May God Bless Us All
May we never again go through what our families endured at the end of VietNam.
In my family it affected Fathers & Mothers, brothers, uncles, aunts, cousins many, many cousins and so many of our dearest friends. Grandparents and Great also felt the pain.
Some even who never came home. The families have no closure.
KPBS has an excellent show each year which is on now to help us to endure all this
ache and pain. It started at 8 pm west coast, east coast has already seen it.
So Thank You to all those whom served in our past and for those who are serving now and then into the future.
Brian Wright may you come home whole.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Historic Coal Mine Information PA.1900- 1976
http://www.easternusresearch.com/easternusresearch/minelink1.htmlMines in blue, online now from this link page.11-09-00 Buck Mountain Mahanoy City, PA 7 Explosion 06-10-01 Port Royal, No. 2 Port Royal, PA 19 Explosion 10-25-01 Buttonwood Plymouth, PA 6 Explosion 03-06-02 Catsburg Monongahela, Pa. 5 Explosion 07-10-02 Rolling Mill Johnstown, PA 112 Explosion 11-29-02 Luke Fidler Shamokin, PA 7 Explosion 11-21-03 Ferguson Connellsville, PA 17 Explosion 01-25-04 Hardwick Cheswick, PA 179 Explosion 05-05-04 Locust Gap Locust Gap, PA 5 Fire 11-02-04 Auchincloss Nanticoke, PA 10 Haulage 02-18-05 Lytle Minerville, PA 5 Haulage 03-09-05 Clear Spring West Pittston, PA 7 Haulage 04-26-05 Conyngham Wilkes-Barre, PA 10 Haulage 04-27-05 Eleanora Dubois, Pa 13 Explosion 07-06-05 Fuller Searight, PA 6 Explosion 10-10-05 Hazelkirk No. 2 Monongahela, PA 2 Explosion 10-13-05 Clyde Fredericktown, PA 6 Fire 10-29-05 Hazel Kirk No. 2 Monongahela, PA 5 Explosion 11-15-05 Braznell Bentleyville, PA 7 Explosion 08-06-06 Susquehanna No. 7 Nanticoke, PA 6 Explosion 10-24-06 Rolling Mill Johnstown, PA 7 Explosion 03-02-07 Holden Taylor, PA 7 Explosion 06-18-07 Johnson No. 1 Priceburg, PA 7 Explosion 08-17-07 Sonman Sonman, PA 5 Haulage 12-01-07 Naomi Fayette City, PA 34 Explosion 12-19-07 Darr Jacobs Creek, PA 239 Explosion 05-12-08 Mount Lookout Wyoming, PA 12 Explosion 05-13-08 Prospect Wilkes-Barre, PA 5 Roof Fall/Bump 07-15-08 Williamstown Williamstown, PA 6 Explosion 08-28-08 Warrior Run Wilkes-Barre, PA 6 Haulage 11-28-08 Rachel and Agnes Marianna, PA 154 Explosion 01-25-09 Orenda No. 2 Boswell, PA 5 Explosion 03-02-09 No. 14 Pittston, PA 8 Explosion 04-09-09 Eureka No. 37 Wimber, PA 7 Explosion 06-23-09 Lackawanna No. 4 Wehrun, PA 21 Explosion 10-31-09 Franklin No. 2 Johnstown, PA 13 Explosion 11-09-09 Auchinloss Nanticoke, PA 9 Fire 01-11-10 Nottingham Plymouth, PA 7 Explosion 01-11-10 Nottingham Plymouth, PA 7 Explosion 02-05-10 Ernest No. 2 Ernest, PA 12 Explosion 03-12-10 So. Wilkes-Barre S. Wilkes-Barre, PA 7 Explosion 03-22-11 Hazel Canonsburg, PA 9 Haulage 04-07-11 Price-Pancoast Troop, PA 73 Fire 05-10-11 Boston Larksville, PA 5 Fire 05-27-11 Cameron Shamokin, PA 5 Explosion 07-15-11 Sykesville Sykesville, PA 21 Explosion 11-09-11 Adrian Punxuatawney, PA 8 Explosion 01-09-12 Parrish Plymouth, PA 6 Explosion 07-24-12 Superba & Lemont Evans Station, PA 18 Inundation 04-23-13 Cincinnati Finleyville, PA 98 Explosion 08-02-13 East Brookside Tower City, PA 20 Explosion 05-29-14 Maryd Maryd, PA 6 Haulage 09-16-14 Lehigh No. 4 Lansford, PA 7 Explosion 12-09-14 Tripp Scranton, PA 13 Haulage 02-17-15 Prospect Wilkes-Barre, PA 13 Explosion 05-24-15 Smokeless Valley #1 Johnstown, PA 9 Explosion 07-30-15 Patterson No. 2 Elizabeth, PA 9 Haulage 08-31-15 Orenda Boswell, PA 19 Explosion 02-08-16 Lance Plymouth, PA 7 Explosion 02-11-16 Ernest No. 2 Ernest, PA 27 Explosion 03-09-16 Hollenback Wilkes-Barre, PA 6 Explosion 03-30-16 Robindale Seward, PA 8 Explosion 08-08-16 Woodward Wilkes-Barre, PA 6 Explosion 11-18-16 Ocean Mine Greensbury, PA 8 Roof Fall 03-13-17 Henderson No. 1 Henderson, PA 14 Explosion 08-07-18 Harmer Harmerville, PA 6 Explosion 06-05-19 Baltimore Tunnel #2 Wilkes-Barre, PA 92 Explosion 07-08-19 Lansford Colliery Lansford, PA 8 Explosion 06-02-20 Ontario Cokesburg, PA 6 Explosion 07-19-20 Renton No. 3 Renton, PA 9 Explosion 03-09-21 Rahn No. 11 Seek, PA 5 Explosion 02-02-22 Gates No. 2 Gates, PA 25 Explosion 03-20-22 Dilltown No. 1 Dilltown, PA 5 Explosion 11-06-22 Reilly No. 1 Spangler, PA 79 Explosion 02-21-23 Alliance Kaska, PA 5 Explosion 06-26-23 Richards Colliery Mount Carmel, PA. 5 Explosion 12-08-23 Mount Jessup No. 1 Jessup, PA 5 Roof Fall/Bump 01-26-24 Lancaster No. 18 Shanktown, PA 36 Explosion 06-06-24 Loomis Colleries Nanticoke, PA 14 Explosion 07-25-24 Gates No. 1 Brownsville, PA 10 Explosion 04-26-25 New Slope Sewickley, PA 5 Explosion 04-26-25 Hutchinson Millgrove, PA 5 Explosion 05-22-25 Woodward Edwardsville, PA 7 Explosion 08-03-25 Dorrance Wilkes-Barre, PA 10 Explosion 02-03-26 Horning No. 4 Horning, PA 20 Explosion 05-06-26 Randolph Colliery Part Carbon, PA 5 Explosion 07-03-26 Pettebone Colliery #6 Kingston, PA 7 Explosion 08-26-26 Clymer No. 1 Clymer, PA 44 Explosion 10-30-26 Colliery No. 7 Nanticoke, PA 9 Explosion 04-02-27 No. 53 Cokeburg, PA 6 Explosion 05-26-27 Woodward No. 3 Edwardsville, PA 7 Explosion 02-20-28 Kinloch Parnassus, PA 12 Explosion 05-19-28 Mather No. 1 Mather, PA 195 Explosion and List 05-25-28 Baltimore No. 5 Parsons, PA 10 Explosion 08-09-28 Hillside Johnstown, PA 5 Explosion 08-15-28 Irvonis No. 3 Coalport, PA 13 Explosion 03-21-29 Kinloch Parnassus, PA 46 Explosion 08-08-30 Gilberton Gilberton, PA 8 Roof Fall/Bump 05-29-31 Richards Colliery Mount Carmel, PA 5 Explosion 09-11-33 Oakmont Barking, PA 7 Explosion 01-21-35 Gilberton Gilberton, PA 13 Explosion 05-07-35 South Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre, PA 7 Haulage 08-24-36 Clear Spring West Pittston, PA 5 Explosion 03-28-37 Kramer Dubois, PA 9 Explosion 01-12-38 Harwick Harwick, PA 10 Explosion 04-27-38 No. 1 Slope Pottsville, PA 8 Explosion 06-02-38 Butler Slope Pittston, PA 10 Explosion 07-15-40 Sonman Portage, PA 63 Explosion 06-30-41 Kent No. 2 McIntyre, PA 7 Explosion 09-24-43 Primrose Colliery Minersville, PA 14 Explosion 06-07-44 Emerald Clarksville, PA 6 Fire 03-12-45 Crucible Crucible, PA 5 Roof/Bump 01-15-47 Nottingham Plymouth, PA 15 Explosion 04-10-47 Schooley Exeter, PA 10 Explosion 12-11-47 Franklin Wilkes-Barre, PA 8 Explosion 03-29-51 Buttonwood Wilkes-Barre, PA 5 Explosion 02-02-52 Carpentertown Carpentertown, PA 6 Explosion 03-27-52 Holmes Slope Forrestville, PA 5 Inundation 09-23-57 Marianna No. 58 Marianna, PA 6 Explosion 01-22-59 River Slope Port Griffith, PA 12 Inundation 12-06-62 Robena No. 3 Carmichaels, PA 37 Explosion
This comes from our web page:http://www.easternusresearch.com/easternusresearch/index.htmlNext will come from other places.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Some Links from our Family Website. Much Western PA and MD etc.
Cemetery Link Page Ourfamilyhistories.com/hsdurbin/contents1.html
The Braden Cemetery, In Washington County Pa. The Glade Cemetery In Greene County Pa. The Purviance Cemetery, In Claysville, Washington County Pa. The Jones Cemetery, In Washington County Pa. The Howe Cemetery, In Washington County Pa. The Phillipsburg Cemetery In Washington County Pa. Reynolds and Related Families Cemetery Dar Grave Sites Revolutionary War Patriot Graves Washington County Cemeteries West Alexander Cemetery Cemetery Records Part 1 Washington County Pa., Revolutionary War Burials Greene County Pa., Revolutionary War Burials Early Somerset County Cemetery Records Local Cemeteries for Addison Township, Somerset Co., Pa. Local Cemeteries for Addison Township, part 1 Other Cemeteries not on this site: East Buffalo Church, School and Cemetery by Carol Ann Claffey Mounts Allegheny County Pa Cemetery Archives Armstrong County Pa Cemetery Archives Bedford County Pa Cemetery Archives Berks County Pa Cemetery Archives Bucks County Pa Cemetery Archives Cameron County Pa Cemetery Archives Carbon County Pa Cemetery Archives Centre County Pa Cemetery Archives Chester County Pa Cemetery Archives Columbia County Pa Cemetery Archives Cumberland County Pa Cemetery Archives Daulphin County Pa Cemetery Archives Erie County Pa Cemetery Archives Fayette County Pa Cemetery Archives Forest County Pa Cemetery Archives Franklin County Pa Cemetery Archives Greene County Pa Cemetery Archives Huntingdon County Pa Cemetery Archives Indiana County Pa Cemetery Archives Juniata County Pa Cemetery Archives Lancaster County Pa Cemetery Archives Lebanon County Pa Cemetery Archives Lehigh County Pa Cemetery Archives Lazern County Pa Cemetery Archives Monroe County Pa Cemetery Archives Montgomery County Pa Cemetery Archives Northampton County Pa Cemetery Archives Perry County Pa Cemetery Archives Philadelphia County Pa Cemetery Archives Schuykill County Pa Cemetery Archives Snyder County Pa Cemetery Archives Vanango County Pa Cemetery Archives Washington County Pa Cemetery Archives Westmoreland County Pa Cemetery Archives York County Pa Cemetery Archives Out of State Cemeteries: Search site - 0ver 5000 files) for Pa Plus every other state Search site for Social Security Records
Cemeteries in Wirt County, WestVirginia
Check out this linkLots of information at this link.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Family History Fair at Bonita Stake
What you missed if you did not attend?
We had a great day of knowledge given to those who wished to participate. Amazed it wasn't packed wall to wall it was like a Seminar that one normally pays for but free, yes FREE. They even had a Continental Breakfast of Fresh Fruit, muffins and cinnamon breads sliced nice and thin for us to enjoy. Water, orange juice or milk was available to drink.
They had a great array of speakers and topics. Marti Lewis, Randy Seaver, John Finch, Kathleen
Winchester in English and for the hispanic speakers they had:Alvaro Cordova & Carlos Yturriade.
I chatted with acquaintances and attended Kathleen Winchester's talk on Lineage Societies. I was rather curious about how, if any of the societies had changed rules since the 1995 NGS event here in San Diego. (Having experienced a weird response then).
What I learned is that there are literally probably several hundred Societies of different natures, regarding our ancestral patronage.
Kathleen strongly felt that if you join a group you should be willing to make the group better by your involvement. (Another words not a collector of societies for your resume but an active real member.)
That got my attention. Someone who thinks along the lines I do. So I went to the other side and entered room and stayed for the rest of the presentation. Glad I did, so glad it was so refreshing to hear the things she said. I have DAR qualified ancestors with their DAR number. I have found several War of 1812 ancestors, multi Civil War ancestors. I have the medal of one of my CW Ancestors, it was presented to me for all the work I had done on our family by another family distant member.
Moving forward I have several family members that I personally knew that were in the more current wars. WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and the wars in Iraq and the mid east since 1980.
For the more current events there have been so many I can not recall them all. Our son served, our nephews served, cousins served. A grandnephew is serving now that I am aware of.
There are groups for probably all of these events.
Then I moved over and listened to Marti Lewis present on: Exploring Your DNA Results. Always a delight to learn information from Marti. She has some very neat charts that really explain some of the DNA confusion much simpler. Yes, she said she would gladly share those charts with us for our research endeavor. Thank You so much Marti for that. I heard several around me saying they would really like to have some of them.
She showed how she worked with a DNA linking cousin to establish relationship to each other.
She used some really cool methods of weeding out and adding to her research in doing this.
She showed us how she missed clues by not thinking wide enough in researching. One county over was her missing family. There were lots of great questions and responses to this research matching to pair with her DNA Match. I actually could follow along because she did not mention all those numbers and codes and that are so technical and leave me mostly in the dust.
I shared that she is right, most links are 4 and 5 generations back with DNA. I had a link yesterday with a 5 back generation member. Last week I did have a 3 generation back link but it was the matching of two brothers grandchildren. I had lost touch with the one and that link brought me great joy to find my 2nd cousin's family. (It was a family I had grown up with knowledge of and shared times with on our trips home to WYO/CO) They were my Grandmother's brothers. One lived in Oregon and one in Colorado, Grandma in Wyoming and they had other siblings in IA and NE.
It was such a refreshing method of presentation, am hoping she will do this talk again and share some of those super charts she used, (she is always good for her word) : >)
Was excited I would finally get to hear John Finch's talk on the Civil War. Alas, not meant to be again. I was answering questions from other attendees regarding DNA and tests and activities learned. (IN regards to the test sites and discoveries.)
Then went and helped hold down the fort at our booth with Virginia.
The events went quick the sharing of topics and information with members through out the event was great. I need to send a notice to Randy he was not aware of.
Anyone going to listen to CeCe Moore next week?
Yes I learned, always trying to learn more and share my knowledge with others.
Some commented on the RootTech presentation's, I am glad to see that they had these to offer to the attendees. I thought their choice of topics was excellent in this field.
Shirley Becket said the one on Family Search talked about Indexes that are not normally mentioned and she found it very informative. It was titled " Finding Elusive Records on FamilySearch.org.
It had been presented at the RootsTech last February.
I am no longer fluent in the Spanish language as I was 20 years ago. I am sure their Hispanic presentations were as interesting and intriguing.
We had a great day of knowledge given to those who wished to participate. Amazed it wasn't packed wall to wall it was like a Seminar that one normally pays for but free, yes FREE. They even had a Continental Breakfast of Fresh Fruit, muffins and cinnamon breads sliced nice and thin for us to enjoy. Water, orange juice or milk was available to drink.
They had a great array of speakers and topics. Marti Lewis, Randy Seaver, John Finch, Kathleen
Winchester in English and for the hispanic speakers they had:Alvaro Cordova & Carlos Yturriade.
I chatted with acquaintances and attended Kathleen Winchester's talk on Lineage Societies. I was rather curious about how, if any of the societies had changed rules since the 1995 NGS event here in San Diego. (Having experienced a weird response then).
What I learned is that there are literally probably several hundred Societies of different natures, regarding our ancestral patronage.
Kathleen strongly felt that if you join a group you should be willing to make the group better by your involvement. (Another words not a collector of societies for your resume but an active real member.)
That got my attention. Someone who thinks along the lines I do. So I went to the other side and entered room and stayed for the rest of the presentation. Glad I did, so glad it was so refreshing to hear the things she said. I have DAR qualified ancestors with their DAR number. I have found several War of 1812 ancestors, multi Civil War ancestors. I have the medal of one of my CW Ancestors, it was presented to me for all the work I had done on our family by another family distant member.
Moving forward I have several family members that I personally knew that were in the more current wars. WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and the wars in Iraq and the mid east since 1980.
For the more current events there have been so many I can not recall them all. Our son served, our nephews served, cousins served. A grandnephew is serving now that I am aware of.
There are groups for probably all of these events.
Then I moved over and listened to Marti Lewis present on: Exploring Your DNA Results. Always a delight to learn information from Marti. She has some very neat charts that really explain some of the DNA confusion much simpler. Yes, she said she would gladly share those charts with us for our research endeavor. Thank You so much Marti for that. I heard several around me saying they would really like to have some of them.
She showed how she worked with a DNA linking cousin to establish relationship to each other.
She used some really cool methods of weeding out and adding to her research in doing this.
She showed us how she missed clues by not thinking wide enough in researching. One county over was her missing family. There were lots of great questions and responses to this research matching to pair with her DNA Match. I actually could follow along because she did not mention all those numbers and codes and that are so technical and leave me mostly in the dust.
I shared that she is right, most links are 4 and 5 generations back with DNA. I had a link yesterday with a 5 back generation member. Last week I did have a 3 generation back link but it was the matching of two brothers grandchildren. I had lost touch with the one and that link brought me great joy to find my 2nd cousin's family. (It was a family I had grown up with knowledge of and shared times with on our trips home to WYO/CO) They were my Grandmother's brothers. One lived in Oregon and one in Colorado, Grandma in Wyoming and they had other siblings in IA and NE.
It was such a refreshing method of presentation, am hoping she will do this talk again and share some of those super charts she used, (she is always good for her word) : >)
Was excited I would finally get to hear John Finch's talk on the Civil War. Alas, not meant to be again. I was answering questions from other attendees regarding DNA and tests and activities learned. (IN regards to the test sites and discoveries.)
Then went and helped hold down the fort at our booth with Virginia.
The events went quick the sharing of topics and information with members through out the event was great. I need to send a notice to Randy he was not aware of.
Anyone going to listen to CeCe Moore next week?
Yes I learned, always trying to learn more and share my knowledge with others.
Some commented on the RootTech presentation's, I am glad to see that they had these to offer to the attendees. I thought their choice of topics was excellent in this field.
Shirley Becket said the one on Family Search talked about Indexes that are not normally mentioned and she found it very informative. It was titled " Finding Elusive Records on FamilySearch.org.
It had been presented at the RootsTech last February.
I am no longer fluent in the Spanish language as I was 20 years ago. I am sure their Hispanic presentations were as interesting and intriguing.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Review on Libraries in our Region
Libraries in our
Region: An Informative Presentation at the Lemon Grove Genealogy Group
Meeting by Susi Pentico 18 May 2016
Gee. There are a lot of libraries around the San Diego area
that I did not know about before tonight!
The PowerPoint presentation (with live links to library
websites), along with interesting comments and discussion, will certainly
assist in my never-ending search for lost ancestors.
Highlights for me included the San Diego Law Library site.
There are three main law libraries nearby: The San Diego County Law Library
& San Diego County Public Law Library (sandiegolibrary.org), and the
California Western School of Law Library. Researching at a law library could
turn up a black sheep in the family, maybe?
The Chula Vista Library at 4th and F St, Chula
Vista, houses the Chula Vista Genealogy Society resource collection. These
books are for in-library use only, so a road trip is in my near future.
Of course, the nearly-new, very modern San Diego Central
Library is a go-to destination for local genealogists with an entire floor
dedicated to genealogy.
Online site to search the catalog is: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library.
When on this site, click on ‘Library’, then ‘Classic Catalog’ go to ‘All
Fields’, choose ‘Subject Keyword’, type in ‘genealogy’. Here I located at least
20 scrolling pages of results. Better get busy, fellow ancestor seekers.
And this is just a sample of the libraries covered in Susi’s
presentation.
Happy hunting, y’all!
Cindy Teysko
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Rest In Peace Dad You Are Missed
Rest In Peace Dad You Are Missed
Ray Dee Jones Sr was born 19 May 1913 in Waterloo, Iowa area. His parents were Carl Fremont Jones and Victoria Mae Foulk Jones. He was their first child of 6 known children. One dying in infancy, in his arms.
He had tears in his eyes as he told of his baby sister's death. Very hard on a very young man, this event was. He was not 10 years old.
He grew up helping to raise his siblings and putting food on the table. When older he tried to keep
his family together and maintain a family.
I think they all appreciated it after they got past the shock of not all was as they remembered.
Parents sometimes do not think of the children they just spew in front of them causing much hurt and pain for children.
Dad worked on a cattle ranch in Wheatland, Wyoming he married and later worked doing the same in Greybull, Wyo. I was born in Wyoming then we moved to California.
He had 3 more children in California. He worked as a Coast Watcher during the War. Why does no one talk about Coast Watchers? Or C B's.?
He worked hard and was fair and taught us about God and family and respect and to be truthful.
He used to say:" You can talk to God anywhere". He tells us that, is in the Bible. He was taught a lot by the Father's from Boys Town, while he worked on the Diamond Tail Ranch in Greybull, Wyo.
His boss brought back earrings blessed by the Pope for Mom and she said they were to be mine.
I have them now.
He was always going to write the story of his family and life with his siblings. He could share some great stories of what he and his siblings did. Some were very funny and some were a wee sad. Alas he never got them on paper. Now days people can record these stories from their family if the would stop and take the time.
His sister wrote a couple of books and both other sisters wrote awesome poetry. His brother was an artist of great abilities. He carved, painted, wrote, built and designed many things.
Dad died 12 April 1995, joking with his favorite waitress with Mom beside him. Sometimes it is like yesterday. Dad I love you.
Ray Dee Jones Sr was born 19 May 1913 in Waterloo, Iowa area. His parents were Carl Fremont Jones and Victoria Mae Foulk Jones. He was their first child of 6 known children. One dying in infancy, in his arms.
He had tears in his eyes as he told of his baby sister's death. Very hard on a very young man, this event was. He was not 10 years old.
He grew up helping to raise his siblings and putting food on the table. When older he tried to keep
his family together and maintain a family.
I think they all appreciated it after they got past the shock of not all was as they remembered.
Parents sometimes do not think of the children they just spew in front of them causing much hurt and pain for children.
Dad worked on a cattle ranch in Wheatland, Wyoming he married and later worked doing the same in Greybull, Wyo. I was born in Wyoming then we moved to California.
He had 3 more children in California. He worked as a Coast Watcher during the War. Why does no one talk about Coast Watchers? Or C B's.?
He worked hard and was fair and taught us about God and family and respect and to be truthful.
He used to say:" You can talk to God anywhere". He tells us that, is in the Bible. He was taught a lot by the Father's from Boys Town, while he worked on the Diamond Tail Ranch in Greybull, Wyo.
His boss brought back earrings blessed by the Pope for Mom and she said they were to be mine.
I have them now.
He was always going to write the story of his family and life with his siblings. He could share some great stories of what he and his siblings did. Some were very funny and some were a wee sad. Alas he never got them on paper. Now days people can record these stories from their family if the would stop and take the time.
His sister wrote a couple of books and both other sisters wrote awesome poetry. His brother was an artist of great abilities. He carved, painted, wrote, built and designed many things.
Dad died 12 April 1995, joking with his favorite waitress with Mom beside him. Sometimes it is like yesterday. Dad I love you.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Lemon Grove Library Wed 6 t0 8 pm Libraries in our Region
Libraries in our Region
Suspecting few people really know how many libraries are in our region. Also fear they have no idea what those libraries may hold to help people in their historical and genealogical research.
So have put together bits and pieces of some of our libraries. We have County, and City and Law, and other libraries. Yes, I found them.
Wondering how many teachers are aware of what the libraries in our community may offer their students. Have they ever had them come and talk about what their holdings are or may be?
Pondering how many Genealogical or Historical Societies have looked at what local resources have to help move their projects forward.
Discovering it will talk a few talks to cover some of the major possible places people may want to
make sure they do not miss.
Of course, one starts with your own local library and it's many branches, maybe?
Our colleges in the area have some awesome libraries also that carry data on some of their main topics for their students. Yes, those topics are pertinent to your research.
What I did not find was a Medical group with a library.
Come to Lemon Grove and learn some of the things I knew and some of the new things I learned about our regions local libraries.
May 18, 6 pm
Free, always free.
Suspecting few people really know how many libraries are in our region. Also fear they have no idea what those libraries may hold to help people in their historical and genealogical research.
So have put together bits and pieces of some of our libraries. We have County, and City and Law, and other libraries. Yes, I found them.
Wondering how many teachers are aware of what the libraries in our community may offer their students. Have they ever had them come and talk about what their holdings are or may be?
Pondering how many Genealogical or Historical Societies have looked at what local resources have to help move their projects forward.
Discovering it will talk a few talks to cover some of the major possible places people may want to
make sure they do not miss.
Of course, one starts with your own local library and it's many branches, maybe?
Our colleges in the area have some awesome libraries also that carry data on some of their main topics for their students. Yes, those topics are pertinent to your research.
What I did not find was a Medical group with a library.
Come to Lemon Grove and learn some of the things I knew and some of the new things I learned about our regions local libraries.
May 18, 6 pm
Free, always free.
Monday, May 16, 2016
Avunculate Marriages --explained here. Thanks Darrel Hockley
Avunculate Marriages --explained here. Thanks Darrel Hockley
As we are struggling to unscramble inter marrying families, I received this information from Darrel Hockley. He gave permission for me to reprint and show one correction.
No wonder some of the lines are so confusing. Also some of our programs are struggling to deal with this inter linking.
As we are struggling to unscramble inter marrying families, I received this information from Darrel Hockley. He gave permission for me to reprint and show one correction.
No wonder some of the lines are so confusing. Also some of our programs are struggling to deal with this inter linking.
On May 12, 2016, at 10:34 PM, Darrel Hockley via wrote:
> Avunculate marriage is the marriage of an uncle with his niece or an aunt with her nephew. These type of marriages were usually done to keep wealth and property within families. In England before the Reformation, a Papal Dispensation had to obtained for such a marriage to be legal.
> In colonial New Jersey such marriages were declared void in 1682. However avunculate marriages were not made illegal in the neighbouring Province of New York until 1893. (Since 2014 they are once more legal in New York.)
> Now knowing the above, various entries concerning the Woolley/Wooley families make sense as taken from the Trella May Hall Collection located in the Archives at the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
> Edward Woolley, born 16 January 1691/62 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey (some people said he was born in Rhode Island which I believe is wrong), was a son of Edward Woolley (1655 to 1729) and his wife Lydia Allen (1660 to 1742). His older sister was Elizabeth Woolley (1685 to 1723) the wife of Gabriel Stelle (de L'Estoile) (1685 to 1738) of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Elizabeth and Gabriel had a daughter named Lydia "Lida" Stelle who was born in 1709.
> The younger Edward was mentioned in the Will of his father Edward Woolley dated 3 January 1728/29. However, he is not in the Will of his mother which was written on 3 November 1732. Daughter Lydia Stelle is also not named in the Will of her father Gabriel. I believe that sometime in 1729 Edward Woolley the Younger and his niece Lydia Stelle eloped (she was probably pregnant with their son Jehu/John), leaving New Jersey for Dutchess County, New York, where they married (legally) and settled there. Widow Lydia Allen Woolley and Gabriel Stelle did not approve of this marriage and that is why they cut off their respective children from any inheritance.
> Children of Edward and Lydia were:
> Jehu/John Woolley (1729 to 1812)William Woolley (1730 to 1817) married Elizabeth EvartsAbel Woolley (1734 to 1826) married Mary CarterLydia Valeria Woolley (1737 to 1813) married Zephaniah HowardPontius Woolley (1739 to 1814) married Content Palmer
> William Woolley and his wife Elizabeth later moved to Middleton, New Jersey and I believe that it was his descendants that Dr. John E. Stillwell found living in New Bargain Mills, Howell township, Monmouth County, NJ in 1893.
> I do not know what religion Edward Howard and his wife Lydia Steel followed. They were not Quakers as Edward's ancestors were. Lydia's branch of the Stelle/de L'Estoile family were Anglicans. Daughter Lydia Valeria and her husband Zephaniah Howard were Baptists. Son Pontius Woolley probably became a Quaker in order to marry Content Palmer who came from an Connecticut Quaker family. I do not know when Edward and Lydia died.
> Some family historians say that Peter Woolley (born 1732; died unknown) whose wife was Hannah Potter, was also a son of Edward and Lydia (Stelle) Woolley. He was actually the son of Peter Woolley and his wife Mary Tilton. The elder Peter in turn was a son of William Woolley (1662 to 1718) and his wife Ann West of Shrewbury, NJ. Actually Peter Woolley (c.1695 to after 1732) was married three times. His first wife was Margaret Stelle (born 1705; died probably about 1725), the oldest sister of Lydia. His second and third wives were Martha Tilton and Mary Tilton. Young Peter moved to Dutchess County also and had a very close relationship with Abel and Pontius Woolley and with Zephaniah Howard so that made some to think he was a brother to Abel, Pontius, and Lydia Valeria.
> Thus, with none of the Woolley historians knowing about Avunculate marriage - also the idea that an uncle marrying his blood niece would have filled those Victorians with dread about incest - that line of the Woolley family has not been recorded properly.
> Darrel Hockley
> Regina, SK, Canada
>
> Correction is here:
Hello Susi,
Yes, you can print my email, only I have a correction to make, It has been pointed out to me that Lydia Valeria and her husband Zephaniah Howard were Quakers and not Baptists; one of their grandchildren (Chauncey Howard, my ancestor) became at various times a Baptist or a Methodist, depending on where he lived in Illinois.
Darrel Hockley
Regina, SK, Canada
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My request to Darrel
Darrell
May I print your letter in it's entirety on my blog. I think you have opened the door for many people struggling to break brick walls. Awaiting your reply.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Thriller Thursday======== New Source for Information
Thriller Thursday======== New Source for Information
Today I read my mail today. In the email box was a bit of new source information.
It is a book review done by Genealogy Bank--The Official Blog
It covers a topic I have not seen addressed and reminded me of a thought I had
last week about another source not covered. (more to come).
I would love to post the data here but will refer you to their sight.
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Posted: 12 May 2016 08:34 AM PDT
Myron J. Smith, Jr. has done a real service to genealogists by compiling this biographical dictionary of 956 Confederate and Union naval personnel as well as others closely allied to the war effort – politicians, steamboat pilots, government officials and others.
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For further Information go to the above listed site and enjoy.
Yes, it names people, ships, places, events.
Please click this link and learn more.
We had ships in the War against England and all battles since.
Now has anyone addressed our American CB's from WW2?
They were the Construction Battalions that went in before the troops to set up the ground for arrival of our troops. They took very high casualties.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Land Records, Presented, More Here
Last Saturday, I did a presentation on Land Records and Deeds. It is a very solid topic for genealogists.
Different Deeds can tell you different things about the deceased and where you should look for more data. Example if no Will you look one place if Will you look another. You find different information.
O yes, what I forgot in my presentation was the Tomahawk Deeds. A Tomahawk Deed was when a
barren land was found to the settler's liking they would take an axe ie tomahawk and mark the boundaries with their mark. Then they had to go to the nearest land office and report the description of the land and there by get a Land Deed to that property. The marks on the trees and rocks etc were to let another know someone had already picked out that piece of property. Sometimes these
markings lasted the life of the trees and rocks many other times the tree died, was taken down and no one could see the markings made in the beginning.
Today I am going to share another place that has data on Land Records. If your researching in IOWA, be aware they have this site on line for you to browse and potentially use for assistance.
https://iowalandrecords.org/portal/
https://iowalandrecords.org/portal/clris/ShowHomePage
I have not looked to see how many states may have a page /url for you to use in other states.
As located will post the information here for you to use.
You are aware of Grantor and a Grantee position in Land Records?
A Grantor gives or sells the land(building) etc. The Grantee is the receiver of the property.
It was a twist for me for a long time while in college.
Are you aware of the many types of Deeds that can be involved with the change of hands
of the property?
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Treasure Chest Thursday Facebook
Treasure Chest Thursday
We have a great Treasure Chest if we just use it.
Yes, it is free, & it is accessible from home.
It covers: DNA, FAMILY HISTORY, GENETIC GENEALOGY, COUNTIES, STATES, AND SURNAMES.
It even covers the background of various ethnic and religious groups. I suspect that there is very little that this site does not cover.
It has current news data on it also.
What is this site you ask? Facebook.
I have found lost kin, misplaced families due to moves, current family that a death created a separation.
Family has shared photos, documents, details of family events,
There is nothing like learning history at the same time as doing your research so you understand the area at the time your digging.
We had a cousin share a picture of husbands Grandfather we have no pictures of this person.
We have had visits by family we had hunted for 40 years and Facebook put us in touch.
So if you do not want to join the local chatter put various topics in the search box and see how many sites will come up that will help you find kin in an area you are stuck in.
Family lines of ours come from Greene Co. PA, Moravia, Ia and Halifax Co. VA.
We also have kin from old Albany Co. Ny., Mass., New Hampshire, Maine and VT.
I suggest you make a list of the places your stuck on and then find the places on Facebook and some may even be what they call Pages with in Facebook. See if you do not find at least one or more
assistance with your research.
We have a great Treasure Chest if we just use it.
Yes, it is free, & it is accessible from home.
It covers: DNA, FAMILY HISTORY, GENETIC GENEALOGY, COUNTIES, STATES, AND SURNAMES.
It even covers the background of various ethnic and religious groups. I suspect that there is very little that this site does not cover.
It has current news data on it also.
What is this site you ask? Facebook.
I have found lost kin, misplaced families due to moves, current family that a death created a separation.
Family has shared photos, documents, details of family events,
There is nothing like learning history at the same time as doing your research so you understand the area at the time your digging.
We had a cousin share a picture of husbands Grandfather we have no pictures of this person.
We have had visits by family we had hunted for 40 years and Facebook put us in touch.
So if you do not want to join the local chatter put various topics in the search box and see how many sites will come up that will help you find kin in an area you are stuck in.
Family lines of ours come from Greene Co. PA, Moravia, Ia and Halifax Co. VA.
We also have kin from old Albany Co. Ny., Mass., New Hampshire, Maine and VT.
I suggest you make a list of the places your stuck on and then find the places on Facebook and some may even be what they call Pages with in Facebook. See if you do not find at least one or more
assistance with your research.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
May Day, What Do You Remember?
May Day, What Do You Remember?
Being born pre 1950, we celebrated May Day at school all my school years.
Mom helped us gather a flower or two and put it in a piece of newspaper and attach it to a neighbors door.
At school we all had to wind the ribbons around the MayPole. Having taught my children to do the same on May Day, I wonder if they remember? Schools stopped doing it and the tradition died.
Today they imply that it was a Political Event so not allowed.
Here are some links that state it as I remember it, and think it a shame we do not continue to do it.
http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/05/01/what-is-may-day-facts-holiday/
It has to be one of the older celebrated events by peoples everywhere that does not constitute blood shed and pain. It recommends fun and love and caring for others
Going to copy a wee bit from the above site but it would behoove you to click the link and learn more.
"Who doesn’t love a good holiday? While May Day is a celebration that has happened worldwide for centuries, it’s still a little mysterious. Not religious, not secular, it’s a little both, and it’s celebrated every May 1! Click through to find out five important facts about May Day!"
1. There’s a reason why it’s celebrated on May 1 It represents the beginning of summer holiday in pre Christian Europe.
2. It’s been celebrated since the Roman Republic era
It mentions the Goddess of Flowers via Romans, and Gaelic summer festival of Beltrane , still done in areas of ireland today.
3. It changed significantly after the rise of Christianity
It became a more secular, now light hearted and celebrating spring and summer.
I did not find what I was taught about the Maypole on any of the sites. Wonder how the Sister's came up with their comments and said it was to do with Germany and Russian peoples.
4. The holiday is best symbolized by the maypole
(I was taught the weaving of the ribbons were binding people together). I think it really implies alot. As humans we are bound together more than most accept or realize maybe.
5. Germany has the biggest May Day celebration
it represents a pagan Tradition and a celebration of St. WAlburga, who is credited with bringing Christianity to German.. Interesting how one led to the other.
Click the link above and learn about May Day.
What a nice way to wake up in the morning step out the door and find a couple of flowers hanging on your door knob or in a vase. They weaving the colored ribbons together to make us remember we are all one people of many color but blood is the same color inside.
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