The New Year is Upon Us, Are You Ready. The New Year is quickly creeping up on us by leaps and bounds. No Creep in it. Have you set any Genealogical Goals? Did you decide to try something new that may turn the leaf in your genealogy? I had a flash back about four weeks ago and realized I missed a key tidbit with out missing it? Did you understand that statement? I had the data but my concept of its worth was reverse of what was implied. It is always beneficial to work with another and discuss concepts and results with others. Like being so close but so far away, yet it is right in front of your face. Going through old files I used when instructing before much was revieled to me. Yes they may have lived done the road near the tree and the Creek run out back. But what road, tree and creek there are many? Sometimes it is amazing when you back up and re go what will pop up that was there but you did not see. Also have someone else look at it study it and discuss was it up the creek not down, over the hill not around, etc. Multi names to sort is another bugger I dealt with when starting on one line. 5 men in the community area same named, fortunately they were not all the same age. Tax Records, Probates, Wills, Land Records, Newspaper reports and reaching descendants over a 3 year period broke the mangled mess. Sometimes it is the littlest of tidbits that we miss that hold the key. Looking forward to the New Year of really getting answers by trying to not miss the little stuff. BLESSED NEW YEAR

CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS TO ONE AND ALL MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING MORE PEACE AND RESPECT. MAY YOUR YEAR BE MORE FRUITFUL WITH LESS STRESS MAY WE HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER REACH OUT TO HELP WHEN WE CAN EVEN IF IT IS JUST A SMALL GESTURE ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT THAT GESTURE CAN MEAN TO ANOTHER. MORE TOLERANCE, MORE PRAYERS MORE CARING TOWARDS ALL. WE ONLY HAVE ONE EARTH WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THIS GLOBE CALLED EARTH BE NICE TO ACT LIKE IT. MANY BLESSINGS AND HAPPY THOUGHTS FOR YOU ALL. THANKS FOR BEING A RELATIVE, A FRIEND OR AN ACQUAINTANCE.

Belated Blessed Thanksgiving and Hello Christmas Season, Books used in last Class

Being saddened by some news today and I hope Librarians realizse not everyone has a computer or that service. Books are vital for research. They obviously last longer than computer systems that change sometimes yearly. I recently found a book in my sister in laws past possessions that is 150 years old, not a Bible a Hymnal. Lutheran in nature. Now what do we do with it? I suspect it was her Grandfather's book whom was a Lutheran Minister. Yes two more boxes of data to filter through. The side affects are pictures of kin no one knew we had. I think even Mary and MOM P had forgotten about them. More on pictures later. Mom Pentico's father was a minister. He had an appendix attack and died from it 5 days later . 5 days before Mom Louise Jipp Pentico was born. I also have a book in German and unknown what it is. Think it had to do with GG Jipp's being a minister. I love Books because you can re read them and learn something you missed the first time. I can share them with others and swap them for others. So here is the list of books I brought to the last meeting. Virginia Books and Mixed Information Virginia Revolutionary Laand Bounty Warrants. 975.5 w 753 has been retitled from Virginia Revolutionary Land Bounty Warrants by Samuel M. Wilson 1953 It is a Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia to whom Land Bounty Warrants were granted by Virginia for Military Services in the War for Independence. Samuel M Wilson compiled from Official Records in the KENTUCKY STATE LAND OFFICE of FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY Southern Book Company Baltimore 1953 84 pages dark but small print. Having used this book often. You will note not taken from Virginia but Kentucky. Virginia played a major roll in land distribrution from Canada down to Kentucky west to the Midwest and up to Iowa and Ohio and lands in between. The Grant was very large and data was shared with the states that grew out of this Wilderness. Virginia Court Records in Pennsylvania. Records of West Augusta, Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1775-1780 by Boyd Crumrine with Index. 1974 Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. Are you getting the picture? Virginia early covered massive acreage, rivers and lakes. As our country grew other States were created and developed. Some lands many times before final name was stable. So I am asked why you talk about Virginia so much? Because if you came early and you can not find your data it may be in front of you in another region of same massive lands. Also Virginia vied for lands that others claimed and suits had to be settled. SW PA would be one of those regions. WE have not covered PA as a state yet but it was chopped and cut and patched back over time. The above mentioned book is very informative in the development of the border region of Pennsylvania from the eastern side to the western region. The time period covered a semi critical time for the development of the region. Which includes Maryland, today's West Virginia, and Ohio and Virginia. I have found records in the Carolina's and Maryland and all states around Virginia of today from days of long ago. More data to come sorry a situation I could not change but we are fine. See you Tuesday 1 to 3 PM Bonita Sunnyside Library. Bonita CA. SusiCP@cox.net