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Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico's Blog – January 2010 Archive (5)

Scott Research Mix Mash Mulligan in Orange Co. VA

As I am watching the early film THE FUGITIVE I spent my time scanning early records that were posted on usgenweb.org. I did not find much but some tidbits that sent me to rootsweb.com to find queries that

people have posted over the last ten years.

It appears an old friend is going to link in again to another line. It also appears I may have found where

to seriously dig for more information.

The site boasted an early map of Orange Co and its splinters off but it… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on January 30, 2010 at 1:20am — No Comments

Genealogy Changes over the Years.

Changing Research Methods over Time

Mini version of talk presented to CVGS.

I have done research for many years, my Grandfather Hoffman had a great hand in developing the curiousity for research of the family. My Grandfather Jones created the same curiosity by saying " You won't like them, they are not nice". That only fueled the want to learn more. BTW, The family wasn't bad when I met them but they did have one individual that had made many peoples lives very miserable.… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on January 28, 2010 at 9:03pm — No Comments

Census Advise that is good besides unique.

A friend just sent this to my mailbox and I am going to mention it here. What a terrific idea and how silly it makes me feel that I never thought of doing this myself.

When you census papers arrive, after you fill them out copy them for your files and save them. Then in before 72 years shows up your data is there for future generations. Attach your census data to you genealogy that the family will have for the future.

Now I am wondering if under the Freedom of Information… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on January 28, 2010 at 11:46am — No Comments

SCOTT, Thomas in VA and SCOTT, JOHN in Canada and probably MASS before early to mid 1700's.

Another Day Another Time, Chasing down a family line. Scott's that are beating out of time.

We are excited and confused. But we will take what we are given. We are now up to 4 perfect matches on the Scott line. How is yet to be determined. We suspect the VA Scott will fairly easily link in since we do not have all of Thomas Scott's data from him being in Pittsylvania Co. VA. Isaac are you a brother to John? It could easily be.

Now the Canadian line has created quite a… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on January 23, 2010 at 11:58pm — No Comments

Event Researching Calendar for Genealogists

Seems many are commenting on what we are going to do for the New Year. So thought I would post some of my in the past not written agenda for the year. I find this works well and may help others to be more on top of items and topics they want to tackle.

I am going to start with the month of October. That should be easy to determine why, :>).

October is Family History Month so our genealogy should reflect that theme. We should be checking for events at the libraries,… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on January 8, 2010 at 7:04pm — 1 Comment