January 30, 2011
I was transcribing this obituary for a web site, and I came upon several similarities to my life I thought I would jot them down.
http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1675415.html
The above is a link to an obit of a lady named Dorothy E. Premer. Dorothy and I have some similarities it seems.
1. We share a birthday: May 25 (not the same year)
2. We share a middle initial: E.
3. She was born in Wilcox; I had my first teaching job in Wilcox.
4. She was employed as a librarian in Bartley; I have wanted to be a librarian.
5. I grew up in Cambridge, so I know her sister and maybe a sister-in-law.
6. Lockenour-Jones Mortuary is the same one who did my dad's service (okay, it's the only one in town and Bartley doesn't have one that I know of)
I never met this lady but I think I would've liked her. Rest in peace.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday Genealogy Fun
January 29, 2011
Thanks to Randy Seaver (geniemusings) for this idea. I like his Saturday fun ideas; I just don't always do them all.
1) What day of the week were you born? Tell us how you found out.
2) What has happened in recorded history on your birth date (day and month)? Tell us how you found out, and list five events.
3) What famous people have been born on your birth date? Tell us how you found out, and list five of them.
4) Put your responses in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook.
1. 25 May 1973 was a Friday. I found out two ways. A few years ago my mom told me the doctor was leaving for Memorial day vacation and wasn't going until she had her baby (me). So Mom was induced on Friday and I was born, and the doctor could now take a nice long weekend. I also just verified by internet search.
2. On my birthday (1973) the U.S. launched the first Skylab crew. In 1961, President JFK sets goal of putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade. In 1986, Hands Across America, 6 million people hold hands from New York to California. 1977: Star Wars: A New Hope was released. I found all of these by internet search.
3. Several famous people share my birthday: Jessi Colter and Tom T. Hall from country music. I used to have a country music calendar with birthdays. Actors Mike Myers (of Shrek, etc.) is 10 years older than I am, and Sir Ian McKellen (of LOTR). Actresses Connie Selleca and Anne Heche, and also singer Lauryn Hill all share my birthday. None are the same age I am, Lauryn Hill would be the closest and she is 2 years younger.
Thanks for this idea. This was a fun history lesson brought to you by the internet.
Thanks to Randy Seaver (geniemusings) for this idea. I like his Saturday fun ideas; I just don't always do them all.
1) What day of the week were you born? Tell us how you found out.
2) What has happened in recorded history on your birth date (day and month)? Tell us how you found out, and list five events.
3) What famous people have been born on your birth date? Tell us how you found out, and list five of them.
4) Put your responses in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook.
1. 25 May 1973 was a Friday. I found out two ways. A few years ago my mom told me the doctor was leaving for Memorial day vacation and wasn't going until she had her baby (me). So Mom was induced on Friday and I was born, and the doctor could now take a nice long weekend. I also just verified by internet search.
2. On my birthday (1973) the U.S. launched the first Skylab crew. In 1961, President JFK sets goal of putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade. In 1986, Hands Across America, 6 million people hold hands from New York to California. 1977: Star Wars: A New Hope was released. I found all of these by internet search.
3. Several famous people share my birthday: Jessi Colter and Tom T. Hall from country music. I used to have a country music calendar with birthdays. Actors Mike Myers (of Shrek, etc.) is 10 years older than I am, and Sir Ian McKellen (of LOTR). Actresses Connie Selleca and Anne Heche, and also singer Lauryn Hill all share my birthday. None are the same age I am, Lauryn Hill would be the closest and she is 2 years younger.
Thanks for this idea. This was a fun history lesson brought to you by the internet.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Saturday Night Genie Fun
Thanks to Randy Seaver (geniemusings.com) for this one:
1) How old is one of your grandfathers now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."
2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel"). Who is that person?
3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."
4) Write about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a Facebook note or comment, or as a comment on this blog post.
5) If you do not have a person's name for your "roulette number" then spin the wheel again - pick a grandmother, or yourself, a parent, a favorite aunt or cousin, or even your children!
For me, my grandpa Alfred Jorgensen was born in May 1899, so he would be 111 years old if he was still alive. (My other grandpa Lester would be 99 years old if still alive.)
So 111 divided by 4 and rounded is 28. Person 28 in my TMG is Cole Allison.
1. Cole Allison is currently 10 years old.
2. Cole is my cousin's son.
3. Cole was the ring bearer in my wedding.
If I did person 25, that is a different cousin's son (surname still Allison).
This was rather fun, but I love math and genealogy. I think since I am younger than the average genealogist, maybe I should've gone another generation back, so I am not writing about a living person. However I don't think I said anything too much to give away too much identity to those people who like to steal that information.
Another note: Woohoo, my third post for January, so I have a bonus. If I get busy during a month, I will still be on schedule for posting.
1) How old is one of your grandfathers now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."
2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel"). Who is that person?
3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."
4) Write about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a Facebook note or comment, or as a comment on this blog post.
5) If you do not have a person's name for your "roulette number" then spin the wheel again - pick a grandmother, or yourself, a parent, a favorite aunt or cousin, or even your children!
For me, my grandpa Alfred Jorgensen was born in May 1899, so he would be 111 years old if he was still alive. (My other grandpa Lester would be 99 years old if still alive.)
So 111 divided by 4 and rounded is 28. Person 28 in my TMG is Cole Allison.
1. Cole Allison is currently 10 years old.
2. Cole is my cousin's son.
3. Cole was the ring bearer in my wedding.
If I did person 25, that is a different cousin's son (surname still Allison).
This was rather fun, but I love math and genealogy. I think since I am younger than the average genealogist, maybe I should've gone another generation back, so I am not writing about a living person. However I don't think I said anything too much to give away too much identity to those people who like to steal that information.
Another note: Woohoo, my third post for January, so I have a bonus. If I get busy during a month, I will still be on schedule for posting.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Mystery (gravestone) Monday
Monday, January 3, 2011
I wasn't even going to blog today but I got to this gravestone that I can't read and I thought well I'll put it online for some other opinions.
I have a directory for this cemetery, so even if I get get some portions of it I can check the directory. However, the directory is incomplete and not always correct. I am correcting it as I go.
I think I can read Capt. and Lee, but not a whole lot else. I hate to rubbings, and it is mid-winter in Nebraska so there's little chance I'll get to do that any time soon anyway.
Please leave comments with your opinions. Thanks!
I can't figure out how to rotate that photo, so let me know and maybe I can reload one going the right direction, too.
I wasn't even going to blog today but I got to this gravestone that I can't read and I thought well I'll put it online for some other opinions.
I have a directory for this cemetery, so even if I get get some portions of it I can check the directory. However, the directory is incomplete and not always correct. I am correcting it as I go.
I think I can read Capt. and Lee, but not a whole lot else. I hate to rubbings, and it is mid-winter in Nebraska so there's little chance I'll get to do that any time soon anyway.
I can't figure out how to rotate that photo, so let me know and maybe I can reload one going the right direction, too.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Additional Goal for 2011
January 1, 2011
Happy New Year!
I thought of another goal I wanted to add, not that I'll get to it, but if I put it here I won't forget (or at least that's the plan).
11. Work on my husband's and my applications to SAR and DAR respectively.
Hope everyone is having a great first day of 2011. I am trying to start my genealogy goals today! Already did some on Findagrave and a few obit transcripts! SO much more to do!
Happy New Year!
I thought of another goal I wanted to add, not that I'll get to it, but if I put it here I won't forget (or at least that's the plan).
11. Work on my husband's and my applications to SAR and DAR respectively.
Hope everyone is having a great first day of 2011. I am trying to start my genealogy goals today! Already did some on Findagrave and a few obit transcripts! SO much more to do!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Genealogy Goals for 2011 and Review of 2010
December 31, 2010
Happy New Year's Eve to everyone! And Happy New Year! Today is a good day to reflect on 2010 and plan for 2011.
I had a successful genealogy year in 2010. I made leaps and bounds on my husband's genealogy, tracing one line back to Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower. I made books of genealogy info for my husband's siblings and father, and folders for my step-mother-in-law and her kids. I finished photographing a couple cemeteries and put them on Findagrave.com. I continued to meet with my local genealogy buddies about monthly, and we scheduled Megan Smolenyak to come via Skype to our small town. And I started a genealogy blog.
Now to plan for 2011, here are my goals, in no particular order:
1. To finish my husband's Mayflower application
2. To finish photographing the Osceola Cemetery and put it on Findagrave and possibly start another one
3. To have a sizable (at least 20) group attend our event March 28 with Megan Smolenyak
4. To write a blog at least twice a month (24 times a year)
5. To update my Kearney County NE GenWeb web site at least monthly
6. Organize: Set aside 1 hour each week to organize, whether it be my computer or papers
7. Look into the NGS Home Study course
8. Research: Continue to research, and hopefully into records with which I have less experience (land records, probate records, etc.)
9. To do a better job at keeping up with my obit transcripts, to have each month done by the 10th of the following month
10. To keep up reading my emails better, to get no more than a month behind in reading the GenWeb ones.
Well I think that's enough. I have some personal goals too, for our finance, our family and my spiritual life. That could keep me busy all year I think. Stay tuned to see how I'm doing, and feel free to poke and prod me with any particular goal!
Happy New Year's Eve to everyone! And Happy New Year! Today is a good day to reflect on 2010 and plan for 2011.
I had a successful genealogy year in 2010. I made leaps and bounds on my husband's genealogy, tracing one line back to Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower. I made books of genealogy info for my husband's siblings and father, and folders for my step-mother-in-law and her kids. I finished photographing a couple cemeteries and put them on Findagrave.com. I continued to meet with my local genealogy buddies about monthly, and we scheduled Megan Smolenyak to come via Skype to our small town. And I started a genealogy blog.
Now to plan for 2011, here are my goals, in no particular order:
1. To finish my husband's Mayflower application
2. To finish photographing the Osceola Cemetery and put it on Findagrave and possibly start another one
3. To have a sizable (at least 20) group attend our event March 28 with Megan Smolenyak
4. To write a blog at least twice a month (24 times a year)
5. To update my Kearney County NE GenWeb web site at least monthly
6. Organize: Set aside 1 hour each week to organize, whether it be my computer or papers
7. Look into the NGS Home Study course
8. Research: Continue to research, and hopefully into records with which I have less experience (land records, probate records, etc.)
9. To do a better job at keeping up with my obit transcripts, to have each month done by the 10th of the following month
10. To keep up reading my emails better, to get no more than a month behind in reading the GenWeb ones.
Well I think that's enough. I have some personal goals too, for our finance, our family and my spiritual life. That could keep me busy all year I think. Stay tuned to see how I'm doing, and feel free to poke and prod me with any particular goal!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Veteran's Day
Today is Veteran's day, and the day I decided to start a blog. I'm not much of a writer, so we will see how this goes.
Today is a day to reflect on those who have served in the military. I am thankful for all of these people.
I have a few ancestors who have served. On my dad's side, there is Jesse Fields who served in the Civil War. On my mom's side, we have Gurden Chamberlin who served in the Revolutionary War, and I think there is another one but I can't find or remember him now. We aren't much of a military family, it seems. I have a cousin on my mom's side who has been involved with JAG, but otherwise I don't know of anyone else who comes close. We mainly are doctors, teachers and farmers (present and past).
My husband has more military relatives, but maybe I will comment on those later.
May all the Veterans have a great day! Thank you for your service and God bless you!
Today is a day to reflect on those who have served in the military. I am thankful for all of these people.
I have a few ancestors who have served. On my dad's side, there is Jesse Fields who served in the Civil War. On my mom's side, we have Gurden Chamberlin who served in the Revolutionary War, and I think there is another one but I can't find or remember him now. We aren't much of a military family, it seems. I have a cousin on my mom's side who has been involved with JAG, but otherwise I don't know of anyone else who comes close. We mainly are doctors, teachers and farmers (present and past).
My husband has more military relatives, but maybe I will comment on those later.
May all the Veterans have a great day! Thank you for your service and God bless you!
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