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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Happy Halloween!
Even though I'm a day early for Wordless Wednesday, here's a gathering of pictures I've taken this fall for Halloween:
Thursday, October 26, 2017
FamilySearch's November Classes are Posted
Were you able to view any of the classes from FamilySearch in October? They've just posted next month's, so here's your chance to mark these in your schedule!
Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for November 2017
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (26 October, 2017), The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced its free family history classes and webinars for November 2017. Participants can attend in person or online. New classes include how-to research Swiss, Norwegian, Canadian, and immigration records. There are also classes on the FamilySearch Family Tree, using the FamilySearch Catalog effectively, learning how to index in much-needed foreign languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and French, and searching specific sources for many other countries. Some classes are also in Spanish. See the full schedule below. Mark your calendars for events you want to join so you don’t forget. (Find and share this announcement easily online in the FamilySearch Newsroom).Online classes are noted on the schedule as webinars. Webinar attendees need to click the link next to the class title at the scheduled date and time to attend the class online. Those attending in person simply go to the room noted. Invite your family and friends. All class times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST).
If you are unable to attend classes in person or online, most sessions are recorded and can be viewed later online at your convenience. To access these, go to the archive for Family History Library classes and webinars.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017
Up the North River
On Saturday, we took a quick trip along the North River, aka The Hudson River from earliest settlement to 1800. This was the theme of both the first presentation and the all day conference at Central New York Genealogical Society. Jane Wilcox, an expert on the Hudson River area of New York State, gave four separate presentations.
Many people think of the earliest settlers to this area as the Dutch who settled New Netherlands with Fort Orange. They would be wrong. Actually, the Walloons, a group from Belgium came here before the Dutch, who had claimed the territory, arrived. They were the very first settlers after the Native Americans and blazed the way for the other settlers.
We learned, also that there were a few more groups of various ethnicity and religions that settled this area during the time period. Jane asked for guesses in the beginning of the lecture. The answers ranged from single digits up to about 20. Having heard the lecture before, I jokingly put out an answer of 100. I knew mine was too high, but knew there was many more than most in the audience imagined. The actual answer was somewhere around 45, depending on if she had actually found all or not.
A Tale of Woe is an interesting case study that Jane presented next. Starting from the mention of an unmarried relative in a printed genealogy, she brought to life one of her collateral ancestors. Probate and court records, among other sources were able to reconstruct the life of this woman who fought the conventions of the day. She disagreed with her brothers on matters and brought a child into the world just before she died, still unmarried. The case study describes what happened to this child as well. In an interesting twist, we found that the president of Central New York Genealogical Society, Chris Wilcox, is also a relative of this woman on a different line of descent.
The afternoon started with a lecture on the tenant farms of the Hudson Valley. We learned about the patents and manors. These consisted of vast holdings by the wealthy of thousands of acres in this area. For decades these lands were rented. Thus, the people that settled here were unable to own the land themselves. Even without deeds to the land, there are various ways to trace these settlers as Jane showed us in this lecture. Many of the leases are for three lives. What surprised many is that this is not three generations, but for the lives of three people mentioned within the lease. It could be a husband, wife and child or three brothers or any combination of people that had an interest in the land. Once the last of them died, the lease would revert back to the landowner.
Finally, we had a whirlwind tour across Upstate New York. We learned about various libraries, archives, historians, historical societies, genealogy groups and online sources for information on our ancestors. Using a small sample from each category, Jane demonstrated what a rich variety of resources are available and how to make use of each of them.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Family Search Weekly Update
Here's the latest on updated and new databases from Family Search:
FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 5,000 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
New Historic Records on FamilySearch: Week of October 16, 2017
Salt Lake City, Utah (19 October 2017), FamilySearch published over 40 million new records this week from Finland, Italy, and the Netherlands. Additional records were published from Argentina, Australia, Aus
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About FamilySearchFamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 5,000 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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