Well, Happy New Year. Yes, in March. Don't know what that means?
For the past week, I have been a "guide on the side" for my long time friend who decided to start working on her family history along with a couple of family members. Being an experienced tech person and writer, she also has a Ph.D. in a science area. It is amazing how much she had accomplished, with the genealogical proof satnadards and proper citation in ONE WEEK!
She has discovered that he surname is French not English and that her Irish and Portugese side is much harder to trace. As I continue to explore her tree and give ideas, I am thrilled to report that the Internet is really motivating her to keep going.
Makes one want to start a fresh clean new tree all over again!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Genealogist's Journal 19 March 2010
This week I have been focusing on my paternal ancestors in Scotland. I am becoming more adpt at finding the Scotland census records at the Scotland's people site. My surname notebooks are in better order.
I have a client who needed help with proving the link to her Rev War ancestor. I am waiting to see if her chapter thinks his service as a selectman in Preston, CT is still good enough to stand with proof. I should be charging for this.
An old friend, who has an interesting lineage has made her first tree at Ancestry. I am helping with the New England line while she works on her Irish and Portuguese ancestors. She's working with a family bible, proving each date and relationship. This is fun. I can't say for sure she has any Native American blood. Everyone is listed as white. I may have to get help with this one.
Weather is too nice today to sit here any longer!
I have a client who needed help with proving the link to her Rev War ancestor. I am waiting to see if her chapter thinks his service as a selectman in Preston, CT is still good enough to stand with proof. I should be charging for this.
An old friend, who has an interesting lineage has made her first tree at Ancestry. I am helping with the New England line while she works on her Irish and Portuguese ancestors. She's working with a family bible, proving each date and relationship. This is fun. I can't say for sure she has any Native American blood. Everyone is listed as white. I may have to get help with this one.
Weather is too nice today to sit here any longer!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Genealogist's Journal 12 March 2010
For the past few days, I have been involved with telephony trying to get my house phone line repaired. Evidently, it was two completely different problems. I think it is fixed but I am afraid to say so out loud.
In my opinion the most difficult genealogy tasks are ones that involve "non-American" research. My paternal grandparents came here from Soctland. I took a course online some years back which was wonderful except for the time difference (7 hours, I think) and I learned the basics. I did search the Scotlands People (for Pay) Web site with moderate success at that time.
Last week, after finding my grandfather, Thomas Broadfoot in Edinburgh living in the household of his step-mother, Helen Tait's brother, I knew I had finally found out the intermediate step of him living with his family in tiny Dalbeattie and getting on the ship to come to America in Edinburgh. He is listed on the passenger record as a "car conductor" in Edinburgh. He was only 17 when he left home and went to live in Edinburgh. It doesn't look like he ever went back to see his father and step-mother again.
I am now working on my grandmother's family again but with more luck now that Ancestry.com has index lists of the Scottish census so I can search for them more easily. It's a slow process....
In my opinion the most difficult genealogy tasks are ones that involve "non-American" research. My paternal grandparents came here from Soctland. I took a course online some years back which was wonderful except for the time difference (7 hours, I think) and I learned the basics. I did search the Scotlands People (for Pay) Web site with moderate success at that time.
Last week, after finding my grandfather, Thomas Broadfoot in Edinburgh living in the household of his step-mother, Helen Tait's brother, I knew I had finally found out the intermediate step of him living with his family in tiny Dalbeattie and getting on the ship to come to America in Edinburgh. He is listed on the passenger record as a "car conductor" in Edinburgh. He was only 17 when he left home and went to live in Edinburgh. It doesn't look like he ever went back to see his father and step-mother again.
I am now working on my grandmother's family again but with more luck now that Ancestry.com has index lists of the Scottish census so I can search for them more easily. It's a slow process....
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Genealogist's Journal 10 March 2010
For the past three days, I have been working to improve my evidence of my granite cutting Scottish ancestors. I am getting better at finding births, marriages and deaths at Scotland's People. You pay a credit for each search, and 5 if you want to view the actual record.
30 credits costs 6 pounds which is about 8 dollars. I have purchased 18 credits. Oh, yes, and then there is a time limit. It's is longer that it used to be but still I feel pressured.
I have received some good advise from some Facebook friends who live in the UK and between that and the work I did in a course a long time ago, I am finding the actual records without wasting too many credits.
My grandmother's maiden name was Aiken. My first cousin told me that they spelled it with a t in the old country. Most of the time, I am finding they did not. But each time I don't find what I am looking for, I have to go back and spell it as Aitken. I am amused at the many "jobs" of working with granite. My favorite is "stone dresser"
Using the Scotland census records at Ancestry.com is a big help. It is especially great if I find a widowed father living with the family because then I have a chance at confirming the wife's maiden name.
It is slow going but rewarding when I find one that I am sure is right. With this line, I have found an unbroken lineage of quarry workers. I am back to Alexander Aiken born about 1801 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire. His father-in-law, Alexander Esson is living with them so now I can be reasonably sure that his wife Janet's maiden name is Esson. This is the 1851 Scottish census.
I think I'd better transcribe what I found today before I forget what I found and what I didn't.
Such is the life of the genealogist.....
30 credits costs 6 pounds which is about 8 dollars. I have purchased 18 credits. Oh, yes, and then there is a time limit. It's is longer that it used to be but still I feel pressured.
I have received some good advise from some Facebook friends who live in the UK and between that and the work I did in a course a long time ago, I am finding the actual records without wasting too many credits.
My grandmother's maiden name was Aiken. My first cousin told me that they spelled it with a t in the old country. Most of the time, I am finding they did not. But each time I don't find what I am looking for, I have to go back and spell it as Aitken. I am amused at the many "jobs" of working with granite. My favorite is "stone dresser"
Using the Scotland census records at Ancestry.com is a big help. It is especially great if I find a widowed father living with the family because then I have a chance at confirming the wife's maiden name.
It is slow going but rewarding when I find one that I am sure is right. With this line, I have found an unbroken lineage of quarry workers. I am back to Alexander Aiken born about 1801 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire. His father-in-law, Alexander Esson is living with them so now I can be reasonably sure that his wife Janet's maiden name is Esson. This is the 1851 Scottish census.
I think I'd better transcribe what I found today before I forget what I found and what I didn't.
Such is the life of the genealogist.....
Monday, March 08, 2010
Genealogist's Journal 7 March 2010
When Blogger announced that they would no longer support the blogs that we posted via FTP to be hosted elsewhere, I ceased posting journal entries to this blog until I found out what the migration tool was going to be like.
It turned out to be hard to locate but easy to use. Once I backed up this blog and followed the directions, it was up and running.
Of course, the work is not over, as I must try to find out who is linked to the old URL and feed and get them to fix it. I think I have finally done that.
I am hoping to continue posting the daily accomplishments of my research plus put some of the non-gravestone posts into this blog.
I am glad that people liked the photo I chose for the horizon.
It turned out to be hard to locate but easy to use. Once I backed up this blog and followed the directions, it was up and running.
Of course, the work is not over, as I must try to find out who is linked to the old URL and feed and get them to fix it. I think I have finally done that.
I am hoping to continue posting the daily accomplishments of my research plus put some of the non-gravestone posts into this blog.
I am glad that people liked the photo I chose for the horizon.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Attention!
This was my first blog, which is began on 23 April 2006 and was attached to my Web site.
I have moved it to a new URL and changed its purpose to a blog about my genealogy adventures.
This is where I will report on how technology has impacted genealogy and how my research is progressing using the tools of technology.
I have moved it to a new URL and changed its purpose to a blog about my genealogy adventures.
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