Jim Avery's Comments

Jim, I didn't know that. Thanks! I'll have to do that. I'm still fairly new to this site. 

Thanks for the invite, would love to chat.  I'm new to this site.  But my Colbert line is very interesting which is the family I was adopted into at one week old.  My birthmothers line is Bird/Bull and my grandmother was married to a "Sitting Bull".  Her name was Susie Bull/Birdshead.  The Cheyenne/Arapaho was involved in two major battles with the Custer Cavalry at the Battle of the Washita and the Sandcreek Massacre.  General Armstrong Custer took 50 or so or the Cheyenne/Arapaho captives or hostage to Fort Supply.    I have the census records that go back to the 1800's from this side of my family because it was a reservation held by the government.  I got them from NARA. (Archive for the Native Americans)

Thanks Jim. Today is the first day I've been on this site since joining several years ago...  Not sure why, except that I've been battling some medical problems for a few years now and haven't done a lot with the genealogy. I ended up here today because I decided to clean up some of my bookmarks....... and here I am. Not sure how much time I'll actually spend here, but we'll see. 

Hi, Jim,

Thanks so very much for visiting my blog and enjoying it! I love it when someone actually comments. You know how we bloggers are! It would have been fantastic to have actually had an ancestor buried in the beautiful cemetery there in Burlington. But, no, I don't think I have any ancestors there in the New England states. At least I haven't traced them there as yet. I was on a short vacation and did not get to the other cemeteries in the area, but hope to go back to that area one day. I have heard of the cemetery you speak of in Gettysburg where they decorate the tombstones with red wreaths at Christmas. Yes, what stories they could tell! I don't know if you noticed that I also write a blog about Texas Cemeteries where I live and I blog about family genealogy at Genealogy Traces and Tennessee Memories. Please visit again.

Thank you for your positive comments.

Judy

http://genealogytraces.blogspot.com

http://cemeterieswithtexasties.blogspot.com

Jim, I've seen the Creamer name spelled Kraemer.  It's most likely a German form.  I haven't been able to discover if my Creamers are of German or Irish descent.  It's probably one of those two, but I can't get back any farther than Harpers Ferry, WV in the very early 1800's.  My 3rd great grandfather (Joseph or Casper) may have been born in Maryland, probably about 1780, and married Elizabeth Avis b. 1788 in VA.  None of that tells me whether they're Irish or German.  If German, then I might be related to someone with the Kraemer or Kreamer surname.  Thanks for your post!

Ancestors%20of%20Harriet%20Avery.rtfHi Jim,

The Averys in my tree settled in Westchester County (Rye, Mt. Pleasant, Eastchester). Harriet Avery of Mt. Pleasant was the first Avery to marry into my family line, marrying Daniel Sutton in 1829.  Daniel's granddaughter Harriet married John S. Birdsell of Pound Ridge, my g-g-grandfather.  So, there is a Pound Ridge connection and it is likely that we are cousins of some degree.  Other branches of my family come from PA (my grandmother was born in Bradford) and upstate  NY, but not through the Avery line.

Hi Jim,

I will be back to you on this shortly.

Dick Allen

Thanks.   I am a dog lover and have had many over the years that I keep close in my heart. Thanks again for the wonderful pictures and comment.Mary Ellen

What a beautiful canine.  Is he/she a golden or lab?

Thanks.  I have not tried the chat room yet.  I will try it some day when I am not busy.  I am babysitting for my neighbors 18 month old daughter  who is sick and can't go to daycare today.  Mary Ellen

Thanks so much for letting me know about the discussion group.... I would love to participate but am currently having health issues so don't know if I will be able to do so anytime soon.

Take care,

JoAnn

Thank you for your message...I love talking about family connections, it is amazing how many families are interconnected with one another... I found I was working with a cousin who was from my grandfather's mothers side of the family...I couldn't believe it!!! It has been so much fun and frustration at times, but the end results more than compensate for the energy and time put into finding out about your ancestry...

Again thank you for your message...

Pam

What time in the UK is 9 pm Eastern? Also, I'm not very good at chat pages least of all on Facebook. But I will look in now and then. Anyone with the name Magnus can look me up however.

cant navigate site too much effort tjay

Thanks for the in-vite.  Trouble is, the computer is in our son's room and he doesn't appreciate company after a hard day's work.  I'll try, tho.  Roberta

How does one learn about topic specific chats?  Also, is there a "Genealogy Wise for Dummies" tutorial online somewhere so I can learn how to get the most out of this treasure trove website?

Thanks, but I don't chat... Appreciate the information though

Jim yes I do thanks for the reminder. I get on here when Its not too late for me.

Kathleen

Hey, buddy!  I miss you!  Once in a while I hear from Chuck.  He's not moving from NH.  I get to visit my grandson at least weekly, so we enjoy being in Mass.  Lately I have been working on my son-in-law's family tree which has taken me to Fayetteville, PA and then to Harrison and Marion Counties, West Virginia, with names of Danley and Christner, Moore and Powell, Cottrill and Lawson.  Bunch of coal miners.  One fellow, Jacob Christner, served in the 3d Maryland Inf., Potomac Home Brigade, in the Civil War.  The Christners hail from Elklick, Somerset, PA.

Ron