tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74530330547731188462024-03-13T00:35:42.721-05:00Bayern RootsTracing my Bayern (Bavarian) roots along with my all my other roots.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-83490004132664119182014-03-09T19:30:00.001-05:002014-03-09T20:14:29.239-05:00Mound School<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
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This photo has 133 people in it and most people are unknown. Several of my great Aunts taught school at Mound School in Prairie Township in Shelby County, Illinois. Mound school was just south of Stewardson and north of Shumway in Banner township in Effingham county, Illinois. The first photo in the set has the people numbered. Below is list of known people in the photo.<br />
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1 - Possibly Mildren Bullerman - Daughter of Pearl and William Bullerman (see number 2)<br />
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2 - Pearl Williams Bullerman - I am not 100% sure on this one but Bullerman is written over her head so she seems the most likely person. Pearl was the wife of William Bullerman who was the son of Mary Klarman (Mary was William Frederick's sister) and Henry Bullerman. She also taught school. The child she is holding may be her daughter Mildred.<br />
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4 - Lora Rentfro(w) Webb - Lora was the daughter of Eli Rentfrow and Margaret Ellen Shouse and married Harry Webb.<br />
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7 - Della Webb Rentfro(w) - Della was the sister to Harry Webb and she married Jesse Rentfro(w). Jesse may possibly be 129.<br />
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12 - Emma Perryman Klarman - wife of William Frederick Klarman and my great grandmother<br />
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15 - Daisy Lipkey - Niece to Emma Perryman Klarman. She was the daughter of Ella Perryman and Louis Lipkey. Ella was Emma's sister.<br />
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16 - Dorothy Klarman Lagerhausen - Daughter of Emma Perryman Klarman<br />
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31 - Kathleen Dappert<br />
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32 - Delbert ? Not sure of the last name but could possibly be Rentfrow<br />
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43 - Jake Yakey - He could possible be number 44. The writing is above the building and it is unclear which name below to this men.<br />
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44 - Frank Schultz - could possible be number 43. Frank was the brother Louis Schultz who married Grace Klarman who was Emma Perryman Klarman's daughter.<br />
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52 - Mabel Schultz<br />
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58 - Fred Klarman - son of Emma Perryman Klarman<br />
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65 - ??? Keller<br />
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66 - Ruby Dappert<br />
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94 - Edna Klarman - My grandmother and daughter of Emma Perryman Klarman<br />
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99 - Wilma Klarman - daughter of Emma Perryman Klarman<br />
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125 - Bill Rentfrow<br />
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129 - Possibly Jesse Rentfrow - He is sitting directly under number 7 which would of been his wife.<br />
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133 - Possibly William August Bullerman - Son of Mary Klarman and Henry Bullerman. He was husband of Pearl Williams who is possibly number 2.<br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-74839138494948898392014-01-07T19:07:00.000-06:002014-01-07T19:07:59.087-06:00Illinois ResourcesI going to make a list of great collections for each state that I have researched. I am starting with Illinois. Here is my list for Illinois.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/home.html">Illinois Archives </a>- Great resource for searching any ancestors who lived in Illinois. The online resources include the following index of vital records databases that I use frequently.<br />
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<li><a href="http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/idphdeathindex.html">Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916–1950)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/death.html">Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html">Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900</a> </li>
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Many of the records are held in regional archives on public universities. Some that are of interest to me are the following which are all held at at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois. <br />
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<li><a href="http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/shelby.html">Shelby County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1828–1871)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/mattoon.html">Mattoon Court of Common Pleas Case Files Index (1869–1873)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/matdth.html">Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899–1918)</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/">Illinois Digital Archives</a> - Discovered this one when searching Booth Library on the EIU website. Looks quite interesting. </div>
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<a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=14">Family Search Illinois Databases</a> - The <a href="http://familysearch.org/">familysearch.org</a> website has several Illinois databases that I have found helpful. The database in particular that I have found helpful is the <i>Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 </i>database.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ilgensoc.org/">Illinois State Genealogical Society</a> - The society has webinars and also holds a conference each year. Members have access to several databases as well. </div>
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<a href="http://www.shelbycohistgen.net/">Shelby County Historical & Genealogical Society</a> - The society is using the old county jail for the holdings it has which include a large collection of family history books. </div>
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<a href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/inp/index.html">The Illinois Newspaper Project (INP)</a> - An index of all the collections of newspapers holdings from various locations around Illinois.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-81765875677621579292014-01-07T15:23:00.000-06:002014-01-07T15:53:16.298-06:0052 Ancestors: #1 Jacob Klarman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitywEfv09iYtuxQoEKByg5I5vt6Zqd9M11pOlfF3EITCboZt58p2Bl4_xhyfyS-lSvfCYD5kXDqtqUz88Wscespze2lgvMLWhZFvnOaTuf2sMI2H4r5CFts8Mp3gREs1e-sIcuDeJMk5Gz/s1600/52ancestors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitywEfv09iYtuxQoEKByg5I5vt6Zqd9M11pOlfF3EITCboZt58p2Bl4_xhyfyS-lSvfCYD5kXDqtqUz88Wscespze2lgvMLWhZFvnOaTuf2sMI2H4r5CFts8Mp3gREs1e-sIcuDeJMk5Gz/s1600/52ancestors.jpg" /></a>I decided I am taking the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Amy Johnson Crow posted this <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/challenge-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/">challenge </a>last week and I decided this challenge is perfect for where I am in my research. I have severely neglected this blog with the usual excuse of being busy with life and work but two snow days have given me the perfect reason to pick up the pace on my research writing. So better late than never. <br />
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Jacob Klarman</h3>
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I am going to start with the ancestor that sparked the genealogy bug in my <a href="http://bayernroots.blogspot.com/2012/02/thankful-thursday.html">grandmother </a>and myself. Jacob Klarman is my third great-grandfather and a German immigrant. He traveled to America around 1859 with his wife and small children. The story that has been passed around the family is that he traveled to America to save his son(s) from having to serve in the Bavarian army. Whether that is true or not I do not know. I have found indexes from German collections on the Family Search website that are helpful in documenting his life in Germany. An entry in the <i>Germany Marriages, 1558-1929</i> collection indicate he married Phillipina Boehmer on 20th of June in 1856 in the Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche in Rockenhausen, Germany. The record details that his parents are Jacob Klarmann and Margaretha Zubiller. I question the marriage year because of conflicting information on their oldest daughter's birth year. I don't know much about his time in Germany and this is where I need to do more research. <br />
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His life in America is more easily documented although I never found any passenger lists or other records that indicate what port he left from and arrived to when coming to America. According to <span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> index on the Family Search website, Jacob and Phillipina had at least three children in Germany: Maria in 1856, Eliza in 1857, and Jacob in 1858. Jacob first appears </span>in the 1860 U.S Federal census in Monroe Township in Coshocton county, Ohio. Jacob is listed as Jacob Clarman and is 28 years old. He is a farmer with real estate valued at $800 and a personal estate valued at $250 dollars. His wife is listed as Tenah and is 30 years old. Their two young daughters, Mary is listed as age 5 and Eliza as age 4. The son, Jacob, is missing in the record. Family stories indicate that Jacob and Phillipina's son died on the long trip to America. My grandmother did much research which consisted of her writing her older siblings for information about their grandfather. My grandmother's older sister Beulah told her that the son had died of "bowel troubles". <span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After arriving and settling in Coshocton county, Jacob and Phillipina had three more children, Phebe Anna in 1861; Augusta B born on in 1862 and William Frederick Klarmann (my grandmother's father) in 1869. </span><br />
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The 1860 decade was most likely hard on Jacob. Storm clouds of war were brewing as he made his way to America for a better life for his family. Little did he know when he made the trip to America that he would be drawn into a Civil war in his new country. He enlisted in the Union army as a Private on 25th of February 1864 at the age of 33 in Company C of the 67th Infantry Regiment of Ohio. Records of the 67th Infantry Regiment state they traveled to Whitmarsh Island, Georgia on 22 February 1864. It is unlikely Jacob was with the regiment on the trip to Georgia, but more likely he and other new recruits met up with the regiment in Yorktown, Virginia in April of 1864. Jacob spent a year and half with the regiment in Virginia and mustered out on 7 December 1865 at City Point, Virginia. <span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br />
The 1870 U.S. Federal census record still finds Jacob and his family living in Monroe Township in Coshocton, Ohio. Jacob is listed as 40 years old and a farmer with 1500 dollars worth of real estate with 500 dollars of personal estate worth. His wife is listed as Phebe and is 42 years old. The children are listed as Mary, 15; Elizabeth, 13; Anna, 10; Augusta, 8; and William, 1. Another child named Sonnels Harrison, 4, is listed with the family. It is unclear who this child is or what became of him.<br />
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Many of Jacob's friends were getting the itch to move west. In 1865 one of Jacob's friends, the Dappert family, moved west and settled in Prairie Township in Shelby county, Illinois. Some time between 1870 and 1880 Jacob and his family made the move to Effingham county, Illinois. On 1st of January in 1867 Jacob Klarman was naturalized at the courthouse in Coshocton county, Ohio so Jacob's migration likely occurred sometime after that event. In the 1880 U.S. Federal census the family can be found in Banner township in Effingham county. Banner township is close to Shumway in Effingham county, Illinois and is just south of where the Dappert family settled in Prairie Township in Shelby County. Jacob is listed as 50 years old and his wife “Phebe” is listed as 57 years old. The children listed are Anna, 19; Augusta, 17; and Willie, 11.<br />
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In the 1900 U.S Federal census Jacob and Phillipina are living next to their son, William, and his wife, Emma Frances Perryman, and their young family of three children in the 1900 census. The Klarman girls have all married and have families of their own. Jacob dies on 24th of March in 1910 from complications of a stroke. Jacob's farm would stay in the family until the mid 1970's when Jacob's grandson Kenny sold the farm. I have fond children memories of going to the farm when my great-uncle Kenny owned the farm. He had turned the barn into museum of sorts with his large collection of antiques and often held family gatherings on the farm. Kenny's wife Evelyn would make homemade peanut brittle and apple butter. It was always fun and likely why I feel such a strong connection to Jacob.<br />
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Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-67154375882548556182013-04-07T08:14:00.001-05:002013-04-07T08:14:11.577-05:00Massachusetts RootsThis post is a mental reminder of the great book resources I found researching the Macy family of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Macy family had many marriages with the Coffin, Folger, Starbuck, Barnard, and Coleman families. Below is a list of books found on Archive.org.<br />
<br /><b>The Coleman family : descendants of Thomas Coleman, of Nantucket, in line of the oldest son, 10 geneartions, 1602-1898 - 296 years</b><br />Author: Silas Bunker Coleman<br />Published in Detroit, Michigan, 1898<br /><a href="http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23289141M/The_Coleman_family">http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23289141M/The_Coleman_family</a><br /><br /><b>Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868</b><br />Author Silvanus Jenkins Macy<br />Publisher: Joel Munsell, 1868<br /><a href="http://archive.org/details/genealogymacyfa00macygoog">http://archive.org/details/genealogymacyfa00macygoog</a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b>The Coffin family : the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America; together with reminiscences and anecdotes of some of his numerous descendants, and some historical information concerning the ancient families named Coffyn (1881)</b><div>
Allen Coffin, b. 1836</div>
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Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-11429404698314029712013-03-23T14:33:00.000-05:002013-03-23T14:33:08.454-05:00Rootstech 2013I loved the fact that I can watch live sessions from the Rootstech conference. I especially enjoyed <a href="http://www.sydlieberman.com/">Syd Lieberman's </a>keynote. He had such a wonderful way of weaving the story about his family into an interesting story. My next favorite of the streaming sessions was <a href="http://www.lauraprescott.com/">Laura Prescott's </a><i>Researching Ancestors Online</i>. She introduced me to some great sites I have never considered. And of course the always funny <a href="http://www.davidpogue.com/">David Pogue</a>. Thanks all for such a great show.<br />
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Here are some great links<br />
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<a href="http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid">http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid</a> - One stop shop for searching and locating historical archives.<br />
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<a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/">http://www.linkpendium.com</a> - I think I can seen this one before but I think I need to use it more often.<br />
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<a href="http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic">http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic</a> - Great government website for finding long lost places.<br />
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc">http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc</a> - This looks great. I will definitely be checking this one out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/">http://www.davidrumsey.com</a> - A fantastic map collection. I checked this one out and will be going back often.<br />
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<a href="http://www.library.eiu.edu/resources/digital.html">EIU's Digital collections</a> - I already knew that Eastern Illinois University held many collections but I didn't realize how many of the collections are online. Thanks so much Laura Prescott for the great tip!<br />
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<a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx">http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx</a> - Another great link thanks to Laura Prescott.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-87780530954449403242012-04-03T14:43:00.000-05:002012-04-28T17:02:22.222-05:00My Most Difficult Wall: Part 2So in the <a href="http://bayernroots.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-most-difficult-brick-wall-part-1.html">previous post</a> I layed out what little information I had to start with with Joseph Hobby who married Aretta Burr. Whenever I would get frustrated with not being able to break down this brick wall I would give up for the time being and go work on another family line to work on for awhile. One day I decided to work at the brick wall from a different angle. I knew most likely Joesph was born in Connecticut and I went on the assumption he most likely was around the same age as Aretta. I reviewed the entries on Find-A-Grave for Ohio and someone had posted an entry in the <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=hobby&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScnty=2078&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=68758061&CRid=1977603&df=all&">Ninevah Cemetery</a>
in Greenwich, Huron County for a <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hobby&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScnty=2078&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=68758061&df=all&">Joesph Hobby</a> and they even posted a picture of the gravestone. This entry seems to fit my Joseph but the gravestone is hard to read. It appears to say the following:<br />
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So if I am correct, this is likely to be my Joseph who married Aretta. This does fit with my previous theories but it still isn't solid evidence. I still didn't have any further information about Joseph's parents so I decided one day that I was going to start with the records that came from Connecticut. I started with the <i>The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital
Records. Vol. 1-55</i> that was edited by Lorraine Cook White and available on Ancestry. Unfortunately, this collection just made me more frustrated because the records were not detailed and covered several years of birth, death, and marriage records. So I gave up for a time and worked on other lines. Google searches with the Hobby name are quite unfruitful as it is a common word but I decided to filter down to just Google books. I got lots of hits for Captain Joseph Hobby and Captain Thomas Hobby. Most of the references were with regards to military service in the revolutionary war and these men would be unlikely candidates for Joseph's father but could possibly be his grandfather. I realized it is was time to brush up on my history so I did. One historical event that was of particular interest was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tryon">Tryon's raid on the colonies of Connecticut</a> in 1779. Most of the towns on the Connecticut coast were burned during the raid. After the war people in this area received a war bounty of land from the Connecticut Reserve which consisted of land that is now modern Ohio. This was a huge clue for me and made me realize why the migration of family took place. I am getting closer to solving this brick wall but not there yet! If one thing I have learned it that you must look at everything and leave no stone unturned. Still more to come. Stay tuned.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-61303826339839127622012-02-09T05:29:00.000-06:002012-02-09T05:29:16.789-06:00Thankful ThursdayI think I have to thank my grandmother, Edna Klarman DeKay, for giving me the genealogy bug. She contacted several close relatives and distant cousins for information on the family. She spent several years compiling family stories and other interesting tidbits about the Klarman family. I do miss her so much now!<br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-58235976103027150672012-02-06T06:12:00.000-06:002012-02-06T06:12:16.675-06:00Mobile MondayThis post has been milling around in my head for a awhile now. The mobile applications available that are related to genealogy are being released just about every day it seems. I have tried a few and have a few more on my radar to try.<br />
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<a href="http://restingspot.com/">Resting Spot</a> - This was the first one I tried and I love it. It allows you to record the GPS coordinates of a grave. You can add photos and birth and death dates from the app which is available on Android and Apple app stores. The app is a free download. At this time there isn't too many entries recorded into the site's database but I am sure it will improve as more people download the app. It is a bit time consuming to record each entry and you can't add notes via the app. You can record notes and other information about the person via the website.<br />
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<a href="http://billiongraves.com/">Billion Graves</a> - This app is very similar to Resting spot but takes a much different approach. It is designed to quickly record pictures of the gravestones in a given cemetery. Once you are done you can upload the photos when you get home. Then from the website members can transcribe the gravestones images. They have been actively recruiting new members by offering prizes and allowing members to join teams to encourage more people to use the app and do the transcribing work. People who do the transcribing do not need to have the mobile app. The app is free but does have an in app purchase option for the ability to search entries. It also is available on Android and Apple app stores. I used this one once and it is very easy to use. I have few things I do not like about the app. The photos recorded with the app are not my photo roll on the phone and search feature doesn't show the town and state of the cemetery in the search results and when you click through it takes you directly to where the entry is on the map. So I end up zooming out to try and figure out where the cemetery is. I sure this will improve in time. I have already found from entries in the database that are interesting to me so the database is constantly changing.<br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-60907392134460156162012-01-28T06:11:00.000-06:002012-01-28T06:11:00.180-06:00My Most Difficult Brick Wall: Part 1This brick wall is from my research on my dad's paternal side of the family. The family has been heavily researched to about 1850 but any further history get very sketchy. The first and only record I have of my 3 great grandfather is a marriage record in the Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 database on FamilySearch.org. The record states he married Aretta Burr and the marriage took place on 28 Jan 1839 in Huron county Ohio. Aretta and her five children can be found in the 1850 census in Greenwich, Huron, Ohio. Aretta's mother Nancy Beardsley and Aretta's step father Nathan Bouton are also living with her. It appears that Joseph died before the 1850 census. By the time of the 1860 census Aretta is still living in Huron County, Ohio and is remarried to a man name John
Beckman and they have a blended family of children from his previous
marriage and her children she had with Joseph as well as children of their own. Interestingly, in
the census record Aretta is listed with her husband and the Beckman
children in one household and living next door are her Hobby children
with Nancy being head of household. By the time of the 1870 census
Aretta is living in Oceana county Michigan and many of her children are
living here as well. Aretta died on 16 June 1908 at age of 87 years old.
Her death certificate is available on the Seeking Michigan site and
reveals her mother and father's information. With this information I was
able to locate the family the book, <a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/A_general_history_of_the_Burr_family.html?id=Aj47AAAAMAAJ">A General History of The Burr Family</a> by Charles Burr Todd. This book is excellent resource and I have
been able to take the research way back on the Burr side. But Joseph still remains very much a mystery. I have yet to discover who his parents are and go back further. I tried all the free online resources and techniques that I found useful for finding other people such as Google Books, Find-A-Grave, and Family Search but to no avail. When I started this research I had my great uncle's research to start with and I started locating census records for Aretta and her children. The biggest clue I had at this time was in later census records of the Joseph and Arretta's children that the father's birth place was consistently Connecticut. With this information I searched Find-A-Grave and found many entries for Connecticut especially in Fairfield County, Connecticut. So my first questions were:<br />
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<li>Why did Joesph migrate from Connecticut to Huron County, Ohio?</li>
<li>Did his father and mother also migrate? </li>
<li>Was Aretta related to the famous Aaron Burr? (This was primary my dad's question because he had always heard that from other family members)</li>
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I think I have been able to answer some of these questions but I now have more questions that are left unanswered. So my hope is by my documenting my finds and questions I will break down this brick wall! More to come. <br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-37983502678010140642012-01-27T05:31:00.000-06:002012-01-27T05:31:35.874-06:00Friday FindsWhen Apple announced the <a href="http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/">new app</a> for iTunesU I had to check it out. I found an awesome open course from Yale University called <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=429467735">The American Revolution</a> (iTunesU link). You can also check the course out on YouTube. <a href="http://www.yale.edu/history/faculty/freeman.html">Professor Freeman</a> does a great job discussing about how people felt and what they did in the time before and during the American Revolution. I am currently trying to break down a brick wall and this has been very helpful. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/shTBSGoYtK0" width="560"></iframe>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-84678865052198920632012-01-11T04:12:00.001-06:002012-02-11T05:29:02.454-06:00Paid Online Genealogy ToolsSo many tools ... so little time! Which to choose? That is the question of me now. I have been using Ancestry for little over a year now and it is time to widen out in my research to some of the other subscription sites. Here are a few on my list to consider.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ancestry.com/">Ancestry</a> - Love the site. It has helped me greatly <br />
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<a href="http://billiongraves.com/">Billion Graves</a> - smartphone app for collecting and marking gravestones quickly with GPS coordinates. I do love this app and love the potential it represents. The app is free but costs to enable the search function from your phone.<br />
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<a href="http://www.fold3.com/">Fold3</a> - This one is top on list for consideration. I love the search function on Fold3 and really wish Ancestry would incorporate its search function into the Ancestry site. For records and since I am smack in the middle of researching the revolutionary war this site seems to be the best match of what I am researching right now. <br />
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<a href="http://www.csginc.org/">Connecticut Society of Genealogists</a> - My research is focused on this state right now so this seems a good choice and is inexpensive. <br />
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<a href="http://www.wrhs.org/">Western Reserve Historical Society</a> - Just found this one and it looks interesting<br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-48525015377512023612011-03-09T06:09:00.000-06:002011-03-09T06:09:28.472-06:00Wordless Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuIEIThLLmTxoXkBNP3B0Pw1FaBvWDZ4NrNRQv1oDCYF3tOxb930jTYxr_c7hUdo9BEC5Q7I6XHnodenYudsz10mn8TfODkt0XcLW71ePCNlzXTxYeHVBBbFcjyvgipR5zgHrioq6RC6B/s1600/AnnaPollyRicePerryman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuIEIThLLmTxoXkBNP3B0Pw1FaBvWDZ4NrNRQv1oDCYF3tOxb930jTYxr_c7hUdo9BEC5Q7I6XHnodenYudsz10mn8TfODkt0XcLW71ePCNlzXTxYeHVBBbFcjyvgipR5zgHrioq6RC6B/s320/AnnaPollyRicePerryman.jpg" /></a></div>Polly Anna Rice Perryman (1847-1929)Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-6537498648762165512011-02-26T08:49:00.000-06:002011-02-26T08:49:23.517-06:00Moving Pictures<p>My great grandmother's family (Perryman) can sometimes be a frustrating line to research. My brother did the initial research a decade ago documenting my grandmother's stories of her parents and siblings. From there it becomes a tangled web with many lines going back at least three generations in Shelby county so it has become my goal to document all lines so it be a bit easier to figure out who belongs to who in the many lines. Nearly all of the Shelby county Perrymans come from Jacob Perryman and his wife Nancy Gates. In one line, Jacob's great granddaughter, Julie A Perryman, married Victor Duhem in 1876 in Colorado where Julie's family had moved. After finding a marriage record I looked the family up in 1880 census. I love checking to see what the occupation is of the people I find. Typically it is a farmer but sometimes it is different. In Victor's case it was indeed fascinating. He was listed as a photographer. I love photography and considering at the time that this family lived photography was the new fangled technology of the day. How cool is that? In the 1880 census records I found the family living in San Fransisco. As I found more census records it appeared that photography was the family business with all four of his sons also listed as photography as their occupation. In the 1910 census Victor's occupation is listed fotographer and in the description it lists "moving pictures". Again considering the time this census was recorded this another new fangled technology that Victor as involved with. Even though this is not a direct line for me, I love all the little facts I find like this one. With my curiosity engaged in high gear, I start checking Wikipedia for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography">photography</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_photography_technology">timeline facts</a> on the photography and "moving pictures" and then I check out Dead Fred because surely there are some photographs that Victor or his sons have taken and the Photographer mark could be on the photos. I found <a href="http://www.deadfred.com/surnamePersR_05.php?ID=39637">one</a> that is possibly one of Victor's photos. Unfortunately the family in the photo is unidentified. So on to <a href="http://books.google.com">Google Books</a> to see if there is any information about this family. There I find a short essay in a book called <i>"Original thoughts, essays and stanzas written by the pupils of the San Francisco public schools" </i>published by Hare, L.R., & Co., Firm, Publishers, San Francisco, 1894. Judging by the date, I determined this was written by Victor's son Victor L Duhem. It is a wonderful poem and great find and this why I love genealogy!</p><br />
<blockquote>Photography<br />
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Photography has become a sport as well as a trade, and I find pleasure in it as well as work. A good photograph or view is admired by every one. If the materials used are not the best, the finest results will not be obtained.<br />
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To make a fine picture the place should be as clean as possible, and where no dust can gather. The dust is the cause of spots in the negative. Some people think that these spots are in the plates, but from observation I find it different. A nice clean gallery where dust does not constantly fly, you will find the negative perfectly free from those spots.<br />
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Retouching is the art of making some shadows plainer and making the hard lines in the face soft, and to take out freckles and wrinkles. A very quick plate is always best, as it does not give the subject time to move, and makes a finer print. A good lens is the principal thing to have; one that will bring the subject down well and sharp, and a box that does not leak light.<br />
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The principal plates are the Seed and Cramer. There are several others, but not so extensively used. The quickest plate is the Libby dry plate, which gives a sharper print than any other. It is the nearest to the wet process.<br />
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The paper has a great deal to do in making good pictures. There are several kinds of ready-made paper, the American Aristo, the Aristotype, the Solieo and others. The albumen paper was used by every photographer before this readymade paper was put on the market. The toneing is about the same, but the albumen required more work to silver, and to make the silver bath. It will not keep so long.<br />
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To mount the picture properly is an important fact. The paste is made of corn starch, fresh every day to be sure you have good paste. If cards too thin are used they will warp as the picture dries, so a good stiff card is the best. The burnishing is to give a nice glossy finish and to give the card a graceful appearance.<br />
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VICTOR L. DUHEM,<br />
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114 Mason Street. <br />
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References<br />
1.database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor Duhem; submission 1880 U.S. Federal Census.<br />
2.database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor Duhen; submission 1900 U.S. Federal Census.<br />
3.database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor M Dechene; submission 1910 U.S. Federal Census.<br />
4.database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor M Duhein; submission 1920 U.S. Federal Census.<br />
5.database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor M Duhem; submission 1930 U.S. Federal Census.<br />
6.Jim Tipton, Creator, "Find A Grave," online, http://www.findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor Duhem.<br />
7.database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2011), Victor Duhem; submission U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-46422089116009461012011-02-12T14:24:00.000-06:002011-02-12T14:24:56.373-06:00How I use RootsMagicA response to a post from <a href="http://www.cluewagon.com/2011/02/how-do-you-use-your-genealogy-software/">Clue Wagon</a> about genealogy software. She asked the question of how you use the software. I work with software everyday and I have had to use some really bad software so I tend to be a bit opinionated in this area. With the genealogy software, I had tried several of the free options with limited success of documenting my process. I found limitations that frustrated me. I played around with the free version of RootsMagic for awhile and decided I liked it enough to purchase a license. I also purchased Family Tree Maker and while it has a beautiful interface it seem lacking in the area that has become most important to me, citations. This is what I like best about RootsMagic. The problem with most software is they try to do everything for everyone who uses the software. You just can't please everyone and if you have software that has everything including the kitchen sink it tends to buggy hence frustrating. This leads me to how I use the software. I don't use the search feature that is built into the software. I don't like that web pages are framed within the software. In my mind this breaks the web as it was intended to be used and seems clunky within the software. I am a multi-tasker with my RootsMagic open and several browser tabs opened with some of my favorite databases cross checking information about the person I am researching. My number one problem is that I started with one database and it now also contains all of the family lines I am researching. In some ways this is good because I don't have to skip around to different databases but it also is overwhelming in terms of organizing who belongs to each line. For this I make use of the color-coding feature in RootsMagic. I have tried to separate the lines but find myself always coming back to the main database. The problem I keep running into is there is a set of people (namely the people closest in relationship to me) in my database who should be in each of the separate databases. I really don't want to maintain separate information on these people because they are the people in the database that will change the most often as time goes on. I did create a separate database for for my Grandfather DeKay's family. His family had been heavily researched by other members of this family and my grandmother had the book "The DeKay Family in America". I was having a difficult time understanding the lineage from the book so I created a database based on that book so I could understand how everyone fit into the family. Now only did that help me in my research but found this most helpful when searching for a person in this database and the search results displayed several George DeKays for example. I could determine which George DeKay belong to the census record by ruling out all the other Georges in the database. With all my other lines it isn't that easy. Unfortunately when I first started getting serious about researching I tended to be name collector and now I am all about citing all my sources so I can better determine the relationships of the people in my database. I probably still have some bad information in my database but I am slowing making sure everyone in the database is documented. Recently I started a tree on Ancestry but I grew frustrated with the process. It is great when searching as the people in the tree pop-up so I don't have to retype their info but I also now understand better why there is so many junk trees out there! While Ancestry is trying to be helpful, it is too easy to link wrong information or accept incorrect information that Ancestry suggests. Sometimes easy isn't the best. I think the biggest problem with genealogy software is how to display information and this tends to be a tough problem to solve. I could go on and on but that is my process for now. I sure it will change over time and has the software improves.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-57896636728536127832011-01-29T17:05:00.000-06:002011-01-29T17:07:39.850-06:00Gearing up Second Season of WDYTYAAncestry's website had a blurb about the new season of Who Do You Think You Are. I check out the promotional clips and it's going to be a few interesting weeks. It looks like Vanessa Williams will be up first. The clip has me very interested since some of my maternal grandfather's family is from Oster Bay. <br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.footnote.com/">Footnote</a> - I love the search feature the best! It makes it so much easier to find a document when you can find it using convention search methods. It is a subscription site but does offer some free records like the social security index. </li>
<li><a href="http://pilot.familysearch.org/">Family Search Pilot</a> - The pilot website has a similar search feature and it really speeds up searching for documents where you think a name might be misspelled or when you want to search by location. They also have added documents recently. One of my recent finds was a birth document for child of my maternal gg-grandfather. It helped document details in a letter one of my great-aunts had written to my grandmother. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html">Illinois Archives</a> - This site has marriage records dating back to early 1800s as well as birth and death records. Great for cross-checking and ordering hard copies of records. </li>
<li><a href="http://seekingmichigan.org/">Seeking Michigan</a> - Developed by the Library of Michigan, this is site has death certificates stored online as well as a wealth of information about Michigan's history</li>
<li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/">Find A Grave</a> - The site has over 48 million grave records and is a great site to use as a cross reference. I have found some great stuff here. I should contribute as well. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.deadfred.com/">Dead Fred</a> - Great site for browsing old photos and you even might find an ancestor or two</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.com/">Google Books</a> - Google's ambitious project has delivered a wealth of books that once were gathering dust in back rooms of many of libraries. I find it fascinating to read books that were written in the 19th century. Reminds you of how much things have changed. And of course the site offers great search options. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/National%20Archives">National Archives</a> - This site has everything a genealogist loves. it all. military records, old newspapers, photos, and historical documents. </li>
<li> <a href="http://www3.gendisasters.com/">gendisasters.com</a> - I can't say I have found anything useful here but the site does offer a window into the past and I have a few disaster stories I would like to confirm and document so it is great place to find clues</li>
<li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/">Ancestry</a>/<a href="http://www.worldgenweb.org/">WorldGenWeb Project</a>/<a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/">Rootsweb</a> - I lumped these three together because Ancestry pretty much controls Rootsweb with WorldGen project being a part of Rootsweb. Ancestry is great site and has much useful information. It is a subscription site and is reather expensive for an individual. I like to look at the discussion boards for clues. The WorldGen sites are also a great resource to find information you may not find anywhere else. </li>
</ul>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453033054773118846.post-16630993602435333782010-05-21T17:50:00.000-05:002010-05-21T21:11:55.185-05:00Tracing HistoryIn the past few months I renewed my interest in tracing my ancestors. I think the popularity of the show <a href="http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/">Who Do You Think You Are</a> has renewed my interest. I have found that not only am I learning about my ancestors but I am also learning about history. For example, my great-great grandfather traveled to the United States to spare his boys from being conscripted in the Bavarian Army. Ironically my grandfather emigrated at a time of growing unrest in the US and found himself fighting in the Civil War. Each document you find helps to tell a story and along the way you also learn some history. This blog will be my place to share tips and tricks I have learned along the way.Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175919171236977858noreply@blogger.com1