Genealogy

UPDATED: New US Research Resources

2010-09-14T01:17:00.000-07:00

First, I'm happy to hear that Linkpendium is expanding, in a big way. Moving beyond the excellent classified links pages, they are adding a super-fast search engine as we speak. I'll add a link once it's a bit more public. http://linkpendium.com/

UPDATE: Search engine is now open for business; new states being added daily. See http://laboratory.linkpendium.com/ and check back frequently.

Next, a wonderful project for anyone with South Carolina ancestry, or American slave roots. The Restore the Ancestors Project is is a collaboration between Footnote.com, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, FamilySearch and Lowcountry Africana, to digitize every surviving estate inventory for Colonial and Charleston South Carolina from 1732 to 1872, as well as selected Bills of Sale for the same period, in a FREE collection.

When the project is complete, the names of more than 30,000 enslaved ancestors from Charleston and surrounding counties will be restored to history in a free online collection, preserved for generations to come.

They are still taking volunteers onboard, so check them out! http://www.restoretheancestors.com/

Proving the Baysingers in the Alsace

2010-08-15T02:54:00.000-07:00

So far, we're short of proof of the Baysinger/Basinger/Bissinger/Besingers in the Alsace, at least for the Jacob line. Why I'm working on this now -- Bas Rhin Parish Records are now online. See http://alsachat.net/wiki/index.php/AlsaceArchivesBas-Rhin for more information.

What I know: Johann Peter BOSINGER/Boesinger b. 1750, son of Jacob Baysinger and Margaret Laemmer. Where? I've read most of the Oberbetschdorf B 1736-1756 book, looking for him. He is not there born in 1750.

We started in Betschdorf, because Susanna BOESINGER (1744-1829, d/o Jacob of Hermersweiler and Margaret LAEMMER) married Phillip Henry MARZOLF (weaver, s/o Johan Philip MARZOLF and Maria Catherina HOLTZMANN) there in 1777.

So it would be good to find that marriage record!

However, The Communities of Alsace A-Z tells me that Betschdorf only came to be named that in the early 1970s. Before, there were the villages of Niederbetschdorf (variant: Niderbetzdorff) and Oberbetschdorf (variant: Oberbetzdorff), Kuhlendorf (German: Kühlendorf; variant: Külendorff), Reimerswiller (German: Reimersweiler) and Schwabwiller (Latin: Suabwilare; German: Schwabweiler; variants: Schwobweiller, Schwoweiler). So all these places need to be searched, as well as Hermersweiler, Kutzenhausen, and Prueschdorf, which have all been mentioned various places.

I would like to get these references pinned down to documentation, and hope to begin that here and on the Baysinger list and boards.

LDS has:

Kirchenbuch, 1665-1792 Evangelische Kirche Oberbetschdorf (Kr. Weißenburg)

Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882 Oberbetschdorf (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil * too late to be useful for now

Registres paroissiaux, 1759-1817 Eglise catholique. Paroisse de Niederbetschdorf (Bas-Rhin) * too late to find J. Peter's birth

Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1922 Niederbetschdorf (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil * too late

Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882 Kuhlendorf (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil * too late

Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882 Reimerswiller (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil * too late

Les recensements de Schwabwiller : 1836-1841, 1846-1851, 1856, 1861, 1866 Meyer, Valérie * too late

Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882 Hermerswiller (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil * too late

Index: Kutzenhausen : église Catholique étrangers à la paroisse cités entre 1713 et 1793 Jacques, Bernard

Kirchenbuch, 1714-1792 Evangelische Kirche Kutzenhausen (Kr. Weißenburg)

Kutzenhausen : église Catholique Jacques, Bernard

Kutzenhausen mariages Protestants Luthériens : 1714 - 1792 : Feldbach, Hoelschloch, Lobsann, Merkwiller, Niederkutzenhausen, Oberkutzenhausen Schneider, Anne Louise

Preuschdorf : mariages Protestants Luthériens 1660-1792 : Goersdorf, Kutzenhausen, Lampertschloch, Mitschdorf Schneider, Anne Louise

Registres paroissiaux, 1713-1797 Eglise catholique. Paroisse de Kutzenhausen (Bas-Rhin)

Civil records are also available for Kutzenhausen, but too late to be immediately useful.

Emery SCHELL's World War I Service

2009-04-20T02:58:00.000-07:00

According to Eastman's Online Genealogy,

World War I Veterans' Records now Available at State of Washington's Digital Archives

The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1996 - 2009 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com

The Washington state Digital Archives has a new program allowing people to access records of about 48,000 World War I veterans from Washington. Copies of World War I Service Statement Cards from 1917 to 1919, recently indexed by Washington Historical Records Project volunteers, are now available and searchable online at the Digital Archives. The United States War Department had originals of the cards, and copies were provided to the Washington State Auditor many years ago.

Information contained in the records includes full name, serial number, race, place inducted, place of birth, unit assignments, ranks attained, engagements fought in, wounds received, dates served overseas, date of demobilization, and degree of disability (if any). Volunteer Sam Cagle has provided added value to the records with a glossary that fully identifies the many military abbreviations used in the records.

To search, go to http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/TitleInfo.aspx?TID=640. For more information on the World War I Service Statement Cards and related records, contact the Washington State Archives at (360) 586-1492 or visit its Web site at http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/archives_state.aspx.

Here is my Grandmother Elsie SCHELL COWAN's brother Emery's record

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it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - e.e cummings

Maps of Scotland

2009-02-26T01:07:00.000-08:00

Maps of the Counties of Scotland, 1580-1928: http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/counties.html. All their Maps of Scotland: http://www.nls.uk/maps/

Gateway to Scotland, Geography Department, University of Edinburgh: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html

Not quite a map, although there is a clickable map, and not quite a gazeteer either. The Statistical Accounts of Scotland, 1791-1835 are searchable by placename for free: http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Ignore logging in and go to the bottom option, Browse Scanned Pages. If you want to use the clickable map, you will have to create an account (free) and login.

Britrail British Travel Shop, New York City, phone 1-800-677-8585

Your Maps Online: http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk
150 English maps (12 Scots) and etchings available for download; also maps scanned onto CDs for sale

Old Ordnance Survey Maps: http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/

Old Maps - 19th century Ordnance Survey maps. Search by place name, address, coordinate, or use the gazetteer: http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

OS Landranger Series, 1.25 inch/ mile, (1:50,000) covers towns, villages, and some farms.

OS Pathfinder Series, 2.5 inch/ mile, (1:25,000) "covers less area, so you must be reasonably sure of where the farm is located. It will show you details down to the fences and includes place names. If the farm has become derelict over the years, it may not show up on either of these, because the maps are current. If you are looking for a farm that was active in say the early 1800's, you may want to consider older/Victorian maps." Susan, in a post to SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com 15 Jan 1999.

Ordnance Survey Street Atlases - scale is 3.5 inches to the mile, cheap (£10 or $17 in paperback)
Two for Scotland: Glasgow and West Central Scotland, Edinburgh and East Central Scotland. "But they cover a wide area, with rural as well as urban detail.... Edinburgh ... includes southern Fife (including Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy); most of Clackmannanshire; most of Stirlingshire; West Lothian; Midlothian; East Lothian; and, of course, Edinburgh.
ISBN for the Edinburgh atlas is 0-540-06181-6." Iain Sommerville, in a post to SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com 16 Sep 1998.

Ordnance Survey products: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it. - William James

Walter COWAN's property in Puslinch, Ontario

2009-01-18T16:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks to cousin Diana Roth, who pointed me to the Lot Histories of the Puslinch Historical Society, at http://puslinch.bravepages.com/

RG L29
Juniper Hill Farm

In 1848 owned by James Durand, and sold to We McKenzie. In 1849 it was sold to Walter Cowan Sr. In 1851 census, Walter Cowan from Scotland age 35, with wife Margaret, age 30, and son Walter, age 9. [I wonder if they rented the farm from 1832-1849?]

In 1886 the deed was transferred to son Walter Scott Cowan. Walter Cowan Sr. had built stone house. Mr. Kennedy was the mason. There was a spring fed creek in rear. Orchard east of barn. Well behind house 187' deep.

Walter Cowan Jr. m. Annie McPherson of l.8 RG
1. Margaret 1870-1961 m. Hugh McAninch [Hugh of F1 L21]
2. Alex 1881-1963 m. Margaret Naismith
3. Jean 1883-1945 m. John Sawyer of l. 19 FF
4. Wm. 1887 d. infancy
5. Mary 1888 m. James Blake of l. 19 FG
6. James 1885-1948 m. Clara Naismith
7. Thomas 1890-1970 m. Elsie Scheol (sic) [Elsie Schell]
8. Walter 1892-1950 m. Hetty Holden Vancouver

1916 Angus McDonnell, who had been in gold fields, then in real estate in Vancouver where he lost heavily. He met Cowans from Crieff and he traded his house in Vancouver for the Cowan farm at Crieff! [ed. I have never heard this story! So interesting]

Mrs. McDonnell was Helena Fraser from Glengarry (Greenvale, near Alexandria) The McDonnell kids ran up the back stairs and down the front stairs. There was glass in the doors between two rooms and the brothers would tease their sister to distraction. On one occasion she threw a whisk at one of them and it broke a pane in the glass. She got sent to bed, and her brothers got off Scott free! Her brothers would steal apples from the orchard behind Mackay's house (and Geordie would chase them).

Macdonnell Family included Fairbanks, Fraser, Idea who taught at #12; m Donald Barbels, Stewart lived in Guelph, Clover - born in Puslinch; lived in Stratford. Golden - born in Puslinch; lived in Brantford.

The McDonnells left in the late thirties; Jochimach who rented the farm to the Maltby family in
the early forties and sold to Pettigrew in 1946.

Robert Pettigrew & Dorothy with their daughter Margaret and her husband John Griesbach came c1946 also brother Bob Pettigrew. Griesbach children, Judy, Joan, Jayne, and John. John and Marg Griesbach continued until 2000 and sold.

I'm not able to find the lot references for Annie McPherson, John Sawyer, and James Blake. I'll inquire to the Historical Society.

Hugh McAninch: from http://puslinch.bravepages.com/Con1pt1.htm

F1 L21

...1906 John McAninch m. Jane McPhatter 1853-1932
1. Hugh m. Margaret Cowan [my grandpa's sister Margaret 'Grett'. They lived in Seattle for many many years.]
2. Nelson 1880-1961 m. Marie Jamieson
3. Jane Ann 1882-1957 m. Fred Roszell
4. John James m.
5. Matthew went to Kindersley SK
6. Charlotte (Lottie) m. Alex Harbottle

The McAninches retired to Morriston in 1915.

More about the McAninchs: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/cowan-mcaninch-connection.html

The WWII Enlistment file for Hugh McAninch & Margaret Cowan's son Walter: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/wwii-enlistment-file.html

Walter Cowan's oldest son James, who never lived in Juniper Hill Farm, in 1901: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/james-cowan-wellington-1901-census.html

Cowans in the Wellington County Atlas: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/cowans-in-wellington-county-historical.html

Other related Cowans: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/four-cowan-families-by-jennie-f-cowan.html

Ontario Cowans in 1871: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/ontario-cowans-1871-census.html

Cowans and Neighbors 1911 Puslinch, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/cowans-and-neighbors-1911-puslinch.html

Early Canadian Cowan Marriage Bonds: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/cowan-marriage-bonds-in-upper-and.html

Great-great-grandfather Walter Cowan's brother William: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/william-cowan-settled-in-delaware.html

Confusing -- Biography of Hector Cowan of Stamford, New York, who must be ours, but how does he fit in? http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/hector-cowan-biography.html

Cowan Burials in Bovina, Delaware Co. NY USA: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/cowan-burials-in-bovina-delaware-co-ny.html

The Cowan list and Message Board are useful, at least for searches: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~valorie/Cowan-L.htm

Also, I've started a GoogleGroup just for the Scottish Cowans. If you are part of the family and are researching, *please* join. It's very low-traffic, and ONLY about our Scots Cowans. http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/scottish-cowans-googlegroup.html

As always, I welcome additions, corrections and other feedback.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. - Theodore Roosevelt

Meyer's Orts online, and FREE!

2008-06-03T01:35:00.000-07:00

Ancestry has put Meyers Orts online, searchable, and FREE! This is they way they describe it:

This database contains Meyers Geographical and Commercial Gazetteer of the German Empire (or Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs in German). [One can] use it to locate place names in German research. ...Originally compiled in 1912; this is the gazetteer to use because it includes all areas that were part of the pre-World War I (WWI) German Empire. Gazetteers published after WWI may not include parts of the Empire that were lost to bordering countries. Overall, this gazetteer includes more than 210,000 cities, town, hamlets, villages, etc.

Meyers Orts at Ancestry: http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1074

Thanks to Barbara A. H. Nuehring who reported this exciting resource to the Pfalz list, saying, "it is not the easiest resource to use, but worth every minute of working your way through it. What is really nice about the digital image is that you don't need a magnifying glass -- you can zoom in to read the information about the town/village."

Barbara adds, "How to Use the Meyers Gazetteer and Handwriting Guide: German Gothic are FHL Research Guides in PDF format that can be downloaded from http://www.familysearch.org. And of course, it is also helpful to have a German-English dictionary close at hand."

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. - Jim Rohn

Danish Research

2008-03-02T14:55:00.000-08:00

Sometimes your Swedes may have come from Denmark originally, married a Dane after emigration, or emigrated through Denmark. Here are some resources, generously collected by Arne Hansson on the Swedestoo list.

Arne's note: Copenhagen in Danish is "København". In Swedish, it is Köpenhamn. To use the character "ø", copy and paste it from here, if you have difficulties creating an "ø" on your keyboard.

Danish Demographic Database: http://ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm

Danish digitized churchbooks: http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/ (similar to Genline for Swedish research). Both are run by the Danish State Archives. Press the button English flag to the left to get English. Both sites are free if you register.

DIS-Danmark: http://www.dis-danmark.dk/dis-english.asp - the site for Danish researchers online.

Danish Emigration Archives: http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3

Transitioning from Family Researcher to Professional Genealogist

2007-12-23T20:23:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth Shown Mills' 10-point blueprint that would provide solid grounding and enhanced skills for any genealogist who is making or considering the transition from "family researcher" to "professional." (extracted from post to Transitional-Genealogists-Forum list, 19 Dec 2007: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM/2007-12/1198123606

TOTALLY FREE:

1. http://www.bcgcertification.org
Read all the "Skillbuilding" articles, study all the work samples, and do the "Test Your Skills" module at the Board for Certification of Genealogists website.

BASE-LEVEL STUDY:

2. Greenwood, Val D. Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. 3d ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001.
Amazon: $29.95 or used from $14.95.

Read Greenwood from cover to cover--several times or until you feel you have well learned its content. For three decades, this has been the leading textbook for genealogical study, and Greenwood has kept it up to date. It's big, but easily digestible. This is the textbook for the NGS Home Study course and is the equivalent of Samford IGHR's Course 2 (Intermediate Genealogy).

3. Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001.
Amazon: $35.96 or used from $25.88.

For skillbuilding (as opposed to building a business practice), focus first on these chapters:
1 "Defining Professionalism," Donn Devine, J.D., CG, CGI
14 "Problem Analyses and Research Plans," Helen Leary, CG,CGL, FASG
15 "Research Procedures," Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS, CGL
16 "Transcripts and Abstracts," Mary McCampbell Bell, CLS, CGL
17 "Evidence Analysis," Donn Devine
18 "Research Reports," Elizabeth Shown Mills
20 "Proof Arguments and Case Studies," E. S. Mills
23 "Family Histories," Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG
24 "Lineage Papers," Mary Bell & Elisabeth Schmidt, CLS

4. Mills, E. S. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007.
Amazon: $38.81 or used from $34.98. DOWNLOAD from http://www.footnote.com, $24.95.

Thoroughly study the first two chapters (ca. 90 pages of the 885 pp. total):
1 Fundamentals of Evidence Analysis
2 Fundamentals of Citation

(These are not the same as chapters 1 and 2 of the little 1997 "briefcase edition" of Evidence.)

5. The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual. Provo: Ancestry, 2000.
Amazon: $13.56, used from $12.45.

Read *all* of the standards, starting with the Genealogical Proof Standard. Examine the appendixes for the models they provide.

MORE ADVANCED STUDY:

6. (for Methodology)
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1987-to date. **Study** the case studies in every issue you can get your hands on. It does not matter what family or what region the case study deals with. You are studying it for techniques and methods. Almost every library with a genealogical collection, as well as many university libraries, have NGSQ. At http://www.worldcat.org you can identify libraries in your region that carry it. NGS has also begun to put back issues online at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org, if you are a member.

7. (for Methodology)
Rising, Marsha Hoffman, CG, FASG. The Family Tree Problem Solver.
Cincinnati: Family Tree Books, 2005. Amazon: $13.59. Used from $12.48.

8. (for Sources)
Luebking, Sandra Hargreaves, and Loretto D. Szucs, The Source. 3d ed. Provo: Ancestry, 2006).
Amazon: $79.95, used from $54.32.

GROUP STUDY:
9. If you live within driving distance of other serious genealogists, consider starting a study group along the Litchman Model that has been discussed over the years in various NGS and APG forums. Basically: the groups that follow the Litchman Model meet monthly, choose a case study (usually from NGSQ) for each month's meeting, require participants to read the assigned case study at least three times, make notes, and come prepared to discuss the methodology, sources, and strengths and weaknesses in the research or analysis. Check the APG-L archives for discussions particularly by the late Ken Aitken regarding his group.

SCHOLARSHIPS:
10. Scholarships and awards to attend conferences and institutes (typically in the $500 range) are available through several genealogical channels, particularly these:

A. ASG Scholar Award (for attendance at either IGHR or NIGR)
http://www.fasg.org/asg_scholar_award.html

B. BCG Education Fund Scholarship (for attendance at IGHR, NIGR, NGS Conference, or FGS Conference)
http://www.bcgcertification.org/educationfund/index.html#SCHOLAR

C. IGHR Jean Thompson Scholarship (to attend IGHR)
http://www.samford.edu/schools/ighr/IGHR_scholarship.html

D. NGS Family History Writing Contest (to attend NGS Conf)
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comfamhist.cfm

E. NIGR Richard Lackey Scholarship (to attend NIGR)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nigraa/

New! A list just for those transitioning from hobbyist genealogy to professional: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM, at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM.html

Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in A Massachusetts County, 1649-1699

2007-10-09T20:59:00.000-07:00

Cleverly titled Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in A Massachusetts County, 1649-1699 by Roger Thompson (University of Massachusetts Press; 1986) is a readable socialogical look at the lives of adolescents, married people, families and communities in early Puritan Massachusetts. The stories are drawn from early court records, and are very engagingly written for a socialogy treatise. Some very nice punning. :-)

Anyone with Puritan ancestors will find the stories interesting, and the conclusion that our pious ancestors were not so dour and rigid as we might think.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. - Albert Einstein

Rootsweb, and how to Use it

2007-08-05T19:12:00.000-07:00

How to search the mailing list archives: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/searching-list-archives-by-joan-young.html

List Archives: start at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ to browse, or click the Search link to search one or all of the Rootsweb lists. http://lists.rootsweb.com/ if you don't know what list you want.

Formulaically - Archiver (browse): http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/LISTNAME

One wonderful tool Rootsweb has, that many people fail to use, is the Post-Em. You can place Post-Ems on individual records found in WorldConnect, the Social Security Death Index, User-Contributed Databases, and some of the other available vital records databases.

Don't forget to register your research interests in the Rootsweb Surname List. If you have a website, add a link to the RootsWeb Resource Pages. If you don't have a website yet, get one! Once you have created it, register it.

Search all of Rootsweb with Google, by clicking Advanced Search, filling in your search terms, and then putting rootsweb.com into the line 'Domain: ONLY return results from the site or domain.' Shortcut - put your search term(s) then site:rootsweb.com, like this: searchterm site:rootsweb.com . If you wanted to search all of freepages, you could use: searchterm site:freepages.rootsweb.com .

Joan Young recently published an article in Rootsweb Review which highlighted a number of oft-forgetten little useful tools at Rootsweb. Read the article for more detail, but here are links to some of them:

Getting started in your research: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.fhsearch

Relationship chart: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/chart_relations.htm

And Kinship (or Consanguinity) Chart: http://www.rootsweb.com/~longstrt/consangu.html

Free PDF Ancestral Charts, Research Calendars, Research Extracts, Correspondence Records, Family Group Sheets, Source Summaries, U.S. Census Forms, 1790-1930 (plus 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules and 1890 Veterans Schedules), and UK and Canadian Census Forms: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/get_started/charts_forms.html

Official dates of U.S. censuses: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm#Official

Understanding Soundex: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm#Soundex

RootsWeb's Soundex Converter: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter

Acronyms and Abbreviations: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/acronyms.htm

Town-County finder will tell you which county or counties in the state had towns by that name. If you are not sure of the state but have a town name, type in the town and leave the state blank and you will get a list of all the states in which towns by this name are found: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi

RootsWeb County Finder - Type in the county name and leave the state blank to obtain a list of all the states with counties of a specific name: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/county.cgi

Hint for those using Outlook Express to read Rootsweb list digests: To read inline, instead of displayed as separate attachments, highlight the first Digest item which is called ATT, then hold down the control key and click on the F3 key while still holding down the control key to open the message source. Maximize it, and you will then be able to read the entire Digest as a continuous document.

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come; you have to get up and make them. - Madame C. J. Walker

Genealogy, or Family History?

2007-08-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

I read a wonderful comment today on Dick Eastman's site, by Geoff Riggs

...Genealogy is the bones - gathering of the facts about ones ancestors such as names, dates, places. Family History is 'putting the flesh on the bones' - finding the stories, history, geography, and so forth that shaped the lives of our ancestors.

Rudyard Kipling wrote:
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who

I added a second verse to this some years ago:
For pure Genealogists
'Who, When and Where?' suffice
But Family Historians>
Add 'Why, What, How?' for spice

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient. - Eugene S. Wilson

Word of the Day: Prosopography

2007-08-03T15:38:00.000-07:00

Prosopography:: the study of collective biography, for individuals of a certain group (social class, profession, time frame, geographic origin, etc.). By accumulating data on individuals in a group, one learns more about the group. The term may have been coined by anthropologists but it is widely used among medieval historians, particularly social historians. - Nathaniel Taylor, ntaylor@fas.harvard.edu
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randyj2222/gendictp.html; Prosopography is an important methodological tool within historical research, its goal being the collection of all known information about individuals within a given period, often in the form of a register or database (frequently also known as a "Prosopography", e.g. The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopography

Thanks to Sharon Sergeant of the APG list for introducing me to this term. She references Mel Wolfgang's presentation Researching 'Birds of a Feather': How Prosopography, Cluster Studies, and Record Linkage Techniques Can Help Put New Leaves On Your Family Tree, which she says, "drew unending raves from attendees, who were previously scratching their heads about the word prosopography." The lecture was in 2006 Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC) annual seminar. http://www.jonathansheppardbooks.com/lecturelist.htm

Sharon says, "Mel continues providing his eye-opening techniques at the PMC in Fort Wayne with If You Think You've Looked Everywhere... It's Time to Think Again
http://apgen.org/conferences/

What a grand term for the enduring principle to get around brick walls in research -- if you can't go back, you must go wide, and research kith, kin, co-workers, fellow church members, neighbors, the community, and all in-law connections.

You can access Sharon's post in the list archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/APG/2007-08/1186146630

Nothing we do changes the past. Everything we do changes the future. - Joan Chittister

William Briggs DISNEY's son George Luther Granville and his descendants

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William Briggs DISNEY 1853-1912 had children by 1. Mary WALTERS:

Foresman lists Hester as the first child, with no dates, but I see no evidence of her (note at end of post). Roy Lee DISNEY will be covered next. My great-grandmother Minnie DISNEY is covered here: John BAYSINGER, Viola, Minnie and children

I. George L. G. (Luther Granville) Disney is 6 in the 1880 census, born in Arkansas. Foresman says he born 1873, and I think he must have been named for his uncle George Luther DISNEY. He married Ava Marie WELSH 1896, and had sons Cecil (1898-1980, born Illinois) and Luther Granville (1906-1965). I can't find him after 1920, so perhaps he died between 1920 & 1930.

The Illinois Marriage database has a listing for: DISNEY, GEORGE marrying WELSH, NORA ELLEN on 10/24/1896. Vol. 00E page 43 in WARREN County, IL.

1900 United States Federal Census
(index spelling correction submitted to Ancestry)
Name: Geo L Disoney
Home in 1900: Berwick, Warren, Illinois
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Arkansas
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Ava E
Race: White

Household Members:
Name Age
Geo L Disoney 26
Ava E Disoney 18
Cecil S Disoney 2

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Berwick, Warren, Illinois; Roll: T623 350; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 82. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

By 1910 George is listed as widowed:

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George Disney
Age in 1910: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Arkansas
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas
Home in 1910: Greenbush, Warren, Illinois
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
George Disney 35
Cecil S Disney 12
Luther W Disney 4

So Ava died somewhere between 1906 and 1910. George had two sons with her, Cecil S. born 11 Aug 1898, married Ella Carolyn PAULSON 21 Jun 1929 and Luther Granville born 15 May 1906, married Evelyn DEWEY 27 Jan 1934, died 25 Feb 1965, dates according to Foresman.

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Greenbush, Warren, Illinois; Roll: T624_332; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 105. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.

By 1920, George has remarried (Hattie) and is living with Cecil and Luther in North Dakota.

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: George L Disney
Home in 1920: Tower City, Cass, North Dakota
Age: 45 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Alabama (I clearly see Arkansas)
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Hattie
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 841

Household Members:
Name Age
George L Disney 45
Hattie Disney 26
Cecil Disney 22
Luther Disney 13

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Tower City, Cass, North Dakota; Roll: T625_1332; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 841. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

I haven't as yet found George in the 1930 Census, but I think I found Cecil. If so, he had married shortly before to Ella Carolyn PAULSON, 21 Jun 1929 according to Foresman, but times were hard.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Ceil Disney
Home in 1930: Buffalo, Cass, North Dakota
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Race: White

Household Members:
Name Age
Emilie Taugner 65
Ceil Disney 33

The problem with this entry is that this man is marked as single.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Buffalo, Cass, North Dakota; Roll: 1733; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 99.0. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

On the other hand, this seems to be Luther, for sure:

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Luther Disney
Home in 1930: Grant, Winnebago, Iowa
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1907
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Race: White

Household Members:
Name Age
William Peck 32
Gerthie Peck 29
Eveline I Peck 10
Briselle Peck 9
Glaydes Peck 8
Edna Peck 6
Glenn Peck 5
Donald Peck 2
Junior Peck 7/12
Luther Disney 23

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Grant, Winnebago, Iowa; Roll: 688; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 444.0. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Cecil Stewart (Stanley?) DISNEY, born 11 Aug 1898, m. Ella Carolyn PAULSON 1929, died Oct 1980, according to the SSDI. His last residence and last benefit were both to Detroit Lakes, Becker Co. MN 56501. Cecil and Ella had 5 children:

1. Irene Francis DISNEY, born 30 Dec 1930, married 21 Jun 1949 Melvin ULRICH, son William.
SSDI: IRENE F ULRICH, 28 Dec 1930-27 May 2006. Last residence: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co. MN 56537. Last benefit: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co. MN 56537. SSN: 502-22-3439, issued North Dakota.
2. Delfield J. DISNEY, born 29 Apr 1933, married 26 Nov 1964, N. KAISER, died 10 Apr 1993, Hubbard Co. MN (wife Juanita?) *
3. June Inanda DISNEY, born 20 Nov 1935, married 15 Oct 1955, J. TOMLINSON
4. Sonja Marie DISNEY, born 25 Sep 1943, married 1 Sep 1962, William SELCK, still living in MN
5. Marvin Stewart DISNEY, born 11 Sep 1947 Becker Co. MN, apparently still living in MN

*Ancestry has a record for: Delfield J Disney
Birth Date: Apr 1933
Street address: Hc 6
City: Park Rapids
County: Hubbard
State: Minnesota
Zip Code: 56470
Phone Number: 218
Record Number: 428532885
Household Members:
Name Est. Age Birth Year
Delfield J Disney 74 1933
Juanita M Disney 62 1945
Kyle S Disney 39 1968 - looks like Kyle is now living in either WI or WA, or perhaps still in MN

Luther Granville married Evelyn DEWEY in 1934 and had 3 children:

1. Cleo Corrine DISNEY, born 22 Mar 1935, married 27 Jun 1956 Carroll DAHLGREN.
2. George Vernon DISNEY, born 30 Mar 1937, married 1958 Marilyn TRIPP. Looks like George may still be alive, and living in Clarion IA, along with some of his children.
3. Vernial Rae DISNEY, born 11 Oct 1941, married Richard A. Nelson, living Minneapolis MN 1973.

Evelyn DISNEY died Oct 1973, according to the SSDI.

William Briggs Disney's daughters by 2. Mrs. Lydia Ann BOYD SUTTON will be covered in a later post.

Hester is said by Foresman to be a daughter of William Briggs DISNEY and Mary WALTERS. She is said to have married Harry PHILLIPS, and children:

1. Hugh Phillips born 19 Nov 1899 White Oak twp, Warren Co. IA
2. Gladys Ruth Phillips
3. Edith Phillips born 18 Aug 1902 White Oak twp, Warren Co. IA

I see, in the Iowa State Census, 1895, a Hester Disney, age 14, born IA?, living in Liberty twp, Warren County. I guess I will have to order this census, since Ancestry has no images linked. If this is the same Hester Foresman references, I see no evidence to link her to WB & Mary.

William Briggs DISNEY Timeline

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William Briggs DISNEY was the son of George Disney and Anne Elizabeth ANDERSON, born 22 Jul 1853, in Iowa, according to his death certificate. George joined sister Amelia Jane and brother George Luther, and was followed by Martin Luther in 1847, and Alice A. who died in 1852 at age two. His father George died 8 Aug 1855 at age 39. His little brother Martin Luther also died in 1855, and his mother followed them in death in 1856, leaving little William an orphan at age three. They are all buried in Carlisle Cemetery, Allen Township, one-helf mile from the town of Carlisle, Warren County, Iowa.

I've never found them in any 1850 Census, but I believe this is the family in the 1853 Iowa State Census, living in Warren County. GN Disney, with 3 females, and 3 males. That would be daddy George, sons George Luther or Martin Luther, and William Briggs; mama Ann Elizabeth, and daughters Amelia Jane and Alice A.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

I find a Jesse ORME also in Richland in 1853; presumably this is the same Jesse who married Nancy Disney, daughter of William Disney and Amelison ELLIOT. This was daddy George's sister Nancy Ann. Jesse and Nancy Ann soon move to Nodaway, Adams County, and both die there. I also find an Andrew DIZNEY, who possibly is Andrew Jackson DISNEY 1820-1863, son of Richard DISNEY and --?--. He married Rodema P. BEEBE, ended up in Washington and Keokuk counties, Iowa. This would have been George's first cousin. George was the son of William I. DISNEY, who along with Richard was the son of James 1755-1821, according to Foresman.

1860 - where was little William in 1860? He was only 7! I've searched both Ancestry and Heritage Quest every way I know, with no luck. Amelia had been placed by her mother, according to her obituary, with Dr. & Mrs. Dashiel, of Hartford IA. No mention is made of her brothers William or George, except that one brother is living at the time of her death in 1909.

Update: I think I've found him listed as William BRIGGS, age 6, living with Wm & Mary E. MORGAN (no known connection), aged 24 & 25. I guess I will have to consult Warren Co. court records, and see if there were guardians appointed for the children.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Palmyra, Warren, Iowa; Roll: M653_341; Page: 57; Image: 57. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.

I think that I've found Amelia Jane, too. Supposedly she lived with Dr. & Mrs DASHIELL until she was 15, at which point she went to work for the SHOEMAKER family. But at age 13, here she is:
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Ameli Disney
Age in 1860: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa
Gender: Female
Post Office: Greenbush

Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Thompson 47
Margaret Thompson 41
Nanthaniel M Thompson 21
Orville B Thompson 19
Ameli Disney 13

I don't find an DASHIELLs in the county, in 1860.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Roll: M653_341; Page: 119; Image: 119. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.

1 Jan 1869 - William's sister Amelia Jane marries Benjamin F. BROWN in Des Moines, Iowa. She dies in 1909, also in Des Moines.

1870 - I can't be sure, but this might be William working for and living with the McBride family, in adjoining Des Moines, in Polk County, Iowa. Ancestry indexed him as: W Dising, Lee, Polk, IA, born abt 1851 in Iowa, White Male.

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Lee, Polk, Iowa; Roll: M593_415; Page: 345; Image: 691. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870.

Also found in the 1870 Census: Jesse Orme, 51, Farmer b. Maryland, Nancy Ann 41 Keeping House b. Ohio, and their 3 children William A, 16, works on farm; Heuton (Newton?) D, m, 10, attending school, and Elda, 2. All children b. Iowa. In the same household: George W. Disney, 14, b. Iowa -- works on farm, but has $500 real estate. Jesse's figures are $7250 real, $1867 personal. Maybe this is George Luther, William's brother. The ages are right. 1870 Adams Co., Iowa Census; Post Office: Nodaway, Roll: M593_374, Page: 86, Ancestry Image: 172

c1873 - marries Mary WALTERS, probably in Crawford Co. Arkansas.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: William B. Disney
Home in 1880: Jasper, Crawford, Arkansas
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Mary C.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
William B. Disney 27
Mary C. Disney 25
George L. G. Disney 6
Minna C. Disney 3 - my grandmother Minnie

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Jasper, Crawford, Arkansas; Roll: T9_41; Family History Film: 1254041; Page: 513.1000; Enumeration District: 47; Image: 0772. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls.

1880-1884 - Death of Mary Walters in Warren Co. IA. William leaves the children with relatives there, and moves back to Arkansas. When and where did Mary die, and where is she buried?

c1884 - married Lydia Ann BOYD SUTTON, widow. William and Lydia had two daughters, Lillie Ann, born Sept. l885, died July l, l981; and Bertha D. Disney, born 19 Nov l887, d. Jan. l5, l944. The LDS Ancestral File says that Lydia was born Mar 1849 in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, and that she died 4 Jan 1929, also in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas. I don't find her in the census in 1920, however.

1900 - no sign of William, Lydia, Lily or Bertha in 1900, all presumably still in Crawford County, Arkansas. I searched all states, however.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: William B Disney
Age in 1910: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's name: Lydia Ann
Home in 1910: Van Buren Ward 3, Crawford, Arkansas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members:
Name Age
William B Disney 56
Lydia Ann Disney 61

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Van Buren Ward 3, Crawford, Arkansas; Roll: T624_48; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 411. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.

William Briggs Disney died 1 July 1914, almost 70 years old, in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. His daughter Lily FINE was the informant. He is buried in Gill Cemetery, which is east of Van Buren. He's the only Disney buried there, apparently. I don't know where Lydia Ann BOYD SUTTON is buried. AF says she died in 1929. My mother never knew her grandfather, as he died well before her birth in 1928 in Warren County, Iowa.

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2007-06-24T23:41:00.000-07:00

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Cowan-McAninch connection

2007-06-17T01:20:00.000-07:00

Grampa Cowan's (Thomas Cowan) oldest sister Margaret (Maggy, Grett) married Hugh McANINCH in Puslinch, Ontario 27 Feb 1901. According to the record, Hugh was the son of John McAninch and Jennie McPHATTER, and was born ca. 1875, in Puslinch.

Here is the Ancestry index entry for the marriage:

Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922

Name: Hugh McAninch
Birth Place: Puslinch
Age: 26
Father Name: John McAninch
Mother Name: Jennie McPhatter
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Spouse Name: Maggie Cowan
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Puslinch
Spouse Father Name: Walter S Cowan
Spouse Mother Name : Annie McPherson Cowan
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1901
Marriage Place: Wellington
Marriage County: Wellington

Image of the marriage record:

Their only child Walter was born (according to the SSDI) 28 Jun 1920, and died 26 Mar 2000. He served in WWII, and according to that record he was not yet a US citizen, and was born in "British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland."

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Walter H McAninch
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, not yet a citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland
State: Washington
County or City: King

Enlistment Date: 19 Apr 1943
Enlistment State: Washington
Enlistment City: Seattle
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Foreman, Warehouse (Warehouseman. )
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 145

Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Walter later married, divorced, then married again Myrene CASTOR. He nor his parent Grett & Hugh are found in the 1930 Census, therefore I assume that they emigrated between 1930 and 1943 when Walter joined the US Army.

I'll have to ask Dad if he remembers when they moved to Seattle, and where Walter Mac served in the War.

Moving backwards -- This may be Hugh's family in the 1901 Census of Canada. Jennie would be Jane Ann:

Name: John McAninch
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 53
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1847
Birthplace: Scotland
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Jane Ann
Immigration Year: 1862
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scottish (Scotish)
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Farmer
Province: Ontario
DISTRICT: Wellington (South/Sud)
District Number: 126
Sub-District: Puslinch
Sub-District Number: F-4
Family Number: 56
Page: 5

Household Members:
Name Age
John McAninch 53
Jane Ann McAninch 47
Neilson Leslie McAninch 21
Jane Ann McAninch 18
John James McAninch 15
Marthew McAninch 11
Charlotte E McAninch 6

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556.

The image:

If this is the correct family, John was born 3 Aug 1847 in Scotland, came to Canada in 1862, a generation after the Cowan's arrival in 1832. The IGI lists a John McAninch as born 26 SEP 1847 in Campsie, Stirling, Scotland, and lists him as dying 14 DEC 1919. This record (patron submission) has John married to Jane Ann McPhatter, and has their date of marriage as 22 DEC 1874 in Arthur, Wellington County, Ontario. This same submission says that Jane Ann McPhatter was born 9 JUL 1853 in Killean, Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, and died 1 NOV 1932, daughter of Matthew McPhatter and Jean OR Jane Ramsay.

The Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 reports:

Name: John McAninch
Death Date: Dec 1919
Death Location: Wellington

Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1847
Birth Location: Campsey,Sct

Source Citation: Roll: MS935_260.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths - 1869-1932. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. MS935, 455 reels.

Image:

If this is the correct John McAninch, it gives his mother's maiden name as Ann M Colgau (?)! Exciting stuff!

In the 1881 Canadian Census, we see Hugh with the family!:

Name   Marital Status  Gender  Ethnic Origin  Age  Birthplace  Occupation  Religion
 John MCANINCH    M    Male    Irish    31    Scotland    Farmer    Presbyterian 
 Jane Ann MCANINCH    M    Female    Scottish    26    Ontario        Presbyterian 
 Hugh MCANINCH        Male    Irish    5    Ontario        Presbyterian 
 Nelson MCANINCH        Male    Irish    1    Ontario        Presbyterian 
 James MCKEADY        Male    Irish    21    Ireland    Farm Labourer    Church of England 

Source Information:
   Census Place  Peel, Wellington Centre, Ontario
  Family History Library Film   1375895
  NA Film Number   C-13259
  District   152
  Sub-district   E
  Division   4
  Page Number   40
  Household Number   176

This is probably him, then, in the Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871:

Name: John McAninch
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ireland

Residence District: Wellington North
Residence Location: Peel
Ethnic Origin: Irish
Religion: Canada Presbyterian / C. Presbyterian
Occupation: Farmer
Division: 2
Microfilm Roll: C-9948
Page: 30
Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household.

Source Information: This index to the 1871 Ontario, Canada Census was created by volunteers from the Ontario Genealogical Society from data supplied by Library and Archives Canada.. Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Ontario, Canada. 1871 Canada Census. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm. Specific microfilm roll numbers are listed with each record in the index.

And this is probably Jane Ann's family in Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871:

Name: Mathew McPhatter
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Scotland

Residence District: Wellington South
Residence Location: Puslinch
Ethnic Origin: Scottish
Religion: Canada Presbyterian / C. Presbyterian
Occupation: Farmer
Division: 1
Microfilm Roll: C-9945
Page: 44
Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household.

Source Information: same as above.

More research is needed!

Searching List Archives by Joan Young

2007-04-25T03:08:00.000-07:00

From the Rootsweb Review, 25 April 2007, Vol. 10, No. 17. This article is by Joan Young, not me.

Using RootsWeb: THE NEW ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE

By Joan Young
joan@volunteer.rootsweb.com

Until recently, if you wanted to search the archives of a RootsWeb mailing list from within RootsWeb, you had to search one list at a time and search year by year for keywords or surnames of interest. This worked just fine if you knew you were looking for ROBINSONs on the ROBINSON mailing list, for example, although searching year by year could become cumbersome at times, especially if you were not sure which list you wanted to search--or if you preferred to search all lists.

RootsWeb has retired the veteran ISearch or Interactive Search engine and unveiled a spiffy new search engine. It is able to search the nearly 31,000,000 messages posted to all RootsWeb mailing lists over their entire history--all at one time.

An easy and convenient way to access the new Archives search engine is to click on the Mailing List tab in the RootsWeb masthead on any RootsWeb page (you will be taken to a page with a search box labeled "Search the mailing list archives") or go directly to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/.

The new Archives search engine can also be accessed by clicking the "Archives Search" link under the Mailing List heading on the RootsWeb home page: http://www.rootsweb.com/

And finally, the new search feature is linked from the main Archiver page under the link "Search all of the archiver listings." This search engine uses the same Archiver database that has been used for quite some time to browse through the list messages subject by subject and month by month: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/

To perform a simple search of the full text of all lists for all time periods, enter keywords or surnames in the Keywords field on the search page. Matches to your search criteria are returned in order of relevancy.

AND, NOT, and EXACT PHRASE SEARCHES

Archives searches understand the commands AND and NOT. For example, you can search for John AND ROBINSON or ROBINSON NOT John. The former would be a search for a complete match of the words John and ROBINSON within the message, and the latter would be a search for messages that include ROBINSON but exclude the word John in the text. The searches are not case sensitive.

Archives searches also understand exact phrase matches, which are shown within quotation marks, such as "John ROBINSON". The difference between using an exact phrase search with quotes and using the command AND is that with an exact phrase search only exact matches to John ROBINSON are returned. If you enter John AND ROBINSON, the search engine will return hits where both words appear somewhere in the text being searched, but not necessarily together as part of the same name.

WILDCARD SEARCHES

Wildcard searches always require a bit of practice and experimentation when first using a new search engine. The "*" and "?" wildcards may be used with the Archives search engine with the * (asterisk) representing zero or more missing or unknown characters and the ? (question mark) representing a single missing or unknown character. The wildcards are intended for use anywhere within the keywords or surnames, but the catch is that they will only work in situations where there are not too many possibilities to be searched.

For instance, if you are looking for a surname that ends in "ONES" but you don't know how many leading characters are missing or unknown, you will find that searching for "*ONES" results in an error message because there are too many possibilities for the search engine to check. However, searching for "?ONES" does yield results for surnames where one leading character is followed by "ONES." Trial and error is the best method of finding what works and what doesn't.

The question mark symbol can be used more than once in a keyword or surname, but in each case it only represents one missing character. For instance, a search for ROB??SON produces hits for ROBERSON, ROBINSON, and ROBARSON, but will not find ROBERTSON since there are three missing characters in that name. A search for ROB*SON will find all spellings where any number of missing characters are matched.

ADVANCED SEARCHES

In addition to the simple searches in Archives search, there is an Advanced tab with more refined search options. Specific fields may be searched using the Advanced capabilities. Searching with the BODY field will return matches from both the message body and the subject line. Searching with the SUBJECT field will return results that match the subject line of the original message.

The FROM field may be used to search for posts made from a specific e-mail address. For example, you may wish to search for all posts you have made to the lists. Or you may wish to search for messages posted by a cousin who has listed information on various lists pertaining to your mutual family history.

The LIST field is for narrowing down your searches to posts made to a specific list, and the DATE field is for limiting the results to posts made within a specific date range, in the format dd mmm yyyy or: 10 Jan 2006.

By using the LIST and DATE fields together you can duplicate the old listsearch functionality; that is, you can search a single list and a single year. Just enter a list name into the LIST field and a year into the DATE field. Or, if you want, narrow your search further by entering a specific month and year in the DATE field: Jan 2006, or even a specific day by entering: 10 Jan 2006.

You can use one or more of the fields in combination when entering search terms in the Advanced search feature. For instance, if you want to search for posts you made to the SMITH surname list in January 2006, enter your e-mail address in the FROM field, SMITH in the LIST field, and Jan 2006 in the DATE field.

RootsWeb mailing lists have always provided a huge amount of information, but in the past the trick was locating the information you needed. Now, through proper use of the new Archives search engine, the information is easily accessible and at your fingertips.

You can browse the Rootsweb list archives, too: http://archiver.rootsweb.com

Rootsweb, and how to Use it: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2003/12/rootsweb-and-how-to-use-it.html

Posting your GEDCOM to WorldConnect at Rootsweb & Ancestry: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/02/posting-one-and-only-one-gedcom-file.html

Easy List Unsubscribing: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/easy-list-unsubscribing.html

Sharing Your Family History at Rootsweb: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/sharing-your-family-history-at.html

An artist is not a special kind of person. Every person is a special kind of artist. - Meister Eckhart

French Digitized Records & Online Databases

2007-03-29T00:52:00.000-07:00

Les Archives des Alpes-Maritimes (includes the city of Nice) - copies of the actes d'etat civil & ditized copies of old newspapers (la presse ancienne): http://www.cg06.fr/culture/culture-archives.html

Cannes Archives Municipales - birth, marriage and death for over 100 years (etat civil): http://archives.ville-cannes.fr/

Côtes d'Armor Archives Departementales - registres paroissiaux (parish registers) of Côtes d'Armor plus The Cadastre Ancien (land register): http://sallevirtuelle.cotesdarmor.fr/EC/ecx/connexion.aspx

Geneactes some civil records, mostly from 1700s & early 1800s: http://www.geneactes.org/; in English: http://www.geneactes.org/index-en.html

Sarthe Archives Departementales - Parish & civil registers, and Le Cadastre index (land records): http://www.archives.sarthe.com/

Yvelines Archives Departementales - Actes etat civil (birth, marriage and death), recensements de population (census records) and parish registers (registres paroissiaux) for Yvelines and the ancient departement of Seine et Oise: http://www.cg78.fr/archives/

Nice guide to French Genealogy & Family History: http://genealogy.about.com/od/france/

France GenWeb: http://francegenweb.org/

Academic French Studies links: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/frnit/resource.html

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. - Thomas Jefferson

Deep Web Search Engines

2007-03-29T00:44:00.000-07:00

"Google has launched a new Google Scholar search service, providing the ability to search for scholarly literature located from across the web," according to Search Engine Watch. They say,

"The goal is to allow and enable users to search over scholarly content," said Anurag Acharya, a Google engineer leading the project. [Scholarly literature such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports.]

Much of this material has been added to Google over the past few months. However, the new service allows searchers to specifically search against just the academic material.... Google has worked with publishers to gain access to some material that wouldn't ordinarily be accessible to search spiders, because it is locked behind subscription barriers....

When spidering the content, Google has worked to understand who the authors of the papers are, as well as the formal titles of the papers and other documents that cite the material. These citations are a key part of the special ranking algorithm used by Google for Google Scholar.

Google says the citation extractions allows it to see the connections between papers even if these connections are not made through links. As a result, it can use citation analysis to try and put the best papers at the top of the results. Next to each paper listed is a "Cited by" link. Clicking on this link shows the citation analysis in action -- all the pages pointing at the original one listed, through textual citations, will be shown....

The same paper may be hosted in more than one place, of course. In these instances, Google picks what it believes is the best version and provides links to other versions after the paper's description. In some cases, the material is not actually online. Google may know about a paper only through references it has seen on other papers. In these cases, a Library Search [of WorldCat] and Web Search link will appear next to the paper or book's title.

You can reach Google Scholar here: http://scholar.google.com/

More about it, including FAQs: http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html

Other "deep web" or "invisible web" search engines:

http://www.oaister.org/

Medical Information Gateways

Arts and Humanities, and http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/a/invisiblewebart.htm

Turbo10

CompletePlanet

Factbites, an Answer Finding Search Engine

Google Adding Major Libraries to Database: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/12/google-adding-major-libraries-to.html

Google Advanced Search for Genealogy: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/02/google-advanced-search-for-genealogy.html

Google Toolbar as a Win PC Essential: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/09/win-pc-essentials.html

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham

Sweden & Swedish Emigrants to the US

2007-03-22T03:03:00.000-07:00

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives: http://www.elca.org/os/archives/
Research in the archives, hire research, rent microfilm. 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL, just south of Oakton St. Bonnie Lane is about halfway between Arlington Heights Road and Busse Road (Rt 83). Open 8:30 to 5, Monday through Friday. Phone: 847-690-9410, FAX: 847-690-9502, email: archives@elca.org

Swedish Research

Augustana College's Genealogy Research FAQs: http://www.augustana.edu/x14885.xml

Smultron list archives: http://smultron.com/pipermail/swedestoo/

Jerry's Scandinavian/USA Genealogy Links: http://longstrom.com/

SweGGate: http://sweggate.com/

Genealogy in Sweden: http://www.algonet.se/%7Ehogman/swe_genealogy.htm

R&oubml;tter: http://www.genealogi.se/ (part in English)

The Swedish Emigrant Institute at Växjö (Svenska Emigrantinstitutet): http://www.swemi.nu/eng/

Gothenburg Regional Archives (Landsarkivet i Göteborg är din arkivmyndighet i Västra Götalands län): http://www.ra.se/gla/english/english.HTML

Maps of Swedish Län (in Swedish): http://www.stadskartan.se/start/

Search Disbyt: http://www.dis.se/searchindex.htm

Swedish Surnames: http://www.algonet.se/~anderzb/genea/sohnamn.htm, http://www.acc.umu.se/~petersj/genealog/databas/search.html

Fritt tillgängliga kyrkoboksregister för släktforskning (Freely available parish files for genealogy research): http://www.slaktdata.org/en/links

Demografisk Databas Södra Sverige (Demographic Database for Southern Sweden): http://www.ddss.nu/engelsk/default.asp

Danish Demographic Database, including Emigration Archives 1868-1908: http://www.ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm

Arkion - 1900 Swedish census: http://www.arkion.se (fee-based)

Selected counties and parishes of the 1890 are indexed at Rootsweb (4575640 records, 136222 distinct surnames): http://userdb.rootsweb.com/sweden/

Swedish Vital Statistics (BMD) for Lindesberg, Orebro, Sweden (57,151 records): http://userdb.rootsweb.com/vitals/

100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway: http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/

Danish Emigration Archives passenger list: http://www.emiarch.dk/news.php3?l=en

Norwegian Digital Archives: http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e

Find a Grave in Stockholm, Sweden, created by the Stockholm Cemeteries Administration. 525,000 burials in eleven cemeteries, with digital maps: hittagraven.stockholm.se

From Jerry Longstrom - Swedish phone book online: http://privatpersoner.gulasidorna.se/
Sök=search | Exakt Staving=exact spelling | Hela Landet=entire land | Ange område=State area | Börjar med=begins with
Kvasir Telefonkatalog (Norwegian telephone directory): http://www.kvasir.no/telefonkatalog/ fornavn = Given name | etternavn = Family name

Finding Origins of Scandinavian who came to America before 1870: http://www.progenealogists.com/scandinavianimmigration.htm

Swenson Center: http://www.augustana.edu/administration/SWENSON/

Swedish Place Names (alpha): http://www.webfamilytree.com/swedish_place_names.htm

Population Registration in Sweden (present day): http://skatteverket.se/broschyrer/711b/711b03.pdf

Online Dictionaries/Translation

Tolken99: http://www.tolken99.net/

Multilanguages dictionary: http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction1.html#multi

Lexin Swedish-English dictionary: http://www-lexikon.nada.kth.se/skolverket/swe-eng.html

Swedish-English dictionary: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/swe.html

InterTran: http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran

Swedish Genealogical Word List: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Guide=WLSweden.asp

I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds. - Louis Nizer

Holocaust Research

2007-02-22T00:45:00.000-08:00

Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog: http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com

Excerpts from Gary Mokotoff's essential book, How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust: http://www.avotaynu.com/Holocaust/

JewishGen FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Jewish Genealogy - How to do Jewish genealogical research, and InfoFiles: http://www.jewishgen.org/

Jewish Mail Lists: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_jewish.html

Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center (American Red Cross): http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/

Towns with Published Yizkor Books: http://www.avotaynu.com/Holocaust/appendixa.htm

Tracing Your Roots - Holocaust Research: http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/jewish/holocaust/holocaust.htm

Yad Vashem Search for Names: http://www.yadvashem.org/remembrance/temp_remembrance

Global Holocaust Registry: http://www.jewishgen.org/registry/

Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors: http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/registry/

Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources: http://ddickerson.igc.org/holocaust.html

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/

You are only what you are when no one is looking. - Robert C. Edwards

Newspapers

2007-01-24T02:06:00.000-08:00

Big news - New York Times Online for Free, 1851-1922; 1981-1987: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html

Both the US and English governments are committing to digitizing old newspapers now! US project: http://www.loc.gov/preserv/ndnp.html (millions of pages, 1836-1922, first images ready by 2006). Update: more than 226,000 pages of public-domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published 1900-1910: http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/.

England: http://www.bl.uk/collections/britishnewspapers1800to1900.html (2 million pages, 1800-1900)
British Library Online Newspaper Archive: http://www.uk.olivesoftware.com/ (HORRIBLE interface, not accessible with Firefox, my browser of choice).

US and world current newspapers: http://newslink.org/metnews.html, http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html, http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

FREE, $$$ Newspaper Archives, most 1990+: http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html

Foreign Language Newspapers: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/

National Newspaper Program: http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html

Newspaper Abstracts: http://newspaperabstracts.com/

Identifying and Locating Newspapers: http://web.library.emory.edu/subjects/humanities/history/newspapers.htm

Newspapers and Periodicals through the OCLC system (Online Computer Library Center) participating libraries: http://www.oclc.org/contacts/libraries/default.htm. More about OCLC: http://www.oclc.org

Old Newspapers by State:

Alabama: http://www.archives.state.al.us/dataindex.html

Alaska: http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/newspaper.html

Arizona: http://www.lib.az.us/anp/index.html

Arkansas: http://library.uark.edu/screens/opacmenu.html

California: http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/cnp/index.html

Colorado - Colorado’s Historic Newspaper Collection (CHNC): http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/,    http://www.coloradohistory.org/chs_library/research_coll_files/rc_newspapers.htm

Idaho: http://www.idahohistory.net/library_collections.html

Illinois - State Library: http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/microfilm.htm
   U of I: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/webpages/main.htm
   Historical Society: http://www.chicagohs.org/collections/newspaper.html

Indiana - Historical Society: http://www.indianahistory.org/library/library.php?page=2#newspapers
   IU: http://www.indiana.edu/~libcirc/index.html

Iowa: http://www.iowahistory.org/library/library_offers/library_offers.html#newspaper
   Iowa Old Press: http://www.iowaoldpress.com

Kansas: http://www.kshs.org/library/news.htm

Kentucky: http://www.uky.edu/libraries/pnm.html

Louisiana: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/lnp.html

Maine: http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/newspapers/mnphome.htm

Maryland: http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/

Massachusetts: http://www.bpl.org/research/index.htmnewspapers/cfm/index.cfm

Michigan: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18643---,00.html

Minnesota: http://collections.mnhs.org/newspapers/arsearch.html

Mississippi: http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/find.html

Missouri: http://www.umkc.edu/lib/gen-info/00collec.htm#mnp

Montana: http://www.discoveringmontana.com/mhsweb/departments/library-archives/libcollections.html#newspapers

Nebraska: http://www.unl.edu/nebnews/nnphome.html

Nevada: http://www.library.unr.edu/ (in main catalog)

New Hampshire - Dartmouth College: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/
   NH State Library: http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/network/newstitle_1.html

New Jersey: http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-1.html

New Mexico: http://www.unm.edu/~cswrref/enghome.html

New York: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/
    Northern New York Historical Newspapers: http://news.nnyln.net/

North Carolina: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/TSS/NEWSPAPE.HTM

North Dakota: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/newshome.htm

Ohio: http://www.ohiohistory.org/occ/menu.htm

Oklahoma: http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/arch/news8.html

Oregon: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/preservn/onmp.html

Pennsylvania: http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/cwp/view.asp?a=15&Q=40148&librariesPNavCtr=|#1257

Rhode Island - Providence: http://www.rihs.org/ref%20coll.htm

South Carolina: http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/books.html#newspapers

South Dakota: http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/newspaper/default.asp

Tennessee: http://www.lib.utk.edu/spcoll/newspaper/related.htm

Texas: http://www.cah.utexas.edu/newspapers/tnp.html

Utah: http://webpac.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/
   Utah Digital Newspapers: http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/

Vermont: http://danalib.uvm.edu/vtnp/vnphome.html

Virginia: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/vnp/index.htm

Washington: http://www.statelib.wa.gov/wa_newspapers.aspx#

West Virginia: http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/newspapers.htm

Wisconsin: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/library/collections/news.html

Wyoming: http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/databases/news.htm (main catalog)
   many online here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wygenweb/newsp.htm

Time spent with cats is never wasted. - Colette

Ontario

2007-01-24T01:21:00.000-08:00

Archives of Ontario: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/
Research Guides: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/guides/index.html

OurOntario.ca: explore digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies and private collections in Ontario, all in one search. While you may find some surnames, you are much more likely to find places, groups and institutional names. http://www.ourontario.ca/

Ontario GenWeb: http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/

Ontario Birth Registrations, 1869-1906: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/index.htm

Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/

Ontario Obituaries: http://www.ontarioobits.com/

Northern Ontario Canada Gravemarker Gallery: over 300 cemeteries completed. Work is continuing, and Murray welcomes your help! Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Nipissing, Renfrew, Parry Sound, Muskoka, Temiskaming, Cochrane districts or regions are included. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/

Field of Stones - Pictures of pioneer or abandoned cemeteries in Ontario: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~clifford/

Wellington County Directory and Gazetteer 1867, Ontario, Canada: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/welling.htm

How to use the CLRI (Ontario Land Records Index): http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/land.shtml, http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/clri.shtml

Directory of all online Ontario Census records: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/census.shtml

Ontario Genealogy Index (Olive Tree Genealogy): http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/index.shtml

The Evolution of Ontario's Borders, 1774-1912: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/maps/boundaries.htm

Marriages in Ontario, 1800-1924: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/ontmarr.htm

The Challenge of Locating Vital Records in Ontario/Upper Canada/Canada West -

Part 1: 1869-present: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29a.htm
Part 2: 1858-1869: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29b.htm
Part 3: pre-1858: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29c.htm
Part 4: more sources: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29d.htm
These articles were written in 1998 and some of the links may be very out of date. -Fawne Stratford-Devai

Book: Index of Passengers who emigrated to Canada between 1817 & 1849, compiled and edited by John A. Acton, pub: the Toronto Branch of OGS, 1999. Index of names, year, reference source (vol., page and NAC film no.). NAC microfilm can be ordered ILL to get the details.

Map of Southern Ontario, including counties and townships: http://www.100megsfree3.com/granny1/ontmap.html

Toronto Public Library - Early directories: http://digit.tpl.toronto.on.ca:8000/

Toronto Tax Assessment rolls (also 1901 Toronto Census): http://www.ontarioroots.com

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - General Patton

Timelines

2007-01-22T00:34:00.000-08:00

Create your own timeline: http://www.ourtimelines.com/, HistoryWorld: http://www.historyworld.net/default.asp

Step-By-Step: Creating A Timeline: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6529&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831

Food - what people ate: http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html

This Day in American Weather History: http://www.weatherforyou.com/history/

American (Smithsonian): http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm
   Interesting animated timeline/atlas: http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html - great little 10 minute brush-up on the highlights of US history

Australian: http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/timeline/

British: http://www.britannia.com/history/time1.html
   BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/
   Ulster: http://www.cruithni.org.uk/

Scottish: http://members.aol.com/skyelander/timeline.html

Upper Canada - later Ontario, Canada: http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/chronologyS.html

Celtic: http://www.art-with-attitude.com/village/celt_timeline.html

Scandinavian: http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/scandinavia/

Chronik der Geschichte, An English-German History Timeline: http://german.about.com/library/blhist_time01.htm

French: http://www.uncg.edu/rom/courses/dafein/civ/timeline.htm

Alsace: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/Ancillary/Geog/Europe/Alsace-Lorraine.shtml

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. - Elie Wiesel

Creating Simple Websites

2007-01-19T00:32:00.000-08:00

National Genealogy Society's Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet
Recommended by the NGS, May 2000: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comstandweb.cfm
Also available as a PDF: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/gswebPages.pdf

Genealogy Web Creations - Website Design for the Genealogist: http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/

HTML Tutorials and Validation

Elsie's Tutorials: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~elsi/

Help for the Beginning Web Author: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/

Writing HTML: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/

W3Schools: http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

HTML Goodies: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html

HTML for People Who Want to Learn: http://www.geocities.com/abcs_html/

HTML Help JUST for Kids: http://www.lissaexplains.com/

Webmaster Freebies: http://www.thefreesite.com/Webmaster_Freebies/

Symbols in HTML: http://www.perlscriptsjavascripts.com/tutorials/html/chapappa.html

Use Meta Tags Properly: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2167931

Image Formats for the Web: http://shallowsky.com/linux/imageformats.html

A List Apart (CSS, design): http://www.alistapart.com/

Graphics Sites for Website Building: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/08/graphics-sites-for-website-building.html

CSS & Browser Compatibility: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/tohell/ , http://webstandards.org/act/campaign/buc/

Free CSS Class: http://westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

The HTML Writers Guild: http://www.hwg.org/

W3C MarkUp Validation Service: http://validator.w3.org/

Backgrounds and Buttons: http://www.chibicreations.com/, http://the.enchantress.net/

Free Search Engines

Atomz Express Search (ads, 750 pages max): http://www.atomz.com/applications/search/trial.htm

FreeFind (ads): http://www.freefind.com

Fusion Bot (ads with results, no ads $$$): http://www.fusionbot.com

Google (ads): http://www.google.com/searchcode.html

Master.com (ad for Master.com): http://www.master.com

PicoSearch (ads, 250 pages max, more available $$$): http://www.picosearch.com

whatUseek Basic (ads, 1,000 pages max, more available $$$): http://www.sitelevel.com

Free HTML Pedigree Chart & Family Group Sheet: http://www.ida.net/users/elaine/pedigre2.HTM
Copy the code into Notepad, fill in your information, save, and upload to your site. Sample pedigree: http://www.ida.net/users/elaine/chart1.htm

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. - Victor Hugo

Continuing Education for Genealogists

2007-01-18T14:26:00.000-08:00

Annually, both the Federation of Genealogy Societies (FGS) and the National Genealogy Society (NGS) hold conventions. Both are full of excellent classes and workshops. Also, the Association of Profession Genealogists (APG) holds a Roundtable or Conference before these national conferences.

FGS: http://www.fgs.org/

NGS: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
   Home Study Course also available on CD

APG: http://www.apgen.org/conferences/roundtable.html, http://www.apgen.org/conferences/
   The APG list is also essential: http://www.apgen.org/publications/apg-l/

National Institute on Genealogical Research: http://www.rootsweb.com/~natgenin/
   An-depth look at federal records of genealogical value located primarily in Washington, D.C.

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy: http://www.infouga.org/

Samford Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford Univ., Birmingham AL: http://www.samford.edu/schools/ighr/ighr.html

UWExtension offers a 9-month Certificate Program in Genealogy and Family History, weekly non-credit night classes in Seattle Washington: http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/gfh/gfh_gen.asp

National Institute for Genealogical Studies offers web-based courses. Certificates in American, Canadian, English, German, Irish and Scottish Records, General Methodology and Librarianship: http://www.genealogicalstudies.com/

International Society for British Genealogy and Family History holds the week-long British Institute in SLC every October: http://www.isbgfh.org/institute.htm

Heritage Genealogical College offers Certificates, Associate and Bachelor Degrees, with training for Genealogical and Historical Research, Writing Historical Biographies and Historical Fiction, Land Title Searches and Legal Missing Heirs Research and Medical Genetic Genealogical Research Coordination. Classes are available in SLC or online: http://genealogy.edu/moodle/

Brigham Young University (BYU) offer a BA in Family History, a Minor in Family History, a BA in General Studies with an emphasis of Family History, and a Certificate in Family History. BYU is in SLC, Utah, and some courses are available online: http://history.byu.edu/family/

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, says,

Formal classes are fine, but EXPERIENCE in the records is the best teacher. Become the expert in the type of records you work with. Be the person others write to for information in that record group or geographic area....Write your reports BCG Standards Manual style, properly cited. Practice good form and it will become a habit so that when you reach for a client report in your drawer to include in your certification portfolio (or accreditation pedigree) you will know it is a true sample of your good work.
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Valorie's Genealogy Message Boards

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Localities

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How to Use the Rootsweb/Ancestry Message Boards

Making Most of Message Boards and Mailing Lists: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20040128.txt - From the RootsWeb Review archives

Meandering Through the Message Boards (locating boards, navigation -- the basics): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020710.txt

Maximizing Searches on Message Boards (using the advanced search feature): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20030108.txt

Message Boards - Utilizing Surname-Specific Searches (searching for those difficult surnames): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20030924.txt

Portals to Success (message board gateway): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020731.txt

Message Board Icons: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020529.txt

Visual Aids on Message Boards (more message board icons): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020814.txt

Where and How to Post on Message Boards: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020904.txt

Effective Message Board Posting: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020911.txt

Message Board Queries (using the Subject, Surname, and Classification fields): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020724.txt

Message Board Attachments: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20020605.txt

Message Board Options -- Say It With Pictures (more about attachments): http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20030528.txt

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Your Local Family History Center

2006-12-11T00:06:00.000-08:00

Once you have searched the Family History Library Catalog, and found the film number you need to order, what then? You will need to locate the nearest Family History Center (FHC) and visit the center to order your film. To find your nearest Family History Center, go to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp. If you are facing a long drive, please call ahead to make sure that the Center is actually open. They are kept open by volunteers, and open hours may have changed since the last website update.

Family History Centers are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Each is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, or "the Mormons") and are in local Mormon churches. Each local FHC provides access to most of the microfilms and microfiche that are available in Salt Lake City. Books do not circulate unless they are on film, however. It will cost you about $5.50 for each roll of microfilm ordered; microfiche is about 15 cents per sheet. Microfiche stays in the FHC once it is ordered in, so it's a great bargain. Film, on the other hand, stays in the FHC for about a month. You can pay for 2 extensions, after which (in most FHCs) it becomes "Permanent Loan." If it is a film you know you want permanently available to you, ask about paying for that up front. All films and fiches will be used in the FHC itself; not to be taken home.

While you're there, browse the books, fiches and films available in the Center. As long as the person who ordered the film isn't using it at the moment, you can use anything there. Most Centers also have some genealogy CDs available, some computers, and both film and fiche readers and copiers. If you would like your local center to be open more hours per week, volunteer! Volunteers do not have to be LDS, and users will not be subjected to any proselytizing.

If you have never visited an FHC -- do so! There are so many resources available to you that are not, and may never be, on the Internet.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. - Andre Maurois

Genealogy Blogs and Podcasts

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New! Genealogy Podcasts: http://www.juliann.net/podcasting/podcastdirectory/historycasts/

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: http://blog.eogn.com

New! A service of The Genealogue - the Genealogy Blog Finder: http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/

Bridey's This & That: http://genbintn.blogspot.com/

Olive Tree Blog: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

Steve's Blog: http://www.stephendanko.com/ - nice index, Steve!

Genealogy Tips & Tutorials: http://blog.family-genealogy-online.com/ - goldmine for genealogy webmasters

Cyndi'sList Blogs for Genealogy: http://www.cyndislist.com/blogs.htm

Genealogy Sites I Don't Hate: http://genealogysites.blogspot.com/

Marina's Blog: http://www.hamersleyfamily.com/blog/blog.htm

Genealogy News (XML RSS newsreader needed): http://misbach.org/news.rss

GenealogyBlog by Heritage Creations: http://genealogyblog.com

Hugh W: http://hughw36.blogspot.com/

Short Family: http://www.shortfamilyonline.com/life/archives/cat_short_family_web_site.php

Louis Kessler on the development of a new genealogy program: http://www.lkessler.com/behold/behoblog.shtml

Geneablogy: http://www.brandi.org/geneablogy

BlogTree: http://www.blogtree.com/

RadixLog (Hungarian family history: http://www.radixlog.com/

Marc Nozell's Blog: http://www.nozell.com/blog - Genealogy Archive

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Untangling the Solon BARTLETTs

2006-11-25T04:07:00.000-08:00

A simple search of Ancestry.com for Solon BARTLETT shows me one problem we
have with this name, which I thought was surely unique -- there are at least
FOUR. I'm primarily interested in Solon Putnam BARTLETT, my husband's
gggrandfather, but it might be useful to chronicle the others, too. I'll put
them in order of birth.

Solon b. c1809 Michigan

1850 Census - Name: Solon Bartlett
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1809
Birth Place: Michigan
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Natchitoches, Natchitoches,
Louisiana; Roll: M432_233; Page: 66; Image: 279.

Name: SOLON BARTLETT
Land Office: NATCHITOCHES
Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 75
Total Acres: 134.5
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: January 08, 1841
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 1 LOUISIANA No 9 N 6 W 19
3 3 LOUISIANA No 9 N 6 W 19
2 2 LOUISIANA No 9 N 6 W 19
Source Information: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Louisiana Land
Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997.
Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Louisiana Pre-1908
Homestead and Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records
Project, 1993.

Name: SOLON BARTLETT
Land Office: NATCHITOCHES
Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 6899
Total Acres: 80.62
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: June 1, 1850
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 W½NE LOUISIANA No 21 N 9 W 33
Source Information: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Louisiana Land
Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997.
Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Louisiana Pre-1908
Homestead and Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records
Project, 1993.Since these are Ancestry's extractions, there will be more
at the GLO site, and the National Archives.

A search of the 1860 finds not a trace of this Solon, and the only Bartletts
to be found in Louisiana are two women, apparently living with their
children, but both in the same Ward 11 of New Orleans:

Name: Julia Bartlett
Age in 1860: 50
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1860: New Orleans Ward 11, Orleans, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Post Office: New Orleans
Household Members: Name Age
J A Grisham 27
Emily Grisham 20
Julia Bartlett 50
Sarah Bartlett 17
James Bartlett 14
Anna McEnroe 20
Jane Casey 19
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 11, Orleans,
Louisiana; Roll: M653_420; Page: 0; Image: 43.

and Name: S E Bartlett
Age in 1860: 62
Birth Year: abt 1798
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: New Orleans Ward 11, Orleans, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Post Office: New Orleans
Household Members: Name Age
S E Bartlett 62
Sarah Saunders 24
Wm Bartlett 21
Casan Saunders 8
Belle E Saunders 4
Elaias Saunders 1
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 11, Orleans,
Louisiana; Roll: M653_420; Page: 0; Image: 45.

No images here, because I haven't a clue if they are connected to this Solon,
or not.

The Ancestral File on FamilySearch.org lists a Solon Bartlett born 22 Nov
1811, in Bethel, Oxford Co. Maine, son of Peregrine Bartlett and Sally
MERRILL. The GEDCOM can be downloaded from FamilySearch.

FamilySearch IGI has a Family Group Sheet for Solon born 14 Jun 1813 in NY,
son of Josiah Barlett and Alice F. Putnam, both also born in NY. No
sources are cited, of course! This is our Solon.

Husband: JOSIAH BARTLETT
Birth: About 1779 Of, , , New York
Marriage: About 1804 Of, , , New York

Wife: ALICE F. PUTNAM
Birth: About 1783 Of, , , New York

Children
1. JOHN BARTLETT
Male
Birth: About 1805 Of, , , New York

2. OLIVER OR BIJA BARTLETT
Male
Birth: About 1807 Of, , , New York

3. ISRAEL BARTLETT
Male
Birth: About 1809 Of, , , New York

4. CHARLES BARTLETT
Male
Birth: About 1811 Of, , , New York

5. SOLON PUTNAM BARTLETT
Male
Birth: 14 JUN 1813 , , New York
Death: 24 APR 1875

Another group sheet lists a marriage to MARY M JENKS on 29 JAN 1840 in Mercer
County, Illinois. This marriage is listed in the Illinois Marriage Index.
Another group sheet has a marriage to DORTHEA CAPTULA SITES on 9 NOV 1848,
also in Mercer County, Illinois. I believe this marriage is also listed in
the Index.

Solon I. b. c1815 New York, m. Dolly ? b. Germany Is this our Solon,
the same as above?

Purchasing land in Mercer Co. IL in 1841:

Name: BARTLETT SOLON P
Section: E2NW
Price: 125
Total: 9821
Date: 10 Jul 1841
Volume: 710
Page: 117
Type: FD
Sect: 07
Township: 15N
Range: 01W
Meridian: 4
Acres: 7959
Corr-Tag: 0
ID: 371289
SocStat:
Blank:
Reside: 000
Source Information: State of Illinois. Illinois Public Land Purchase Records
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonPBARTLETT1850IL.jpg">1850
Census - Name: Solon I Bartlett
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1815
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Township 15 N R 2 W, Mercer, Illinois
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Township 15 N R 2 W, Mercer,
Illinois; Roll: M432_120; Page: 403; Image: 641.

Listed with Solon are Dolly, 26, b. Germany, ?lanson, 10, Amos, 9, William, 7,
and Franklin, 11 months. The children all all born in Illinois. Dolly could be
short for Dorothy. If so, only Franklin is her son; the other children are
Mary Jenks'.

More land purchased - Name: BARTLETT SOLON
Section: SWNW
Price: 125
Total: 5000
Date: 14 Jan 1854
Volume: 710
Page: 117
Type: FD
Sect: 08
Township: 15N
Range: 01W
Meridian: 4
Acres: 4000
Corr-Tag: 0
ID: 371287 [another identical listing, with ID: 371288]
SocStat:
Blank:
Reside: 000
Source Information: State of Illinois. Illinois Public Land Purchase Records
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999

Buying more land in 1859 - Name: BARTLETT SOLON P
Section: W2NW
Price: 125
Total: 9823
Date: 24 Sep 1859
Volume: 710
Page: 117
Type: FD
Sect: 07
Township: 15N
Range: 01W
Meridian: 4
Acres: 7858
Corr-Tag: 0
ID: 371290
SocStat:
Blank:
Reside: 000
Source Information: State of Illinois. Illinois Public Land Purchase Records
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999.

This must be Solon and family in 1860 - Name: Salomon P
Bartlett
Age in 1860: 45
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1860: Township 15 N 1 W, Mercer, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Richland Grove
Household Members: Name Age
Salomon P Bartlett 45
Tola Bartlett 30
Harrison Bartlett 20
Stephen A Bartlett 18
William Q Bartlett 16
George G Bartlett 5
Mary Bartlett 3
Charles Bartlett 1
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 15 N 1 W, Mercer,
Illinois; Roll: M653_211; Page: 961; Image: 320.

I don't know why I can't find him in 1870.

Charles Solon b. 1840, Bethel, Oxford Co. Maine, s/o Ball & Marina, d.
1871. Is this Charles Solon in the 1860 or 1870 Census'? Are these
records for the same Charles Solon?

Ancestry has a Family Data Collection, which lists:
Name: Bartlett, Charles Solon
Father: Bartlett , Ball
Mother: Bartlett , Marina
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1840
City: Bethel
County: Oxford
State: Maine
Country: United States

Name: Charles Solon Bartlett
Death Date: 7 Mar 1871
City: Bethel
County: Oxford
State: Maine
Country: United States

There are quite a few Bartlett men listed in the 1840 Census in Oxford Co.
Maine:
America Bartlett - Livermore, Oxford, Maine
Asa Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Ball Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Barber Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Benjamin Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Curatia T Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Ebenezer Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Elhanan Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Elisha Bartlett - Newry, Oxford, Maine
Enoch Bartlett - Howards Gore, Oxford, Maine
Ezra Bartlett - Oxford, Oxford, Maine
Hervy Bartlett - Hartford, Oxford, Maine
Huldah Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Ichebod Bartlett - Norway, Oxford, Maine
Ira Bartlett - Hartford, Oxford, Maine
Jacob Bartlett - Riley, Oxford, Maine
James A S Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
John Bartlett - Hartford, Oxford, Maine
John Bartlett - Sumner, Oxford, Maine
Jonathan Bartlett - Newry, Oxford, Maine
Nathan Bartlett - Livermore, Oxford, Maine
Nathl Bartlett - Livermore, Oxford, Maine
Reuben Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Reufos Bartlett - Norway, Oxford, Maine
Silvanus Bartlett - Hamlins Grant, Oxford, Maine
Stephen Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Thadeus Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
Tilden Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine
William Bartlett - Bethel, Oxford, Maine

A veritable goldmine of Bartletts in Oxford Co. Maine!

Ball's family in the href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/BallBartlett1840ME.jpg">1840
Census.
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Oxford, Maine; Roll: 146; Page:
6. He has a son under 5, which could be Solon.

Ball Bartlett, 52, in href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/BallBartlett1850ME.jpg">1850,
along with Marina, 40, A.R., 19, M.M., 13, Meril, 11, C.J. or T., 8, E.C., 6,
H.P., 4, and M.F., 1.
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Bethel, Oxford, Maine; Roll:
M432_262; Page: 1; Image: 5.

Solon M. b. c1849 Maine, son of Ansel and Permelin?/Perpenslia. Ansel is
the son of John and Abigail.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonMBartlett1850ME.jpg">1850
Census - Name: Solon M Bartlett
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Birth Place: Maine
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Searsmont, Waldo, Maine
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Searsmont, Waldo, Maine; Roll:
M432_271; Page: 139; Image: 265.

Solon is with his parents Ansel, farmer and Permelin?, 33 and 30, Sarah A, 11,
and Susan E, 6? Next door are John Bartlett, 72, Abigail, 69, Timothy, 46.
John and Timothy are both laborers -- on Ansel's farm?

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/AnselSolonBartlett1860ME.jpg">1860
Census, still in Searsmont Maine - Name: Silon Bartlett
Age in 1860: 11
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Searsmont, Waldo, Maine
Gender: Male
Post Office: Searsmont
Household Members: Name Age
Ancil Bartlett 42
Perpenslia Bartlett 39
Sarah Bartlett 20
Susan Bartlett 16
Silon Bartlett 11
George Bartlett 9
Adison Bartlett 7
Orrin Bartlett 5
Augustus Bartlett 2
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Searsmont, Waldo, Maine; Roll:
M653_453; Page: 0; Image: 851.

Abigail Bartlett, 80, is living next door.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1880MA.jpg">1880
Census - Name: Solon M. Bartlett
Home in 1880: Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Maine
Relation to head-of-household: Head
Spouse's name: Mary J.
Father's birthplace: ME
Mother's birthplace: ME
Occupation: Clerk In Store
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Solon M. Bartlett 31
Mary J. Bartlett 30
Bessie M. Bartlett 3
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts;
Roll: T9_562; Family History Film: 1254562; Page: 461.3000; Enumeration
District: 796; Image: 0443.

Living next door are an Estella JOHNSON, her husband Hosea S., and son Henry,
5. Did Estella's husband Hosea and Solon's wife Mary J. both die? What
happened to Bessie?
She could have been married by 1900....If so, this is the same Solon as Solon
b. 1845 Maine.

Solon, b. 1850 New Hampshire, son of Joseph G & Charlotte, and perhaps
grandson of Joseph and Betsy.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1850NH1.jpg">1850
Census, href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1850NH2.jpg">Rest
of family - Name: Solon Bartlett
Age: 0
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Birth Place: New Hampshire
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire;
Roll: M432_425; Page: 16; Image: 34.

What happened to this Solon, b. 1850, son of Joseph G & Charlotte, and perhaps
grandson of Joseph and Betsy in the same house? Because the birth dates AND
place are different, plus the parent's names, I think this is a different
Solon below.

Solon BARTLETT b. Aug 1845 Maine m. Estella H. [-?-] b. 1851-1855 Maine,
New Hampshire, or Vermont, s/o Stephen and Martha H. [-?-]. Possible
relative of Charles Solon Bartlett son of Ball Bartlett, since they are both
in Oxford Co. Maine. This Solon Bartlett is listed in the Ancestral File on
FamilySearch.org with a birth date of 30 Aug 1845, place Bethel, Oxford Co.
Maine, son of Stephen Bartlett and Martha STEARNS. This Stephen is a brother
of the Solon mentioned above, son of Peregrine. The GEDCOM can be downloaded
at FamilySearch.

In the href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/StephenSolonBartlett1850ME.jpg">1850
Census, Solon age 5, is enumerated with his parents
Stephen & Martha H., 41 and 34, sister Sarah M, 9, brother Charles P, 8, and
Philip A. WHEELER, 14, all born in Maine, in Hanover, Oxford Co. Maine.
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Hanover, Oxford, Maine; Roll:
M432_262; Page: 228; Image: 442.

Philip could be a roomer, or Martha's son from a previous marriage. And of
course calling Martha Solon's mother is just supposition.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1860ME.jpg">1860
Census- Name: Solon Bartlett
Age in 1860: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Hanover, Oxford, Maine
Gender: Male
Post Office: Newry
Household Members: Name Age
Stephen Bartlett 52
Martha Bartlett 43
Sarah M Bartlett 19
Charles P Bartlett 17
Solon Bartlett 14
Michil Devano 17
Sarah A Farwell 13
Edward Kihs 10
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Hanover, Oxford, Maine; Roll:
M653_444; Page: 0; Image: 951.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/CharlesSolonBartlett1870ME.jpg">1870
Census, Solon is still in Hanover Maine - Name: Solon
Bartlett
Estimated birth year: abt 1847
Age in 1870: 23
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Hanover, Oxford, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Hanover
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Hanover, Oxford, Maine; Roll:
M593_550; Page: 181; Image: 364.

Solon, 23, is listed as a Medical Student. Also in the household are Charles
P., 27, farmer, Martha H., 53, Keeping House, Michael DELANEY, 27, Medical
Student, and Levi GREENLEAF, 17, Farm Labor. Perhaps Stephen has died, and
Charles P., the eldest brother, is farming with the aid of Levi, while Solon
and Michael Delaney attend medical school, or are indentured to local
doctors.

By the 1880 Census -

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1900MA.jpg">1900
Census - Name: Solon Bartlett
Home in 1900: Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Maine
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Stella H
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Solon Bartlett 54 (Surgeon, Phys.)
Stella H Bartlett 48 (Image shows that she has 1 child, 1 living)
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex,
Massachusetts; Roll: T623 660; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 789.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1910MA.jpg">1910
Census - Name: Solon Bartlett
Age in 1910: 66 [69]
Estimated birth year: abt 1844 [abt 1841]
Birthplace: Maine
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Maine
Mother's Birth Place: Maine
Spouse's name: Estella
Home in 1910: Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Solon Bartlett 66
Estella Bartlett 60
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex,
Massachusetts; Roll: T624_599; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 847; Image:
718.

Solon born 1867-8 Massachusetts, son of John F. & Asenath, both b. MA. I
find no evidence of Solon after 1880, although I can find his mother until
1920!

The first census we find this Solon is in 1870, where he is
enumerated with his parents John F. & Asenath.

1880 Census finds them in Boylston, Worcester Co. MA:

John F. BARTLETT Self M Male W 50 MA Farmer MA MA
Asenth M. BARTLETT Wife M Female W 40 MA Keeping House
MA MA
Frank BARTLETT Son S Male W 19 MA At Home MA MA
Julia A. BARTLETT Dau S Female W 14 MA At Home MA
MA
Solon BARTLETT Son S Male W 12 MA At Home MA MA
John F. BARTLETT Son S Male W 10 MA At Home MA MA
Nancy B. BARTLETT Dau S Female W 7 MA MA MA
Welcome BARTLETT Son S Male W 5 MA MA MA
Hellen M. BARTLETT Dau S Female W 3 MA MA MA
George F. BARTLETT Son S Male W 1 MA MA MA
Martha BAMES SisterL S Female W 42 MA At Home MA
MA
Source Information:Census Place Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family History Library Film 1254562
NA Film Number T9-0562
Page Number 96A

Damn the lack of an 1890 Census! By 1900, I see Solon's older brother Frank
and his wife Bertha and children still living in Boylson. 19 year-old Chester
is Frank and Solon's little brother. So it seems that father John F. is
either so old he cannot support his young son, or has died. Can this be href="">Solon in 1900? Name: C S Bartlett
Home in 1900: Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Carrie L
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
C S Bartlett 31
Carrie L Bartlett 32
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts;
Roll: T623 692; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1628. The Ancestry image is
very light, the HQ image only slightly better. :( I cannot make out an
occupation.

Phooey, I don't think this is him, because I find Clarence S & Carrie F.
Bartlett in the 1910, still in Gardner. Bummer. Perhaps this Solon did not
live to 1900.

Here is Asenath, indexed as Annie, with Nancy, Welcome and her
sister Martha:
Name: Annie C M Bartlett
Home in 1900: Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Annie C M Bartlett 60
Nancie B Bartlett 28
Welcome Bartlett 25
Martha A Barnes 63
John Feney 32
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts;
Roll: T623 690; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 1590.

Bertha Bartlett is the enumerator! John Feney is on the next page, listed as a
servant, born in Canada. Martha BARNES, Asenath's sister, is still living
with the family.

1910, Asenath is still living with her sister and son Welcome
in Boylston:

Name: Asenath M Bartlett
Age in 1910: 70
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Asenath M Bartlett 70
Welcome Bartlett 35
Martha A Barree 73 - [I clearly see BARNES]
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts;
Roll: T624_627; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1706; Image: 543.

Frank & Bertha are in Leominster MA in 1910; I don't see Clarence.

By 1920, Asenath, 80, is living with her daughter Nancy and her
family in Worcester MA. In 1930, I do see an Asenath Bartlett, but she's a
toddler living with her parents and grandmother in Vermont, and her father
was born in Vermont as were his parents. So a connection is not likely.

Solon born 9 Mar 1893 Nebraska, m. Mabel C. [-?-] b. c1893 in Colorado; s/o
Frank L. & Hattie L., and his son, Solon Jr. b. c Aug 1919, Kansas. I believe
this Solon died 27 Jan 1975, in Los Angeles California.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonABartlett1900NE.jpg">1900
Census - Name: Solon A Bartlett
Home in 1900: Oak, Lancaster, Nebraska
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Birthplace: Nebraska
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's name: Frank L
Mother's name: Hattie L
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Frank L Bartlett 35
Hattie L Bartlett 35
Blanch B Bartlett 17
Jessie L Bartlett 16
L Lewellyn Bartlett 14
Joseph J Bartlett 12
Chas F Bartlett 11
Ida I Bartlett 9
Solon A Bartlett 7
Lena M Bartlett 2.12
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Oak, Lancaster, Nebraska; Roll:
T623 933; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 77.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonABartlett1910KS.jpg">1910
Census - Name: Solon A Barkett [Solon A Bartlett][looks like Bartlett to
me, too]
Age in 1910: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Birthplace: Nebraska
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Frank L
Father's Birth Place: Illinois
Mother's name: Hattie L
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Home in 1910: Center, Cloud, Kansas
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Frank L Barkett 45
Hattie L Barkett 45
Charles F Barkett 21
Solon A Barkett 17
Lena M Barkett 10
Flora G Barkett 8
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Center, Cloud, Kansas; Roll:
T624_435; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 74.

By the href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonABartlett1920KS.jpg">1920
Census, Solon is married to Mabel, and they have 2
children - Name: Solon A Bartlett
Home in 1920: Cora, Smith, Kansas
Age: 26 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Nebraska
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Mabel C
Father's Birth Place: Illinois
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 257
Household Members: Name Age
Solon A Bartlett 26
Mabel C Bartlett 26
Juanita O Bartlett 7
Elmer E Bartlett 5
Solon Bartlett 5/12
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Cora, Smith, Kansas; Roll: T625_552;
Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 213; Image: 257.

Solon's parents href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/FrankHattieBartlett1920KS.jpg">Frank
& Hattie in 1920 - Name: Frank Bartlett
Home in 1920: Oakland, Cloud, Kansas
Age: 54 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Hattie
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1054
Household Members: Name Age
Frank Bartlett 54
Hattie Bartlett 54
Lena Bartlett 19
Flora Bartlett 18
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Oakland, Cloud, Kansas; Roll:
T625_526; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 1054.

href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1930NE.jpg">1930
Census - Name: Solon A Bartlett
Home in 1930: Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Birthplace: Nebraska
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Mabel C
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Solon A Bartlett 37
Mabel C Bartlett 37
Vanita Bartlett 17
Elmer E Bartlett 15
Junius Bartlett 10
Richard Bartlett 3 10/12
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff,
Nebraska; Roll: 1293; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 271.0.

Where is Solon Jr.? Can he be Junius? Perhaps it is actually "Junior."
Ancestry's Living Person Finder lists a Solon A Bartlett, Birth Date: 13 Aug
1919, living in Wyoming, age 87, living with a Thomas Bartlett. I believe
this is Solon A, Jr. Contact me if this is your line, for his contact
information.

By 1930, href=http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/FrankHattieBartlett1930KS.jpg"">Frank
and Hattie are still living in Kansas - Name:
Frank L Bartlett
Home in 1930: Concordia, Cloud, Kansas
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Hattie L
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Frank L Bartlett 65
Hattie L Bartlett 65
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; Roll:
696; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 782.0.

Frank is still working, as a house painter. I don't see Lena or Flora close
around.

California Death Records: BARTLETT, SOLON A
Social Security #: 506109128
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 9 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Nebraska
Death Date: 27 Jan 1975
Death Place: LOS ANGELES. I believe this is the same man. An obituary would
tell more.

There is also a death record for Mabel, I think:

BARTLETT, MABEL C, born 05/16/1893, mother's maiden name: BICKFORD, however,
no father's surname is given, so this could be Mabel's maiden name. It shows
her birth state as COLORADO, which is correct. If this is the correct Mabel,
she died in LOS ANGELES(70) on 12/12/1966, age 73. Her SSN was 507-40-7832.

Solon C. b. c1902 District of Columbia, s/o John F. & Blanche - href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonCBartlett1910NY.jpg">1910
Census - Name: Solon C Bartlett
Age in 1910: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1902
Birthplace: District of Columbia
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: John F
Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Blanche
Mother's Birth Place: District of Columbia
Home in 1910: Schenectady Ward 11, Schenectady, New York
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John F Bartlett 41
Blanche Bartlett 33
Ruth B Bartlett 2
Solon C Bartlett 8
Mary Zwik 23
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Schenectady Ward 11, Schenectady,
New York; Roll: T624_1078; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 212; Image: 794.

Living next door are Chester BARTLETT, 29, also b. Massachusetts, wife Cora,
and infant son Kenneth.

The family in the href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1920NY.jpg">1920
Census, still in Schenectady - Name: Solon Bartlett
Home in 1920: Schenectady Ward 11, Schenectady, New York
Age: 18 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1902
Birthplace: District of Columbia
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: John F
Father's Birth Place: District of Columbia
Mother's name: Blanche
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1104
Household Members: Name Age
John F Bartlett 51
Blanche Bartlett 42
Solon Bartlett 18
Ruth Bartlett 11
Ida Collamer 69
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Schenectady Ward 11, Schenectady,
New York; Roll: T625_1263; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 1104.

Ida COLLAMER is Blanche's mother. John is a lawyer! Perhaps father's legal
career is the source of this Solon's name.

By the href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/SolonBartlett1930NY.jpg">1930
Census, Solon is living in Yonkers - Name: Solon
Bartlett
Home in 1930: Yonkers, Westchester, New York
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1902
Birthplace: District of Columbia
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Harbert Gerdera 26
John Tomey 25
Allie C Malmrose 37
Wilbur Thompson 36
May Berry 18
Gustave Gunderson 38
George Grundre 39
Solon Bartlett 28
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Yonkers, Westchester, New York;
Roll: 1667; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 471.0.

Solon is working in a shop or on a ship on Electrical Engines.

Meanwhile, href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/JohnFBartlett1930NY.jpg">Frank
and Blanche, Solon's parents, are still in
Schenectady NY - Name: John F Bartlett
Home in 1930: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Blanche
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
John F Bartlett 60
Blanche Bartlett 53
Ruth B Bartlett 22
Ida Collamer 79
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York;
Roll: 1646; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 67; Image: 415.0.

There is an SSDI record for Solon Bartlett, 28 Aug 1901 - Feb 1981
SSN: 127-09-2088, issued New York (Before 1951)
Last Residence: Ridgewood, Bergen Co. New Jersey 07450. I believe this is
the same man. An obituary would tell more.

Ferris/Farris BAYSINGER, Jennie PATTERSON and their children

2006-11-14T17:39:00.000-08:00

Ferris Baysinger is the oldest child ofElias Henry Baysinger, who was born 26 Dec 1832 in Breckinridge Co. Kentucky, son of Peter Baysinger and Elizabeth RICE.

Elias first married Margaret JONES, 9 July 1854 in Warren Co. Iowa (Certificate #11, William P. Jenkins, J.P.). Does anyone have any information about Margaret Jones - who her family were, when and where she was born, where she lived after the divorce, and when and where she died?

Cousin Terri says that they were in Kansas 1854-1860, and that the couple was divorced 1858 in Kansas. Larry Payne wrote to the Baysinger list with this information, "An article in the March 2, 1858 issue of the Freeman's Champion of Prairie City, Kansas states

PETITION for DIVORCE - Elias H. Baysinger vs Margaret E. Baysinger

Defendant absent for more than two years. Defendant is
non-resident. Case to be heard October
Term in Lecompton U.S. District Court 2nd Jidicial Dist. K.T. (Kansas Territory)"

Elias was in Kansas with Peter, his father, and their part in "Bloody Kansas" is mentioned in Congressional Records of the time. It is intriguing that they are spoken of as "armed Missourians," not Iowans.

Elias and Margaret Jones had one child, Ferris (or Farris) I. Baysinger, born July 1857, according to the 1900 Census. Evidently he was raised by his mother and her second husband. Does anyone have a birth record for Ferris, a divorce or second marriage record for Margaret?

I see Ferris in the Iowa State Census, taken in 1895. Ancestry extraction lists him as Faris I. Baysinger, age 40, race white, birthplace: Clarke IA; residence: Ward, Clarke Co.

Farris Isaiah BAYSINGER married Jennie PATTERSON b. c1849 PA, in Clark City, Iowa. they were farmers near Osceola, Iowa, which is where he and Jennie are buried. They had 3 children:

Robert Lindley Baysinger b. 4 Jan 1882 Clark, Iowa, d. 17 Jun 1979, married Maude Eva CLAVER 27 Mar 1907, Murry, Iowa (Eva was b. 17 June 1874, Clarke Co. Iowa, d. 1959, Mt Moriah, MO), both bur. in Sharon Chapel Cemetery, south of Mount Moriah, Mercer Co. Missouri
Olive Baysinger b. July 1884 m. Pearl EIVINS 19 March 1906, in Iowa or Missouri, bur. Rose Hill Cemetery, Ridgeway, Missouri
John Baysinger, b. Sept. 1886, died at age 23, never married, bur. Osceola, Iowa Cemetery.

Robert's SSDI record: ROBERT BAYSINGER, 4 Jan 1882 - Jul 1963. Last residence: Missouri. SSN: 491-42-3944, issued: Missouri
Pearl Eivins: PEARL EIVINS, 18 Aug 1883 - May 1972. Last residence: Osceola, Clarke Co. IA 50213. SSN: 500-07-6443, issued: Missouri. I don't see Olive.

Here is Jennie with her family in 1880, shortly before she and Farris married:

Name: Jennie Patterson
Home in 1880: Jackson, Clarke, Iowa
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to head-of-household: Daughter
Father's name: John
Father's birthplace: PA
Mother's name: Sarah
Mother's birthplace: PA
Occupation: At Home
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
John Patterson 57
Sarah Patterson 51
Lucretia Patterson 25
King Patterson 24
Amanda Patterson 22
Jennie Patterson 31
Chads Patterson 20
Robert Patterson 18
Eliza Patterson 16
Cora Patterson 11
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Clarke, Iowa; Roll: T9_333; Family History Film: 1254333; Page: 182.3000; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 0004.

Perhaps this is Ferris? in the 1880:

Name: Frank Frizzil
Home in 1880: Jackson, Clarke, Iowa
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to head-of-household: Head
Father's birthplace: OH
Mother's birthplace: PA
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Clarke, Iowa; Roll: T9_333; Family History Film: 1254333; Page: 181.2000; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 0003.

I read the entire township, and this is the only possible fellow. Not a good match, but -- where is he in 1880? If this is him, he's no help to find Margaret JONES in 1880, either!

Doris Ceradsky says that Ferris and Jennie and their children homesteaded in New Mexico for four or five years, but spent most of their lives in Clarke Co. Iowa and Harrison Co. Missouri. I searched the GLO site for New Mexico and did find John's Land Patent http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/JohnBaysingerLandPatent.GIF in Roosevelt Co. NM and one for Pearl Eivins in the same county. I did not find records of Farris or Robert on GLO.

The family in 1900:

Name: Fred H Basinger (?)
Home in 1900: Washington, Clarke, Iowa
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Jennie
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Fred H Basinger 47
Jennie Basinger 48
Robert L Basinger 18
Olice Basinger 15
John Basinger 13

Here are Robert & Maude in 1910:

Name: Robert L Baysinger
Age in 1910: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's name: Maude E
Home in 1910: Ward, Clarke, Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Robert L Baysinger 28
Maude E Baysinger 23
Norma L Baysinger 1

and I think that this is Ferris and Jennie:

Name: Isrel Baysinger
Age in 1910: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Indiana
Spouse's name: Jenny
Home in 1910: Green Bay, Clarke, Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Isrel Baysinger 58
Jenny Baysinger 60

Olive, Pearl and their children are in New Mexico, next-door to John:

Name: Pearl H Ewins
[Pearl H Eivins]
Age in 1910: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's name: Olive M
Home in 1910: Pearson, Roosevelt, New Mexico
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Pearl H Ewins 25
Olive M Ewins 24
Florence O Ewins 4
Marvin A Ewins 2
Harley O Ewins 2/12

Next-door. John M Baysinger
Age in 1910: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Pearson, Roosevelt, New Mexico
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male

Robert and family in 1920:

Name: Robert L Baysinger
Home in 1920: Green Bay, Clarke, Iowa
Age: 38 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Eva M
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 622
Household Members: Name Age
Robert L Baysinger 38
Eva M Baysinger 34
Arline Baysinger 6
Mildred Baysinger 1

Pearl and Olive in 1920:
Name: Pearl H Evan
Home in 1920: Center, Decatur, Iowa
Age: 36 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Olive
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 577
Household Members: Name Age
Pearl H Evan 36
Olive Evan 35
Florence Evan 13
Marvin Evan 12
Harley Evan 10
Rollin Evan 2

I think this is NOT Ferris in 1920, but I include it just in case:

Name: Isaac S Bussing
Home in 1920: Ottumwa Ward 5, Wapello, Iowa
Age: 64 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Ella S
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: New York
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 926
Household Members: Name Age
Isaac S Bussing 64
Ella S Bussing 62
Esther M Bussing 22

I have been unable to find Elias, Margaret or Ferris in the 1860 Census so far.

The rest of Elias Henry Baysinger's wives and children are here:

Elias Henry BAYSINGER, Wives and Children

2006-11-09T03:25:00.000-08:00

Elias Henry Baysinger was born 26 Dec 1832 in Breckinridge Co. Kentucky, son of Peter Baysinger and Elizabeth RICE. Warren county Iowa Advocate Tribune 9-30-1886 reports death of pioneer Peter Baysinger in Weede Co. Colorado on Sept 9, 1886. Reportedly buried Sedalia, Colorado, Bear Canyon Cemetery. Elizabeth

1840 Census
1850 Census

Elias married 1. Margaret JONES, 9 July 1854 in Warren Co. Iowa (Certificate #11, William P. Jenkins, J.P.). *Does anyone have any information about Margaret Jones - who her family were, when and where she was born, where she lived after the divorce, and when and where she died?*

Cousin Terri says that they were in Kansas 1854-1860, and that the couple was divorced 1858 in Kansas. Larry Payne wrote to the Baysinger list with this information, "An article in the March 2, 1858 issue of the Freeman's Champion of Prairie City, Kansas states

PETITION for DIVORCE - Elias H. Baysinger vs Margaret E. Baysinger

Defendant absent for more than two years. Defendant is
non-resident. Case to be heard October
Term in Lecompton U.S. District Court 2nd Jidicial Dist. K.T. (Kansas Territory)"

Elias was in Kansas with Peter, his father, and their part in "Bloody Kansas" is mentioned in Congressional Records of the time. It is intriguing that they are spoken of as "armed Missourians," not Iowans. I'll link to the images of a couple of pages where Peter and Elias are mentioned, from a book I read on the Making of America site, Political Speeches Partly in the House and Senate Dealing Mainly with Kansas and Slavery. I was shocked to discover that my ancestors wanted Kansas to be a slave state, and were willing to not only fight for that, but enter into a secret society to do so! Title Page, "Armed Missourians", "Vote at the Point of a Sword".

I believe this to be Elias in 1856 in KS:

Name: LIAS BAYSINGER
State: Kansas
County: Fourth District
Township: Terr. No Twp Listed
Year: 1856
Page: NPL
Database: KS 1856 State Census Index

By 1857, Elias' father is in Douglas Co. KS:

Name: PETER BAYSINGER
State: Kansas
County: Douglas
Township: Calhoun Twp.
Year: 1857
Page: 001
Database: KS 1857 State Census Index

and so is Elias, same township, same page:
Name: ELIAS BASINGER
State: Kansas
County: Douglas
Township: Calhoun Twp.
Year: 1857
Page: 001
Database: KS 1857 State Census Index

By 1859, Peter has moved (or the boundaries of the county have been redrawn):
Name: PETER BASINGER
State: Kansas
County: Douglas
Township: Palmyra Twp
Year: 1859
Page: 013
Database: KS 1859 State Census Index

Marilyn found Elias in the 1860 Census!

1860 Willow Springs, Douglas County, Kansas Territory page 141 or 145, July
30, 1860 line 10
P. W. BARINGER, age 52, male,farmer, $1800/$300, born VA
Elizabeth, age 46, female,KY
Elias, age 26, male, farmer, KY
Peter, age 21, male, farmer, KY
William, age 19, male,KY
Oregon, age 17, male, IL
Nancy M. age 14, female, IN, attended school within the year
Taylor, age 11, male, IA, attended school within the year

Living next door are Peter's daughter and son-in-law and their family
Daniel BARKER, age 32, male, OH
Eva, age 25, female, IL
Sarah M., age 7, IA, attended school
Nancy E., age 3, IA
Florence, age 1, NE
http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/PWBaringer1860DouglasCoKT.jpg

Elias and Margaret Jones had one child, Ferris (or Farris) I. Baysinger, born July 1857, according to the 1900 Census. Evidently he was raised by his mother and her second husband. Does anyone have a birth record for Ferris, a divorce or second marriage record for Margaret?

I see Ferris in the Iowa State Census, taken in 1895. Ancestry extraction lists him as Faris I. Baysinger, age 40, race white, birthplace: Clarke IA; residence: Ward, Clarke Co.

Farris Isaiah BAYSINGER married Jennie PATTERSON b. Sept 1877 PA in Clark City, Iowa. they were farmers near Osceola, Iowa, which is where he and Jennie are buried. They had 3 children:

Robert Lindley Baysinger b. 4 Jan 1882 Clark, Iowa, d. 17 Jun 1979, married Maude Eva CLAVER 27 Mar 1907, Murry, Iowa (Eva was b. 17 June 1874, Clarke Co. Iowa, d. 1959, Mt Moriah, MO), both bur. in Sharon Chapel Cemetery, south of Mount Moriah, Mercer Co. Missouri
Olive Baysinger b. July 1884 m. Pearl EIVINS 19 March 1906, in Iowa or Missouri, bur. Rose Hill Cemetery, Ridgeway, Missouri
John Baysinger, b. Sept. 1886, died at age 23, never married, bur. Osceola, Iowa Cemetery.

More about Ferris and Jenny, and their children: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/ferrisfarris-baysinger-jennie.html

Kansas Voter Registration Lists, 1854-56
Surname Given Name CITY District/County Precinct/Township Election Date Page #
Baysinger E. H. 4 Prairie City December 15, 1855 729
Baysinger E H 4 Prairie City January 15, 1856 774

Baysinger Peter 4 Prairie City December 15, 1855 729
Bassinger Peter 4 Willow Springs October 9, 1855 673
Source Information: Graden, Debra, ed. Kansas Voter Registration Lists, 1854-1856. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. Taken from: Kansas Territorial Government. Territorial Census of 1855 and 1856. Leavenworth, KS: Kansas Territory, 1856. You can see at least the Prairie City list on the Making of America site listed above.

I have been unable to find Elias, Margaret or Ferris in the 1860 Census so far.

Elias returned to Indianola, Iowa in 1860 and married Sarah Goosic in 1861. Warren County, Iowa 15 August, 1861, Elias Henry Baysinger and Sarah Goosic, Bk 1 page 103.

9-4-1872 Warranty Deed Book, Warren County, Iowa. Andrew and Julia Goosic sold land to Elias Baysinger for $500. Center of section five in twp 75 range 23 west

Sarah Maria Goosic died 1 October 1882 in Warren County, Iowa. Elias and Sarah had nine children:

** Elizabeth J. Baysinger, born 23 September 1862, Warren County, Iowa; died 27 December 1892, Warren County, Iowa, buried Indianola, Warren County, Iowa.

** Phoebe Baysinger b. 1861 Indianola, Warren County, Otter Township, Iowa. Married Fletcher SNYDER; b. 1855, Iowa. Their children: *Samuel Snyder, *Frank Snyder, Charles Snyder, Sarah Loretta Snyder, Claude DeLoyd Snyder, Myrtle Snyder, Florence Snyder, Clara Snyder, Dora Snyder

In 1880, Fletcher was living in Bethany, Harrison Co. MO (where, coincidently, my Grandpa Harvey McBEE was from, who would eventually marry Phoebe's niece Anna) with his then wife and children:

Name: Fletcher Snyder
Home in 1880: Bethany, Harrison, Missouri
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to head-of-household: Head
Spouse's name: Bebee
Father's birthplace: OH
Mother's birthplace: OH
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Fletcher Snyder 25
Bebee Snyder 22
Samuel Snyder 4
Franklin Snyder 1

So Samuel and Franklin are not Phoebe's children. By 1900, Phoebe and Fletcher are in Oklahoma.

Name: Fletcher Snyder
Home in 1900: Valley, Grant, Oklahoma
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Phoebe A
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Fletcher Snyder 48
Phoebe A Snyder 44
Samuel F Snyder 24
Frank Snyder 22
Charles Snyder 20
Sarah L Snyder 17
Claude Snyder 14
May Snyder 11
Florance L Snyder 8
Clara B Snyder 5
Dora E Snyder 2
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Valley, Grant, Oklahoma; Roll: T623 1337; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 75.

In 1910, they are in Kansas.

Name: Fletcher Snyder
Age in 1910: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Ohio
Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
Spouse's name: Pheaby A
Home in 1910: Wichita Ward 3, Sedgwick, Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Fletcher Snyder 54
Pheaby A Snyder 52
Florence L Snyder 18
Clara B Snyder 15
Dora E Snyder 11
Claud D Snyder 23
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Wichita Ward 3, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: T624_456; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 563.

** Mary Ellen Baysinger was born 1863 in Warren County, Iowa. She married 15 Feb 1881 William SIPPULT, son of Harrison SIPPULT and Elizabeth BOWERS, born 1856 in Mahaska Co. Iowa. Their children: Charles William SIPPULT b. 14 Dec 1881 Otter Twp., Burt Sipult, Lula Sipult, Mary Sipult, Ollie Sipult, Bud Sipult, Joy Sipult, Joe Sipult, Fred Sipult, George Sipult

ii. FEMALE SIPPUIT, b. July 10, 1883, Otter Township, Warren
County,
Iowa.

> ..... 2 Sarah Francis Baysinger d: October 24, 1942 in Warren Co,
> Iowa
> ......... +Elijah Jefferson Byers d: October 13, 1935 in Warren
> Co, Iowa
> ............. 3 Nora Elizabeth Byers
> ................. +Wade Anderson Clary
> ............. 3 Gertrude Mae Byers d: November 24, 1926 in Des
> Moines,
> PolK County, Iowa
> ................. +William James Lester d: December 10, 1965
> .................... 4 Blanche Mae Lester d: January 04, 1983 in
> Chula
> Vista, San Diego County, California
> ........................ +Grant Otto Duncan d: February 13, 1952
> in
> Waukesha, Wisconsin
> .................... *2nd Husband of Blanche Mae Lester:
> ........................ +Joseph Gargiulo d: December 29, 1993
> in
> San Diego, California
> .................... *3rd Husband of Blanche Mae Lester:
> ........................ +Ray Quinnes d: Unknown in ?
> .................... 4 Howard Emmanuel Lester d: April 13, 1913 in
> Warren Co. Iowa
> .................... 4 Ellen Lester
> ............. 3 Lou Byers
> ................. +William Aplin
> ............. 3 Charles William Byers
> ................. +Jessie Pearl Lees

> ..... 2 Peter A. Baysinger d: August 25, 1942 in Warren County,
> Iowa
> ......... +Matilda Byers d: October 10, 1937 in Warren Co, Iowa
> ............. 3 Farris Baysinger
> ............. 3 Grace Baysinger
> ................. +Olin Mosher
> .................... 4 Edna Mosher
> .................... 4 Joe Mosher
> .................... 4 Robert Mosher
> ............. 3 Alice Rachel Baysinger d: July 09, 1966
> ................. +Leslie Vanderlinden
> .................... 4 Guy Vanderlinden
> .................... 4 Karma Vanderlinden

**Elias William Baysinger was born 10 November 1869 in Indianola, Warren Co. Iowa, died 15 October 1923 in Carlisle, Warren Co. Iowa. He married Sarah Frances BORRALL 11 June 1893 in Indianola, Warren Co. Iowa, daughter of John BORRALL and Melissa BENNETT. She was born 10 July 1870 in Indianola, Warren Co. Iowa, died 7 February 1904 in Indianola, Warren Co. Iowa.
Gravestone: ELIAS W. BAYSINGER - Hammondsburg (AKA Cochran?) Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa (http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=188618)
b. 1869, d. 1923, h/o Sarah F. Baysinger

Children of Elias BAYSINGER and Sarah BORRALL:
1. Evelyn May BAYSINGER, b. 2 February 1894, Indianola, Warren Co. Iowa; d. 7 July 1966, Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa, bur: Middle River Cemetery, Warren Co. Iowa. She married Fred Ellsworth PRALL.
2. Roy or Ray William BAYSINGER, b. 1895, Warren Co. Iowa m. Ruby SAUNDERS
3. William Roy BAYSINGER, b. 31 January 1897, Indianola, Warren Co. Iowa. May be same child as above.
* Bertha & Guy (listed in census as BAYSINGER), children of second wife Ida (--?--) and her first husband

Here is the family in the 1900 Census:
Name: William Beysinger
Home in 1900: Otter, Warren, Iowa
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah F
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
William Beysinger 30
Sarah F Beysinger 29
Eva M Beysinger 6
Ray W Beysinger 3
Census image: Bottom of the page - on the same page as his father Elias & family, brother John and sister Sarah BYERS and their families.

This is Elias W. & family in 1920. I did not know that he remarried; Sarah died in 1904. Does anyone have a marriage record for this couple? Guy and Bertha were Ida's children from a previous marriage. Notice that Fred PRALL is living two houses away -- He and Eva/Evelyn later marry. Awful image, I know. This is from HQ; Ancestry's is much worse.

Name: Elias W Baysinger
Age in 1910: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's name: Ida M
Home in 1910: Richland, Warren, Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Elias W Baysinger 40
Ida M Baysinger 40
Bertha Baysinger 12
Guy Baysinger 15
Ray W Baysinger 15

Looking for these children in the 1870 Census:
Elias Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1834 Kentucky White Male
Sarah Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1843 O White Female
Phebe Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1858 Iowa White Female
Mary Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1864 Iowa White Female
Sarah Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1866 Iowa White Female
Peter Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1867 Iowa White Male
William Basinger Otter, Warren, IA abt 1869 Iowa White Male

Andrew & Julia Goosick are one household away; Sarah's parents. Nearby is Emma Scott, her husband Isaac and family, Sarah's sister.

** John Alfred Baysinger and his wives 1.Viola Belle Stephens, their son Arthur Baysinger; 2. Minnie Disney and children Carl, Annie/Anna, Leonard M., William L. Iva E., Ernest P., Ralph, Charles, Ray, Robert, George, and Katherine, are described here: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/john-baysinger-viola-minnie-and.html

> ..... 2 Ada Bell Baysinger d: December 10, 1955 in Merino, Colorado
> ......... +Joe Dilley
> ............. 3 Joe Rice Dilley
> ............. 3 Madge Dilley
> ................. +George Hewitt
> ............. 3 Maggie Dilley
> ............. 3 Wade Dilley
> ............. 3 Jim Dilley
> ............. 3 Russel Dilley

> ..... 2 James Absalon Baysinger d: 1962 in Interior S.D.
> ......... +Ethel Mary Clary d: 1950 in Interior South Dakota
> ............. 3 Trilla Baysinger
> ................. +Lee Williamson
> ............. 3 Rilla A. Baysinger
> ................. +Albert Thompson
> ............. 3 Unnamed Baysinger d: April 24, 1914

10. James Absalom Baysinger was born 1873 in Warren County, Iowa, died 1962 Interior SD. He married Mary Ethel CLARY 1904 in Warren County, Iowa, daughter of Henry CLARY and Orcelia --?--. She was born 1885 in Warren County, Iowa, died 1950 Interior SD. Their children: 1. Infant BAYSINGER, b. April 25, 1914, Warren County, Iowa; d. April 1914, Warren County, Iowa, buried Hammondsburg, Iowa.

??? Nola Marie BURT (WILLIAM M BURT5, ELIza Ann BAYSINGER,
VALENTINE3,
JOHANN PETER2, JACOB (BAYSINGER)1 BESSINGER) She married EMORY SKIDMORE
TWEEDY.

Child of NOLA BURT and EMORY TWEEDY is:
i. VIVIAN WILMA7 TWEEDY, b. Abt. 1907.

1880 Census

> ..... 2 Laura Baysinger d: October 01, 1882 in Warren County, Iowa

The story I heard of Sarah and baby Laura's death, is that Sarah's dress caught fire, and she and the baby were both burned to death.

After Sarah's death, Elias married 3. Lydia SCOTT, Sarah's sister's sister. A source of great confusion is that Elias referrs to his wife "Mary J." in his will of 1900, shortly before his death. Elias died 8 November 1900 in Warren County, Iowa

Warren Co Newspaper 2-18-1886 "Elias and Lydia Baysinger married last wk in Mo. A guardian had been appt. for her that she was not competent to manage property. Her neighbors say a great injustice was done by appointment of a
guardian and his treatment of her and her property. He made a futile attempt to prevent her marriage only to be laughed at for his pains." *We need to find the court proceedings of this guardianship case.* I would love to get this newspaper on microfilm, and read the whole darn thing, ads and all.

> *3rd Wife of Elias Henry Baysinger:
> .. +Lydia Scott d: April 03, 1904
> ..... 2 Isaac Baysinger d: August 08, 1964
> ..... 2 Nancy Ann Baysinger
> ......... +Joe Patterson
> ..... 2 William A. Baysinger

1879 Directory of Otter Township

BAYSINGER, E.H., farmer, and brick-maker, Sec. 4; P.O. Indianola; was born in Breckenridge county, Kentucky, in 1833, and removed to Illinois in 1835, and afterwards to Indiana, and came to this county first in 1852; he is a farmer and owns 90 acres of land; he spent six years in Kansas, from 1854 to 1860, and was in the John Brown raid; after his return to this county, he engaged in brick-making, and has made the largest portion of the brick used in the buildings of Indianola; he has held township offices; he married Miss Sarah Goosic, in 1861; she was born in Ohio; they have eight children: Phebe A., Mary E., Sarah F., Peter A., William, John F., Eda B., James. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawarren/1879hist/otter-twp.htm

The same information is in the History of Warren County, Iowa, Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879.

1880 Census

Iowa State Census

1900 Census
1900 Census Warren County, Iowa Otter Twp Sheet 1. Elias, Lydia, divorced son Peter (a blacksmith) and William who helped on the farm lived together, along with the young ones Isaac H. & Nancy A. Elias could read and write and owned his farm. John and James lived near by, and his daughter and son-in-law Sarah and Jeff BYERS lived next door. John Baysinger and his family lived on the next farm and next was James Baysinger.

Iowa census for Warren County in June 1900 lists Elias, 67, and Lydia A., 50, married 13 years to Elias. That means they were married in 1887. William A. is shown as 19 yrs old, so he apparently was not the son of
Elias. In that same 1900 census, Isaac is 12 and Nancy is 10. William is actually of the age to be the son of Elias and Sarah Goosic Baysinger so don't know about "their 3 children" of the will. Lydia is the mother of 3 children, 3 living. Has anyone found the birth records for these 3?

Will of Elias Henry Baysinger
1-9-1901 Will proved Warren Co, Iowa Peter A Baysinger and Elias W. Baysinger were executors. Will states all property in wife's name to remain hers and at her death to be equally divided between their 3 children, William A, Isaac H and Nancy A. It further states that wife, Mary J. Baysinger to receive 2 bay mares "Tobe and Belle". The remainder of his real estate, 213 acres to be equally divided between his children: Peter, Elias, John, James, Phoebe Snyder, Mary Ellen Sipault, Sarah Frances Byers, Ada Belle Dilley and Ferris
I Baysinger.

BAYSINGER
Ferris H. 1902-1933
Roberta L. 1904-1989
Belmont Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa
( Roberta L BAYSINGER listed: http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php/id_81625 )

from Doris Ceradsky:

Children of ELIAS BAYSINGER and SARAH GOOSIC are:

7. iv. MARY ELLEN BAYSINGER, b. 1863, Warren County, Iowa.
v. SARAH FRANCES BAYSINGER, b. 1865, Warren County, Iowa; m. JEFF
BYERS.
8. vi. PETER ANDREW BAYSINGER, b. 1867, Warren County, Iowa; d. 1942,
Warren
County, Iowa.

viii. JOHN ALFRED BAYSINGER, b. December 1872, Warren County,
Iowa.
10. ix. JAMES ABSOLOM BAYSINGER, b. 1873, Warren County, Iowa.
x. ADA (EDA) BELLE BAYSINGER, b. 1875, Hartford, Warren County,
Iowa; d.
December 10, 1955; m. JOHN SAMUEL DILLEY, June 17, 1892, Warren County,
Iowa;
b. April 30, 1849, Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio; d. February
14,
1909, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.

Notes for JOHN SAMUEL DILLEY:
Burial: Indianola IOOF Warren County, Iowa. 2 children unnamed Female
6-2-1893, Male 1-25-1895.

xi. LOUIE BAYSINGER, b. Abt. 1879, Otter Township, Warren County,
Iowa.
xii. LAURA BAYSINGER, b. October 01, 1882, Otter Township, Warren
County, Iowa; d. October 01, 1882, Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa.

Notes for LAURA BAYSINGER:
Burial: Indianola, Warren County, Iowa

Children of ELIAS BAYSINGER and LYDIA SCOTT are:
xiii. WILLIAM6 BAYSINGER, b. Abt. 1879.

Notes for WILLIAM BAYSINGER:
William possibly a child of Lydia's that was adopted by Elias. He is
too old
to be a child of Elias and Lydia's.

xiv. ISSAC BAYSINGER, b. May 22, 1887.
xv. NANCY BAYSINGER, b. July 14, 1889; m. JOSEPH PATTERSON.

5. WILLIAM M BURT5 BURT (ELIZA ANN4 BAYSINGER, VALENTINE3, JOHANN
PETER2,
JACOB (BAYSINGER)1 BESSINGER) He married MARTHA ANGELINE BRECKRIDGE.

Child of WILLIAM BURT and MARTHA BRECKRIDGE is:
11. i. NOLA MARIE6 BURT.

Generation No. 4

8. PETER ANDREW6 BAYSINGER (ELIAS HENRY5, PETER ASA4, VALENTINE3,
JOHANN
PETER2, JACOB (BAYSINGER)1 BESSINGER) was born 1867 in Warren County,
Iowa,
and died 1942 in Warren County, Iowa. He married MARTHA MAY BYERS
October
11, 1891 in Warren County, Iowa, daughter of ELIJAH BYERS and ELIZA
MARTIN.
She was born 1871 in Warren County, Iowa, and died 1937 in Warren
County,
Iowa.

Notes for PETER ANDREW BAYSINGER:
Burial: Peter and Martha are buried in the Motor Cemetery at Warren
County,
Iowa

Children of PETER BAYSINGER and MARTHA BYERS are:
i. GRACE7 BAYSINGER, b. September 15, 1892, Otter Township, Warren
County, Iowa; d. May 30, 1979.

Notes for GRACE BAYSINGER:
Burial: Manoah, Iowa

ii. ALICE BAYSINGER, b. November 18, 1897, Otter Township, Warren
County, Iowa.

This picture of Elias Henry Baysinger was sent to me by Duane Baysinger. Click the small picture to see the original large version. I don't know when this was taken, or if Duane has the original, or where he got it! If I once knew, it is lost in the mists of time.

If you are "lost in Iowa", here is Warren County. Click on that for a map of 1895 Iowa. (large map is 2MB)

There is also a Map of Indianola online, a link from the USGW History & Geography of Warren County page, which includes History, Maps, and Photographs.

Death of Emma Basinger, age 1 in the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
Name: Emma L Basinger
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Place of Birth: Iowa
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Age: 1
Month of Death: Mar
Cause of Death: Croup congestion lungs
Place of Death: (City, County, State)
Otter, Warren, Iowa
Census Year: 1880
Source Citation: Census Place (City, County, State): Otter, Warren, Iowa; Roll: A1156_62; Page: ; Enumeration District: 235; Line Number: 7.

Using Batch Numbers and the IGI

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What are Batch Numbers and how are they useful?

You will find Batch numbers in IGI (International Genealogical Index) records on the FamilyHistory.org website, or researching at your local Family History Center. Here is a bit of expanation from Rhonda McClure, from an old Family Tree Finders post. Start with the fiche

"IGI Batch Number Index" ...still available at your local Family History Center .... is a valuable tool when trying to understand the origins of any entries in the IGI. This is also the fiche you [will] use for converting the batch number manually. The fiche is useful when you have printed out information from FamilySearch.org and have many of those to check. If you are doing your research at the Family History Center, then it is easier to just print out the entries (use the F2 function to save a group of them to print to a single page) as that will give you the film numbers.

You can then take the film numbers and search either online or in the FHC and see exactly what the film is about. For a detailed chart about this you may want to see an article I wrote on this over on Genealogy.com. It was in answer to a similar question, but offers a chart of the more common batch numbers and what type of resource they refer to. You can see that article at http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/heard070199.html.

- Rhonda R. McClure

Helen S. Uhlman posted to the APG list about getting to IGI submitted sources: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/APG/2003-03/1047668456

New Zealand Society of Genealogists has another method: http://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz/igi.htm

Making Optimum Use of the IGI, by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG: http://www.livgenmi.com/fhcigi.htm

Although a bit out of date, the GenUKI site has a good page on finding and using batch numbers: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/FindingBatchNos.html

See Hugh Wallis's wonderful site, IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm

German IGI Batch Number Index: http://www.igi-index.de/?seite=batch8&lang=uk
Since the site is in German, it's a bit difficult to use until you are used to it. Click on the letter of the alphabet that begins your town of interest, and scroll down to your place. Or, substitute your place of interest in the URL (for the XXXs): http://www.igi-index.de/?seite=batch8&lang=uk&sort=ort&id=XXX

IGI Batch Number Instructions: http://www.rawlins.cnchost.com/igi.html

IGI Batch-Nummern: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carlbecker/igi_batch.htm (Hessen / Hessen-Nassau, Baden, Württemberg, Bayern (hauptsächlich Pfalz), Rheinland, Westfalen, Lippe / Schaumburg-Lippe, Preußen (sofern nicht bereits aufgeführt), Sonstige)

Microfilming of French Records: http://www.geneaguide.com/anglais/microfilmfrenchrecord.htm

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

John BAYSINGER, Viola, Minnie and children

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John BAYSINGER born Dec 1872 Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, died 4 May 1942 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. John was the son of Elias Henry BAYSINGER and Sarah Maria GOOSIC. He and second wife Minnie are buried Laurel Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk Co IA.

Married 1. Viola STEPHENS born 20 Aug 1874

Marriage license issued 3 Jul 1893. Thomas E. Parker, age 31, attested in an affidavit to John being 22 and Viola being 19, therefore of legal ages (Book H, page 92, Warren County Records).

Warren County Marriages for Certificate #161: John Baysinger and Viola Stephens were united in marriage 3 Jul 1893 by Elder D.W. Shackles at his house, witnessed by Mrs. R. Shakle (not Shackles?) and Ann Jones. Marriage recorded 2 Oct 1893, along with several others performed by Elder Shackles.

Viola filed for divorce Oct. 11 in the District Court of Warren County. Judgment, No. 1149 granted 20 Nov 1893. Viola was represented by attorneys McGarry and Brown. John Baysinger didn't contest the divorce. He paid the various fees connected with filing, attorneys, trial, etc., amounting to $5.50. The final entry on the page indicates that he didn't pay that $5.50 judgment until 24 Nov 1900, however. Copies of these records are in the possession of cousin Terri. Viola married 2. John HANOUSEK.

Their children:

Arthur born 27 May 1894 Otter Township, Indianola, Warren Co. IA, married 5 Jun 1925 Sylvia Viola HANOUSEK in Everett, Snohomish Co. WA, died 12 Aug 1990 Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.
SSDI: ARTHUR BAYSINGER 27 May 1894-12 Aug 1990. SSN: 535-14-1286, issued Washington.

Arthur's WWI Draft Registration:
Name: Arthur Baysinger
City: Not Stated
County: Nodaway
State: Missouri
Birthplace: Iowa; United States of America
Birth Date: 27 May 1894
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1683432
DraftBoard: 0 (Same source info as Carl's, below)

Evada Florence, born to John Baysinger and Viola Stephens on 27 May 1896, died 6 Nov 1967. When she was adopted by Viola's second husband, John HANOUSEK, she became Florence Evada Hanousek. She married Nicholos ANGELOFF.
SSDI: FLORENCE ANGELOFF, 27 May 1896 - Nov 1967. Last res. Snohomish, Snohomish Co., WA 98290. SSN: 532-24-3535, issued Washington.

Married 2. Minnie Catherine DISNEY born born c1877 in Crawford Co. AR, daughter of William Briggs Disney & Mary C. WALTERS. They married 24 Apr 1894 in Indianola, Warren Co. IA. (Valorie has a copy of this marriage record). Minnie died Apr 1959 Des Moines, Polk Co. IA.

Before Minnie married John Baysinger, they had a child

Carl born Sep 1893 Warren County, Iowa, died 1947 Josephine County, Oregon. Carl married Nellie Myrtle GREGG b: 29 Nov 1886 Palmyra, Warren County, Iowa. d: 13 Apr 1977 Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California.
SSDI: NELLIE BAYSINGER, 29 Nov 1886-Apr 1977. Last res: Capitola, Santa Cruz Co. CA 95010. SSN: 571-14-7751, issued California.

Carl Baysinger in 1930:
Age: 35 years
Estimated birth year: 1894
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Race: White
Home in 1930: Johnson, Polk, Missouri
Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Johnson, Polk, Missouri; Roll: T626_1219; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 0041. He has a wife Nellie, and children Harold, 15, Hellen, 14, Sarah, 12, and Ella May, 6, with him and Nellie. The children are all born in Iowa. According to cousin Dan benDan, "The family moved to southern California for a while and then to Josephine County, Oregon."

On his WWI Draft Registration, Carl states that he was born 22 Sep 1895, which is Anna's birthday. Was this deliberate deception, or did he believe that he and Anna were twins?
Name: Carl Edward Baysinger
City:Not Stated (actually Carlisle)
County: Warren
State: Iowa
Birthplace: Iowa; United States of America
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1895
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1643361
DraftBoard: 0
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.

*Anna born 22 Sep 1895 Otter township, Cool, Warren County, Iowa. Died 12 Feb 1956, buried 16 Feb 1956 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This is my grandmother.

She married 1. 22 Aug 1914 in Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa - Harvey McBEE, b. 6 Oct 1891 in Cainsville, Harrison Co. Missouri, d. 4 Jun 1964 in Fillmore, Saskatchewan, Canada, buried Jun 1964 Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At the time of the 1920 Census, she and Harvey and their little ones lived with John and Minnie in Warren Co. Iowa. By 1930, they were on their way to Saskatchewan, but made a stop in Des Moines to visit with John and Minnie one last time. My mother Lola was not yet 2 years old. The entire family came down sick, and had to stay in Des Moines some months, spending quite a bit of the money they had made selling their house in Indianola, Warren Co. John and Minnie are a few pages away.

Name: Harvey Mcbee
Home in 1930: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Amma
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Harvey Mcbee 35
Amma Mcbee 38
Kenneth Mcbee 14
Katherine Mcbee 12
John Mcbee 10
Bettie Mcbee 7
Hollis Mcbee 6
Nancy Mcbee 3 2/12
Lola Mcbee 1 9/12

Anna divorced Harvey 13 Mar 1945 in Calgary. She married 2. 22 Sep 1951 Paul Peter POROSKY at Grace Presbyterian Church, Calgary, Alberta. His occupation: Butcher, at Packing House. Widower, age 50 in 1951, Greek Catholic, living at 622 8th Ave. East, Calgary, Alberta. Born in Velkilazi, Czechoslovakia. Son of Andy Porosky, born in Czecheslovakia, and Mary Zeller. He could read and write.

Leonard M. Baysinger b: 25 Apr 1897 Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa d: 2 Feb 1898 Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa.

William L. b. 20 Nov 1898 Otter twp d. bef. 1900 census

Iva E. b: 20 Jan 1901 Otter Township, Warren Co. IA d: 13 Oct 1979 Runnells, Polk Co. IA. (Otter twp has dob 20 Jan 1900 AND 1901!)
SSDI: IVA NORTHWAY, 30 Dec 1900-Oct 1979. Last benefit: Carlisle, Warren Co. IA 50047. SSN: 485-22-1586, issued: Iowa.

Iva married Fred NORTHWAY, had 5 children.
SSDI: FRED NORTHWAY, 20 Dec 1899-Apr 1975. Last res: Runnells, Polk Co. IA 50237. SSN: 484-05-0635, issued Iowa.

Fred's WWI Draft Registration:
Name: Fred Clarence Northway
City: Not Stated
County: Polk
State: Iowa
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1899
Race: White
Roll: 1643347
DraftBoard: 0 (Source same as Carl's)

Ernest Paul b. 3 Sep 1902 Otter twp d. 1936 Des Moines, Polk Co. IA

1930 Census: Paul Baysinger
Age: 27 years
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Race: White
Home in 1930: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: T626_675; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 0620.

He is enumerated with his wife Loretta, and son Clarence, 3, and daughter Lois, 1.

SSDI: CLARENCE R BAYSINGER, 12 Oct 1926-2 May 1995. Last residence Des Moines, Polk Co. IA 50317, Last benefit: Des Moines, Polk Co. IA 50317. SSN: 484-18-7054, issued: Iowa. Obituary: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.baysinger&m=177

Ralph b. 1909 d. 1958 Des Moines, Polk Co. IA

Ralph in the 1930 Census: Ralph Baysinger
Age: 24 years
Estimated birth year: 1905
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Race: White
Home in 1930: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa

Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: T626_677; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 0613.

He is enumerated with his wife Lovey, and sons Kenneth & Roland, ages maybe 2 & 9mos and 1 & 9 mos? Lovey b. Missouri, sons b. Iowa

SSDI: KENNETH L BAYSINGER, 14 Sep 1927-27 Apr 1995. Last res: Roseville, Placer Co. CA 95747. SSN: 480-20-6312, issued Iowa.

After Ralph's death, Lovey married an UMPHLEET. See the thread starting here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.baysinger&m=200. I think I might have mis-interpreted this, and Lovey was born UMPHLEET, married Ralph, then a DENNIS?

Yes, I was wrong. Here she is with her family in Grundy Co. Missouri in 1910:

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri; Roll T624_783; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 149.

Ancestry has her as: Name: Lovie Umplaflet
[Lovie Umphfleet]
Age in 1910: 9/12
Estimated birth year: abt 1909
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: James
Father's Birth Place: Missouri
Mother's Name: Kittie D
Mother's Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1910: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female

Household Members:
Name Age
James Umplaflet
Kittie D Umplaflet 28
Claud Umplaflet 21
Della Umplaflet 14
Uguene Umplaflet 14
Delbert Umplaflet 13
Roy Umplaflet 10
Rinda Umplaflet 8
Lovie Umplaflet 9/12

Charles b. 24 Nov 1909, d. 15 Apr 1995.
SSDI: CHARLES W BAYSINGER, 24 Nov 1909-15 Apr 1995. Last residence Des Moines, Polk Co. IA 50317. SSN: 719-18-3343, Long-time or retired railroad workers

I don't see Charles in 1930.

Ray b. 1911 died in infancy

Robert b. 12 Jul 1912 Pleasantville (Marion Co. IA?) - was not enumerated with the family in 1920.

George b. 1 Nov 1914 Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa. d: 27 Jan 1916 Allen Township, Warren County, Iowa.

Katherine b. 8 Aug 1917 Hammondsburg, Warren Co. IA d. 1936

The Ancestry index finds no Katherine or Catherine Baysinger in 1930. My mother remembers her mother getting a black-edged envelope when she was very young, and then Anna either fainted or broke out in violent grief. She thought it might have been the announcement of her littlest sister's death. She had already lost so many brothers, and to lose her baby sister must have been heart-breaking. Mom had no memory of Katherine, but Auntie Kathleen had been best friends with her while they still lived in Iowa. What a sad loss.

The John Baysingers in the Census

No wonder I couldn't find any of them in the 1930 Census! Look how Ancestry indexed them! I found them first, and then tried to bring them up in the index:
Name: John Bayesger
Home in 1930: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Winnie
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
John Bayesger 68
Winnie Bayesger 53
Charley Bayesger 26
Katherine Bayesger 12

Charlie was home for the census. :-)

Here is the family in 1920: John Baysinger
Age: 47 years
Estimated birth year: 1872
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Home in 1920: Allen, Warren, Iowa (Carlisle town)
Roll: T625_517, Page: 2A, ED: 210, Image: 0207

With John is Minnie, 43, Iva, 19, Paul 17, Ralph, 13, Charles, 10, Catherine, 2. Living with them are my grandparents Harvey McBee & Anna, with Kenneth, 2, Kathleen, 2, and John, newly born.

1910 Census:
Name: John Baysinger
Age in 1910: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's name: Minnie
Home in 1910: Indianola Ward 1, Warren, Iowa
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John Baysinger 38
Minnie Baysinger 34
Carl Baysinger 16
Anna Baysinger 14
Iva Baysinger 9
Paul Baysinger 7
Ralph Baysinger 4
Charles Baysinger 5/12

Sorry for the dreadful image, which is from Heritage Quest. The Ancestry page is even worse quality!

1900:
Name: John Beysinger
Home in 1900: Otter, Warren, Iowa
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Minnie K
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
John Beysinger 27
Minnie K Beysinger 23
Carl Beysinger 6
Annie Beysinger 4

Elias & Lydia, John's father and step-mother, are just up the page.

I would love to correct any incorrect information that I have here.

Have no fear of perfection -- you'll never reach it. - Salvador Dali

Maps

2006-10-19T22:15:00.000-07:00

Google Earth: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/07/google-earth-and-moon.html, Maps: http://maps.google.com, http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/02/google-maps.html

National Atlas of the United States of America: http://nationalatlas.gov/

Maps of the Alsace: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/alsace/maps/

Maps of Scotland: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/maps-of-scotland.html

Oddens’ Bookmarks: http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php

Find out stuff about US places: http://www.epodunk.com/ (also easy links to maps)

GNIS: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic
   The GNIS database provides longitude and latitude, but most of the mapping sites use street addresses. But click on a link labeled "GNIS in Google Map" to see its location on a Google map. Or, once you have found the longitude and latitude, you can go to Google Maps and enter that information, either in decimal format (44.798404, -68.827259) or as degrees/minutes/seconds (+44° 47' 54.25", -68° 49' 38.13"). Enter latitude north of the equator as a positive number, south of the equator with a minus sign. Longitude - enter anything east of the Zero Meridian as a positive number; west of zero degrees (such as North and South America) with a minus sign.

TerraServer: http://terraserver-usa.com/default.aspx (USGS aerial imagery & topographic maps)

Topozone: http://www.topozone.com/default.asp
  Placename searches: http://www.topozone.com/findplace.asp

Google Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/02/google-maps.html

Sustrans: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ UK local maps online. Some show footpaths, carriageways and Roman Roads as well as ruins and ancient sites.

Global Gazetteer - Worldwide Directory of Cities & Towns: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html

Interactive World Maps/Guide: http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/worldmapbig/49.html

Links to Maps, Etchings & Related Subjects: http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/mapslinks.htm

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com

Boston Public Library's Norman B. Leventhal Map Center: http://maps.bpl.org/

MSN's MapPoint: http://mappoint.msn.com/

Modern French Maps: http://fr.maps.yahoo.com/

Antique French maps: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sylvain.chardon/locom/loc_menu.htm

French départements in 1813 which later became German: http://www.cr-lorraine.fr/sarlorlux/deutsch/cartes/1_emp_d.htm

European maps finder: http://www.ismap.com, http:www.mappy.com, http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapHomePage

Very cool site, with old images of old cities: http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/mapmakers/braun_hogenberg.html

   Also, use geo@genealogy.net -- for instructions, see: http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/geoserv.html

Swedish Gazetteer: http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html

USDA Soil Survey Maps: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/usda-soil-survey-maps.html

"Do It Yourself" Color-Coded State Maps (save as GIF): http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/

Alabama Maps: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/

Minnesota Maps: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/tomo.html (1:24,000 , 1:100,000 & 1:250,000 topo maps)

US Railroad Maps 1828-1900: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

Scottish Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/scottish-maps.html

German Maps: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/german-maps.html

Distance Calculator - as the crow flies, not by road: http://www.indo.com/distance/

Wonderful blog! Cartography: http://ccablog.blogspot.com/

Have some fun with your knowledge, and test yourself here: http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

USDA Soil Survey Maps

2006-10-19T21:42:00.000-07:00

Originally published in UpFront with NGS, The Online Newsletter of the National Genealogical Society. http://www.NGSgenealogy.org/upfront.htm, Volume 5, Number 1 - 1 January 2005

A recent article in the Library of Virginia's newsletter talks about a new preservation project currently being carried on which involves early 20th century soil survey materials. These are part of the Library's Federal Depository Library Program Collection and would, of course, be part of any Federal Depository Library's collection-Federal publications and other information products are made available for free public use in Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. These libraries can be located at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html.

The Library of Virginia article describes the value of these early maps:
The extremely colorful maps provide detailed information on soil content as well as information useful to genealogists and historians, such as place names, locations of buildings, population densities, extant canals and river channels, and other information that can help the researcher.
The early soil survey materials were published beginning in 1899 as part of the U.S. Serial Set and as part of the publications of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. While the reports are useful, the maps are of even more importance. The series ceased in this format in 1922 after publishing 1102 maps. Current soil survey maps and their accompanying data can be located at the USDA Web site:
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/.

Typical of most libraries Stony Brook University New York provides access to their collection only at the library-noting on their Web site:
Most soil surveys are arranged by state and county on shelves behind the atlases in the Map Collection. Older (pre-1950) soil maps of the Northeastern states have been removed from their accompanying booklets, and are filed in the locked brown map case near the file cabinets containing the U.S.G.S. folio series.
South Carolina has posted their early maps on the Web. In their
description of this unique resource they note:
The true value of the original soil survey is not in their soil information but in the basic cultural data which was overlaid on the base map. Today archaeologists, historians, and environmental engineers are among the many researchers that rely on the older soil survey collection. The older maps contain information of significance that is not available on updated soil surveys or even the USGS topographic maps.

Examples of this are: old rail lines, schools, churches and other structures as well as entire towns that no longer exist.
Their collection can be accessed at http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/soilsurveyabout.html

Those researchers who are interested in states other than South Carolina and who cannot travel to a federal depository library can access this data through the Lexis-Nexis Congressional database which includes the full text of the U.S. Serial Set. Most university libraries have subscriptions to Lexis-Nexis available to the public at their main libraries.

ITC: International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation - http://www.itc.nl/~rossiter/research/rsrch_ss_digital_na.html

Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors. - Cicero

Finding a Professional Genealogist

2006-09-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

Association of Professional Genealogists (APG): http://www.APGen.org (I have just joined the APG).

Board for Certification of Genealogists: http://www.BCGcertification.org

International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists: http://www.icapgen.org/

Study guide: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist by Karen Clifford, ISBN 0-916489-81-7

Book: Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Lecturers, and Librarians, ed. Elizabeth Shown Mills, ISBN 0-8063-1648-9

Other nations

Australia and New Zealand:
Australian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents: http://www.aagra.asn.au/

Canada:
Genealogical Institute of the Maritimes / Institut généalogique des provinces Maritimes (the Maritimes of Canada): http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/gim/

Bureau Québécois D'Attestation de Compétence en Généalogie, Fédération Québécoise des Sociétés de Généalogie: http://www.federationgenealogie.qc.ca/

England:
Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives: http://www.agra.org.uk/

The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies: http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/

France:
Chambre Syndicale des Genealogistes — Heraldistes de France: http://www.csghf.org/

Chambre de Généalogistes Professionnels: http://www.cgpro.org/

Germany:
Society of Professional Genealogists for German-speaking Europe: http:www.berufsgenealogie.net/
P.O. Box 31 16 33, D-10653 Berlin, Germany

Ireland:
Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland: http://indigo.ie/~apgi/

Scotland:
Association of Scottish Genealogists and Record Agents: http://www.asgra.co.uk

The Scottish Genealogy Society: http://www.scotsgenealogy.com

About.com - How to Select a Professional Genealogist: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/professionalselect/

Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. - Helen Keller

Professional Genealogy

2006-09-10T23:54:00.000-07:00

Well, I've done it. I joined the APG, the Association of Professional Genealogists (http://www.apgen.org/). Labor Day weekend we went to the cabin, as we do every year. I took only one book with me to read - Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Lecturers, and Librarians, ed. Elizabeth Shown Mills. Reading it filled me with respect for the authors of the various chapters, which cover most aspects of doing professional genealogy, and deepened my desire to raise the quality of my research and reporting. What triggered me to actually join, however, was my father's remark that one of his friends would be contacting me to do some research for him. I haven't decided whether or not I will take on a client, but if I do, I want to have the protection of membership in the APG. I've been on the APG list for quite a while, and have learned quite a bit as a reader and participant.

I have no idea whether or not I'll decide to certify as a genealogist eventually, but for now, membership in the APG felt like a necessary and appropriate step. I think next I would like to join NGS, and start reading the Quarterly (http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/). But one step at a time.

Finding a Professional Genealogist: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/finding-professional-genealogist.html

This is the first test of using Writely.com to post directly to my blog. I'm liking the service so far. [Note: so far, not possible to post directly to this blog, probably because it is blogspot.com rather than blogger.com. ::sigh::]

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

Epidemics

2006-08-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

Health and Hygiene in the 19th Century (The Victorian Web): http://65.107.211.206/health/health10.html

The Huddled Masses: Migration and Disease, 1880-1920: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=422

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918: http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

Map Stops Cholera: http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa070797.htm

Major U.S. Epidemics: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html

Epidemics: http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/epidemics.html

GenDisasters.com, train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents: http://www.gendisasters.com/

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mental Health Family Tree Program

2006-08-23T03:00:00.000-07:00

Bipolar disorder (manic depression) is a treatable medical condition that affects approximately 5.7 million American adults. But the condition can be hard to recognize because it may come across as depression, euphoria, trouble at work, out-of-control spending, substance abuse or even suicide attempts. Now, a new program that addresses the family connection of bipolar disorder is available to help families get their doctors to more accurately and quickly diagnose this complex condition.

The Mental Health Family Tree program: http://www.mentalhealthfamilytree.org/, launched by the national non-profit organization Families for Depression Awareness (FFDA), draws attention to the important role a person's family mental health history can play in diagnosing bipolar disorder, while helping individuals identify some of the common - but sometimes unknown - behaviors associated with the condition. People concerned about the existence of bipolar disorder in themselves or in family members can visit www.MentalHealthFamilyTree.org, http://www.mentalhealthfamilytree.org/ to build their own Mental Health Family Tree by completing a simple, interactive questionnaire. This family tree can be printed out and
used to spark conversations with doctors or relatives.

This intriguing notice was originally published in UpFront with NGS, The Online Newsletter of the National Genealogical Society, Volume 5, Number 6: 1 June 2006

I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. - Theodore Roosevelt, Des Moines, Iowa, 04 November 1910

Ireland

2006-08-12T19:36:00.000-07:00

Irish Counties are like US states, while the Baronies are more like our counties. Baronies are comprised of Parishes, which are somewhat like townships in the US. Parishes are divided into Townlands of varying size. They may be farms or platted sub-divisions, and can range from a few acres to over a thousand acres. So one needs to know County, Barony, Parish and Township.

Book: The General Alphabetical Index to Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland published in Dublin in 1861 as an adjunct to the Census of Ireland. It has been reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 1997. John Giacoletti says "It is one of the essential must have and use tools for genealogical research in Ireland."

Brian Mitchell's A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland shows outline maps of all the parishes and baronies. There are also townland maps that will show the placement of the townlands within the parishes.

The townland outline maps are available in 78 microfiche maps through LDS. Notes for these fiches say: "It is the intention of this series to show, on a county basis, all townlands within their respective civil parishes. To 1898, the civil parish was the major administrative division. The two great surveys of the 19th century - the tithe assessment and the Griffiths valuation - were compiled on this basis with householders listed by their townland address. Use the index at the beginning of each county to identify the parish you need. Beside each map is a list of each parish's constituent townlands." You can find these in the FHL Catalog using the Topic search for Ireland - Maps, or click: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=402231&disp=Irish+townland+maps%20%20&columns=*,0,0
Fiches are only 10 or 15 cents, and are permanent. So ordering all of Ireland would be less than $12; individual counties can be ordered also. Townlands and parishes are listed on PRONI (Townlands in Northern Ireland) and the IreAtlas Townland database.

$$$$ NEW! Irish Historical Maps: http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie - Operated by Ordnance Survey Ireland, cost €5/day. Maps from 1824-1847, 1888-1913 from Trinity College, the National Library of Ireland, and the Royal Irish Academy, all in Dublin.

The 1837 edition of Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/index.php

Tracing Irish Trees: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson21.htm

$$$ Ever-increasing number of databases available at Irish Family Research: http://www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk/dbshortlist.htm

New aid to researching Irish immigrants to the USA has come online, an index to the Missing Friends column that ran in The Boston Pilot, the Roman Catholic newspaper in the city, from 1831 to 1921. For more information see this article at Boston.com: The Irish immigrant past gets tie to today. The database: http://infowanted.bc.edu/. More than 31,438 records.

Irish immigrants to the US 12 Jan 1846 - 31 Dec 1851: http://www.archives.gov/aad/

Click on the red Search button on the top left. See: All Series | People | Indexes to Other Records. Click on the People option. Don't enter any other data yet. This will get you to a page called List Series That Identify People. Scroll down almost to the bottom, to: Title: Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine, 1977-1989
Creator: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Center for Immigration Research.
Level of Description: Series from Collection CIR: Center for Immigration Research Collection.
Click on this entry and you will see a search screen where you can search by the person's name or by the ships name. Wildcard is available.

Centre for Migration Studies: http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/ - Library, Irish Emigration Database Project, and Master's Degree studies

The Massachusetts Archives is indexing a million immigrants who came through Boston 1848-1891: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/PassengerManifestSearchContents.html

Finding Irish - the Missing Friends database: http://infowanted.bc.edu/, http://www.bc.edu/centers/irish/studies/

Genealogy Today: A formula to find that Irish pot of gold: http://www.columbian.com/03112004/neighbor/125154.html

The Study of Genealogy in Ireland: http://www.irishgenealogy.com/

Irish Origins: http://www.irishorigins.com/

Eneclann: http://www.eneclann.ie

OtherDays.com: http://www.otherdays.com

The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA): http://tiara.ie/

The Irish Genealogical Research Society: http://www.igrsoc.org

The Irish Genealogical Foundation, O'Lochlainn's Irish Family Journal: http://www.irishroots.com/

Irish Ancestors: http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor

The Directory of Irish Genealogy: http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seanjmurphy/dir/

The Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies: http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seanjmurphy/

Ulster Historical Foundation, Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research - some free databases, strong in County Antrim & County Down: http://www.ancestryireland.com

Irish Genealogical Society, International: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/

GoIreland: http://www.goireland.com/Genealogy

Irish Names: http://www.ireland-information.com/heraldichall/irishsurnames.htm

The Irish Times: http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/

Irish Phone Books Online: http://www.goldenpages.ie/extra/phonebook.html, http://www.11850.ie

Thanks to Eastman's Newsletter for some of these links.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. - Lao Tzu

Old Photographs

2006-07-27T17:43:00.000-07:00

Online Collections

DeadFred (46,348 records): http://deadfred.com/

Ancient Faces (30,700+ photos): http://www.ancientfaces.com/

Family Old Photos (10,000+ photos) : http://www.familyoldphotos.com/

Lost Faces: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/faces/ - 50 albums, each with many surnames

Family Fotos Online (1759 surnames): http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Page2.html

A couple of sites new, or new to me - FordandNagle (Kentucky based): http://fordnagle.com/, and LostAndFoundPhotos.net, hosted by PhotoGrafix: http://www.lostandfoundphotos.net/

Dating Old Photos

Follow the Clues - Dating Your Photographs: http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/73_taylor.html

Date an old Photo (links to Brit photo sites): http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/time/date.htm

Dating Old Photographs: http://www.familychronicle.com/dating.htm

Dating Old Photographs: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/photodating/

Carte-de-viste
http://www.photographymuseum.com/histsw.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/speak/cartesdevisite.html
Photographs & Memories: http://www.cyndislist.com/photos.htm

Dating Old Family Photographs using Fashion History and Styles of Photo-mounts: http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/photodating.htm

Dating Photographs by Format and Technology: http://content.lib.washington.edu/imls/kcsnapshots/documents/DatingPhotos.pdf

Identifying Family Photographs: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/current.htm

Preserving and Protecting Photos: http://www.photographymuseum.com/archival.html

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. - David Frost

Poland

2006-07-27T16:34:00.000-07:00

Maps

Shtetl Seeker: http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/

Maps of Poland, provinces and towns: http://maxpages.com/poland/Maps_and_Towns_Poland

Polish Historical Maps: http://www.progenealogists.com/poland/

Maps of Poland: http://www.masterpage.com.pl/maps/mapsofpoland.html

Polish Maps 1921, 1939: http://www.pgsa.org/polishmaps.htm

Poltran for translations in Polish: http://www.poltran.com/

POLISH GENEALOGY - directory to Polish genealogy resources, databases and websites related to Polish ancestry and research of roots with links to Austrian, Belarusian, German, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian and
worldwide genealogy-related sites: http://polishroots.netfirms.com/

Please also see European Research for many more general links: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/european-research.html

Poland And Information About Polish Business And Culture: http://www.masterpage.com.pl/

He who possesses the source of enthusiasm will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather friends around you as a hair clasp gathers the hair. - I Ching

Google Earth and Moon

2006-07-17T03:43:00.000-07:00

Fun, and practical! The latest from Google is Google Moon, which debuted on the 30th anniversary of "one giant step for mankind." Be sure to go to full magnification!

Next, a program you must download from Google (9MB, free): http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/; Google Earth.

Available is a tool where you can overlay images on top of satellite photos. Try importing a plat map image on top of a satellite photo of the area where your ancestors lived, and you will be looking at a photographic map of your ancestors' property! Adjust the size, orientation, and the transparency level of the imported image, so you can match up the roads, rivers, or other landmarks of the satellite image to your transparency. Drag to toggle between the map and the satellite image. This idea is from an Ancestry Quick Tip by Scott Aaron. Thanks, Scott!

For $20, you can get Google Earth Plus, which allows you to integrate GPS information, and print higher-res maps.

On Eastman's I saw a link to a blog about using Google Earth for genealogy; and in particular, "Creating a Family History Tour" with GE. Start here: http://apoetsblues.typepad.com/studentsofdescent/2005/08/intro_to_google.html

What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it. - Alexander Graham Bell

Cowans in the Wellington County Historical Atlas

2006-07-14T01:04:00.000-07:00

James Cowan Sr. in Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada (Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906): http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/cowan_james_sr.htm
James was born in Selkirk, Scotland in 1790. He married Margaret NICHOL (d. 1883 age 92), and came to Galt in 1829, and died there in 1867. James' son Thomas lived on the Galt homestead of 235 acres. The oldest son James Jr. was b. Selkirk SCT in 1825, and lived in Guelph on the West End Road. He m. Jane BEATTY (d. 1888 age 59).

William Cowan (my gggrandfather): http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/cowan_walter.htm
William b. "Yarrow Fews, (sic)" Selkirkshire, Scotland, came to Canada in 1831. He was a weaver in Scotland. He took up a farm about one mile outside of Galt which he cleared and where he died. He was a Presbyterian and a Conservative. He m. (1) Jennie SCOTT, of the Scotts of Harden, and after Jennie's death, Agnes WILLISON (in Selkirk). With Jennie SCOTT: James (1809 Yarrow Feus - 1893, m. Ann MATHESON, of North Dumfries), *Walter (d.), Puslinch Tp. With Agnes WILLISON: William (d, 1905), on the homestead, and Jane (d. unmarried).

James was b. at "Yarrow Fews,"[sic] Selkirkshire, Scot., 1809; d. 1893. He was a weaver by trade, and was friend and crony of Hogg, the "Ettrick Shepherd." He was 21 years old when he came to Canada by way of Quebec and worked with his father in the bush until he m., when he started to work for Hon. Wm. Dickson in Galt, who owned all of the townships of North and South Dumfries (12 miles square). After working for Mr. Dickson about five years he purchased a farm about 2 1/2 miles from Galt, on Roseville road, con. 12, N.D., where he lived until his death. He was a Presbyterian and a Reformer. He m. Ann Matheson, of North Dumfries. Issue: Walter Scott; Alexander (d. 11); James (d. Minto Tp); Dr. William (d.), who was a physician for 30 years in Guelph; Alexander, on the homestead in North Dumfries; Isabella, m. William Marshall, set. Clifford; Jean (d.), m. R. R. Dalgleish, dentist in Winnipeg; Agnes, m. Geo. McEwen, engineer, Raymond factory, Guelph, and Annie, unm. on the homestead.

Walter Scott, b. 1834, in Galt, learned the carpenters' trade there. In 1858 he came to the Paisley Block in Guelph, where he had a carpenter's shop on lot 8, con. 11, Div. B., and worked there until 1875, when he moved to Guelph to give his family a better chance. He is a Congregationalist and a Reformer, and was License Inspector in the South Riding of Wellington 18 years, until 1904. He m. Margaret, (d.), May, 1906, dau. of the late James Watson, of Guelph. Issue: James, dentist, in Genneseo, N.Y.; Walter, dentist; Davey, in Regina, Sask.; William A., at home; Margaret, m. John McDonald, Chicago; Janie, m. C. A. Richardson, Toledo, and Annabel, at home. Of these William A. carries on the carpenter's business which his father established on the London road, when he came to Guelph in 1875.

The information about Walter Scott Cowan seems completely wrong. I think I have it -- this is Walter Scott Cowan the son of James, eldest son of the immigrant William. Too bad they just ignored MY Walter Scott Cowan.

Also - Donald "Dhu" McPHERSON (b. 1784 Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, d. 1881) and family. Donald was grandfather to Annie McPherson, wife to Walter Scott COWAN II. Annie's father was Alexander, 1822 - 1890, came to Canada in 1838 at the age of 16, with his father. Alexander McPherson m. Jane, dau. of "White" Duncan McPherson, drover, Kingussie, Scotland, according to this account. I have Annie's mother as Margaret McPHAIL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/mcpherson_donald2.htm

There is also an entry for William Cowan of Roxburgh (b. 1819), but I don't know the relationship: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/cowan_william_scot.htm

Another William Cowan, b. Co. Armagh, Ireland, 1825: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/cowan_william_ire.htm
Relationship distant if there is one.

Thanks to Our Pioneering Families: Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers of Wellington County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/1pioneers.htm
The maps are here: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/

Please see FOUR COWAN FAMILIES by Jennie F. Cowan: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/four-cowan-families-by-jennie-f-cowan.html for comparison.

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. - Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

FOUR COWAN FAMILIES by Jennie F. Cowan

2006-07-14T00:53:00.000-07:00

from a copy of a typescript with notes, sent to me by Dr. Mathison. -v

(Note across the top in JFCs writing: To keep up interest in the Cowans)

FOUR COWAN FAMILIES

By Jennie F. Cowan [written after 1985, JFmathison]

In the early 1800's there lived in Selkirkshire, Scotland, four Cowan brothers, sons of a James Cowan, according to the family of [ii] Andrew, who was born in 1767. The other brothers were; [I] William, born in 1752, [iii] Thomas in 1771 and [iv] Walter in 1778. A couple of these dates have been calculated from newspaper articles at the time of their deaths. [i, ii remained in USA; iii died in Scotland, iv came to Canada)

The people in Scotland had been hearing more and more about America, a land on the other side of the Atlantic needing settlers. There the common man could own land, cut down the trees on it, construct buildings, till the soil, sow seed and reap fruits of his handiwork. In Scotland most of the land was still in the hands of the Lords.

[ii] Andrew and his family of Whitefield were the first of these Cowans to settle in Delaware County, N.Y. State. They settled near Fall Clove.

No descendants of [ii] Andrew have ever moved to Ontario. Mrs Adam Scott, one of Walter's grandchildren could remember when cousins, with the surname "Biggar", were over visiting. Andrew's second daughter, Janet, married Walter Biggar of Bovina, N.Y.

James Cowan of Clochmhor corresponded with another daughter, Mrs Margaret Neish of Erin, N.Y. When his youngest son, A. B. Cowan was spending a holiday in California, he saw a great deal of Adam Cowan and his daughter, Dr. Isabel Cowan of Rodney, Iowa. They were descendants of Andrew.

[Wm, like Andrew never moved to ONTARIO, but his son, James of the Plains, came to Dumfries near Galt in 1829]
i) William was the next one to settle in Deleware County. A very high hill separated the two Cowan farms. A grandson of William could remember his grandfather walking over the mountain once a year to visit his brother. After his death, there was no contact with that family until Mrs Murray Mayes (Bertha Cowan), a descendant of William, made it.

William had come over to Deleware county in 1821. He was a widower, coming over with a daughter and her family. His oldest son had already gone to Australia. In 1829 his second son, James [later ? Cowan Lake], and his family settled in Dumfries, Upper Canada. They took up land on the Plains at the western edge of the village of Galt. Later his farm was usually described as being on the Cedar Creek Rd. Mr. R.K. Cowan, one of his grandsons told he had heard of American relatives, who had visited that farm. One had taken the children to see the circus which had just come to Galt. None of them were allowed to enter for their cousin had only American currency. Later they realized how fortunate they were for many of the attenders contracted the fatal Asiatic cholera. W. D. Cowan, off the West River Road told me in the early 1920's, after my sister married Thomas D. Cowan, that these Cowan families were related but they didn't know how.

Some of the descendants of William, through his son, James are Charlton Cowan, Southwood Dr., Mrs. A. E. Dedman, New Dundee, Jessie, Ethel and Stewart Cowan, Drumbo, Wm. NcCulloch, Toronto. Some in this family went to the prairies. One descendant is Mrs Jean Taylor, Wawota, Saskatchewan. Mrs Murray Mayes (Bertha Cowan)[Fleischmanns,] N.Y. 1230 knows more of William's descendants in Deleware County N.Y.

iii) Walter came over to Dumfries in 1829 on the same boat as his nephew, James [James of the Plains]. He settled on land at the southern edge of the village on the West River Road. His oldest son, James Scott Cowan [later of Altrieve Lake] had come to Galt before his father, and had arranged for his father to purchase this land if he wished it. James Scott Cowan was the first Cowan into this part of Upper Canada, working for the Hon. Wm. Dickson. He later bought land for himself on what became known as the Roseville Rd. He had found a small lake on this land which reminded him of the Altrieve Lake on the farm of James Hogg, the Ettrich (sic) Shepherd writer and poet. James Hogg helped to advertise the Hon. Wm. Dickson's land in Scotland.

Walter became a strong member of the orginal St. Andrew's Church in connection with the Church of Scotland. At one time, he had been in the Manor Church, near Cademuir, Presbytery of Peebles, Scotland. When Bertha Mayes visited that old church she was given circulars telling its age, etc. It was founded in 1186 and its bell had been "summoning the folk of the lovely valley to worship God" from 1478 on. It was the church in which Walter's son, William had been baptized.

In 1889, one night when the wreckers would soon be demolishing the Old St. Andrew's Church, Galt, William Cowan [half brother of James Scott Cowan], son of Walter, along with some friends removed the bell from the belfry and hid it. It can still summon folk to worship God, for it was bought by Knox's Presbyterian Church in 1893 and hangs in its belfry.

Some of Walter's descendants are Dr. J.W.G. Grant McEwen [commonly known as Grant McEwan b. Aug 12, 1902], Calgary, former Lt. Governor of Alberta, Mrs Milton Mann (Jennie Cowan) London, Mrs Norman Wainman, (Margaret Blake) Avenue Rd. Ian Landreth, Thomas Cowan (Landreth), Helen Scott Arthur, John McIntyre all of Cambridge.

Thomas the other brother never left Scotland. His arthritic legs forced him to even give up his work as a shepherd at Cramilt. He and his wife [Elizabeth Hastie, sister of James Hastie] retired in Moffat, where she gained experience in midwifery. Thomas was anxious his family would be prepared to leave for Dumfries after his death, so he corresponded with the relatives who had already settled there. Mrs Thomas Cowan, her sons, James and William and daughter Margaret as well as James' bride, Helen Laing, her mother and two sisters settled north of Galt, in 1834; Thomas had died in 1833. This farm was in Waterloo Township but touched the town line between Dumfries and Waterloo Townships. They named this farm, Clochmhor, after the high hill on Cramilt.

William [brother of James of Clochmhor] died in 1839 and Margaret married James Shaw, who lived nearer Hespeler. James Cowan was soon into municipal politics: he was a member of Parliament in the early 1860's. He lost his seat in 1866 for he had lost faith in Geo. Brown [Liberal], and was supporting John A. Macdonald [Tory]. In a couple of years, he was appointed a Dominion Arbitrator serving until 1892. He was born in 1803 and died 1900. Soon after he came to Galt, he supported Dr. John Bayne in founding the Free Presbyterian Church of Canada and Knox's Church, Galt. He gave many years of service as Clerk of the Kirk Session of Knox's Church.

Some of Thomas' descendants are, James [F.] Cowan, West River Rd., Mrs Douglas Chalk,(Janet Cowan) Cambridge, James E. Cowan Cambridge (H), Marion Cowan, Toronto, Mrs Don Virgo, (Helen Cowan), Montreal, Mrs Wm. Little (Joan Cowan) Stratford, Dr. Laing Gray Cowan of near Washington D.C., R. D. Ferguson, Walkerton, and Mrs Ken Campbell, (Helen Ferguson), grandchildren of Helen Shaw Ferguson, Marion Shaw, John Shaw, Kitchener, James Shaw, Guelph, Mrs Gordon Klager (Margaret Shaw), William Shaw, Mississauga, Mrs Archie Lawrence, (Isabel Shaw) Burlington, and Marjorie Shaw, Ottawa. [James F. + Janet(?) g.ch. of James Hastie Cowan. James E + Marim + Helen ch. of Thomas Deans Cowan]

James Cowan of Clochmhor corresponded with his American cousins and kept some of the letters. These helped in finding the descendants of [i] William and [ii] Andrew in Delaware, County N.Y. The husband of a school friend of my mother's contacted Andrew Cowan of New Kingston for me. Andrew wrote saying he knew he had relatives in this part of Canada but they had lost track of them.

I copied out the letter we had from New Kingston N.Y. Andrew and his daughter Bertha went through his grandfather's correspondence. They found a page with a blot on it, with the first part of the letter to his cousin, James Cowan of Galt.

Andrew Cowan, his wife and daughter came to Galt to meet their Canadian long lost relatives.

(I am indebted to Dr. James Matheson for xeroxing some of the articles in the early Galt papers, written at the time of the deaths of the Cowan men).

Jennie Cowan

(Note in handwriting: When Dr. C. Cowan of Hamilton was Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, on meeting him I said something about marrying a Cowan. He said "You are a Cowan." JFC)

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Please see Cowans in the Wellington County Historical Atlas: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/cowans-in-wellington-county-historical.html for comparison.

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1869-1917 Ontario Archives, microfilm MS 932
#011719-78 Walter Scott COWAN, 35, Canada, Puslinch, b, farmer, s/o Walter COWAN & Margaret McPHAIL, married Annie McPHERSON, 20, Canada, Puslinch, s, d/o Alex McPHERSON & Jane McPHERSON, witn; Donald STEWART, Daniel McNAUGHTON, both Puslinch, married 16 October 1878, Gore of Puslinch
1878 marriages from MS 932, Wellington: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/welg78.htm

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Digging in my garden it's come to me that living relatives can be like dandelions... popping up all over and everywhere. And most times you want to yank them around! Now dead relatives, that's another thing. They're like tulips and daffodils. These beauties come up from deep below bringing messages of love to all who see them. I like to think that they carry messages from my departed grandparents straight to me. - Donna Phillips, May 13, 2004, Genealogyblog.com: http://www.genealogyblog.com/index.php?p=1957&more=1&c=1

James Cowan, Wellington 1901 Census

2006-07-14T00:44:00.000-07:00

James & family, Wellington County 1901 Census - Guelph

Guelph Township Census Index 1901

1901 Census Province/Territory: Ontario district name: WELLINGTON (South/Sud) District Number; 1S -Sub-district name: Guelph Sub-district Number: d -1chedule: 1 Reference: RG31 Statistics Canada Microfilm Reel Number: T-6505 Finding aid Number: 31-40 -13 Pages

Entry may include:


    * The Name (and initials in many cases)
    * The Sex
    * The position in the household
    * Whether married, single, widowed, lodger, niece, etc
    * The complete date of birth
    * Age at last birthday
    * Place born
      The ‘u’ or ‘r’ that follows the Place born is important. Eg. Ont ‘r’ stands for rural or a ‘u’ stands for urban (although they are often difficult to distinguish). They can help you locate birth information.
    * Year of Immigration if born outside of Canada
    * Religion
    * Ethnic Origin
    * Occupation
    * The number of months worked
    * Wages, etc.

Guelph Twp. Part 2 - Pg 4

Cowan, James ……………………..M Head W 9 Apr 1825 -75 Scotland 1829 Scot Presb Farmer [entry 16 33-33]
Cowan, William M Son M 3 July 1854 -46 Ont r Scot Presb Farmer Farmer’s Son
Cowan, Mary F Dau in Law M 26 Nov 1864 -36 Ont r English Presb
Cowan, James M Gr Son S 17 Mar 1890 -11 Ont r Scot Presb Student
Cowan, George M Gr Son S 10 Apr 1894 -6 Ont r Scot Presb Student
Cowan, Ella F Gr Dau S 10 Mar 1899 -2 Ont r Scot Presb Student

Image: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s2=ON&s1=Wellington+Guelph&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=FS31PEN&s10=1901&Sect6=HITOFF&d=GS31&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F02012202_e.html&r=0&f=S
Fourth group down, page 4. If the above link doesn't work, try: http://tinyurl.com/23wge

1901 Wellington County Census Transcriptions: http://www.wellingtonogs.on.ca/2004/index.htm
Images: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. - Albert Schweitzer

Ontario COWANs, 1871 Census

2006-07-14T00:38:00.000-07:00

Canadian Federal Census of 1871, Wellington South (Ontario Index) ArchiviaNet: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02010803_e.html
I need to read these films! I left out the Irish Cowans.

COWAN , WALTER

Sex: Male
Age: 54
Birthplace: SCOTLAND
Religion: Canada Presbyterian/C. Presb.
Origin: SCOTCH
Occupation: FARMER
District: WELLINGTON SOUTH ( 033 )
Sub-district: Puslinch ( A )
Division: 1
Page: 22
Microfilm reel: C-9945
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

COWAN , WALTER

Sex: Male
Age: 36
Birthplace: ONT
Religion: Evangelical Union
Origin: SCOTCH
Occupation: CARPENTER
District: WELLINGTON SOUTH ( 033 )
Sub-district: Guelph Township ( B )
Division: 3
Page: 18
Microfilm reel: C-9945
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

COWAN , WILLIAM

Sex: Male
Age: 51
Birthplace: SCOTLAND
Religion: Canada Presbyterian/C. Presb.
Origin: SCOTCH
Occupation: FARMER
District: WELLINGTON SOUTH ( 033 )
Sub-district: Guelph Township ( B )
Division: 3
Page: 18
Microfilm reel: C-9945
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

COWAN , WILLIAM

Stray: Individual bears a different surname than the head of the family
Sex: Male
Age: 20
Birthplace: SCOTLAND
Religion: Canada Presbyterian/C. Presb.
Origin: SCOTCH
Occupation: LAB
District: WELLINGTON SOUTH ( 033 )
Sub-district: Guelph Township ( B )
Division: 1
Page: 18
Microfilm reel: C-9945
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

COWAN , BETSY JANE - Does anyone know which family Betsy Jane was a member of?

Sex: Female
Birthplace: ONT
Religion: Canada Presbyterian/C. Presb.
District: WELLINGTON SOUTH ( 033 )
Sub-district: Guelph Township ( B )
Division: 2
Note: Schedule Two: deaths in the preceding twelve months ending 2 April 1871
Microfilm reel: C-9945
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

COWAN , JAMES

Sex: Male
Age: 46
Birthplace: SCOTLAND
Religion: Canada Presbyterian/C. Presb.
Origin: SCOTCH
Occupation: FARMER
District: WELLINGTON SOUTH ( 033 )
Sub-district: Guelph Township ( B )
Division: 2
Page: 14
Microfilm reel: C-9945
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

There is another group of Cowans in Waterloo South:

COWAN , WILLIAM 54 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , WILLIAM 56 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , AGNES R 13 ONTARIO WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , GEORGE 47 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , THOMAS 41 ONTARIO WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , WILLIAM 47 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , GEORGE 46 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , JAMES 60 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , JAMES 33 ONTARIO WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , JOHN 42 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Dumfries North
COWAN , JAMES 67 SCOTLAND WATERLOO SOUTH Waterloo South
COWAN , WILLIAM 29 ONTARIO WATERLOO SOUTH Waterloo South

I need to sort all these Cowans out.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities. An optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. - Reginald B. Mansell

Cowan Marriage Bonds in Upper and Lower Canada

2006-07-14T00:33:00.000-07:00

Library and Archives Canada/Canadian Genealogy Centre have put the Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds online: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/022/012/index-e.html
Lower Canada later became Quebec, while Upper Canada became Ontario. Here are the Cowan Marriage Bonds:

Lower Canada

Name of Future Husband: O'SULLIVAN, Timothy
Residence: Quebec
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Catherine
Residence: Quebec
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 30
Bond Number: 79
Date: 1819-09-21
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1129

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, James
Residence: late of Belfast, Ireland
Name of Future Wife: PATTERSON, Mary
Residence: late of Belfast, Ireland
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 31
Bond Number: 285
Date: 1822-08-06
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1129

Name of Future Husband: BARWIS, Thomas Bienvenue
Residence: Quebec
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Ann Elizabeth
Residence: Quebec
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 33
Bond Number: 529
Date: 1825-10-31
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1130

Name of Future Husband: HOYT, Sandford Liverston
Residence: Quebec
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Julia Hannah
Residence: Quebec
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 33
Bond Number: 572
Date: 1825-10-07
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1130

Name of Future Husband: MARTIN, Edward
Residence: late of Belfast, Ireland
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Margaret
Residence: late of Belfast, Ireland
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 34-C
Bond Number: 1372
Date: 1832-07-24
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1130

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, Hugh
Residence: Quebec
Name of Future Wife: COULSON, Harriet Sarah
Residence: Quebec
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 35
Bond Number: 1461
Date: 1833-10-28
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: AHERN, John Urquhart
Residence: Quebec
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Henrietta Eliza
Residence: Quebec
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 35-A
Bond Number: 1591
Date: 1835-12-12
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, John
Residence: Soulanges
Name of Future Wife: RODGERS, Mary
Residence: Soulanges
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 36
Bond Number: 1664
Date: 1836-06-10
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, Peter
Residence: Dunham
Name of Future Wife: HACKETT, Jane
Residence: Montreal
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 36
Bond Number: 1665
Date: 1836-11-28
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, William
Residence: Montreal
Name of Future Wife: CROSS, Elizabeth
Residence: Beauharnois
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 37
Bond Number: 1835
Date: 1837-03-10
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: WELCH, Hy.W.
Residence: Quebec
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Lucretia Mary
Residence: Quebec
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 38
Bond Number: 2086
Date: 1838-05-21
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, David
Residence: Montreal
Name of Future Wife: FLINN, Ann
Residence: Montreal
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 39
Bond Number: 2133
Date: 1839-03-15
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: LANCONS, John
Residence: St.Andrews
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Maria
Residence: St.Andrews
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 40
Bond Number: 2520
Date: 1840-02-03
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1131

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, Hugh
Residence: Montreal
Name of Future Wife: LINTON, Elizabeth
Residence: Montreal
Remarks:
Reference: RG 4 B28
Volume: 41
Bond Number: 2713
Date: 1841-07-19
Microfilm Reel Number: H-1132

Upper Canada

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, Alexander
Residence: Pittsburgh tp.
Name of Future Wife: MABEE, Rachel
Residence: Charlotteville Township
Remarks:
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 20
Bond Number: 2238
Date: 1831-06-04
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6780

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, James
Residence: Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County
Name of Future Wife: SHERIFF, Marie
Residence: Cornwall
Remarks:
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 17
Bond Number: 1319
Date: 1827-10-29
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6779

Name of Future Husband: GRAY, William
Residence: Dumfries Township, Halton County
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Anette
Residence: Dumfries Township, Halton County
Remarks:
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 35
Bond Number: 6374
Date: 1838-10-21
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6787

Name of Future Husband: SHAW, James
Residence: Puslinch Township, Halton County
Name of Future Wife: COWAN, Margaret
Residence: Waterloo Township, Halton County
Remarks:
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 42
Bond Number: 8174
Date: 1840-03-02
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6790

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, Thomas
Residence: Richmond Township, Midland District
Name of Future Wife: CAMPBELL, Margaret
Residence: Richmond Township, Midland District
Remarks:
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 43
Bond Number: 8528
Date: 1841-03-06
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6791

Name of Future Husband: COWAN, George
Residence: Bytown
Name of Future Wife: PATTERSON, Margaret
Residence:
Remarks:
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 44
Bond Number: 8836
Date: 1844-11-06
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6791

The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. - John Allston

Thomas Cowan WWI Attestation

2006-07-14T00:28:00.000-07:00

COWAN , THOMAS (not Grandpa, though)
Regimental number: 3032575
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2069 - 11

Germany

2006-07-13T23:57:00.000-07:00

Finding places in old Germany:

ShtetlSeeker: http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm

Meyers Geographical and Commercial Gazetteer of the German Empire (Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs in German) now FREE at Ancestry: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/meyers-ort-online-and-free.html

GEOserv (email process): http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/geoserv.html

German Place Database: http://www.saxonyroots.com/place/index.php?lang=en

Topography Keyword list with links to sources: http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/digitaletexte_keywords.html
in German

German Maps: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/german-maps.html

Genealogy.net (German & English): http://www.genealogy.net

Germany GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/

Links for German Genealogy on the Internet: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/germanlinks.html

Ahnenforschung.net (in German; IRC chat as well as information): http://ahnenforschung.net/ and http://alsachat.net/wiki/index.php/ahnenforschung.net

Evangelische Archives in Germany: http://www.ekd.de/archive/deutsch/regionen.htm

Pfalz: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/pfalz.html

Passenger Departure Lists of German Emigrants, 1709-1914: http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/articles/gdepart.htm

Emigration Lists of Hamburg, 1890 to 1914 (free to search for names, $$$ for complete results of birthplace, state of origin, etc.): http://fhh1.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english/index.htm

Emigration from/through Bremen & Bremerhaven 1920-1939 - Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank (DAD): http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/enframeset.htm
Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939: http://www.schiffslisten.de/index.php?lang=en

French Emigration Indexes: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/french-emigration-indexes.html

German History in Postcards: http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/
Click the "Translate this Page" link to see the English version.

From an article in Rootsweb Review, quoting Jan Hart (12 July 2006, Vol. 9, No. 28)

Directory of several towns in the Rheinland state of Germany, including lists of births and marriages from the 1600s - 1800s. Some files have 15,000 records! Use Control-F (find) to search each set of records.

"The area covered is quite large, mostly west of the Rhein (Rhine) River up to Koblenz, Bernkastel, Bitburg, the Mosel Valley, over to Trier, and south toward the Saar." http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/trier/Familienbuecher

Westdeutsche Gesellschaft fur Familienkunde e.V (in German): http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/

Genealogy.net home page in English: http://www.genealogienetz.de/index_en.html or http://www.genealogy.net.

Language Translation: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/language-translation.html

Deciphering Older Writing: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/deciphering-older-writing.html

Naming customs in Germany and France: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/02/naming-customs-in-germany-and-france.html

Alsace Genealogy Lists: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/alsace-genealogy-lists.html

Alsace: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/alsace.html

Lorraine: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/lorraine.html

European Research: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/european-research.html

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. - Jim Rohn

If it was easy... everybody would be doing it. - Will Rogers

1880 US Census Free to Search at Ancestry

2006-07-13T22:25:00.000-07:00

Interesting article from the the Ancestry newsletter -

BEYOND THE INDEX: "MORE 1880 CENSUS SEARCH OPTIONS," by Michael John Neill
===================================================================

We have looked at the 1880 census search interface at Ancestry.com in the past. This week we revisit the search interface, which now offers researchers eighteen fields upon which to search. The variety of search options allows researchers to potentially locate undiscovered family members. However, the increased number of search options requires the researcher to be organized and systematic. This week we look at some strategies I used in my attempts to locate two of my ancestors' lost siblings in the 1880 census.

Note: The 1880 Census Index at Ancestry.com is free and use of the database does not require a paying membership. Access to images of the census is available for a subscription fee.

The entire article is available at http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A973201

It is truly wonderful when you can find the object of your search with a few basic techniques. Some cases are more difficult, and Neill's systematic approach is one way to find the person using online indexes of all sorts. Jan Nutter Alpert asks, in her article More Tips From Ancestry.com From The NGS Winter Warm Up Recently In
Phoenix in the NGS UpFront Vol. 4, No. 3, 1 February 2005, "Did you know that if you go to the 1880 Census search page, you can enter your surname with an occupation and see where your ancestors lived who had the same occupation?" [I would qualify that to say "persons who shared surname and occupation"] She adds,

Did you know you can save the results of your searches on Ancestry.com by using the "MyAncestry" link? Why is this helpful? If you need to look at the census again, you just click on the name under "MyAncestry" and everything you have saved for that ancestor is there. Even though I make a paper copy of the census, it is easier to "zoom in" to analyze difficult handwriting online. Also when you want to take another look at the census page to see if other relatives live nearby, you can find the prior census page more easily. Since the conference I have also used the email feature to forward these new census pages to others who are researching the same family. Once you have entered an ancestor in MyAncestry you can enter the birth and/or death data you have and launch future searches from here, saving the time of having to enter the same data for each search.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. - Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

Cowans to Australia

2006-07-11T00:28:00.000-07:00

I met Marleemia in the #Australia Rootsweb IRC channel tonight, and she directed me to the State Records NSW - The New South Wales Government's Archives and Records Management Authority: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp

I know that family stories say that one of the Cowans went from Selkirkshire to Australia before 1832, when our bunch went to Ontario, Canada, but I have not learned WHO went, or exactly when. So I searched on the Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825 and found:

COWAN, James. Came free per "Triton", 1825
1825 n.d., Nov 24
Memorial (Fiche 3125; 4/1841A No.166 pp.73-86)
1825 Nov 19,28
On list of persons who have received orders for grants of land (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.87); on list of lands granted and reserved by Sir Thomas Brisbane (Fiche 3269; 9/2740 p.7)

and

COWAN, Andrew. Came free per "Triton", 1825
1825 n.d., Nov 24
Memorial (Fiche 3125; 4/1841A No.166 pp.73-86)
1825 Nov 19,28
On list of persons who have received orders for grants of land (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.87); on list of lands granted and reserved by Sir Thomas Brisbane (Fiche 3269; 9/2740 p.7)

And this is interesting: 1825 Nov 24
Attesting to character of James and Andrew Cowan (Fiche 3125 4/1841A No.166 p.85)

The person doing the attesting is DICKSON, John. Came free per "Earl Spencer", 1813; proprietor of steam engine, Cockle Bay. It was a Dickson from the Selkirkshire area who came to Ontario early on, obtained land, then brought people to Ontario to buy it from him. Was the entire family doing land speculation?

Here's another entry: CSreLand -
Item Reel Surname Firstname 1stDate LastDate Remarks
2/7833 1114 COWAN James 1831 1839 includes papers of AINSLIE, James (1831)

There were Ainslies in Selkirkshire, too. But maybe there were Ainslies everywhere.....

I'll have to follow up on this another day..... too late tonight.

WWII Enlistment File

2006-07-09T22:39:00.000-07:00

New at NARA - World War II Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File - 9 million records

The NARA website says:

This series has records on about nine million men and women who enlisted during World War II in the United States Army, including Army Reserves and the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. NARA scanned War Department microfilmed punch cards on enlistments to support the reconstruction of the military personnel records at its National Personnel Record Center. Because of the microfilm's poor condition, approximately 1.5 million records could not be scanned. Also, the file has no records for Army officers, members of other services or enlistments for other time periods. In general, each record has the serial number of a soldier, person's name, state and county of residence, place of enlistment, date of enlistment, grade, branch, term of enlistment, place of birth, year of birth, race, education, civilian occupation, marital status, and component. These records present unique searching challenges.

WWII Army Serial Number Records can be found at the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) http://aad.archives.gov/aad/

Click on the Genealogy/ Personal History > Military Personnel, and then World War II Army Enlistment Records, created, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946 - Record Group 64, the top search button.

Thanks to Joe Beine for sending notice of this database to the APG list.

Here is a sample record, for my father, Ted Cowan (Theodore E.):


Column Title         Value         Meaning         Notes
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER   39481520
NAME                 COWAN#THEODORE#E########
RESIDENCE: STATE     97            WASHINGTON
RESIDENCE: COUNTY    033           KING          
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT  9742          FT LEWIS WASHINGTON
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY    11
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH  11
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR   44
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION  PVT#     Private
GRADE: CODE          8             Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION          NO#           No branch assignment
BRANCH: CODE         02            No branch assignment
FIELD USE AS DESIRED          #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT   5             Enlistment for the duration of the War or other
emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY          ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL    0      Civil Life
NATIVITY             97            WASHINGTON
YEAR OF BIRTH        26
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP  1            White, citizen
EDUCATION             4            4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION   760          AUTOMOBILE SERVICEMAN
MARITAL STATUS        6            Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7            Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER          #
BOX NUMBER            1441
FILM REEL NUMBER      7.12#

Military Record Requests (SF-180) from NARA (National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO): http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/standard_form_180.html

Ancestry.com now has WWII Enlistments, too. Let's compare, by looking at the record for my dad's cousin Walter McAninch:

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name: Walter H McAninch
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, not yet a citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: British North America or Canada or Labrador or Newfoundland
State: Washington
County or City: King

Enlistment Date: 19 Apr 1943
Enlistment State: Washington
Enlistment City: Seattle
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Foreman, Warehouse (Warehouseman. )
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 145

Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Description:
This database contains information on about 8.3 million men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. Information contained in this database usually includes: name of enlistee, army serial number, residence (county and state), place of enlistment, enlistment date, grade, army branch, component, term of enlistment, birthplace, year of birth, race and citizenship, height and weight, education, and marital status.

Australian WWII Nominal Roll: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/
WWII Service Records: http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/defence/conflicts/ww2/ww2.html

Canadian Military Records and Service Files (all wars): http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020203_e.html

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (both World Wars, all of the Commonwealth): http://www.cwgc.org

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself. - Florence Nightingale

Naturalization

2006-07-09T19:04:00.000-07:00

History of the United States Naturalization Process: http://www.archives.state.co.us/natinfo.htm

INS - History, Genealogy and Education: http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm

National Archives - Naturalization Records: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/research_topics/naturalization_records.html

Pledging Allegiance - Naturalization Records: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson16.htm

Sample Certificate of Naturalization: http://www.history.rochester.edu/jssn/natucert.gif

A Gold Mine Of Naturalization Records In New England: http://www.ilw.com/lawyers/articles/2005%2C0603-hickey.shtm
   Index to naturalization records from 301 courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont, available as NARA Microfilm Publication M1299, Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791–1906 from NARA, and from the LDS as FHL US/CAN Film 1429671 - 1429787, 117 films in all. Consult the film notes page on the FHL Catalog for coverage of each film.
   The indexes to dexigraph records for New York City and Illinois have also been microfilmed: M1285, Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois, and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840–1950. 179 rolls. M1674, Index (Soundex) to Naturalization Petitions Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York, New York, Including New York, Kings, Queens, and Richmond Counties, 1792–1906. 294 rolls. I didn't check the FHL Catalog for these series.

M1827: District of Columbia Naturalization Index, 1802-1909: http://www.sources2go.com/subcategory.cfm?region=IN&Cat_ID=108357&m

State Archives of Michigan Naturalization Record Indexes: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_20684---,00.html

Naturalization in NY State: http://www.nysarchives.org/a/researchroom/rr_family_naturalization.shtml
   Albany County NY: http://www.albanycounty.com/departments/records/online/Naturalizations/achor_search.asp
   Declarations of Intent, Petitions Indexes, and more: http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ny_onlinedb.shtml

Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) Naturalization Index: http://www.jgsny.org/brooknats.htm

State-wide index to North Dakota naturalization records. Index complete for every county; more than 212,000 entries. Name, country of emigration, date of declaration of intention (first papers) or date of naturalization (second papers), county where the record was created, with volume and page number: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/databases/naturalrec.php

Finding US Naturalization Records (especially for New York and Illinois): http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalizationrecords.html

Rootsweb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - Naturalization: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson16.htm

NARA: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/research_topics/naturalization_records.html

NaturalizationRecords.com (Olive Tree Genealogy): http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/

U.S. Naturalization Research and Records (About.com): http://genealogy.about.com/cs/naturalization/

U.S. Naturalization Records (British Isles Family History Society): http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/natrec.html

$$$ Petitions for Naturalizations: http://www.sampubco.com/nats/ (Search is free)
   Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Utah, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon

Book - They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins by Loretto Dennis Szucs. Salt Lake City: Ancestry.com, 1998. ISBN 091648971X.

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. - Charles Du Bos

The difference between a geologist and a genealogist is that one digs in the dirt and sometimes find artifacts, while the other digs in facts and sometimes finds dirt.

French Emigration Indexes

2006-07-06T23:13:00.000-07:00

From the Research Outline at http://familysearch.org: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/guide/Germany14.asp#emigration_and_immigration

Many Germans either lived in Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) or passed through it to emigrate. The following sources help identify many of them.

Alsace Emigration Index. The Family History Library has compiled an index of persons who emigrated from or through Elsaß-Lothringen from 1817 to 1866. About half the names are from southern Germany. The alphabetical index gives the emigrant's name, age, occupation, place of origin, residence, destination, passport date, and source microfilm number. Not everyone who emigrated via Alsace is in this index. The index is easiest to find in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library Catalog under Alsace Emigration Index.Look this term up in the glossary. It is also listed as:

France. Ministre de l'Intrieur. Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866 (Index of emigrants, 1817-1866). Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (FHL films 1125002-7; computer number 403094.)

Annexation and Emigration in Alsace-Lorraine 1871-1872 and their influences on French and German Nationalism in the Region: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~jihazel/pol116/annexation.html

New France (later Quebec, Canada) (From Rootsweb Review) Two websites of ships that came to New France with sailors and passengers lists.
1497 - 1699: http://naviresnouvellefrance.iquebec.com/
1700 - 1763: http://naviresnouvellefrance1700.iquebec.com/

French in Argentina, Uruguay and Perú: consular registers: http://www.apellidosfranceses.com.ar/Nantes

Alsace Emigration Books. Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler used the Alsace Emigration Index, other emigration records, passenger lists, genealogies, genealogy periodicals, and newspaper articles to compile the following index:

Schrader-Muggenthaler, Cornelia. The Alsace Emigration Book. 2 vols. Apollo, Penn.: Closson Press, 1989-1991. (FHL book 944.38 W2s; computer number 549007.) This index has over 20,000 entries, mostly of 1817 to 1870 emigrants.

More books on the subject:

Burgert, Annette Kunselman. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992. (FHL book 974.8 B4pgp v. 26; computer number 684917.) This book is still for sale from the publisher, Picton Press, and as such are not available on microfilm or microfiche through the FHL lending system. It is also available directly from the author,at: AKB Publications, 691 Weavertown Road, Myerstown, PA 17067. *** Excellent book! ***

Alsatian Connections, by Doris Wesner. Covers 5 villages in Krumme Elsass (Hilly Alsace): Dehlingen, Diemeringen, Butten, Waldhambach, and Ratzwiller. Closson Press, 1995

Emigrants from France (Haut-Rhin Department) to America. Part 1 (1837-1844) and Part 2 (1845-1847) by Clifford Neal Smith. 84 pages. Republished 2004, ISBN 0806352329. Available from Genealogical Publishing Company.

Liste nominative des Haut-Rhinois ayant émigré en Amérique (1800-1870) by Dominique DREYER

The books may be available via Interlibrary Loan; ask your local librarian. Support your local author -- buy genealogy books! Read the entire Research Guide, too. :-)

Every now and then, go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. - Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

Searching Census

2006-07-05T01:13:00.000-07:00

U.S. federal census records are a common starting point for most American researchers after they have gathered information from home sources. The population schedules were used for censuses from 1790 to 2000, including the 1885 census for Colorado, the Dakota Territory, Florida, Nebraska, and the New Mexico Territory. The cost for the 1885 enumeration was split between the federal and state/territorial governments.

Population schedules are, of course, the most frequently used census record type. These are followed by mortality schedules (available for 1850-1885) and slave schedules (1850 and 1860). There were, however, other non-population census schedules used over time for the collection of other information. These include agricultural schedules (1850-1885), industry or manufacturing schedules (1810, 1820, 1850-1885), veterans’ and widows’ schedules (1890), social statistics (1850-1870), and the defective and delinquent classes schedules (1880). We also use enumeration district (ED) maps (1880 to present).

- George G. Morgan, http://www.ancestry.com/s23557/t8018/rd.ashx

Charts and Forms: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/get_started/charts_forms.html

The best advice I've ever heard (thanks, Julie!) is to always read the three pages before and after your target person or family. That is where you will find the in-laws, siblings and parents, the people the children will marry, and fellow immigrants. You can often save yourself YEARS of work with this one simple step.

AllCensusRecords.com - links to USA Census Records, Canadian Census Records, Census Indexes & Images, Census Transcriptions, Blank Census Forms, City Directories, Tax & Assessment Lists, Voters Registrations, Veterans Census, Questions on Census Records: http://allcensusrecords.com/

Censusfinder.com -- Directory of Free Census Records (US, UK, Canada, Native American, Norway, Sweden): http://www.censusfinder.com/
   Thanks for this link, Kimberly!

1880/1 US, Canadian & English Census: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
Canadian 1871 Index: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020108_e.html

Canadian 1901 Census: http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html

1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta; not searchable by surname): http://www.archives.ca/02/020153_e.html

1911 Canadian census - search it by locality, not yet by name: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html

Prince Edward Island (PEI)census indexes 1841, 1881, 1891, 1901: http://www.edu.pe.ca/paro/census/default.asp

Canadian Census substitute 1940-1946: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/census.shtml

Canadian census records before 1842: http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/before1842.shtml

English, Welsh & Scottish Census - FreeCen, UK Census Online: http://freecen.rootsweb.com/

1790 Census of Population & Housing (pdf or zip file by state): http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/1790.htm

AIS US Census Indexes at Ancestry: http://ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/main.htm
   Search is free, but to view indivual results, you must subscribe.

USGenWeb Census Project (transcriptions): http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/, http://www.us-census.org/

Free! US Census Images (no index I could see): http://www.sources2go.com/
1790 through 1860 U.S. Federal Census, 1818 Illinois Territorial Census, 1820 Illinois State Census, 1835 Illinois State Census, 1840 Illinois State Census, 1840 U.S. Federal Census of Pensioners. Not all years are complete for all states.

US Census Maps 1790-1930: http://www.genealogyinc.com/maps/uscm.htm

Free! 1870 Federal Census of Michigan, index & images: http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/search.asp

Free! Nevada 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 complete extract of the Federal Census: http://www.nevadaculture.org/

State Census (table): http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kcgs/census.htm

Maryland State Archives Census Indexes 1776, 1778, 1870, 1880: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/html/censussearch.html
   Search the following Census Indexes available at the Maryland State Archives: 1776 (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Prince George's, Queen Anne, and Talbot Counties), 1778 (Caroline, Charles, and Queen Anne's Counties), 1870 (Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties and Baltimore City) and 1880 (Anne Arundel County only).

Michigan County Histories - 192 histories, 1866-1926: http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty/

Every name index for the city of Pittsburgh, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880; Allegheny City 1850, 1860, 1870: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/

Census Diggins: http://www.censusdiggins.com/census_records.html

GenealogySpot - Census: http://www.genealogyspot.com/records/census.htm

Interesting fee site ($10/yr) - Census Trail: http://www.censustrail.com/ctrail/completed_proj.php
Territorial Papers index and other attempts to recreate lost censuses. So far, they have Territorial Papers of the U.S. [1st phase] volumes 2-9, 12-17; IN Election Returns 1809, 1812; NJ Petitions 1740-1754; Rowan Co. NC Tax Lists 1758-9, 1761, 1768, 1778, 1779; SC Jury Lists 1720, 1740, 1751, 1767; Prince Edward Co. VA Tithables 1773, 1774.

Cyndislist - U.S. Census Records Online: Indexes, Extractions & Transcriptions: http://www.cyndislist.com/census.htm#USCensus Many state census records are included, along with Federal

See if your local library system gives you access to the Heritage Quest US census indices and images. Fully indexed: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860, 1870, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. Or join the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence, Missouri for $20 to access remotely. Looks as if you must visit a branch to pay the fee for a card. http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/

NEW! Eastman is maintaining a list in his Encyclopedia of Genealogy at http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline of all the places HQ can be accessed for free or low-cost: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/07/free_or_lowcost.html

$$$ Of course, Ancestry.com offers all of the US census images, the AIS indexes, and their own linked indexes for 1930, 1920, their 1890 Project, plus the remaining 1890, 1880, 1870, 1850, 1840, 1830, 1820,1810, 1800, and 1790. It is very nice to have access to both Ancestry and HQ. :-)

Footnote.com now offers the 1860 Census in their Civil War collection for $7.95/mo.

The pilot project of FamilySearch is now offering the 1850, 1870, and 1900 censuses, although only 15 states are completed. Massachusetts and Wisconsin state census records are also available. http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch

Geographical search tool on the Morse One Step Site: http://www.stevemorse.org/census/index.html

Historical Census Browser - The data presented here describe the population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960 (no surname search): http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/

IPUMS - Census Enumerator Instructions (1850-2000): http://www.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumInstr.html

Census Questions and Enumeration Forms: http://www.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.html

U.S. Census Abbreviations: http://www.searchforancestors.com/records/censusabbreviations.html

Census Abbreviations: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~angels/census_abbrev.htm

Census Microdata for Social and Economic Research: http://www.ipums.org/

Juliana Smith - Why I Love the Census: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/compass/8555.asp?o_iid=831&o_lid=831

George G. Morgan - The Dilemma of Federal Census Copies: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6112&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=6812

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Revolutionary War Ancestor Research

2006-07-03T02:05:00.000-07:00

The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2006 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com

Searching for Your Revolutionary War Ancestor

As Americans celebrate Independence Day this week, perhaps now is the time to focus on finding more information about your ancestors who took part in the war that brought independence to this great nation. Luckily, there are numerous online resources to help you get started.

I would suggest that you first read an excellent introductory article, Finding Your Patriot: Basic Sources for Starting Revolutionary War Research by Curt Witcher. Curt is the department manager for the Historical Genealogy Department of Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a well-known and respected genealogy researcher. His excellent article can be found at Finding Your Patriot: Basic Sources for Starting Revolutionary War Research.

James C. Neagles has written an excellent article on how to find Revolutionary War service records. The article Compiled Service Records: Revolutionary War Period, 1775-83 can be found at Compiled Service Records: Revolutionary War Period, 1775-83

Revolutionary War Sources by Kip Sperry also contains many excellent references. You can find Kip's article at Revolutionary War Sources

Perhaps the best online resource available anywhere is the Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files available on HeritageQuest Online. These are some of the most popular records for those researching 18th and early 19th century ancestors. Best of all, these are not transcribed records. This database allows you to view the original, hand-written records on your screen and to print them on a local printer. HeritageQuest Online is not directly accessible by individuals. If you want to access these online records, you must use the services of a subscribing library or perhaps a genealogical or historical society or museum. You may have to travel to that society or library although some do offer remote, in-home access to these records. Further information is available on the Encyclopedia of Genealogy at http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline.

Here are other articles and online resources worthy of note:

Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck: http://www.genealogy.com/24_land.html

Revolutionary War Military Records by Myra Vanderpool Gormley: http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/24_myra.html

Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor by Jaime Simmons focuses on Virginia and West Virginia resources but has excellent background information of interest to all: http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/revwarbi.html

The Revolutionary War Forum is an online message board containing discussions about many topics associated with the War, including researching of ancestors: http://genforum.genealogy.com/americanrev/

American Revolutionary War Soldiers & Their Descendants is an online "clearinghouse:" web pages containing the email and/or URL addresses of descendants or persons who can give you some background on many Revolutionary War veterans: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ars

Loyalist Genealogy is a web site about those Americans who remained loyal to the King and then paid a high price for that loyalty: most were exiled to Canada or to other places outside of the new United States. Those who went to Canada are discussed at http://www.royalprovincial.com/genealogy/gen.shtml

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Richard does not mention it in his fine article, but another resource for those beginning Rev. War research is the DAR lookups available on the DAR Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/rw/topics.organizations.dar

In her article CELEBRATING REVOLUTIONARY-WAR-ERA ANCESTORS, Paula Stuart-Warren cautions

There are two sets of pension records for Revolutionary War service and this often causes confusion for researchers. If you don't know the difference, read on.

M804 AND M805

M804 and M805 are National Archives publication numbers for the microfilmed records of the Revolutionary War pension, service, and bounty land records. When you check any indexes or abstracts of Revolutionary War records, be sure to read the introductory details to see which set of records is covered by the index. Determine if the index or abstract is of state- or federal-level records. When genealogists tell me that the pension record for an ancestor didn't tell them anything, I usually ask if they went beyond the index or abstract and have the selected or complete record.

M804

This is the set of records referred to as the "complete" records and includes about 80,000 files of applications for "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1906." These alphabetical files are based on the participation of Army, Navy, and Marine officers and enlisted men in the Revolutionary War. The files are part of "National Archives Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration," on 2,670 rolls of microfilm. An individual file may give a birth date and place and a list of minor children, and may include a Bible record, a testimony from neighbors or a fellow military man, or even a later letter from a descendant seeking info. If a widow was involved in the application, you are likely to find more genealogically significant details.

M805

This National Archives microfilm publication is the "Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files" and is on 898 rolls of microfilm. It includes selected records from the 80,000 pension and bounty-land applications. If a complete file was more than ten pages long, only the supposedly most significant genealogical documents were included in the filming of M805. Some of the selected records files in this series do include more than ten pages. Don't stop with just these selected records; check the full file to see if there are more helpful pages.

FINDING M804 AND M805

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, D.C. and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City have both sets of microfilm. NARA regional branches should also have the complete set. Many libraries with genealogical research collections have M804, the selected records, because it has fewer rolls of film.

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Heritage Quest in Sumner, Washington

2006-07-01T13:57:00.000-07:00

From Barbara Heutchy, and Nell Snodgrass:

Heritage Quest Research Library in Sumner has an institutional membership to New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) online, giving patrons access to http://www.newenglandancestors.org. "NewEnglandAncestors.org has grown to include access to over 110 million names in 2,200 databases!"

The library has 2 computers, and also is wired so you can take your own laptop and have wireless internet access. They also have Ancestry Library edition (same as King County libraries have). If you're not a member of HQRL, there is a fee of $5/day to use the facility. More info is available on their website: http://www.hqrl.com/index.html. Their library catalog is easy to browse online before you go to get some idea of what books are available there.

Heritage Quest, formerly in Orting, is now in Sumner on Main Street next to the burned-out KC Caboose Restaurant. 909 Main Street, Sumner.

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