Mystery Photo - Joe L. Clift - Part 3 - Footnote Friday

Good news! Joe's son Walter got married! Where there's a marriage, sometimes there are children. I wonder...












Little Joe Clift had a son, Walter F. Clift, who was born about 1908 in Washington State¹.

¹ 1910 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Yakima, Enumeration District (ED) 284, sheet 14A, p. 79 (written), dwelling 285, family 298, Walter F. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1675.

Walter’s 1925 senior yearbook from Yakima High School tells us that he was known as an honest young man². 
 

²“U.S. School Yearbooks.” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), 1925, Yakima High School, Walter F. Clift entry, image 31.

Walter F. Clift from Yakima, Washington was a Business Administration major as reported in the 1930 University of Washington yearbook³. 
 

³“U.S. School Yearbooks Index Record for Washington,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), University of Washington, 1930, Walter F. Clift entry, image 87.

Polk’s Seattle Directory for 1943-1944 finds Walter married to Gertrude A. and working as an Assistant Manager in the Credit Department at the National Bank of Commerce⁴.
 

⁴“U.S. City Directories,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), entry for Walter F. Clift; citing “Polk’s Seattle (Washington) City Directory (Seattle, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1944),” p 223.

Source List
“U.S. City Directories.” Database. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011.

“U.S. School Yearbooks.” Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://ancestry.com :2011

“U.S. School Yearbooks Index Record for Washington.” Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Washington. Yakima County. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Mystery Photo - Joseph L Clift - Part 2 - Footnote Friday

Good news! Joe had a son named Walter. Maybe he had kids! Maybe there is someone out there who will have a home for this little guy. 


Here is how I found that Joe had a son. Now I am off to put together what I have found out about Walter.









Robert Burrows and Descendants lists a Joseph L. Clift, born 3 July 1885, to Walter Clift and Margaret R.H. Packer¹.

¹ R. Earl Burrows, Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974 (Ann Arbor, MI.:Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1975), 72-73; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011); locate through database of same title.

1900 census records for Yakima County, Washington, show Joseph L. Clift living with his parents, Walter and Margaret R. Clift, and his sister, Ruby Clift. This Joseph was born in July 1885 in Iowa².

² 1900 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Nob Hill, Enumeration District (ED) 112, sheet 2, p. 71A (stamped), dwelling 29, family 30, Joseph L. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1754.

1930 census records for Yakima County, Washington, show Joe L. Clift living with his wife, Sada F. Clift, and his son, Walter F. Clift³.

³ 1900 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Yakima, Enumeration District (ED) 39-3, sheet 4A, p. 62 (stamped), dwelling 63, family 98, Joe L. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 2524.

Source List
Burrows, R. Earl. Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974. Ann Arbor, MI.: Edward Brothers, Inc., 1975. Digital Images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Washington. Yakima County. 1900 U.S. census, polulation schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Washington. Yakima County. 1930 U.S. census, polulation schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011

Footnote Friday – Citations:Searching for Bubba’s PT Boat Part 2

Several items in this post from Monday need citations so that my ancestors can someday decide whether or not I based my statements on reliable sources. Additionally, I am adding footnotes to some of the links. Currently those links are active, but in the event that this post is printed or the links become broken, a future researcher will have enough information to look at my sources directly.

  http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-59.jpg

PT's patrolling off coast of New Guinea¹

This is a beautiful photo of a motor torpedo boat (MTB) from the National Archives World War II photos.
My sister and I found two similar photos in the stash at my parent’s home on our visit home for an early Thanksgiving with Bubba’s descendants on Sunday. We dove into the stacks looking for photos from Bubba’s time on the PT boat. This photo² shows PT 163 and must have been ordered from PT Boats,Inc..


If Bubba was in indeed a member of PT RON 23, then this is not a photo of his boat. PT RON 23 encompassed PTs 241-244 and 277-288³.

This is the other photo⁴ we found. It is hard to make out, but shows PT 328. See my photo edit here.


He may or may not have taken this photo, but I am betting on the fact that he did. Bubba brought his camera everywhere and taught my sister and me to do the same. The photo I have is an old blow up. Someday I hope to go through the literally thousands of slides we have to see if he kept the original. My Aunt will be looking through the photo stash at her house for photos taken on his boat with his crewmates. My secret wish is that the boat number will be visible in one of the pictures she finds.

Happy Hunting!

Scrappy Gen

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Notes
1.  “Pictures of World War II,” digital image. The National Archives  (http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos: accessed 24 November 2010), “PT's patrolling off coast of New Guinea. 1943. 80-G-11258. (ww2 59.jpg),” citing Still Picture Branch (NNSP); National Archives, College Park, Maryland.

 2. PT Boat 163 photograph, ca. 1942-1945; digital image ca. 2010, privately held by Jennifer Shoer, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2010. This print, purchased by Jennifer’s grandfather, Edward [NAME FOR PRIVATE USE], was inherited by Jennifer’s mother, Sharon [NAME FOR PRIVATE USE] and acquired by Jennifer for scanning. The original may be held by PT Boats, Inc., Germantown, Tennessee.

3. Robert J. Bulkley Jr., At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2003), 470-471.

4. PT Boat 328 photograph, ca 1943-1945; digital image ca. 2010, privately held by Jennifer Shoer, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2010. This print from the collection of Jennifer’s grandfather, Edward [NAME FOR PRIVATE USE,] was inherited by Jennifer’s mother, Sharon [NAME FOR PRIVATE USE,] and acquired by Jennifer for scanning.

Scrappy Genealogist Learns to Blog - Footnote Friday and Privacy Concerns

A cousin of mine contacted me to find out why I had left the Grace surname off of my surname list. She pointed out that not only had I neglected to include it, but I also had not identified my great grandmother as a Grace. She asked if I was no longer claiming my Grace ancestry.

For the record, I am proud to be a descendant of the Grace family from Freshford Village in Kilkenny, Ireland by way of Quebec and Vermont. This happy couple is Edward and Catherine (Travers) Grace. They are great great great grandparents to me and great great grandparents to two cousins I have connected with through Ancestry.com.


This family treasure proved its value in confirming our relationship. They had the same picture! We were officially Grace cousins.

My cousin knew I was happy about our connection, so she had a valid reason to ask why I had not mentioned our ancestral surname. As you know, I am a newbie genealogy blogger. Part of learning to blog about my genealogical finds is deciding how much I feel is safe and comfortable to share.

For more recent generations whose publicized information might invade the privacy of living relatives, I have elected not to include any surnames. It’s a difficult balance to achieve. It’s a problem I ran into while creating my first Footnote Friday post. Within the source citations, I replaced names with [name for private use] and birth/death dates with (birth year-death year), instead of using the actual information.

Am I being paranoid? Probably not because identity theft is a clear and present danger. That said I would really like to find my groove and decide what my parameters are going to be. I would love to know how others have dealt with privacy concerns. If you are a blogger, how do you decide where to draw the line? Is your line permanent, or flexible? In the case of reports with citations, is it all or nothing? How do you handle this?

Thank you!

Scrappy Gen

Footnote Friday - Let's Talk

Let's talk. I have a confession. Last week I was so excited to get started on the theme of Footnote Friday, that I neglected to do my homework. Today I found an informative post from f o o t n o t e M a v e n about source citations. If you are unfamiliar with formal genealogical work or you would like to better understand the need for source citations (in the form of footnotes or end notes), then this post should be a must read.


A few more clicks on the f o o t n o t e M a v e n blog and I found a reference to Footnote Friday in an article from 2009 on setting up a blogging schedule. I couldn't find a way to email to let f.M. know that I am sorry for my blunder. I still love the idea of Footnote Friday, but the idea is not after all original to me. What I have learned is, before you announce a new theme, make sure no one else has already done it. Please forgive me dear f.M. 

On a brighter note, I just greedily received the second edition of Evidence Explained from my favorite delivery guy. A quick perusal finds an entry in the index for Google Books, but not for Google Earth as I was hoping. I have mentioned before that I love Google Earth with all of its creative possibilities, but I have to figure out how to correctly source an image or video made with its software. 

Would anyone like my old copy of Evidence Explained, published in 2007? It's been highlighted and bookmarked, but it is yours for the price of postage. Just let me know in a comment.

More later. 

Scrappy Gen

Footnote Friday Arrives at a Blog Near You

Did you wonder what I was doing today when I posted Photo Clues for Genealogical Success? I am talking about those bright red footnote notes scattered throughout the text. Did you think it was a little odd? 
 
The notes were a little odd, but I am here to tell you to put your concerns aside. Tomorrow I am starting what I hope might be a blog theme that others will embrace. It's called Footnote Friday. Every Friday I plan to post a genealogical summary of research and include footnotes! The exclamation point is to emphasize the notion that including footnotes, documenting your sources and telling others where they can find backup documentation supporting your research is a challenging exercise. It’s a challenge, but it is one I plan to embrace, on Fridays, of course.

Will you join me?
 
Scrappy Gen