tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47402602525003859972024-03-09T08:49:20.115-05:00The Scrappy Genealogistphotos, scrapbooks, old papers and letters, family history, and genealogical research and problem solvingJennifer Shoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080992117190219898noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-54301357798716993672022-05-30T15:25:00.244-04:002022-05-31T15:22:06.366-04:00Ethel Florence Wilhelmina Hill's Autograph Book - Signatures<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscTexYHyqiHQkpYkCuDyI_493mfHHMVOLgm7SrPSIdFppER8zwHYwKzwFin4k5ez6C3lSfFRbJJ5O4mIGQXeDiX6lvomwTa2tA42eEviq6whZWqZpwDubELJeeZ9d2aLOQL4_LwiIpraNdQgPGVkwJBrXHY2eJf_qWRm0EGgBMlv-xg2MS7L7Uh-3/s3091/1886%20Hill%20Ethel%20Autograph%20Book%20Title%20Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of autograph book title page" border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="3091" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscTexYHyqiHQkpYkCuDyI_493mfHHMVOLgm7SrPSIdFppER8zwHYwKzwFin4k5ez6C3lSfFRbJJ5O4mIGQXeDiX6lvomwTa2tA42eEviq6whZWqZpwDubELJeeZ9d2aLOQL4_LwiIpraNdQgPGVkwJBrXHY2eJf_qWRm0EGgBMlv-xg2MS7L7Uh-3/w320-h196/1886%20Hill%20Ethel%20Autograph%20Book%20Title%20Page.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #274e13; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ethel's Mamma - Annie Connor Hill - gave her daughter an autograph book on her seventh birthday, 14 September 1886. The book, signed by Ethel's mother, was also signed by her father, William McPherson Hill, and her sister (my great grandmother), Mabel Georgiana Manderson Hill - age four at the time. I treasure my great grandparents' thoughtful autographs. What about the sixty other signatures? </span></p></span><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j9N6jO25Aec" width="480" youtube-src-id="j9N6jO25Aec"></iframe></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Who autographed Ethel's book?</span></h4><div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;">The friends and classmates who autographed Ethel's book were in Revere and Somerville, Massachusetts. Did your relative or ancestor sign? Let me know in the comments. I will send a high-resolution image of their autograph. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Mamma - Annie Connor Hill, Somerville, MA – 14 Sept 1886</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">"Ethel F.W. Hill</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">With Mamma's love on her 7th birth-day."</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Mr. M. Connor, Boston, MA – 6 Apr 1891</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Mamma - Annie Connor Hill – 8 Feb 1891</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">"Sow an act and you reap a habit,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Sow a habit and you reap a character,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Sow a character and you reap a destiny."</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Papa - William McPherson Hill – 14 Sept. 1886</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“I live for those that love me,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">For those that know me true,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">For the heaven that smiles above me,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And waits my coming too.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">For the cause that needs assistance,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">For the wrongs that need resistance,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">For the future in the distance,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">For the good that I can do.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Edna Van Vorst, Revere, MA – 15 Jan. 1891</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your true friend”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mamie Weaver – 1 Jan 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Roses red, violets blue, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Sugar sweet, and so are you.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marion Kimball, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend, for-get-me-not [corners]”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Herbert M. Hale, Somerville, MA – 8 Oct 1887</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">May 30 [bottom right corner]</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Notes: Herbert Miller Hale was born 3 May 1882 at Boston to Ezra Hale and Margaret.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9604866:2495</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuXCNeCHFQ9VPAxnaAabUYP9BZ7PzblM08R4icj1AYwlv-M6HFaQ0A04hmYjiQ6fMTNvzX7_D2SNZQH9vWkppHZWu35t6zD3JzVAPJNs1risSyU_yxA6zhu6mitGRbniykbCG3AulYXT2JwPfSBlth3jo_y39SLz7r2WUj-P4k3iKTI8sJzDPjP8C/s1926/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%206.34.48%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" data-original-height="58" data-original-width="1926" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuXCNeCHFQ9VPAxnaAabUYP9BZ7PzblM08R4icj1AYwlv-M6HFaQ0A04hmYjiQ6fMTNvzX7_D2SNZQH9vWkppHZWu35t6zD3JzVAPJNs1risSyU_yxA6zhu6mitGRbniykbCG3AulYXT2JwPfSBlth3jo_y39SLz7r2WUj-P4k3iKTI8sJzDPjP8C/w640-h20/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%206.34.48%20PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-small;">Herbert Miller Hale, birth, 3 May 1882, image of registration. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Alice I. Connell, Revere, MA – 15 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your Friend,”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grace E. Whitaker, Northboro, MA – 19 Jul 1887</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">(Mar 13th)[lower left corner]</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Notes: </b>Grace Elsie Whitaker of Northboro was born 13 March 1879 at Northborough to Nat Whitaker and Elsie H. Hawes. Her birth record: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/287676:5062</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT43Pbgyv2P6D613l7stSLWB4TwSjgmA2YLSOeLoiBqXeSFag55mg-Uae58LXAgjvIyGFE1-w81vzEHGc07J-m9IMo-PMglcELnAMJXGQIopbr_Rwzo33Jax9SXtQyuwHCvpKaw9M0C-KVNUksvX0hbssk-v93Q-AcQtluj0QHR_CUYCKi_hQAvXdC/s1834/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%206.16.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img alt="image of birth registration of Grace Elsie Whitaker" border="0" data-original-height="97" data-original-width="1834" height="31" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT43Pbgyv2P6D613l7stSLWB4TwSjgmA2YLSOeLoiBqXeSFag55mg-Uae58LXAgjvIyGFE1-w81vzEHGc07J-m9IMo-PMglcELnAMJXGQIopbr_Rwzo33Jax9SXtQyuwHCvpKaw9M0C-KVNUksvX0hbssk-v93Q-AcQtluj0QHR_CUYCKi_hQAvXdC/w592-h31/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%206.16.40%20PM.png" width="592" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-small;">Grace Elsie Whitaker, birth, 13 March 1879, image of registration.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Florence L. Eaton, Winthrop Ave., Revere, MA – 15 Jan 1891</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your true friend, for-get-me-not [four corners]</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Arthur L. Hale, Somerville, MA – 8 Oct 1887</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Jan 13 [lower right corner]</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Notes:</b> Arthur Laroy Hale was born 13 January 1874 at Amesbury, MA, to Ezra Hale and Margaret Miller. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7403751:5062</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjAxjp_7aXYZZKyNLNkCz7vs_bQgphsTeERI2Pgi2KJDg6FqNMP5mYjeLiIbM_xY9SMAl--ubuFdIV6kxEHB0stQCXxYki394sr2Kf71C6XdMu6gdr1KuWZ0bhPBDjCpxSW5BHINWv06_WhvIVv4Sd3Aqf1D_k_fjwbtlQ1s23R-Hbsv26EHHUCyo/s1674/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%206.30.46%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="1674" height="24" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjAxjp_7aXYZZKyNLNkCz7vs_bQgphsTeERI2Pgi2KJDg6FqNMP5mYjeLiIbM_xY9SMAl--ubuFdIV6kxEHB0stQCXxYki394sr2Kf71C6XdMu6gdr1KuWZ0bhPBDjCpxSW5BHINWv06_WhvIVv4Sd3Aqf1D_k_fjwbtlQ1s23R-Hbsv26EHHUCyo/w640-h24/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%206.30.46%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arthur Laroy Hale, birth, 13 January 1874, image of registration. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Alice G. Dixon, Revere, MA – 19 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Some write for love,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Some write for fain [sic],</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">But I write simply</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">To sign my name.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Alice G. Hale, Somerville, MA – 8 Oct 1887</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">June 13 [lower right corner]</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Notes: </b>Alice Gertrude Hale was born 13 June 1885 to Ezra Hale and Martha. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1175844:5062 </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBrCERjsuAxAa3kDVGOZmf_9N8DxpEHG2MLhk8BLQ9GKXFPJEV7GBTo2dxzNCggIEnv3N3KocQluDVb4PAyx7uYpaBonjLIgDgIkL2uQXumzGmZJ5bsqg4BdnXH9W4e4DX1qS94eXW0u4L9NAXV63ysGdNAK1rXNenDygQDUitzNSkHkyo9uQqXpz/s1794/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-30%20at%201.14.00%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="1794" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBrCERjsuAxAa3kDVGOZmf_9N8DxpEHG2MLhk8BLQ9GKXFPJEV7GBTo2dxzNCggIEnv3N3KocQluDVb4PAyx7uYpaBonjLIgDgIkL2uQXumzGmZJ5bsqg4BdnXH9W4e4DX1qS94eXW0u4L9NAXV63ysGdNAK1rXNenDygQDUitzNSkHkyo9uQqXpz/w640-h20/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-30%20at%201.14.00%20PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-small;">Alice Hale, birth, 13 June 1885, image of registration. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lillian Haskell, Revere, MA – 14 Jan 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“To Ethel, Trust many, love few, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And always paddle your own canoe.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lillie Dow, Revere, MA – 10 Dec 1888</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Live truly, and thy life shall be</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">A great and noble creed.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Your friend”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Michael Burke, Crescent Beach – 14 Jan 1891</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Nattie B. Wisdom, Somerville, MA – 27 May 1887</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your loving friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marion Eaton, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Clara Amazeen, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your loving friend. For-get-me-not [4 corners]”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">M.E. Ronan, Revere, MA – 28 May 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend and schoolmate. For-get-me-not.” </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Notes: </b>This may be the autograph of Margaret E. Ronan, born 12 Mar 1876 at Roxbury to Jeremiah F. Ronan and Margaret E. Doherty, who died of tuberculosis on 12 Nov 1895 at Revere. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Index for birth/baptismal record: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61585/records/131300284 </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Revere death record on Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4352206:2101</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFJuu221VW7I49SK1jzH6Ca3Lj6p8RL9hJnZgTiORfFL__6ZJCgEYaaTqZ7zwQ3J1MKetRVzyTH15sePMMhGR0Av3p2kay_U36RYo1qTOSmE2dUc35VmQSjqXsF0BXzZW6i3_gqI36H_lnK0HckjLi5T0cYxxqzxdxlFcfpdYszq9kJ3GjhG0lEHE/s3056/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-30%20at%201.29.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="3056" height="28" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFJuu221VW7I49SK1jzH6Ca3Lj6p8RL9hJnZgTiORfFL__6ZJCgEYaaTqZ7zwQ3J1MKetRVzyTH15sePMMhGR0Av3p2kay_U36RYo1qTOSmE2dUc35VmQSjqXsF0BXzZW6i3_gqI36H_lnK0HckjLi5T0cYxxqzxdxlFcfpdYszq9kJ3GjhG0lEHE/w640-h28/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-30%20at%201.29.05%20PM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-small;">Margaret E. Ronan, death, 12 November 1895, image of registration.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Bessie L. Wisdom, Somerville, MA – [undated]</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your loving friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Minnie Patch, Revere, MA – 15 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wendell S. Colcord, Revere, MA – 14 Sep 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Harry Powers – 15 Jan 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wm Calvert, Boston, MA – 23 Sep 1888</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“May your lot in life be tranquil</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> May you never have a foe</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Ne’er may grief your bosom rankle</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> May you never sorrow know.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yours sincerely.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mattie A. Dixon – 19 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“To Daisy, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">May your pleasure ever spread</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Like butter on hot ginger bread.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grace Doworth [sp?], Revere, MA – 9 Oct 1887</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Fannie A. Baker, Revere, MA – 30 Jan 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Georgie N. Fuller, Revere, MA – 11 Dec 1888</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sarah E. Woodbury, Revere, MA – 15 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Life is a short day, but</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">It is a working day.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lucy A. Hall, Cambridgeport [neighborhood in Cambridge]; Revere, MA – 24 Sep 1888</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Edith Milliken, Revere, MA </span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Let not our friendship be like the rose, to sever</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">But like the ever-green, may it last forever.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ethel Patch, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your loving friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Florence Richards, Revere, MA</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Do to others as you would.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">That they should do to you.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lillian M. Sancrie, Crescent Beach, Revere, MA – 10 Feb 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“When you are old and cannot see,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"> Put on your specs and think of me.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your playmate.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grace F. Willard, Revere, MA – 20 Jan 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your loving friend. For-get-me-not.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Carrie B. Morse, Charlestown, MA – Revere, 15 Aug 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Florence E. Haskell, Revere, MA – 14 Jan 1891</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sadie Perry – 15 Nov 1888</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“A good name is better</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">than great riches.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mabel Hill, age 4 years, Revere, MA</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your Sister.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mabel Conquest, Revere, MA – 24 Jul 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Maud Melanson, Revere, MA – 6 Nov 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ida L. Venables – 14 Nov 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Around me shall hover </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">in sadness or glee</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Till life’s dream is over</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Sweet memories of thee.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grace A. Marble, Revere, MA – 30 Jan 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“What is in a name?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Guy H. Gibbs, Boston, MA – 22 Sep 1888</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mary L. Holland, Revere, MA – 6 Feb 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Very truly your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">F.M. Roberts, Crescent Beach [Revere], MA – 3 Mar 1893</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Ever be happy</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And mind your Grandpapy.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pauline Fontain – 6 Nov 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Remember the Miss.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">That scribbled this.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your true friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wm Hepburn – 16th Jul 1889</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Whilst voices found around thee blend</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And wishes thee joys that know no end</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">An earnest greeting, I would send</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And breathe a loving prayer</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Oh, thornless may life’s roses be</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And bright thy patch of Summer Sea,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">May every hope most dear to thee</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Be granted to thy share. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Howard Smith – 14 Jan 1891</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“If you wish to laugh,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Glance at my autograph.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Frank McDonald, Revere, MA</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Some like one, and some like two,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">I like one, and that is you.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Albert P. Gillies, Revere, MA – 14 Jun 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Winifred Tutein, Revere, MA – 26 May 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend. For-get-me-not.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ethel Gordon, Revere, MA – 26 May 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Maggie Rhodes, Revere, MA – 26 May 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Molly Segee [sp?], Revere, MA</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Helen Shay, Crescent Beach, Revere, MA – 29 Jan 189</b>0</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“May all your path be strewn with roses</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And none of your children have pug noses.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your schoolmate.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">C.S. Wing (De Voe), Revere, MA </span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“When you get married and drinking tea</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Think of that saying remember me.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Theresa Myer</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“When you are married, and your baby is cross</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Come over to my my house and I will give you some apple sauce.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Your Friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lillian E. Wright, Revere, MA – 5 Nov 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“May friendship and truth,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Be with you in youth,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And catnip and sage</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Cheer up your old age.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Your schoolmate.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Aidna W. Gay, Revere, MA – 30 Jan 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“May your voyage through life</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Be as happy and free</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">As the sparkling waves</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Of the dark blue sea.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Your friend.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Daisy Munro, Revere, MA – 28 May 1890</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Your Friend. For-get-me-not.”</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Andrew Josselyn, Revere, MA</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px;"><div style="line-height: 24.64px;"><b style="line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Jennifer Shoer aka <i>Scrappy Gen</i></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 24.64px;"><div style="line-height: 24.64px;"><div style="line-height: 24.64px;"><div style="line-height: 24.64px;"><div style="line-height: 24.64px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.64px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.reconnectingrelatives.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Reconnecting Relatives</a>, LLC</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.64px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Let's Remember<b>!</b></span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> © copyright 2010-2016 – All rights reserved </p>
<a href=”http://www.reconnectingrelatives.com“>Reconnecting Relatives®, LLC</a></div>Jennifer Shoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080992117190219898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-54398594288281780912016-10-11T08:00:00.000-04:002016-10-11T16:06:43.530-04:00Poland: Target Wisła River<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Poland has been on my genealogy wish list for years.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">In <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2014/09/my-genealogy-sabbatical-year.html" target="_blank">My Genealogy Sabbatical Year</a>, I wished for two months in Poland and Germany. I feel lucky that I was able to spend two weeks there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I hoped to stay near the Wisła River. My ancestors lived in various small towns along the river between Włocławek and Płock. I wanted to feel what it felt like to be there. The <a href="http://parki.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl/gwpk" target="_blank">Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park</a>, a beautiful post-glacial area, absorbed many of the towns. The land and its' beauty remains. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Research Location #1: Płock or Włocławek?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Since my last posting about <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2015/05/using-google-maps-to-find-genealogical.html" target="_blank">finding genealogical records in Poland</a>, I have found evidence of ancestors in several more towns. Most of these ancestral towns, are part of Powiat Włocławski in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. These towns belonged to the Nowa Wieś Lutheran parish. Nowa Wieś is just south of the border of Powiat Włocławsk in Powiat Płocki in the Masovian Voivodeship. When it was active the <a href="http://www.upstreamvistula.org/Parishes/NowaWies.htm" target="_blank">Nowa Wieś Lutheran parish encompassed 36 towns and villages.</a> Our first research stop will be the <a href="http://www.plock.ap.gov.pl/" target="_blank">Płock archive</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">We found a fantastic hotel right on the river in Płock; <a href="http://www.hoteltumski.pl/en/" target="_blank">Hotel Tumski</a>. It is less than a block from the archives. Our guide, <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2016/10/poland-hiring-genealogy-tour-guide.html" target="_blank">Zbigniew</a>, picked us up at the Warsaw airport and brought us straight there.<a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2016/10/poland-hiring-genealogy-tour-guide.html" target="_blank"> PolishOrigins</a> had planned research for the first day, but I knew we would all need a break. Plus, our cousin, Erwin, would be coming from Potsdam, Germany, in the evening to meet and join us in our ancestral quest. We did not want to leave him out of the fun.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>Resources</u>: </span></b><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2014/09/my-genealogy-sabbatical-year.html">My Genealogy Sabbatical Year</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://parki.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl/gwpk" target="_blank">Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2015/05/using-google-maps-to-find-genealogical.html" target="_blank">Using Google Maps to Find Genealogical Records</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.plock.ap.gov.pl/" target="_blank">Płock Archives</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://plock.ap.gov.pl/p,136,genea" target="_blank">Płock Evangelical Lutheran and Catholic Indexing Project</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.szukajwarchiwach.pl/search?q=ewangelicko-augsburskiej%20Nowa%20Wie%C5%9B%20XTYPEro%3Apra&order=" target="_blank">Polish Archival Resources for Nowa Wieś</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.szukajwarchiwach.pl/" target="_blank">Search Polish Archives</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">As you know my parents invited me on their trip to Germany. They added a side trip to Poland where I could research in the Polish archives. My Mom wanted to stand on the land where our ancestors lived. I felt prepared for a research trip to Poland. I knew our family surnames and previous residences. I had exhausted all online, <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> and U.S. record groups. I also knew the record groups to review at the archives and which records I was hoping to find. For example, my great grandparents birth records from 1891 and 1895.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Here is the catch. I do not speak Polish. I can usually recognize names/surnames in Polish handwriting in genealogical records, but speaking, writing or even sounding out Polish is beyond my capability. What does a good genealogist do when she does not have a needed skill to complete a project (and I didn't have enough time/years to learn Polish)? Just like you, we hire someone. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Over the last year, I have become familiar with the website and company, <a href="http://polishorigins.com/" target="_blank">PolishOrigins</a>. Their online strength is their active forum. I posted a marriage record there and it was translated by one of their kind volunteers. Then an unknown cousin from Connecticut contacted me because the record was for our shared 4x great grandparents. Boom. Just like that. A new cousin (connection) is born. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://polishorigins.com/about/" target="_blank">PolishOrigins</a> is a registered tour operator. They travel to Poland and nearby countries that have been part of Poland. My new cousin, who had been using PolishOrigins for longer than I have, encouraged me to hire them to guide us on our research trip to Poland. I did and we were all happy to have <a href="http://polishorigins.com/our-team/" target="_blank">Zbigniew, their chief genealogy guide</a> to assist us on our journey into the past. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">PolishOrigins was extremely flexible with our planning. September is their busiest season, but Zbigniew fit us </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">between a big trip to Belarus and his next client. While with us, he gave us his full attention and energy to our family. It was super hectic as we had only two full days to accomplish so much, but he kept us on task and going forward. Sometimes he even let us have a coffee break. Zbigniew is a typical genealogist. Finding the records and the places and the people are more important than sleeping or eating. Although, sometimes I like to eat. And sleep. But he and my parents (Remember those rocket to Mars travelers?) kept telling me that I would have time on the train to sleep and eat. And I did. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I highly recommend Zbigniew and PolishOrigins. My husband and I already plan to go back in two years for the IAJGS 2018 Jewish genealogy conference in Warsaw. Did I tell you that all we did in Warsaw was get off a plane and then onto a train after three days? I don't even like to think about everything I missed. I start to get anxiety. Anyway, Zbigniew insists that we must go first to Kraków before the conference because there is an amazing <a href="http://www.jewishfestival.pl/pl/" target="_blank">Jewish festival there every summer</a>. It makes me happy to hear that Jewish life is flourishing in places where it had been obliterated. It is clear that Zbigniew loves Kraków and Poland and his job. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I wonder if I could learn to speak Polish in two years...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Buckle your seatbelts! We are traveling at the speed of my parents. Oh, did you think that speed might be slow? Not with my parents. They may physically move at a slower pace than me, but they travel with the purpose and intensity of a rocket trip to Mars. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We spent two weeks in Poland and Germany with a small day trip to Austria. During that time, we visited eight cities and numerous villages; researched our family in archives in Płock and Włocławek (Poland); spent time with six new (to me) cousins (ages 8 months to 95 years); crawled through overgrown cemeteries and the locations of long gone villages; and even did some sightseeing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My parents invited me on their nostalgic trip to Germany, where they began their lives together more than fifty years ago, while my Dad was serving in the U.S. army. True, they wanted some help along the way, but they enticed me with family research in Poland and new cousins. New cousins and dead ancestors. What could be better? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This birth certificate took my breath away. There were several illegitimate births each year in Stonington, Connecticut, but for this one, either the doctor or the clerk felt the need to pass moral judgement on the mother of this baby boy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I found the record for baby boy Morrison born in 1863 by looking through the Stonington vital records on microfilm, image by image. When you are searching for a family (online, on microfilm or in person), take the time to proceed page by page. There are several benefits to this process;</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">find items missed during indexing or indexed incorrectly</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">microfilm: you may discover film descriptions are inaccurate and find something you didn't expect to find</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">births: find babies recorded without first names</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">marriages: learn the names of officiants of other marriages and by extension discover religious institutions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">deaths: learn about most common causes and epidemics</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">discover interesting stories and add to your knowledge of the time and place</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yes. It takes more time to look at every page or image. I spent eight hours going through this microfilm reel! That's three days spent at the <a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Exeter_New_Hampshire_Family_History_Center" target="_blank">Family History Center in Exeter, New Hampshire</a>. However, not only did I find several family records, I found baby Morrison's birth certificate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Baby Morrison's certificate tells us about the morals of the day and society's view on illegitimate births, promiscuity and racial prejudice. Was this remark made by the white doctor because of the mother's color? We could answer this question by making a survey of all of the illegitimate births in Stonington and noting the doctors' names and their remarks.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">[2]</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I hope you will consider going page by page the next time you are hunting for an ancestor's record. Let me know what you find. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">[1] Stonington, Connecticut, Records of births, marriages, deaths 1847- 1869, Certificate of Birth, 39, Morrison, April 12th, 1863; FHL microfilm 1309873, Item 4.<br />[2] 1850 U.S. census, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, population schedule, p. 270 (stamped), dwelling 208, family 381, Geo. E. Palmer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 June 2015); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 48. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.reconnectingrelatives.com/jewish-research/the-name-game-conquering-jewish-name-challenges" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JBJYwB9O7BU/VYGPk0R0KKI/AAAAAAAACK8/bnah8o0vtuQ/s200/Jewish%2BNames.jpg" width="200" /></a><span id="goog_286651501"></span><span id="goog_286651502"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Head over to the <a href="http://www.reconnectingrelatives.com/jewish-research" target="_blank">Reconnecting Relatives Jewish genealogy blog</a> for help finding your Jewish ancestors. Every Tuesday there will be a new post with tips and resources. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The most commented post on The Scrappy Genealogist is the one in which I write about <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2010/12/traveling-back-in-timetexas-road.html" target="_blank">traveling back to the place I first lived, Butzbach, Germany</a>. My Dad was stationed there from 1965 through 1968. We lived on Texas Road in the American military housing complex, Roman Way. My memories of our time there are hazy, but when we visited, I felt a deep connection to the place where I spent my first years. Memories can be intellectual, but mine of Butzbach are physical and emotional. </span><br />
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Ten years ago, on 30 April 2003, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that its operations at Schloss Kaserne and Roman Way in Butzbach would end in 2007.[1] Periodically I reread the comments from people who also lived and/or served there. They are united in their fond memories and they miss this special place and time. I totally get it. And so feeling a bit melancholy today for a place and time now gone, I offer you these links:</span><br />
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<a href="http://stimpyrama.org/ghs/2499#1" target="_blank">Photos by Stimpyrama</a>: This site's photographer takes beautiful photos of <a href="http://stimpyrama.org/ghs/2" target="_blank">Lost Places</a>. His photos of Roman Way are edited to create a gritty, emotional effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Roadking1970" target="_blank">YouTube </a>user <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Roadking1970" target="_blank">3AD Roadking 1970</a> created three videos in 2007 of Roman Way:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_YiToJaHYE&list=UU17WY36q2eEMcf5AZDegbfw&index=12" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roman Way Village Housing Part 1</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlI4wHzLYCw&list=UU17WY36q2eEMcf5AZDegbfw&index=13" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roman Way Village Housing Part II</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmFL0fn4Ebc&list=UU17WY36q2eEMcf5AZDegbfw&index=11" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roman Way Village Housing Part III</span></a><br />
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and one of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVIlHKzChI" target="_blank">Schloss Kaserne</a>. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.frankfurthigh.com/history/subpages/fahs_housing.htm#Butzbach" target="_blank">Frankfurt American High School</a> has two interior photos taken in Butzbach, one of <a href="http://www.frankfurthigh.com/history/images5/ButzbachAYAPoolTables_m.jpg" target="_blank">pool tables</a> and the other of a <a href="http://www.frankfurthigh.com/history/images6/Butzbach_AYA_69_RP_m.jpg" target="_blank">snack bar</a>. </span><br />
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Flickr user Setjet posted pictures taken in 2003 of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25626526@N08/with/2406210770/#photo_2406210770" target="_blank">Roman Way and surrounding US Army areas</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This blog <a href="http://forgotten-frankfurt.blogspot.com/2008/02/butzbach-roman-way-village.html" target="_blank">Forgotten Memories</a> has more pictures of the neighborhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a series of pictures of <a href="http://www.3ad.org/kasernen/area_butzbach/schloss_kaserne.htm" target="_blank">Schloss Kaserne.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We visited Schloss Kaserne during our visit. My Dad worked in this building during his service in the 1960s. I know that some of the buildings were torn down, but this one was still there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">[1] www.defense.gov U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release No. 290-03 April 30, 2003 <a href="http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=3797">http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=3797</a> accessed 4 April 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When researching a place for genealogical records, first locate it on modern maps. I use <a href="https://www.google.com/maps" target="_blank">Google Maps</a>.[1] My Ginter Günther family comes from a rural area on the Vistula River in Poland near the cities, Włocławek and Płock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The towns mentioned in family records include Leslau (today Włocławek), Mursk (near Ładne), Wistka Szlachecka, Dobiegniewo and Nowa Wieś. Today these towns are located within the Gostynińsko-Włocławski Park Krajobrazowy or the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park, which was established in 1979.<br /><br />The Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park is located in two voivodships (provinces); Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavian-Pomeranian) and Mazowieckie (Masovian).</span><br />
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The park is also located in three powiaty (counties); <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/w%C5%82oc%C5%82awski,+Poland/@52.5597256,19.4153396,8z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x471c9d94f20616e7:0x3ad8cf3dc467bcfd">Włocławski</a> on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian side and <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gostynin+County,+Poland/@52.5178094,19.4040487,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x471b88f0f931abb5:0x3029fb79438c9c0">Gostyniński</a> and Płocki on the Masovian side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google Maps will not show the proper boundaries for Powiat Płocki, only for the city of Płock. The park is located in two gminy (districts) of Płocki; <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gmina+%C5%81%C4%85ck,+Poland/@52.5095354,19.4786046,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x471c77f7a0fab627:0x6b963db73221d81c" target="_blank">Gmina Łąck</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gmina+Nowy+Dunin%C3%B3w,+Poland/@52.5608392,19.4230414,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x471c7e9d384f35fd:0x9898e63bc44a0b3f" target="_blank">Gmina Nowy Duninów</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only district of the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park not known to be a place of record for my ancestors is Gmina <span jstcache="141" style="background-color: white; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px;">Łąck, part of Plock county. Because of its close location, however, I would not rule it out in a survey for records. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Who pops into your head when you combine the words selfless giving with genealogy education? I think of Pat Richley-Erickson, also known as DearMYRTLE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2015 has been so full of genealogy, I have started to dream in generations. Really. Many a night I am talking with my ancestors. It's usually happy. I only feel sad when I wake up and realize that oh, it was only a dream. Or was it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have been diligently writing during the first few months of the year. I continue to write the Ephemeral heritage column for Going In-Depth, a monthly digital magazine from The In-Depth Genealogist. In January, I wrote about <a href="http://theindepthgenealogist.com/going-in-depth/back-editions-going-depth/2015-issues-going-depth-magazine/going-depth-magazine-january-2015/" target="_blank">Becky Higgins' super popular mobile scrapbooking app, ProjectLife</a>. In February, I wrote about a cool new company, <a href="http://theindepthgenealogist.com/going-in-depth/back-editions-going-depth/2015-issues-going-depth-magazine/going-in-depth-magazine-february-2015/" target="_blank">WeMontage. They make quality wallpaper photo collages</a>. You can read my <a href="http://theindepthgenealogist.com/an-interview-with-james-oliver-founder-and-ceo-of-wemontage/" target="_blank">interview of the founder of WeMontage here</a>. You can also read my interview with <a href="http://theindepthgenealogist.com/interview-valerie-elkins/" target="_blank">Valerie Elkins, a story teller and story saver</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Would you like some conversation starters for your Thanksgiving feast? After the chewing slows and before desert begins, try asking one of these 5 questions for Thanksgiving. </span><div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">What is your earliest memory of Thanksgiving? Who was there? Where was it? What did you eat? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Which Thanksgiving was your favorite or most memorable and why?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Did you ever celebrate Thanksgiving in an unusual way? How? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Who did the cooking for Thanksgiving when you were a kid? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Did you have any special traditions; a place you went or an activity you did?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These questions are great for learning about your family history or about your friends' lives. Telling stories brings everyone closer together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you are over the age
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friends. Most of you have phones that record video. Let me tell you about my
grandfather and his videos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My
Grandfather, known to his grandchildren as<span style="color: #057611;"> </span><a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/search/label/Bubba" target="_blank"><span style="color: #057611; text-decoration: none;">Bubba</span></a>,
recorded thousands of feet of video tape during his life. He recorded his
children, his siblings, his nieces and nephews and of course his grandchildren.
It is possible for me to view in video most big events from my childhood right
through and including my wedding. Bubba taped that too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you listen to the later movies after Bubba bought a video camera with sound,
you can hear his chuckle, or his quiet prompts for you to do something for the
camera. I loved his chuckle. If we ever complained about being taped (I
remember not loving it when I was a teenager.), he would remind us that we were
“recording it for <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posterity" target="_blank"><span style="color: #057611; text-decoration: none;">posterity</span></a>.” At the time I didn’t know exactly what posterity was, but Bubba
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Posterity
means <i>all future generations</i>. How cool that Bubba recorded our lives as they unfolded for our
children and our children’s children and their children. He was our family
historian, creating an amazing record of the lives of his family members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">At the holidays this year,
whip out your phone and try recording your family members. Ask them
questions about what they are doing. If they have a special skill, ask them to
perform it. Ask them how they celebrated the holidays when they were younger.
If they complain, tell them you are recording it for posterity. Your children’s
children will thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is an update to my articles;<b> <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2011/11/how-to-sideload-apps-onto-kindle-fire.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Android Apps for Kindle Fire</span></a></b> and <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2011/11/android-apps-for-kindle-fire-versus.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>How to Sideload Apps onto the Kindle Fire</b></span></a>. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2011, I bought my first <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KC6I06S/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00KC6I06S&linkCode=as2&tag=spectacularkids&linkId=3PUSBKSJFVHZWS5Q">Kindle Fire</a>. Today I have graduated to the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HCNHDN0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00HCNHDN0&linkCode=as2&tag=spectacularkids&linkId=EEGM5FJQNP6OIXS5">Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Tablet</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=spectacularkids&l=as2&o=1&a=B00HCNHDN0" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and I still love the Kindle system. The only challenge is that three of my must have apps are not available in the Amazon app store, including <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/android" target="_blank">Dropbox</a><span id="goog_1131646683"></span><span id="goog_1131646684"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>, <a href="http://apps.goodereader.com/android-apps/personalization-and-tools/?did=32217" target="_blank">Roboform</a> and <a href="http://imgs.zinio.com/faq/kindlefire.html" target="_blank">Zinio</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This tutorial will show you how to sideload almost any app available as a .apk file onto your Kindle Fire, HD or HDX. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Step 1 </b>: <b>download the .apk file <u>to your computer</u></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">go to the software maker's website and look for an android or Kindle Fire download</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">try the <a href="http://apps.goodereader.com/category/android-apps/" target="_blank">Good e-Reader app store</a> or <a href="http://www.1mobile.com/apps/" target="_blank">1Mobile Market</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">if you have an android based phone, you can copy the app file from it to your computer and from your computer to your Kindle Fire</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">be creative, search Google for ("Kindle Fire" AND "name of app")</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">from top of Kindle screen <b>swipe down</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">tap the <b>settings gear icon</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">tap <b>Applications</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">at the top of the screen, find 'Apps from Unknown Sources' and to the right tap <b>On</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">connect Kindle to computer via usb</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">copy .apk app file from computer Download folder </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">check the box next to the app you wish to Install</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">click Install at the bottom of the screen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">if the app does not appear; 1. Tap the icon which appears in the top right corner of the screen. It looks like a column of 3 boxes. 2. Tap Scan Apps 3. The app file should appear. 3. If it does not, make sure you have followed the directions and that your Kindle was plugged into your computer during transfer of the .apx file. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Have you submitted your DNA for the Family Finder test offered by <a href="http://www.familytreedna.com/" target="_blank">FamilyTreeDNA</a>? Here is a tip for narrowing down your results to those that are more relevant to your ancestral places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Under Family Finder - Matches, find the sorting box for Ancestral Surnames. Enter the ancestral location of interest. Do not add the surname. The surname locations are indexed together with the surnames. The results will include all matches who have indicated that one of their ancestors originated from the target location. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Searching Family Finder matches by place will help you:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">connect with individuals whose ancestors originated from the same small town, village or shtetl</span></span></li>
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your grandma? Thanks to the <a href="https://familysearch.org/meetmygrandma?cid=bl-gma-1931">Meet My Grandma</a>
initiative, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/meetmygrandma">#MeetMyGrandma</a>,
from <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>, lots of people
are talking about their grandmas. This <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?sid=31636459&nid=1016">initiative from the LDS
church is to encourage their younger generation to capture stories from their
older family members</a>. An emotional connection (grandma!) and great social
media marketing have made it popular and I hope it catches on with young and old
alike, including with those of us who are not part of the LDS church.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Before it’s too late, go see your
grandma. Talk with her. Ask her about her life. Not sure what to ask? Try this
list from the </span><a href="http://www.leedrew.com/2014/09/fifty-questions-for-family-history.html" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Lineagekeeper’s
Genealogy Blog; Fifty Questions for Family History Interviews</a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">. Don’t exhaust
her and try to ask all of them. Let her talk as long as she wants and follow
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Their suggestion to tell </span><u style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">one</u><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> story you love about your grandma is simple and easy to accomplish. I was lucky to know two grandmothers and two great grandmothers and I have stories to tell, but you know what I wish? I wish I had asked them more questions while they were here on Earth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: large;">What are you waiting for? Go. Go now. Call her. Email her. Get in the car or on a plane and go see her. Talk with her and don't forget to listen. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">p.s. you can see my grandmothers <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2014/03/scrapbook-sunday-52ancestors-emilia.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/p/scrappy-genealogists-places.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2011/04/family-history-scrapbook-sunday-all-my.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2011/05/family-history-scrapbook-sunday-my.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2014/01/fishing-friday-52-ancestors-where-was.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2014/02/fishing-friday-52ancestors-irene-bertha.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></i></b></div>
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locations and researching on-site, where would you go? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Join me as we dream up our genealogy sabbatical years. The rules for the
<b>genealogy sabbatical year</b> meme are that you have enough money to support yourself and you are free of regular life responsibilities. There is nothing that will distract you from your mission, family
history immersion research. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">My
first stop would be the state of Connecticut. It isn’t far from New Hampshire,
but life responsibilities keep me from spending an extended amount of time
there. My paternal grandfather’s lines are embedded in Connecticut for generations.
My mother’s parents’ families settled in Connecticut in the late 1800s and
early 1900s. Both sides immigrated to Connecticut, her mother’s from Prussia,
today Poland; her father’s mother’s family from Ireland to Canada to Vermont
and then to Connecticut; and her father’s father’s family from Ireland. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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second month would find me next door in Massachusetts. My paternal
grandmother’s roots are here. Her mother’s family came from Northern Ireland in
the late 1800s, while her father’s family has been here for generations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">I
was well into Northern Ireland in my mental trip planning, when I realized that
before I headed to Ireland, I must go to New York. My grandfather’s maternal
grandmother died with child at a young age so we didn’t learn a lot about her
family from family lore. Her mother’s maiden name was Diamond, which brought us
the only family story I have heard which was that she was related to the family
of the Diamond match company. I have not found that connection. The Diamonds
and Murtaghs most likely arrived in New York between 1830 and 1840. My Murtagh 2x great grandfather's headstone indicates he was from <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ballynacarrigy+Old,+Co.+Westmeath,+Ireland/@53.5874562,-7.5257038,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x485dc42a98ef7eb7:0x8499744e22d10fc7" target="_blank">Old Ballinacargy, County Westmeath, Ireland</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">After
gathering all that I can in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York with a
possible side trip to Rhode Island during one of the first two months, I would
spend the next months in Poland and Germany. Both of my maternal grandmother’s
parents came from the area of Włocławek near the Wisła or Vistula River. While
I can get along in German and can roughly translate Russian, I would need
assistance with Polish records. Luckily, per the rules of the genealogy
sabbatical year, I can afford to hire a guide or a local genealogist. Germany is included in this research plan
because these grandparents were Germans from Russia, or Prussia, or Poland,
depending on the year. While further research is needed to determine their German
ancestral origin, part of my family fled the Soviets before WWII and went back to
Germany, where they ended up living in the East until </span><a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-and-west-germany-reunite-after-45-years"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">1990 when the two sides
reunited shortly after the wall began to come down in 1989</span></a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">. There is both modern and
ancient family history to pursue, including known living relatives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">From
Poland or Germany, I would fly back to Canada and visit Quebec and Ontario. My
grandfather’s grandfather was born in Montreal, while the family was migrating
from </span><a href="http://www.stcolumban-irish.com/"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">St. Columban, Quebec</span></a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"> to Vermont. The story is
that the family arrived in Canada in the late 1820s from <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Freshford,+Co.+Kilkenny,+Ireland/@53.120769,-7.4384521,8z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x485d237cf318f13b:0xa00c7a997318ef0" target="_blank">Freshford, Kilkenny,Ireland</a>. I am hoping to hunt down some records regarding their early time in
Canada and firm up the connection back to Ireland. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">From
Canada after a possible stop south of the boarder in Vermont, I would head to
Northern Ireland. My grandmother’s mother, Mabel Hill, was born in Belfast and Mabel’s
father, William Hill, was born in <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@55.0924128,-6.4778726,13z">Ballymoney</a>.
The Hill family had been there since at least the early 1800s. They were
Presbyterians. They were most likely English or Scottish. William, his wife
Annie, and Mabel oft repeated for American records that they were English.
William’s middle name was McPherson. Annie’s maiden name was Connor(s) and had
family living in Scotland. I hope to find Annie’s birth record and learn more
about where her family’s origins as well as the origins of the Hill family. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">From
Northern Ireland I would head south to Ireland in pursuit of my Catholic
forebears. I have two known possible towns to explore. Hopefully further
research in New York and Connecticut would reveal more information about the
origins of my grandfather’s father’s family. They were Smiths, so it shouldn’t
be that difficult. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you had trouble relocating a genealogy record group on a website? My hard-to-find record group is the <a href="https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=2064580&disp=New+England%2C+petitions+for+naturalization" target="_blank">New England Petitions for Naturalization 1787-1931</a> on <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>. I can easily find the <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1840474" target="_blank">Index</a> for this collection, but not the images. When I use <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>, I usually search by locality as follows; </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The top three search results will take you to the <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2064580" target="_blank">access point for the petition for naturalization images</a>. The <a href="https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=2064580&disp=New+England%2C+petitions+for+naturalization" target="_blank">catalog page</a> for this collection of images shows it is catalogued by the New England states, but not by New England. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This summer <a href="http://scanmyphotos.com/">ScanMyPhotos.com</a> offered a great deal; <a href="https://www.scanmyphotos.com/services/photo-scanning.html" target="_blank"><b>$99.00 for a postage paid box to hold 1,800 of my photos for scanning</b></a>. Their website shows that they are still offering this deal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My family and I have used <a href="http://www.fotobridge.com/" target="_blank">FotoBridge</a> for <b><a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2011/03/slide-scanning-fotobridge-review.html" target="_blank">slide scanning and were happy with their service</a></b>. I wrote a review in 2011. This time I decided to try ScanMyPhotos.com and sent photos for scanning, so this is not an apples to apples comparison, but a review of the <a href="http://scanmyphotos.com/">ScanMyPhotos.com</a> service and scanning results. I am not being paid and was not asked for this review. I ordered my $99 box on 25 June 2014 and received it very quickly on 27 June. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The $99 price was my incentive to go through my old magnetic albums and remove the stuck on photos from the yellow tinged pages. Before I removed the pictures from the pages, I snapped an iPhone photo of each page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://scanmyphotos.com/">ScanMyPhotos.com</a> requires that photos be grouped by size. Because most of my photos were already organized chronologically (something I have been doing since the age of 9) I did not want to lose that organization to size grouping. <a href="http://scanmyphotos.com/">ScanMyPhotos.com</a> offers a <a href="http://www.scanmyphotos.com/photo-scanning/prepaid-photo-scanning-box.html" target="_blank"><b>scan in order option</b></a> for an additional fee of $50. When I double checked this price today, I found some confusing links. One link reported that they no longer offer this option, while another indicated the price was $315. I contacted customer service and they do still offer it, but the <a href="http://www.scanmyphotos.com/options/scan-in-order.html" target="_blank"><b>price is now $55</b></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a picture of a large group of mixed pictures being sorted by size. The smaller photos pictured, or wallet type photos, can not be scanned. Photos must be at least 3"x3". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the scan in order option, each group of photos must be clearly numbered. I used index cards before each group and included a additional information such as years. Only elastic bands can be used and not plastic bags. The directions indicate that if plastic bags are used, the photos will be returned unscanned. I did not like the sole use of rubber bands. When I sent the photos I was careful to put the elastic bands around the photos in one direction, the short way, or the way that all photos were the same. When returned all of the photo groups were bound in two directions causing some damage to the photo edges. I also did not love how the photos were repacked into the box. The groups were bent in several cases. Luckily none of the damage was too severe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The only other damage I found was that a corner of one photo was torn. I received the photo minus the small corner piece, but the piece is visible in the scan. The artifacts are part of the original photo and not caused by the scan. I cannot say for certain that there wasn't a weakness in the photo in that spot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because of the elastic bands around the photos, the way they were packed back into the box and the fact that one of the groups, group 10 below, although scanned correctly was not regrouped correctly, I feel that my photos did not get super duper careful handling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In conclusion, if you have a large number of photos to be scanned and they are not already in chronological order, <a href="http://scanmyphotos.com/">ScanMyPhotos.com</a> would be a good option. I feel that they do a better job with the photos grouped by exact size. They had difficulty keeping everything in order for the return. For the money, the $99 box for 1,800 photos is an exceptional value. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's price on <a href="http://fotobridge.com/">FotoBridge.com</a> for 2,000 photos at 300dpi is $349.95, a significant difference. The package at <a href="http://fotobridge.com/">FotoBridge.com</a> includes 2 jpg sizes, one at 300dpi and one web ready for uploading to social media sites and sharing via email. The photo size allowed has a broader range from </span><span style="font-size: large;">2" x 2.5" to 8.5" x 12". Important to me for my next order is that <a href="http://fotobridge.com/">FotoBridge.com</a> requests that photo groups be grouped, <u>if possible</u>, by size and that the groups be sealed in plastic bags, no nasty rubber bands required! Scanning in order does not require an extra charge. An additional service they offer is text note archiving wherein they scan the reverse of each photo and link it by name to the front. This seems reasonable at a cost of $99.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Source citations</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> are the <b>second element</b> of the Genealogical Proof Statement. There are
different views on the essential purpose(s) of source citations. The first most
commonly stated purpose is to be able to find the source in which a piece of information
was found and from which its evidence was derived. However, according to Thomas
W. Jones in Chapter 4 “GPS Element 2: Source Citations” of <i>Mastering Genealogical Proof</i>, citations perform a greater and more
complicated service by supporting our “genealogical proof statements, summaries
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In order to do this our citations should show the scope of our research, the
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that resonated with me in this chapter was Dr. Jones’ use of the word <b><u>communicate</u></b> in reference to the
role performed by “complete and accurate genealogical citations.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4740260252500385997#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> I imagined a little citation cheerleader cheering
from the bottom of the page. Whenever you arrive at a new reference number in
the text, the dude at the bottom shouts up more information about what preceded
the number. You hear what he said, reread what came before the number, then
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Citations are
part of a back and forth, a conversation. Although placed apart from the text
they support, source citations are a part of the whole. They aren’t stagnant,
they are talking. Just like a good cheerleader at a sports game can help lift
the level of play and the spirits of the fans, a clear, complete, standard citation
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">If we want to
give our family history summaries more credence, should we not include a vital part
of our work, our source citations, in what we post online? Are we doing
ourselves, our readers and our future family members a disservice? I talked
about my thinking in <b><a href="http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2014/02/mgp-2-my-chapter-1-homework-thoughts.html">My
GPS Bad!</a></b> Read Chapter 4 and tell me what you think. Chapter 4 includes
extensive details on what should be included in source citations and standard
formats for how to form them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i>Mastering Genealogical Proof</i>, 33.<o:p></o:p></div>
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