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 Hi Everyone,

  Having just received permission to share this on my blog I am promptly doing it.

  I use Rootsweb.com lists for research and today having received this information and then permission to share.

  On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:34 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote:

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My Dad was born in Waterloo, Iowa 19 May 1913.  l believe Grandma said it was morning time.  

Births back then were normally at home with help from family.

He moved all over from the time he was small until 1948.

As his feet gathered moss, he also gained more siblings and more places to have been.

One Grandmother lived in Washburn, Iowa,  Blackhawk County. His fathers' in Chickasaw Co. north of there.

He lived in Waterloo for a period of…

This is a picture of Henry Huffman later HOFFMAN and wife Elizabeth HIGGINS.

You can read about the HIGGINS line on this blog…

 With  high hopes Illinois is being asked to pass this bill that is posted here on Leland Meitzler's blog page.

Illinois Access to Cemeteries Act Filed With the Illinois General Assembly

If it passes one will have access to cemeteries previously some times denied.

Please read and pass this on to all you can.  

Papers books and data is headed to demise if we do not join together and act. I have contacted: NGS, NEHGS, Newspapers.com, Genealogy Bank.  NGS is going to follow up.  Of course it is a weekend.

I asked for Permission it was granted please read data below.

Susi - certainly post wherever you can.  My intention, sending to the lists I subscribe to, was to reach many people who might be…

 The New Year is here, are you ready?  Have you set at least one goal to accomplish regarding your genealogy?

 Goal setting is more important than resolutions.  It gives you purpose and direction. It helps to put you back on track when we fall off.  O we do a lot of that falling off.  At least I do.  When researching and another family name pops up within the confines of the search I am already doing it is hard to not, stop and gather in the data.  Then because you have found…

 I posted to find a Rev Joseph Patterson in Washington Co. Pa, 1780's.  

  A Genealogical Friend, posted some information back to me, confirming the tidbits I had heard and yet could not find.

  Data was given in his own words to family.  

 John Patterson, to Robert Patterson b 1685 County Down, Ireland to Joseph and Robert his sons.

  Rev Joseph Patterson, 2 Mar 1752 County Down, Ireland death 4 Feb 1832 Pittsburg, Alleghany Co. Pa. Minister

  Jane…

Wishing Blessings on all.  May your new year be full filling and many new leads found in your research.

Remember to make a goal of two to help guide you on your way.  Stay safe on the roadways, and in your homes as the storms are wreaking havoc all over our land.  

To All whom Love God may this Time of year bring you peace and joy. Christians, Jewish, and others.

Judy Russell has posted on her blog about our losing SSDI again with it being attacked in part.

New Year is Coming, Are Your Goals Set

Oh yes,  in the middle of all your hectic paced days, you should be thinking of January and what your Genealogical, Family Goals will be. You can do this mentally but make sure you write it down so as you do either a large goal or small you can cross sit off and feel more fulfilled at the end of the year.

Why you ask?  Because have goals propels you to accomplish more and possibly be more organized.  

You can…

 Are you preparing your Christmas News or your yearly letter to preserve the important things for the last 12 months?

 This is the perfect time of the year to gather the wool and put the thoughts in print for family and close friends may learn how this year has faired.  Genealogically, it will help preserve memories of events, socially it helps to keep the family members in the loop, whether near or far.  

 Due to a Medical situation last year, my letter did not…

           Topics for Lemon Grove Library for November and December are posted here.

                  REMEMBER NEW HOME   3001 School Lane, Lemon Grove, CA across from Fire Department.

20 November 2013  " Thanksgiving Memories,  Each person will share a Thanksgiving Memory or Tradition, is it related to an Ethnicity?" led by  Susi 

4 December 2013   "Roundtable Talks, and Your Goals for the Next Year," led by Susi, &…

Our Family Histories  the second site is: Eastern United States Research

 If you have a webpage that is paid by a credit card, any time that credit card has problems, ie someone trying to hack account or use it illegally, your bank will fix the problem. What you have to watch for is did they notify your people that are paid monthly from that Credit Card.  I…

  Our Separating Methods

  Not wanting to harp, growl and howl, I have been saying for at least four years and each year it gets worse, we have created a Separating Method for doing Genealogy.

  Today, having received my UpFront with NGS, I wanted to leap for joy that someone else noticed.…

 Having found many relatives on Facebook how about you?  Filling in the blanks has become fun and interesting because you can see their faces right away and that is so much fun.

 Recently receiving a picture of hubbies Great Grandfather I know where his eyebrows probably came from.  It is a young man of 19 in the picture. The only other one he is in 60's, and side profile.

  Not gotten the hang of Pinterest but others are constantly talking about the…

 On the back of the picture it says Samuel Casper was 19 years old.  Taken about? 1868. A tintype photo shared by cousin Dick Thomas.  Thanks Dick.

Christian Jipp was born 18 Sept 1825 in Germanic Region of today's Germany. His death took place 4 Feb 1881 in Gramdorf, Germany  which is a region of Schleswig-Holstein.  He was only 45.  He married Sophia Johanna Henrietta 

Hammerich in Germanic region of Schleswig-Holstein we believe. She was born 16 Sept 1835 Gramdorf , and died 10 Feb 1900 in Wilton, IA.  

She came to the USA after her husbands' death. Bringing all her children we think. Charles Jipp was their…