A survey released today reveals that 43 percent of Britons don’t know their grandmothers’ maiden names, and 38 percent don’t know what jobs their grandfathers held.The poll, carried out by YouGov, found that the average British family’s knowledge of its history went back just 128 years, or around three generations, to 1878. Those in the south-east of England keep a better track, with an average…
The New York Sun tells the interesting story of an enigmatic Genealogist and art collector named William M. V. Kingsland, who died last March. No one knew of his origins until two other genealogists, Leslie Corn and Roger Joslyn, took on the case. They found that he was a native New Yorker born Melvin Kohn.In a motion filed in 1960 to change his name, Kingsland’s parents said of their…
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Although census data is a source of genealogical information, the Census Bureau does not provide this data, and is not able to locate missing persons, or provide recent information on individuals. The
Question from William:
I have entries where a male and female produced a son. The couple never considered themselves to be “wife” and “husband” and would not want to be displayed that way, even in private reports for their own records. Is there a way to specify non-traditional pairing terms in any or all “views” and reports?
Answer from Millennia:
Yes, Legacy has custom wording options to accomodate these situations. From the Family View, open the Marriage Information screen by clicking on the marriage bar in the middle.
In the lower part of the screen is a section entitled “Wording Options.” If this couple was not husband and wife, simply change their labels here. For example, instead of husband/wife, change it to father/mother. When you’re finished, click Save.
This customized wording applies only to this couple. When you print reports, such as the Family Group Record, select the option to “Use the phrases from the marriage records.” This option is found on Family tab of the reports.
A former editor of the Arizona Republic was given the byline for his own obituary.Unflappable. With gentle, good humor. A pro. These are the words that come to mind when we recall Phil Sunkel, former Arizona Republic editorial page editor, who died Saturday.
Writing was in his blood. We were lucky to know him and to work with him. - Phil Sunkel
[Hat tip: Boing Boing]
Update: Phil has lost…
“The 1911 Census is going to become available early, at least in part, and Your Family Tree and one of our readers have played a key role. The National Archives has just announced two services in advance of the official 2012 full release date.
Starting in January 2007, TNA will offer a limited research service where the address of an individual in the 1911 Census is already known. There will be a non-refundable seach charge of £45 (see www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/1911census).
Meanwhile, TNA said it hopes to offer a searchable online service in early 2009, with key sensitive information withheld until 2012. A contract for digitising the Census is expected to be awarded in spring this year. Chief executive Natalie Ceeney said TNA will digitise the 1911 Census as quickly as they can.
The announcements came remarkably swiftly after we contacted TNA over the news that reader Guy Etchells had received a decision from the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas granting him access to one particular 1911 record (for Bottesford in Leicestershire) via the Freedom of Information legislation. Guy (pictured below) is believed to be the first person to achieve a successful ruling of this kind, despite TNA’s attempts to block the release on the grounds of confidentiality. The Information Commissioner ruled that confidentiality could only be applied to details of people’s health or”
from The National Archives, Kew | 1911 census
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Here is a list of the 488 small Georgia towns wiped off the state map. I’d be proud to have an ancestor from any of them, but my favorites are Poetry Tulip and Hopeulikit.
Daily summary of new genealogy queries posted on CousinConnect.com, for December 10, 2006:
New Queries Posted: 65
Total Active Queries: 116582
Total Active Users: 121105
Yesterday’s 65 new queries included the following surnames:
1, ADAMS, ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, ANTHONY, ANTON SJERGJEEVICH MYASNIKOV, BAGGERLY, BALDWIN, BAUGHMAN, BAUMAN, BECK, BELL, BENSON, BIGNELL, BLACKMON, BLAKE, BOWMAN, BRISBIN, BRODIE, BROWN, BUCHANAN, CAPLINGER, CHARTRANS, CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS RUSSELL, CLAY, CLOVER, COFFEY, CONDITT, COOLEY, CUFFEY, DARNELL, DELSIGNORE, DONOURA MAGANN, DUCZEK, DUFFIN, DYKES, ECKLEY, EHNEN, ELIOFF, FAST, FLANAGAN, FOGG, FOOT, FOSS, FREW, FROST, GILMAN, GILMORE, GRIESBACH, GUNNELS, GUTHRIE, HALL, HARRIS, HASSARD, HECKARD, HECKARDT, HECKERD, HECKERT, HECQUARD, HENDERSON, HEPNER, HIGGINBOTHAM, HUFF, HUNT, HUTCHISON, IRVING, JACOBS, JANET, JOHNSON, JONES, KINNICK, LACASSE, LAURA, LOFFLER, LOREN, LOUDEN, MARGARET, MCCLAIN, MCFADDEN, MCKENZIE, MEACHAM, MELANIE, MOILANEN, MOORE, MORJAN, MOSER, NAJERA, NAPIER, NEWMAN, ODOHERY, OLEARY, OLLIE MAE PERRYMAN, ORR, PATTERSON, PAXTON, PEBSWORTH, PHIPPS, PHIPS, PILLAI, POLK, POOL, RICKETTS, RIFE, ROBERTSON, ROINILA, ROWE, SHEFFCO, SHERLYNN, SMITH, SPEER, STANCHICK, STEVENS, TAMMY, TENNANT, THOMPSON, THOMSON, TRIPP, UNDERWOOD, UNGER, WALLACE, WEBSTER, WEIHBRECHT, WEIZENKEIM, WILLIAM RUSSELL, WILSON, WINCHESTER, WORTH, WRIGHT, YARD, YOUNG, ZWASCHKA
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The Sheboygan Press needs some help figuring out what this photograph is all about.A print of the photo was submitted to the Historical Research Center several years ago, said Kathy Jeske, but there was very little information attached.
“I don’t think we have any idea,” Jeske said. “There’s no name on it, nothing.”
The photo does say, on the back, that it was taken at Eighth Street and Indiana…
If you need a special font for a holiday project, you may want to take advantage of Dollar Days sale at Lettering Delights. Better move quick though - the sale ends Monday (the 18th).
Timelines can be an interesting way to help people understand their genealogy. In the past year I’ve come across several interesting efforts to build community sites which use a timeline metaphor. Dandelife.com and OurStory.com are two interesting examples. These sites are both focused on building timelines surrounding stories and events happening today and in the very recent past (from a user’s own memories). BBC has also done some interesting timelines. Two that I think are extremely interesting from a design perspective are Timeline: Persecution and Genocide Under the Nazis 1933 - 1945 and Kings and Queens Through Time.
One of the focus areas for some prototyping we plan to do in the near future is an effort to allow users to explore timelines of their ancestors that combine a richness of data into an easy to understand format. This is really hard to do. To give you an idea, here is the type of content we’d like to pull together automatically for any random ancestor a user would like to learn about.
What would you like to see in a timeline like this?
Have you seen any interesting timelines that would be worth looking at before we start?
I am completely jazzed about the just-released Google Patent Search. This is a great improvement over the USPTO search engine, which still will be necessary to search patent applications.
What’s especially wonderful is that Google has OCRed patents issued prior to 1976, making them searchable by surname, hometown, etc. If not for this development, I never would have known about Alford E. Jarvis’…
Thieves have made off with six bronze busts from the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris—including that of Carmen composer Georges Bizet.The busts dated from the second half of the 19th century and were made by well-known artists of the time. Each is worth between €5,000 and €10,000.Jean-Claude Hitz, a trade union representative for Paris cemetery workers said that although efforts had been…
We have added the following to our “rich and famous” ship manifest pages:
Marlene Dietrich
Tennessee Williams
Bing Crosby
Vincent Price
Anthony Quinn
Dr. Seuss
Danny Kaye
Lena Horne
Lorne Greene
Barry Goldwater
Lon Cheney, Dr.
Danny Thomas
These (and many more) can be viewed for free on our site
http://www.rootdig.com/ships/famousships/
Michael
Diana Bijon could have taken husband Mike Buday’s last name by simply writing it on their marriage license application.But if Buday wanted to become a Bijon, he would have to get an order of the court to do so — and not before he had filed a petition, paid $320, advertised public notice of his intention to change his name for four weeks in a local newspaper and then appeared before a…
Santa Claus can be found the census. Michael John Neill has several census images posted at his website - all for Santa in Missouri - 1900 through 1930.
1900 Santa Claus
1910 Santa Claus
1930 Santa Claus
New Book Announcement: Tracing Your Ancestors in Barbados
Geraldine Lane has drawn on her experience as a family history researcher in Barbados to compile this unique, comprehensive guide to Barbados genealogy. Family records held in Barbados (a British colony from 1637 to 1966) are excellent but are not always easy to locate or understand. But no […]
Sample 2-night air/hotel package from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas from $479 based on travel 12/27 through 12/29. Sample prices are per person, based on double occupancy and vary by dates of travel, availability, and departure city.
I blogged GenealogyBank’s launch about six weeks ago. As you know, I’m a great supporter of what they are doing and have attempted to list the offerings at the site on this blog - as they are posted at GenealogyBank (Click here) and (Click here).
The site is rather spendy at $19.95 (and worth it, I […]