I found that my great-grandfather’s cousin has two patents issued in the mid-1900s. One for a fish hook remover U.S. Patent 2907134 and one for a feed trough device (2576154). My search was done by entering the words
trautvetter warsaw
in the search box.
Since the town of residence is usually included in the patent it would be an excellent search term to enter in addition to the name, especially for genealogists using this site.
Michael
Google appears to be allowing full-text search on US patents.
On it’s site about the search Google indicates it has indexed patents from the 1790s and on. My intial searches indicates it is searching all the text except for any text written into the images.
The patents can be searched here.
Why do I always learn about these things late at night when I should be sleeping?
Submitted by James Jeffrey (Denver Public Library’s Collection Specialist in Genealogy):
Don and Doris Elliott have continued their labor of love by identifying and documenting those persons buried in a Colorado cemetery with 1100 or fewer interments. What began as an update to 1985’s Colorado Cemetery Directory first published by the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies […]
Welcoming Liz Newbery to Canada
A fantastic day was had by all thanks to Edna and Lorraine who had kindly organised the event.”
They had no trouble filling the pews at 116-year-old Lizzie Bolden’s send-off on Friday.Her funeral was held yesterday in the church where she worshipped for decades - the New Wright chapel of the Missionary Baptist church, founded in Memphis in 1927. Many of her six generations of descendants attended the service, squeezing into the chapel as best they could. At the last count there were two…
We’ve added the following to our Rich and Famous Ship Manifest page:
1938 Langston Hughes
1948 Walter Cronkhite
1947 Sammy Davis Jr. and Sr.
1948 and 1951 Danny Kaye
1948 Tennessee Williams
These and many others can be viewed at:
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Daily summary of new genealogy queries posted on CousinConnect.com, for December 11, 2006:
New Queries Posted: 98
Total Active Queries: 116632
Total Active Users: 121152
Yesterday’s 98 new queries included the following surnames:
ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ANGELA DORSETT, BABY BOY SCOTTY, BARNER, BARNES, BENTLEY, BERRY, BJORK, BLACKBURN, BLACKMAN, BLAIR, BORN RICHARD, BOWERS, BRACKIN, BRAGG, BRISBIN, BRITZ, BROWN, BUIRSKI, BURKE, BYRNE, CARNEY, CHAD HINNANT, CHAMBERS, CHARRE, CHILDS, CLARDY, CLOUTMAN, COCHRAN, COPELAND, CORPOS, CORPUS, CRADLEBAUGH, CUSACK, DARBY, DAVIS DARRELL, DAVIS RALEIIGH, DAVIS VERNELL, DENIS DESJEAN, DEPUTY, DONT KNOW, DORRANCE, DOTSON, DURKOTA, DURKOTO, EPRIGHT, FINN, FLETCHER, FRENETTE, GARRETT, GARRISON, GIBSON, GIELDSETH, GJELDSETH, GLOVER, GOFF, GOINS, GONSALVES, GRAHAM, GUSTA, HAHN, HAINES, HAYWARD, HEMLER, HILLIKER, HOLLANDER, HOOK, HORSTMAN, HOUNSELL, HUGHES, HUNT, ISABELLA BOYD, JACKSON, JACOBS, JEFFERSON, JENNIFER GROGAN, JOHN STIRLING, JONE, JONES, KELLER, KIM SNOWDEN, KIME, KING, KUNTZ, LAFRAMBOISE, LAMB, LAST NAME OF BRITHNAME IS JOYCE, LAW, LISA COHEN, LISA ISLER, LONGPR?, LOWER, LUZ ROMERO, MATTIOLI, MAXWELL, MCBRIDE, MCCAULEY, MCCLAIN, MCGOWAN, MCNEAL, MERCIER, MOONSHINER, MOORE, MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME WAS DREIER, MURRAY, MYERS, OLEARY, OLIVER, OSMOND, OWENS, PACARRO, PALMER, PAUL, PEARY, PEERY, PENNEL, PERIE, PERRY, PERSONS, PETERS, PETRA ROMERO, PETRIE, PETRY, PIERCE, PIERSON, POULLIOTT, PRITCARD, RAKUS, REARDON, RIDDLE, RIGEL, RILEY, RIORDAN, ROBINSON, ROLL, ROMERO, SANTIAGO VALENZUELA, SAVAGE, SCANLON, SCHMIDT, SCHONIE, SCHWALBACH, SEMPLE, SIMMONDS, SIMMONS, SIROCHMANN, SLATER, SMITH, SOLOMON, SPEED, STRUWIG, STURROCK, SULLIVAN, TAYLOR, THOMAS DORSETT, THREINEN, TIBBETTS, TODD, TRUEMAN, TURKINGTON, VALENZUELA, VANEK, VANVLEET, WHITAKER, WILCOX, WILLIS, WRIGHT
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One Genealogist has brought the British government to its knees. Guy Etchells requested access to a single 1911 census record for Bottesford in Leicestershire through a Freedom of Information request. His request was granted, and when Your Family Tree contacted The National Archives (TNA) with the news, they agreed to crack open the entire census ahead of the official 2012 release date.Starting…
We are offering a discounted price on our May 2007 research trip toSalt Lake City.
The discounted offer is good between 1 and 15 December 2006. The discount applies to single and double occupancy. Price includes hotel accomodations.
This price is one hundred dollars less than our usual price. Genealogy research trips make an excellent Christmas present and do not take upmuch space under the tree. We had a great time on our trip last year and are looking forward to another great trip.
More information on our trip can be found on our site.http://www.rootdig.com/slctrip.html
An article in the New York Observer lays out some of the illustrious Family Tree of the Mortimer clan.The Mortimer family traces its origins to John Jay, the nation’s first chief justice. One of the current generation, Robert Livingston (Topper) Mortimer, that trusty husband of Tinsley, is the great-grandson of Henry Morgan Tilford, a president of Standard Oil, and he bears as well the name of
Colma, California—founded as a necropolis in 1924—has “1,500 aboveground residents,” according to Mayor Helen Fisicaro, “and 1.5 million underground.”For the first few decades, Colma’s residents were mainly gravediggers, flower growers and monument makers. But by the 1980s, other types of people and businesses were settling in next to the dead. Today the little city has many thriving businesses,
In the early days of 1994 and 1995, there were very few genealogical databases online and only a few genealogy related websites. A group of people joined together to discuss the possibilities and the GenWeb group was formed. Under the direction of Gary Hoffman a mailing list was begun and provided the forum by which these early programmers discussed their ideas. The archives of these messages can be found at http://demo.genweb.org/genweblist/“
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Sermon on Trinity Sunday, May the twenty-second, 1910 Author: Osborne, Louis Shreve Description: Sermon on Trinity Sunday, May the twenty-second, 1910. N.J.: unknown, 1984. Subject(s):
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Trinity Church, Newark, N.J. : celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary : Trinity Sunday, May 31, 1896 Description: Trinity Church, Newark, N.J. : celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary : Trinity Sunday, May 31, 1896. N.J.: unknown, 1984. Notes: Trinity Church, Newark, N.J. : celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary : Trinity Sunday, May 31, 1896 Subject(s):
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St. Lucy’s Church diamond jubilee, 1891-1971 : St. Lucy’s Community Center, Saturday evening, December 11, 1971, Newark, New Jersey Description: St. Lucy’s Church diamond jubilee, 1891-1971 : St. Lucy’s Community Center, Saturday evening, December 11, 1971, Newark, New Jersey. N.J.: unknown, 1971. Subject(s):
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Daily summary of new genealogy queries posted on CousinConnect.com, for December 13, 2006:
New Queries Posted: 78
Total Active Queries: 116749
Total Active Users: 121280
Yesterday’s 78 new queries included the following surnames:
ADAMS, ADOPTED NAME HOWARTH, AGUILAR, ARDIS, BABY GIRL PATRICK, BAKER, BALDWIN, BAMFORD, BAMFORTH, BARBER, BARRETT, BAUMFFORD, BELL, BELLEAU, BLACK, BOUCHER, BOWEN, BROOKS, BRYSON, BULLIS, BURNS, BURTON, CARLINE, CARLINE-ADOPTED NAME, CHEER, CINDY, CINDY NELSON, CINDY WILLIS, COVEY, CRATSLEY, CUDDIHY, CUPPER, DAHL, DALTON, DANIELS, DAVIS, DEMPSEY, DIMMICK, DOUGHERTY, DRIEDGER, DUCZEK, DUTTON, EHN, ELBURN, FAILING, FENNELL, FERRIS, FITZPATRICK, FORD, FULLBRIGHT, GAASTERLAND, GENTRY, GRAHAM, GULBRANDSON, HAGSTROM, HALL, HARRINGTON, HARRIS, HAWKINS, HOLT, HOOGHEEM, HOWARD, HOYE, HUDSON, IRWIN, JACOB, JACOBS, JEFFREYS, JOHNSON, JONES, KATRINA HUFFMAN, KATRINA SUMPTER-BEY, KELLY, KING, KLASSEN, KNIGHT, KUPPER, LANGBEIN, LANIER, LEARY, LEE, LEONARD, LEWIS, LIPFORDS, LUCINDA NELSON, LUCINDA WILLIS, LUTEBERGER, LUTEUBARGER, MAINARDI, MARI, MARTIN, MASTERS, MCCLEMENT, MCGONIGLE, MCKENNA, MCMILLIAN, MECHEM, MELCOLM, MELLARD, MELLEM, MIDDLETON, MILLER, MITCHELL, MONSON, MOORE, MOSLEY, NELSON, NEWNES, NORQUIST, ODLE, OLEARY, OPDAHL, OWENS, PARKER, PASCAL, PATRICK, PAXTON, PHILLIPS, PLAYTER, POTTER, QUEER, RADEMACHER, RAMIREZ, RAMSEY, RAY, REED, RIDDLE, ROBERSON, ROBERTS, RONNIE WILLIS, RUSSELL, SCOTT, SHUMAN, SIMMONS, SIMONS, SLATER, SNYDER, STEEL, STEPHENS, STONE, SUMLER, SYMONDS, TABOR, THELANDER, VANDUSEN, WALKER, WALSH, WATKINS, WEAVER, WEBBER, WEST, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WITT
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Genealogy Software The GenealogySoftware Toolbox contains a catalog of software products with information with which to make comparisons. Many companies that sell genealogy software have web sites.
For a few years now my mom has mentioned the idea of creating a family cookbook. At one point she asked for recipes from people in the family, but not many people responded. So it is still on the “to do” list. Kimberly Powell wrote a nice blog entry about creating a family cookbook, and here are her tips for encouraging a reply:
* Ask those that can to send their recipes and stories by email. You’re not only more likely to receive more submissions, but you’ll also be able to cut and paste the recipes right into your final document.
* Since emailing good quality pictures can be so painful for many, consider joining a photo share site to make it easier for participants to upload their photos.
* Set a deadline that allows family members at least a few weeks to gather together their recipes, but not so far out in the future that they forget about the project all together. You may also want to send a short reminder postcard or email a week or two before the final submission deadline.
* For participants you know don’t have email, try sending a SASE with your letter to boost the chance of a response.
* If you’re planning to sell the cookbook to help recoop your costs, it is still nice to offer free copies to everyone who contributes recipes, stories or photos.
I also found a genealogy blog called Family Matters that has written a few entries about how they made a family cookbook for this Christmas. It looks like they put a lot of work into it with pictures and different styles. They used The Living Cookbook software and Lulu for printing.
Hopefully with these helpful blog entries on the topic, my mother and I can get one made for next year!
Question from Gary:
I’m in the process of reviewing my entire Legacy database of individuals looking for missing information. I want to create a list of ONLY the male individuals of my surname indicated as having a spouse but no marriage information. Any ideas?
Gary, this can be done with a little creativity, and with a couple of different approaches.
Using the Search tool
In Legacy, click on the Search button. Click on the Detailed Search tab. Add the following conditions, and make sure to use the AND option for each condition.
Condition 1
Condition 2
Be sure that when you click on the “Second Condition” checkmark, that you select the “And” option. Now, click on the Create List button at the bottom.
You now have a list of all males of the desired surname, who are married, but do not have a marriage date.
Blank lines report
For a different perspective, you can create a book report that will print blank lines for any missing information. For example:
To create this report:
When one is unfamiliar with the laws of an area it can be easy to assume things that simply are not true.
Nancy Rampley and her youngest son sued all her other children (and his siblings) in the early 1900s over the title to her farm in Illinois. One could look at this as a great disagreement between Nancy and her son and the other children. That was not the case.
Nancy’s husband died leaving no will. Nancy and all her children owned the farm jointly. Nancy wanted to sell the farm and move to town. The only problem was her youngest son was a minor and unable to sign of his own accord. Consequently Nancy and the youngest minor child had to sue the rest of the family. It was the only recourse they had due to his age.
What I originally thought was a huge family squabble was really the result of the youngest child’s age, the law at the time, and Nancy’s unwillingness to wait to sell the farm and move to town 
Michael