Thursday, March 7, 2024
Genealogy-Related Posts
Surprise! You Own a Long-Lost Cemetery
Swiss Maps Are Full of Hidden Secrets
The U.S. Census Is Wrong on Purpose: they literally doubled one town's population
Watch the video to see what was found in a French child's 120-year-old time capsule. Read more about the photographer who found the box and his process for developing the photographs here.
Enjoy!
--Nancy.
Friday, January 5, 2024
FamilySearch's "All About Your Ancestors"
These are some of the experiences available:
- 1950 US Census
- Ancestor Challenge (identify photos of ancestors and/or their grave markers)
- Ancestors Calendar
- Cemeteries
- Challenging Times
- Discover Relatives Who May Need to be Added to Your Family Tree
- Family Obituaries
- Honoring Your Military Relative
- Mayflower
- My Ancestors in the 1950s
- My Relatives' Military Records
- Pearl Harbor
- Record Hints
- Relatives' Headstones
- Religious Records
- Top Contributors (to individuals who appear in your tree)
- War of 1812 Relatives
- WWI Draft Records
- WWI Service Records
- WWII Enlistment Record
- Your Ancestor's Marriage
- Your Female Ancestor Photos
- Your Female Ancestors' Stories
To access these opportunities you'll need to sign in to your free FamilySearch account and have begun a family tree. Click on "Get Involved" at the top of the screen, then click "Opportunities." Since others contribute to your tree (which is really the collaborative tree), you'll likely find some information or ancestors who are new to you. I did!
—Nancy.
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Monday, January 1, 2024
Friday, December 1, 2023
December Birthdays and Anniversaries Among My Ancestors and Relatives
But December can also be a difficult month. For a pregnant mom nearing the time of delivery, or a mom with a newborn baby, it has to be a challenge to recover from labor and delivery, care for any older children, and also prepare for the holidays. And then there are the December birthdays, always a part of the Christmas season and sometimes overlooked or melded into that holiday.
Most difficult of all may be the December deaths. Every year after the death of a loved in December, the holiday will always bring a remembrance of the loved one and the sorrow and grief that accompany the event.
Living Relatives
December 25 Martha A.
The Grands
December ??, 1871 John Froman (death)
December 19, 1911 Gust Doyle and Beulah Mae Gerner
December 29, 1899 Rebecca (Smith) Bartley (death)
December 30, 1925 Henry Carl Meinzen
Collaterals
December 2, 1884 Emma Doyle
December 4, 1862 Susan Bickerstaff
December 4, 1927 Donald E. Davis
December 9, 1891 Hazel Doyle
December 11, 1839 Eli Porter
December 12, 1900 Minnie Froman
December 15, 1875 Laura V. Thompson
December 15, 1893 Jacob Increase Meinzen
December 18, 1921 Tressa Hazel Doyle
December 20, 1897 George T. Doyle and Emma Everall
December 22, 1832 Westley Scott Roe
December 24, 1869 Henry W. Kropp
December 24, 1871 Thomas Hardy and Ann Armitage
December 24, 1915 John Ellis Bickerstaff and Alice May Bickerstaff
December 25, 1886 Emma Doyle
December 25, 1888 William Turner and Catherine Froman
December 26, 1911 Charles Edward Sticker and Lula Bernesa Meinzen
December 27, 1896 Henry Carl Meinzen and Ella Dray
December 27, 1927 Pauline Mary (Polly) Meinzen
December 30, 1864 Elizabeth Jane Doyle
My Lines to the Grands
- John Froman --> Tressa (Froman) Doyle --> Gust Doyle --> Lee Doyle --> me
- Gust and Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle --> Lee Doyle --> me
- Rebecca (Smith) Bartley --> Elvira (Bartley) Gerner --> Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle --> Lee Doyle --> me
- Henry Carl Meinzen --> William Carl Robert Meinzen --> Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle --> me
Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary to my ancestors and relatives!
—Nancy.
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Thursday, November 23, 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
November Birthdays and Anniversaries Among my Relatives and Ancestors
Living Relatives
November 3 Noah D.
November 21 Hester D.
Grandpaarents
November 7, 1809 Martha Reay
November 14, 1863 Andrew Doyle and Elizabeth Jane Laws
November 17, 1888 Gust Doyle
Collateral Relatives
November 1, 1922 Daniel I. Bickerstaff
November 7, 1918 Geraldine Mae (Jeree) Meinzen
November 11, 1961 James Eugene Bickerstaff and Janet Faye Martin
November 13, 1882 Walter Meinzen
November 15, 1868 Adam Froman
November 15, 1947 Rex Foulk
November 16, 1875 Lana Ellen Gerner
November 20, 1901 Marie Isabella Meinzen and Benjamin Robert Hashman
November 20, 1904 Edward Jesse Bickerstaff
November 22, 1905 Madelyn Lengauer
November 23, 1877 Scott Wesley Roe Jr.
November 25, 1922 Edward Jesse Bickerstaff and Agnes May Pressell
November 25, 1930 Edna Hendricks and Russell Sage Pugh
November 29, 1882 John N. Gerner
November 30, 1882 John Laws Doyle
My line from my grantparents to me
Martha Reay (who married William Doyle) --> Andrew (& Elizabeth Jane Laws) Doyle --> William Doyle --> Gust Doyle --> Lee Doyle --> me
I'm wishing all Happy Celebrations!
—Nancy.
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Sunday, October 22, 2023
Problems Report in RootsMagic for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
I'm still using RootsMagic 7. I clicked on "Tools" then "Problem Search > Problem List." I was able to check or uncheck 10 options. I left all of them checked. (From Randy's post I see that RM 9 has an extensive list which would be more helpful.)
These are the problems RootsMagic searched for.
- Individuals without sex entered
- Proper order of events
- Birth before parents' marriage
- Birth before parent's birth
- Birth after father's death
- Birth after mother's death
- Age at death should be less than 102
- Age at marriage should be between 14 and 70
- Father's age should be between 14 and 70
- Mother's age should be between 14 and 50
These are the problems RM indicated and my responses to the problems.
Bickerstaff, Margie J. Parents married after person's birth
Yes, a problem. Margie is one of my mother's cousins. All of her information comes from her obituary. It doesn't help that I don't have an exact date for her parents' marriage. More research is needed for this family. For now I'll make a note on her page.
Doyle, William Parents married after person's birth
Definitely a problem! William is my paternal great-grandfather, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Laws) Doyle who, GRO records tell me, were married on November 14, 1863. His birth date of March 3, 1863, comes from family records (which have been notoriously inaccurate.) Sadly, I have been unable to find a U.K. birth record of any kind-- not a civil record or a church baptismal record. I thought it could be possible that he was the son of his father and his father's first wife, Jane Barron, but nothing turned up in my searches in that direction. I turned away from researching the Doyle line for a while because of this problem.
Froman, Catherine Born after father's death
Not a problem. Catherine's father, John Froman, died when Catherine's mother was pregnant. John died in December, 1871, and Catherine was born in January, 1872
Hardy, Robert Parents married after person's birth
Yes, a problem. Robert is my great-grandmother's sister's son. His birth information comes from the 1900 U.S. Census. I've done little research on this family but I believe county records will show an accurate birth date. County records may also give a marriage record (and date) for his parents. I'll make a note in his person page and look for the information sometime in the future
For these two infants, their sex was not indicated on records and I have no way to learn it for either.
Kitch, Infant Unknown sex
Meinzen, Stillborn Infant Unknown sex
Thanks for suggesting this fun activity, Randy. It's probably a good idea to do this regularly, and especially after adding more individuals to RootsMagic.
—Nancy.
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Sunday, October 15, 2023
1897 Marriage Record for Andrew Doyle and Margaret E. Taylor
I've started going through stacks of papers with genealogy/family history records that need attention and thought I would begin posting some of them....
Andrew Doyle, born January 8, 1873, is the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Jane (Laws) Doyle. He is their sixth child and third son. He was a miner and later also a farmer. (I continue to find more and more miners among my Pennsylvania relatives, descendants of my Northumberland miners.)
Andrew married Margaret E. Taylor on March 17, 1897, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Coincidentally, Andrew's oldest brother, William who is my great-grandfather, married Tressa Rose Froman on the same date in 1885. William and Andrew were born 10 years apart and married 12 years apart.
Marriage Record and Transcription
[page] 206
No. 4654
Andrew Doyle born in Pardoe
on the 8 day of January A. D. 1873 residing at Stoneboro Pa
and a miner by occupation not related by blood or marriage
to the person whom he desires to marry
not married before
and Margaret E. Taylor born in Stoneboro Pa
on the 30" day of July A. D. 1877 residing at Stoneboro Pa
.... not married before
And now this 16" day of March 1897 Marriage License issued in legal form.
Consent of Thomas Taylor residing at Stoneboro Pa.....
Filed this 16 day of March 1897
Duplicate Certificate returned and filed this 27 day of March 1897 showing
ceremony to have been performed by John Kelly
on the 17 day of March 1897
FamilySearch Citation and Link to Image
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF9R-YC9 : accessed 01 Feb 2014), Andrew Doyle and Margaret E. Taylor, 17 Mar 1897; citing Mercer Pennsylvania, United States, v 7 p 206; FHL microfilm 878938.
Notes and Comments
- If I want to research Andrew's wife, Margaret Taylor, it's helpful that the record included her father's name.
- I wish a marriage location more specific than the county were included. Were they married in a church, a courthouse, or somewhere else?
- John Kelly performed the marriage. It's such a common name that I don't hope for much success in find him in 1897. If I could perhaps it would help me to know a more specific location of their marriage.
I have other records for this couple and family.... Somewhere.
—Nancy.
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