Family HIstory No. 4. News from Marti Lewis

Members and friends,

The group I had last night at the Family History Center, was the largest group to date.  One of the clients suggested a tour through the different web sites available at the Family History Center. 

So next Thursday evening @ 6:00 p.m. I will be giving instructions on How to Navigate Your Genealogical Research on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Fold 3, Heritage Quest and Narrowing Your Genealogical Research on Google.

At 7:00 p.m. I will present my schedule presentation.

Thanks!

Marti

 

So if you need to learn about these programs share some time at the LDS Library with Margaret(My Friend Marti) Lewis.  I promised her I would share with you all.

SDGS, Randy Seaver Presents

Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

SDGS presents Randy Seaver - back by popular demand!

Session 1:
Probate Records: My Favorite Record Type! 
Probate records are my absolute favorite record type for identifying and proving family relationships.  This presentation describes the overall probate process, the different kinds of probate records, and how to find and obtain probate records in repositories and online record collections.  

Session 2:
Genealogy is Fun! Seriously
Believe it or not, there is a lot of humor in genealogy research ? names, epitaphs, wills, cartoons, videos, poetry, apparel, wisdom, genealogisms, etc. This presentation takes a light hearted look at the best of the genealogy humor sites.

Bio:

Randy Seaver is a native San Diegan. His ancestry is mainly colonial New England and Upper Atlantic, with some colonial German, French and Dutch forebears, and several 19th-century English immigrants. He has been pursuing his elusive ancestors since 1988, and has been online since 1992.

Randy is a former President of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society, and is currently the Newsletter Editor and Research Chair. He speaks to Southern California societies, libraries and groups, and teaches "Beginning Computer Genealogy" adult classes at OASIS.  He is a member of NGS, NEHGS, SCGS, SDGS, CGSSD and CVGS. Randy blogs daily about genealogy subjects at Genea-Musings (www.geneamusings.com) and the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe (http://CVGenCafe.blogspot.com). 

Com enjoy Randy's talks, learn and laugh and have a great time.


Meetings of the San Diego Genealogical Society are held on the second Saturday of each month, except December. Most meetings are held at

St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
8350 Lake Murray Blvd.
(at the corner of Jackson Drive)
San Diego, CA 92119

Meetings begin at 10 a.m. with guest speakers from throughout Southern California and include two presentations on topics of interest to genealogists and family historians of all levels. The meetings, which are free and open to the public, include refreshments and a discussion of Society business. Beginners are always welcome.

Thanks Paul H for this information.------------------------------

Family HIstory Prompt Day 2

Today, the  President of the Society and I wandered the aisles of Michael's to be prepared for the
program in Lemon Grove.

There are so many ways to create a family heirloom for your family to keep and pass on to the next generation.  Non-expensive, easy and fun ways to be involved in your families memories.

Sure you make a meal. present the meal, maybe your favorite type of pie or casserole is what is happening now but wouldn't it be more fun if it was some small item in a box that many people can enjoy.

We will be presenting these ideas at  the Lemon Grove Meeting 15 October 2014.  We have many to share and one you can have fun toying with on your own.

15 October 6 to 8 pm

Preparing for the Holidays.

Creating a Keepsake

Sharing a Story

Mark your calendar for this event.  Everyone will have fun.

Remember to come to this event Saturday this weekend at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library. 4 October 10 to 4 pm

All Day Workshop, Free

Engaging your  family in your Family History.  

This event is being presented by the Seminar Workshop Committee for CVGS.

Topics being presented with hands on time.

1. Keepsakes

2. StoryTelling

bring bag lunch, we will provide water and coffee and tea.

3. Crest, you get to make one.

4.  Pictures and bubbles

5.  Family Chart.

Questions and Answers

Packets provided for your use.

Family History Month Daily Prompt.

Today is the first day of Family History Month.  The first year I was working on line and we had put together a 30 day daily event for attendees to participate in.

It was awesome, people from LDS, NGS, NEHGS, and many other organizations were guest speakers each night for one hour.

Maybe next year we can try this again on Google Plus.

So what did you do for Family History Day today?

I  attended a Workshop Meeting for Saturday's workshop, I Pad would not work so I asked Karen to prompt what we needed to complete since I had also been gone two + weeks.  We are ready? Are you attending?

Then attended a Board Meeting for CVGS.  Some interesting comments battered around, nothing decided though.  Did let the board know I would be working to get more people to bring gifts and food for the Salvation Army project we have done for many, many years.

Wrote a letter to a Family Search Director with a suggestion that was batted around in Blackfoot, ID.
Since it was a question often asked many of us, I decided to ask farther up the chain.

Please come to the Workshop on Saturday. It is FREE.  FREE.  You will receive a working Chart from Janet Hovorka and additional information from the Chula Vista Genealogical Society.

You will be part of a Memory Making Event, hoping you repeat some of this for your own family at Holiday Time.

You will learn how to get your family involved in learning about their own family.  The ideas are really so simple yet unique we hope you will enjoy it as much as we have putting it together.

There will be coffee and light refreshment, an hour for you to have your lunch.

Lastly, Thanks to Janet H's assistance in this we are hoping for a major success. The Chart Chick.

Bonita - Sunnyside Library,  4375 Bonita Rd, Bonita, CA 91902   10 am  to 4 pm

Wyoming, My First Born Home

First picture advertises an office / position in the government.  The welcoming sign to the state was 1/10 that size. I almost missed it and did not get a picture.  POLITICS?

Some things the state offers, good roads, less traffic, congenial people.  Many species of birds and animals to enjoy and keep you healthy too.

I learned that the current Wolf's there are from Canada and they do not even look like the wolves that I knew when young.  Canadian wolves are huge compared to Wyoming wolves, why did the government do that to us?

Took a picture of one stuffed in Museum in Green River, WYO. That stop was very educational, many great books to consider buying for Genealogy.  I bought one on the wives of the outlaws.

More to come on Wyoming History.

Cluster Research Comments

Cluster Research comments that I did not bring up when we discussed the 5 pages of our Beginners Packet.

When doing Census research,  a very wise man told me to go 20 up and 20 down on the census page about 1995.  Shortly after that I learned it was even wiser to check page before and after, just in case.

Especially in rural communities instead of larger towns and cities, this method is wise  to rely on.

I am  going to post a page portion of our genealogy which will give you reason to understand why one needs to search a wee farther in smaller communities because, future mates basically came from with in that very community.

There is a big inter mix of the Hoffman/Huffman, Stewart, Fry kin. Not only in the area of Greene Co. PA but also over to Monroe Co. OH.  Again in Kansas and Iowa and other areas they later migrated to, this happens.

Catherine/Catrouch Frye 1765-1770 - Bef. 1850
............  +Henry Huffman 1740ie- 1812 (will probated Jan 1812)
................... 3   Nancy Huffman pre 1794 VA raised in Greene Co. Pa
............................... m. (s/o James Stewart and Eleanor)
.......................  +David Stewart moved to Monroe Co. Oh
................... 3   Philip Huffman 1794 - 1866
....................... m. (d/o James Stewart and Eleanor)  (The line of HBedient@aol.com)
.......................  +Letitia Stewart 1799 -
............................. 4   Frederick Huffman Abt. 1817 -
............................. 4   Richard Huffman Abt. 1818 -
.................................  +Mary Rees Abt. 1820 -
............................. 4   Hannah Huffman Abt. 1820 -
............................. 4   Rachel Huffman Abt. 1821 -
............................. 4   John Huffman Abt. 1822 - 1911
............................. 4   Nathan Huffman Abt. 1824 -
............................. 4   Elizabeth Huffman Abt. 1826 -
............................. 4   Joseph Huffman Abt. 1828 -
............................. 4   David Daniel Huffman Abt. 1829 –
................... 3  

 Jacob Huffman 1795-7 d 22 Jan 1879 (The line of LEVANS@aol.com) 
                   (The line of bbb2121@earthlink.net)
.......................  +Nancy Mitchell d 13 Jun 1876 also moving to Monroe Co OH
............................. 4   Unknown Huffman
............................. 4   Jane Huffman b 1825
............................. 4   Erasmus Huffman b 1828
............................. 4   Stephen Huffman b 1831
............................. 4   Jacob M. Huffman b 13 Feb 1833   d 16 Dec 1907 
                                        Civil War Vet Co C 2nd WV Cav
.................................  +Mary E. (Truex) Huffman b 5 Mar 1849 d 27 Jul 1922
............................. 4   Roseberry Huffman b 1835
............................. 4   Nancy Huffman b 1837
............................. 4   May Huffman b 1840
................... 3   Joseph Huffman b 6 Jun 1801-stayed in Greene Co PA d 11 Dec 1864 
                   in Greene Co PA (The line of)hsdurbin@yahoo.com (current)
............................... m abt 1835 (d/o William & Sarah Phillips Hunt
.......................  +Sarah Hunt
............................. 4   William Huffman b 5 May 1828 d 20 Feb 1911
.................................  +Margaret Stewart b 6 Feb 1832 d 4 Sept 1909
                   Father: Richard Stewart Mother: Catherine Thomas m 22 Oct 1849
............................. 4   Thomas Jefferson Huffman b 30 Aug 1828 d 27 Mar 1902
.................................  +Caroline Hathaway b: Wash Co PA
                   Father: Jacob Hathaway Mother: Jane  ? m. 27 Dec 1855
............................. 4   Rezin Huffman b 24 Jun 1831 d 4 Oct 1907
.................................  +Sidney Stewart b 20 Jul 1843 d 15 May 1923 m 15 Oct 1859
                   Father: Richard Stewart Mother: Catherine Thomas m: 15 Oct 1859
........................................ 5   Joseph L Huffman b Dec 1858 d 16 May 1932 
............................................  +Sarah Elizabeth Fry 1881
........................................ 5  

See all those crossing over surnames.  The list goes on also.  Neighbors married neighbors and when scanning a census look for all family names you have heard your parents or grandparents mention.
Check for any surnames in the family history, as neighbors, that you have no idea where they came from.

Check School lists, tax lists and land records for whom was the neighbors of who.

Land Records some times give you family stories regarding the purchasers kin. (the early ones)

6 Sept Beginners Workshop 12 - 3 pm Bonita-Sunnyside Library

Saturday 6 September from 12 to 3 pm we are presenting a Refresher and a Beginners Packet for
genealogy, historian researchers.

 We will cover the five basic charts, we chose to use long ago and we will be adding some new charts to the mix.

 We are hoping this will help the new members whom are just learning and the older members and guests that have never seen the Beginners Packet we put together years ago.  We are sad it was dropped and no idea when it was dropped.

There are newer charts found that also increase our abilities when on a computer that Randy Seaver has created that we use you may like to see also.

We will be talking about how to fill out the charts, (always in pencil) until the final draft.
We will be talking about cluster research and maps and various things that will help you when you are working with family histories.

The Beginners Packet will be provided by CVGS.

Save the Date of 4 October for the Major Workshop of fun and learning.  This year it is free.

4375 Bonita Road, CA 91902

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