tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52272356013819825012024-03-05T04:17:08.562-08:00GreatGreats* A genealogy blog featuring all my Great Ancestors *MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-68764653345312244702022-05-07T20:04:00.000-07:002022-05-07T20:04:08.500-07:00USAAF Keesler Field, Mississippi -- January 1943<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2johcszlpW2bfOEWnzIpN25vgrdtXCns5Y2hx987c8OJGGB5fwiRVdBJzaBCY3o_dc58jrzWBOCmrd1FOZov6xx-MqWjdMdtYdYjyyE0AVSIo4gWgStNLyEXCdiAMPpY-BDo3SwcKCfU/s1704/KesslerField1943Apr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1704" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2johcszlpW2bfOEWnzIpN25vgrdtXCns5Y2hx987c8OJGGB5fwiRVdBJzaBCY3o_dc58jrzWBOCmrd1FOZov6xx-MqWjdMdtYdYjyyE0AVSIo4gWgStNLyEXCdiAMPpY-BDo3SwcKCfU/s320/KesslerField1943Apr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My father, Herb Hegwer, was inducted into the Army Air Force in October 1942. By 12 Jan 1943, he was at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. He seems to have served there pretty solidly into November of 1945, with the exception of some temporary duty posts for advanced training as an aircraft mechanic at:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="text-align: justify;"> Los Angeles at Burbank Airport, California </span></li><li><span style="text-align: justify;">Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois, </span></li><li>Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Military records indicate he specialized in fuel injections systems, engine change, and turbo supercharger work. He worked on, at least, B-17 and B-24's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Daddy was processed for release at Shaw Field in Sutter, South Carolina on 7 Jan 1946. I assume he had been there since November 1945. He was shipped to a separation base in Santa Ana, California Jan 10 and finally discharged from there on January 17, 1946. It was an honorable discharge as a sergeant, 139th AAF Base Unit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The snapshot above is dated "about Jan 12, 1945" and taken at Keesler. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The back of the photo is clearly labeled in my father's handwriting. Left to right, the soldiers are Donald E. Hunter, Francis J. Hoffman, Thomas A. Hensley, Herbert C. Hegwer, and Howard Hart. It can't be coincidence that their surnames all start with "H", can it? The notation TSS 397 stands for Tech School Squadron 397.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGiY-vjo2ZxLCH-xpGVqa4IKlnz9cdjAvegrmeAgRHpfZwSi7hJHzbTNseW5FUbh2G07zQ7b60x_7TZIBa7gy3crVtpONGB2AI7W1_Ck5Ew_imu7n1w6e533ODGgLJAyhObz7EOYdgflq/s1061/KesslerField1943Apr-reverse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1061" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGiY-vjo2ZxLCH-xpGVqa4IKlnz9cdjAvegrmeAgRHpfZwSi7hJHzbTNseW5FUbh2G07zQ7b60x_7TZIBa7gy3crVtpONGB2AI7W1_Ck5Ew_imu7n1w6e533ODGgLJAyhObz7EOYdgflq/s320/KesslerField1943Apr-reverse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /> I have several additional photos from this time period of Dad with Donald Hunter. Some are from their visit to the family home in Alhambra while the two were training in Burbank. It looks as though my young aunt was sweet on Don!<p></p>MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-4636680329710588052021-04-13T19:30:00.000-07:002021-04-13T19:30:58.259-07:00Ancestry of Elizabeth Uredge (1595-1632)<p> One of the advantages of having any early American ancestry is that sometimes a new generation is delivered seemingly out of the blue to my door! I love surprises like that!!</p><p>The latest issue of <i><b>The American Genealogist</b></i> has given me 2 more generations in the ancestry of Elizabeth Uredge, who married John Stanley 14 Oct 1623 in Benenden, Kent, England <b>[1]</b>. Elizabeth and John are some of the 9th great-grandparents from my maternal grandfather's lines. </p><p>An earlier TAG article on Anna Uredge & husband Stephen Vinall included conjectures about the Uredge line <b>[2]</b>. The present article confirms new 10th and 11th greats for me and adds a new surname: Kerwin. Please see both articles for full discussions, hesitations, children's names, and extractions/transcriptions from newly found and interpreted primary sources. Masterful research!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMHeRWzfqXhlSl0KptQE00bYlLyDtbIn9oPW7Wvp20XVUeBE_w7MPD0Ew5wg0bRz8S_VoIxnbAlyaZSdp9pEaV7qczS9Wmt6hW5riTV5yYlqkuUaFtWD8DZMlf9ZBDhgejypQ6NHgh178/s1964/img105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1241" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMHeRWzfqXhlSl0KptQE00bYlLyDtbIn9oPW7Wvp20XVUeBE_w7MPD0Ew5wg0bRz8S_VoIxnbAlyaZSdp9pEaV7qczS9Wmt6hW5riTV5yYlqkuUaFtWD8DZMlf9ZBDhgejypQ6NHgh178/w253-h400/img105.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The son, John, at the bottom of my chart, is commonly referred to as "Capt. John Stanley."</div><div><p><b>NOTES</b></p><p><b>[1]</b> Leslie Mahler & Randy A. West, "The Uredge Family of Counties Kent and Sussex -- Ancestral to Anna1 (Uredge) Vinall of Scituate, Massachusetts, and John1 Stanley of Hartford, Connecticut," <b><i>TAG</i></b> Jan/Apr 2020, Vol 91(3), pp. 190-194. [published March 2021]</p></div><b>[2]</b> David L. Cummings, "Stephen1 and Anna (Uredge) Vinall of Benenden, Kent, and Scituate, Plymouth Colony, with Clues to the Vinal-Uredge-Stanley Connections," <i><b>TAG</b></i> Oct 2018, Vol 90(4), pp. 296-300.<p><br /></p><p> </p>MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-78419576425321282852021-04-10T11:53:00.001-07:002021-04-10T13:06:03.865-07:00Treasures from the To-Do Pile: Daddy's high school annual<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Memories of I.F.H.S. 1935"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqAz66KEvwmAenne4g6qcuNVXQWMvPz2_fVCjtOHidOTC6JOe596UcFjaG6nT9xGXKO1qAj68QgJdVTt7W7Jpl04x-PSM5McDJKhy5c7gkN6zShJ4UN4u9noewnCDjXemQom19Ef_pQj4/s1536/IFHS1935seniors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1536" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqAz66KEvwmAenne4g6qcuNVXQWMvPz2_fVCjtOHidOTC6JOe596UcFjaG6nT9xGXKO1qAj68QgJdVTt7W7Jpl04x-PSM5McDJKhy5c7gkN6zShJ4UN4u9noewnCDjXemQom19Ef_pQj4/w426-h145/IFHS1935seniors.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Idaho Falls High School, Idaho</p><p>16 pages, black and white, 6.25" x 9.5" (cover slightly larger)</p><p>This scan is a clip from p. 6. There are ten such groups over p. 6 and p. 8. </p><p>While this booklet appears to represent only the senior class, it does not specifically say so. Three of the pages are blank and labeled for autographs. Dad's copy also has many autographs on the inside covers and a few throughout the booklet. As you can see in this image, one of the students, Ben Blalock, signed across my dad's name. Blalock is not listed in the senior lists on pp. 5, 7, and 9. Many of the autographed names are not listed either; some appear to the teachers, given the inscription they left.</p><p></p><p>Although the photos are only identified with first initials, I used the list of "Senior Prophecies" on p. 7 to give this list of the full names of the students in this photo:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Robert Keith<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Naia Hansen</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Herbert Hegwer<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Ila Hanson</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Steve Hatch<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Billie Hilliard</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Arthur Hook <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Margaret Harris</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Morris Jordan<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Ethyl Ingram</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Dan Kelly<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Bernice Gesas</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Bob Jahn<span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Fern Flagler</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Jack Holt</p></blockquote></blockquote><p>The photo is valuable to me, but probably more so is the handwritten note, in my dad's writing, on the inside front cover, specifying his school history. Parentheses, punctuation, notes are his:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Graduated 8th Grade 1929 May 25 at Paris, Idaho, (Wilson School St. Charles)</p><p>High School</p><p>Freshman 1929-1930 Fielding High, Paris Idaho</p><p>Soph 1930-1931 Fielding High, Paris Idaho</p><p>Junior Yr<span> Start 1931 Fielding High -- move to Idaho Falls in fall of 1931 & finish JR grd 1932</span></p><p><span>(Drop out for 2 years (1932-1933) (1933-1934))</span></p><p><span>Senior Year 1934-1935 IFHS Idaho Falls Idaho</span></p></blockquote><p>My daddy, Herb, was the oldest of eight children. I believe he boarded out from St. Charles to attend high school in Paris. In fall 1929, the entire family contracted scarlet fever or diptheria (accounts differ). Two siblings died and their father, Ben T. Hegwer, was disabled from it. Utah Power & Light moved Ben to the station in Idaho Falls as his health declined; he died August 1933. My dad had dropped out to support the family until his two surviving brothers were old enough to help. He was almost 22 when he graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Barely a year later, he had moved his mom and surviving siblings to Los Angeles where he said he could make enough money to support the family...and he did.</p>MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-129272362621689002021-04-09T16:29:00.000-07:002021-04-10T13:06:18.512-07:0090th Friday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-fSybYGaCz8W7cC7a9VwfVmMc3YXL8IMboh4H8UU7sl_M8ZVVng6_q-a3-JdZOI3EG6-07Xxk9R2LihNltuxYsDyXaoacpZ-Te1uCQtIcOV1Aj0eKbGihZkJzvWzTUl0qh6GeGH4Lwsf/s2048/011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-fSybYGaCz8W7cC7a9VwfVmMc3YXL8IMboh4H8UU7sl_M8ZVVng6_q-a3-JdZOI3EG6-07Xxk9R2LihNltuxYsDyXaoacpZ-Te1uCQtIcOV1Aj0eKbGihZkJzvWzTUl0qh6GeGH4Lwsf/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1934-2019</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My first blogpost in quite a while. I started to get back to genealogy only in the last few months. Today is the 90th Friday without my husband's hand to hold. It's hard to believe it's been that long. In other ways, it was just this morning. <p></p>MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-50036727131487024402016-12-04T19:29:00.000-08:002018-04-04T22:41:31.209-07:00Bannard, Carr, Hegwer: All Together<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Location appears to be Uncle Fred & Aunt Jane's place in 5600 block Fair Ave<br />
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Harry A Hegwer "Mickey"<br />
Chas Wm Carr -- Uncle Will<br />
Mrs. Chas Wm Carr -- Aunt Lottie<br />
Herbert C Hegwer -- myself<br />
Raymond O. Bannard -- cousin<br />
Fred R. Bannard -- Uncle Fred</blockquote>
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<i>Mickey was Herb's younger brother. (Their brother Ray, died in 1937. I think it's significant that he is not in this photo.)</i><br />
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<i>Charles William Carr was a maternal uncle of both Hegwer's in this photo. His wife, Aunt Lottie, was Charlotte M. Field.</i><br />
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<i>Frederick R. Bannard was the husband of Jane Catherine Carr, sister to Charles. Raymond Otto Bannard was their son.</i><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">In the 1930 census, Fred & Jane Bannard were at 5630 Fair Ave and her parents, John Henry (died in 1933) & Anne Matilda (Causier) Carr at 5624 Fair. The area changed jurisdictions often as Los Angeles grew. Today with Google Maps, the house now at 5630 is probably basically original but clearly had additions. Next door, the street number is 5624 but the building is a large post-WWII apartment building. But, given city directories & voter registers, they all seem to have left this street by about 1934.</span><br />
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<i>The earliest date I have for the Hegwer's in Los Angeles is 1936; Herb would have been 23, Mickey about 18, & Ray Bannard about 20. I think they all look older than that in this photo. </i><br />
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<i>Mickey died in Jan 1944, </i><i>having enlisted Nov 1941. </i><i> So the photo is most likely between 1936 and 1944, and more probably before 1942. Given who's not in the photo, I think this photo is more likely late 1940, maybe even at the time of Ann Matilda (Causier) Carr's funeral in 1940.</i><br />
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<i>So...I'm not sure about the date/place combination. Dad was pretty good about labeling photos and especially good about locations-- I am very hesitant to doubt him on that. On the other hand, given that he did not give a date, I think he must have had some general doubt and that could include the location, too.</i><br />
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<i>Maybe some of the other descendants can help me out here?!</i><br />
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<b><i>Elements of Genealogical Analysis</i></b> by Robert Charles Anderson is really a <i>great </i>book! I have been working through it for almost a year and still enjoy every single page. It's not the sort of book a reader just goes through once and puts back on a shelf: the content is concise yet very dense. There's a lot there to consider. I believe the sort of study groups that erupted for the Jones book would be very appropriate for "<i>Elements</i>."<br />
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If you appreciate the <i>Great Migration Newsletter</i> articles about how a passenger list or a town record was analyzed, then there is absolutely no doubt that you will enjoy "<i>Elements</i>." You'll also appreciate it if you like to read books about evidence and analysis in genealogy and it's an absolute must-read for anyone with colonial New England ancestry.<br />
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I think one of its strengths is both the number and depth of the examples for every single point Anderson set out to make. The detailed analyses of documents -- not simply what is printed on them but where, when, why, by whom -- support any discussion of the genealogical proof standard.MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-23571797989727397372016-06-05T19:07:00.000-07:002016-06-05T19:07:28.431-07:00SCGS Jamboree 2016 in Brief<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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As expected, an “Oh, Wow” Experience for me! Ok, maybe I would
have preferred less time on admixture and more time on GEDmatchTier
One Tools and a lot more on DNAGedcom. At least I do now see that
there is some value to the admixture tools in general. Overall, the
workshop was well worth my time but it was also evident that not
everyone had done the workshop preparation as listed in the
registration materials. Since I had done all the
preparation, there was a good deal of repetition and that time could
have been much better used on the Tier One tools &/or DNAGedcom.
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A thought: Remember how Thoma MacEntee did the weekly prompts/steps
to review genealogy research? Given my success at following Blaine
Bettinger's workshop preparation instructions for third party tools,
I think Blaine (or someone) should continue that concept and have
weekly prompts to take users through GEDmatch and DNAGedcom. That
may be what his upcoming book is going to do...we should know by next
month!</div>
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I spent the afternoon in the exhibit hall, perusing, picking up
freebies & brochures. I asked some questions and got some help
at My Heritage. It turns out most of my issues are them and not me.
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Overall, the exhibit hall did not have the excitement it has had. A
couple of my favorites were missing and I was unable to purchase two
books I had planned to buy.
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With no exciting sessions to see and relatively little to do in the
exhibit hall, I went home mid-afternoon, trying to beat both Friday
drive-time traffic and getting past a Dodger stadium before the home game traffic. </div>
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The biggest surprise Saturday morning was the commute: the absolute
easiest & fastest I have ever, ever had to Burbank for anything!
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Saturday held no research-necessary sessions, so I settled with being
entertained by Michael John Neill on Pre -1850 Censuses. I've heard
him before on that topic, but he's one of my favorite speakers and I
knew it would be enjoyable. Note: I think his <i><b>Casefile Clues</b></i>
is the most under-revered genealogy books/newsletters there is. I
think of it as a book because I printed out Volumes 1&2 and put
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I tried Newspapers.com in the Tech Zone. Found some things worth pursuing. </div>
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I bought 2 more FTDNA autosomal kits and went home after lunch. I really like how FTDNA re-organized and fully staffed their conference booth. It was the best FTDNA conference experience I've ever had. Unfortunately, the commute home was not so good. </div>
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Big News! </b> Oh, my goodness! I've made the big time...after all these
Jamborees, I'm finally one of the unnamed background extras in one of
<a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2016/06/scgs2016-day-2-morning-festivities.html" target="_blank">Randy Seaver's Jamboree</a> photos!! I can prove I went to Saturday!</div>
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I think that the next time Jamboree has a schedule that really
motivates me, I will take Hubby along and get a room at the hotel for
2-3 days. My total commute time for the three days I attended was
over 10 hours and that doesn't count the stress and energy and parking
fees and the lonely husband issues....</div>
MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-52792970950912976662016-06-05T18:49:00.000-07:002016-06-05T19:08:57.440-07:00SCGS Jamboree 2016: DNA Day<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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this year, but when the schedule first came out with a full day of
excellent speakers on intermediate/advanced sessions for DNA Day and
an extra Friday workshop, I was hooked for the whole conference.
Unfortunately for my blogging, the daily commute precluded my posting
each day...more on that later. Here's a summary of my impressions. <a href="http://greatgreats.blogspot.com/2016/06/scgs-jamboree-2016-in-brief.html" target="_blank">A blog post on the rest ofJamboree to follow.</a></div>
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Even though I allowed 90 minutes for a
commute that can be done in an hour-ish, I was 30 minutes late and
arrived to find myself “locked-out” of Kitty Cooper's session on
triangulation. Fortunately, her blog posts are thorough so I think I
can tough it out and fill in the gaps myself. I spent the time left
that session in with Katherine Borges & Linda Magellan on
<i>Recruiting DNA in Europe</i>. Those few minutes were enjoyable and
informative while I let myself unwind from the drive. On to the rest of my day:</div>
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10am with James V. Bartlett on
<i><b>Intermediate DNA: Autosomal DNA – Specific Steps to Insure
Success </b></i>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">An
excellent presentation and syllabus: lots of detail yet very easy to
follow. I need to follow his suggestion of having a few “standard
messages” ready to use for cousin contacts. Duh..no wonder I was
never happy with my attempted messages...I was trying to make one fit
them all. Also, I need to keep trying: Jim cited much improved
response rates by the third inquiry he sends out to an individual.
His tips on spreadsheet management are useful, too.</span></span></div>
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11:30an with Tim Janzen on <i><b>Organizing
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Another excellent presentation in every
regard. He provided very detailed info on how he structures his
spreadsheets. Maybe I can make this work...I really like the idea of
giving a new cell to each individual email to/from a cousin contact.
In general, he works his analysis more at the segment level than by
total size of a match.
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2:00pm back with James V. Bartlett on
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Still very good and by this point I didn't need to take as many notes. I choose to think that's because of all my new knowledge and
synthesis skills rather than from info overload! I think I've really
got a good grasp now on analyzing matches that could be on either one
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3:30pm with Diahan Southard on <i><b>Circles
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Another excellent presentation as always from Diahan! I went into
this expecting to still be strongly favoring triangulation. However now, I must admit that I see there is indeed some logic & science behind
Genetic Networking (seems to be the generic term for “DNA Circles").
I still count myself in the triangulation camp, but I will be less overtly critical of a certain company's circles. I really liked Diahan's
emphasis that while you may have DNA matches in circles, you MUST
then “<i><b>do</b></i> the genealogy.”
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5:00pm with Blaine Bettinger for
<i><b>Genetic Genealogy: Year in Review 2016</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Good presentation, well
organized.</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Yes, a lot really did happen in just the last year. Key quote: “We need
to expect our match lists to change over time.” It's clear that
more updates and more changes are going to be a fact of life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Overall, a great day and it's going to take me hours and hours of work to start implementing all that I learned and/or am now more motivated to actually do.</span></span></div>
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MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-38758862110727582872016-05-04T17:19:00.000-07:002016-05-04T17:19:49.099-07:00Ancestry.com DNA: Then v. Now<span style="font-size: large;">It appears that the changes to Ancestry.com's DNA matching protocol have reached my results. Oh, dear: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>19 Missing ... that's 20%...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following all the alerts from other bloggers, I made sure that all of my existing <b>93</b> green leaf matches had stars and/or notes*. As you can see above, now I have only 90 green leaf matches. Doesn't sound too bad, does it? But, examining those 90, there are 16 with no star and no note but with a new blue dot ... they are entirely new to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, a total of 19 of my "Then" DNA matches who had trees with a match to my tree are no longer in that category. I haven't looked exhaustively for them, but it seems likely that they are indeed "gone." I assume ancestry.com did not change my tree or their trees, so if they are no longer among the green leaf DNA matches, they must no longer match my DNA at/above the threshold. So much for starring or noting previous matches....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other signs of change</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I selected, fairly randomly, 6 of my "then" matches and looked at Ancestry.com's specification of shared cM's now. All of them have been modified:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm glad ancestry.com wants my opinion and I will give it to them, but I'm not sure it really matters to them. They don't appear to have listened to the Power Bloggers....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've decided that I'm not going to give these changes any more of my time and energy right now. I'll wait to read some blogs and I'm very interested to hear all the talk at SCGS Jamboree DNA Day.</span><br />
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* I followed many more of the precautionary suggestions, but I don't have the strength to analyze comparisons of them now...if ever....<br />
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I'm certainly happy with any obituary, but some are better than others... and this obituary is one of the others.... It is about my great-grandmother and briefly refers to my grandfather, but you'd have to be a family genealogist to know it!<br />
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The "local lady" is Margaret Lavina (Richardson) (Hegwer) Danes. This obituary is from the 14 July 1919 issue of the <b>Grand Junction Daily Sentinel</b>, p. 5. From the first line shown in the image, her obituary continues:<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">whose home was at 829 South avenue, occurred yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, following a sickness of several months from asthma and complications. Mrs. Danes was born in Tiffany, Mo., August 29, 1860, and has been twice married, the first husband leaving her with two sons, one of whom is now making his home with his mother in this city and the other living in Idaho. Mrs. Danes was united in marriage with her present husband at Durango in 1905, and the family came to Grand Junction the following year.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> The funeral services are waiting word from the son in Idaho and upon receipt of such word the arrangements will be completed; burial will be on Orchard Mesa.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Later--The funeral services will be held at the Martin chapel Tuesday at 2 o'clock p. m. and will be in charge of Rev. Edwards of the Christian church.</span></i></blockquote>
The only named person is her second husband, A.W. Danes (note the use of initials rather than 'Albert Wentling'). Neither her married name nor even her forename is given; survivors are not named. <b><a href="http://greatgreats.blogspot.com/2011/05/great-grandmother-margaret-lavina.html" target="_blank">Click here </a> </b>for a photo of Margaret, Albert, and local son, Raymond Hegwer.<br />
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The "detail" of her first marriage is inaccurate and the location of her second marriage is wrong. <b> <a href="http://greatgreats.blogspot.com/2009/12/great-grand-parents-hegwer-richardson.html" target="_blank">Click here</a></b> for previously posted info about her divorce from Charles Hegwer.<br />
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By 1910 census and Salt Lake City directories, they did not arrive in Grand Junction Colorado before 1913. I wonder who supplied the information...I would have expected her widower or her son to have been more accurate or to have simply omitted specifics. So, it's another example of how cautious we have to be with obituaries.<br />
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I found it through the website of the <a href="http://mesacountylibraries.org/" target="_blank">Mesa County Libraries</a> and ordered an e-copy from them. Thank you, Mesa County Libraries of Colorado!MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-79407699871334693472015-10-10T22:16:00.000-07:002015-10-10T22:16:21.097-07:00atDNA Matches by CompanyI've made this my own "DNA Month" and plan to concentrate on getting all the things I've learned to do actually done. I've got some more gedcoms to upload, some more third-party tools to download and start using, match contacts to reply to, other matches to contact, and lots of results to analyze. <br />
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<b>Comparing atDNA test results across companies</b><br />
Luckily for me, my aunt was gracious and curious enough to let me test her atDNA. She's the only close relative I have from an earlier generation and so, consequently, her results are very important in my research. I tested her with Ancestry.com and then transferred the raw data to FTDNA to facilitate chromosome mapping. I've also got both of us at GedMatch. <br />
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I haven't been paying much attention to my matches beyond 4th cousins. Making this chart made me realize looking at my aunt's "4th cousin" matches, in essence, gives me one more good generation of priority matches to consider, at least on that side of my family. And, I didn't realize that she actually has more "4th cousin or closer" matches than I do. I'm going to have to spend some time on this result!<br />
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Hmmm...my chart for our FTDNA matches illustrates some of the differences between the two companies and how they select/report matches. ... Far fewer matches but more (on the surface) common matches. Given that my aunt doesn't have the Colonial America ancestry that's a full quarter of my pedigree chart, it surprises me that my aunt has more matches than I do. <br />
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It will be interesting to see how all these numbers change over time. MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-13878611933349872312015-08-19T03:00:00.000-07:002015-08-19T03:00:08.285-07:00Obituary: Dan DavisonTranscribed from the newspaper <i>Vermont Republican</i> of Windsor, Vermont. It was the 5 March 1821 issue on p. 3. Accessed with GenealogyBank.com<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DIED -- At Hartland, on the 31st Jan Deacon DAN DAVISON in the 85th year of his age. It may truly be said of him, 'He came to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in, in his season.' He was a soldier in the last French war in America, and when the struggle commenced between Great Britain and America, he was a warm friend to his country, and had two tours in the Revolutionary Army. He was a member of the Legislature of Vermont several years. He was a kind neighbor and a faithful friend. The order and regulations of his family, were exceeded by few, if any in the present age; and great spiritual blessings has he enjoyed in his family. He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church in Hartland, from its first constitution, and one of its main pillars. We think we shall not exaggerate if we say, he lived and died a Christain, in the consciences of all classes of people.--His funeral was attended on the 3d inst. by a great concourse of people. A discourse was delivered on the occasion, by one whom he had appointed, from the words of Elisha when his master was taken away, recorded in II Kings, 11th chap, and a part of the 12th verse 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.'</span></blockquote>
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The death notice immediately following was, coincidentally, one sentence for one of his grandsons, Paul Davison, who died at age 26 in Waterford.<br />
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It saddens me that the memory of this man did not survive to my generation. When I began my research, I did not know that any of my ancestors had lived in New England, or that they had fought in wars, or that they were Deacons or even Baptist. Deacon Dan Davison was one of my 4th-great-grandfather on my mother's side. <br />
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<br />MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-75470727406859563402015-08-17T14:28:00.000-07:002015-08-17T14:28:08.366-07:00Thomas Bascom and Martha Boltwood Field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thomas Bascom and his wife, Martha Boltwood Field, are two of my fourth-great-grandparents, through their son David. This image is from Amherst town records and shows a family listing of their first five children. <br />
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Such a record does not prove the children were born in Amherst, but most certainy the family resided there for a time. Given that David is the last listed, it is more likely that he was born there. Town histories uniformly name Thomas Bascom as one of the early settlers of Amherst and there is no record of him returning to Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts prior to 1880. Consequently, I believe it is fairly safe to say that David was born in Amherst.<br />
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The baptismal note added to the first Nathan's birth listing would seem to imply that he was at least baptized in Amherst. It's probably also safe to list Martha and the second Nathan as born in Amherst. <br />
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Four more children were more probably born in Warren: Solomon, Asa, Absalon, and Simon.<br />
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Thomas Bascom = Martha Boltwood Field<br />
David Bascom = Lydia Palmer<br />
Titus Davison = Hannah Field Bascom<br />
Celim Homer Porter = Clara Evelene Davidson<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">FHL186126 / online browse images / Amherst</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">Amherst, Hampshire: Births, marriages, deaths 1747-1836 vol 1 / clip from image 7 </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001 at Familysearch.org</span></div>
MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-48203510460649011042015-08-13T21:32:00.002-07:002015-08-13T21:32:53.346-07:00Obituary: Walter H. HegwerThank you, thank you, and thank you again to the Mesa County Libraries!!<br />
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Luckily for me, one of my great-grandmothers spent her last years in Grand Junction, Colorado. I know my great-grandmother is buried there and that Hegwer grave(s?) were purchased at the Orchard Mesa Cemetery in Grand Junction. I know I've looked before but, this time, something went right and I stumbled into the Genealogy section of the library system's website.<br />
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I was shocked to find that they had <b style="font-style: italic;">four </b>entries for "Hegwer" or related "Danes" surnames in their files. I was even more shocked to see that it appeared that they have a free service of providing e-copies of the related obituaries. I filled out the form and now I have copies of obituaries from the <i>Grand Junction Daily Sentinel</i> for:<br />
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<li>Margaret Lavina (Richardson) (Hegwer) Danes, my great-grandmother</li>
<li>Albert Wentling Danes, her second husband</li>
<li>Walter Hegwer, one of her children who died young</li>
<li>Myrtle "Mamie" May (Foltz) Hegwer, widow of Raymond Dudley Hegwer, another of Margaret's sons</li>
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The biggest news here is the info about work, residence, and illness for grand-uncle Walter. And, I have his birthplace as Laveta, Costilla, Colorado rather than Pueblo. The clipping is from the 18 Feb 1908 issue on p. 8.<br />
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The moral of the story is to always check the library where family lived and to recheck it periodically...the digital world is changing...!<br />
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MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-81240710887876186622015-08-11T16:56:00.001-07:002015-08-11T16:56:08.660-07:00Great Goodness: Sixth Blogiversary, 2009 to 2015Wow...I almost missed it! I sat down to send a note to Thomas MacEntee of <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/" target="_blank">Geneabloggers</a> and <a href="http://hidefgen.com/" target="_blank">High-Definition Genealogy</a> (among others) and suddenly flashed on '<i>what date is this</i>?!'<br />
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<b>State of the Blog -- Writing</b><br />
I haven't posted annual goals for <i><b>GreatGreats</b></i> for ages. Considering I only blogged once in all of 2014, my unstated goal this year was just to get back in the rhythm. I'm feeling pretty good about 2015: eighteen posts since last (uncelebrated) blogiversary. <br />
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On the other hand, I haven't done as many as I'd planned on DNA in my genealogy research. I have to do better with my DNA research in general.<br />
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I resumed First-Friday-Folder posts, but I've missed a couple. It's really hard when the first of the month is Thursday or Friday...I must plan ahead!! I'm very happy that I've scheduled regular review of existing folders and the related family group sheet. The biggest thing I saw recently is that while I have always written source citations, many of the earlier ones are lacking any written, specific explanation of specifically what my thought process had been.<br />
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<b>State of the Blog -- Cosmetics</b><br />
I'm feeling a serious urge to redecorate, ie redesign the blog. Ideas? Comments? My husband says my font size is too small. With the ease of manipulating screens nowadays, is that an issue for anyone? Anyway, the next time you visit <b><i>GreatGreats</i></b>, don't be surprised if it has a new look!<br />
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<br />MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-8711398334543239792015-08-07T04:00:00.000-07:002015-08-07T04:00:09.401-07:00First Friday Folder: David Bascom & Lydia PalmerDavid Bascom and Lydia are third great-grandparents on my mother's side. I selected this folder for review because, if I decide to participate in NEHGS' new database project <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/earlyvermont.aspx" target="_blank">Early Vermont Settlers to 1784</a>, Lydia's father, Zenas Palmer, is a viable candidate. Before working on Zenas, I better make sure the more recent generation is in good shape…. (Read <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://greatgreats.blogspot.com/2010/04/first-friday-folder-simeon-bates.html" target="_blank">the very first one here to review</a> </span>what I mean by First Friday Folder.)<br />
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<b>The Couple</b><br />
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The folder's contents were is relatively good shape, organized and nicely grouped. There were even three unnecessary duplicate pages to remove and file in the trash! I was feeling pretty good until I reviewed the family group sheet. While my citations were thorough enough to find the related source, I could <b><i>not </i></b>tell what-in-the-world I had been thinking…what did that page have to do with the event to which I had linked it?! I probably thought the link was obvious…something I'd "never" forget...<br />
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<li>FHL #28213 has been on my to-do list for some time: Now is the time to order these early Fairfax Town Records and write really thorough citations and proof statements as appropriate!</li>
<li>Review all citations for this couple and re-research and/or rewrite as needed.</li>
<li>Investigate two very promising DNA match in this line at Ancestry.com and another at FTDNA</li>
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<b>Conclusions</b><br />
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<li> I need to remember that I am writing citations not for me today, but for me later when I am not in the midst of solving that problem and I no longer remember what I was thinking at the time. My new dream is to someday review a folder that does not embarrass me….</li>
<li>I have to figure out a rationale or procedure on how to prioritize and rank which DNA matches to pursue. There are just too many to do them all justice.</li>
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MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-47413945032117766312015-07-23T13:58:00.003-07:002015-07-23T13:58:59.023-07:00Resource: Old Lutheran Migration<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">
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I <i>never</i> expected to find an article directly relevant to my Hegwer line! <span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">While Carl Benjamin Hegwer and Maria Rosina (Ilgner) Hegwer are not specifically mentioned, </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">"George Dopf and the Old Lutheran Migration of 1839" </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">is a very good article about the nature of their immigration in 1839. It's very hard (as in near impossible?) to find scholarly things in English about the early 1800s in Silesia, so this article is a real treat. The ship the Hegwer's were on left Hamburg 1 Jul 1839 and is the one described in this article, arriving NY on 24 Aug 1839. </span></div>
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Wherever the article refers to the Silesia group, that's us! There is no doubt that Carl Benjamin Hegwer knew Krause and Grabau, and probably Rohr, too. There was quite a bit of documented 'drama' among the 3 ministers, the Buffalo congregation, and the Wisconsin groups that has been left out of this article. You can't fit everything in one article!</div>
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MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-90294864167874050852015-07-21T13:52:00.000-07:002015-07-21T13:52:12.514-07:00Great-Great-Grandfather Homer Thomas Porter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Homer Thomas Porter and Dolly Bates are one set of my maternal great-great-grandparents. It's always nice to have an obituary for an ancestor, but this one is especially nice for several reasons:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> --It specifies where he was living when he died.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> --Dolly Ann (Bates) is named as his late wife.<br /> --His father, Thomas, is named. With common names, it's always nice to have generations linked!<br /> --It not only says where Dolly was when she died, it also specifies why she was so far from Vermont.<br /> --Surviving relatives are named and residences specified.<br /> --His religion and commitment to it are included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And, I have something new to research: What was the "battle of Plattsburg" and why is it still mentioned 90 years later???</span><br />
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MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-6341408931794750442015-07-05T20:28:00.000-07:002015-07-05T20:28:46.121-07:00Portrait of a Great Great: Mary Mason<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With a full quarter of my ancestry coming from the Great Migration, I'm used to finding the occasional mention in </span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>American Ancestors</i></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, one of the periodical publications of the </span><a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">New England Historic Genealogical Society</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. But the Winter 2015 (Vol. </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">16</i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, No. 1) has set a new standard here for excitement!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One article is primarily about Abigail Smith Adams, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincey Adams [1]. Author Michelle Marchetti Coughlin hypothesizes howAbigail's maternal great-grandparents may have affected Abigail. Luckily for me, those maternal great-grandparents are also my 8th-great-grandparents, John NORTON and Mary MASON.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The entire article is very interesting and includes a good deal of family history information and detail, far beyond birth-marriage-death. The great surprise is a portrait of Mary Mason, circa 1670! The actual portrait, artist unknown, is on display at the <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/adam/" target="_blank">Adams National Historical Park</a> in Quincy, Massachusetts. As part of the United States National Park Service (NPS), the website is great, too. It includes a <a href="http://www.nps.gov/adam/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm" target="_blank">Photo Gallery with eight sections</a>, one of which is <i>Portraits in the Old House</i>. Of the 32 portraits shown there, one is of "Mary Mason, circa 1670" and a download is available. My illustration here is a clip of that NPS download. Please visit their fine site for your own full copy.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Join national genealogy societies!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Read their </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">publications and be prepared for surprises!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Appreciate fine government websites!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b>Line of Descent</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Rev. John Norton = Mary Mason</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Capt. John Norton = Elizabeth Thaxter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">William Norton = Elizabeth Bennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Moses Bates = Hannah Norton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Moses Bates = Ruth Shaw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Norton Bates = Betsey Sweet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Homer Thomas Porter = Dolly Ann Bates</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Celim Homer Porter = Clara Evelene Davidson</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">my Grandpa Porter</span><br />
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[1] Coughlin, Michelle Coughlin. "A shared sensibility: Examining the legacy of John and Mary (Mason) Norton, maternal great-grandparents of Abigail Smith Adams." <i>American Ancestors</i>, <i>16 </i>(1): 47-51.MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-36540960550675177932015-06-26T20:44:00.000-07:002015-06-27T11:01:27.680-07:00Just a Great Coincidence?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU-wd2-EUEDeBWSCN_JogDGtdOFP2hrm5Me2Jm4deKQpsUNkjcAHsPAJPeRA8kBhjo2HKU_77ghvnPiaMOS-c21wYe-kmsmBXrhALXuImQ00oNYC5M0G0ZnO9kYZVGD0ugFmUfppJHmAn/s1600/2015-06-26+16.05.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU-wd2-EUEDeBWSCN_JogDGtdOFP2hrm5Me2Jm4deKQpsUNkjcAHsPAJPeRA8kBhjo2HKU_77ghvnPiaMOS-c21wYe-kmsmBXrhALXuImQ00oNYC5M0G0ZnO9kYZVGD0ugFmUfppJHmAn/s320/2015-06-26+16.05.49.jpg" width="240" /></a>My mother would have been 93 years old today but I wouldn't be blogging about it if it hadn't been for today's obituary section of the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. About 60% of Section B, page 6 is filled with the obituary of Patrick Macnee and includes a classic image from "The Avengers." I was surprised to see that he shared her birth year. He was one of mom's most favorite actors: she loved "The Avengers" with Macnee and Diana Rigg, but she would watch them no matter which female lead was present. I have very fond memories of watching the episodes in the 1960's with Mom. In later years, she was always ecstatic when she found reruns on TV.<br />
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The remaining 40% of the page was the obituary of Don Featherstone, designer of the vivid pink plastic garden flamingoes of 1957. The obituary includes a cute image of Featherstone with oodles of his flamingoes. Mom loved garden art, especially animals. We had several of those original flamingoes and she added/replaced them over the years; I have no idea how many she had in her lifetime. And, I never had any trouble finding a gift for her for any event or just because!<br />
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It's hard to believe it's merely a coincidence that, on her birthday, a whole page of the newspaper is consumed by two things she loved. I hope the families of Patrick Macnee and Don Featherstone realize how many memories they created for so many people.<br />
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My brother and I split her garden art. I think she might have been surprised to know we have kept it. I know she'd be surprised to see that I have added to it. <br />
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I need to get a pink flamingo as soon as possible.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">[Images all by me of some of Mom's garden art in my yard -- all rights reserved.]</span>MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-22122555115380869702015-06-10T16:37:00.000-07:002015-06-10T16:37:56.757-07:00Great Image of Henry Hegwer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was extremely successful at the TechZone at <a href="http://genealogyjamboree.com/" target="_blank">SCGS Jamboree</a> this year! I am extremely happy to have found an obituary for Great-Grand-Uncle Henry Hegwer, ninth child of my great-great-grandparents Carl Benjamin and Maria Rosina (Ilgner) Hegwer. It's fairly lengthy and with a style of excess that fit the era. There are some errors but mostly sins of omission and exaggeration. The great thing that got me so excited is the image of Henry that was included!<br />
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This is a screen clip from the <i>Denver Post</i> of 15 Dec 1921, p. 10, cols. 5-6 obituary accessed through GenealogyBank. It's not the best quality and I don't see a lot of resemblance to present day Hegwer's, but he does clearly have a Hegwer-style forehead! Maybe there's still hope that I'll, one day, find a photo of his baby brother, my great-grandfather, Charles Hegwer….<br />
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I do want to take the time to point out two main errors in this obituary:<br />
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<li>Henry was born 8 Oct 1842 in Freistadt, Ozaukee, Wisconsin. The family did not go to Kansas until 1857.</li>
<li>Henry was married three times: Kate Hornberger, Flora Wallace, and Fritchie (Knight) Conda. The marriage to Mrs. Conda lasted only about five weeks before Henry filed for divorce, which was granted a year later, but that's still a marriage.</li>
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Thank you, <a href="http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/" target="_blank">Southern California Genealogy Society</a>! Thank you,<a href="http://www.genealogybank.com/" target="_blank"> GenealogyBank</a>! I'm very happy to have this image of Henry Hegwer!</div>
MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-21967732613141081832015-06-08T22:36:00.000-07:002015-06-10T18:31:22.298-07:00Less-than-Accurate Obituary : Flora (Wallace) Hegwer<b>Moral:</b> It may be in print but that doesn't make it complete...<br />
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Great Grand-Uncle Henry Hegwer's second wife was Flora C. (Wallace) Hegwer. I just found an obituary for her at <a href="http://www.genealogybank.com/" target="_blank">GenealogyBank</a> from the <i>Denver Post </i>of 7 February 1910, p.2, col. 6, thanks to the TechZone at <a href="http://genealogyjamboree.com/" target="_blank">SCGS Jamboree</a>!<br />
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I'm very happy to have this obituary because it shows that great-grand-uncle Henry, who had these children and married Flora, also used the name "Ferdinand." I was confident that they were the same person, but it's nice to have confirmation in print. I've <a href="http://greatgreats.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-uncle-henry-hegwer.html" target="_blank">blogged before about Henry</a>...it seems there is no end to his adventures.<br />
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<b>Transcription</b>, with slashes indicating paragraphs:<br />
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Wife of Prominent Politician is Dead / Early Sunday morning Mrs. Flora C. Hegwer, wife of Ferdinand H. Hegwer, and for years a prominent Republican political worker, died at her home, 4428 Elizabeth street. Mrs. Hegwer had been a resident of Denver for over twenty years, coming here from Francisco, Ind. She was 43 years old and her death was brought on by a complication of diseases. Besides her husband, Mrs. Hegwer is survived by five children, Harry H., Otto W., Lela, Leonard and Mrs. Clara Lowe, all of this city. The funeral services will be held from the family residence Tuesday afternoon. / Mrs. Hegwer is survived by her husband and five children, Harry H. Hegwer, Otto W Hegwer, Lela Hegwer, Leonard Hegwer and Mrs Clara Lowe, all of Denver. Two sons of Mrs. Hegwer died in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war. They were Oscar W. Hegwer and Albert C. Hegwer. Both were members of the First Colorado regiment, Compay E. Harry H. Hegwer was also with the Colorado regiment in the Philippines. Ferdinand H. Hegwer, the husband, is a veteran of the civil war and is commander of the recently organized Indian War Veterans of Colorado. / The funeral of Mrs. Hegwer will be from the family residence tomorrow afternoon.</blockquote>
[Yes, the obituary repeats the names of the children and date of the services.]<br />
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<b>Alternative Information</b><br />
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<li>"Henry" is much more commonly used as his first name. Early records, military, headstone, etc., are "Henry." He seems to have started using "Ferdinand" around the time of the boiler explosion scandal.</li>
<li>Flora's first child, Otto, was born in Kansas in 1886 and the couple was definitely in Kansas in 1888 for court cases about the "Hegwer Houses" and at least one related lien on property Henry had in Flora's name. Yes, Flora was born in Indiana, but every indication is that they were in Kansas for at least a few years before Colorado. [ie, 1900 US Census, Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado]</li>
<li>Clara, Albert, Oscar, and Harry were children by Henry's first wife, Kate Hornberger, who presumably died before 1885. [ie, 1880 US Census, Grant, Reno, Kansas]</li>
<li>Albert died in San Francisco in a military hospital on the way<i> to</i> the Philippines; he was in Company I at the time. He is buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery. [ie, <i>San Juan Prospector</i>, 20 Aug 1898, p.1]</li>
<li>Oscar attended to his brother all through his short illness in San Francisco and then continued on to the Philippines. He returned to Denver after serving about one year but was already ill when he arrived home. He died a few weeks later. [i.e., <i>Denver Evening Post</i>, 15 Oct 1899, p.6, col.D]</li>
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<b>Conclusion</b><br />
I had already accumulated a great deal of info on Henry when I found this obituary, so I knew it was inaccurate. I hope researchers for whom this obituary is their first great find about Henry have the good sense to keep looking.<br />
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<b>Note</b><br />
Full source citations gladly available upon request.<br />
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<br />MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-10392983111299448792015-06-03T03:30:00.000-07:002015-06-03T11:51:27.213-07:00Keating Variations<span style="font-size: large;">Céitinn, Cateing, Cating, Cayting, Ceating, Ceitin, Ceitinn, Kaiting, Kateing, Kating, Katting, Keatance, Keateing, Keatinge, Keatings, Keatting, Keeting, Keetinge, Keting, Ketinge, Ketting, Kettinge, Ketyng, Ketynge, Mac Céitín, MacKeating, </span><span style="font-size: large;">McKeating</span><br />
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From the <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=" target="_blank">Irish Times webpage</a>. I've <a href="http://greatgreats.blogspot.com/2010/09/irish-genealogy-tip-irish-times.html" target="_blank">blogged about this resource</a> many years ago. It's good to revisit great resources periodically!<br />
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More possibilities abound: trade C for K, double vowels, omit second vowels, maybe trade a D for K and so on….MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-75132613030342291982015-05-31T14:15:00.000-07:002015-05-31T14:16:28.471-07:00Great Resource: Maps of Morrow County, Ohio <br />
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This is just a clip of the Chester map from 1857. Visit their website to see much more!<br />
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The <a href="http://engineer.co.morrow.oh.us/" target="_blank">Morrow County Engineer website</a> includes several links to county and township maps. The <a href="http://engineer.co.morrow.oh.us/MiscMaps.aspx" target="_blank">section titled "Misc Maps"</a> is especially interesting since it includes the 1857 atlas maps, which it says were taken from actual surveys. Eight other Morrow County atlas maps are also included, dating from1871 to 1989. The map is in a pdf file and is very, very slow to load, so I'm not including that specific link here. Visit the 'Misc Maps' link and select the atlas map of your choice.<br />
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My SHAW and MILLER lines were in Chester, Knox County from the early 1800s. Morrow County was created in 1847 and Chester was one of the areas reassigned. Robert Shaw and Sarah Miller were in Missouri for the 1840 & 1850 censuses, but I can't find them in 1860…I wonder if they went back to Ohio? This 1857 maps show that there were still Miller's in town. Adjacent names are familiar, too.<br />
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I found this resource from a footnote in an article in the <a href="http://www.ogs.org/" target="_blank">Ohio Genealogical Society</a>'s <i>Ohio Genealogy News</i>, Fall 2014 (45:3, p.21) by Corinne Bertin Konecny. My membership in OGS has paid for itself many times over through all I've learn through its publications.<br />
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<br />MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227235601381982501.post-57458235387599109642015-05-03T13:57:00.001-07:002015-05-03T13:57:33.394-07:00"Hegwer" in Sütterlin Script<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With my new organization regimen, I review two random resource notebooks each month. (Most of them haven't been used for years.) My orginal hope was that I would find unnecessary or duplicate papers and could discard great bunches. You can probably guess that hasn't happened much. I keep telling myself that I am not responsible for archiving the world….<br />
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Today's pick was my notebook on German genealogy. I only found one unnecessary page in the whole notebook and only had to move one page to its proper section. Generally, I'm impressed with the quality of info I've accumulated...maybe I should even go back to working on that line?!<br />
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The forgotten treasure I found was my handout and notes from a 2006 lecture for the then Santa Clarita Valley Family History Center seminar. This session was presented by Kurt Schr<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">ö</span>der and included content on various script found in German records. I remember going up to him after the fine session and asking if he would please write "Hegwer" for me on my notes. I had already written the name out and I pointed to the blank area after the name. Mr. Schr<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">ö</span>der very graciously responded with the line you see above. (I added the arrow afterward so that I'd remember what I had!)<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">[Image is cropped scan from original document in MHD collection; all rights reserved.]</span>MHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06112884037997769189noreply@blogger.com0