tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87921460349396006462024-02-18T20:55:04.979-05:00Family History FunUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-34867138556055565552010-05-08T22:33:00.000-04:002010-05-08T22:33:00.687-04:00Saturday Night Fun - Matrilineal lineI came across a couple tweets tonight about an exercise from Randy Seavers who's blog is <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/">here</a><br />
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Here is our mission!<br />
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<span style="color: #3333ff;">1) List your matrilineal line - your mother, her mother, etc. back to the first identifiable mother. Note: this line is how your mitochondrial DNA was passed to you!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3333ff;">2) Tell us if you have had your mitochondrial DNA tested, and if so, which Haplogroup you are in.</span><br />
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What a great activity on the eve of Mothers day! <br />
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Diane (1949 - living) - Married Scott Neil- Kingston, Ontario<br />
Jane Ann Shanks (1923 - 1992) Married James Cahill - Scotland <br />
Betsy Gaff (1894 - 1986) Married John Shanks - Scotland<br />
Ann (I only have a name at this point)<br />
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I don't have much information about this part of my family. Finding information in Scotland seems to be an expensive adventure!<br />
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I haven't had a DNA test done.<br />
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Happy Mothers day to all the mothers out there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-11871366245410566092010-05-01T16:40:00.000-04:002010-05-01T16:40:24.099-04:00Open Doors HamiltonToday was a day where local areas of interest were open to the public free of charge. It was a great opportunity to visit some places you might not otherwise go to see.<br />
I was able to go to three things today. A baby in tow and rain hindered going anywhere else but still it was a great day.<br />
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Here are the places we went too.<br />
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<a href="http://www.janeswalk.net/">Janes Walk</a>. Check out this site for an explanation of what Janes walk is. Maybe there is one in your area on Sunday, or maybe you can set one up in your town next year!<br />
This walk was of <i><b>Victoria Park</b></i>. Here are a couple plaques that describe part of what we learned about. I will post the rest on my <a href="http://familyhistoryfun.webs.com/">Familyhistoryfun</a> - Wentworth Site soon!<br />
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<a href="http://www.erlandlee.com/">Erland Lee Museum</a><br />
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Check out the link above for more details, but basically was the Lee family home until purchased by the Womens institue. The first ever meeting was held here in 1897. I need to research more about this because my family lived in this area, and there are some names on this plaque that might be related to me. Surnames NEIL and DEAN. What an exciting find!<br />
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<a href="http://www.battlefieldhouse.ca/">Battlefield House Museum</a><br />
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This is where the battle of Stoney Creek took place during the war of 1812, in 1813. IT was interesting to hear some of the stories about the Gage family and that time period. I wasn't able to go up to the monument because it wasn't stroller friendly, but maybe another time!<br />
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This is the first time I've been to an open doors event. Are there ones in your area? I'd love to see a blog about it if there is!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-86752350534325918022010-04-27T20:58:00.000-04:002010-04-27T20:58:54.454-04:00Tombstone Tuesday - Thanks to Kindness of others!I wasn't going to post today, but then I was lucky enough to have someone stop by a gravesite and take some pictures for me. So nice!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> *This ones are bit difficult to read, but you can on some of the others he took</span>*<br />
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They are both in the Trinity Union Cemetery in Glanford, Wentworth County. <br />
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Note the different spellings of the last name.<br />
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This first one is<br />
Wilber Hendershott (July 12 1851 - July 30 1916) and his wife Elizabeth Matilda Neil (Dec 17 1857-June 2 1925)<br />
Elizabeth M. Neil is my GG Grandfathers sister.<br />
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This second one is Wilbers parents<br />
Philip Hendershot (1827 - 1906) and his wife Catharine Olphiant (1832 - 1908)<br />
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Some of the dates are a bit off, from what I have, so I will need to investigate that at some point.<br />
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Happy Tuesday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-30564048701774419302010-04-25T19:26:00.000-04:002010-04-25T19:26:59.301-04:0052 weeks to better genealogy - Week 17This is the assignment... From <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/52-weeks-challenge-17-label-family-photos/#comments">Geneabloggers</a> and <a href="http://wetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/52-weeks-to-better-genealogy.html">Wee Tree</a><br />
<i>Get out your family photos and label them. You’ve seen them a million tines because they’re YOUR photos, but what happens when they’re passed down to others? Will those people know the names of everyone in the pictures? Take some time and label your photos with pertinent information. If you’re working with old photos, take consideration with their age and condition. Devise an archival-friendly labeling system. For digital photos, you can use computer programs to tag the images with names or other identifying information. If that’s too confusing, you can at least save and/or re-name digital photos with details of your choosing. Don’t let another generation slip by without documenting your photos. Your ancestors will thank you. If you have a genealogy blog, share with your readers your system for identifying photos, and even share a photo if you like.</i><br />
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When I read this, I thought, OMG, I so need to do this.<br />
I don't have time to actually complete it right now, but it will be on my mind when I look at my pictures in the future.<br />
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For the pictures I have on my computer that are "genealogy" related, (that is, not the hundreds I have of my new daughter), I have been getting good at labelling them. This is how I have been labelling them so far.<br />
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LASTNAME_Firstname_Locationifknown_date if known<br />
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So far it seems to be working well for me, but I probably should do this for all the "recent' photos I have of my family as well.<br />
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So I didn't actually do any work for this weeks challenge, but here is a picture of my daughter...just because.<br />
I'll label it Swinging fun! :)<br />
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My grandpa, James Cahill, is the one is the back row, on the far right.<br />
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<a href="http://familyhistoryfun.webs.com/">Familyhistoryfun.webs.com</a><br />
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I just started it, so its under construction, but my plan is to add all the links and information I can find about this area. I hope that people will use the forum provided to chat with others about their research, and submit pictures of relavent things.<br />
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Any feedback/constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-11419027233868383662010-04-18T20:20:00.000-04:002010-04-18T20:20:42.360-04:00Displaying genealogy - Part 2I gave my thought about how to display some genealogy as mentioned in my previous post, and I remembered about <a href="http://www.picnik.com/">PICNIK</a>...a great photo editing site I haven't used in a long time.<br />
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So here are some things I did quickly. Maybe they are something I could get printed off and framed? I am sure with some more time invested I could get them looking pretty good. My only concern would be about how they would print off, would the resolution be ok? They always look so much better on the computer!<br />
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I'm just not sure how exactly I want to do it yet. Everytime I see that Ancestry commercial I think about it.<br />
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I know I don't want to print off a "chart" because it is forever changing. I was thinking of printing off some old records I have found, along with some black and white photos and putting them in frames. <br />
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Do any of you out there have pictures of how you have displayed your genealogy? I'd love to see them! Post a link if you'd like.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-86829033449866865782010-04-14T08:12:00.000-04:002010-04-14T08:12:09.476-04:00Book of PicturesI wanted to pass along the name of another book about the Hamilton area, since I have to return it to the library today. I can't summarize it because there is just too much in it! It is full of old pictures of the area. If you have family from that are you should check it out. Although it didn't have my family in there, maybe it has yours?<br />
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Hamilton - Panorama of our past <br />
A pictorial History of the Hamilton-Wentworth Region<br />
The head-of the-lake Historical SocietyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-63941241499077862512010-04-13T08:00:00.000-04:002010-04-12T12:55:12.150-04:00Tombstone TuesdayI just discovered this grave from <a href="http://www.oddquine.co.uk/gravestones/gravestones4.htm">this site</a>.<br />
It is from the Clunyhill Cemetery in Forres Scotland<br />
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It has my GG grandmother (Lexie McLean), her husband (Robert Dean) and their son (Alexander Dean). What a great find!<br />
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Lexie was also the name of my G Grandmother. My daughters name is Alexis...nickname Lexie. <br />
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I had been wondering how I could get the tons of records I have found on ancestry, onto my Rootsmagic family tree. I didn't think it was possible. My plan was to eventually print everything off. But that would have been a LOT of ink, and paper!<br />
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Well with one simple question by me on Twitter...<br />
<i>Question? when U find records on Ancestry, do U print them all off? The background is always black so uses up lots of ink..any alternatives?</i><br />
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And the one simple answer from ACoffin...<br />
<i>@FunFamHistory Save Ancestry records as images.</i><br />
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I was like duh! I didn't realize that I could do that. I thought my only option was save on ancestry or print. But with one quick look, I realized there was a button to click, and I can save it too my computer!<br />
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So now, I will need to do this methodically or I will get very overwhelmed. I have a lot of records, some are for multiple people. I will need to give this some thought before jumping in. But knowing me, I'll end up jumping in with both feet!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-77532756073028846772010-04-10T20:48:00.000-04:002010-04-10T20:48:34.899-04:00A Town Called Hamilton 1814-1840I want to find out some basic history of different areas of where my family lived so it will help me to find our more things about them. I'll start for now with the Hamilton, Ontario area because I live here, and it should be easier to find things out.<br />
I am going to start with a book I have been reading.<br />
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<div style="background-color: #b45f06; color: black; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton - A Peoples History - Bill Freeman. </span></b></div><br />
I will go through each chapter, and just pull out some interesting facts to me, and what might be relavent to my family. If you want to get all the details I encourage you too see if you can find it at your library, or you can purchase it. <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=famhisfun-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1550287400" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
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First Chapter:<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://familyhistoryfunforall.blogspot.com/2010/04/head-of-lake-from-beginnings-1814.html">The Head of the Lake Beginnings to 1814</a></span></b></i></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Second Chapter - </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">A Town Called Hamilton </span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">1814-1840</span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1816 - March 22 - Hamilton became a community - named after George Hamilton (Modern day streets are named after his relatives - John, James, Hunter, Catharine) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Courthouse and Jail brought people from all over (From the District of Gore - which includedWentworth, Halton, Brant, Haldimand counties and Puslinch Township) - This is how Hamilton initially began to grown</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Education was very important to the settlers. 1817 - there were 5 schools in Barton Township for 800 students</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1832-1835 - <b>Dundurn Castle</b> built by Sir Alland MacNab and Robert Charles Wetherall</span></span></li>
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1832 - Cholera epidemic. There was panic in the community, especially because of the immigrants coming on ships into the ports. Even prisioners were released to avoid the epidemic. There were lots of dead.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1830's - political conflict between Dundas and Hamilton, along with all of Upper Canada.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Population then started to increase due to British immigration, and by 1835 the population of just Hamilton was 2,600.</span></span></li>
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I am going to start with a book I have been reading.<br />
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<div style="background-color: #b45f06; color: black; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton - A Peoples History - Bill Freeman. </span></b></div><br />
I will go through each chapter, and just pull out some interesting facts to me, and what might be relavent to my family. If you want to get all the details I encourage you too see if you can find it at your library, or you can purchase it.<br />
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First Chapter:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>The Head of The Lake</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>From beginnings - 1814</b></i></span></div><br />
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<ul><li>The first inhabitants of the "head of the lake", which is the western end of Lake Ontario was the native people about 6000 years ago. </li>
<li>1638 - 1640 - The population decreases because of the small pox epidemic which was brought over by the Europeans</li>
<li>1650 - war that severely affected the native poupulation</li>
<li>1700 - The French had control of the area</li>
<li>1759 - British dominated after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham</li>
<li>1775-1783 - American war of Independence; 60,000 loyalists came to modern day Canada. About 10,000 of these went to upper Canada, and 2000 of those to the Niagara Peninsula (which included the Head of the Lake)</li>
<li>1787-1788 - "Hungry Years" because of a drought. Most didn't use money but a barter system. </li>
<li>1791 - Barton and Saltfleet Townships were surveyed by Augustus Jones</li>
<li>Most in this area were farmers. Mos were given 200 acres and given clothes for 3 years, and basic tools.</li>
<li>Most were members of the Church of England (Anglican), but Methodist became more popular in the rural areas.</li>
<li>1812 - Population of Upper Canada was about 77,000, 20,00 of these were loyalists, the rest were American settlers who were looking for cheap land (** <i>This may be why my ancestors moved from the states to the area?</i>**)</li>
<li>1812-1814 - War of 1812 (Battle of Stoney Creek - June 1813)</li>
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Some of the areas we drove through were Stoneycreek, Smithville, Gainsborough, Caistorville, Welland, Lincoln <br />
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It was such a beautiful spring day!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyAp9F6rURdV88dQAlFerZUitUMAwxaK2yYWzdSXqydyrAiguv9UQ5Ht5vue9dy7Q6e7NUeN4zzG7u2MLzdqMeUDFrdW14fIRrxqU3x-oKYwfm0quFylMpGN4q8_56DE_Z1cciePG1CiP/s1600/DSCF1511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyAp9F6rURdV88dQAlFerZUitUMAwxaK2yYWzdSXqydyrAiguv9UQ5Ht5vue9dy7Q6e7NUeN4zzG7u2MLzdqMeUDFrdW14fIRrxqU3x-oKYwfm0quFylMpGN4q8_56DE_Z1cciePG1CiP/s320/DSCF1511.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWv2CG_CRIucZjRhaASvVr7GwUaG0GHpnC1pyoivLPk7bT6I7txdP4gNbtMdGuXaSBNq8rkcoV_wtbYyM2kzF-sNnl45URBp1B763-hjyVu6SdDeh3rY9fsgMdwl8Cjs44RQYen6zK5i9p/s1600/DSCF1494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWv2CG_CRIucZjRhaASvVr7GwUaG0GHpnC1pyoivLPk7bT6I7txdP4gNbtMdGuXaSBNq8rkcoV_wtbYyM2kzF-sNnl45URBp1B763-hjyVu6SdDeh3rY9fsgMdwl8Cjs44RQYen6zK5i9p/s320/DSCF1494.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This last one is from a different weekend, but it is of the CN Tower in Toronto as we drove by on our way home. I don't believe I have any direct relatives from here, but I have seen York county on some marriage records, so who knows what some more digging will reveal. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-20841614541940984272010-04-03T17:56:00.000-04:002010-04-03T17:56:41.845-04:0052 Weeks to better Genealogy - Challenge #14It's week 14 for the 52 weeks to better Genealogy.(<a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/">Geneabloggers</a> and <a href="http://wetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/52-weeks-to-better-genealogy.html">Wee Tree</a>)<br />
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Here is what we were asked to do:<br />
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<blockquote><i> Use a different search engine for your online genealogy research. Google is quite popular, but other search engines may provide different results. Try Yahoo! Search (<a href="http://search.yahoo.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
"4fb99b3450b813bb52949e8b9d3697b8", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://search.yahoo.com/</a>), Bing (<a href="http://www.bing.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
"4fb99b3450b813bb52949e8b9d3697b8", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bing.com/</a>), Ask.com (<a href="http://www.ask.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
"4fb99b3450b813bb52949e8b9d3697b8", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ask.com/</a>), Dogpile (<a href="http://www.dogpile.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
"4fb99b3450b813bb52949e8b9d3697b8", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.dogpile.com/</a>), and even Clusty (<a href="http://clusty.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
"4fb99b3450b813bb52949e8b9d3697b8", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://clusty.com/</a>). Pick an unusual surname and search it in different engines. Make note of the top 10 page returns for each. If you’re a genealogy blogger, share your observations on this experience.</i></blockquote><br />
I have become so accustomed to using Google as I am sure so many people have, that I forget about the other search enginges. I tried various names and places in all of the above pages. For the most part I the same results from all of them.<br />
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In my quick seach I cam across some pages I had forgotten I had found in the past. So I quickly bookmarked them, they should provide me with some information when I have time to get back to them<br />
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I find that with google, while I get numerous "hits", some good sites often get lost in the crowd, so trying some of these different ones allowed them to float to the top so too speak.<br />
I will be bookmarking these other search engines and will utilise them for sure when doing my searches.<br />
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This was a great exercise!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-71399019055556248592010-04-02T22:38:00.000-04:002010-04-02T22:38:24.303-04:00My First Award....Ancestor Approved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkn7R_k-ZBlfyT7V0TnXX31KZZB2sZmQxJ0qY8JVyKkcyy9wbflCZ_uilHm36KyzFTERoljZmG5bi7q4nXWJA4lgYix6asZZtvyGau8TvEV8RJQ3jjQVymAuc4NFWyX_Vh_SUQxZgZx29V/s1600/ANCESTOR+APPROVED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkn7R_k-ZBlfyT7V0TnXX31KZZB2sZmQxJ0qY8JVyKkcyy9wbflCZ_uilHm36KyzFTERoljZmG5bi7q4nXWJA4lgYix6asZZtvyGau8TvEV8RJQ3jjQVymAuc4NFWyX_Vh_SUQxZgZx29V/s1600/ANCESTOR+APPROVED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkn7R_k-ZBlfyT7V0TnXX31KZZB2sZmQxJ0qY8JVyKkcyy9wbflCZ_uilHm36KyzFTERoljZmG5bi7q4nXWJA4lgYix6asZZtvyGau8TvEV8RJQ3jjQVymAuc4NFWyX_Vh_SUQxZgZx29V/s320/ANCESTOR+APPROVED.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br />
Just like a family tree, this award has been passed down a few "generations". It started with<a href="http://ancestorslivehere.blogspot.com/2010/03/ancestor-badge.html"> Ancestors Live here</a>, was passed down to 10 bloggers from there, one of which was <a href="http://mountaingenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/receive-award.html">MountainGenealogy</a>. Then handed down to 10 more. I am very grateful to be one of the recipients from <a href="http://www.thefamilycurator.com/home/2010/4/2/moved-to-be-ancestor-approved.html">The Family Curator</a>. The links provided will give you the "sources"...so click away! :)<br />
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<b>The Ancestor Approved Award asks that the recipient list ten things you have learned about any of your ancestors that has surprised, humbled, or enlighted you and pass the award along to ten other bloggers who you feel are doing their ancestors proud.</b><br />
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I have been<b> humbled</b>.... <br />
<ul><li>by my relatives that have served in the military (WWI and WWII)</li>
<li>by relatives that moved away from their families to North America to presumably achieve a better life.</li>
<li>when learning about they way life was at different points in time</li>
<li>to find so many hard working farmers in my family. </li>
</ul>I have been<b> happ</b>y about.... <br />
<ul><li>finding other relatives that enjoy genealogy research too</li>
<li>being able to pass along more family history to my daughter when she is old enough<br />
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<li>being a detective and continuing on my search.</li>
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I have been <b>surprised</b>.... <br />
<ul><li>that so many of my relatives passed through the US at some point before or after being in Canada.</li>
<li>that I ended up living in the same area where many ancestors lived in the past, without even knowing it until I moved here!</li>
<li>how the spelling of surnames can change so many times</li>
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So now I will pass this award onto 10 more bloggers..<br />
Some have probably already recieved the award which probably proves how much they deserve it!<br />
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<a href="http://wetree.blogspot.com/">Wee Tree</a> - Amy Coffin<br />
<a href="http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/">Dr. Bill Tells Ancestors</a> - Dr. Bill<br />
<a href="http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/">Genealogy Canada</a> - Elizabeth<br />
<a href="http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/">Canada Genealogy</a> - M. Diane Rogers<br />
<a href="http://ancestories1.blogspot.com/">Ancestories</a> -<br />
<a href="http://blamegrandma.blogspot.com/">Blame Grandma</a><br />
<a href="http://jackgenes.blogspot.com/">Jacks Genealogy</a> - Jack<br />
<a href="http://thefamilygriot.blogspot.com/">The Family Griot</a><br />
<a href="http://turning-of-generations.blogspot.com/">Turning of Generations</a> - Michelle Goodrum<br />
<a href="http://genegleaner.blogspot.com/">The Gene Gleaner</a> - Katie<br />
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I think I only have the "twitter" of Canada Genealogy, if I'm already following you just let me know what your Twitter name is, or if I'm not let me know so I can!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-40169014544928996722010-04-02T08:10:00.000-04:002010-04-02T21:11:57.909-04:00Follow Friday -The Family CuratorI am pretty new to the world of blogging. I am still not so familiar with all of those wonderful genealogy blogs that are out there yet, but slowly I am finding some of my favourites. One of them has to be <a href="http://www.thefamilycurator.com/"><b>The Family Curator</b></a>.<br />
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She really has motivated me to get organized. To be honest, I haven't had the time to go through every old article she has on her site, since she has so many useful things. But I sure plan to navigate my way through them at some point soon.<br />
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Here are just 3 posts that should help to motivate any new blogging genealogists!<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.thefamilycurator.com/home/2010/3/21/time-for-genealogy-spring-cleaning.html">Time for Genealogy Spring Cleaning</a></li>
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Happy Searching!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-58160463953126065202010-04-01T19:56:00.000-04:002010-04-01T19:57:23.906-04:00Course Review - Descendency Research @FamilySearchThanks to someone posting on Twitter a while ago I found out that there are some <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_research_series_online.asp%3FActiveTab=2">FREE courses</a> at Familysearch.org.<br />
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I decided to try one of them out today, and I was pleasantly surprised!<br />
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I did the Decendency research, Lesson #1 (of 3)<br />
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It was a video of someone talking, and explaing what decendency research is, why you may want to do it, and how to get started. It was easy to listen to, and his stories kept my attention. Now to those who are expert genealogists it will be way to basic for you, but for someone like me, I found it to be very informative. It gave me some ideas of how I can change things up to try and work on decendents instead of ancestors. I just might try that!<br />
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My only "complaint" was going to be that I couldn't print any of the information off from the video, but low and behold, I went back, and there are links to some written information I hadn't noticed. Excellent!<br />
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So to anyone that hasn't looked there yet, I would highly recommend it. I will be watching the rest of these for sure at time!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-7243603656419741802010-04-01T19:10:00.000-04:002010-04-01T19:10:13.248-04:00Data Backup DayThanks once again to <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/data-backup-day-april-1-2010/">Geneablogger</a>s for a great idea! <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Data Backup Day!</span></span></b><br />
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I'm guilty of not backing things up regularily. This will be a great habit to get into.<br />
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So I took their advice, and put my genealogy folder that I had <a href="http://familyhistoryfunforall.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-cleaning-organization-continues.html">recently organized</a> and put a copy onto my external harddrive. I then took a copy of my Rootsmagic file and put it on that harddrive too.<br />
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I also recently put all of my bookmarks onto delicious, so I'm not sure if I need to back that up or not, if anyone has advice about that, let me know.<br />
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So overall I am getting things organized, and it feels great!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-68786437253584027542010-03-31T17:32:00.000-04:002010-03-31T17:32:51.243-04:00Book Recap - Wentworth Bygones No. 11Today I ventured to my local library. My main reason for being there was story time for my little girl, but also on my agenda was to start in my search of Hamilton History books. I found out that I need to go to another one that has the large collection for all the microfilms and other genealogical specific resources. I'll have to do that someday when I can be "baby free", so for today, for various reasons I only came home with one book.<br />
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From this book, I have discovered a historical society, who have produced several publications. Their website is <a href="http://www.headofthelake.ca/">here</a><br />
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This book has no information about my family, but I thought maybe I would do a slight Recap about what is in it. It is basically a few little stories that were presented at "The Head-of-the-Lake" historical society meetings. It was interesting reading about what this area was like back in the mid-late 1800's!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Wentworth Bygones</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>From the Papers and Records of </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Head-of-the-Lake </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Historical Society, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hamilton Ontario.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>No.11, 1975</i></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The Reverend Thomas Geoghegan</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">1848-1906</div><div style="text-align: left;">By Katharine Greenfield</div><div style="text-align: left;">(an address to the Society on Feb 9, 1974)<br />
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<b>From the Mayor's Chair: Then and Now</b><br />
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<b>The Story of William Sampson</b><br />
First Recot of Grimsby, 1817-1822<br />
by The Rev. Canon E.A. Brooks<br />
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<b>The Railways of Hamilton</b><br />
by Andrew Merrilees<br />
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<b>A History of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton</b><br />
By J.T.L. Fletcher<br />
(An Address to the Society on February 14, 1975)<br />
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<b>Early American and Canadian Glass</b><br />
by Miss Lottie M Jones U.E.<br />
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<b>Baptismal Records of the Church of the Ascension (Anglican) Hamilton, 1851-53 </b><br />
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This is the same picture I used early this week for my "<a href="http://familyhistoryfunforall.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-brick-wall-eve-and-samuel-neil.html">brickwall</a>" post, but since they are on my mind, I thought it appropriate to use here.<br />
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I have also just found out that I may have some more relatives buried in this cemetery, so I will need to take another trip out there sometime this summer.<br />
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This is Eve Neal, and her daughter in law Ruth Neal, in Tapleytown Cemtery, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada.<br />
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My experience with this website in the past was one of confusion. I have come across it before during my searches, but never gained much information from the links, simply because it was so overwhelming, and I didn't know where to begin.<br />
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Today I gave it another go. And, to be honest I have come away with the same feeling.<br />
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First I used the search bar and typed in Wentworth Ontario. For a county I want to research. It came back with 68 sites. 1-10 results on the first page, but when I went to the second page, it said there was only 13 results in total. So I'm not sure what happened so the rest of the results? <br />
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It was not easy to determine what the search results were about exactly, but I could easily click on them to find out if it was of inerest. So I did, thinking it would take me to a page that talked Wentworth and Ontario, and I would determine then if they were relevant or not. I expected to be taken to various webpages. But instead I was taken back to various index pages, where I had to search for the page they were talking about. The pages were often very long, filled with lots of writing and links. Only by using my "find" button, could I easily find the links talking about Wentworth. <br />
With all that searching, I did get one page that could be useful, that I have used in the past. <a href="http://www.hwcn.org/link/wengenweb/">Ontario genweb: Wentworth County</a><br />
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Now compare this to typing in Wentworth Ontario in google. It came up as my second or third option.<br />
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So in conclusion, while Cyndi's List is FULL of lots of valuable information I am sure, in my opinion it is just not worth the time needed to search it. I much prefer Mr Google.<br />
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p.s There is a small list of blogs listed there...I think geneabloggers should add their site, as should some of the other bloggers around here. Although I think they would just get lost in the huge collections of information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-91557977835078520942010-03-28T17:01:00.000-04:002010-03-28T17:01:34.030-04:00My Brick Wall - Eve and Samuel NEILI'm stuck, and I'm not sure where to look. Maybe some of you out there will have some thoughts to point me in the right direction?<br />
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My goals of breaking down my brick wall are primarily to...<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Find out where Levi NEIL was born</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Find any siblings of Levi NEIL </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Find Samuel NEIL</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Find the maiden name, residence and migration of Eve NEIL</b></div><br />
I am using the surname NEIL here as it is the modern day spelling, however in earlier documents it is found to also be spelled numerous different ways.<br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>About Levi Neil: </b></span></div><ul><li>Born - May 9 1822 </li>
<li>abt 1842 - Married Ruth Dean, not sure yet if the USA or Wentworth County </li>
<li>1851 Census of Canada East/Canada West - Wentworth County, Saltfleet - says born in Saltfleet</li>
<li>1861 - can't find him in that census </li>
<li>1871 - Census of Canada, Ontario, Wentworth, Saltfleet - says born in Ontario</li>
<li>1881- Census of Canada, Ontario, Wentworth, Saltfleet - says born in Ontario </li>
<li>Marriage record in 1864 to second wife (Elizabeth Hannon) says born in Canada. Says his mother is Eve Neal and his father is Samuel Neal.</li>
<li>Possibly died 1890 - no record yet.</li>
</ul> One of Levi's son's - Nelson Murray Neil - always lists his father as born in the USA in the census's so I'm not 100% convinced that Levi was born in Ontario. Maybe he was born in PA? I would need to find out when Eve came to Canada.<br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><b>About Eve Neil:</b></div><br />
I have found her grave in Tapleytown (which is in the same county as Saltfleet), it is next too Levi's first wife Ruth. I also have the census record for 1871 that lists her as dying that year.<br />
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From this I know:<br />
<ul><li>Eve's last name spelled NEAL, Ruth's last name spelled NEEL </li>
<li>She is a "native" of Pennsylvania (I assume that means she was born there? or does it just mean she lived there?)</li>
<li>Died March 25 1871, and can figure out that she was born on Oct 20 1776</li>
<li>In 1822 when Levi was born, Eve would have been 46, so I would assume she would have children when she was younger, where would they be? I don't know of any siblings to Levi.</li>
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<b>Samuel NEIL</b><br />
<ul><li>I can't find him in Canada, and I am not sure where to look in the states. I am assuming somewhere in PA but not sure.</li>
<li>There seems to be a Samuel Neil that others are researching, that would have been born around the same time, but he is in Tennessee so I have ruled him out, now that Eve is from PA</li>
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So some questions I have for you experts...<br />
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Was there some event in PA history, that caused migration up to this area of Canada. I have read that mennonites may have migrated, but I don't think they were mennonites, it says their religion is E. Meth on all census's. (I need to do some research on religion I think. Maybe a topic for a future blog.)<br />
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So that's my brick way...if anyone has any thoughts I'm open for suggestions!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-78118017463755539432010-03-25T09:44:00.002-04:002010-03-25T09:59:51.794-04:00Ontario Genealogy Society ConferenceFor anyone that is in the area, or is interested, here is a link for the<br /><br /><a href="http://torontofamilyhistory.org/2010/">Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010 in Toronto</a> May 14-16<br /><br /><br />I really want to go, since it's less then 2 hours away...but I'm not sure if I can yet.<br /><br /><br />Has anyone been to a genealogy conference? What are they like? Worth the money?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792146034939600646.post-26981177147992584632010-03-24T07:36:00.004-04:002010-03-24T08:00:39.820-04:00Spring cleaning - Organization continues!I wrote earlier about feeling motivated to do some <a href="http://familyhistoryfunforall.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-cleaning-scanning-sunday.html">genealogy spring cleaning</a>. Well I am still feeling that way with this dreary weather. Mind you, I can only do a little at a time since I do have my 9 month old daughter to take care of, but I feel like I am actually getting somewhere now with some organization.<br /><br />Up until now I have had papers everywhere. I have finally followed my own advice and did a <a href="http://familyhistoryfunforall.blogspot.com/2010/03/start-off-organized.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">colour coded file system</span></a>. It is making things so much easier!<br /><br />Now I am going through what I put in those files and working on <span style="font-weight: bold;">scanning</span> what I need into my computer. I do just a few pictures a day so that it is not so overwhelming.<br /><br />The next step is organizing my<span style="font-weight: bold;"> computer files</span>. So I can find everything more easily. This is how I decided to organize my computer files.<br /><br /><ul><li>Have one file called Genealogy - placed on desktop for easy access.</li><li>Have the 4 surnames listed in here, just like in my file cabinet. I will put other file folders with names in that line as needed.</li><li>Within those folder I will label the pictures documents like this:</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SURNAME_Firstname_name of document_Date if available</span><br />This should make things more consistent, and easier to find.</div><ul><li>I will also have files labeled like I will in the paper format such as, maps, history, forms etc.</li></ul><br /><br />After this is done, my next step will be organizing my<span style="font-weight: bold;"> bookmarks </span>on my web browser. This will be a big job!<br /><br /><br />If anyone has any ideas for what they do as they search the web I would love to hear it. I tend to bookmark everything I find genealogy related, but it then becomes impossible to find what I really need.<br /><br />It would be great to have one user friendly, master list, organized by category of genealogy websites that users could submit and maybe rate don't you think? Maybe one already exists? If it does please pass along the link.<br /><br />Have a great day!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6