failed, 1 worked. What the heck? <p>It looks like there is a limiter built in Photos that will allow you to make one fairly large move of images to albums. After that, the choker hits and hits hard. <p>I’ve played with the transfers a number of times since and the initial group continues to get smaller every day that I try to make the transfers. I hit 1 image at a time within a few transfers now. <p>The problem arose because I failed to create the cemetery album before I uploaded the first headstone image associated with it. When you upload your images, think first, think second and don’t turn into a zombie hours into the process. <p>Create the album(s) first then upload your groups of photos to them accordingly. <p>I haven’t found a solution yet. I haven’t found a way to grossly delete the images for that cemetery and starting over. It may exist but my zombie mind his affixed itself to my conscience instead of my normally ‘brilliant’ self. It was a very short trip. <p>Bottom line…. I highly recommend Google Photos but do as I say, not as I did. Let me own the pain from messing up and just laugh at me at my expense. You don’t want to find yourself in my particular pickle. <p><b>Posted 9 June 2015 by Lee R. Drew on <strong><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/">Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog</a></strong></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008 - 2022 Lee R. Drew. All Rights Reserved</div>Lee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.com0