Today is a day of reflection, and thanks to all the past American's and it's citizens that have fought to make our country free.
We thank those that have gone before so we could be here now.
We thank those that hare here now that we could be here now.
We thank those that are coming so we can still be there then.
From minor skirmish to major battle, it does not matter it is
that you did your part to make us free and keep us free.
Thank You.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Traveling Soon, Ten Should Do's
Ten
Should Do’s to have a great Trip.
Susi Pentico
SusiCP@cox.net
1. Set up the Family Groups, you
are going to work on, it
can/should
be more than one if in same area.
2. Prepare the resource
research papers that you will be using for information, not repeat it later.(better
Sourcing) 1 at least per name
3. Whether library or
relatives home, let them you’re your arriving and about when. (day/morning/afternoon)
4. Notify library of the names you will be working,
Also of the places in their region.
Also of the places in their region.
5. Contact the
Genealogical/Historical Societies before you arrive, the same courtesy, as you
are the libraries.(Names, Dates you will be researching)
6. Contact
any kin you may have in this region, distant or close. Information from
previously unknown distant kin is vital information (it does not have to be
your direct line).
7. Contact any other
researcher that the Library or Societies say are researching your names.
8. Be aware of what the
Court House or Chamber of Commerce may have to offer when you arrive, before
you go.
9. Check on their
newspapers, are they old established or rather new.
10. Now
your ready to pack your bags.
Place the mentioned above information in a binder.
Place the mentioned above information in a binder.
Yes, you
can use a laptop. Be aware that not all places allow laptops, cameras or cell
phones in their building.
Generally, Societies are not that strict unless they have had massive damage from previous researchers. The same applies to pen and pencils, bring lots of pencils.
Remember camera, mini cassette player for audio, extra chip for camera, and other favorites you use.
Generally, Societies are not that strict unless they have had massive damage from previous researchers. The same applies to pen and pencils, bring lots of pencils.
Remember camera, mini cassette player for audio, extra chip for camera, and other favorites you use.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Westmoreland Co. Pa Information Shared
One of the big things when researching in the early developing states is the boundary changes that take place. Many are large big counties and then some of them are shrunk down to so small they almost disappear. Like Philadelphia Co., PA was huge and now basically covers the City and small out lying areas.
So if your researching Westmoreland in 1778 or pre States Establishment you have lots of places to look.
And after establishment of the country you have even more places to look.
Remember early Colonial Records were kept in court houses and England.
The state for this county says look first for early 1729 or so, Lancaster County.
But back up wait a minute. Mr. Penn came to Pennsylvania under a King's Rule.
Western Pennsylvania was developed under the Ohio Company pact under the previous Queen.
Taxes after Penn came and tried to claim western PA was higher, the entire government was handled different. People who migrated into western Pa in the mid 1700's were promised they would not have to do the Church tax of PA and the land taxes of PA etc. The Virginian's signed papers stating they were in Virginia country and Pa was not a ruler there. HA, ha, ha said Penn or his people.
So for western Pennsylvania coming from the east you look at these counties for data.
Lancaster was developed in 1729, it was taken from Chester County, then Cumberland County was developed in 1750, so records could be now found there, then Bedford County is formed in 1771, remembering this is a warring time. Westmoreland County was founded in 1773. Coming from the east and Penn's rule.
Now remember the earlier statement. Virginia already claimed the western portion of Pennsylvania and so people paid tithe and taxes and bought and sold land and goods under Virginia rule. Very different from PA rule.
After much arguing Pennsylvania took over the southwest portion of Pennsylvania by 1783. It was not recognized by Virginian's until almost 1800. I found a deed of land bought in 1760's in VA by a resident that moved to today Greene Co. PA, that sold it under Virginia rule in 1805.
There was a big exodus from sw Pa to Ohio, Kentucky etc when Pennsylvania won the final round for claiming the land and making the state a rectangle. Many signed papers affirming they were Virginian's and wanted no part of Penn's state.
This exodus started by 1800 and was in full swing by 1812. Many of my family made the change between 1810 and 1826.
Going back to remind you Virginia had claim to all the land to the Mississippi with the grant from the Queen, which covered this territory until a state was created and declared valid.
I have kin that had land in both Ohio and PA and were in the process of moving when he died.
He had a Will in both sw PA court and Ohio. The Pennsylvania Line by Iscrupe has good maps and USGENWEB.ORG has moving maps to show the changes of boundaries. There are many good books to read about this part of Pennsylvania.
So if your researching Westmoreland in 1778 or pre States Establishment you have lots of places to look.
And after establishment of the country you have even more places to look.
Remember early Colonial Records were kept in court houses and England.
The state for this county says look first for early 1729 or so, Lancaster County.
But back up wait a minute. Mr. Penn came to Pennsylvania under a King's Rule.
Western Pennsylvania was developed under the Ohio Company pact under the previous Queen.
Taxes after Penn came and tried to claim western PA was higher, the entire government was handled different. People who migrated into western Pa in the mid 1700's were promised they would not have to do the Church tax of PA and the land taxes of PA etc. The Virginian's signed papers stating they were in Virginia country and Pa was not a ruler there. HA, ha, ha said Penn or his people.
So for western Pennsylvania coming from the east you look at these counties for data.
Lancaster was developed in 1729, it was taken from Chester County, then Cumberland County was developed in 1750, so records could be now found there, then Bedford County is formed in 1771, remembering this is a warring time. Westmoreland County was founded in 1773. Coming from the east and Penn's rule.
Now remember the earlier statement. Virginia already claimed the western portion of Pennsylvania and so people paid tithe and taxes and bought and sold land and goods under Virginia rule. Very different from PA rule.
After much arguing Pennsylvania took over the southwest portion of Pennsylvania by 1783. It was not recognized by Virginian's until almost 1800. I found a deed of land bought in 1760's in VA by a resident that moved to today Greene Co. PA, that sold it under Virginia rule in 1805.
There was a big exodus from sw Pa to Ohio, Kentucky etc when Pennsylvania won the final round for claiming the land and making the state a rectangle. Many signed papers affirming they were Virginian's and wanted no part of Penn's state.
This exodus started by 1800 and was in full swing by 1812. Many of my family made the change between 1810 and 1826.
Going back to remind you Virginia had claim to all the land to the Mississippi with the grant from the Queen, which covered this territory until a state was created and declared valid.
I have kin that had land in both Ohio and PA and were in the process of moving when he died.
He had a Will in both sw PA court and Ohio. The Pennsylvania Line by Iscrupe has good maps and USGENWEB.ORG has moving maps to show the changes of boundaries. There are many good books to read about this part of Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Westmoreland County, Pennnsylvania 16 May
Tonight we will be reviewing & finishing our talk on Who is Your Neighbor? Why it is important to learn. We then will move into Westmoreland Co. PA research. This will overlap into some Washington Co. area also since it was all one county at the development. Washington, Fayette and Greene Co were all part of Westmoreland in the beginning.
More fun it was bordering the Virginia Counties in this region.
6 pm to 7:50 Lemon Grove Library, on Broadway behind Anna's Resturaunt, across from St. John's Catholic Church.
Susi's Chatty Performances on Genealogy: Taking on the Big Guys, Lots of Questions? NBC
Neighbors, Who Are They, Why Are They Important - Genealogy Wise
contact me at SusiCP@cox.net
More fun it was bordering the Virginia Counties in this region.
6 pm to 7:50 Lemon Grove Library, on Broadway behind Anna's Resturaunt, across from St. John's Catholic Church.
Susi's Chatty Performances on Genealogy: Taking on the Big Guys, Lots of Questions? NBC
Neighbors, Who Are They, Why Are They Important - Genealogy Wise
contact me at SusiCP@cox.net
Monday, April 30, 2012
Who Are Your Neighbors?
Who Are Your Neighbors?
This is a duel statement. This applies to now and the past. Let's first cover now.
1. Who are your neighbors in genealogical research?
2. Who in the society you belong to are you linked to? Not a clue you say?
3. Are you aware of others researching in the same area as you are? How many are you?
4. Are you duplicating research instead of working as a team?
5. Do you use RootsWeb.com Home Page ?
Now let's cover the past.
1. You have a CENSUS with many names on it, we hope.
2. You may have a WILL with many names on it, At least four or five generally.
3. Apply the steps above to this time era.
4. Who was your ancestor's neighbor?
a. What was his relationship with the neighbors?
b. Did they practice a religion/ faith?
c. What school did their children go to?
d. Where did they buy their durable goods? ie cloth, medical tonics?
c. Do you know the history of their local town?
e. Who were the merchants there?
f. Read about the people of the town and region.
g. Who were the key townspeople of that time?
h. Did they have a mortuary? Or did they let the Doctor
handle the burial detail?
i. Did they have a Doctor, lay medical person?
j. Did they have a grist Mill?
h. Live near a river or lake?
i. What was their terrain like?
1a. Flat, hilly, steep, rocky, little or no trees or many trees.
Come to the class and learn why all these things are important in your research, especially when we
digging for missing clues and links.
2 May Lemon Grove Library, 8073 Broadway, Lemon Grove, 91945 6 to 8 p m.
It sets behind the Anna's Rest. in the back of the court area.
All Rights Reserved by Susi Pentico
This is a duel statement. This applies to now and the past. Let's first cover now.
1. Who are your neighbors in genealogical research?
2. Who in the society you belong to are you linked to? Not a clue you say?
3. Are you aware of others researching in the same area as you are? How many are you?
4. Are you duplicating research instead of working as a team?
5. Do you use RootsWeb.com Home Page ?
Now let's cover the past.
1. You have a CENSUS with many names on it, we hope.
2. You may have a WILL with many names on it, At least four or five generally.
3. Apply the steps above to this time era.
4. Who was your ancestor's neighbor?
a. What was his relationship with the neighbors?
b. Did they practice a religion/ faith?
c. What school did their children go to?
d. Where did they buy their durable goods? ie cloth, medical tonics?
c. Do you know the history of their local town?
e. Who were the merchants there?
f. Read about the people of the town and region.
g. Who were the key townspeople of that time?
h. Did they have a mortuary? Or did they let the Doctor
handle the burial detail?
i. Did they have a Doctor, lay medical person?
j. Did they have a grist Mill?
h. Live near a river or lake?
i. What was their terrain like?
1a. Flat, hilly, steep, rocky, little or no trees or many trees.
Come to the class and learn why all these things are important in your research, especially when we
digging for missing clues and links.
2 May Lemon Grove Library, 8073 Broadway, Lemon Grove, 91945 6 to 8 p m.
It sets behind the Anna's Rest. in the back of the court area.
All Rights Reserved by Susi Pentico
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Citing Sources Information
Citing Sources Information by Susi
Over on this web site at this url you will find a talk about how to help capture and source some of your work if your just starting out.
Over on this web site at this url you will find a talk about how to help capture and source some of your work if your just starting out.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Northampton County was settled in 1720 and county was created in 1752 from taking land from then Bucks County. Be aware Bucks County boundaries have changed.
Early maintained records on film, in the 1700's are: Deeds 1752, Mortgages 1752, Orphan's Court 1752, Survey and Warrants 1734. Also on film are: Tax's 1761,Will's 1752, Election Returns 1756, and many kinds of Militia and Provincial Officers 1729 for them.
According to the Pennsylvania Line by Iscrupe there is data you can retrieve from the Library of Congress. I have used it once for a landowner map. Northampton Co. #779 for 1860 is for this county.
You write to to the L of C for a quote and send back the form with the fees to the L of C and then you wait several weeks to receive your map.
They the L of C has also topographical maps to help study the lay of the land as to whether kin went up a valley or down a river, stream to reach the next area. I love using maps.
I use a map to carry with me and it has the various names in various colors to designate where I find the lines. Then you can mark the way they possibly took to reach their new destination.
George Schweitzer, showed us on a big wall map how he tracked his line to Missouri doing this many years ago and it was a lasting impression. Better still if you have a blank spot you can check where along that trail they may have lost someone or some one decided to stay and not go forward. Yes, sometimes they even turned around and went back to where they came.
There are many great resources for this county. They produced 5 books on the History of this county:
1856, 1877, 1879, 1920, 1926, and 1953. There are Family histories, Bible, Directories, Delayed birth, Cemetery, Atlas, DAR, and other Military records for the finding. I like that they have filmed the Provincial Officers for 1729, 1785-6. The later a time for transition for this county. Remember early you may need to look at records in England prior to the creation of the United States.
Seven known types of religions have been recorded. There are libraries to research in besides the Historical Society's. Moravian Archives Library in Bethlehem is one.
It would be awesome if those researching in this area would share any new sources they have found to help other researchers. It would also be great if you have a favorite url to use if that was shared for people to learn of also.
Also advocating you use the rootsweb lists for places and names to help in your research. The PaGenweb.org site ie usgenweb.org converted has a place to post queries people should use.
Having gotten replies from queries that are more than 15 years old I can tell you they work.
Remember the boundaries change as more people moved in creating more counties so where to look is going to have a big consequence in your research if your looking in one area and not the other.
Remembering that it was bound on the north by New York, the NW by the Indian Lands, Berks to the SW and W, Bucks County to the South, and a wee portion of Philadelphia on the SW corner at the time of it's creation.
Information is personally learned from research and the usgenweb.org, pagenweb.org, various books on hand. The Pennsylvania Line by Iscrupe, Pennsylvania Genealogical Research by George Schweitzer, The Source, Written Sources by Ancestry and various other books on my shelves. Also by speakers whom have spoke on this area in talks.
http://www.northamptonctymuseum.org/index.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njdlvgc/
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