tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896066916263845832024-03-13T07:11:34.227-07:00Beth's Genealogy BlogGenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-59440888132551572202021-12-04T19:45:00.000-08:002021-12-04T19:45:11.333-08:00Holidays and Genealogy<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The holidays are upon us. We could discuss family
traditions, family history gifts or traditional holiday recipes. Here are some
ideas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gather questions for the Thanksgiving
dinner table: Who was the oldest relative you met? What’s a favorite
Thanksgiving memory you have? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Write a Christmas/holiday letter and
include a family history story or game. Does your family like word searches or
crossword puzzles? Is there a great story to tell?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gather all the information for a
family recognitions certificate. Nebraska has three to choose from, and yes,
other states have them, too, but we won’t talk about that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gather some favorite family recipes.
Make a book, put them all on a blog, or have a party and make all the food.
Make sure to include photos in the book or blog. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Collect family photos and share them.
Scan them and give to family on CD or thumb drive. Put them on a Facebook group
or in a blog. Make them into a book or scrapbook. Create Christmas ornaments
from the photos. Make a wreath from the photos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Watch a genealogy show together. My “top 5” include: Relative Race (byutv.org), Finding Your Roots, Roots Less
Traveled (Formerly called A New Leaf), Who Do You Think You Are? (new season in
UK, check YouTube) and The Genetic Detective. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Discover a new-to-you website. Some
options below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">NEW (OR
LESSER KNOWN) GENEALOGY WEBSITES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">A.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://www.trackuback.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">www.trackuback.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> This is based out of Sweden but anyone can join. They have a free level
and a paid level. You get 5 things with the free level: family tree, geography
window, timeline, tools for editing, and managing your images. You get 10
additional things for the paid level. Subscription rate looks to be $90 a year.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">B.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">www.davidrumsey.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> A historical map collection with over 90,000 maps. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">C.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="http://www.genteam.org/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">www.genteam.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Indexed records of the
German-speaking area, with over 18 million entries. Some of the website is in
German, so you may want to translate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AfyT85SLBsA/Yaw1tPqMjxI/AAAAAAAAQWc/hbM4AAB3I8ciMANqYp8AvuMk10UyniCaQCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/christmas_card_29052015_almeidah.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="354" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AfyT85SLBsA/Yaw1tPqMjxI/AAAAAAAAQWc/hbM4AAB3I8ciMANqYp8AvuMk10UyniCaQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/christmas_card_29052015_almeidah.png" width="227" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-39902435675388747022021-08-08T13:44:00.002-07:002021-08-08T13:44:51.094-07:00100th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote<p> Okay so this is about a year late, as August 2020 was the anniversary. But I wrote this to be published in a printed publication, and now it has been, so I feel like I can put it online on my blog. </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 19th
Amendment, granting women the right to vote, is celebrating its 100th
anniversary this August 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Women in
Nebraska actually could vote in school district elections starting in 1869,
then lost that 6 years later, and regained it 6 years after that IF they lived
in the district and owned taxable property or had school-age children. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9cS4LyRnlUw/YRBCIDB5aOI/AAAAAAAAPDk/AKyMaNaPnukT3qHe1cLluZ7A0PhizHspQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Vote-Button1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9cS4LyRnlUw/YRBCIDB5aOI/AAAAAAAAPDk/AKyMaNaPnukT3qHe1cLluZ7A0PhizHspQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Vote-Button1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Nebraska
suffrage campaign started in Omaha on November 15, 1867 with the assistance of
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Susan B. Anthony and George Francis Train.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton later came to Hebron, Nebraska in April 1879 and
organized the first Woman’s Suffrage Association in Nebraska. The Thayer
Association grew from fifteen to seventy-five members and eventually included
many leading businessmen. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In January
1881, the suffragists formed a state association with Harriet S. Brooks as the
first president. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Clara Bewick
Colby was prominent in women’s suffrage while living in Beatrice, and also
interestingly enough, was instrumental in forming the city’s first public
library, which is where the NSGS’ collection is currently held. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She was born
in England in 1846. She immigrated to the United States in 1865 with her
grandparents, settling first in Wisconsin. She met Leonard Colby while a
teacher in Wisconsin, and married him in 1872. They came to Beatrice, Nebraska shortly
after. They adopted three children. She and her husband divorced in 1906 after
a period of separation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Clara helped
form the state association in 1881, and wrote and produced the women’s
suffragists newspaper from her home in Beatrice starting in 1883. She produced
this newspaper for 25 years, but later did move production to Washington, DC.
It was the first daily newspaper written and produced by a woman. She served as
president of the state suffragist association from 1885 to 1889. She spoke
regularly at conventions from 1886 to 1914. Susan B. Anthony called her “a
suffragist lieutenant, one of the women who was not themselves a national
officer, but influenced movement leaders and members.” She also said no one
wrote, edited or spoke better than Clara. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She died at
the home of her sister in Palo Alto, California in 1916, so unfortunately did
not get to see the result of all her hard work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The other
woman instrumental in women’s suffrage in Nebraska was Rheta Childe Dorr. She
was born in Omaha, Nebraska on 2 November 1866. Her father was a druggist
(pharmacist). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One night at
the age of 12 years old, she and her sister snuck out to hear Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony speak on women’s suffrage. She seemed to become
committed to the cause even at this early age. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She studied
for 2 years at the University of Nebraska before moving to New York City in
1890 where she worked as a journalist. She met John Dorr, a conservative
businessman from Seattle. They were married in 1892 and moved to Seattle. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rheta
continued to work as a journalist even as a married woman. This caused some
friction in their relationship, and they separated in 1898. She returned East
then with a 2-year old son to raise and support as a single mother. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 1902 she
worked at the New York Evening Post where she wrote articles on women’s issues.
She made special investigations to women’s workplaces to study and report on
the labor conditions they endured. She notes that she was fortunate to work for
the most distinguished newspaper in New York, but her wages were still half
that of her male colleagues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She left the
Evening Post in 1906 and traveled in Europe for a while. There she became more
interested in the international right for women’s suffrage. She returned to
America and wrote investigative features on the grim situation working women
faced. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 1914 Dorr
became the first editor of The Suffragist, the official paper for the
Congressional Union for Women Suffrage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Doris
Stevens is also a Nebraska-born suffragist who achieved national prominence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Another
woman to lead women’s suffrage was Edna Barkley who left her unpaid position at
the University of Lincoln as Dean of Women in 1909 to lead the suffrage
movement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not all
women were in favor of women’s suffrage. Many women thought that women should
stay in the home, raising children and doing domestic duties. Some women also
did not want to serve on a jury, and men thought that too violent crimes should
not be heard by women on a jury. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Women
received partial suffrage in 1917, being able to vote for presidential
electors, city and village offices, county offices (but not county judges) and
other offices not created by the state constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Even when
women could vote, sometimes they were not able due to several reasons: poll
tax, literacy and fear or feelings of duplicating their husband’s vote or
cancelling it out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nebraska was
the fourteenth state to ratify the 19th Amendment on 2 August 1919 with a
unanimous vote from the Nebraska Senate and the same by the House two days
later. Governor McKelvie (boy governor) signed the bill in chambers while being
filmed. He was called the “boy governor” as he was elected at 38 years old. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">History
Nebraska has had an exhibit called “Votes for Women” celebrating women’s
suffrage in Nebraska. The museum in Lincoln is open again, and it’s worth a
visit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some books
on women’s suffrage in Nebraska are available: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Votes for
Women: The 19<sup>th</sup> Amendment in Nebraska” by David Bristow (on Amazon
or from History Nebraska gift shops)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“A Dangerous
Class: a History of Suffrage in Nebraska and the League of Women Voters in
Nebraska” by Betty Stevens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What Eight
Million Women Want” by Rheta Childe Dorr <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Clara Colby:
The International Suffragist” by John Holliday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">YouTube
videos:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Legacy
of Nebraska’s Suffrage Movement: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mJE04IMo4"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mJE04IMo4</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Brown Bag:
Nebraska’s Suffragist Journalists Clara Bestwick Colby and Rheta Childe Dorr by
Dr. Eileen Worth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxt5dqAsvZo"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxt5dqAsvZo</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-81533644997546853412020-12-31T18:35:00.001-08:002020-12-31T18:35:44.396-08:00Review of 2020<p> 2020 was a year to remember, wasn't it. Conferences went virtual; some people had more time at home to research. We are hoping 2021 is better and we can socialize in person more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HVY_7hLT7Y/X-6EpqrGRcI/AAAAAAAAMpI/f4yBRwoBCx4YKwJ1vFz3aM5WsgBzMxF_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/istockphoto-882487058-1024x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1024" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HVY_7hLT7Y/X-6EpqrGRcI/AAAAAAAAMpI/f4yBRwoBCx4YKwJ1vFz3aM5WsgBzMxF_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/istockphoto-882487058-1024x1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>PERSONALLY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. I did a bit more research on my expanded family, so not my direct lines, but cousins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. This is my 6th blog, so I still should blog more. (Yes, I say this every year. I must put it in my calendar). To be fair I did do one blog on the NSGS site, so that would be 7. Still not the 12 I am aiming for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's about it. I haven't done as much of my own genealogy this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>PROFESSIONALLY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Attended FGS and NGS online. Planned to attend FGS in person, and quite disappointed I could not meet some of my genealogy peeps in person. Watched some good webinars. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Gave several presentations, most of them on Zoom. I gave two for FGS, and got paid. I presented five voluntarily (without pay). One presentation was in person; the rest were online. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. I digitized A LOT for FamilySearch. I learned A LOT about digtizing and about the records I am doing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Client work: I worked on finding a grandfather for a client using DNA, and helped another client climb further back in his tree. This is truly all I had time for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>VOLUNTARILY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Cemetery photos: I took photos and transcribed for BillionGraves; I took photos and added them and memorials to Findagrave. I also put my current stats here so I can refer to them each year. Currently at 17,550 images uploaded to BillionGraves with 16,977 transcriptions; and 11,186 memorials added to Findagrave with 27,683 photos added. That's an increase of about 7135 photos to BG and 3620 photos to Findagrave. It's a good social distancing activity, so a good year for walking cemeteries. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. NSGS: I am president, conference coordinator and more for our state genealogical society. I wrote some articles for our publication, lead meetings, updated the website and did a lot for our conference which was postponed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. GenWeb: I updated the Polk County GenWeb site and added a few things. It helps that I am getting data from the courthouse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. I also serve on the cemetery board and now also the library board, which is genealogy related. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There could be more but that's what I come up with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hoping and planning for a productive 2021! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-44455682189731676732020-12-17T20:04:00.000-08:002020-12-17T20:04:24.433-08:00Notorious Court Case<p> I have moved on to digitizing court cases now. I started these around Thanksgiving. So far I have found some divorces, illegal sales of alcohol, a few forgeries, many foreclosures on mortgage, some bastardy cases, a couple rape cases and others. And then there is this one: the notorious case of murder and then a hanging. The only hanging done in Polk County, Nebraska. </p><p>But before we get to that:</p><p>On July 14, 1884 Ruth M. Smith filed for divorce against Milton W. Smith. Now I don't know if the divorce went through; I didn't look at that case very closely. (It's case number 256 in the court records.) However it seems to have not gone through; maybe she dropped the case. Or at least they continued to live together, possibly for financial records. This is all speculation. </p><p>Because then on November 27, 1884 Milton W. Smith shot his wife and attempted to shoot his children. On November 28, Ruth's body was found. Apparently after the deed was done, men heard him because they were searching for Smith. They found him hiding in some corn stalks. On the way to jail, there were shouts of "hang him! String him up!" A mob of 30 men wanted to hang him, but discovered he cut his throat with a knife. They figured he was near death, so they left. </p><p>However he did not die (yet). An inquest was held on November 29 before the coroner. A jury was selected. After the inquest, Mrs. Smith was laid to rest. </p><p>M. A. Mills was asked to defend Mr. Smith. Mr. Mills' friends advised not to take the case, but because he needed a lawyer and Mr. Smith had done odd jobs for him, he took the case. The trial began March 19, 1885 and lasted 4 days. On March 23 the jury pronounced him guilty of murder in the first degree and he was sentenced to hang on July 24. Mr. Smith made an appeal but was refused. He took his sentence coolly, as if to not care whether he lived or died. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Du1eJ_KdkJk/X9wmh1MTa2I/AAAAAAAAMgw/ALgbVuObjRUInn5vlrFfwETKq8hq_7opACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/PXL_20201130_210754349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Du1eJ_KdkJk/X9wmh1MTa2I/AAAAAAAAMgw/ALgbVuObjRUInn5vlrFfwETKq8hq_7opACLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/PXL_20201130_210754349.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>On Friday July 24, 1885 at the age of 58 Milton Smith was hung just south of the jail. His death was almost instantaneous. His body was cut down after 12 minutes and he was laid to rest in Potters Field. </p><p>There is record of his burial in the Osceola Cemetery records, but no marker is found. This is not surprising given the circumstances. I made a Findagrave memorial for him, and stated a short version of this. Some of these details are rather graphic. The court case has quite a number of pages, including the above one, and a 4-page summary someone wrote up. There is also a brief synposis in the book "The Early Days of Polk County" which is digitized on the newspaper website (Advantage Preservation). </p><p>This case (#276) along with other court records are digitized or in the process of and can be found on FamilySearch.org in the near future. </p>GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-24378050356195945032020-10-23T15:13:00.001-07:002020-10-23T15:13:19.710-07:00Found in the Probates<p> I am truly amazed by what I find in the probates as I am digitizing them. Now often I digitize rather like a robot, not looking at what I am doing. But occasionally something catches my eye. This is one of those. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yI2I-i4HU5I/X1roiQHI2EI/AAAAAAAALVw/rJxgWemsMxcWzyiYsduwXuc_Nizg7rZZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200910_095928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yI2I-i4HU5I/X1roiQHI2EI/AAAAAAAALVw/rJxgWemsMxcWzyiYsduwXuc_Nizg7rZZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20200910_095928.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Third line: "Ernest Gottschall on or about the 9th day of September 1935 from wounds inflicted upon him by one Ivan J. Kinsman." What??!! This probate practically gives a cause of death. So is this murder, accidental, or self-defense?? There is more to this story. So we should check the newspapers and/or the court records. </p><p>From the Polk County Democrat, 19 September 1935</p><p>E. E. Gottschall passed away Monday morning en route to a Columbus hospital. His death was a result of complications from an injury 2 weeks ago. </p><p>From the Polk County Democrat, 10 October 1935</p><p>"Widow files suit for $10,000" </p><p>As a sequel to death of E. E. Gottschall, whose death on September 9 followed injuries allegedly sustained in an altercation with Ivan J. Kinsman, his landlord, on August 24 in Columbus. Mrs. Gottschall filed a civil suit in district court against Mr. Kinsman for $10,235 ($10,000 for the death of her husband and $235 for doctor bills and funeral expenses). In today's money that would be over $187,000! </p><p>Can't really find much more on this case at this time. Perhaps when I digitize the court records more information will be found. </p><p>Stay tuned for Part 2! </p>GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-36035092421932194542020-07-29T14:53:00.002-07:002020-07-29T14:53:42.845-07:00Wordless (mostly) Wednesday: Charles Morrill willCharles Morrill will<br />
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I have a hard time being "wordless" so maybe we should change Wednesdays to Will Wednesday. LOL<br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-23279139102848244182020-05-04T14:17:00.000-07:002020-05-04T14:17:53.803-07:00Ida M. HansonA friend told me of the gruesome death of a local lady, Miss Ida M. Hanson.<br />
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Ida was born August 4, 1877 to Peter and Brita Hanson in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. She came to Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska with her parents when she was an infant. <span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #36322d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She completed school, then attended Bryant College, also Peru Normal and Fremont Normal. She taught school for several years. She held the position of bookkeeper in several stores, and later owned and operated millinery establishments in Osceola and Stromsburg</span></span><br />
Ida was a successful milliner (hat seller) in Columbus working as head of the department for the last 2-3 years. She possessed a considerable amount of money and securities.<br />
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Miss Hanson went missing on May 7, 1933 after leaving Columbus to meet a friend in Chicago. The last communications received from Ida were from Evanston, Illinois and dated July 1933. She kept an appointment May 7 in Omaha with a man she planned to marry. Miss Hanson introduced the man to a friend, C. W. Neal of Chicago. Mr. Neal had an appointment with Miss Hanson in Omaha on May 7 for a business arrangements involving selling her bonds. He purchased her bonds for $10,000 on May 24 in Chicago. At that time she and her husband were planning to travel to South America. On the way for Neal to get the securities deposited, he was robbed. Two days later he saw Miss Hanson with the guy she married, but was unable to catch her to speak to her.<br />
No marriage license was ever found for Miss Hanson in Cook County, Illinois.<br />
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Miss Hanson's body was discovered by miners on June 4, 1933 near Florissant, Colorado. She was in a shallow grave, and her foot was sticking out. Her body was mutilated and partially burned. Her body was covered with leaves and gasoline was poured on them in attempt to burn the remains. The left side of her skull was crushed. Sheriff Ed Vinyard of Cripple Creek, Colorado was nearly certain it was her, but waiting on confirmation from the family. Half a paisley shawl, a homespun rug, a shoe, dental work and scars were used to confirm her identity. Her sister and her split the shawl in half after their mother passed away. The shoe was a size 7AAA, an unusual size and the size Miss Hanson wore.<br />
In a September 1934 newspaper it is reported that Sheriff Vinyard knew who the killer was, what his occupation was and where to pick him up. Charles W. Neal, a former convict, went on trial for the murder of Miss Hanson in March 1935. After 41 hours of deliberation, the jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to life in Colorado state penitentiary.<br />
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While living in Osceola she was a member of the Methodist Church, Order of Eastern Star, Woman's Club and Business and Professional Woman's Club, which she had served as president.<br />
She leaves a brother and six sisters to mourn her death. She was preceded by her parents and one sister (Mrs. W. O. Johnson). The funeral was held at the Methodist Church with burial in the Stromsburg Cemetery.<br />
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Link to my Findagrave memorial with her gravestone photo (taken by myself): <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31078354/ida-m_-hanson">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31078354/ida-m_-hanson</a><br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-69742463271655027802020-04-11T09:25:00.001-07:002020-04-11T09:25:22.062-07:00Former Nebraska Governor Albinus NanceThis is not a relative, but I periodically write articles for the NSGS publication Ancestree, so thought I would put it on my blog too.<br />
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Nance was born in Stark County, Illinois on March 30, 1848. His parents were
Dr. Hiram Nance and Sarah Smith. His father was an eminent physician and
surgeon, a descendant of French Huegenots who settled in North Carolina. His
mother was of English heritage. He was educated in Kewanee, Illinois until age
16. At age of 16 he enlisted in the 9<sup>th</sup> Illinois Cavalry to fight in
the Civil War. He fought in several battles and was wounded in the Battle of
Nashville. After the Civil War he entered Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
In 1870 he was admitted to the bar in the supreme court in Illinois. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He moved to
Nebraska in 1871 to homestead and practice law. He settled in Polk county being
granted a homestead in 1875. Most of his time he spent practicing law in
Osceola and working his real estate business. In 1873 his friends submitted his
name to the Republican convention of the thirteenth district of the state
legislature. He won at the election by about 2000. While in Polk county, he met
notable residents who became his friends: Charles H. Morrill and John H.
Mickey. They were members of an Osceola banking firm and started the Stromsburg
Bank in 1881. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Albinus Nance married Sarah White, daughter of Egbert and Mary White of
Farragut, Iowa. To this union, one daughter was born, Helen. Helen later
married Walter L. Anderson. Walter and Helen did not have any children, so
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the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1875 to 1878, serving as the speaker
in 1877-1878. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1876. In 1878 while he was serving as speaker, he was elected as
governor of Nebraska. He was only 30 years old at the time, so he was nicknamed
the “boy governor”. He and his administration were popular with the people. He
won re-election in 1880 with “wild enthusiasm”. He is known for calling in the
Nebraska state militia to subdue the strikers in the Camp Dump Strike; one
striker was killed by the militia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nance passed away at the Augustana hospital in Chicago on December 7, 1911
after having pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Walter Anderson, in Chicago. The body was laid to rest in the family plot
in Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Offices at the state house were closed
for an hour for the funeral time as many of the state officers and prominent
citizens attended his service. Governor Nance was a member of the Knights
Templar and the Masons. Pallbearers included his friends Charles H. Morrill, A.
S. Tibbets, C. O. Whedon, A. S. Raymond, A. W. Field, J. H. McClay, R. E.
Moore, and Oliver E. Mickey (son of former governor John H. Mickey). Many other
notable men served as honorary pallbearers including doctors, governors, a
judge and a captain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Less than a week left of 2019, so it's a good time to see how the year went.<br />
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1. I am an avid cemetery photographer. This year my total photos on Billion Graves is 10,835 and total transcriptions of 9933. This is an increase for the year of 8499 photos and 7709 transcriptions. For Findagrave my totals are now 10,842 memorials added and 24,061 photos added. This is an increase for the year of 861 memorials and 2986 photos. </div>
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2. NSGS: I finished my first complete year as president, and also coordinated a conference in Grand Island with Blaine Bettinger, expert on DNA. It was well attended and everyone enjoyed Blaine as a presenter. </div>
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1. I gave several presentations this year: Beginning DNA twice (in Columbus and David City), Cemeteries three times (twice in Arapahoe, once in Lincoln), and Homesteading at NSGS. I also recently got selected to speak in FGS 2020 in Kansas City next September. I am excited to give three presentations at my first national genealogy conference. </div>
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2. I helped several clients this year. </div>
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3. I started digitizing for FamilySearch. This has been quite the learning experience. I know computers well, but have learned a lot more about cameras. Also learned more specifically what FamilySearch wants. </div>
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4. I attended APG (Association of Professional Genealogists) meetings when I could, most of them online.<br />
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I think that's about it. What did you accomplish in 2019? Do you set goals for 2020? Leave me a link below. </div>
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GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-39855023298351104612019-10-21T09:42:00.000-07:002019-10-21T09:45:56.275-07:00Amazing Local Man: James Calmar Wilson<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wrote up this article for our local newspaper and the state genealogical publication, so I figured I could put it on my blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note I am NOT related to this man; neither is anyone in my family. I do live in the county where he is from.</span><br />
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Wilson is the only son born to John Wesley and Margaret Olive (McCune) Wilson.
He was born in Stromsburg, Polk County, Nebraska on October 8, 1900. His mother
gave music lessons out of her home, and one student arrived that day and was
told that she gave birth that morning so the student’s lesson would be
postponed. His mother passed away when he was just 15 years old, and his father
when he was 18, so he spent quite a bit of time with his maternal grandparents,
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second grade. He graduated from Stromsburg High School with the Class of 1917. He
then entered the state university and received his Bachelor’s of Science from
that institution. Since graduation, he tried his hand at several occupations
including farming, professional musician, college professor, explorer, writer
and lecturer. He was an instructor for a time in the English department at the
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paper records the departure of Jim and his friend Francis Flood in August 1927
for their trip around the world, calling them journalists. Francis was the
associate editor of the Nebraska Farmer, while Jim is called a farmer,
saxophone player and journalist. For this trip they needed passports and also
had letters from the army, navy, White House and governor. They carried one
suitcase between them, Wilson’s banjo, and a camera. They wrote articles for
magazines, and took pictures and motion film for a couple companies. In 1928
with Francis, they became the first white men to cross central Africa from
coast to coast. He and Francis made this 1200-mile trip by motorcycle, crossing
roads never traveled by wheels. At one point, he was so thankful for a drink he
played his banjo in gratefulness. Another day he played his banjo at the Emir’s
palace and was offered three of his four wives, which he declined. He has made
other travels and explorations to India, Burma, Siam, China, Japan, Canada, Alaska
and Mexico. His love of travel and adventure seemed to come from his mother,
herself quite a traveler in almost all the countries of Europe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alice Winona Olmstead on December 24, 1928 in Lincoln, Nebraska. To this union,
two sons were born: David James and Steven Calmar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fall of 1933, he is a lecturer and writer and has been unusually successful.
His articles have appeared in many leading magazines, and has lectured before
Field Museum, Harvard Club of Boston, The Executives’ Club of Chicago, Colgate
University and hundreds of other leading organizations throughout the east. At
this time he made his home in northern Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wilson wrote a book “Three Wheeling Through Africa” which describes their trip
in 1927-1928 with the motorcycles, at times having to carry them with the aid
of camels. He cites the friendliness and helpfulness of the African peoples. This
book was briefly on the New York Times bestseller list. The book was originally
published by Robbs Merrill of Indianapolis and sold for $3.50. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jim calls himself “a misfit, drifting from engineering to peddling books to
vandeville to blondes to music to brunettes to punching cows to Alaska to
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and Alice moved to a farm near Polk where he finally settled until his passing.
There he pioneered the use of native tall-grass prairie grass for pasture,
erosion control and prairie restoration. He co-authored a book with his wife
Alice and his son Steve entitled “Grass Land” on ecological aesthetic and
economical values of our Middle Western conservation society of America. This
book is hard to find to purchase, but is available at Nebraska college and
university libraries. This book was self-published by “Wide Skies Books” in
Polk, Nebraska by the Wilson family. Their son Steve took all the photos in the
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an article published in the August 1943 issue of Harper’s Magazine entitled
“Don’t Waste the Game Crop!” co-authored with his wife Alice. Actually his wife
was quite the writer; she wrote for “The Nebraska Farmer”, “Saturday Evening
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passed on and encouraged by his talented mother, who herself was an
accomplished musician having studied at the New York Conservatory of Music. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wilson has a valley named for him called “Jim Wilson Canyon” in Fall River
County, South Dakota. It is in the Buffalo Gap National Grassland near Pine
Ridge Reservation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-14175237674779602592019-08-31T16:10:00.001-07:002019-08-31T16:10:53.560-07:00August: Husband's relative, Floyd BuchananAs an avid cemetery photographer, I am often trying to "complete" a cemetery by photographing the entire cemetery and put the photos on Findagrave and Billion Graves. Well little did I know that this part of my hobby would lead me to finding one of my husband's relatives less than 20 miles away from us!<br />
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My husband is a Nebraska transplant. He was born in Iowa, but never lived there as they just drove across the river to the hospital. He grew up some in Illinois, where many of his ancestors were from. Most of his life he spent in northwest Indiana. So I NEVER thought I would find one of his relatives in Nebraska, let alone less than 20 miles away!<br />
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So I ended up finding three of his first cousins two times removed. Floyd Buchanan, and two of his sisters Iva (Buchanan) Towslee and Maud (Buchanan) Roth. They are three of five children of Mary Regina Foresman and Robert A. Buchanan. Mary Regina Foresman is the daughter of John Piatt Foresman and Anna Filbert (my husband's great-great-grandparents).<br />
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Floyd, Iva and Maud were all born in McDonough County, Illinois. Iva is the oldest born in 1867, Maud in 1870, and Floyd in 1876. Also born to this couple were Carrie in 1873 and Grace in 1878. Their early life was spent in McDonough County, Illinois. At the age of 20, Floyd came to Merrick County, Nebraska. Sister Iva came in about 1885 to Merrick County, Nebraska to be with a step-sister (Mrs. Emma Sutton). Maud frequently visited her relatives in Silver Creek, Nebraska and it was there she met her beau, Alvin Roth.<br />
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Floyd married Mattie Floss Yeoman and was active in the community. He served as Postmaster from 1930-1935, also on city council, and in IOOF, Masonic Lodge and Rebekah Lodge. Floyd was the father of three daughters. All three siblings were members of the Episcopal church and served as active members. Maud had one daughter, and she (Maud) met her death the earliest at the age of 57. Iva married Edgar Towslee and to my knowledge, did not have any children.<br />
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Iva died at age 71 and Floyd at age 78. All three are buried in the Silver Creek cemetery with their spouses. One of Floyd's daughters who passed away young, is also buried there.<br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-41129016158457576332019-01-27T14:41:00.000-08:002019-02-09T18:49:26.155-08:00January: Anna (Jorgensen) DormanSince my genealogy meeting got postponed, it's a good time to do a blog post. This one is not an ancestor, but is a relative. My paternal grandfather's sister, my great aunt, Anna (Jorgensen) Dorman.<br />
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Anna Marie Jorgensen was born June 23, 1905 at Minden (Kearney county), Nebraska to Jorgen Christian "Chris" and Inger Katrina "Katie" Jorgensen. She was the youngest of three siblings, and also the only one I met as she lived the longest of the three.<br />
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In 1907, the family moved to Sidney, Cheyenne county, Nebraska. Her father was farming. They remained there for a long time. The family is still in Cheyenne county, Nebraska in the 1920 census. A short time after that census, her older sister passed away. Martha Irene Jorgensen died March 9, 1920 at the age of 17 from influenza at their home in Cheyenne county. It must be hard to lose a sister when you are 14 years old.<br />
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Anna absorbed all the "book learning" she could in school. Anna kept herself busy working and writing the local gossip column. In the 1920s and1930s, from 1932 to 1940, she wrote the social news under the heading "Grand Prairie" for The Telegraph newspaper. She was paid 50 cents a week, and was supplied with paper, pencils, pens, envelopes and 3-cent stamps.<br />
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Anna got married a little later in life. At the age of 35, she married Clarence A. Dorman in Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska. To this union three sons and one daughter were born. To my knowledge, two of the sons are deceased, David and Robert. One son and one daughter are still living.<br />
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They bought a farm northwest of Sidney, and not long after, oil was discovered on their property. They raised cattle and used the profits from the oil wells for a few additional conveniences.<br />
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On December 16, 1971 she lost her husband as he passed away at the hospital in Sidney, Nebraska.<br />
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Anna Dorman celebrated her 90th birthday in June 1995 at the Mountain Vista Health Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado with many cards from her friends from Sidney. Shortly after, on August 11, 1995 she passed away in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.<br />
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I should have a few photos of Anna somewhere. For records on her, I used the census, newspapers online, gravestone photos and family notes. If/When I find more family photos, I will add them. For now this will have to do. Rest in peace Great-Aunt Anna (or should it be Grand-Aunt). Another post to debate that.<br />
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GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-35302372726195276742019-01-04T09:35:00.000-08:002020-02-08T13:33:39.226-08:00Genealogy Review of 2018About one more week left in 2018 when I started this. I do these mostly for me, I admit. I like to keep track of the year, genealogy wise. So here is what I accomplished in 2018 and a little of what I'm looking forward to in 2019.<br />
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PERSONAL:<br />
1. Laptop died in November, but luckily much of my genealogy is online so I lost some but not as much. If Ancestry is good for something, it's good for storing your tree online and knowing you can get your gedcom there. This reminded me of the need for backups, online or on separate drive.<br />
2. Several Nebraska newspapers have gone online on Advantage Preservation, so I have spent a little time looking up myself and my paternal side.<br />
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VOLUNTEER:<br />
1. Findagrave & BillionGraves: 9981 memorials and 21,075 photos; 2336 images and 2224 transcriptions. I basically just started contributing to BG this year, since June. Findagrave I have been on for 16 years, which is still over 1000 photos per year. This last year I added about 980 memorials and just over 4200 photos. I try to take photos in many states. This summer we are taking a vacation to a "new" state so hopefully I get a few moments to take a few photos in a cemetery.<br />
2. NSGS: Organized a good conference with Judy Russell which was well attended and we made some money. Then I became president in the summer.<br />
3. GenWeb: Well with the Rootsweb server problem, I moved my site. Right now it is actually on both sites/servers. This reminded me of the need for backups.<br />
4. I also have done some indexing of marriages, which has been online on GenWeb and in print as part of NSGS quarterly publication.<br />
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PROFESSIONAL:<br />
1. I helped a small number of clients (about 5) getting documents or researching.<br />
2. I had my first out of state speaking engagement. Thanks to the Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado for having me. I was supposed to speak at Homestead National Monument and got cancelled TWICE due to weather.<br />
3. I attended around half of my APG meetings (mostly online) and a few Twitter genchats.<br />
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Next year I look forward to speaking 2-3 times all within the state. Also I look forward to learning more about DNA from Blaine Bettinger since he is coming to Nebraska for NSGS. Otherwise I am not sure what else 2019 will hold. Happy New Year! May all of you make progress on your genealogy goals.GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-79065360958045872862018-06-17T14:37:00.001-07:002020-02-08T13:36:36.717-08:00Homesteaders and Land OwnersI'm long overdue for a blog post.<br />
In April, yes two months ago, I spoke in Colorado to the Swedish Genealogy Society of Colorado about homesteaders. In doing so, I showed them one of my homesteaders and the many (over 20) pages of documents online in his homesteading file. They were surprised that you can find naturalization information in a homesteading record. That is because they had to prove their citizenship.<br />
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Well since then, I thought I should look up ALL my possible ancestors who might have homesteaded or otherwise owned land.<br />
Some sources for homesteading and land records include the following:<br />
1. glorecords.blm.gov (This stands for the General Land Office records at the Bureau of Land Management)<br />
2. Fold3.com (subscription)<br />
3. Ancestry.com (subscription)<br />
4. NARA<br />
5. FamilySearch.org and Family History centers<br />
6. Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE<br />
7. University of Nebraska at Lincoln libraries (8 of them on two campuses)<br />
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Okay so I started looking up my ancestors.<br />
On my mom's side I tried the Seggermans: The only Seggerman who homesteaded is not MY ancestor but a cousin of some sort: Henry Seggerman who homesteaded in Montana in 1919.<br />
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On my dad's side I have the following:<br />
1. Lars Jorgensen in Kearney County, Nebraska: He was my example for my presentation, a pioneer settling in 1885 and then getting more land in 1890. He is the one I found over 20 pages on Ancestry of his homestead record.<br />
2. Jesse Fields in Madison County, Nebraska: His record is from 1879-1884. As a Civil War veteran, he paid less than $20 for his 160 acres of land.<br />
3. Charles William Hanks in Madison County, Nebraska: He is the son-in-law to Jesse Fields. His record is from 1886. He paid less than $10 but only had 40 acres.<br />
4. Emeline Mary Nelson in 1891 in Frontier County, Nebraska for 160 acres. I'm nearly certain this has to be my ancestor. She was a single mother who came over from Denmark, so she had to do something to support them.<br />
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So now my mom's side:<br />
1. Felix Regnier in Baca County, Colorado in 1906. Along with Felix, several of his 10 children also owned land in Baca County, Colorado: my great-grandfather Roy, along with his siblings Carrie, Iva (Ivy) and Louis. Carrie and Iva (Ivy) were single women their entire lives, so I am sure Felix thought he should try to provide for them. I heard there was a town in Baca County called Regnier, Colorado, and there is some proof to that here: <a href="https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf">https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf</a> on page 510 (although you may need to go to 525 on the site).<br />
2. John B. Regnier in Washington County, Ohio in 1825: So this was pre-homesteading days and John B. Regnier was actually deceased by 1825 so it was his heirs, or as the document says "heirs at law" who owned this piece of land.<br />
3. Levi Barber in Washington County, Ohio in 1832: Also pre-homesteading days, and this is a joint record, so I'm not really sure if Levi owned this land or if he was representing someone. He was along with Seth and Andrew Fisher, and the document states "Levi Barber, (absignee?) of Andrew Fisher". That word is hard to read, but later on the document acts like the land is "to have and to hold" by Seth Fisher and Levi Barber. Don't you love the language there? Not sure how you "hold" the land, but it sounds like they married it.<br />
4. Katie C. (Dacy) Regnier in 1905 in Cimarron County, Oklahoma: This document is great because if I didn't already know, it gives her maiden name and her middle initial. I did know her maiden name, but not her middle initial. Her parents passed when she was pretty young, so my guess is an older sibling or someone set up this homestead for her. There were several woman homesteaders back in the day, although it was less common.<br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-47482330318897091062018-03-30T09:24:00.001-07:002018-03-30T09:24:34.854-07:001888 Stromsburg bookLast fall I helped digitize church records. So this got me thinking about more digitizing. A discussion on Facebook led to noting a few books in the library that are irreplaceable. No, they're not your Danielle Steel or Stephen King collection. It's those OLD local history books. Copyright lasts for approximately 70 years, so anything before that should be in the public domain. So I took pictures of this book. I was going to post it on GenWeb but Rootsweb is down and I haven't gotten around to moving it. Someone suggested my blog, so here are the photos of that book. I apologize for blurriness on one picture. I must have moved. I did scan this one too. Just takes a bit more time to put those on. I should work on my digitization, maybe get a better camera and a tripod to avoid some of this.<br />
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STROMSBURG, NEBRASKA Advantages and Needs<br />
Published by the committee of John D. Haskell, Chairman; A. Coleman; P. T. Buckley; Lewis Headstrom and Alex Scott.<br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-14479322607879082552018-01-01T18:16:00.002-08:002018-12-23T19:39:48.779-08:00Review of 2017The first day of the year.... Our thoughts turn to reviewing the last year and planning for next year.<br />
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Genealogy wise I try to separate into 3 sections: personal, professional and volunteer. I admit I never put concrete goals down (on paper or computer) this year. Seriously I have a spreadsheet titled 2017 genealogy goals but it has these three titles on it and that's it. Blank! But I still made some progress.<br />
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Personal:<br />
1. I made progress on my DAR application. I got accepted into a chapter pending approval of my application. I filled out an application and got one more record. So I need to review what else I need to submit my application.<br />
2. Thanks to a new genealogy friend, I made progress on my Danish line.<br />
3. Thanks to two of my cousins for doing a DNA test which may have been helpful or at least interesting.<br />
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Professional:<br />
1. Mainly I spent quite a bit of time this fall contacting churches for digitization of their records and driving there for Arkiv Digital. This was a big project but mostly temporary although there is a little left to do.<br />
2. I applied for a scholarship for a genealogy training (SLIG, GRIP or DC). My first time applying so wish me luck.<br />
3. I attended several of my APG meetings (mostly virtually), as well as a few genealogy Twitter chats (#genchat). I attended one conference (see below).<br />
3. Also I had several clients this year and think I was successful in helping them. Also I helped track down my boss's classmate so they could visit when heading that way, although maybe that was volunteer. Lol<br />
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Volunteer:<br />
1. I added a ton of photos and a good number of memorials on Findagrave, specifically over 2300 gravestone photos and over 500 memorials. That brings my totals to 9000 memorials and 16,830 photos.<br />
2. I coordinated a large conference for NSGS with D. Joshua Taylor as featured speaker. It was a successful conference with our largest attendance ever, even if we didn't quite make a profit on it.<br />
3. I updated the local cemetery directory, and tried to keep the county GenWeb site maintained.<br />
4. I also made progress indexing marriages.<br />
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That's all I can think of for now. Hopefully 2018 is another productive genealogy year.GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-10350865759601450052017-12-31T13:58:00.003-08:002019-06-30T19:20:04.634-07:00Pros and Cons on the "new" FindagraveAny of you who know me well know that I am an AVID cemetery photographer, and probably know my favorite web site for this is Findagrave.<br />
So how long do you think I've been a member?<br />
Pretty much as long as I've been doing genealogy, over 15 years. That's a long time to use a web site, and I use it regularly. I have contributed an average of over 1000 photos per year, or 3 per day.<br />
Then lately, they decided to TOTALLY change their site, and its design. Now there have been updates over the last 15 years, but generally their design has stayed the same. So it wasn't that hard to get used to those.<br />
I didn't think I was "old dog" who couldn't learn new tricks but for some reason I have been resistant to try this out. Well in the last month or so, it pretty much looked like I didn't have a choice.<br />
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Also please refer to their statement here as to the changes: https://www.facebook.com/FindAGrave/posts/10155934120708680<br />
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Pros:<br />
1. Findagrave says it's better for phones and tablets.<br />
I rarely use it on my phone or tablet, but I agree it does work well on my phone. No need to zoom in to read the type which before was quite small.<br />
2. It's faster.<br />
I have found it loading quicker, hopefully this continues.<br />
3. Easier to send edits<br />
Instead of 5-7 choices to send edits, there is one page to make all the edits and then click save. No need to send relationship links in one edit, and then edits to dates in another. Do it all in one. Thanks Findagrave. I am liking this one.<br />
4. More photos allowed.<br />
This is a pro as sometimes a contributor would put 5 family photos on, not leaving any space for a gravestone photo or vice versa.<br />
Now there is a limit per contributor<br />
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Cons:<br />
1. You have to accept edits one at a time. This is more time consuming than it used to be. Used to be able to set up to 25 edits to accept (or reject or ignore) and then process them.<br />
2. You have to claim a photo request in order to report a problem on it. My questions is Why (did Findagrave do this)? It seems like an extra step that is unnecessary.<br />
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That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to leave a comment if you can think of other Pros or Cons to the new format. Please no other comments about Findagrave and specific people (like the complaint I often see about posting memorials RIGHT after someone dies). I'm just talking about the format changes.<br />
<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-66488553377550127282017-10-08T11:44:00.000-07:002017-10-08T11:44:48.669-07:00Cousin's DNAAncestry DNA had a good sale a while back, so I asked a few of my cousins if they would take a DNA test. About 5 people agreed, but I was only paying for two. Not a whole lot of surprises by their DNA, but it's interesting. So I did a comparison:<br />
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Beth (my) DNA:<br />
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Okay we are all three first cousins. Tricia's Mom, my Mom, and Jeremy's Dad are all siblings.<br />
We are all 100% European, no surprise. Our top 4 are virtually all the same. However the percentages vary, which is to be expected. Percentages can even vary between siblings. Also even though we are ALL Scandinavian, there is no Scandinavian in our common heritage. Jeremy's Mom and my Dad have Danish ancestors, so pretty sure that's our Scandinavian. With Tricia's maiden name, her Dad surely has Swedish ancestors (or possibly Norwegian).<br />
Our common countries should be Ireland, Germany, France and England. So the Europe West could be Germany and France. We all have Irish, and all close to the same percentage 17-23%. The Irish is from our great-grandmother (our grandmother's mother was pretty much 100% Irish). We also all have a tiny bit of Iberian Peninsula, which I'm thinking could be related to our French ancestors. I haven't found any Spanish or Portuguese, so maybe our French were further south.<br />
Some things stand out. Jeremy is the only one with Finland/Northwest Russia which must be from his Mom. Maybe her Danes dabbled in Finland. Tricia is the only one with European Jewish which must be from her Dad's side. Tricia and I have Italy/Greece but not Jeremy, and I have not found any Italian or Greek ancestors yet, but notice my percentage is tiny.<br />
Anyway, this was all very interesting to me. Feel free to leave any comments below or on social media.GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-82747817157969814062017-05-19T19:37:00.000-07:002017-05-19T19:37:03.941-07:00May Ancestor: Harry SeggermanSorry to my faithful readers that it's been a while. I've just been busy.<br />
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Did my fellow genealogists know that NSGS (Nebraska State Genealogy Society) offers family recognition certificates? So if your family settled in Nebraska AT LEAST 100 years ago, you could apply for one of these! And in 2017 the certificates are special with the Nebraska 150 logo, and the 40th anniversary logo of NSGS. This year I hope to do that for 2 of my ancestors, one a pioneer family and one a century family. Go here <a href="https://nsgs.org/cpage.php?pt=33">https://nsgs.org/cpage.php?pt=33</a> for more information.<br />
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For my pioneer family, I plan to apply with Lars Jorgensen. I have already blogged about him here <a href="http://geniebeth.blogspot.com/2015/05/april-ancestor-lars-jorgensen.html">http://geniebeth.blogspot.com/2015/05/april-ancestor-lars-jorgensen.html</a><br />
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For my century family, I plan to apply with Harry Seggerman.<br />
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Harry was born the 9th of October 1881 to Johann Heinrich (John Henry) and Mary (Junker) Seggerman in Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois. Harry was the sixth of nine children born to J. H. and Mary Seggerman. Some time between 1889 and 1894 the Seggerman family moved from Illinois to Jefferson County, Nebraska. Here is where the 1890 census would help determine that. I have evidence that their youngest daughter was born in 1889 in Illinois, and Mary passed away in 1894 in Jefferson County, Nebraska. So Harry spends much of his youth growing up in Illinois, and then around the age of 10 moves with his family to Nebraska.<br />
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On April 7, 1904 Harry marries Anna Michels in Jefferson County, Nebraska. This union is blessed with 3 children: Henry, and then twins Lester and Esther. Harry is a farmer in Jefferson County, Nebraska for his entire married life. Harry passes away February 18, 1942 at the age of 60 years and about 4 months in Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska. He is laid to rest on February 20 in the cemetery where his father and several siblings are buried, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery just west of Fairbury. He is survived by his wife, 2 sons and one daughter, two brothers and three sisters.<br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-33340429759108598572017-03-25T13:12:00.000-07:002017-03-25T13:12:44.457-07:00Advertisement: NSGS Conference 2017Readers beware,<br />
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GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-67397498264768248032017-01-02T19:21:00.000-08:002017-01-02T19:21:15.447-08:00Review of 2016Well a bit late, but the holidays are busy as usual.<br />
Time to review my goals from 2016:<br />
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Professional:<br />
1. I attended about 14 sessions of genchat this year. (pretty much met goal, which was 16)<br />
2. Do 2 webinars or videos, I did one<br />
3. Go to 2 genealogy conferences, I went to one (didn't find another close by that interested me)<br />
4. Blog twice a month or 24 times<br />
I blogged 9 times, and have 2 drafts in progress, so close to half<br />
5. Work on projects for clients<br />
Progress made<br />
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Volunteer:<br />
1. Update the local cemetery directory<br />
Done in May before Memorial day<br />
2. Continue adding photos on Findagrave for cemeteries<br />
This one wasn't very measurable but I finished the ones I wanted to do, plus did others<br />
3. Continue indexing marriage records and put online<br />
Made progress, got through some quick letters (Q, U, V) and helped do a little with FamilySearch indexing.<br />
4. Continue quarterly updates of my GenWeb site<br />
I did some updates, particularly when I added the above marriage records, but probably not quarterly<br />
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Personal:<br />
1. Do timelines for 12 ancestors<br />
Not even sure if I got one done<br />
2. Continue regular quarterly backups<br />
I did a backup in the 3rd quarter, so need to do this more<br />
3. Finish husband's Mayflower application<br />
Progress made, but need to do more<br />
4. Do my DAR application<br />
Progress made, working on getting records so I can submit soon<br />
5. Continue working on my research To Do List<br />
This is also not very measurable but some progress was made.<br />
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I seem to be much better at the first two categories than the last. Always putting others first, I guess. But I've been focusing on my own for the first 10 years or so, so these last 4 1/2 I can focus on others.<br />
I don't think I did too bad, but always room for improvement. Well I have things to carry over for next year....well this year now. I also need new ideas, so if you have different goals than mine, let me know. It's always good to share ideas.<br />
<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-19535233424235384892016-12-03T13:36:00.000-08:002016-12-03T13:36:15.615-08:00November Ancestor: Jane Kirkpatrick FosterThis month I am writing about one of my ancestors from my dad's side, Jane P. Kirkpatrick Foster, my 3rd great-grandmother.<br />
Jane was born May 19, 1824 in Decatur, Brown County, Ohio to John Kirkpatrick and Margaret Campbell. She was the 8th of 11 children. One of the 11 died as an infant and another passed away as a young adult. Still I am sure I should have many cousins from this line.<br />
As far as I can tell, Jane spent her whole life in Brown county and Adams county, Ohio. They are located in southern Ohio, next to the Ohio river and the state of Kentucky.<br />
She was married in 1847 in Ohio (probably Adams or Brown county) to William Foster. I have yet to find a record for this, so it could've been in Kentucky also. They don't appear in the indexes for either state at this point.<br />
They settle in Adams county, Ohio and become the parents of 7 children: Hiram Irving Foster (born 1848), Nathan Miller Foster (1850), Mary Margaret Foster (1853), Elizabeth Louisa Foster (1857), Alexander Douglas Foster (1860), Martha Ann Foster (1862) and Sarah E. Foster (1864). She continues to raise her family in Adams County, Ohio at least until the 1880s. Jane loses her husband to death in 1893, so then presumably goes to live with a daughter. As I find her in the 1900 census living in Adams County with Andrew and Sarah E. Hile. Sarah is (of course) her youngest daughter.<br />
Then on May 31, 1903 Jane passes away at the age of 79 in Adams County, Ohio.<br />
Jane is buried with her husband William Foster in Hopewell Cemetery in Adams County, Ohio.<br />
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I have a bit more I need to do on these two. I have found them in all the US Federal censuses from 1850-1880, and I have found her in 1900. Then we have the gravestone photo, and that is all the documentation I have found. There should be a marriage license, but it could take several inquiries to find it. There may be death records, so I should inquire for those too. But there is only so much money for genealogy, and so much time, so sometimes some ancestors get put on the back burner. </div>
<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-91190876972438621442016-10-12T13:09:00.001-07:002016-10-12T13:10:43.967-07:00October Ancestor: Levi BarberWell originally I had this post titled September, but apparently September got away from me. So here it is October. Obviously I need to get off social media and blog more.<br />
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Levi Barber is an ancestor from my mom's side. He is one of my ancestors that takes me back to the Mayflower. He is my 4th great-grandfather.<br />
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Levi was born October 16, 1777 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut to David Barber and Sarah Lawrence. It's hard to tell much about his early life since I don't live near Connecticut, and there aren't many records and information available online for the 1700s. I assume he grew up in Connecticut, as I have found information that said he moved to Ohio in the fall of 1799. He lived many years in Marietta and Harmar.<br />
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On February 15, 1803 Levi married Elizabeth Rouse of Harmar in Harmar, Washington County, Ohio. Levi and Elizabeth were the parents of 5 children, of which one died young. David born in 1804 was unmarried, Elizabeth born 1807, Austin born 1809, Levi born 1812 and died young probably before the next child, Levi was born in 1814.<br />
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Levi led an active business and civic life. He was a surveyor in the employ of the Federal Government. He was also a merchant in Harmar. He was a State Representative in 1806. He was commissioned as receiver at the U.S. Land Office in Marietta in 1807. He was an aide to Governor Meigs during the War of 1812. He was elected to the U.S. Congress from 1817-1819 and 1821-1823 (the 15th and 17th). After losing his next bid for election Levi was clerk of the court of common pleas and the court of Washington County. He was a justice to the peace and president of the Bank of Marietta.<br />
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All this by the age of 55, as on April 23, 1833 Levi passed away. He has an impressive monument at the Harmar Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio. It can be seen at this web site: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10493877">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10493877</a><br />
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Thanks to Findagrave contributor "BigWoo" for this photo.<br />
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As I've not been to Ohio or Connecticut, my information on Levi has largely been gathered by the internet, books and mail. I have a book "The Connecticut Barbers: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, CT" (second edition) which listed some of this information.GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-58807970632903272162016-08-24T15:10:00.001-07:002016-08-24T15:10:05.959-07:00August Ancestor: Husband's Amanda HubbardHere it is August. School is starting or will this week.<br />
We spent the beginning of August seeing my husband's family, both deceased and alive. So you know what that means: I got to do some genealogy! We went to a little museum which had obituaries and other records. We spent a couple hours there and luckily they had cookies and Dominoes to keep my kids occupied.<br />
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So in that process, we found an obituary for his ancestor Amanda Olive (Massie) Hubbard. It is rather amazing that we found this in the condition it was in, not on microfilm, but on original newspaper in a bound book from 1938. Our parents weren't even born yet in 1938, so to find an original older than that is pretty amazing. I know it happens though; there is a town in my county that has bound books of newspapers from the 1910s. It's a good thing I had my scanner and my camera.<br />
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Amanda Olive Massie was born to Thomas and Elizabeth (Banks) Massie on September 5, 1860 on a farm near Adrian, Hancock county, Illinois. Her entire life was spent in Hancock county where she lived happily with her family and friends. She married Dwight W. Hubbard on December 23, 1877 in Hancock county, Illinois. To this union, six children were born which included two girls and four boys: Clarence born in 1879, Caswell born in 1881, Ivy born in 1882, Walter born in 1888, Vera born in 1895 and Leo born in 1901. Shortly after the birth of their last son, her husband Dwight passes away on April 3, 1903 at the age of 46.<br />
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According to his probate, he leaves her with about $1500 of farm and household property, which was probably quite a bit in 1903. According to inflation calculators, that equates to nearly $40,000 today. Still she still has 3 kids at home, so the 1910 census finds her working as a farmer. In 1920, she appears to be living in a home in Carthage with her son Leo. In 1930, she is living alone in Carthage, and it looks like the same house.<br />
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She passes away at her daughter's house, Mrs. Leslie Blythe, on September 15, 1938 at the age of 78 years and 10 days. I know from her obituary that she was a Christian woman, joining first the United Brethren Church and then later the Christian church in Adrian. She is buried in the Harris Cemetery near Dallas City, Illinois.<br />
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<br />GenieBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047537229787361297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789606691626384583.post-67291498115836779032016-07-18T13:19:00.001-07:002016-07-18T13:19:55.524-07:00Monday Musings: Gravestone NOT always rightHappy Monday all. Another slow day at work, so I went to the library to use the microfilm to find a couple obituaries for a client. Low and behold, I find a funny article with the following title:<br />
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"Died in 1950" Sign Shocks Visitors to Wisconsin Cemetery<br />
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Okay so you're reading this thinking why is "died in 1950" so shocking? Well it helps to know the DATE of the article. I found this in my local Nebraska newspaper dated 21 November <b>1946 !! </b><br />
So apparently this man wanted to predict his death. So how well did he do?<br />
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Coming home, I check Findagrave and find this: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145383052<br />
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The contributor has noted the stone says 1950, but the cemetery records have 1958. I have sent corrections to this contributor.<br />
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Apparently Mr. John Aplin had quite the sense of humor, and he was right about one thing: "There probably won't be anyone to take care of it when I die, so I might just as well do it myself". </div>
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So genealogists if you have a relative who thinks like John "It doesn't make any difference if it's a few years one way or the other", then you better make sure you have two or more sources for every event. With relatives like him, you'll need them! </div>
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