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I believe this is her on FindAGrave...the record includes both her maiden and married names. She lived to be in her 80s.
ETA her marriage record is here: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fridell-3
I'll fucking pass, Thanks. I'd likely be dead by now considering I'm 48.
I've got a suggestion, kids. Try not being utterly repellent humans and improve yourselves. It's more effective than whining on reddit and I'm pretty damn certain none of you are going to make a time machine.
Were you on vacation? Anybody here from Nyköping? My great-great-grandfather was born there in 1844. His son, my great-grandfather, immigrated to the US in 1913.
> A lot of the "captives" that they took ended up loving their captive tribes. They weren't slaves - They simply weren't given the means to find their way back home, so they ended up sticking around the tribe for survival. Over time, they'd learn to love the lifestyle, and when the tribes were raided and the white captives "rescued", they would find that the captives wanted to return to their tribes.
While researching my genealogy I came upon a story where a group of Natives raided a settler's home and kidnapped a young child. Years later the young man was found and was offered the opportunity to go back. He declined because by then he had a wife and children and was well integrated into the tribe. His Indian name was White Wolf.
Link if interested.
Ancestry is the best for genealogy, IMHO, but as others have pointed out, it's largely useless without a subscription. You'll be given a list of names of cousins, but unless you pony up the cash, you cannot contact them.
The best advice if you are looking to casually test is to choose the cheapest auDNA test and upload the results to gedmatch.com and wikitree. The results won't be as satisfying, but it's free.
I believe PHPGedView is a dead project. WebTrees continued where they left off. https://launchpad.net/webtrees
You can also look into WikiTree if you don't want to self-host but still want to collaborate. http://www.wikitree.com/
I like wikitree because it allows you to link up to other people's trees so you work together. I think the profiles you create have to be public though so depending on what you want to share that might be limiting.
Steppig is a name, that seems to be relatively common in Alsace, France. short list
Keep in mind that this region is now France, but used to belong to Germany for centuries and "swapped" between France and Germany quite often. It was a heavily disputed region between the two countries. Timeline of Alsace
It could be possible your husband's family emigrated to the US, when the Alsace was German or that the family belonged to the large german minority in Alsace, France. I have never heard this name here in Germany, though it sounds and looks like it could be a german name.
Here is an example of such a migration from Alsace to the USA with a variety of different spellings.
Ah, the clarification helps. Still, there should be room for compromise. Privacy, even of non-living issues can be a complicated subject.
I use WikiTree often and that community recently was thrown into a small amount of chaos trying to decide what was reasonable and unreasonable, given the context of privacy settings being applied to those who were dead for a global family tree. There were proposals (initial and modified) that resulted in their new rule one year ago: It was decided that for anyone born more than 150 years ago or died over 100 years ago, their data shouldn't be hidden using privacy settings. The idea here was that personal data shouldn't be put out into public (unless proactively decided by those involved) unless it is far enough removed from living people that it won't affect them (for whatever reason).
Obviously this is impacting them on some emotional or other level. I'd recommend that you use privacy settings or some other means to make it not affect them if that's possible.
It's also worth considering that some of them may come around one day and be interested in the family tree. They're potential collaborators, so keep things happy and smooth for the sake of your future connection.
I was using MacFamilyTree (http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree) and it allows you to share a public tree (either password protected or unprotected) via their website but that still requires others to have a copy of the software to be able to download etc.
I am now transitioning everything to WikiTree (http://www.wikitree.com) because it does allow extensive collaboration and there is a vibrant community of genealogists there.
WikiTree is pretty good, from my experience. There is a person on my wife's side of the tree that was a "Grey Owl" sort of character. He took a family genealogy book, written by a professional genealogist on another branch of the family and, wherever there were any gaps (all women), he stuck in Indian Princesses. He had added 13, or so.
Now, on Ancestry, tons of people are sharing this nonsense with each other, and it's spreading. There's no way to stop it. However, on WikiTree, they shut that nonsense down. They acknowledge there's a dispute on the individual's page, but then don't allow any connections that aren't supported by documentation.
Here's the nutter: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bearce-45
WikiTree is the answer. You would need to include your tree, along with all of the details that you have, to-date, to back up the connections that you make; likewise, entering your friend's family tree as far back as it's able to go. As you go further back, each tree will connect with the Global Family Tree. Once that happens, WikiTree has a special tool which can check to see if there is a blood relationship. Here's an example of it in action: Beyoncé and Ellen are 10th cousins. (French Canadian family trees go way back, so there tend to be lots of connections!)
Also you can obtain additional records from FamilySearch.org... lots of other free stuff too, depending on where you live.
I agree that the hipster dress is generally feminine, but skinny jeans are not feminine. Just look at masculine George Washington or a bull fighter
My point is that form fitting clothing is not necessary feminine and that showing off the form of one's body can actually be considered more masculine than feminine since usually it's only the males in the animal Kingdom that have sex ornaments, human males being no different.
Part of the push into Kentucky and later Ohio.
I actually went on a genealogy hunt a few weeks ago for my Great-Great Grandfather and found his grave in Wolfe County, KY.
Here's the Wikitree site for Sylvester:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prophet-32
I imagine we're both cousins of some flavor. Technically he's my Great x7 Grandfather.
Maybe this will help a little bit..........On Wiki Tree there is a profile for her that cites this as a source
http://www.genealogiequebec.info/frames.html
For research, it will depend on where your ancestry is. I have ancestors from different parts of Europe, so while one site might show lots of results for Dutch ancestry, it won't have lots of results for Scottish ancestry, and vice versa.
If you want somewhere to put your info, I've been using WikiTree to put my information. Free, and with the goal of connecting all family trees, rather than each contributor having their own tree.
I'd recommend uploading any documents which don't directly concern living people to websites other than Ancestry, since it's limited as a pay website. One of the great joys of doing family tree research is collaborating with others (often distant cousins). I've found quite a few cousins such as those by posting my tree and some of the sources which I've found to WikiTree, and posting scanned copies of documents and historical photos to Flickr as well.
> There are also many newspaper clippings of people that would have been cousins of hers, I think, but I have no idea where they fit into a tree.
Transcribe and post them online (e.g. Flickr); they're a clue for you or someone else, and much like leaving a fishing line on the stern of your canoe, you might just get lucky...
For software, Gramps (see the sub sidebar) is surprisingly good.
Thank you, he passed on the 23rd so I'm still learning to be without him. I figured if he's no longer here I can at least surround myself with things he loved.
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vause-72
this is who I'm stuck at. I cannot find any information on him or his parents. But I was able to trace his wife's side back to 160ad. but i don't know if that info was correct.
My ancestor is Harrison Bunning who was put in prison for stealing a bushel of wheat with his accomplice at a railway station. He was expected to be let off easy due to being a veteran of the Crimean War but the judge wanted to make an example of him. He ended up doing hard labour.
You could help others working on their genealogies, by adding yourself to WikiTree, along with info about your ancestors and the test. This blog post explains how it can help others with their research, and you, if you're interested in genealogy (and if you are, try talking to the gold at /r/Genealogy).
Note that scientists have mined data from Wikitree in the past. One example is this ArXiv paper which examines the heritability of human lifespan. That might be something to consider, as a potential means of contributing.
Well, as you know, the only safe way to find out those information is the church-register of Hamburg.
How sure you are he was born in Hamburg or where did you get this information? This one says he's from Württemberg?!
I use http://www.wikitree.com but have to be careful because past a certain generation, anyone can edit it.
I've had pages of documentation wiped out by some random person who disagreed with the data and put in wrong information. One in particular was a distant relative who said something to the effect of "Well, my Mom always said he was born in 18whatever, not what the census records say, and I believe her."
There are a lot of random users out there without critical thinking or analytical skills, which I think is fairly important to have when doing genealogy research.
Any and every source needs some sort of corroborating evidence. Newspapers can be great, but rarely can any one source be considered as an absolute proof. Present newspapers regularly have mistakes, and these exist in any source modern or historic. So yes, they can be considered as "reliable" -- as much as nearly any other source.
An example from my own research: I wouldn't have known the name of Clement <em>my-brick-wall</em> Brown's son, Peter Brown, had it not been for social notes published in the paper.
He was a nurse during the war (I created a page for him on Wikitree : http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jouannaiest-1), maybe he had some time to go back to see his family. Maybe for christmas, the photo was taken in december.
GEDCOMs with more than 2500 individuals can't be imported. You can upload a smaller one as a guest and you can see how many connections you get with their "GEDCompare" report. You can find more info here: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/GEDCOM
Thanks: that was quite helpful! I just took a quick peek, and managed to find the estate documents for Samuel W. McDowell, whom I've been researching for a while. Here's a copy I just uploaded to Imgur.
I should add that for Cumberland, the "Index to estate and wills" has the Mc/Mac names together at the beginning of the "M" section.
Simply put: figure out who their parents were. There are a few way to do this:
- Find their entries in successively older censuses. Presumably, they lived with their parents as children; this can help lead to other records.
- Try looking up copies of birth, death, or marriage certificates. FamilySearch is a good place to start doing this for free.
- Obituaries and newspaper articles can also help. For this, try [Chronicling America](chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) and Google News Archives.
Exhaust free resources before you go to any paid resource.
Furthermore, you will want to find documentation that supports what you already know.
Along the way, you will usually find others who are researching some of the same families that you're researching. A good way to do this is to cross-post the family tree that you're working on to other, publicly accessible websites. I use WikiTree for that purpose.
I should add that if you're going to ask questions, it would help to state the locations where the ancestors whom you're researching are from, as many resources are location-specific.
There are lots of sites with free resources - see the sidebar. I did ~75% of my current research using only free resources, in particular ones derived from the census as well as ones where I could create either a public or private tree. I recommend setting up a tree on WikiTree, as it's collaborative: as you go further into the past, the more likely it is that you and another genealogist share ancestors. If they've already done the work, great! They'll usually be kind enough to share what they know with you. If not, then you've probably found a new colleague with whom you can share knowledge and resources in a common effort.
Another good place to build a tree for the purpose of finding resources is FamilySearch. The website has extensive records which you can search. Essentially it's a free version of Ancestry.com. Of course paid services will often get you access to certain materials, but start with the free stuff, and then once you've exhausted it, access things which require payment.
One additional caution: such resources are always limited in what and how much they can tell you about your family's past. Researchers glean little pieces of the puzzle from each document that they encounter, gradually building up a coherent story of the life of each person. But even then, it's often the barest of details. Unless the individual left a journal or was quite famous, there's often little personal information about what the person was like, etc...
So a question for you: where are you and your ancestors from? That would probably help with offering suggestions on resources.
WikiTree does have a relationship calculator. It only goes to 10 degrees and only works with profile IDs, so it's limited. But it can be a quick way to check.
It can also help to document your tree of deceased ancestors online. I use FamilySearch and WikiTree for this, as they allow for collaboration. The FamilySearch one also recently added an feature that automatically searches various databases of theirs to provide hints/suggestions. WikiTree is also good because if people do a Google search for an ancestor's name, it's very likely to show up, which can lead to collaboration and sharing of records/knowledge.
Would the same apply in Ontario? One great grandaunt / 2nd great aunt from Ontario. She, a Catholic, married (or remarried to) a Baptist fellow. Looking at the age difference, and the ages of their children, I haven't been able to find much on her. That may be why...
Thanks so much for looking into it. The QuebecRecords subscription turned out to be extremely helpful of late, linking together stuff that I'd never otherwise guess -- I've filled in a good portion of the Quebec side of my family -- but Clement Brown has just been a stubborn mystery.
I know life can be difficult and confusing sometimes, so let me help you:
- If both of your parents are German, you are entirely German.
- One of your parents is German: you are 50% German. (1/2)
- One of your grandparents: you are 25% German (1/4th)
- A great grandparent - you're 1/8th German.
Sometimes great grandparents will have kids - more than one kid, and their kids have kids. These people, while not your ancestors, are still family. Here are materials to print out, color & doodle on while you're learning the basics.
Best wishes to your (and whoever up-voted you) continued survival in this fast paced and complicated world,
-- AFPJ
Arnold Arets Kuster (1606-1679) http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kuster-1
"Castor Association Of America", Founded in 1983. An association of genealogy family members in the surname lines of Caster, Castor, Custard, Custer, Gerster, Kaster, Kastor, Keister, Kester, Kiester, Kistard, Kister, Koester, Koster, Kuester, Kuster, Kustard and Kusterd. The Castor Association of America (CAOA) applies part of its efforts to searching for our foreign origins in order to better understand the earlier cultures abroad. This provides a deeper appreciation of the struggles and accomplishments of our ancestors. The Association publishes the results of its findings so that more people may share in its knowledge. CAOA also encourages informal regional and local gatherings of members to meet one another and learn more about their common history and the CAOA. http://www.caoa-genes.org/
White, Jean M., Editor. "The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania the first four generations", 303 Pages, Indexed, Publisher: Castor Association of America, 1991.
Probably don't trust this one. http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Murfitt-28 I've been looking at the sources and just judging them on basically just how good they look without being able to confirm the books.
Over on [Wikitree](www.wikitree.com) several people have been working on trees that have people that came over on that ship. You can find a list of the family names here
On a lark, I checked Bill Clinton's family tree and he indeed has at least two great-great-grandparents of Jewish ancestry (Esther Elvira Baum, daughter or Moses Baum, on father's side, James B. Grisham, son of Moses Grisham, on mother's side). The remainder seems to be mostly a mix of Irish, Scots and English.
first woman's name - Corinne? second lady's name - Tandy? UNC = UDC? (United Daughters of the Confederacy?). Tandy Smith may actually be a double-barrelled surname according to this page.
Interestingly the woman who founded the UDC (in Clarksville) has Meriwether as her middle name (Caroline Meriwether Goodlett)
While I appreciate the Creative Commons License use and some of the features of WeRelate, it simply hasn't had the success that WikiTree has had. The fact of its earlier founding is entirely superfluous; older isn't necessarily better.
As for the issue of "junk", that will always be in proportion to the number of users attracted to a given site. And from my experience, it appears to have improved issues surrounding clutter and continues to seek to improve.
My 4th great-grandfather was maestro Rosario Canali (http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Canali-21 on Wikitree). He was murdered in the spring of 1837, along with at least four other men (that the Church documents). One possible reason for the murders would be that the victims were considered pro-Bourbon, at a time when the king was suspected of poisoning the whole island of Sicily with cholera.
Hello Ronda! My wife spent hours and hours last week researching your family history so that you could be added to the Global Family Tree on Wikitree! Here is a link to your basic tree - Ronda Rousey on Wikitree Who is your favourite historical warrior or fighter?
My paternal great grandfathers:
6th - The famous (infamous?) Mitchell Clay
6th - Matthew French 5th - Matthew's son, John French
Lots of history with those 3 especially. I'm attempting to join the Baltimore chapter of the DAR.
Okay. Let's take it like this, Ragnar was born in 765 A.D. to Sigurd Hring, the Jarl of Uppsala. Sources differ on when he died but it is regarded that he died sometime between 845 A.D. and 865 A.D. The Great Heathen Army, led by his eldest son Ivar the Boneless invaded England in 867 to enact revenge on Ælla of Northumbria, who executed his father.
So basically he was either 99 or 89 when he died. Also the show has a bit of a problem with the timing of his children. He didn't have Ivar until 794 AD, well into his late twenties. If I recall he had Sigurdr when he was in his forties or so too.
I just love this stuff; imagine someone destroying documents because of jealousy ... what a loss.
Here is a complete family tree from Johannes Andreas Holtzhausen, the one with 21 children. People have been doing a lot of work with your family lines and maybe you can contact them?
Anyway, here you go! http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Holtzhausen-Descendants-28
Not the most famous, but reddit should love him. Zoeth Howland. He refused to go to church and "hear lyes" and said the devil could preach as good as the ministers.
Seconding what /u/tejaco said: Wikitree is a good option. And it's helped me to reconnect with branches of my family that I hadn't heard of before. They term it "cousin bait", but I just see a great opportunity to collaborate and bring together the fragments of our shared family history.
I started setting up my tree at the beginning of February, just adding in bits and pieces in my spare time, plus a few kind of binge sessions of entering in whole families. Within about 2 weeks, I had someone send a private message to my email asking about one of the profiles. It turned out that he's a 4th cousin 1x removed. Since then I've had other cousins contact me - about 5 or 6 in all, each interested in the information and collaborating in one way or another (although only one has directly added information on WikiTree).
Profiles on WikiTree also rank quite highly on Google - something that profiles on FamilySearch aren't made to do. It can actually be a bit of a nuisance for myself, as I'm often checking with Google to see if any relevant information's been posted to message boards, but the relevant WikiTree profiles tend to populate the first few slots. (Yes, I know that I can filter the domain in my search... just lazy.)
... and I also use FamilySearch - much of the tree is duplicated on there, but I see their tree/database as more of a tool for finding and connecting sources.
Build an online family tree for yourself from the information that's provided. WikiTree is a good, free, and open option. Having the information is great, but building a family tree for yourself helps to organize it mentally for yourself. If you want a desktop program to use, GRAMPS is recommended.
Do you have a link to an image of that marriage record?
Possible leads:
- http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18972731/person/28650758319
- http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Slayton-80
- https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR3G-Q2R
Have you followed any of these? Or can you discount any of them?
I see a couple more citations (in the comment from April Dauenhauer) on Edward Digges' Wikitree page that are accessible if you have an NEHGS subscription or know someone that does.
Absolutely! If you start at the WikiTree page I made for Corleone, there are links to hundreds of profiles. Pick any one at random, and you will probably see a baptismal record in the references. Click the link. There is a login required at FamilySearch.org to view their docs, but it's free. Once you have done that, you can see any of the docs I link to from any of these profiles. Some are civil and some are church records. Any that say "baptism" are of course church records. The relatively newer ones (after around 1880) are a little bit neater, and numbered, but the format is basically the same. Each record says something to the effect of, such and such priest baptized an infant born at such and such hour, the names of the parents and godparents, and the infant's baptismal name, which is a Latin version of their Italian name in practically all cases. http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Corleone%2C_Italia