tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910166833782938512024-03-14T00:34:28.625-04:00Marian's Roots and RamblesRoots and Rambles is where New England house historian and genealogist Marian Pierre-Louis gets off the beaten path. This blog explores genealogy, old houses, history, book reviews and the latest news in the genealogical community. Come follow the ramble.Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-59906422350509316392024-01-05T11:42:00.010-05:002024-01-07T09:36:28.405-05:00Family Lore - Did Great Grandma date Jimmy Stewart's Dad? (#1 of 52 ancestors)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRAElCR9WjqT5iMB87j-4d9V8jD1_pTLd0ckl0KrNptOgAg8EYByP3C_2mnrrbjdBwGEX7Dvl5WMLEgBnUUnZYk1ZHxTy3PH9mIze2FPleZ6Hb0Ymn6bS_yegTe8HBxv5ZTGciswIRFgsmX2GhT2k5satRYo__afPLsMn-uu9PZBJdvlR7AaT_UDls4w/s900/2024-01-05-shipsNY-LOC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRAElCR9WjqT5iMB87j-4d9V8jD1_pTLd0ckl0KrNptOgAg8EYByP3C_2mnrrbjdBwGEX7Dvl5WMLEgBnUUnZYk1ZHxTy3PH9mIze2FPleZ6Hb0Ymn6bS_yegTe8HBxv5ZTGciswIRFgsmX2GhT2k5satRYo__afPLsMn-uu9PZBJdvlR7AaT_UDls4w/w640-h360/2024-01-05-shipsNY-LOC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Written for Amy Johnson Crow's <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-themes-for-2024/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a>.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><b>Week 1 Prompt:</b></u><br />
<i>"The theme for Week 1 is "Family Lore." Many of us have heard
stories from our grandparents about incredible feats our ancestors did or a
famous person we're related to. What's a tale that has been passed down in your
family? Did it end up being true or did it turn out to just be a good story?"</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My Family Lore doesn't come from a grandparent. Three of my grandparents had died by the time I was born and the last one died when I was 12. The stories in my family came mostly from my Dad. And boy did he have stories! Which he clung to regardless of whether they were true or not. My Dad loved to speculate and to hope to find connections between people of the same surname regardless of whether there really was a connection. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Family Lore #1</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 106%;">For instance, Dad's maternal grandmother was a Learned. The Learneds go back to the 1600s in America. Dad once came across a famous judge named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand" target="_blank">Learned Hand (1872-1961)</a>, the son of Samuel Hand and Lydia Learned. His birth name was </span>Billings Learned Hand. Dad immediately started calling him cousin. I had enough research to keep me busy to prevent me from chasing down my Dad's rabbit holes. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this case it is fairly easy to say that we are likely related, distantly, to Judge Learned Hand. For this post I decided to check online trees to see if I could make a quick unverified connection. Interestingly enough I could not quickly make a direct link between Lydia Learned and immigrant ancestor, Isaac Learned. I was able to find Lydia's father. Then I needed to search separately for the father, Billings Peck Learned. Then again separate searches for his father and so on about five generations back before I found a tree that showed ancestors to Isaac Learned. If these trees are correct then there definitely is a distant connection with Judge Learned Hand.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Family Lore #2</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of my Dad's most favorite stories was about his paternal line immigrant ancestor, William Edwards, from Wales. We know very little about William. We have Baptismal records for several of his children and then we have mentions in a county history book and family stories. Not much else.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dad always said that William came over on a ship - sometimes as a sailor and sometimes as a stowaway - and that he jumped ship and stayed in America. This would been somewhere in the 1770s. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's widely known that one of the most common family myths is about the ancestor who jumped ship and stayed in America. Another common myth is about the 3 brothers who came over together and one went north, one went west and one went south. And the final two common myths that I'll mention here are "we descend from an Indian Princess" and "my ancestor changed his name at Ellis Island."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The story about William Edwards jumping ship is too much of a common myth for me to put much stock in it. William and his wife, Christine/Christina had seven children together. I descend from John Edwards who was born in 1792. The interesting thing is that descendants of Solomon (born 1799) and Amanda (born 1808) also share the story about William jumping ship. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think that makes the story any more true. I think it means that the families were still in touch when the story started to get circulated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Family Lore #3</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The final epic myth that Dad loved to talk about was claiming the Edwards inheritance of a large chunk of lower Manhattan. When he first told me about this I thought he had lost all his senses. Then I started researching the story. There is truth to the story. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Apparently a man named Robert Edwards was granted 70 acres of lower Manhattan by the Royal Crown. He or his family (depending on the story. There are many stories!) then leased it to Trinity Church for 99 years. After the lease was up Trinity kept the property. Various Edwards have been trying to get the property back in the 19th and 20th centuries. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edwards_(pirate)#" target="_blank">There's even a Wikipedia entry</a> - which reveals that there is a 15 year statute of limitations on making a claim thus making the success of the legal action fruitless.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The story is very interesting but likely has absolutely no tie to my ancestor other than they share the name Edwards and they both come from Wales.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Family Lore #4</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My mom had some stories too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mom always talked about her mother, Marian Silver, sharing a story that the house she lived in when a child was submerged under water when the </span>Monongahela River was dammed. My mother remembers going on a trip to Indiana County, Pennsylvania and having her mother point out the location of where her house used to be.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Since my grandmother died before my birth I don't have any separate corroboration of that story. In fact, mom was only 13 when her mother died so I have to question if she remembered this correctly or not. Then there's also the chance that I am remembering her story wrong.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I did some checking to see whether this was possible as a historical memory for Mom. It seems likely that the river in question was the Conemaugh River which runs along the southern border of Indiana County, PA and not the Monongahela River. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conemaugh_Dam" target="_blank">Wikipedia the Conemaugh Dam</a> "was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936 and completed in 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood protection on the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas, and Allegheny Rivers." The timing of this would certainly have allowed for a drive by my mother and grandmother after the flooding took place.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">My grandmother was born and raised in Pittsburgh so I think this story actually refers to Margaret Jane George, my great grandmother, who was born and raised in Black Lick and Burrell, (both in Indiana County) Pennsylvania.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Writing about this particular family lore has really started me thinking about this aspect of my mother's family history. I will likely try to pinpoint where Margaret Jane George lived as a child and compare that to the area impacted by the building of the Conemaugh River Dam.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Family Lore #5</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMt3KlJed3vbx4T02ejnEeBXyf2Ph7Kbwe6eUl-3ArOS7rVnCCCeQX021hxTeBwlKsNtXwE471ATlxT_3cd8f1rBxf2uxg8T0D1gWAHLXiKjWwjd2R46hBsAt1gYXUKGHkJQhdxKIWYDlWfO5FsQxV5MzyVcs8DkZAi69hB57H1AOAqutSDw30OZaDkY/s600/2024-01-05-JimmyStewart-PublicDomain-WikiMedia.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="475" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMt3KlJed3vbx4T02ejnEeBXyf2Ph7Kbwe6eUl-3ArOS7rVnCCCeQX021hxTeBwlKsNtXwE471ATlxT_3cd8f1rBxf2uxg8T0D1gWAHLXiKjWwjd2R46hBsAt1gYXUKGHkJQhdxKIWYDlWfO5FsQxV5MzyVcs8DkZAi69hB57H1AOAqutSDw30OZaDkY/w253-h320/2024-01-05-JimmyStewart-PublicDomain-WikiMedia.jpg" title="The actor Jimmy Stewart" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The actor, Jimmy Stewart</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table>This last story, also about Margaret Jane George, was a fun story often bantered around the family not just by my mom but also her brother. The story was that Margaret Jane George dated Alexander Stewart, the father of the famous actor Jimmy Stewart. They always said had things been different their grandma could have been Jimmy Stewart's mother! Of course, it didn't work out that way.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">While I don't know of any way to verify this, I think it could very likely be true. Alexander Stewart was born in 1872 and Margaret Jane George was born in 1873. They lived in close proximity to each other in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Despite the fame of Jimmy Stewart, Alexander remained in Indiana County his whole life. My mother had a number of details about Alexander, including that he ran a hardware store, so I think this story could be accurate but I can't say for sure.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This was a fun exercise and it proves that writing about your ancestors gets you thinking about them on a deeper level. Considering family lore and myths was a fun way to start the year.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">-------------------------------------------------------
<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-64603208157212476482024-01-03T11:13:00.004-05:002024-01-03T11:42:22.469-05:00Getting Connected on Feedly<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L_uHP3wC6qcdDHRIQWOqQlpDCh4TcuCFyPW7ytyz634Eh8dRxhwROYzj4UskfIzyYEiWGE_qRM9mDtqIKtt5i7u3eANTk3gCOHeLSu4hus1JXbJpRg25C5zP9ap02xuLt-RHo7c14YOpUZAEbSAGVatatG_-IyoPtjK46Zg7BYvGHLa8cOK459ZzKtE/s1280/2024-01-03-pixabay-shaking-hands-930178_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L_uHP3wC6qcdDHRIQWOqQlpDCh4TcuCFyPW7ytyz634Eh8dRxhwROYzj4UskfIzyYEiWGE_qRM9mDtqIKtt5i7u3eANTk3gCOHeLSu4hus1JXbJpRg25C5zP9ap02xuLt-RHo7c14YOpUZAEbSAGVatatG_-IyoPtjK46Zg7BYvGHLa8cOK459ZzKtE/s320/2024-01-03-pixabay-shaking-hands-930178_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>A storm of dissatisfaction has been brewing in my digital world for a long time. I'm tired of whirling in its vortex so I needed to end the frustration and find a solution.</p><p>I've had two main problems.</p><p><b>1) I've soured on social media</b></p><p>When I first got on social media it was a great place to connect and share with other genealogists. I was on all the platforms - even some that don't exist anymore. I have not given up on social media completely but the only platform I spend any time on is Facebook. But Facebook doesn't provide the same experience that it used to. The sense of awe and wonder is gone. It's simply a place to connect with people I don't want to lose touch with.</p><p><b>2) I need to break the cycle of doom scrolling / reading news</b></p><p>Since we have become a world obsessed with being online I have succumbed like most people to filling empty time with doom scrolling the news. It's an empty activity that succeeds in nothing but stressing me out and giving me anxiety. In order to break the habit I needed to find something else to fill my craving for daily online information.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The solution - Feedly</b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNjUKGL1nLihyphenhyphen35yco6s0AMhxmEhAsIWBC19istx9EX091QhTiOv_6dKZTyvNFUv1WR17DF_py2_o2_5CuX2r5JGJCmQdcQ_IAJEdJA4b0cF3d6V0urcQjkHLbj29MoIicGNHYBkI8xwnTay_vgzB6TpRAMeahxOnK2TZBD_2Nt_6ASAKmUR60H_aRV8/s1625/2024-01-03-feedly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1625" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNjUKGL1nLihyphenhyphen35yco6s0AMhxmEhAsIWBC19istx9EX091QhTiOv_6dKZTyvNFUv1WR17DF_py2_o2_5CuX2r5JGJCmQdcQ_IAJEdJA4b0cF3d6V0urcQjkHLbj29MoIicGNHYBkI8xwnTay_vgzB6TpRAMeahxOnK2TZBD_2Nt_6ASAKmUR60H_aRV8/w400-h157/2024-01-03-feedly.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feedly Homepage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Feedly is a blog reader. By using the Feedly website you can access all the blogs you follow in one place. As a hardcore podcast listener this is an environment that I've very comfortable in. In order to listen to podcasts you need a podcast player that "feeds" you all your podcasts. This is the same way that blog readers work.</p><p>Way back in the day I used Google Reader (which launched in 2005 and was sunset 2013) actively. At the time it closed I switched to Feedly. The interface was different enough that it never stuck with me so I stopped using it. However, I maintained the account.</p><p>This fall I found myself wanting to act on changing my personal digital behavior and went back to Feedly for another look.</p><p>Previously when I used a blog reader, I had followed individual bloggers. Ten years ago was the heyday for genealogy bloggers and there was a fresh energy surrounding the blogging community. There are far fewer active genealogy bloggers today but I have been surprised and delighted to find the amount of people still writing.</p><p>I have successfully switched my behavior to making blogs my go-to rather than getting sucked into an endless news cycle. It really didn't take much effort at all. Facebook has been removed from all my mobile devices (it has been for years. I only do Facebook on my computer). I did keep Instagram and Twitter but I use then infrequently. The most important change was that I put the Feedly app front and center on my phone.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The result - Success!</b></span></p><p>I am now heading to Feedly whenever I reach for my phone, craving the instant gratification of daily news. Not only am I staying away from the negative news cycle but I'm feeling much more informed about the genealogy world. I'm seeing posts about reviews of new features being offered by large genealogy companies, genealogy goals for 2024 and the "<a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52ancestors52weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors</a>" series posts.</p><p>The people who are filling my need for daily content are Randy Seaver of <a href="https://www.geneamusings.com/" target="_blank">Genea-Musings</a> and Jacqi Stevens of <a href="http://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Family Tapestry</a> because they both write nearly every day. I also follow a nearly daily history blog called <a href="https://boston1775.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Boston 1775</a> by J.L. Bell. I've been reading Genea-Musings and Boston 1775 for years but now I am actually seeing and reading most of the posts. These are supplemented by the many bloggers who write weekly or monthly.</p><p>I've found it so much easier to follow blogs on Feedly. The past few years I feel like I have seen very few blog postings on Facebook. My blog consumption plummeted. I had very little desire to visit many websites to seek out blog posts. I wasn't even sure anyone was even writing any more. Is this the result we get from letting social media control what we see? I'm so glad to have broken the cycle and put the control of my content consumption back in my own hands.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A few tweaks and I'm feeling connected!</b></span></p><p>After I fully adopted Feedly I realized I needed to make a few changes. I figured out that I didn't need to limit myself to individual bloggers. I started expanding my library with the blogs of genealogy societies, archives, genealogy podcasters, commercial genealogy companies - pretty much everything in the genealogy world that has an impact on my genealogy experience. </p><p>This switch has been fantastic because now, after many years of wallowing in social media purgatory, I am starting to feel connected again with genealogy colleagues and genealogy news. And the bonus is it's all genealogy focused - I don't have to take the extra stuff that comes with social media. (Sometimes I like the extra stuff, sometimes not so much.)</p><p>I didn't stop with genealogy. While my main focus for Feedly will always remain genealogy I have added blogs so I can keep up with WordPress (via <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/" target="_blank">WPBeginner</a>) and Photography (via <a href="https://petapixel.com/" target="_blank">PetaPixel</a>).</p><p>One great unexpected benefit is that I have been able to unsubscribe to a bunch of newsletters thus freeing up my mail box which is a whole other issue.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">What do you think?</span></b></p><p>Am I going to tell you to use Feedly? No. The new post-pandemic me is not interested in handing out unsolicited advice or creating trends. If you've read this and it resonates with you, give it a try. If not, that's cool too. If you've found something better than Feedly (that's free) please let me know. </p><p>In the past I've always been about discussions. I still am. Now I think I'm going to start to have them here. There are no social media connection barriers and we can focus on genealogy. I'm sure you'll see me back again here soon.</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">-------------------------------------------------------
<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-68349285159481243342021-07-03T10:19:00.000-04:002021-07-03T10:19:03.172-04:00An Overview of Online Learning Sites<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJSmFKjlN4KgMN6S6FOphKBTV6tn8fJCN3oN-ejX_AwxLtlcqloalDL0VMZQxtQzdgbTZsGtULPYTWeWapYcWtXGaIxaLG0eMBKlmHpaXXiGE0TmCcfOdc1akBN8o8FXenPq2DcqjSPw/s1280/pixaby-tablet-1910017_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1280" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJSmFKjlN4KgMN6S6FOphKBTV6tn8fJCN3oN-ejX_AwxLtlcqloalDL0VMZQxtQzdgbTZsGtULPYTWeWapYcWtXGaIxaLG0eMBKlmHpaXXiGE0TmCcfOdc1akBN8o8FXenPq2DcqjSPw/w400-h209/pixaby-tablet-1910017_1920.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc e5nlhep0 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_1ce"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I love online learning websites. Not surprising considering I work for one. Here's my wrap-up of some of the sites out there.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/" target="_blank">LinkedIn Learning</a></b> (formerly <span>Lynda.com</span>) </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This was my first online site. I've been using it for at least 10 years. Originally it focused on software for creatives such as the Adobe software suite. When LinkedIn took it over it became much more broad. There is still a heavy supply of content for creatives (the photography and video classes are great) but now you can find office based learning such as Microsoft software etc. They also branched out into fuzzier topics like how to be more productive and how to manage people and projects. They try to stay trendy as well with topics for YouTube and other social media sites. Completely worthwhile site if you have something specific to learn or you want to go deep on a particular topic. Easily accessible for free through larger libraries, universities and perhaps large employers otherwise it can be pretty pricey for individual memberships (but worth it if you take advantage of all that is offered). </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.creativelive.com/" target="_blank"><b>Creative Live </b></a></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Their model is to show the live broadcast for free and after you pay for the class or you can buy a subscription. The classes run for hours and sometimes even multiple days so it's not always realistic to catch it all live. Tagline "The go-to for 10+ million creators" Focused on creative or entrepreneurial topics. I bought Power Your Podcast with Storytelling by Alex Blumberg (the founder of Gimlet) years ago. It is very good. Currently available for $19 which is a very reasonable price for a single class. I haven't liked everything on the site. My strategy is to catch at least part of the live broadcast to see if it's worth purchasing. That will tell you whether you like the instructor and/or the content. The reviews of classes also seem very honest so that is another good indicator before you purchase.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><a href="https://www.masterclass.com/" target="_blank">MasterClass</a> </b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This is the newest online site for me. They have very famous people teaching very high level stuff. They cover a lot of different topics. Cost is "$15/month billed annually." I was skeptical about this site but I tried a few classes. The class on documentary film making by Ken Burns is alone worth the price of admission. Ken hit a home run with his class. At least for me. He was high level and yet also nitty gritty in the details. I learned so much. Currently I'm taking a class on writing by Margaret Atwood. I took it kind of as a joke because I'm not willing to read (yet) her dystopian books. The joke is on me. She is absolutely phenomenal. I have learned so much from her and she is quirky and funny. My son took a class on creating music which he said he really enjoyed. I'm not convinced that everything on the site is great. I was so looking forward to the class by photographer Annie Liebovitz but I just couldn't get into it. I think it helps if the instructor is more of a natural educator or storyteller. That said I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this site - exceeded my expectations.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/" target="_blank"><b>Skillshare </b></a></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This site is based on the premise that everyone has something to teach. That may be true but not everyone can do it well. Subscription - $139 year. I found little value in this site. I feel like the instructors are more focused on putting out lots of light classes to make a buck instead of delivering meaningful helpful content. There may be good content on this site but I didn't find it worth my time.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.udemy.com/" target="_blank"><b>Udemy</b></a></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Another site where instructors can upload their classes. Wide range of classes and some big names. I haven't been on this site in a long time but when I was I generally had a favorable impression of the quality. Purchase individual classes which from what I saw ranged from $14.99 to $199. Here's <a href="https://www.labnol.org/internet/buying-udemy-courses/31851/" target="_blank">a helpful review</a> about the site. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://familytreewebinars.com/" target="_blank"><b>Legacy Family Tree Webinars</b></a></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Adding this just for fun. Very niche. This is where I happily spend my working hours each week. If you like genealogy and want to improve your skills this is the place to go. 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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-45395075536470856312018-07-23T20:03:00.001-04:002018-07-23T20:21:55.724-04:00An Early GenealogistIt's always a joy to come across another who shares your passion for genealogy. It's more rare to stumble across one from the 1800s. Here's one of the most delightful headstones. It memorializes Abner Morse of Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, fellow genealogist.<br />
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A CHRISTIAN humble and devout, his Piety sincere and habitual.</div>
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Trembling yet trustful, beloved to lean upon the Master's bosom.</div>
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Adorning the Doctrine he professed by simplicity, purity, and truth.</div>
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As a PASTOR, discreet, faithful, affectionate.</div>
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of Geology an ardent Student, of Genealogical research</div>
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As HUSBAND, FATHER, FRIEND, beloved, honored, lamented.</div>
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Gravestone in the Central Burying Ground, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Photos by Marian Pierre-Louis.<div class="blogger-post-footer">-------------------------------------------------------
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What I did first what to analyze my ancestry based on my genealogical research. Based on the origins of my immigrant ancestors I calculated basic ethnic percentages. I broke this down between my Mom's side of the family and my Dad's. Next I took my Dad's ancestry and broke it down into ethnicities as well.<br />
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The fun starts when you compare your genealogical ancestry to your genetic ancestry! I think the results are often unexpected or off the mark. I took a look at both my dna results and my Dad's compared to our genealogy. Lastly I compared my dna and my Dad's dna results side by side. I am definitely his daughter even if I can't fully explain some of the ethnicities listed!<br />
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Have you tested your DNA to your parents'? Did it come out as expected or were there some surprises? Let me know!<br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-40541671066366329122017-12-13T15:31:00.001-05:002017-12-14T13:23:01.129-05:00 Comparing DNA Results from 3 Testing Companies<div style="text-align: left;">
I've tested my ancestral DNA at 3 different testing companies - AncestryDNA, MyHeritage DNA and Family Tree DNA. Should the results all be similar or different? Join me as I explore the results of the 3 companies side by side. </div>
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AncestryDNA - <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/dna">https://www.ancestry.com/dna</a><br />
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Family Tree DNA - <a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/">https://www.familytreedna.com/</a><br />
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ISOG Wiki - <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/">https://isogg.org/wiki/</a><br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-81355307402487335482016-09-27T13:11:00.001-04:002016-09-27T13:11:45.658-04:00NEHGS Announces DNA Day in Worcester, Mass.Just starting to think about what DNA can do for you? Or maybe you can't get enough of DNA testing? There will be a special DNA Day for genealogists in New England courtesy of the New England Historic Genealogical Society to be held in Worcester, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Details are below.<br />
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October 22, 2016 </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.5pt;">is DNA Day<br />
at DCU Center </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.5pt;">in Worcester, Massachusetts</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.5pt;">Everything
You Need to Know </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.5pt;">about Genetic Testing<br />
for Genealogy </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.5pt;">to Be Presented in a Seminar<br />
by American Ancestors (NEHGS) in Partnership with AncestryDNA</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.5pt;">Bill
Griffeth, Author of Best-Selling <i>The Stranger in My Genes</i>,<br />
to Deliver Keynote Address and Appear at Luncheon Forum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">September 27, 2016—<i>Boston, Massachusetts--</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">DNA
tests can break down genealogical brick walls, connect distant cousins, unlock
mysteries, and even reveal long kept family secrets. But accurately deciphering
results is not without its challenges. Experts from American Ancestors of the
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and AncestryDNA will present
a full-day seminar on how to interpret DNA findings and apply that knowledge to
your own family history research at a DNA Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at
the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. In a keynote address marking his
first public appearance since the publication of the best-selling book <i>The
Stranger in My Genes</i>, author Bill Griffeth, co-anchor of <i>Closing Bell</i>
on CNBC, will discuss how his own genetic findings altered his sense of
identity and his family tree.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Beyond lectures, participants will have the opportunity to chat
with genealogists and DNA experts, acquire select publications, purchase a DNA
kit from AncestryDNA, attend website demonstrations, take advantage of special
discounts, and interact with other family historians. The author Bill Griffeth
will be available to sign copies of <i>The Stranger in My Genes</i> and will
participate in a luncheon forum on the story behind his new book.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">9:00 AM Registration and check-in opens at DCU Center</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 9:30 AM Opening remarks</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 9:40 AM Keynote address: Bill Griffeth, author of <i>The
Stranger in My Genes</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">10:15 AM Lecture: The Possibilities of Genetic Testing,
Christopher C. Child (NEHGS)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">11:15 AM Lecture: DNA Testing: From Start to Finish, Anna
Swayne (AncestryDNA)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">12:15 PM Lunch; separate registration for lunch with
author Bill Griffeth</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 1:30 PM Lecture: Using Genetic Evidence in your
Family Tree, Anna Swayne (AncestryDNA)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2:30 PM Break; Book signing by author for <i>The
Stranger in My Genes</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 3:00 PM Lecture: Sharing Your Results, Christopher
C. Child (NEHGS)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 4:00 PM Prize drawing</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">SPEAKER BIOS</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Christopher C. Child</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, Senior Researcher of Newbury
Street Press at New England Historic Genealogical Society, is the editor of the
Genetics and Genealogy column in <i>American Ancestors</i> magazine and editor
of the<i> Mayflower Descendant</i>. He has written several articles for a
number of scholarly journals and is the co-editor of The Ancestry of Catherine
Middleton, co-author of <i>The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport,
Massachusetts</i>, and author of <i>The Nelson Family of Rowley, Massachusetts</i>.
His areas of expertise include southern New England, especially Connecticut;
New York; ancestry of notable figures, especially presidents; genetics and
genealogy; African-American and Native-American genealogy, 19th and 20th
Century research, westward migrations out of New England, and applying to
hereditary societies.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bill Griffeth,</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> author of <i>The Stranger in
My Genes</i>, is one of the country's longest serving and most respected
financial journalists on TV. He began covering Wall Street in 1981 on the
Financial News Network (FNN). In 1991 he joined CNBC where he has anchored a
number of programs, most recently Closing Bell from the New York Stock
Exchange. Since 2003, his hobby has been genealogy, and he has traveled tens of
thousands of miles in the U.S. and Europe researching his and his wife's family
histories. He currently serves as a Trustee of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society in Boston.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Anna Swayne</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> of AncestryDNA has ten years of experience
in the DNA Genealogy world. Her focus is educating on the power of DNA and the
story it can unlock for each of us. She enjoys teaching beginner and
intermediate classes at national and local conferences on DNA and how it can
answer ancestral questions or assist with genealogical roadblocks.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Registration and information</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
<a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/"><span style="color: #555555;">www.AmericanAncestors.org</span></a>
or call 617-226-1226</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday, October 22, 2016<br />
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:<br />
</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The DCU Center<br />
50 Foster Street<br />
Worcester, Mass. 01608</span></div>
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-15366740678998204832016-05-25T11:45:00.000-04:002016-05-25T11:50:28.474-04:00Big Prizes in FindMyPast Tree ChallengeFrom May 23-30, 2016 <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5927&awinaffid=213105&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.com%2Fbuild-your-tree" target="_blank">FindMyPast </a>is hosting a Tree Challenge. If you upload a family tree, the hints you get on ancestors will be completely free during this week and will be added permanently to your tree.<br />
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To encourage you to try this out,<a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5927&awinaffid=213105&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.com%2Fbuild-your-tree" target="_blank"> FindMyPast</a> is giving away some prizes. If you share any discoveries you make on your tree via social media with the hashtag #TreeChallenge then you have a chance of winning an expert bundle worth $1000. This includes a <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 105%;">a 64 GB Ipad mini4, a
three TB hard drive and a 12 month subscription to Family Tree (UK) magazine. They will also be giving away a 12 month world subscription on their social media channels each day during the challenge.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 105%;">In order to test this out I created a free, non-subcriber account on <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5927&awinaffid=213105&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.com%2Fbuild-your-tree" target="_blank">FindMyPast</a>. I then uploaded a gedcom file with one branch of my family. It <span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">took less than a minute to upload t<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">he gedcom file. So<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">metimes, when<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";"> there is a lot of tra<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">ffic the process can be slower.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-40294594572379622962016-04-27T20:21:00.000-04:002016-04-27T20:21:14.653-04:00Using AncestryDNA as Research Guidance<div style="text-align: left;">
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Even though I tested at AncestryDNA in 2012, I didn't get excited about DNA until this year when my uncle and my father tested as well. With more close family in the pool it became more obvious to me how to use the results.</div>
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Then last week I watched a webinar "<a href="http://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=447" target="_blank">Watch Geoff Live: DNA</a>" where host Geoff Rasmussen revealed DNA results live in the webinar with the help of DNA expert Diahan Southard. This webinar was very helpful as Diahan went through what everything meant (ie how to interpret the results). Geoff was also very lucky because the results he was sharing belonged to his grandmother, who is a few generations closer to his more distant ancestors than he is.<br />
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I learned many new tricks but there was one in particular that stood out for me.<br />
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[<a href="http://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=447" target="_blank">The webinar</a>,
by the way, is still available to watch for free through Sunday, May 1,
2016. If you have tested with AncestryDNA you will definitely want to
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Filtering Your Matches </h3>
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Diahan showed how we can use the filters to maximize the benefit of our DNA matches. In the webinar Geoff was actually able to prove (with Diahan's help) that two people he suspected belonged to his Brown family actually did belong because they were DNA matches for his grandmother. He was able to prove this because he had done quite a bit of previous research identifying these individuals. So he knew they existed before the DNA test was done. He just needed to prove they were connected.<br />
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In my case, I have a brick wall, Magdalena Roemer, who is my 2nd great grandmother. She was born in what is now Baerenthal, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Many genealogists refer to the larger region as simply Alsace-Lorraine.<br />
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Unlike Geoff, I don't have any "suspect" relative matches.<br />
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But I can still use Diahan's trick to my benefit.<br />
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I went into AncestryDNA and brought up my matches. Next I clicked on Search Matches button.<br />
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Next I entered a surname, in this case, Roemer. You also have the option to add a location but I opted to skip that so as not to narrow down the results.<br />
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What happens next is that AncestryDNA searches all the trees of your DNA matches for the same surname and returns those results to you.<br />
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Before learning this trick I was clicking into every DNA match individually and trying to figure out how they connected to me. With 101 4th cousins or closer matches, this was a slow process!<br />
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Remember, I didn't have any potential relatives for Magdalena Roemer before this search but afterwards I did! I am basically starting from scratch. But identifying potential ancestral relatives is half the battle. AncestryDNA pointed me in the right direction and now it's up to me to do some good old fashioned genealogy research to see if I can connect the two on paper with documents. In other words, AncestryDNA is acting as research guidance!<br />
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After finding the surname match my objective was to find out as much as possible about the match. My number one goal was to find naturalization paperwork so that I could identify whether the match came from Baerenthal just like my ancestor. That would make for a very strong case for them being family!<br />
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In order for this trick to work you need to have a public family tree associated with your AncestryDNA account AND your matches also need to have a public family tree. If they have no tree or a private tree their shared surnames will not return in the results.<br />
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The other thing to consider is that even though you have a DNA connection with a potential match, unless the match is definitive, in other words you can identify exactly which ancestor you share in common, then you might actually be connected through a different ancestor than the "shared surname." For instance, if a DNA match doesn't have a very complete tree or if there are errors in their family then that might lead you in the wrong direction.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">to
celebrate the release of this essential collection, Findmypast is also making
its entire archive of over 110 million Irish records, the largest available
anywhere online, FREE from 9am Tuesday 1st March to 9am on Tuesday 8th March.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's the release from FindMyPast </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Dublin, 1 March 2016</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Leading family history site, <a href="http://www.findmypast.com/" target="_blank">Findmypast</a>, has announced today the online release of over 10 million Irish Catholic Parish Registers as part of their ongoing commitment to making Irish family history easier and more accessible than ever before. Fully indexed for the first time, the registers form one of the most important record collections for Irish family history and are free to search forever. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spanning over 200 years of Ireland’s history from 1671-1900, the Irish Catholic Parish Registers contain over 40 million names from over 1,000 parishes and cover 97% of the entire island of Ireland, both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the first time that National Library of Ireland’s collection of Irish Catholic Registers has been fully indexed with images to the original documents linked online. The records can now be searched by name, year and place, allowing relatives and historians the opportunity to make all important links between generations with the baptism records and between families with the marriage registers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The indexing of these important documents also allows researchers to witness the devastating effects of the Great Famine (1845-1852) first hand. Using the records to examine baptism rates in pre and post Famine Ireland has revealed that the number of children baptised across the whole of Ireland dropped by more 50% in the decade that followed. Across all 32 counties, 2,408,694 baptisms were recorded from 1835-1844, while 1,109,062 baptisms were recorded between 1851 and 1860, a difference of more than 1,299,000 baptisms.
The records also reveal the worst affected regions, with counties Limerick, Wexford, Roscommon and Kilkenny seeing the most dramatic drops in baptism rates.
To celebrate the release of this essential collection, Findmypast is also making its entire archive of over 110 million Irish records, the largest available anywhere online, FREE from 9am Tuesday 1st March to 9am on Tuesday 8th March. Findmypast is home to the most comprehensive online collection of Irish family history records with millions of exclusive records, published in partnership with The National Archives of Ireland, The National Archives UK, and a host of other local, county and national archives. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brian Donovan, Irish records expert at Findmypast said: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This important publication marks a further step in Findmypast’s commitment to making Irish family history more accessible. In less than 5 years, we have made over 110 million records (with 300 million names) available online for the first time. Irish research has been transformed from the select pursuit of the few, to a fun and relatively easy hobby for the many. The Irish story of hardship, migration and opportunity is a global story, and in partnership with the cultural institutions around the world we are bringing the fragments of their lives within reach”. </span></span><br />
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This includes <a href="http://www.fold3.com/title_467/revolutionary_war_pensions/" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Pensions</a> and <a href="http://www.fold3.com/title_469/revolutionary_war_rolls/" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Muster Rolls</a> among others.<br />
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You can access all the databases from the main page of their <a href="http://go.fold3.com/revolutionary-war/" target="_blank">Revolutionary War Collections</a>.<br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-81590465106926049202015-07-04T10:49:00.001-04:002015-07-04T10:49:33.905-04:00What Keeps Us from Writing?This morning I was thinking about blogging and what keeps us from writing. I was thinking about both blogging as a genealogist hobbyist and as a genealogy professional.<br />
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If you say to yourself that you want to blog, but you don't, what are the underlying reasons for why you're not blogging?<br />
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I want to be blogging more, especially on this blog but I haven't made it happen quite yet. So I am closely looking at my own motivations too. <br />
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<b>Time Commitment </b><br />
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Many people say they want to blog but they don't have the time. I'm with the folks that say there is no such thing as too busy. It's like in personal relationships when you ask someone for help but they say they are too busy. What they are really saying is "You're not important enough for me to spend my time helping you." I so strongly believe that. (And we should think about our relationships the next time we are the ones who say that to someone.) We always make time for what we want to do most or for the people who mean the most to us.<br />
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When you say you are too busy to blog, you are really saying "I'm not disciplined enough to make a commitment" or "Blogging is not important enough to me to make the time in schedule."<br />
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This leads us to our next theme...<br />
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<b>Value</b><br />
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When you don't make a commitment to blogging you are saying "I don't really value blogging." So we need to understand what exactly we want to get from it and why we think we won't get that result. Perhaps as hobbyists we are hoping to connect with distant cousins or as professionals we are trying to build our businesses or show our expertise. Perhaps we simply want to find a vibrant community of folks to interact with.<br />
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If we believe that we won't really benefit from our efforts then we definitely will not continue the effort to do the work.<br />
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How can we demonstrate to ourselves that blogging is worthwhile and valuable?<br />
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<b>Fear</b><br />
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Maybe we our afraid of what will happen if we put ourselves out there. Maybe it is self-doubt that what we have to say is not interesting enough. Or fear that we will share too much. <br />
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<b>Discipline</b><br />
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I think this really ties back to the time commitment issue but what if we just get so distracted that we have a hard time staying focused? I think that discipline is one of my issues. I WANT to blog - so how come I'm not doing it every day? If it's because I'm busy then how come I'm not reserving a specific hour every day to blog? Does life truly get in the way or do I let it get in the way?<br />
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<b>Mood/Writer's Block</b><br />
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Sometimes I don't "feel" like writing and sometimes I feel like I can't NOT write! If I had better discipline I would force myself to write all the time. Sometimes it just doesn't happen. Sometimes I just stare at a blank screen and no ideas come to me. If I could get over this aspect of myself I could probably write more frequently and more consistently.<br />
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What motivates you to blog? What are the true underlying reasons as to why you're not blogging? Have I left out anything in this discussion? Let me know!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NEHGS Salutes the Nation’s
Anniversary with FREE Access to the Great Migration Databases on
AmericanAncestors.org</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Family Historians May Commemorate Independence
Day by Searching FREE on AmericanAncestors.org for America’s Earliest Settlers,
July 1 through July 8</span></b></div>
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June 29, 2015—<i>Boston,
Massachusetts</i>—In a salute to the anniversary of our nation’s independence,
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is granting FREE access to
all online searchable databases related to the Great Migration. A unique
foundation of governance and religion was created by the 20,000 men, women,
and children who crossed the Atlantic between 1620 and 1640,
seeking opportunity and relief in New England, in the period known as the Great
Migration. These are the Mayflower names, the Pilgrims, the Puritans, and the
families that delight and provide rich insights for genealogists and family
historians. Since 1988 NEHGS has undertaken the Great Migration
Study Project, directed by Robert Charles Anderson and scheduled for completion
in 2016. The results are open to the public to research FREE during the first
week of July 2015 on its data-rich website <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/" target="_blank">AmericanAncestors.org</a>. </div>
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A total of
nine searchable databases comprise the Great Migration project on
<a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/" target="_blank">AmericanAncestors.org</a>, consisting of thousands of records. Some content
highlights include:</div>
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<b><i>1: The
Great Migration Begins </i></b></div>
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The first
phase of the Great Migration Study Project attempts to identify and describe
all those Europeans who settled in New England prior to the end of 1633. The
date was chosen because of the steep increase in migration beginning in 1634
and continuing for the rest of that decade (see Robert Charles Anderson,
"A Note on the Pace of the Great Migration," <i>The New England
Quarterly</i> 59 [1986]:406-07). As a rough estimate, about 15 percent of the
immigrants to New England arrived in the fourteen years from 1620 to 1633, with
the remaining 85 percent coming over in half as many years, from 1634 to 1640. </div>
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<b><i>2: The
Great Migration Newsletter</i></b></div>
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This database
comprises Volumes 1 through 20 of the <i>Great Migration Newsletter</i>,
published between 1990 and 2011. Each 32-page issue contains one or two feature
articles, a column with editor's comments, and a review of recent literature on
the Great Migration. Each issue also contains a section with detailed coverage
of one of the towns settled during the Great Migration, or of a specific
critical record, or group of records.</div>
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<b><i>3: The
Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes I—VII, A-Y<br />
</i></b>(7 separate databases) </div>
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From 1620 to
1633, only a few hundred people stepped on the shores of New England in any
given year. But all of a sudden in 1634 the trend surged upward and as many as
2,500 people immigrated in 1634 and again in 1635. In May 1634, the population
of Massachusetts doubled in just one month, and when comparing immigration in
1634 and 1635 to immigration in 1633 and earlier, there was a tenfold jump in
annual immigration. </div>
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These volumes
covering surnames beginning with A through Y, complete a series documenting the
watershed years of 1634 and 1635. They trace families and individuals
immigrating to New England during those two years – a time of rapid migration
and settlement. </div>
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Each
alphabetical entry for a family or individual includes:</div>
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• Place of
origin, if known</div>
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• Date and
ship on which they arrived in New England, if known</div>
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• Earliest
known record of the individual or family</div>
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• First
residence and subsequent residences, when known</div>
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• Return trips
to their country of origin, whether temporary or permanent</div>
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Bibliographical information such as birth, death, marriage(s), children, and
other important family relationships, church memberships, and civil and
military offices held </div>
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The full
introduction to these seven volumes is available for download as a pdf file.
The introduction includes a description of the methodology used to create the
sketches as well as thorough descriptions of the sources used. </div>
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The database
provides an index to the sketches of 219 Great Migration individuals, and the
7,192 name, 2,040 place, and 249 ship name references contained within those
sketches. The images of the original book pages are available from the search
results pages. </div>
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These Great
Migration databases from NEHGS will be open with FREE access to the public
beginning Wednesday, July 1, through Wednesday, July 8. Registration at
<a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/" target="_blank">AmericanAncestors.org</a> is required as a FREE Guest Member to gain access to
these valuable resources. Guest User accounts allow web visitors to use a
limited suite of AmericanAncestors.org databases and access web content such as
making purchases from the online store. Unlimited access to all 450+ million
records and other benefits is through membership at NEHGS.</div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Family
historians may start their search for ancestors who came to the country as part
of the Great Migration at this site:
<a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/specials/fourth-of-july" target="_blank">AmericanAncestors.org/specials/fourth-of-july</a>. </span><br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-86623142869338570732015-06-19T17:46:00.002-04:002015-06-19T17:46:33.939-04:00Practical Joke Leads to Obscure but Profound Historical MemoryEach week I listen to a podcast (on-demand radio) show called <a href="http://gimletmedia.com/show/reply-all/" target="_blank">Reply All</a>. It's a show about nothing (like Seinfield!) that leads to some very interesting stories about the internet that would never occur to a normal person. Genealogists, because of their insatiable curiosity, have a terrible habit of chasing down rabbit holes. Reply All chases a lot of rabbit holes too.<br />
<br />
This week's episode, called "Shipped to Timbuktu," is just one of those rabbit holes - yet one with profound meaning.<br />
<br />
The show starts off with a practical joke. The target was the Girl Guides (in Canada) known in the United States as the Girl Scouts. The rabbit hole takes us to London to the Girl Guides archives where an obscure reference is found to China. Next we're listening to a Belgian who was in China during World War II. Next we're talking to 82-year-old Mary Previty from New Jersey who will knock your socks off. I can't be more specific because it will ruin the story. I've already told you too much. You'll have to hear the rest of the story from Mary.<br />
<br />
This story was profound to me, and I'm hoping it will be to most genealogists, because of three points:<br />
<ol>
<li>Obscure history from the past (in this case World War II) may be forgotten but is never unimportant.</li>
<li>Oral history is a critical source of memory. We should focus on recording our family, friends, neighbors and community members as part of our everyday activities as genealogists.</li>
<li>The triumph of the human spirit is powerful.</li>
</ol>
If you get the chance listen to this episode, then let me know what you think. When the part about the Girl Guides is over, stop there. There is a little segment after that. It's a frivolous thing about Star Trek that contains some good-natured profanities that would not be appropriate in the earshot of children. <br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-36620905186491024052015-06-10T09:10:00.001-04:002015-06-10T09:12:59.840-04:00Ancestry Launches DNA Testing in CanadaPress release just out from Ancestry.ca in Canada announcing new DNA testing services. I'm excited about this because there has been a great deal of immigrant exchange between the United States and Canada. We may find distant cousins in the DNA pool to the north. That means more cousins for you and me! Full press release is below.<br />
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<i><b>DNA test pinpoints genetic ethnicity and helps people discover family origins going back thousands of years</b></i>
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<li><b><i>AncestryDNA studies a person's entire genome at more than 700,000 different locations</i></b> </li>
<li><b><i>Results detail a person's ethnic origins across 26 regions worldwide</i></b> </li>
<li><b><i>Service can help users discover and connect with new
relatives, linking DNA results to a network of more than 16 billion
historical records </i></b></li>
</ul>
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<span class="xn-location">TORONTO</span>, <span class="xn-chron">June 9, 2015</span> /CNW/ - <a href="http://www.ancestry.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry</a>, the world's largest family history resource, today launched AncestryDNA in <span class="xn-location">Canada</span>. AncestryDNA allows individuals to learn about their genetic heritage and discover new family connections in <span class="xn-location">Canada</span> and around the world. <br />
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When coupled with Ancestry's database of more than 16 billion historical
records, AncestryDNA will enable family history enthusiasts and novices
alike to discover even more about their own past, including the ability
to find entire new cousin matches around the world.<br />
<br />
"Historical records on Ancestry.ca provide an insight into one's recent
past, but usually go around 200-300 years, so it's incredibly exciting
to be able to offer DNA testing that takes your family history
experience back many hundreds and even thousands of years," said <span class="xn-person">Christopher Labrecque</span>,
Country Manager for Ancestry Canada. "AncestryDNA enables users to
learn more than ever about where they came from and discover new family
lines and relatives. It really is the ultimate family history
experience."<br />
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AncestryDNA details the breakdown of one's ethnic origins, predicting
the likely locations of a person's ancestors across 26 worldwide
populations, providing a glimpse into one's ancestral past that goes
back to a time before historical records began to be kept.<br />
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The service also introduces users to new family members through DNA
member matches which identifies unknown relatives pulled from more than
850,000 people who have previously taken the test. Many users can expect
to be connected with 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> cousins, allowing them to further grow their family trees and discover family members they may not have known existed.<br />
<br />
In a recent survey, more than three-quarters of Canadians stated they
would consider having their DNA tested to discover more about where
their ancestors came from. Many said they know very little about their
own family history, with 42 per cent indicating that they do not know
where their grandparents were born, and 30 per cent stating they do not
know where their ancestors lived before coming to <span class="xn-location">Canada</span>.<br />
<br />
<b>How AncestryDNA Works</b><br />
<b><br /></b>The test uses microarray-based autosomal
DNA testing to look at more than 700,000 locations across an
individual's entire genome through a simple saliva sample. The
AncestryDNA approach provides a much more detailed look at one's family
history than other existing Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests
that only look at specific branches of a person's family tree. <br />
AncestryDNA kits are now available for purchase for <span class="xn-money">$149</span> plus shipping at <a href="http://dna.ancestry.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dna.ancestry.ca</a>.<br />
<br />
<b><u>ABOUT ANCESTRY.CA</u></b><br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>Ancestry.ca was launched in <span class="xn-chron">January 2006</span>
and is part of Ancestry, the world's largest online family history
resource with more than 2 million subscribers across all its websites.
More than 16 billion records have been added to the Ancestry.com sites
and users have created more than 70 million family trees containing more
than 6 billion profiles. In addition to its flagship site <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ancestry.com</a>,
the company operates several global Ancestry international websites
along with a suite of online family history brands, including
Archives.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com, and offers the AncestryDNA
product, sold by its subsidiary, Ancestry International DNA, LLC, all of
which are designed to empower people to discover, preserve and share
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-84776847479802609282015-06-02T21:47:00.003-04:002015-06-03T11:34:20.078-04:00New Database Featuring Connecticut Naturalization IndexesOn 27 May 2015 <a href="https://familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch.org</a> added the <a href="ttps://familysearch.org/search/collection/2141008" target="_blank">Connecticut, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1851-1992</a> database. Anytime there are new Connecticut records online is a cause for celebration. Connecticut seems to have fewer online records than any other New England state.<br />
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At this time, the database is browse-only but it contains 260,508 images that are worth taking a look at if you have ancestors who naturalized while living in Connecticut during that time period.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="ttps://familysearch.org/search/collection/2141008" target="_blank"><i>The Connecticut, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1851-1992 on FamilySearch.org</i></a></td></tr>
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According to the website the "collection consists of card indexes of naturalization petitions in the United States District Courts in Connecticut. Corresponds to NARA microfilm publication M2081: Indexes to Naturalization Petitions for United States District Courts, Connecticut, 1851-1992."<br />
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There are 47 rolls in this collection which are divided somewhat randomly by district and sorted alphabetically within that. Some of the links list the same roll number multiple times (Rolls 7, 21, 39, 47), the distinction being the alphabetical separation. For those rolls with duplicate numbers, be aware that in most cases each link is a different record set not a continuation of the same database.<br />
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You'll need the following chart to navigate the links because the information is not available without clicking into each individual link: (Note: I have included the alphabetical breakdown for the roll numbers that appear more than once as a means of differentiating between them. Also, note that there is no roll 38.)<br />
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<tr><td><b>Roll</b> </td>
<td><b>District</b></td>
<td><b>Records</b></td>
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<tr>
<td>Roll 1-6</td>
<td>New Haven</td>
<td>US Circuit Court c. 1851-1911; US District Court c.1851-1926</td>
</tr>
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<td>Roll 7, <br />
Aach, Irma-Barbieri, Giovanna Amato </td>
<td>New Haven</td>
<td>US District Court 1926-1992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 7,<br />
Tercyak, Frances Rek-Zych, John</td>
<td>New Haven</td>
<td>US Circuit Court c. 1851-1911; US District Court c. 1851-1926</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 8 - 18 </td>
<td>New Haven</td>
<td>US District Court 1926-1992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 19 - 20 </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US Circuit Court c. 1906-1911; US District Court c. 1906-1926</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 21, <br />
Aagesen, Elizabeth Swan-Beaulieu, Dionis </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court 1926-1992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 21, <br />
Weber, Olga-Zynda, Frank</td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US Circuit Court c. 1906-1911; US District Court c. 1906-1926</td>
</tr>
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<td>Roll 22 - 37 </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court 1926-1992</td>
</tr>
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<td>Roll 39 <br />
Aarons, Florence May-Arcano, Frank </td>
<td>Bridgeport</td>
<td>US District Court 1963-1992</td>
</tr>
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<td>Roll 39 <br />
Abdallah, Felia-Yurashus, Agnes </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court, Repatriations, Act of 6/25/1936 from 6/25/1936 to 1/1/1941</td>
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<td>Roll 39 <br />
Abenes, Arturo Marigza-Zukowski, John</td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court, Denied Petitions, 1926-1984</td>
</tr>
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<td>Roll 39 <br />
Acheson, Wanda Gail-Yzouvaras, Angeliki </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court Transferred Petitions, 1955-1977</td>
</tr>
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<td>Roll 39 <br />
Kaufherr, Minna-Keka, Michael </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court 1963-1992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 39 <br />
Yung, Wai Ning-Zyznomirskyj, Wasyl </td>
<td>Hartford</td>
<td>US District Court 1963-1992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 40 - 46</td>
<td>Bridgeport</td>
<td>US District Court 1963-1992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 -<br />
Abbondelo, Mary-Zyko, Kamber Ismail </td>
<td>Waterbury</td>
<td>US District Court c. 1972-1988</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 - <br />
Abella, Oscar-Zywno, Genowefa</td>
<td>Bridgeport</td>
<td>US District Court Declarations of Intention</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 - <br />
Acevedo, Beatriz-Zinovis, Helen Lazaros </td>
<td>Bridgeport</td>
<td>US District Court Denied Petitions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 - <br />
Altieri, Clemente-Utrilla, Adrian Tous </td>
<td>Waterbury</td>
<td>US District Court Denied Petition </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 - <br />
Aquino, Marianna-Uva, Maria </td>
<td>Bridgeport</td>
<td>US District Court Index to Women's Repatriations</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 - <br />
Bandukra, Usman Abdulgain-Zoumboulis, Vasilios </td>
<td>Bridgeport</td>
<td>US District Court Transferred Petitions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roll 47 - <br />
Mabasa, Ramon Alber-Tee King, Ofelia Benito </td>
<td>Waterbury</td>
<td>US District Court Declarations of Intention</td>
</tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pasquale Cobianchi, New Haven, US Circuit Court c. 1851-1911 </i><br />
<i>US District Court c. 1851-1926, FamilySearch.org</i></td></tr>
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The index cards list the name of the court as well as the volume and page number of the petitioner. Some of the cards include current address, age or date of birth, applicants signature and town of origin, country of origin. Local abbreviations are used such as N.H. for New Haven so be sure to remember which regional roll you are currently in so that you can interpret the abbreviations correctly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Michael Dutkanicz, New Haven, US Circuit Court c. 1851-1911</i></td></tr>
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<i>US District Court c. 1851-1926, FamilySearch.org</i>
Once you find an ancestor be sure to check the following index card as it may include information about a name change.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bernard Wachsmann Austrycker, New Haven, US District Court 1926-1992 </i><br />
<i>Petition followed by name change, FamilySearch.org</i></td></tr>
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The Hartford County images 1906-1926, Hartford Denied Petitions, the
Hartford Repatriation, and the Bridgeport Declarations of Intention indexes
contain the bare minimum, listing only the petitioner's first and last
name and the volume and page number. The Hartford and Bridgeport
transferred petitions include the date of transfer and the city and
state where the petition was transferred to. The Bridgeport Women's
Repatriation Index simply list the woman's first and last name and the
repatriation number.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Samuel Max Gold, US Circuit Court c. 1906-1911<br />US District Court c. 1906-1926, FamilySearch.org</i></td></tr>
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It's a little challenging to work through these indexes but if you have ancestors who immigrated to Connecticut during this time period, it's worth a look.<div class="blogger-post-footer">-------------------------------------------------------
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-29853077596527760922015-05-16T10:13:00.000-04:002015-05-16T16:10:57.385-04:00Serendipity and Why I love FootnotesI am currently reading a nonfiction book called <a href="http://shop.americanancestors.org/products/soldier-engraver-forger-richard-bruntons-life-on-the-fringe-in-americas-new-republic?pass-through=true" target="_blank"><i>Soldier Engraver Forger:</i> R<i>ichard Brunton's Life on the Fringe in America's New Republic</i></a> by Deborah M. Child. The timing is coincidentally perfect. I just finished an historical fiction book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160598373X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=160598373X&linkCode=xm2&tag=marsrooram-20" target="_blank"><i>The Schoolmaster's Daughter</i></a> by John Smolens. Both books focus on the American Revolution and start with the siege of Boston. They also both feature a British soldier who has deserted the British Army.<br />
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I love to read fiction because it's fun and enjoyable but it's even better to follow it up with a nonfiction book that gives me a sense of what it was really like during the same time period.<br />
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As a side note, I should mention, though perhaps obvious, that it's always beneficial to read multiple books on the same topic. You get different perspectives from different authors and they each have their own focus. This provides for a much broader and deeper understanding of an historical event. (On that note, if anyone can recommend any books, fiction or nonfiction, that take place during the siege of Boston I would greatly appreciate it. I would love to read more on the subject.)<br />
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<i>Soldier Engraver Forger</i> takes a look at the life of Richard Brunton, a British Solider who did not leave an abundant trail of records for future researchers to find. Author Deborah Child recreates his story through examples of materials culture (such as engravings, bookplates, portraits, etc) and by placing Brunton in historical context by taking a deep look at the social history of the times.<br />
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There is much to love about this book (which I will report in greater detail in a review when I'm done) but the thing that is endlessly pleasing me at the moment is the footnotes. As genealogists, we are all a bit enamored with footnotes. We may hate to write them but we sure to do love to find them.<br />
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Let me give you two examples from the book:<br />
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"Again, in 1771, Milne advertised Gordon as a runaway indentured servant, this time traveling with a wife, Mary, whom he described as "much addicted to drink and a great liar." (pages 31-32, footnote 69) The quote itself is just wonderful and colorful and transports us back into the lives of Revolutionary Era Americans. The footnote reveals that this comes from an article in the <i>Pennsylvania Gazette</i>. A good reminder that we should always be doing newspaper research even in the colonial time period.<br />
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The second quote immediately follows that last sentence - "In July 1773, Gordon, his wife, and their son James arrived in Boston from Philadelphia. (page 32, footnote 70) That may not look like much of an interesting sentence but I couldn't help wondering "how does the author know Gordon arrived then in Boston?" Thanks to the footnote I was able to find out.<br />
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It turns out that this very slight bit of information comes from a book (via one of the co-authors) called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812245938?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0812245938&linkCode=xm2&tag=marsrooram-20" target="_blank"><i>Robert Love's Warnings: Searching for Strangers in Colonial Boston</i></a> by Cornelia H. Dayton and Sharon V. Salinger (2014, UPenn Press). I have long had an interest in the Warning Out Records of early New England. I have also never heard of this book before. I'm a little disappointed that this book was published and didn't hit my radar but I'm absolutely delighted to have found out about it in the footnotes of <i>Soldier Engraver Forger</i>. <br />
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That is the wonderful, magical aspect of footnotes. They will lead you to further essential resources that will help with your research. Do you ever ask yourself, when reading a book, "how does the author know that?" I do it all the time and love it when a footnote will answer the question.<br />
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The book also has a number of references to articles by Don Hagist in the online publication the <a href="http://allthingsliberty.com/" target="_blank"><i>Journal of the American Revolution</i></a> as well as articles from JL Bell's blog <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>Boston 1775</i></a>. That's a good reminder that there are some tremendous historical resources available no further than our keyboard and the internet.<br />
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If you'd like to read some more of my thoughts footnotes, particularly as they relate to genealogical research, you can see a previous blog post <a href="http://rootsandrambles.blogspot.com/2011/01/1-thing-that-impacted-my-research-in.html" target="_blank">The #1 Things that Impacted My Research in 2010</a>.<br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-104266507080454942015-05-15T09:02:00.000-04:002015-05-29T19:14:46.158-04:00New Frontiers: Online Access is not EnoughJust like nearly all Americans, I have immigrant ancestors. Some arrived as early as the 1630s and some as late as 1893. I can find ancestors arriving from Europe in every century from the 1600s to the 1800s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Quayle Dealey</td></tr>
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Because most of my ancestors have been in the United States for quite awhile I've had the luxury of focusing on my American ancestry. I could go so far as to say that it has allowed me to ignore my German, English, Scottish, Dutch and Irish ancestors.<br />
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Well, no more. I am headed for a new frontier!<br />
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I have just gotten a subscription to <a href="http://findmypast.com/">FindMyPast.com</a>, the site which predominantly focuses on British research (or at least that's my impression). This is definitely new territory for me.<br />
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I have decided to focus on my Dealey ancestors who left England for Galveston, Texas in 1870. I'm focusing on them because they are more recent immigrants and because our family knows really as much as we need to know about them in the United States considering they only go back four generations.<br />
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About ten years ago I did dabble in British research. I learned just enough to be dangerous without really understanding what I was doing and without going too in-depth.<br />
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When logging in to FindMyPast.com for the first time I wasn't really sure where to start. But then I noticed that, similar to <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-5353248-11745137?url=http://www.ancestry.com" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a>, they provide an option of having an online tree. While I have mixed feelings about online trees, they are a perfect place to start when you don't know where you are going. And of course, that's the danger of it.<br />
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I started my online tree with my Dealey Family. I admit I am still figuring out how to work the FindMyPast.com online tree since it's a bit different that the Ancestry.com tree. But it is very helpful in providing me with links to document hints.<br />
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The problem I'm finding, however, is that FindMyPast.com (just like Ancestry.com) can point me to the records, but that doesn't mean I'm necessarily sure what to do with them.<br />
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Let me clarify right here that this is not the problem of FindMyPast.com. It's not their job to make me an expert in British records. I need to take the time to figure that out myself. <br />
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But what I can see as a fundamental problem in online research is that having access to online records is not enough. You must know what to do with the records once you have found them. I think the disconnect for many new researchers is not knowing where to go to find the background information to understand the records, time period and location they are researching.<br />
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For instance, My great grandfather, James Quayle Dealey, is found in the England & Wales Births 1837-2006 record set on FindMyPast.com. This is a register (index), not the original birth records. To their credit, FindMyPast provides a section called About England &; Wales births 1837-2006. This is helpful in that it talks about the index but it doesn't really provide information about where to go next, or where to find the records I'm looking for.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Quayle Dealey's 1861 birth as found in <br />
the England & Wales Births 1837-2006 record set on FindMyPast.com</td></tr>
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Ironically, this whole process is quite fun for me because it's allowing me to experience what a brand new genealogist in 2015 experiences when they start their journey.<br />
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While I know from past experience that there are resources for learning about British research, I wonder what the new researcher will think when the ask themselves "Now where do I find that birth record?"<br />
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I'm going to assume the records I need are not on FindMyPast because they don't appear when I search for the surname Dealey. (Admittedly, I haven't gotten as far as figuring out whether they have un-indexed collections similar to FamilySearch.org but I'm assuming they don't.)<br />
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Part of this new journey and experiment is going to be re-creating the experience of new genealogists so I can understand what challenges and obstacles they face. So instead of going straight to resources that I know exist or to experts that I know can help me, I going to put myself in the position of someone who has no connection with the genealogical community or background in research.<br />
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The next logical step for me as I try to determine where to find the original birth records is visiting the FindMyPast.com "Help" section of the website.<br />
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That will be the discussion of our next post... <br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-29942135374446082642015-05-13T10:33:00.001-04:002015-05-13T10:33:25.404-04:00Deep Links on Cyndi's ListWhile taking my morning walk today I listened to the most recent episode of the <a href="http://genealogyguys.com/" target="_blank">Genealogy Guys podcast</a>. Half of <a href="http://genealogyguys.com/the-genealogy-guys-podcast-288-2015-may-11" target="_blank">the episode</a> featured an interview with Cyndi of <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/" target="_blank">Cyndi's List</a> that was recorded during the recent Ohio Genealogical Society 2015 conference.<br />
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What really caught my attention during this interview was a discussion about deep linking. Cyndi explained that Google doesn't do deep linking which is the concept of linking to parts of websites that are buried deep within a site. In the example she gave, Cyndi explained that she will dive into a university special collections site and then add links to specific databases to Cyndi's List.<br />
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Cyndi also suggested searching using the categories feature on Cyndi's List rather than the search feature because it will allow you to discover related topics that you weren't specifically searching for.<br />
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Intrigued by this new discovery of deep linking, I wanted to put Cyndi's List to the test. The subject I know best is Massachusetts genealogy so I want to check that out on Cyndi's List in hopes of finding links to resources of which I wasn't aware. There must be many deep linked resources that I haven't stumbled across.<br />
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From the <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/categories/#m" target="_blank">categories link</a>, I drilled down to United States which had visible subcategories (without clicking) for each state. I selected the one for <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ma/" target="_blank">Massachusetts</a>. This presented me with 31 subcategories including things like cemeteries & funeral homes, directories, newspapers, occupations, prisons, prisoners & outlaws, and societies & Groups.<br />
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I opted for the <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ma/wills/" target="_blank">Wills & Probate category</a>. It provided links to Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. Nothing new for me there.
I went back and this time I chose <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ma/libraries/" target="_blank">Libraries, Archives and Museums</a> which is probably more likely to have deep links. This is where I started to see some of the magic that Cyndi was talking about. I was pleasantly surprised not only to see deep linking but to see the information displayed in a hierarchy so that it is very clear to see that the different links are subsections of the main website. (see image below)<br />
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For instance, under Boston Public Library, not only do we see the main site but a sublink for Research Services and further sublinks for Genealogy, the Microtext Department and the Newspaper Room. Occasionally you will find a link that is broken but that is understandable considering the monumental task it must be to maintain over 400,000 links when webmasters are constantly making changes to their sites.<br />
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One of the resources presented on Cyndi's List is the <a href="http://www.nationalheritagemuseum.org/" target="_blank">National Heritage Museum</a> in Lexington, Massachusetts. According to the Van Gorden-William Library sublink, it holds one of the most comprehensive collections on American Masonry in the world. I'm going to have to put that museum on my to-do list this summer!<br />
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Try searching for yourself on Cyndi's list and see if you can find some deep links that you weren't familiar with. The libraries and archives subsections will probably provide the most worthwhile searches.<br />
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And while you're at it be sure to listen to <a href="http://genealogyguys.com/the-genealogy-guys-podcast-288-2015-may-11" target="_blank">the interview with Kris Rzepczynski</a> in the first half of the show where they talk about resources at Seeking Michigan and the Michigan State Archives.<br />
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I hope you make lots of brand new discoveries! <div class="blogger-post-footer">-------------------------------------------------------
<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-25118271417843048482015-03-08T16:10:00.001-04:002015-03-08T18:18:04.672-04:00Are We Wrong About Preserving Old Photos?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I think we can all agree that preserving old photos is a good thing. But it takes a lot of effort to preserve individual photos. What's the best way to preserve them? How will we know they will still be accessible in the future?<br />
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Scanning</h3>
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When I first got interested in the idea of preserving old family photos my attention and efforts were focused on scanning individual photos. I scanned each photo as both a <a href="http://www.scantips.com/basics9t.html" target="_blank">tif</a> and a <a href="http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/Definitions/g/Jpg-Files.htm" target="_blank">jpg</a> file format. The tif is used to archive the photo at a high resolution and the jpg makes the image a reasonable size that can be shared via email or on the web.<br />
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I organized my photos with file names that attempted to identify the people, place and/or date of the photos. I also saved the photos to directories with relevant names. I didn't, however, create descriptions for the photos or add meta tag information to the photos.<br />
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It was quite a bit of work getting this far!<br />
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Digitizing the photos meant that the old family photos were much easier to share. I could share individual photos via email or on Facebook. I could also put a whole directory of photos on a CD or thumb drive to quickly share everything with family.<br />
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Printing</h3>
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Soon I realized that simply scanning photos would not be enough to preserve them. And so I entered into the printing phase. As many of you already know, to this day the Library of Congress only accepts printed copies of books. With good reason! A printed book can last hundreds of years. A digital one will become obsolete quickly as file formats change and improve.<br />
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Thus the idea of printing photos came along in order to preserve them longer. I admit I never really caught on to the idea of printing all my old family photos. It's just not practical.<br />
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My extended family has digitally shared hundreds of old family photos. First there's the cost of printing that many photos, though admittedly these days it's fairly inexpensive. Another, perhaps more important consideration, is that your local pharmacy is now digitally printing them on a laser scanner rather than the photos being processed like in the old days. Laser printed photos don't last as long. And then there is the issue of organizing and storing all the printed copies.<br />
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Some of you are very good about spending the time to organize photos into boxes or albums. I am not. And, of course, let's add on the cost of buying archival quality boxes and albums. Yes, it is our family heritage we're preserving but I don't have lots of extra money lying around to spend on stuff like this.<br />
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Lastly, I just can't display 800+ photos in my house. I have room for maybe twenty ancestral photos to be displayed on walls and shelves. Any more than that is not an option. <br />
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So while I agree that printing is important, it just didn't happen for me.<br />
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Cataloging</h3>
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The thing that has been on my mind lately has been cataloging. I'm starting to think that this is the best way to handle old family photos.<br />
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The idea is to create a catalog - a list - that contains the following information (if known): date of photos, people in photo, location, file name, file formats (jpg and/or tif), description, name of owner of the original copy of the photo, date scanned. I think a file numbering system for the photos would also be appropriate. Photo type and size of photo would be nice too but that might be too much to ask if lots of different people are scanning their own collections.<br />
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Then I would print the catalog. I would put the catalog information in the front section and a copy of each image in the back section identified by the file number (this is simply for the sake of formatting and saving space. Photos would take up too much space if interspersed amongst the text.) The catalog would be printed as a book and shared with all family members. [Just to clarify, the catalog would contain the images. And not thumbnails. In some cases they could be full images but if the images are very large they could be reduced to about the 4x6 range.]<br />
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I like the idea of a catalog, while not as pretty as albums, because it lets everyone know what photos exist, when they were last scanned and who owns them. Then if an original photo disappears a search can be made from a more logical starting point. The durability of a book means it will last for a long time and we will know that all these photos existed at the time of printing.<br />
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A catalog also lets people determine whether they have a digital copy or not, based on the catalog. If they don't, they can then seek it out. People can pick and choose which photos they would like to print and display in their homes or use for other purposes.<br />
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What I don't know is whether any photo organization programs, such as <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html" target="_blank">Adobe Photoshop Elements</a>, has the ability to print a catalog such as this. I was thinking of creating a catalog in Excel and then formatting the photos myself. Then I would combine the two into a pdf document that can be printed. If the capability were already available in existing photo that might save time.<br />
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I asked my friend Maureen Taylor, <a href="http://www.maureentaylor.com/" target="_blank">the Photo Detective</a> about her thoughts on the best way family historians can preserve their photos when they have limited time and money. Here's what she said:<br />
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"Preserving and organizing family photographs doesn’t have to be time consuming or expensive. It’s all about planning and work flow. Scan, label, and file are the key steps to caring for pictures. Free organizing software like Picasa, money-saving apps like Snip Snap and making use of programs you already have (like Excel) can manage money and minutes. I create an excel spreadsheet when sorting a collection, scan at 600 dpi, upload images to Picasa on my computer and then file everything in acid and lignin free boxes. Take small steps to avoid being overwhelmed and don’t be afraid to ask relatives to help." </blockquote>
More tips from Maureen can be found in her books <a href="http://www.maureentaylor.com/bookstore/" target="_blank"><i>Photo Organizing Practices</i></a> and <a href="http://www.maureentaylor.com/bookstore/" target="_blank"><i>Preserving Family Photographs</i></a>. <br />
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How do you preserve your family photos? Do you like the idea of creating a catalog or would you rather use archival boxes and albums? And if you know of an easier way that I can create my catalog please let me know!<br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-50413455591207522482015-02-21T13:12:00.000-05:002015-02-21T14:21:01.598-05:00Finding CharlotteI have been searching for Charlotte for years. I have this irrational emotional attachment to her that some of us genealogists get about our ancestors. I am very protective of her. She died at age 33, a young wife and mother of two daughters. I guess what always bothered me was that she was alone. Her husband and daughters moved away after her death and she was alone in a cemetery without any family nearby.<br />
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Charlotte Hill Learned is my great, great grandmother. And one of my brick walls. She died in 1862 and appeared on only one census record with her husband and two very young daughters.<br />
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When I first started researching Charlotte some 10 plus years ago all I had was her name, Charlotte Hill, the information about her husband and children and nothing else. That was information that my mother had collected. Other than the 1860 Federal census I had no idea how my mother came up with the rest.<br />
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There was a note that Charlotte was from Delhi. I'm thinking "India?" Turns out that was a typo. It should have said Delphi. So now I'm thinking "Greece?" Turns out that is just one of the many colorful names that New York gives to its towns along with Cicero, Cuba and Painted Post.<br />
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I discovered that Delphi Falls is a town in Onondaga County, New York. Associated with Delphi, and just to complete my international tour, is a place called Pompey. At this point I know that in the 1860s one was a village inside the other but I'm still not really sure which was which. Today they are both very small rural places.<br />
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I had thought that I could stroll in, use my sharp genealogical skills, and easily connect Charlotte to her family. The genealogy Gods laughed in my face. I found a Hill family in the 1850 US Federal census for Pompey, New York. There was a Charlotte of the right age in the family. The intrigue of unusual names continued with the discovery of a father named Orange, a brother named Erasmus and a later discovery of grandfather named Ensign. What a cast of characters! There must be a story there. The only thing was that I couldn't prove that this was my Charlotte.<br />
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I put the research away for many years, frustrated that I couldn't make any headway.<br />
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Then one year I was contacted by a 2nd cousin, Barb, who was also descended not only from Charlotte but from the same daughter, Clara Learned. Barb mentioned that she had the diary of William Chandler Learned, Charlotte's husband. I was thrilled to make the connection and to learn of the diary! But Barb had never read the diary so she couldn't tell me much about it. And with it being all the way on the west coast and me here in Boston, there was no chance I could get a peek at it.<br />
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Spring forward to August 2014 when Barb notifies me that she and her husband are coming to Massachusetts. She also revealed that she was going to loan me the diary so that I could read it and share its contents with the family. I was over the moon!<br />
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We had a very small reunion of Learned descendants which was wonderful in itself. Then I got a peek at the diary. The diary, unfortunately, started in 1866, four years after Charlotte's death. Luckily, it was not a typical diary of the time with just two line entries describing the weather and what was planted. William Chandler Learned was a teacher and then a Baptist minister. His diary was long form text and he described his feelings and why he made certain decisions in life. A truly extraordinary document that covers the years from 1866 to 1908.<br />
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The diary does provide enough information to tie Charlotte Hill to her family in Delphi, New York but I'll save that story for another day. What still gnawed at me was the location of Charlotte's burial. Did she die and was buried in Alden, Erie County, New York, the location of the 1860 census entry? It seemed like the most logical place to me. Unfortunately, without being able to go in person I could not confirm this and there were many cemeteries in the small town of Alden.<br />
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The answer came in the form of diary entry. William, now in his 70s and living in Chicago, made a "final tour" of the old places in New York where he used to live. One of the places he visited was Charlotte's grave in Alden.<br />
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Here's the diary entry:<br />
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The entry (dated July 1901) reads:<br />
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<i>" I </i><br />
<i>visited Charlotte's grave. I was thankful</i><br />
<i>that friends had cared for the grave in</i><br />
<i>straightening up the headstone and</i><br />
<i>keeping the grass in good order. I was </i><br />
<i>pleased to see that one who was Anne</i><br />
<i>Milne to me was buried by her side.</i><br />
<i>They were lovely in their lives and in</i><br />
<i>their death not-separated"</i></blockquote>
This confirmed for me that Charlotte was buried in the town of Alden, New York! But where? I had the added benefit of learning that she was buried next to her good friend, Anne Milne.<br />
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There was no entry for Charlotte or Anne on <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank">FindaGrave.com</a>. Nor were there mentions of their graves in the limited transcriptions for gravestones of cemeteries in Alden found on other genealogy websites.<br />
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I turned to local sources and found the <a href="http://www2.erie.gov/alden/index.php?q=alden-historical-society" target="_blank">Alden Historical Society website</a>. I sent an email to the society asking if they had information about Charlotte's gravesite location. Societies often have unpublished transcriptions of their local cemeteries and this is what I was hoping for. I did not expect a reply quickly, knowing that societies have limited hours and are often short staffed.<br />
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Imagine my surprise when Alden Town Historian, Karen Muchow replied within a half hour. Regrettably, she had nothing on Charlotte in her records. I decided to try again. I researched Anne Milne, learning that she was the daughter of a Baptist clergyman. She was born in 1841, married a man named Orin Munger in 1862 and then died in 1864. I asked Karen to search for Anne since their graves were side by side.<br />
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It took a bit of work on Karen's part but she found them! Charlotte was buried under her maiden name of Hill rather than Learned. Karen was able to identify for me that both Charlotte and Anne are buried in Alden Evergreen Cemetery. <br />
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I finally felt at peace. Those of you who are genealogists will understand how I feel. The rest of you will just think I'm crazy. Knowing Charlotte's burial place has connected her to our family. Some day I hope to be able to make the trip to Alden to visit her grave so that she will know that she has not been forgotten.<br />
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<p>Copyright 2009-2022 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights Reserved.</p></div>Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-69935679832143077852014-01-20T09:30:00.003-05:002014-01-20T09:59:39.252-05:00What triggers your connection to family and the past?This morning I had the pleasure of interviewing Israel Pickholtz via telephone for the <a href="http://www.thegenealogyprofessional.com/" target="_blank">Genealogy Professional podcast</a>. Israel was born in the United States, Pittsburgh specifically, and then settled in Israel.<br />
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I wasn't quite sure what I would encounter when interviewing Israel. I knew he spoke English but I wasn't sure how he would sound or whether he would have an Israeli accent. I went to high school with a boy from Israel so I was familiar with at least one type of Israeli accent.<br />
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My mother and her family come from Pittsburgh so I have strong connections, both sentimental and otherwise, with the area. Israel was raised there but left forty years ago. But I knew the shared Pittsburgh connection would be a good starting point for us.<br />
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Imagine my surprise when I heard Israel's voice and it transported right back to my family gatherings. Israel has, whether he knows it or not (now he does!), a Pittsburgh accent when he speaks English. His speech sounds exactly like that of my Uncle Bud.<br />
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I couldn't help but smile to myself the entire time during the interview. I had to wait until the end to let Israel in on my secret.<br />
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The surprising thing to me was how relaxed and comforted I found the sound of Israel's voice, the voice of a stranger. My Uncle Bud is someone I love dearly and thinking of him triggers all sorts of family memories for me. The sound of his voice transports me to family events full of laughter and being bear-hugged and twirled upside down as a kid by his strong arms. It makes me feel loved. Israel's voice took me right back to those memories, both recent and long ago in the past.<br />
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I don't live near Pittsburgh, and I suppose the accent probably changes with each generation so Pittsburghers today probably sound different. The Pittsburgh accent my uncle has is probably very common for people of his age. Yet for me it is something I associate specifically with him.<br />
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It's funny how something that could be fairly common like that can evoke such a strong response even when I hear the accent from a different source. This was my very first time talking to and getting to know Israel and yet I had an immediate affinity for him because of the way he spoke. I find it powerful that just his accent could be comforting to me and have such a strong impact on me.<br />
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There are many triggers that remind of us of our families. Besides language, it could be triggers from photographs, shared membership in a club or organization, a smell, a sound.<br />
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Have you ever experienced being transported sentimentally by a trigger like this where you found comfort, calm or a sense of peace, even though logically without the trigger it would not normally happen?<br />
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I would love to hear your stories of how you have been transported back. In the mean time, I am going to spend a few more minutes enjoying the moment and the happiness that comes with remembering family memories.<br />
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