April 2010 Blog Posts (77)

Adding new spelling to family line.....

GUYNN.

Found this spelling to be widely used in South Carolina.

Made the connection through local solicitor, Mary Guynn, who has traced the family name to GWYNNS ISLAND, VA.

So, will include this version in future searches.

*John A Guynn, CSA from Texas

*William J Guynn, CSA from Texas

Added by John A Gwinn on April 17, 2010 at 8:43pm — No Comments

Why I use Apple computers especially for genealogy

t is about time to explain why I use Apple computers for genealogy and

all the rest of my computing. The obvious first question is why waste

time/money/frustration with using a computer to do Windows 7 in

emulation when I can be a "just as fast" PC for less money? The

beginning response is that the Quad Core i5 iMac is a lot

faster than even I need for my thousands of graphic files, videos, audio

files… Continue

Added by James Tanner on April 17, 2010 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Open Library and Google Books for Geneaology Research

For many, our brick walls can come tumbling down by using online sources separate from "the usual suspects", i.e. ancestry.com, Family Search, etc. Obscure, hard-to-find, and out-of-print books covering a wide variety of genealogy, history, and specific family histories can be found at online sources. Here are a few that I have found very useful. Perhaps you will, too.

Open Library. Link: www.http://openlibrary.org

Open Library is both an… Continue

Added by William S Dean on April 17, 2010 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Searching for any information

I am looking for any information on a Joe P. Dogan. Born in Mississippi on August 22 1926 and died in Lancing, TN on Jbue 12, 1980. Need to find any living relatives and could really use some advice on the researching. I have been unsuccessful with almost everything that is necessary. Can not find a picture or any living family. Anyone willing to help this would be greatly appreciated.

Added by Christine on April 16, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments

Apples big and small for genealogy -- Part One

Apple Inc. is a topic that draws both praise and criticism. In case you have been on an expedition to somewhere they don't have telephone, TV or Internet service, you may not be aware that Apple has just released a new product called the iPad. Apple now sells six, soon to be seven, major product lines, MacBook laptop computers, Macintosh desktop computers,…

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Added by James Tanner on April 16, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

John Lennox, Innkeeper at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

The Lennox Inn, a bed and breakfast, is located at 69 Fox Street in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Lunenburg is a pretty town on the coast, famous for being the berth of the “Bluenose” schooner, found on the Canadian dime. The United Nations has designated the entire town of Lunenburg as a World Heritage Site. It is the oldest continuously…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 16, 2010 at 10:14am — No Comments

Searching for perfect in genealogy programs

Actually, the perfect genealogy software program doesn't really exist,

but like running after rainbows, you just never know, you might finally

find what you are looking for. In response to a comment on one of my

posts, I decided to compile a wish list of features I would like to see

in my perfect genealogy program. All of the perfect features fall into

three categories; necessary, useful and imaginary. You will likely

recognize some or all of these features in many… Continue

Added by James Tanner on April 16, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments

Alice Walsh

Hi

I am looking for any information regarding Alice M. Walsh(nee CARLSEN/SON) She was born 10/10/1913 in Rice Lake,WI to Henry and -Va(possibly Genieva, maiden name GUAY) Carlsen/son. The obit lists one brother named Clifferd of Waukesha. The obit says that she died 1/12/2001 in Waukesha,WI at the Waters Of West Moreland Manor nursing home. She was the founder of "The Birthday Club" at West Moreland and T.O.P.S group in Waukesha. Her husband Frances died in 1986. Both are burried in… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on April 15, 2010 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Closing in on Kerlin's Well

In 1829 or 1830 www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/.../Ewing_Young.pdf">Captain

Ewing Young led a large trapping party west from Taos, which at

the time was still part of Mexico, over the Mogollon

Plateau (now the Colorado Plateau) and west along the south side of the

Grand Canyon… Continue

Added by James Tanner on April 15, 2010 at 9:07am — No Comments

My Ancestors - Updated list

Here is a list of my ancestors:

Great Grandparents:

8. Albert Kolstee (1879-1937), farmer

9. Louise Barbara Trump (1900-1985)

10. Merle Allen Harrington (1894-1978), farmer, constuction

11. Alice Marian Washburg (1895-1991)

12. Martin Emil Widegren (1903-1990), Electrician, taxi driver, factory worker

13. Elmira Sara Harrison (1906-1994)

14. Carl August Johnson (1905-1968), factory worker

15. Rose Marie Conti (1921-2004)

Great-Great…

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Added by Andrew Kolstee on April 15, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Research Notes for Edward Ward and Son Joel Ward and Grandson William L. Ward in Richland, Wayne, Ashland and Knox Counties of the State of Ohio

Joel Ward was born in Richland County, Troy Township. Ohio in 1831. I found a great map of the Original Richland County in the "Past Finder" Newsletter from the Richland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, it was in Volume 11 #2 April-June 1992 on Page 29. I located this publication at the Georgina Cole Library in Carlsbad, California. The map was originally from "Ellsworth's Original Land Records of Richland County, Ohio". On this map Troy is in R19. I found a more detailed map on… Continue

Added by Gwynn Socolich on April 14, 2010 at 10:28pm — No Comments

What do we mean by features in genealogy programs?

Looking at almost any advertisement or Webpage for a genealogy program and somewhere it will mention the product's "features." Generally, these features are functions of the programs that

are highlighted by the promotional materials. For one example, if you

look at the Family Tree Maker Website,

you will see a link to product features. Often, the features of…

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Added by James Tanner on April 14, 2010 at 7:40pm — 2 Comments

mccarren family

hi im ed mccarren from maine .my ancestor a james mccarron and his wife anna bella boyle left donegal for philledhia u.s.a.about 1860. i have a little info on his family but not nuch .am looking for more. any sugestions?

Added by ed mccarren on April 14, 2010 at 3:20pm — 1 Comment

Hebrew Orphan Asylum New York, Brooklyn?

I'm looking for anyone who was able to trace family to there and what process they went through to get the info. from that agency. My Grandmother and 3 other siblings were in and out of the Asylum several times. This is new news to us as my Grandmother never told anyone about her family or past.

Added by Cheryl on April 14, 2010 at 8:10am — 3 Comments

More Apple Genealogy

Apparently, I was not specific enough in my last post about Apple

Genealogy. John Newmark

in his TransylvanianDutch

Genealogy & Family History blog had a lot of comments. All of

his comments, as usual, are very good and to the point. I do agree with

his… Continue

Added by James Tanner on April 13, 2010 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Why Seperate Church and State? Combine!

Before you get upset, this post is not about politics and faith, but about genealogical clues to ancestors' lives. In my research, I have found the records kept by various church groups to be of immense help in learning about my ancestors' lives and travels. Such records combined with "state" documents, incl. census reports, official land deeds, wills, and court cases are often all we have to go on -- evidence-wise -- apart from word-of-mouth family stories (which may or may not be… Continue

Added by William S Dean on April 13, 2010 at 10:16am — No Comments

Immigrants to Nutfield, New Hampshire

It is well known that Nutfield was founded by a group of Ulster refugees, Scots Irish Presbyterians fleeing the violence of Northern Ireland for New England. They were not welcome to settle in Boston, so in 1719 a group came to settle in New Hampshire. They called their new home “Nutfield” after the abundance of nut bearing trees in the…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 13, 2010 at 9:27am — No Comments

Apple for genealogy

There is a commonly inaccurate perception that there are no programs for

doing genealogy on Apple Macintosh computers. As it turns out, the list

of available programs is very limited, and there are barely enough

offerings to make the Macintosh a viable platform for those doing their

family history. But there are at least two or three programs that

compete favorably with anything available on the Windows/PC type

computers.

The now old Personal Ancestral… Continue

Added by James Tanner on April 13, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Apple Computers and genealogy -- all things great and small

My earliest attempts to use computers for genealogy began with an Apple

II with a primitive program that was entirely text based and used a dot

matrix printer with fan-fold paper. I remember that I ended up

re-entering my entire file a number of times either due to data crashes

or to incompatible upgrades. The amount of information about each

individual and family was minimal, but the promise of organization and

convenience was worth the effort to keep entering… Continue

Added by James Tanner on April 12, 2010 at 9:03am — No Comments

John L. Powell

Looking for info on John L. Powell. 1860 census shows Burlington City, Wife Sarah and son? Alfred. Alfred is G Grandfather. Any info on John would be appreciated.

Added by Robert G. Powell on April 11, 2010 at 6:05am — No Comments