I've come to realize over the years that I can plan and plan but that, in the end, I often go astray from those plans. Why? Because I'm human. I don't see the whole picture. God does though. This past year I had to change my plans several times. I'm thankful to the people with whom I was working on the FGS Conference for Knoxville who knew when they needed to help a little more when I was dealing with my mother's diagnosis with cancer, surgery, extended illness, and ultimate death. I had to slow down a bit after a foot injury at FGS caused me to have to stay off my feet a bit more for much of the remainder of 2010. My left foot healed by October, but my right one is just now at a point where I can bear to apply fairly normal pressure on it. I have been able to research in some facilities, but others which required more walking were not an option for me. As far as 2010, our church choir had planned to go on a mission trip to northern Vermont. I was looking forward to going there because Vermont is one of the states that I've not had the privilege of visiting. I was also going to be able to cross the border into Quebec and add another Canadian province to my places visited category. Those plans were shattered when a long-time employee of the church was discovered to have embezzled 1.5 million dollars. Much of our operating funds were frozen for a time while the investigation took place so we were going week to week there for awhile. I decided to see if there were any openings at Samford (which had been a conflict with the choir mission trip) and found that there was one opening in the Military Records class so I signed up and went to Samford instead. I made several research trips to Nashville -- some of those included client work, but many were able to include at least some personal research. All of these were not in my original plans for the year, but it's hard to imagine anything else at this point.
Now - what are my plans for this year which will likely alter over the course of the year?
In the next few weeks I'll be updating the handout for my NGS presentation about Mississippi research. This is a fairly recent handout so it probably won't change drastically, but I like to update them from time to time.
I'm planning to carve out a little more time to work on FamilySearch Indexing projects. This is likely to take place by making myself indexing at least one census image which usually requires about 15-20 minutes before beginning another project.
I want better access to the articles in the journals and magazines in my personal collection, so I'm going to continue to gradually add these to LibraryThing as titles owned, tag them, give the remaining bibliographic citation (journal title, volume, issue, publication date, pages) in the publication field, etc.
I'm planning to take on more client work this year so this will slow down my own research even more. However, I am planning to focus my research on about three of my families. The first of these is my Mosely/Mosley/Moseley family which ended up in middle Tennessee. They are quite challenging because they spent most of their time in a burned county (Giles). I've found records in several surrounding counties. One of the interesting things is that there is another Moseley family in the same area which is usually connected to a completely different line. I want better evidence than has been published by other researchers that the families are not connected and that ours comes from a different line. The other two families are some that landed in Southeastern Ohio -- the Dearborns and the Taylors. I am speaking at a library conference that will be held at Cedarville University in Cedarville, near Springfield, Ohio, in June. I'm hoping that I can spend some time before or after the conference researching these families who lived in Washington, Morgan, and Athens Counties in the early to mid 19th century. (My Rathbone line was also in the area so I may get a little more information on that one although I have a bit more documentation on this family than the others. Also Lovica Rathbone Taylor married Capt. William Davis later, so I may need to spend a little time with that surname as well.)
I have a couple of lectures that I'm extremely interested in developing. I've had them on paper for awhile and need to get them "ready to go." I suspect that finding examples that I can use to illustrate my slides and getting permissions to use the images will be the time-consuming part.
I have one goal which I don't wish to share publicly at this time. I will spend time working on this goal off and on throughout the year. It's actually one that is already in progress. With a full-time job and other commitments, it will likely take longer than this year to achieve.
Will all this be achieved? I don't know, but God does.
This post was composed for the 101st edition of the Carnival of Genealogy.
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
The Picky Eater
Yes. There truly is one in every family. It's impossible for our family to create a meal without alternatives around the holidays. It's not the older generation that is the problem. It's the ones under age 35. Turkey . . . fortunately most of the family will eat this. Of course, it is my cat Brumley's favorite part of the holiday meal. Cornbread dressing . . . only those over age 35 will eat this. Fortunately those of us over 35 don't mind because it leaves more for us (until we've had it as leftovers for a 3rd time). Cranberry sauce . . . This is a tricky one. My dad, my brothers, and I will eat this. Mom always served the jellied kind out of the can. I prefer making it myself, but the family eats the jellied kind better because of tradition . . . so I usually suffer. Rolls . . . this is one item everyone will eat. Green beans . . . generally speaking, it's those of us who are older who eat this, but I was shocked when, at Thanksgiving, one of my nephews actually put some on his plate. He didn't eat a lot of green beans, but he ate a few. There may be hope for that younger generation yet. Sweet potato casserole . . . some will eat; some won't. Cheesy potato casserole . . . one of my newer favorite dishes. We started making it because one of my nieces really liked it. We're not sure if she knew it had onions in it when we first started serving it, but she does now, and she still eats it. Mashed potatoes . . . served as an alternative for those who won't eat the cheesy potato casserole and/or dressing. Fruit salad . . . another food that everyone will eat. Carrots with ranch dressing . . . for my youngest niece who is now a senior in high school. Pecan pie, Pumpkin pie, Cheesecake supreme . . . everyone will eat at least one of the choices offered (although why some of my nieces and nephews would ever eat the boxed cheesecake you buy at the grocery store after eating the homemade variety we serve, I don't understand). Chocolate . . . Can you believe that I have a niece who won't eat chocolate? We even have Swiss ancestry!!!!! She needs to learn to embrace her inner Swiss. I always tease her that I'm not sure we're related. Of course, we have coated pretzels, fudges, cheese balls, summer sausages, and other things to munch on during the holidays as well.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
My 2009 Genealogy To-Do List
The theme for the first January 2009 Carnival of Genealogy is New Year's Resolutions. We're supposed to share some of our genealogical and blogging intentions. I am not one to make resolutions at all. However, I will share a few things on my to-do list.
Prepare presentations and meet all deadlines for the 2009 FGS/AGS Conference. I'm doing four presentations. Some of my presentations just need to be revised to meet the audience needs. One is getting a great deal of new content because I'm changing some of the focus. I'll be updating or creating syllabus materials for all of them in the next couple of months so that they are ready when they need them for the conference syllabus.
Work on articles for publication. I'm currently researching a problem that will make a great article. I'm also working with another researcher on a project which we hope to publish. I hope to make good progress on both of these in the next year. I had really hoped to do a lot of work on the problem that I was working on over Christmas break, but my mother's health issues altered my plans. I'm running behind. At least I'll get off to a good start on the one by keeping my research trip to the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh on schedule. I'm not quite as prepared as I would have been had I been able to complete my research in published abstracts in Knoxville before the trip, but I've got a few things to do and can do those now instead of later when my time may be a bit shorter. I do have hopes of completing at least one of these in 2009.
Submit proposals for 2010 conference presentations. The only way I may be able to go to NGS in 2010 is if I'm speaking. It falls in the academic year instead of after it as usual. In fact, it will be fairly close to finals. I don't have the tentative academic calendar with me, and I'm not sure if I've seen it or not. It should be either the week before finals or the week of finals though. I'm really sad about that because it is in Salt Lake City, and I really want to go. I don't really hold out a lot of hope for getting an invitation to present at NGS, but I can try. FGS 2010 is in Knoxville so it's "local."
Attend NGS, FGS, and regional and local conferences, seminars, and workshops. Besides NGS and FGS, I have the registration form for the North Carolina Genealogical Society's Spring Regional Workshop [PDF] ready to fill out. I usually find at least one worth attending in our area as well.
Blog as I find something to blog. I don't like to force posts. There's nothing worse than re-hashing old posts for an entire month. If I don't have something new to say, I just won't say it. I know that I don't like re-reading old posts, and I'm sure my readers don't really want to do that. If a newcomer to my blog comes along, he or she can easily access the old posts through the side links. The posts are there. My blog has never been entirely devoted to genealogy. It's a reflection of my whole person. I've seen other bloggers with multiple blogs for each interest in their life neglect one when they focus on the other. Now I'm sure there are some that manage these successfully, but I am not one of those. I've badly neglected my Mississippi blog since I resigned from USGenWeb a little over fourteen months ago. It probably needs to be buried! I keep hoping to find another blogger with Mississippi genealogical and historical interests to be a co-blogger with me, but it's just not happening. I simply don't have the time to maintain two blogs. Technically I have four, but one is for my class and isn't used much any more except as a demo. The other is our library's, and I'm not the only blogger there although I am the most frequent blogger. I probably won't be making Randy's list of the best of the geneablogs for the week very often because most of the research I'm doing at the moment is intended for publication elsewhere, but I do hope to make it once or twice in the coming year!
Prepare presentations and meet all deadlines for the 2009 FGS/AGS Conference. I'm doing four presentations. Some of my presentations just need to be revised to meet the audience needs. One is getting a great deal of new content because I'm changing some of the focus. I'll be updating or creating syllabus materials for all of them in the next couple of months so that they are ready when they need them for the conference syllabus.
Work on articles for publication. I'm currently researching a problem that will make a great article. I'm also working with another researcher on a project which we hope to publish. I hope to make good progress on both of these in the next year. I had really hoped to do a lot of work on the problem that I was working on over Christmas break, but my mother's health issues altered my plans. I'm running behind. At least I'll get off to a good start on the one by keeping my research trip to the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh on schedule. I'm not quite as prepared as I would have been had I been able to complete my research in published abstracts in Knoxville before the trip, but I've got a few things to do and can do those now instead of later when my time may be a bit shorter. I do have hopes of completing at least one of these in 2009.
Submit proposals for 2010 conference presentations. The only way I may be able to go to NGS in 2010 is if I'm speaking. It falls in the academic year instead of after it as usual. In fact, it will be fairly close to finals. I don't have the tentative academic calendar with me, and I'm not sure if I've seen it or not. It should be either the week before finals or the week of finals though. I'm really sad about that because it is in Salt Lake City, and I really want to go. I don't really hold out a lot of hope for getting an invitation to present at NGS, but I can try. FGS 2010 is in Knoxville so it's "local."
Attend NGS, FGS, and regional and local conferences, seminars, and workshops. Besides NGS and FGS, I have the registration form for the North Carolina Genealogical Society's Spring Regional Workshop [PDF] ready to fill out. I usually find at least one worth attending in our area as well.
Blog as I find something to blog. I don't like to force posts. There's nothing worse than re-hashing old posts for an entire month. If I don't have something new to say, I just won't say it. I know that I don't like re-reading old posts, and I'm sure my readers don't really want to do that. If a newcomer to my blog comes along, he or she can easily access the old posts through the side links. The posts are there. My blog has never been entirely devoted to genealogy. It's a reflection of my whole person. I've seen other bloggers with multiple blogs for each interest in their life neglect one when they focus on the other. Now I'm sure there are some that manage these successfully, but I am not one of those. I've badly neglected my Mississippi blog since I resigned from USGenWeb a little over fourteen months ago. It probably needs to be buried! I keep hoping to find another blogger with Mississippi genealogical and historical interests to be a co-blogger with me, but it's just not happening. I simply don't have the time to maintain two blogs. Technically I have four, but one is for my class and isn't used much any more except as a demo. The other is our library's, and I'm not the only blogger there although I am the most frequent blogger. I probably won't be making Randy's list of the best of the geneablogs for the week very often because most of the research I'm doing at the moment is intended for publication elsewhere, but I do hope to make it once or twice in the coming year!
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Dear Genea-Santa
I hear that you look a lot like Randy Seaver. If you live in San Diego like he does, you might want to shed that red suit you always wear. It might be a little warm in such a warm climate. You will, however, need it for your trip to East Tennessee if the weather is like today's which included some snow. Our weather seems a little colder than usual, so I just want to make sure that you are prepared for it!
I think this is where I'm supposed to say that I've been a good girl this year. However, since the song says that "he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake," that seems a bit redundant. I'll let you make your own assessment!
Here is my list of 3 wishes for Christmas. I understand that you only grant heirlooms and not clues to genealogy or current things like journal subscriptions. I have arranged them in order of priority for your convenience.
Richard & Agnes Thornton family Bible . I just know that if you'll send this along to me that it will hold the answers to the parentage of both Richard and Agnes among many other important family dates that would have been recorded.
Quilt made by Lucy Perkins Dearborn. I would love to have a quilt made by this 3rd great-grandmother. She's one of my New England ancestors that moved to the Midwest. I think an old quilt would be a wonderful heirloom.
Medical implements that belonged to Elizabeth "Betsy" Murry Mosely. I think it would be interesting to have some mid-19th century medical implements that belonged to my 3rd great-grandmother. There weren't that many females practicing medicine back then, but the family tradition that she practiced medicine is backed up by census records so I want these implements to treasure.
This concludes my wish list for Christmas 2008. I'll skip the part about the snack for Santa. Some would say that you need to go on a diet, but I think you really feed most of those snacks to the reindeer or you'd be gaining far more weight than your pictures reveal.
Sincerely,
Lori
I think this is where I'm supposed to say that I've been a good girl this year. However, since the song says that "he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake," that seems a bit redundant. I'll let you make your own assessment!
Here is my list of 3 wishes for Christmas. I understand that you only grant heirlooms and not clues to genealogy or current things like journal subscriptions. I have arranged them in order of priority for your convenience.
Richard & Agnes Thornton family Bible . I just know that if you'll send this along to me that it will hold the answers to the parentage of both Richard and Agnes among many other important family dates that would have been recorded.
Quilt made by Lucy Perkins Dearborn. I would love to have a quilt made by this 3rd great-grandmother. She's one of my New England ancestors that moved to the Midwest. I think an old quilt would be a wonderful heirloom.
Medical implements that belonged to Elizabeth "Betsy" Murry Mosely. I think it would be interesting to have some mid-19th century medical implements that belonged to my 3rd great-grandmother. There weren't that many females practicing medicine back then, but the family tradition that she practiced medicine is backed up by census records so I want these implements to treasure.
This concludes my wish list for Christmas 2008. I'll skip the part about the snack for Santa. Some would say that you need to go on a diet, but I think you really feed most of those snacks to the reindeer or you'd be gaining far more weight than your pictures reveal.
Sincerely,
Lori
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Carnival of Genealogy - 56th edition - Part II
In part I of the Carnival, you read the individual submissions to our theme of the ten most essential books in your genealogical library. Now, in part II, we will look at the results of our exercise. Listings will be from most often mentioned to those appearing only once in a listing. All books mentioned are worthwhile or they would not have been included on someone's listing!
Mills / Evidence Explained
Mills / Professional Genealogy
Board of Certification for Genealogists / BCG Genealogical Standards Manual
Greenwood / The Researcher's Guide to Genealogy
One could also argue that The Source belongs here. Because of the different authors of different editions, it makes two appearances in the 3 times list.
Mills / Evidence!: Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian
Rose / Genealogical Proof Standard
Carmack / Your Guide to Cemetery Research
Eichholz / Red Book
Hansen / The Handybook for Genealogists
Carmack / Organizing Your Family History Search
Eakle & Cerny / The Source
Hoffman / Polish Surnames
Hone / Land and Property Research in the United States
McGinnis / Michigan Genealogy
Rising / The Family Tree Problem Solver
Shea & Hoffman / In Their Words
Szucs & Luebking / The Source
Carmack / You Can Write Your Family History
Croom /Genealogist's Companion & Source Book
Croom /Unpuzzling Your Past
Crowe / Genealogy Online
Dollarhide / New York State Censuses and Substitutes
DuMelle / Finding Your Chicago Ancestors
Geyh et al. / French Canadian Sources
Hatcher / Producing a Quality Family History
Hinckley / Your Guide to the Federal Census
Hoffman & Helon / First Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins & Meanings
Humphery-Smith / The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers
Morgan / How to Do Everything with Your Genealogy
Morgan / The Official Guide to Ancestry.com
National Genealogical Society / National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Shea & Hoffman /Following the Paper Trail
Sulimierski, Chlebowski & Walewski / Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich
Taylor /Preserving Your Family Photographs
Taylor / Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs
Thorndale & Dollarhide / Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920
One could also argue that The Everything Family Tree Book goes here. Different submitters gave different authors, but it may be the same title. It is listed once under each author in the "1 time" list.
Abbot / Our Company Increases Apace
Abbot & Abbot / A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot, of Andover
Adolph / Tracing Your Family History
Akenson / Some Family
Allen / First Steps in Genealogy
Anderson / The Great Migration Begins (3 v.)
Anderson & Thode / A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors
Anderson, Sanborn, & Sanborn / Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (7 v.)
Armbruster / Brooklyn's Eastern District
Association of Gravestone Studies / AGS Field Guides
Baer & Breeze / Finding Indiana Ancestors
Baker / A Guide to Historic Plymouth
Barran / The Stadte-Atlas of Pommern (Pomerania)
Barrons / 301 Polish verbs
Barth / City People
Baxter / In Search of Your British & Irish Roots
Beard & Demong / How to Find Your Family Roots
Beider / A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire
Beider / Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names
Beider / Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland
Beider / Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galacia
Bell / Out of This Furnace
Benardo & Weiss / Brooklyn by Name
Bennett / Elaine
Bennett / Nell
Bentz / If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records
Billingsley / Communities of Kinship
Bonnen / Sangre Judia
Boyd / Family Maps of Monroe County, Mississippi
Brandt / Germanic Genealogy
Brown / History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary of the Woods
Burroughs / Black Roots
Burton-Cruber / Cemetery Markings: Itawamba County, Mississippi
Butler / History of the Town of Groton
Butler / Everyman's Dictionary of Dates
Byrne / The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
Carmack / Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists
Carmack / A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestors
Carmack & Gaunt / Carmack's Guide to Copyright and Contracts
Carter / Searching American Probate Records
Case / The Hollister Family of America
Cerny & Eakle / Ancestry's Guide to Research: Case Studies in American Genealogy
Chambers / Early Germans of New Jersey
Chavez / Origins of New Mexico Families
Chorzempa / Polish Roots
Christensen / Parishes and Registration Districts in England and Wales
Christensen / How Do I Prove It?
Clearfield Progress / A View From . . .
Clemensson & Andersson / Swedish Roots
Clifford / Becoming an Accredited Genealogist
Conwill / The Diary of Henry Jackson Lentz (1819-1869) of Limestone County, Alabama & Itawamba County, Mississippi Covering the Years 1847-1869.
County Dunham Environmental Education Curriculum / Coal Mining in Co. Dunham
Crichton / America 1900
Croom / Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook
Curran, Crane & Wray / Numbering Your Genealogy
Daniel / Genealogical Resources of New Mexico
Darrah / Cartes de Visite in Nineteenth Century Photography
Dearden / The German Researcher, How to Get the Most Out of LDS FHC
Delorme Corp. / Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer: Topo Maps of the Entire State
Drake / What Did They Mean By That?
Dunkle & Lainhart / The Town Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1647 to 1730
Eismann / Photoshop Masking & Compositing
Eismann & Palmer / Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching
Ellis & Evans / The History of Lancaster County
Esquibel & Colligan / The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico
Evans / Mother Monroe
Faiguenboim / Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames
Feldblyum / Russian-Jewish Given Names
Filby / Bibliography of American County Histories
Fisiak et al. / Nowy słownik Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej = The new Kosciuszko Foundation dictionary.
Flanders / Atlas of American Migration
Forkner & Dyson / Historical Sketches and Reminsces of Madison County
Franks & Turner / An Itawamba Sampler: A Researcher's Guide to Itawamba County, Mississippi
Fretz / A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer
Gingerich & Kreider / Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies
Gitlitz / Secrecy and Deceit
Gormley & Lord / The Official Guide to Rootsweb.com
Gorr / Jewish Personal Names
Greene County History Book Committee / Historic Greene County, Tennessee, and Its People: 1783-1992
Gronlund / Pioneer Register: Pioneers of British Columbia, Pre 1900
Grover / U. S. News & World Report Stylebook for Writers & Editors
Gutkind / Keep It Real
Gwin / Olden Times Revisited: W. L. Clayton's Pen Pictures
Hagstrom / Hagstrom's Pocket Atlas New York 5 Boroughs
Hakim / The History of US
Harding / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 3: Family of George Soule
Hartley / The Everything Family Tree Book
Hatcher / Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors
Heidgerd / The Freer Family
Herber / Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History
Hicks / Adventures of a Tramp Printer,1880-1890
Hill / History of Coshcocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881
Hinckley / Locating Lost Family Members and Friends
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico / Marriages: Socorro 1854-1900, San Ignacio, San Cristobal, San Marcial, La Jolla
Hoes / Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809
Holt / Encyclopedia of Etiquette
Hornberger & Hudson / The Historical Atlas of New York City
Howe / Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America
Hunt / Historical Collections of Coshcocton County, Ohio, 1764-1876
Hunter / Marriages of Coshcocton County, Ohio, 1811-1930
Irwin / Robert Irwin’s Brothers and Sisters and their Families from County Cavan, Ireland to Fenelon Township, Ontario
Jackson / The Encyclopedia of New York City
Jaslan / Wiedza Powszechna Compact Polish and English Dictionary
Jonas / A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors
Jones / German-American Names
Kelly / Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire
King / King's Handbook of New York City
Knab / Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore
Kobbe / Kobbe's Guide to New York
Kriter, Kriter, Thompson, & Thompson / Monroe County, Mississippi, Chancery Court Record Index 1821-1900
Labrosse-Purcell / Researching Canadian Uncommon Sources
Lambert / A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
Lehnhof & Kaiser / Zauberhafter Niederrhein, Eine Farbbildreise durch Landschaft und Geschichte
Lindberg / Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research
Lindsay / Mayflower Bastard
Linkman / The Victorians
Linkman / The Expert Guide to Dating Victorian Photographs
Loveland, Fremont & Loveland / The Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from 1635 to 1892
Luthy / Amish in America
Mace / Collector's Guide to Early Photographs
Malka / Sephardic Genealogy
Mann / The Oxford Guide to Library Research
Markham Berczy Settlers Association / A Story of the Markham Berczy Settlers
Markham Historical Society / Markham, 1793-1900
Mautz / Biographies of Western Photographers, 1840-1900
McCulloch / Card Photographs
McCullough / Truman
McCutcheon / The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s
McWhorter / The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
Melnyk / Family History 101
Melnyk / The Weekend Genealogist
Menk / Surnames
Merriman / Genealogy in Ontario
Merriman / United Empire Loyalists
Merriman / About Genealogical Standards of Evidence, A Guide for Genealogists
Meyerink / Printed Sources
Millennium Committee / Churches in the Diocese of Dunham
Minert / Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents
Mississippi Department of Transportation / Mississippi Road Atlas
Mokotoff, Sack & Sharon / Where Once We Walked
Moore / A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, R.I.
Mullerowa & Zuchowska / Roman Catholic Parishes in the Polish People's Republic in 1984
Murff & Murff / The Descendants of Randolph S. Murff 1784-1955
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution / Lineages Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution / DAR Patriot Index
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution / Catalog of the Seimes Microfilm Collection
New England Historic Genealogical Society / New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Nugent / Cavaliers and Pioneers
O'Laughlin / Co. Kilkenny Ireland, Genealogy & Family History Notes
O'Laughlin / Book of Irish Families Great and Small
Olmstead / New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses: 1790, 1823, and 1845
Olmstead / Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico 1750-1830
Palmquist & Kaibourn / Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide
Palmquist & Kaibourn / Pioneer Photographers of the Far West
Pearson / Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800
Pfeufer / New Mexico Baptisms: San Miguel de Socorro Church 1821-1853
Philbrick / Mayflower
Poles in Michigan / Poles in Michigan (vol. 1)
Poliniak / When Coal was King
Polking / Writing Family Histories and Memories
Polley & Thornton / Descendants of Richard Thornton
Pols / Family Photographs 1860-1945
Poucher, Terwilliger & Heidgerd / Old Gravestones of Ulster County
Powell / The Everything Family Tree Book
Proko, Kraska & Stickles / The Polish Community of Worcester (Images of America)
Putnam / Genealogy of David Putnam and His Descendants
Putnam / A History of the Putnam Family in England and America
Quillen / Secrets of Tracing Your Ancestors
Rael / Reading, Writing, and Researching for History
Rainer / Your Life as Story
Ramirez Alief et al. / New Mexico Censuses of 1833 and 1845
Reed / Itawamba: A History; Story of a County in Northeast Mississippi
Renick / Genealogy 101
Reynolds / Hudson and Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs
Riemer / The German Research Companion
Rineer / Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County
Risley / The Risley Family History
Romano / Per a Una Historia de la Girona Jueva
Rose / Courthouse Research for Family Historians
Rudisill, Sandweiss, & Palmquist / Photographers
Ryan / Irish Records
Sanborn & Sanborn / Vital Records of Hampton, N. H.: to the End of the Year 1900
Sanchez / San Miguel de Socorro, New Mexico: Marriage Records, 1821-1853
Schaefer / The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy
Schickel / The World of Carnegie Hall
Secall i Guell / Els Jueus de Valls
Severa / Dressed for the Photographer
Seversmith / Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut
Shanet / Philharmonic
Sherman, Sherman, & Wakefield / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 13: William
White
Skulnick & Moorshead / 500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems
Skulnick & Moorshead / More Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems
Sledge / Monroe County Post Offices: 1827-1950
Smart / Index to Upper Canada Land Books
Smith & Weiser / Trinity Lutheran Church Records
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Society / Pennsylvania Line
Spector / Encyclopedia of Jewish Life
Spence / Legacy
Sperry / Reading Early American Handwriting
Strangstad / A Graveyard Preservation Primer
Stratton / Applied Genealogy
Stratton / Plymouth Colony
Streidl / Häuserchronik der Stadt Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm
Streidl / Stadt Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm
Szucs / They Became Americans
Tademy / Cane River
Taylor / The Canadian Genealogical Sourcebook
Taylor / Scrapbooking Your Family History
Thiry & Dolader / El Libro Verde de Aragon
Thornton / New Hope Cemetery, Parham, Monroe County, Mississippi
Thornton / Index to Online Burials in Monroe County, Mississippi
Thornton & Thornton / The Thornton News
Tilden / History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886
Todd / First Alabama Cavalry USA
Torrey / New England Marriages: Prior to 1700
Treat / The Treat Family, A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt and Treat
Turner / 1850 Census, Itawamba County, Mississippi
Ueland / If You Want to Write- A Book about Art, Independence, and Spirit
Valencia y Valdez et al. / Aqui se comienza
Vrabel / When in Boston
Wakefield / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 18: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620
Warrilow / Tracing Your Ancestors in Bruce & Grey
Wheeler / Old Homes of Stonington
Wheeler / The History of Stonington, Connecticut
White / Guide to Quebec Catholic Parishes and Published Parish Marriage Records
White / White's Directory of Lincolnshire
Williams & Jaggar / Saving Stuff
Wood / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 12: Francis Cooke
Woodtor / Finding A Place to Call Home
Wright / Lancaster County Church Records of the 18th Century
Yates / Publish Your Family History
Young & Miles / Itawamba County, Mississippi Families (1836-1986)
Zubatsky / Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories
The Denison Genealogy
German-English, English-German Dictionary
1864 Atlas of Lancaster County
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Family Bible information included)
History of Wilsons Mills and the Magalloway Settlements
La Catalunya Jueva
Perpignan: L'histoire des Juifs dans la ville
La Via Judia en Sefarad
The Oxford Companion to United States History
United States Official Postal Guide
The New York Chronology
Deutsche Namenkunde
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language
Rand McNally Road Atlas
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Oscola Mills
100 Years in Brisbin and Houtzdale
75th Anniversary of Barnesboro
McCutchen Family Trace Newsletter
British Columbia War Memorials: An Index of Names
American Genealogist
Chicago Manual of Style
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Call For Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the COG will be: I read it in the news! Newspapers can be a wonderful source of family history information. Share some aspect about your family history that you learned about in a newspaper. Articles, advertisements, obituaries, classified ads, photos... all are fair game if they appeared in a newspaper. What did you learn about your family from this information? Was the information accurate? How did you learn about this information... online search? Perusing old newspapers? A clipping saved by a relative? Fill us in on your family scoops... who in your family was in the news? The deadline for submissions is October 1st. The next edition will be hosted at the Creative Gene blog.
To All COG Participants: Please use a descriptive phrase in the title of any articles you plan to submit and/or write a brief description/introduction to your articles in the "comment" box of the blogcarnival submission form. This will give readers an idea of what you've written about and hopefully interest them in clicking on your link. Introductions for your articles will not be provided for you due to the volume of articles submitted. Thank you!
15 times
Mills / Evidence Explained
8 times
Mills / Professional Genealogy
6 times
Board of Certification for Genealogists / BCG Genealogical Standards Manual
Greenwood / The Researcher's Guide to Genealogy
One could also argue that The Source belongs here. Because of the different authors of different editions, it makes two appearances in the 3 times list.
5 times
Mills / Evidence!: Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian
Rose / Genealogical Proof Standard
4 times
Carmack / Your Guide to Cemetery Research
Eichholz / Red Book
Hansen / The Handybook for Genealogists
3 times
Carmack / Organizing Your Family History Search
Eakle & Cerny / The Source
Hoffman / Polish Surnames
Hone / Land and Property Research in the United States
McGinnis / Michigan Genealogy
Rising / The Family Tree Problem Solver
Shea & Hoffman / In Their Words
Szucs & Luebking / The Source
2 times
Carmack / You Can Write Your Family History
Croom /Genealogist's Companion & Source Book
Croom /Unpuzzling Your Past
Crowe / Genealogy Online
Dollarhide / New York State Censuses and Substitutes
DuMelle / Finding Your Chicago Ancestors
Geyh et al. / French Canadian Sources
Hatcher / Producing a Quality Family History
Hinckley / Your Guide to the Federal Census
Hoffman & Helon / First Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins & Meanings
Humphery-Smith / The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers
Morgan / How to Do Everything with Your Genealogy
Morgan / The Official Guide to Ancestry.com
National Genealogical Society / National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Shea & Hoffman /Following the Paper Trail
Sulimierski, Chlebowski & Walewski / Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich
Taylor /Preserving Your Family Photographs
Taylor / Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs
Thorndale & Dollarhide / Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920
One could also argue that The Everything Family Tree Book goes here. Different submitters gave different authors, but it may be the same title. It is listed once under each author in the "1 time" list.
1 time
Abbot / Our Company Increases Apace
Abbot & Abbot / A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot, of Andover
Adolph / Tracing Your Family History
Akenson / Some Family
Allen / First Steps in Genealogy
Anderson / The Great Migration Begins (3 v.)
Anderson & Thode / A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors
Anderson, Sanborn, & Sanborn / Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (7 v.)
Armbruster / Brooklyn's Eastern District
Association of Gravestone Studies / AGS Field Guides
Baer & Breeze / Finding Indiana Ancestors
Baker / A Guide to Historic Plymouth
Barran / The Stadte-Atlas of Pommern (Pomerania)
Barrons / 301 Polish verbs
Barth / City People
Baxter / In Search of Your British & Irish Roots
Beard & Demong / How to Find Your Family Roots
Beider / A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire
Beider / Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names
Beider / Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland
Beider / Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galacia
Bell / Out of This Furnace
Benardo & Weiss / Brooklyn by Name
Bennett / Elaine
Bennett / Nell
Bentz / If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records
Billingsley / Communities of Kinship
Bonnen / Sangre Judia
Boyd / Family Maps of Monroe County, Mississippi
Brandt / Germanic Genealogy
Brown / History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary of the Woods
Burroughs / Black Roots
Burton-Cruber / Cemetery Markings: Itawamba County, Mississippi
Butler / History of the Town of Groton
Butler / Everyman's Dictionary of Dates
Byrne / The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
Carmack / Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists
Carmack / A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestors
Carmack & Gaunt / Carmack's Guide to Copyright and Contracts
Carter / Searching American Probate Records
Case / The Hollister Family of America
Cerny & Eakle / Ancestry's Guide to Research: Case Studies in American Genealogy
Chambers / Early Germans of New Jersey
Chavez / Origins of New Mexico Families
Chorzempa / Polish Roots
Christensen / Parishes and Registration Districts in England and Wales
Christensen / How Do I Prove It?
Clearfield Progress / A View From . . .
Clemensson & Andersson / Swedish Roots
Clifford / Becoming an Accredited Genealogist
Conwill / The Diary of Henry Jackson Lentz (1819-1869) of Limestone County, Alabama & Itawamba County, Mississippi Covering the Years 1847-1869.
County Dunham Environmental Education Curriculum / Coal Mining in Co. Dunham
Crichton / America 1900
Croom / Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook
Curran, Crane & Wray / Numbering Your Genealogy
Daniel / Genealogical Resources of New Mexico
Darrah / Cartes de Visite in Nineteenth Century Photography
Dearden / The German Researcher, How to Get the Most Out of LDS FHC
Delorme Corp. / Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer: Topo Maps of the Entire State
Drake / What Did They Mean By That?
Dunkle & Lainhart / The Town Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1647 to 1730
Eismann / Photoshop Masking & Compositing
Eismann & Palmer / Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching
Ellis & Evans / The History of Lancaster County
Esquibel & Colligan / The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico
Evans / Mother Monroe
Faiguenboim / Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames
Feldblyum / Russian-Jewish Given Names
Filby / Bibliography of American County Histories
Fisiak et al. / Nowy słownik Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej = The new Kosciuszko Foundation dictionary.
Flanders / Atlas of American Migration
Forkner & Dyson / Historical Sketches and Reminsces of Madison County
Franks & Turner / An Itawamba Sampler: A Researcher's Guide to Itawamba County, Mississippi
Fretz / A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer
Gingerich & Kreider / Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies
Gitlitz / Secrecy and Deceit
Gormley & Lord / The Official Guide to Rootsweb.com
Gorr / Jewish Personal Names
Greene County History Book Committee / Historic Greene County, Tennessee, and Its People: 1783-1992
Gronlund / Pioneer Register: Pioneers of British Columbia, Pre 1900
Grover / U. S. News & World Report Stylebook for Writers & Editors
Gutkind / Keep It Real
Gwin / Olden Times Revisited: W. L. Clayton's Pen Pictures
Hagstrom / Hagstrom's Pocket Atlas New York 5 Boroughs
Hakim / The History of US
Harding / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 3: Family of George Soule
Hartley / The Everything Family Tree Book
Hatcher / Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors
Heidgerd / The Freer Family
Herber / Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History
Hicks / Adventures of a Tramp Printer,1880-1890
Hill / History of Coshcocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881
Hinckley / Locating Lost Family Members and Friends
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico / Marriages: Socorro 1854-1900, San Ignacio, San Cristobal, San Marcial, La Jolla
Hoes / Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809
Holt / Encyclopedia of Etiquette
Hornberger & Hudson / The Historical Atlas of New York City
Howe / Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America
Hunt / Historical Collections of Coshcocton County, Ohio, 1764-1876
Hunter / Marriages of Coshcocton County, Ohio, 1811-1930
Irwin / Robert Irwin’s Brothers and Sisters and their Families from County Cavan, Ireland to Fenelon Township, Ontario
Jackson / The Encyclopedia of New York City
Jaslan / Wiedza Powszechna Compact Polish and English Dictionary
Jonas / A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors
Jones / German-American Names
Kelly / Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire
King / King's Handbook of New York City
Knab / Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore
Kobbe / Kobbe's Guide to New York
Kriter, Kriter, Thompson, & Thompson / Monroe County, Mississippi, Chancery Court Record Index 1821-1900
Labrosse-Purcell / Researching Canadian Uncommon Sources
Lambert / A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
Lehnhof & Kaiser / Zauberhafter Niederrhein, Eine Farbbildreise durch Landschaft und Geschichte
Lindberg / Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research
Lindsay / Mayflower Bastard
Linkman / The Victorians
Linkman / The Expert Guide to Dating Victorian Photographs
Loveland, Fremont & Loveland / The Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from 1635 to 1892
Luthy / Amish in America
Mace / Collector's Guide to Early Photographs
Malka / Sephardic Genealogy
Mann / The Oxford Guide to Library Research
Markham Berczy Settlers Association / A Story of the Markham Berczy Settlers
Markham Historical Society / Markham, 1793-1900
Mautz / Biographies of Western Photographers, 1840-1900
McCulloch / Card Photographs
McCullough / Truman
McCutcheon / The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s
McWhorter / The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
Melnyk / Family History 101
Melnyk / The Weekend Genealogist
Menk / Surnames
Merriman / Genealogy in Ontario
Merriman / United Empire Loyalists
Merriman / About Genealogical Standards of Evidence, A Guide for Genealogists
Meyerink / Printed Sources
Millennium Committee / Churches in the Diocese of Dunham
Minert / Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents
Mississippi Department of Transportation / Mississippi Road Atlas
Mokotoff, Sack & Sharon / Where Once We Walked
Moore / A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, R.I.
Mullerowa & Zuchowska / Roman Catholic Parishes in the Polish People's Republic in 1984
Murff & Murff / The Descendants of Randolph S. Murff 1784-1955
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution / Lineages Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution / DAR Patriot Index
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution / Catalog of the Seimes Microfilm Collection
New England Historic Genealogical Society / New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Nugent / Cavaliers and Pioneers
O'Laughlin / Co. Kilkenny Ireland, Genealogy & Family History Notes
O'Laughlin / Book of Irish Families Great and Small
Olmstead / New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses: 1790, 1823, and 1845
Olmstead / Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico 1750-1830
Palmquist & Kaibourn / Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide
Palmquist & Kaibourn / Pioneer Photographers of the Far West
Pearson / Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800
Pfeufer / New Mexico Baptisms: San Miguel de Socorro Church 1821-1853
Philbrick / Mayflower
Poles in Michigan / Poles in Michigan (vol. 1)
Poliniak / When Coal was King
Polking / Writing Family Histories and Memories
Polley & Thornton / Descendants of Richard Thornton
Pols / Family Photographs 1860-1945
Poucher, Terwilliger & Heidgerd / Old Gravestones of Ulster County
Powell / The Everything Family Tree Book
Proko, Kraska & Stickles / The Polish Community of Worcester (Images of America)
Putnam / Genealogy of David Putnam and His Descendants
Putnam / A History of the Putnam Family in England and America
Quillen / Secrets of Tracing Your Ancestors
Rael / Reading, Writing, and Researching for History
Rainer / Your Life as Story
Ramirez Alief et al. / New Mexico Censuses of 1833 and 1845
Reed / Itawamba: A History; Story of a County in Northeast Mississippi
Renick / Genealogy 101
Reynolds / Hudson and Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs
Riemer / The German Research Companion
Rineer / Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County
Risley / The Risley Family History
Romano / Per a Una Historia de la Girona Jueva
Rose / Courthouse Research for Family Historians
Rudisill, Sandweiss, & Palmquist / Photographers
Ryan / Irish Records
Sanborn & Sanborn / Vital Records of Hampton, N. H.: to the End of the Year 1900
Sanchez / San Miguel de Socorro, New Mexico: Marriage Records, 1821-1853
Schaefer / The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy
Schickel / The World of Carnegie Hall
Secall i Guell / Els Jueus de Valls
Severa / Dressed for the Photographer
Seversmith / Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut
Shanet / Philharmonic
Sherman, Sherman, & Wakefield / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 13: William
White
Skulnick & Moorshead / 500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems
Skulnick & Moorshead / More Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems
Sledge / Monroe County Post Offices: 1827-1950
Smart / Index to Upper Canada Land Books
Smith & Weiser / Trinity Lutheran Church Records
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Society / Pennsylvania Line
Spector / Encyclopedia of Jewish Life
Spence / Legacy
Sperry / Reading Early American Handwriting
Strangstad / A Graveyard Preservation Primer
Stratton / Applied Genealogy
Stratton / Plymouth Colony
Streidl / Häuserchronik der Stadt Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm
Streidl / Stadt Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm
Szucs / They Became Americans
Tademy / Cane River
Taylor / The Canadian Genealogical Sourcebook
Taylor / Scrapbooking Your Family History
Thiry & Dolader / El Libro Verde de Aragon
Thornton / New Hope Cemetery, Parham, Monroe County, Mississippi
Thornton / Index to Online Burials in Monroe County, Mississippi
Thornton & Thornton / The Thornton News
Tilden / History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886
Todd / First Alabama Cavalry USA
Torrey / New England Marriages: Prior to 1700
Treat / The Treat Family, A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt and Treat
Turner / 1850 Census, Itawamba County, Mississippi
Ueland / If You Want to Write- A Book about Art, Independence, and Spirit
Valencia y Valdez et al. / Aqui se comienza
Vrabel / When in Boston
Wakefield / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 18: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620
Warrilow / Tracing Your Ancestors in Bruce & Grey
Wheeler / Old Homes of Stonington
Wheeler / The History of Stonington, Connecticut
White / Guide to Quebec Catholic Parishes and Published Parish Marriage Records
White / White's Directory of Lincolnshire
Williams & Jaggar / Saving Stuff
Wood / Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations: Vol. 12: Francis Cooke
Woodtor / Finding A Place to Call Home
Wright / Lancaster County Church Records of the 18th Century
Yates / Publish Your Family History
Young & Miles / Itawamba County, Mississippi Families (1836-1986)
Zubatsky / Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories
The Denison Genealogy
German-English, English-German Dictionary
1864 Atlas of Lancaster County
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Family Bible information included)
History of Wilsons Mills and the Magalloway Settlements
La Catalunya Jueva
Perpignan: L'histoire des Juifs dans la ville
La Via Judia en Sefarad
The Oxford Companion to United States History
United States Official Postal Guide
The New York Chronology
Deutsche Namenkunde
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language
Rand McNally Road Atlas
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Oscola Mills
100 Years in Brisbin and Houtzdale
75th Anniversary of Barnesboro
McCutchen Family Trace Newsletter
British Columbia War Memorials: An Index of Names
American Genealogist
Chicago Manual of Style
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
We also had a few non-specific resources mentioned such as a good history of the United States, an historical atlas of the United States, a good regional cultural history of whichever area in which you are researching, a cultural or social anthropology book, a current road atlas of the United States, and the Internet.
Call For Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the COG will be: I read it in the news! Newspapers can be a wonderful source of family history information. Share some aspect about your family history that you learned about in a newspaper. Articles, advertisements, obituaries, classified ads, photos... all are fair game if they appeared in a newspaper. What did you learn about your family from this information? Was the information accurate? How did you learn about this information... online search? Perusing old newspapers? A clipping saved by a relative? Fill us in on your family scoops... who in your family was in the news? The deadline for submissions is October 1st. The next edition will be hosted at the Creative Gene blog.
To All COG Participants: Please use a descriptive phrase in the title of any articles you plan to submit and/or write a brief description/introduction to your articles in the "comment" box of the blogcarnival submission form. This will give readers an idea of what you've written about and hopefully interest them in clicking on your link. Introductions for your articles will not be provided for you due to the volume of articles submitted. Thank you!
Carnival of Genealogy - 56th edition - Part I
The 56th Carnival of Genealogy will be published in two parts. For this edition of the carnival, bloggers were supposed to list the ten books in their genealogical libraries that they find absolutely essential. Almost all of us could probably come up with many more titles, but there really was a method to my madness, and I discovered that genealogy bloggers are just like my college students. Some follow the directions better than others! Part I consists of the links to the individual submissions. Part II is a compilation of the results of those submissions. Which titles are valued most by geneabloggers? You'll see the results. The call for submissions for the 57th edition will be posted with each part of the Carnival so that it can be easily found later.
Robert Baca presents 10 Essential Books in My Genealogy Library posted at The Baca / Douglas Genealogy and Family History Blog. His list focuses on New Mexico Hispanic research.
Terry Thornton presents Ten Books I Use Most Frequently in Writing Hill Country posted at Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi. He explains his entry: "Because I am not a genealogist, I own few reference books in that field. There are, however, a group of books and references materials I use on a daily basis to write about the hill country of Monroe County, Mississippi. This article takes a look at each of those ten books, unpublished documents, digital files, and CDs."
Myrt :) presents 10 essential books in my genealogy library posted at DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog. The first few books in her list are some of the ones that I expect to see on a lot of lists.
Jasia presents 10 Essential Books for Polish, Michigan, and Detroit Genealogical Research posted at Creative Gene. She says: "I can't imagine doing Polish and Michigan genealogy research without these books. They are largely responsible for the success I've had with my research. I owe a debt of gratitude to the authors. See if there aren't some books here that would help you with your research! "
Bob Franks presents Ten Essential Research Books in My Personal Library posted at Itawamba History Review: The Itawamba Historical Society. In describing his choices, he states: "As most of my research relates to Mississippi and Itawamba County in particular, most of my essential research books, both genealogy and history, pertain to Itawamba County, Mississippi. ."
Midge Frazel presents Slate & Sandstone: New England Books posted at Granite in My Blood. Midge says, "My state trio of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island ancestors makes using research materials in print a necessary part of my day despite my always-wired lifestyle. My list reflects compiled genealogies and gravestone studies with a splash of research tools. "
Linda Stienstra presents Seriously? My Ten Essential Genealogy Books? Only Ten? posted at From Axer to Ziegler. Linda says, "I decided to just concentrate on the essential books for Lancaster County research. I have a lot of essential books, but some of them cover all research, and some of them cover other areas. Since I live in Lancaster County and concentrate my research her, I picked Lancaster County books. Obvious choice for me. " Since I had Amish ancestors in Lancaster and Berks Counties, I have actually used several of the titles she mentioned.
While this next post doesn't really fit our call, it is of interest to many of us. Fiona King presents 100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies posted at Best Colleges Online. Check out her list.
Julie Cahill Tarr presents GenBlog - 10 Essential Genealogy Books posted at GenBlog. Julie includes several general titles as well as some specific to Irish and German ethnicity.
Sheri Fenley presents 10 Books I Have Used in the Last 6 Months posted at The Educated Genealogist. I'm sure you'll all get a smile when you find out the theme of this edition of the Carnival helped Sheri!
Janet Iles presents Janet the Researcher's 10 essential genealogy books posted at Janet the researcher. She has several selections that reflect her interest in Canadian genealogy and several on writing family histories.
Bill West presents ON MY BOOKSHELF posted at West in New England. Bill describes his ten choices as "books that either have given me information on my ancestors or insights on the times in which they lived."
Schelly Talalay Dardashti presents Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog: Ashkenazi, Sephardi: Essential Jewish genealogy books posted at Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog. Schelly says that these are "essential books for Jewish genealogy." She tells us about the challenges of those who have and don't have Eastern European ancestry and presents two lists, one for each of these groups (Ashkenazi and Sephardi genealogy), which present different sources, languages and challenges.
Laura presents 10 Favorites from My Genealogy Bookshelf posted at Life at the Home20. Her selections are mainly general genealogical books and case studies.
Stephen J. Danko presents Ten Essential Books in My Genealogy Library posted at Steve's Genealogy Blog. Stephen's titles include some of interest to those researching Polish and French Canadian ancestry.
Wendy Littrell presents Books for Genealogy « All My Branches Genealogy posted at All My Branches Genealogy. Wendy's list includes books from family histories to county histories. She says, "I return to them time and again and learn something new each time."
Donna Pointkouski presents 10 Essential Books in My Genealogical Library posted at What's Past Is Prologue. Her list includes many on researching Polish genealogy.
Craig Manson presents Ten Books Essential for Genealogists: Some ?Different? Thinking posted at GeneaBlogie. Craig describes his selections this way: "Everybody can probably agree on the top books by the top authors in our field. But how about books that add context and broaden our perspectives? Here they are." Craig isn't quite as specific on exact titles, but he does describe some books that all genealogists should use in their research.
Msteri presents 10 Essential Books in my Genealogy Library posted at Heritage Happens. Her selections include a couple of fictional titles with a setting very important to her research. Because there is truth in the mix, she includes these in her top ten.
Kathryn Lake Hogan presents Books on My Shelf; Books on My Desk posted at LOOKING4ANCESTORS. Kathryn at LOOKING4ANCESTORS says "I have a large wall unit in my office which houses a lot of things including my genealogy books. Often, I have books laying open or stacked on my desk as well. Does this count as a library?" Be sure to check out her list at "Books on My Shelf;, Books on My Desk".
P. Taylor presents What's on my nightstand? Why my ten favorite genealogy books of course! posted at Taylorstales-Genealogy. She includes quite a few titles focusing on online research and some Midwestern research titles. She even mentions a title that she'd love to obtain.
Lidian presents The Virtual Dime Museum: Ten Indispensible Books posted at The Virtual Dime Museum. Lidian describes her choices this way: "These are the ten books that are either on my desk, acessible through Heritage Quest (and therefore also on my desk, in a way) or nearby - the ones I turn to constantly as references for history and genealogy."
Thomas Macentee presents Destination: Austin Family: My Ten Essential Genealogy-Related Books posted at Destination: Austin Family. Thomas says he "cares more for e-books than actual tomes and seeks them out whenever possible." He shares his top 10 and tells us about a new, free, on-line tool that instantly formats your source info for you!
Becky Wiseman presents The Indispensable Bookshelf posted at kinexxions. Becky says, "It is truly embarrassing to have to admit this, but I do not have 10 genealogy-specific reference books on my bookshelf! Gasp! It's true though. That said, there are several very useful items on my indispensable bookshelf."
My own entry is Ten Indispensable Books in My Genealogical Library. I include five general sources and five regional or ethnic ones.
Bob Kramp presents Representatives of Essential Books in my Genealogical Library posted at Life's Journey. Bob says, "I present several books in my personal library which I use to expand the stories of my ancestors in both a historical and geographical context. The are not so much general reference books in genealogy, as one-of-a-kind books and pamphlets that will be difficult to obtain some day." He gave us a few more than ten!
M. Diane Rogers presents Ten Genealogical Books I Can't Do Without - Carnival of Genealogy posted at CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt'. She says, "I wish there were 10 books written about my ancestors! Although there aren't, I do have a good number of books at home and I use libraries a great deal, especially the British Columbia Genealogical Society's Walter Draycott Library. Here are a few I rely on or re-read often. I'm cheating a bit here with the #10 for my list; I'd have another 10 I'd recommend, especially for Canada or British Columbia. Quite a few of these are Canadian books - but only four cover Canadian topics - and some of those IRWINS did live in the United States."
Elizabeth O'Neal presents Tops in my Genealogy Library posted at Little Bytes of Life. Elizabeth's featured selections focus on American, French-Canadian, and Irish research, genealogical standards, and resources for filling out those DAR applications!
Jessica Oswalt presents 10 Essential Genealogy Books That I Have Or Wish I Have posted at Jessica's Genejournal. She includes books she owns and books she wishes she owned.
Dru Pair presents My Ten Favorite How-To Genealogy Books posted at Find Your Folks. She focuses on "how-to" books.
Randy Seaver presents 10 Essential Books in my Genealogy Library posted at Genea-Musings. Randy includes ten basic titles and a baker's dozen of regional books.
footnoteMaven presents 10 Essential Books In My Genealogy Library X 4 + 6 posted at footnoteMaven. Her description says it all, "I tried. I really tried, but I'm just not good at following directions!" She groups her selections into the categories of research, writing, history, and photography.
Miriam Robbins Midkiff presents Miriam's Ten Essential Genealogy Books posted at AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors. She lists only books she owns.
Call For Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the COG will be: I read it in the news! Newspapers can be a wonderful source of family history information. Share some aspect about your family history that you learned about in a newspaper. Articles, advertisements, obituaries, classified ads, photos... all are fair game if they appeared in a newspaper. What did you learn about your family from this information? Was the information accurate? How did you learn about this information... online search? Perusing old newspapers? A clipping saved by a relative? Fill us in on your family scoops... who in your family was in the news? The deadline for submissions is October 1st. The next edition will be hosted at the Creative Gene blog.
To All COG Participants: Please use a descriptive phrase in the title of any articles you plan to submit and/or write a brief description/introduction to your articles in the "comment" box of the blogcarnival submission form. This will give readers an idea of what you've written about and hopefully interest them in clicking on your link. Introductions for your articles will not be provided for you due to the volume of articles submitted. Thank you!
Robert Baca presents 10 Essential Books in My Genealogy Library posted at The Baca / Douglas Genealogy and Family History Blog. His list focuses on New Mexico Hispanic research.
Terry Thornton presents Ten Books I Use Most Frequently in Writing Hill Country posted at Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi. He explains his entry: "Because I am not a genealogist, I own few reference books in that field. There are, however, a group of books and references materials I use on a daily basis to write about the hill country of Monroe County, Mississippi. This article takes a look at each of those ten books, unpublished documents, digital files, and CDs."
Myrt :) presents 10 essential books in my genealogy library posted at DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog. The first few books in her list are some of the ones that I expect to see on a lot of lists.
Jasia presents 10 Essential Books for Polish, Michigan, and Detroit Genealogical Research posted at Creative Gene. She says: "I can't imagine doing Polish and Michigan genealogy research without these books. They are largely responsible for the success I've had with my research. I owe a debt of gratitude to the authors. See if there aren't some books here that would help you with your research! "
Bob Franks presents Ten Essential Research Books in My Personal Library posted at Itawamba History Review: The Itawamba Historical Society. In describing his choices, he states: "As most of my research relates to Mississippi and Itawamba County in particular, most of my essential research books, both genealogy and history, pertain to Itawamba County, Mississippi. ."
Midge Frazel presents Slate & Sandstone: New England Books posted at Granite in My Blood. Midge says, "My state trio of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island ancestors makes using research materials in print a necessary part of my day despite my always-wired lifestyle. My list reflects compiled genealogies and gravestone studies with a splash of research tools. "
Linda Stienstra presents Seriously? My Ten Essential Genealogy Books? Only Ten? posted at From Axer to Ziegler. Linda says, "I decided to just concentrate on the essential books for Lancaster County research. I have a lot of essential books, but some of them cover all research, and some of them cover other areas. Since I live in Lancaster County and concentrate my research her, I picked Lancaster County books. Obvious choice for me. " Since I had Amish ancestors in Lancaster and Berks Counties, I have actually used several of the titles she mentioned.
While this next post doesn't really fit our call, it is of interest to many of us. Fiona King presents 100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies posted at Best Colleges Online. Check out her list.
Julie Cahill Tarr presents GenBlog - 10 Essential Genealogy Books posted at GenBlog. Julie includes several general titles as well as some specific to Irish and German ethnicity.
Sheri Fenley presents 10 Books I Have Used in the Last 6 Months posted at The Educated Genealogist. I'm sure you'll all get a smile when you find out the theme of this edition of the Carnival helped Sheri!
Janet Iles presents Janet the Researcher's 10 essential genealogy books posted at Janet the researcher. She has several selections that reflect her interest in Canadian genealogy and several on writing family histories.
Bill West presents ON MY BOOKSHELF posted at West in New England. Bill describes his ten choices as "books that either have given me information on my ancestors or insights on the times in which they lived."
Schelly Talalay Dardashti presents Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog: Ashkenazi, Sephardi: Essential Jewish genealogy books posted at Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog. Schelly says that these are "essential books for Jewish genealogy." She tells us about the challenges of those who have and don't have Eastern European ancestry and presents two lists, one for each of these groups (Ashkenazi and Sephardi genealogy), which present different sources, languages and challenges.
Laura presents 10 Favorites from My Genealogy Bookshelf posted at Life at the Home20. Her selections are mainly general genealogical books and case studies.
Stephen J. Danko presents Ten Essential Books in My Genealogy Library posted at Steve's Genealogy Blog. Stephen's titles include some of interest to those researching Polish and French Canadian ancestry.
Wendy Littrell presents Books for Genealogy « All My Branches Genealogy posted at All My Branches Genealogy. Wendy's list includes books from family histories to county histories. She says, "I return to them time and again and learn something new each time."
Donna Pointkouski presents 10 Essential Books in My Genealogical Library posted at What's Past Is Prologue. Her list includes many on researching Polish genealogy.
Craig Manson presents Ten Books Essential for Genealogists: Some ?Different? Thinking posted at GeneaBlogie. Craig describes his selections this way: "Everybody can probably agree on the top books by the top authors in our field. But how about books that add context and broaden our perspectives? Here they are." Craig isn't quite as specific on exact titles, but he does describe some books that all genealogists should use in their research.
Msteri presents 10 Essential Books in my Genealogy Library posted at Heritage Happens. Her selections include a couple of fictional titles with a setting very important to her research. Because there is truth in the mix, she includes these in her top ten.
Kathryn Lake Hogan presents Books on My Shelf; Books on My Desk posted at LOOKING4ANCESTORS. Kathryn at LOOKING4ANCESTORS says "I have a large wall unit in my office which houses a lot of things including my genealogy books. Often, I have books laying open or stacked on my desk as well. Does this count as a library?" Be sure to check out her list at "Books on My Shelf;, Books on My Desk".
P. Taylor presents What's on my nightstand? Why my ten favorite genealogy books of course! posted at Taylorstales-Genealogy. She includes quite a few titles focusing on online research and some Midwestern research titles. She even mentions a title that she'd love to obtain.
Lidian presents The Virtual Dime Museum: Ten Indispensible Books posted at The Virtual Dime Museum. Lidian describes her choices this way: "These are the ten books that are either on my desk, acessible through Heritage Quest (and therefore also on my desk, in a way) or nearby - the ones I turn to constantly as references for history and genealogy."
Thomas Macentee presents Destination: Austin Family: My Ten Essential Genealogy-Related Books posted at Destination: Austin Family. Thomas says he "cares more for e-books than actual tomes and seeks them out whenever possible." He shares his top 10 and tells us about a new, free, on-line tool that instantly formats your source info for you!
Becky Wiseman presents The Indispensable Bookshelf posted at kinexxions. Becky says, "It is truly embarrassing to have to admit this, but I do not have 10 genealogy-specific reference books on my bookshelf! Gasp! It's true though. That said, there are several very useful items on my indispensable bookshelf."
My own entry is Ten Indispensable Books in My Genealogical Library. I include five general sources and five regional or ethnic ones.
Bob Kramp presents Representatives of Essential Books in my Genealogical Library posted at Life's Journey. Bob says, "I present several books in my personal library which I use to expand the stories of my ancestors in both a historical and geographical context. The are not so much general reference books in genealogy, as one-of-a-kind books and pamphlets that will be difficult to obtain some day." He gave us a few more than ten!
M. Diane Rogers presents Ten Genealogical Books I Can't Do Without - Carnival of Genealogy posted at CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt'. She says, "I wish there were 10 books written about my ancestors! Although there aren't, I do have a good number of books at home and I use libraries a great deal, especially the British Columbia Genealogical Society's Walter Draycott Library. Here are a few I rely on or re-read often. I'm cheating a bit here with the #10 for my list; I'd have another 10 I'd recommend, especially for Canada or British Columbia. Quite a few of these are Canadian books - but only four cover Canadian topics - and some of those IRWINS did live in the United States."
Elizabeth O'Neal presents Tops in my Genealogy Library posted at Little Bytes of Life. Elizabeth's featured selections focus on American, French-Canadian, and Irish research, genealogical standards, and resources for filling out those DAR applications!
Jessica Oswalt presents 10 Essential Genealogy Books That I Have Or Wish I Have posted at Jessica's Genejournal. She includes books she owns and books she wishes she owned.
Dru Pair presents My Ten Favorite How-To Genealogy Books posted at Find Your Folks. She focuses on "how-to" books.
Randy Seaver presents 10 Essential Books in my Genealogy Library posted at Genea-Musings. Randy includes ten basic titles and a baker's dozen of regional books.
footnoteMaven presents 10 Essential Books In My Genealogy Library X 4 + 6 posted at footnoteMaven. Her description says it all, "I tried. I really tried, but I'm just not good at following directions!" She groups her selections into the categories of research, writing, history, and photography.
Miriam Robbins Midkiff presents Miriam's Ten Essential Genealogy Books posted at AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors. She lists only books she owns.
Call For Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the COG will be: I read it in the news! Newspapers can be a wonderful source of family history information. Share some aspect about your family history that you learned about in a newspaper. Articles, advertisements, obituaries, classified ads, photos... all are fair game if they appeared in a newspaper. What did you learn about your family from this information? Was the information accurate? How did you learn about this information... online search? Perusing old newspapers? A clipping saved by a relative? Fill us in on your family scoops... who in your family was in the news? The deadline for submissions is October 1st. The next edition will be hosted at the Creative Gene blog.
To All COG Participants: Please use a descriptive phrase in the title of any articles you plan to submit and/or write a brief description/introduction to your articles in the "comment" box of the blogcarnival submission form. This will give readers an idea of what you've written about and hopefully interest them in clicking on your link. Introductions for your articles will not be provided for you due to the volume of articles submitted. Thank you!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Ten Indispensable Books in my Genealogical Library
First up on my list is Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. This title is a very updated and expanded edition of her earlier work Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian which had long been on my top ten list. I decided not to include the second title in my top ten list, but please understand that I really would not want to be without either work or without the Quick Sheet which provided an interim update for the earlier title. When I'm traveling and don't want to lug along the larger volume, I still take the smaller book and the quick sheets and have most of the citation styles I need for that trip.
I use William Thorndale and William Dollarhide's book, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920, for a quick reference on historical county boundaries. It definitely belongs in my top ten in terms of usage.
Another general title that I use quite a bit is Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. I actually own the second edition which was edited by Eichholz. I really do need to update my edition because I'm aware of several errors as well as many changes because of natural disasters. I debated whether or not I should include this book of The Handybook for Genealogists in my top ten. I have both books, but I really do use the "Red Book" more so I decided to include it as my "go-to" source for that type of information. I own a hard copy of the "Red Book" as well as a CD version.
E. Wade Hone's Land & Property Research in the United States is also among my most treasured volumes. This is one of the most comprehensive volumes on researching land records available.
Christine Rose's Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case is a title that I often recommend to people, especially those who seem to be settling for sources that are very far removed from the original.
For the rest of my top ten, I am going to move on to sources that are helpful to me because of my own research interests.
I want to include two titles here that are wonderful for those of us with Amish genealogy. The first of these is David Luthy's The Amish in America: Settlements that Failed, 1840-1960. Luthy is a well-known Amish historian who researched a lot of Amish settlements that were rather short-lived. As my Amish ancestors lived in many of these settlements, I am able to find a lot of great background information on the settlements.
The second of the Amish research titles is Hugh F. Gingerich's Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies. While one still needs to independently document the information in this book, this is a great starting place for Amish research. Gingerich provides the trees for numerous families. There are errors in the data, but a careful researcher can still gain quite a bit by using Gingerich's work as a starting place. There are also some source hints in some of the footnotes.
My eighth book in the top ten is Clarence A. Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. This is a must have source for anyone with Colonial New England ancestry. However, anyone using it will also want to have Melinde Lutz Sanborn's Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Even though they are technically two titles, I'm counting them as one for the purposes of this list.
For my ninth title, I am choosing Nell Marion Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. I own volumes one through eight of this indispensable tool for researching Virginia genealogy.
I'm down to my final pick. This is going to be a tough call because I have so many books that are worthy of inclusion. I can come up with books in so many locations that I use a lot when I'm doing research; however, I'm going to choose another New England title for my tenth selection, simply because I've been focusing more on those lines recently.
I'm down to my final pick. This is going to be a tough call because I have so many books that are worthy of inclusion. I can come up with books in so many locations that I use a lot when I'm doing research; however, I'm going to choose another New England title for my tenth selection, simply because I've been focusing more on those lines recently.
My last pick is Vital Records of Hampton, N.H.: to the End of the Year 1900 by George Freeman Sanborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. It's a two volume set. I had so many ancestors who lived in Hampton for awhile that I've found these volumes extremely helpful.
I chose to use only titles for which I have hard-cover editions. There are several electronic titles that I use constantly.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Carnival of Genealogy #55 Is Posted
Jasia over at Creative Gene has posted the 55th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The theme is "Show and Tell."
Many of you may have noticed that I'll be hosting the 56th edition. The deadline for submissions is September 15. The topic is "10 essential books in my genealogy library." It was actually inspired by a meme that was going around the book bloggers this summer called the "Top 10 Books I Can't Live Without." It will be interesting to see which books each of us find to be our most used books. I suspect that many of us will have a few similar ones, but I also suspect that some of us will have very different ones because of our specific research interests. For example, some of you focus heavily on one ethnic group. You are likely to have at least one title that is indispensable to you in researching that interest. Someone who lacks that ethnicity will likely find something else more useful. It's interesting to browse various genealogists' libraries on LibraryThing, but sometimes when you are seeking one volume on a topic, you wish that you had some way of knowing which title that person thinks is the best. [Most of us are guilty of not rating or reviewing the books we initially cataloged because we were focused on adding all the titles. Hopefully more of us will add reviews and ratings to assist other researchers in determining the worth of a source.] I think it will be fun to see the lists of books created.
Many of you may have noticed that I'll be hosting the 56th edition. The deadline for submissions is September 15. The topic is "10 essential books in my genealogy library." It was actually inspired by a meme that was going around the book bloggers this summer called the "Top 10 Books I Can't Live Without." It will be interesting to see which books each of us find to be our most used books. I suspect that many of us will have a few similar ones, but I also suspect that some of us will have very different ones because of our specific research interests. For example, some of you focus heavily on one ethnic group. You are likely to have at least one title that is indispensable to you in researching that interest. Someone who lacks that ethnicity will likely find something else more useful. It's interesting to browse various genealogists' libraries on LibraryThing, but sometimes when you are seeking one volume on a topic, you wish that you had some way of knowing which title that person thinks is the best. [Most of us are guilty of not rating or reviewing the books we initially cataloged because we were focused on adding all the titles. Hopefully more of us will add reviews and ratings to assist other researchers in determining the worth of a source.] I think it will be fun to see the lists of books created.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Show & Tell: A Poem
My mother kept a scrapbook in her teenage years. This poem entitled "Put My Little Shoes Away" was found in its pages with a notation that her grandmother (Mary Ann Harris Hester) had given it to her. A quick "Google search" revealed that this poem was later put to music and recorded by the Everly Brothers, Hank Snow, Bill Monroe, and others. It's really a rather sad song about a dying child. One wonders if this poem was special to my great grandmother because she lost her child Lillie Faye, my grandmother's twin, in December 1897 when she was only nine months old.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Southern English
This post is submitted for the 54th carnival of genealogy and the topic is:
The Family Language...Does your family use words and phrases that no one else knows or understands? Where did they come from? Did you ever try to explain your "family language" to outsiders? Tell a story about your family-coined words, phrases, or nicknames.
I'll be honest with you. My family's language is and was English (of a Southern variety). I think every other Southerner would understand if I "tote" something or "carry it" for a bit.
I do remember some of the adults using the expression "I'll swan" on occasion. (Sometimes it would be "I'll swannee".) As a child that never made sense to me because a swan was a beautiful bird. Of course, I made the mistake of asking them once what they meant, and I believe they kind of watched what they said around me after that. I did hear it a lot after I was a teen though.
If something wasn't liked, it would often be preceded by the expression "cotton pickin'" in the sentence.
My paternal grandmother knew exactly how everyone else was "kin to" someone else. I just wish that she'd written it down!
A good rain was called a "gully washer."
I'm afraid that my "Southern English" has been corrupted by living in too many places and by my education. I have more Midwestern idioms than Southern ones in my regular speech now.
Well, I'm "fixin' to" close this out, so "ya'll" have have a nice time and "come on back, ya hear?"
The Family Language...Does your family use words and phrases that no one else knows or understands? Where did they come from? Did you ever try to explain your "family language" to outsiders? Tell a story about your family-coined words, phrases, or nicknames.
I'll be honest with you. My family's language is and was English (of a Southern variety). I think every other Southerner would understand if I "tote" something or "carry it" for a bit.
I do remember some of the adults using the expression "I'll swan" on occasion. (Sometimes it would be "I'll swannee".) As a child that never made sense to me because a swan was a beautiful bird. Of course, I made the mistake of asking them once what they meant, and I believe they kind of watched what they said around me after that. I did hear it a lot after I was a teen though.
If something wasn't liked, it would often be preceded by the expression "cotton pickin'" in the sentence.
My paternal grandmother knew exactly how everyone else was "kin to" someone else. I just wish that she'd written it down!
A good rain was called a "gully washer."
I'm afraid that my "Southern English" has been corrupted by living in too many places and by my education. I have more Midwestern idioms than Southern ones in my regular speech now.
Well, I'm "fixin' to" close this out, so "ya'll" have have a nice time and "come on back, ya hear?"
Friday, July 04, 2008
51st Carnival of Genealogy
I slipped up and didn't get a story into the 51st Carnival of Genealogy which Thomas has posted. I just never came up with the story I wanted for it. There were stories I did not want to include because of living relatives. Others I had shared before in the blog. I just was drawing a blank on what to share. Hopefully I can come up with one to go with the "age" theme in the 52nd edition.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Family Beach Stories: Not Much to Tell, Few Pictures to Show
I have a confession to make. The beach has not really been a very important part of my life. Why? Well, it's rather simple. When your skin is as fair as mine and if you forget to keep recoating yourself with 85 SPF sunscreen every time you get in and out of the water, you end up looking like my feet in this photo:
This concludes my beach stories post for the 49th Carnival of Genealogy hosted at Creative Gene. My feet still look bad from that Bahamas trip, but they have begun to peel! I hope that I'll remember to RECOAT every time I get in and out of the water from now on with that wonderful Neutrogena SPF 85.
While I don't have lots of family memories from childhood beach vacations, I do have a few from my growing up years and several from my adult life.
My first experience at the beach that I recall was in June 1968 about 14 months before Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My cousin's father was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base. We spent the day at the beach playing in the sand and wading into the Gulf. Of course, we were young so my parents and her grandmother wouldn't let us venture very far. That night her little brother was born. The two of us wanted to go back to the beach some more, but, of course, there wasn't much more time on that trip to do it because of the events of that evening. I do remember my first glimpse of the Biloxi lighthouse, which is actually in the middle of the highway. I thought that was a very strange location for a lighthouse, but it was pretty unique. That lighthouse now decorates Mississippi's license plates. When Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I was so grateful that my cousin's family had moved a few months before. This photo of the Mississippi Gulf Coast was taken about five months before Hurricane Katrina hit the coast.
My family just didn't go to the beach that much. I do remember going to St. Andrews State Park in Panama City, Florida one year during my school's spring break. A neighbor went with us that year. The big story of that year was getting out of town. There had been major flooding in our area, and the roads were impassible in so many places that we had to drive way out of our way to get to roads where we could make it to Florida.
I don't remember lots of trips to beaches over the years with the family. I've visited beaches more often as an adult.
Here is a rare photo of myself at a beach. I'm wading out in the waters at Coronado Beach in Randy's part of the country. We only had a few minutes at the end of the day. The sunset was gorgeous that evening!
A few years ago, I went to St. Augustine with my parents. We stayed in a campground that was on the beach. I can't locate photos from that trip on my computer. They are probably on CDs.
On the last camping trip that I made with my parents before they sold their motor home, we actually went to the beach. We went to Topsail Hill State Park near Destin, Florida. The trip was made in March 2006 during our spring break at Carson-Newman. We had originally planned to visit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but Hurricane Katrina made that impossible so I decided that this was a manageable drive for me since I'd be driving the RV. Here's a photo of our campsite, one of the quite choppy water that kept the warning flags out most of our time there, and a picture of the beach looking toward Destin on one of the clearer days.
Last summer, I saw a beach of a different type--one along Lake Michigan. It was at Holland State Park. We were only there a short time.
Of course, you can revisit my recently posted Bahamas beach photos.
I'm hoping that I'll have a chance to take some photos of the Boston harbor minus the rain pictured here.
This concludes my beach stories post for the 49th Carnival of Genealogy hosted at Creative Gene. My feet still look bad from that Bahamas trip, but they have begun to peel! I hope that I'll remember to RECOAT every time I get in and out of the water from now on with that wonderful Neutrogena SPF 85.
Friday, April 18, 2008
46th Carnival of Genealogy Posted
The Family Traits edition of the COG is now available. I've got it bookmarked to read later, but I must head soon to open the doors for movie night. I will say that I'm looking forward to next edition's COG where we get to talk about one of our ancestral home towns. The problem is going to be deciding which one to use! The call for that edition is at the bottom of the 46th COG!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
It Runs in the Family
Here's the call for submissions in the mid-April edition of the Carnival of Genealogy followed by my attempt to answer it.
Food - I enjoy flavors, and I love to cook! I think this runs on both sides of the family. My mom was a dietician, but she was also a good Southern cook. I'm more adventurous than most of the family when it comes to food. The Thorntons just like to eat PERIOD. I have more gourmet tastes. Some of the family members pinch pennies when it comes to food, but I refuse to compromise taste. It means that I purchase Eggland's Best eggs instead of the supermarket brand. I purchase real butter instead of margarine. I'm picky about my coffee. I buy organic chicken because it tastes better.
Reading - I am an avid reader. I often have two or three books in process (besides reading my Bible). My maternal grandmother loved to read. My mom has taken up reading in her retirement so I suspect she just didn't read as much while I was growing up because of the demands of job and family. Mysteries are my favorite genre of fiction. I read a lot of history books. I read books on information technology trends mostly for work.
Needlework - My aunt Daisy could make the most exquisite handcrafted items. My mom always wished that she could tat and smock like her older sister. Mom was a good seamstress but she didn't possess the same level of skill that her sister did. I know that needlework and sewing were essential to know back in the older days. I limit my needlework to counted cross stitch. I'm not nearly as talented in this area, but it's a great stress-reliever when I do attempt a piece. I'm hopeless when it comes to sewing. I have a sewing machine, but I'm not very good at it. I remember singing on one of my college's teams one year. The seamstresses were running behind on getting our outfits done on time for our first appearance so they decided to let us hem our own skirts. I sewed both sides of the skirt together in 2 places, making a place for 3 legs. I think they quickly ripped the hem out and got the seamstress to do mine. They decided I was hopeless when it came to a needle and thread!
Carpentry - The Thornton men seem to be pretty skilled in this area. My paternal grandfather worked as one. Dad was good at things like this. One of my brothers also enjoys making things. I even have a niece who is skilled in this area! I didn't inherit this gene. If I had, I would have floor to ceiling bookcases in my den!
Big Ears - You can spot a Thornton a mile off because they have big ears! (They stick out a little too.) When Cousin Terry published The Thornton News, he developed a slogan that talked about the beautiful women and the men with big ears.
Perhaps the family trait of which I'm most happy:
Christianity - We tend to be very active in our churches. Cape & Bennie Thornton were active in the Christian Church in Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi when they lived there. My Lantz family started out Amish. After Abraham Lantz married a Methodist (Laura Lucy Taylor), they began attending the Christian Church in their Illinois community. They continued that alliance after they moved to Mississippi. Many of the family members have now joined the Baptist and Methodist Churches. (I attend a Southern Baptist Church.) Several have studied for ministry and served in churches.
Music - I sing. I play instruments. I really didn't realize it was a family trait until I got to the Thornton Family Reunion and noticed that there are quite a few of us that were talented musically. I was the only one of my immediate family members that seemed to have the skill. However, I think that I have a nephew that has inherited the music gene too! Even cousin Terry has that trait.
What traits run in your family? Which of them did you inherit? Do you have your mother's blue eyes? Your grandfather's stubbornness? Your aunt's skill with knitting needles? Is there a talent for music in your family? Or do you come from a long line of teachers? Have you ever looked at an old photo and recognized your nose on another family member's face?
Food - I enjoy flavors, and I love to cook! I think this runs on both sides of the family. My mom was a dietician, but she was also a good Southern cook. I'm more adventurous than most of the family when it comes to food. The Thorntons just like to eat PERIOD. I have more gourmet tastes. Some of the family members pinch pennies when it comes to food, but I refuse to compromise taste. It means that I purchase Eggland's Best eggs instead of the supermarket brand. I purchase real butter instead of margarine. I'm picky about my coffee. I buy organic chicken because it tastes better.
Reading - I am an avid reader. I often have two or three books in process (besides reading my Bible). My maternal grandmother loved to read. My mom has taken up reading in her retirement so I suspect she just didn't read as much while I was growing up because of the demands of job and family. Mysteries are my favorite genre of fiction. I read a lot of history books. I read books on information technology trends mostly for work.
Needlework - My aunt Daisy could make the most exquisite handcrafted items. My mom always wished that she could tat and smock like her older sister. Mom was a good seamstress but she didn't possess the same level of skill that her sister did. I know that needlework and sewing were essential to know back in the older days. I limit my needlework to counted cross stitch. I'm not nearly as talented in this area, but it's a great stress-reliever when I do attempt a piece. I'm hopeless when it comes to sewing. I have a sewing machine, but I'm not very good at it. I remember singing on one of my college's teams one year. The seamstresses were running behind on getting our outfits done on time for our first appearance so they decided to let us hem our own skirts. I sewed both sides of the skirt together in 2 places, making a place for 3 legs. I think they quickly ripped the hem out and got the seamstress to do mine. They decided I was hopeless when it came to a needle and thread!
Carpentry - The Thornton men seem to be pretty skilled in this area. My paternal grandfather worked as one. Dad was good at things like this. One of my brothers also enjoys making things. I even have a niece who is skilled in this area! I didn't inherit this gene. If I had, I would have floor to ceiling bookcases in my den!
Big Ears - You can spot a Thornton a mile off because they have big ears! (They stick out a little too.) When Cousin Terry published The Thornton News, he developed a slogan that talked about the beautiful women and the men with big ears.
Perhaps the family trait of which I'm most happy:
Christianity - We tend to be very active in our churches. Cape & Bennie Thornton were active in the Christian Church in Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi when they lived there. My Lantz family started out Amish. After Abraham Lantz married a Methodist (Laura Lucy Taylor), they began attending the Christian Church in their Illinois community. They continued that alliance after they moved to Mississippi. Many of the family members have now joined the Baptist and Methodist Churches. (I attend a Southern Baptist Church.) Several have studied for ministry and served in churches.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Carnival of Genealogy - 45th edition
The 45th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is all about cars. So . . . start your engines . . . and head over to Jasia's to read it. I think I'll be able to get into the family traits topic for the 46th carnival a little more! The call is at the end of this edition's post.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
The Obligatory Car Post
I will admit that this is one of the least exciting carnival topics for me. I'm just not one to get excited about cars. I want a dependable car that gets me to where I need to go. In fact, as I searched through my photos, I decided that if it weren't for a couple of nephews that I wouldn't have had any photos of my first two cars. I located no photos of the other three cars I've owned, including my current one!
This green 1976 Toyota Corolla was the car in which I learned to drive. I loved that little car. The pickup truck was a Dodge Ram, and it was my dad's.
My next car was a 1979 Dodge Omni. The "bottom" fell out of this one while I was in college so it didn't really last but about 5 years.
After that was the car that least fit my personality--a hand-me down Ford LTD. I think it was a 1980 or 1981 model. I don't really know. It was an ugly pastel blue color.
I was really glad when I finally purchased a 1989 Toyota Tercel. I had it for about 9 years. It was a blue color, but a nice shade of blue--kind of a slate blue color.
I currently drive a 1998 Honda Civic. It's a blue also. I really wanted red, but they didn't have red on the lot so I got the blue one because I liked the interior better than the interior of the green one.
The above was my favorite family vehicle--not the Honda CRV, although I do like that, but the "Minnie Winnie." Brumley wishes he could go camping again in it, but we no longer have it.
This is a better photo of it. Dad is sitting outside.
Here's Brumley enjoying his camping trip! This concludes this post submitted for the Carnival of Genealogy.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Carnivals
Since I've been out of town, I've been remiss in posting links to a few carnivals of interest to folks.
First up is the Cabinet of Curiosities #5: Steampunk Edition. I have no idea how many entries there were for this edition, but it's got to be the longest edition yet, proving that it's becoming a quite popular blog carnival.
Second is the St. Patrick's Parade of Posts (or the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture). I tried and tried to come up with something for this one, but I just have the least Irish heritage of just about anyone I know. Speaking of St. Patrick though, I do wish he'd drive all the snakes out of the United States too!
Finally, we have the 44th Carnival of Genealogy. It's a tribute to women!
Have fun reading!
First up is the Cabinet of Curiosities #5: Steampunk Edition. I have no idea how many entries there were for this edition, but it's got to be the longest edition yet, proving that it's becoming a quite popular blog carnival.
Second is the St. Patrick's Parade of Posts (or the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture). I tried and tried to come up with something for this one, but I just have the least Irish heritage of just about anyone I know. Speaking of St. Patrick though, I do wish he'd drive all the snakes out of the United States too!
Finally, we have the 44th Carnival of Genealogy. It's a tribute to women!
Have fun reading!
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
The Carnival is Up
Carnival of Genealogy #43, that is. Those who have counted say there are 32 entries. I was going to "crunch the numbers" on this, but What's Past Is Prologue has already done a statistical analysis to determine our favorites. The call for submissions for Carnival #44 is at the end.
This has nothing to do with the carnival, but Chery's post about silk scarves is very interesting.
This has nothing to do with the carnival, but Chery's post about silk scarves is very interesting.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Technology - for Carnival of Genealogy #43
Here's the gist: What technology do you most rely on for your genealogy and family history research? Select one piece of hardware (besides your computer), one piece of software (besides your internet browser), and one web site/blog (besides your own) that are indispensable to you. Resist the urge to dilute the impact of your 3 choices by mentioning several others you use and appreciate as well. This is an exercise in appraising the technology you use/recommend the most.
Hardware: I would have to say that it would be my printer. Mine is getting dated, and I really need to replace it, but it's still working, and I don't really want to spend another $100 when it is working fine.
Software: Legacy Family Tree. I have used several different ones and have installed trials of others. In the long run, I always come back to it. I'm glad that I waited to get into genealogy until software programs were available, but I made the mistake of starting out on a very limited program.
Web Site/Blog: Janice has already chosen mine, but it was what I was intending to use, so I'm sticking with it--Google. Google is more than a search engine. I don't use their blog reader because I use another online one. I have used Picasa, their photo software. I love their books! Google Earth is another application they have. I'm not a huge fan of their applications (Google Docs, spreadsheets, etc.) but I'd use them in a pinch. They are just limited in their capabilities. I use their Gmail and Blogger. I've recently signed up for Google analytics. I'll see how it compares with others.
Runner-ups: My digital camera in the hardware category. Paint Shop Pro in the software category. Ancestry.com in the web site category. (I hate to use a subscription site, but the truth is that my third and fourth choices would also fall into the subscription category as well.)
Hardware: I would have to say that it would be my printer. Mine is getting dated, and I really need to replace it, but it's still working, and I don't really want to spend another $100 when it is working fine.
Software: Legacy Family Tree. I have used several different ones and have installed trials of others. In the long run, I always come back to it. I'm glad that I waited to get into genealogy until software programs were available, but I made the mistake of starting out on a very limited program.
Web Site/Blog: Janice has already chosen mine, but it was what I was intending to use, so I'm sticking with it--Google. Google is more than a search engine. I don't use their blog reader because I use another online one. I have used Picasa, their photo software. I love their books! Google Earth is another application they have. I'm not a huge fan of their applications (Google Docs, spreadsheets, etc.) but I'd use them in a pinch. They are just limited in their capabilities. I use their Gmail and Blogger. I've recently signed up for Google analytics. I'll see how it compares with others.
Runner-ups: My digital camera in the hardware category. Paint Shop Pro in the software category. Ancestry.com in the web site category. (I hate to use a subscription site, but the truth is that my third and fourth choices would also fall into the subscription category as well.)
Monday, February 18, 2008
Carnival of Genealogy #42 is posted
The iGene awards have arrived at the Carnival of Genealogy. Go look at the awards various bloggers gave for their best posts of 2007! Thanks to Jasia for taking time to roundup all the posts! As the carnival grows, I'm sure this gets to be a bigger and bigger job! The call for the 43rd carnival is mentioned at the end of the post and involves technology! My mind is already trying to decide which hardware, software, etc. that I will choose. I may have to give a few honorable mentions (in spite of her suggestion to resist the urge to dilute them)! I'll try, but you know how hard it is to narrow these things down. Actually, the software category is easy!
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