re brickwalls and methods
Diana Newton Wood, MD
Hugh wrote:
>
> and have you entered this wealth of data in a family tree programme?
Yes I have it posted online at gencircles
> the primary stages of family history (in my opinion)
>
> (1) gather memories of living family members
Do this already. Not too many of the older generation still alive,
but I live next door to my uncle, and I can bribe him with ancestors
who are veterans of the Colonial Wars.
> BTW make certain photographs have data on the back use *pencil* to
> add names dates places
If you use pencil be sure not to press.
> (2) type yourself and yours into a family tree programme
addressed above
>
> (4) joining lists and writing about yourself
> Watkins Llanfair Kilgeddin
Yes I belong to surname lists for Fay, Chandler and Newton
On a note related to the kinship issue, I am "my own cousin" through
my Fay and Newton Lines. Susanna Shattuck married first Joseph
Morse, and had a daughter Susanna Morse, who married a Newton. She
married second John Fay and had a son Gershom with him. Susanna
Morse's descendant Darius Newton was my GGgrandfather. John Fay's
descendant Harriet Augusta Fay married him.
I have another similar link through my Fay and Rice lines. I made
up the "own cousin" thing, but how would you analyze that?
http://www.gencircles.com/wooberry/1
> (5) studying details
> censuses
> family businesses
I have gotten a lot of information from my Ggrandmother's letters to
her husband, and back. For instance, there was a couple in photo
albums named Doughty, and I didn't know how they related to my
grandfather. It turns out (from various messages requesting that my
Ggrandparents put in some ice) that I determined that they were
neighbors.
At my Ggrandparents 50th wedding anniversary, my Guncle had
guestlists divided into family and friends, with sigatures. I have
been able to follow a lot of links by this. He also included a
photostat of a clipping about the other Newton couples who had
fiftieths from the generation before. Very helpful.
The letters actually make these people very real to me, in some ways
I know them better than my own parents because I read their private
thoughts.
> expeditions to places and archives
>
> needs careful planning
I think I may go to those archives that a previous response
recommended, because I could get windfalls of official information
> (6) special areas like one name studies
Is this like the sex linked DNA studies? My Rice ancestors are doing
this, but I obviously can't participate.
> I am doing :-
> STRØMSHOLT Denmark created in 1911 by one man
> I have 52 of his descendants charted
>
> LAPHAM about 500 alive in UK today
> a small name
>
> BARTLEY about 3000 alive in UK today middle size
> for a one name study
>
> WATKINS is a group exercise most of us are NOT related
> name brothers only.
> because it is a patrynomic and arose all over the place
This is like Chandler
> Johann John gave JONES JOHNSON JENSEN
> which fill whole phone books
I have ancestors named VAGUE, which makes doing searches online hard
because it brings up so many "usage" vagues instead of surname VAGUE
> difficult like BROWN and SMITH without exact dates and places
> useless to search.
>
> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Genealogical_Societies/GOONS.html
> no not http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1843963.stm
>
> but http://www.one-name.org
>
> http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?find=W
>
> http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?find=newton&Go=Search
>
> (7) some do one place studies
>
> http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/
>
> http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/oneplace.htm
>
> (8) transcriptions eg
>
> http://freebmd.rootsweb.com
>
> The FreeBMD Database was last updated on Thu 3 Oct 2002 and
> currently contains 40,978,318 total records (38,094,140 unique
> records
>
> In order to transcribe for the FreeBMD project you need to join a
> Syndicate.
>
> http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html
>
> >> The FreeBMD Project's objective is to provide free Internet
> access to the Civil Registration index information for England and
> Wales. The Civil Registration system for recording births,
> marriages, and deaths in England and Wales has been in place since
> 1837 and is one of the most significant single resources for
> genealogical research back to Victorian times. The FreeBMD project
> only contains index information for the period 1837-1901. <<
My guys were all here by then.
> welcome to a large and varied community
thank you, I am enjoying the discussion as well.
> "Hugh Watkins" <hugh_w...@net.dialog.dk>
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Diana Newton Wood
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ECFe...@aol.com
di...@kjsl.com writes:
<< I have ancestors named VAGUE, which makes doing searches online
hard because it brings up so many "usage" vagues instead of surname
VAGUE >>
Have you tried using "VAGUE family" in quotes? I have a similar
problem with my HEARDs. When I do a search for Mary Ann HEARD I get
heard used as a verb a lot.
Edith
JYoun...@aol.com
di...@kjsl.com writes:
> I have ancestors named VAGUE, which makes doing searches online hard
> because it brings up so many "usage" vagues instead of surname VAGUE
Some search engines permit you to specify that you want your search
limited to a specific Surname field. The RootsWeb/Ancestry Message
Boards, for example, permit an advanced search which is limited to
this field. Other databases with Surname fields would also permit
surname specific (as opposed to to every word) searches. Always
look to see whether an advanced search feature is offered when
searching on surnames which are also common words or given names.
Also, when you are posting a query on a Message Board about a
surname that is also a common word or given name be sure you
complete the Surname field if one is available--because the purpose
of providing such a field is to enable a surname only search to help
others find you as mentioned above.
Joan
Evelyn Bayna
>di...@kjsl.com writes:
>
><< I have ancestors named VAGUE, which makes doing searches online
>hard because it brings up so many "usage" vagues instead of surname
>VAGUE >>
>
>problem with my HEARDs. When I do a search for Mary Ann HEARD I get
>heard used as a verb a lot.
>
>Edith <ECFe...@aol.com>
Good idea, I'll try that I have READ.
Evelyn
joan best
> VAGUE
My name BEST is hard to search also. I try two tricks: search for
the whole name with quotes in google
Ex: "William Best"
When searching a web site I check the case sensitive box and search
for Best or BEST thus avoiding best.
Joan Best
"joan best" <joan...@earthlink.net>
Kay Archer
"joan best" <joan...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > di...@kjsl.com writes:
> >
> > I have ancestors named VAGUE, which makes doing searches online
> > hard because it brings up so any "usage" vagues instead of surname
> > VAGUE
>
> My name BEST is hard to search also. I try two tricks: search for
> the whole name with quotes in google
> Ex: "William Best"
> When searching a web site I check the case sensitive box and search
> for Best or BEST thus avoiding best.
don't forget to search for "Best, William" (g).
KA
e-mail address is on next line:
kay hyphen archer at mail dot com
"Kay Archer" <ab...@127.0.0.1>
Susan Murray
joan best wrote:
Ex: "William Best"
> When searching a web site I check the case sensitive box and search
> for Best or BEST thus avoiding best.
I have an Artemisia Beets in Tennessee and I get are agricultural
pages. :-)
Susan Murray
Susan Murray <note...@sleevetown.com>