"Weekend Chat" - All Members are Invited!!! (July 7th - 9th 2017)

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It's okay.... go for it!

 

The Weekend Chat is for everyone. It's a place to catch up on what people are up to, and to share what you've been doing.  New members can say hello, introduce themselves, ask questions, and meet each other.  Our seasoned members can share progress or successes from their projects, give tips and advice, or chime in on hot topics.

Post as many answers and comments as you wish. It doesn't hurt anyone to post a lot, and many will enjoy their multitude of reading options.

Enjoy yourself and spread good will :)

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Keith, These chats are a real blast. Love the byplay, and humor. It gives us a chance to show a silly side, instead of our usual polite, guiding side. Great weekend. See y'all next weekend. 2 thumbs up.

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Carol Verge,
I don't know what other comments you've gotten about your son's journey, but I think including selected highs and lows of yours and your son's in his bio might be enlightening and helpful to anyone reading the bio. pm me if you like.

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Hi Bob,
Thanks for participating and making these things possible. This is the only way they can be a success when lots of people show up.

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I just inadvertantly flagged a post and I can't seem to unflag it.  And I deeply apologize!!!

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Joy, I recently found a tree at ancestry what had my 3rd ggm, Mary Ann White Holmes Jester m. not to just the 2 husbands we know about, but to a 3rd also. AND she was having babies by all three concurrently for a total of 22 children. Several were born in the same year as another.

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Hi Lynette,

I checked to see if there any flagged post and there don't appear to be any flagged so it appears to have been un-flagged or cleared

Best regards

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Well, I'm new here. I didn't know there was such a thing as a week-end chat (Thank you Dorothy Barry for leaving a message on my profile page - without you, I would never have known! <3 ). So, hello everyone! :D

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Stephen  Thank you!!!

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Glad you could make it Andréa. We host them every weekend so come check them out starting on Fridays. Check out this page to learn more: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:All_About_the_Weekend_Chat

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Thank you Bob Keniston! You are the only one that replied. :) Thank you for the information.

Carol

Answer 1

Kia Ora koutou

I spent the afternoon at the rededication of the memorial to Trooper Leonard Tarrant on Motueka Quay, Motueka, New Zealand. Tomorrow I will make him a profile. He was the first New Zealander to die in an overseas prisoner of war camp in Pretoria during the Boer War. The memorial had been looking very sad, but it has been refurbished and now has its human, dog and horse water fountains working again. I thought it was just going to be a quiet local affair, but the Commander of the NZ Army was present and spoke so it was particularly special. It was a fine, sunny winter's day and the ceremony was held at the same time and day as the original dedication in 1903.

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Sounds like  great event, Fiona.  I'm glad you were able to participate, and thanks for sharing it with us. When you create the memorial for Trooper Leonard Tarrant, be sure to add him to WikiTree's Roll of Honor and add the Boer War category to his profile.

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I've started a profile and thought he'd be easy to connect. No such luck!. I'll work through his siblings to try and find a connection and then write up a good bio.

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Hi Fiona

What a great way to honor him. I wish you the best on connecting him :)

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat.

Answer 2

 

Who has helped you with their G2G answers?

 

Please tell us...

- Most Recently?

- Most Meaningful?

- Most Often?

- Quickest?

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For genealogical Q&A:  Frank Gill, Doug Lockwood, and Vincent Piazza all provided meaningful information that helped fill in many of my branches when I first joined WikiTree.

Thank you gentlemen!

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In addition to the three mentioned by Keith, I am always grateful for the help of Ellen Smith, Anne B, Cynthia, Liz S, Helen Ford. I'm sure there are more.

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Helmut Jungschaffer pointed me to DigitalArkivet which totally unlocked my mother's maternal Heidenstrøm ancestry.

Thanks Helmut!

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Maria Maxwell help me in researching John Sellman (abt. 1554 - 1612) and finding church records for him. Julie Ricketts and Eowyn Langholf have been a great help to me in so many ways. A heart felt thank you to everyone that has helped me a long the way.

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Keith, Susan, Eowyn, Doug, Drew, Clark. A heart felt thank you to everyone that has helped me a long a way.

Answer 3

BRICKWALLS............Just answered several of our ancestors..........DNA

Robert Lilly was born in 1742 and Frances Moody Once I connected their parents you should have seen all the DNA matches on their profiles.

His parents are Edmund Lilly born 1694 and Ann Flippen born abt 1703

It is truly AWESOME FOR OUR FAMILY ESPECIALLY to finally solve this problem because the other ancestors of the Lilly and Moody have a big stone monument and plaque stating he was over 100 years old  and born in 1696,

My son did his DNA for me to see the correctness that I have in our family tree.  Now, I am working on going further back in time because of his DNA and his wife's DNA.  I will tell you that is the answer when you are working on family.

I have located about ten already of our grandparental lineages that were in the American Revolutionary War ..... what an amazing heritage of my awesome beloved late husband for our family and the great freedom we have in America.

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I have been putting off DNA testing because I'm sure I won't have the time to deal with the results, but your story is yet another one that is telling me the time to do it is now. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for DNA testing.

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As far as my DNA it ended up with only my 4 grandparents who came from Poland to Ellis Island...........and their children as well my children maybe someday it will have links added to it .  But my son really did wonders because of his beloved dad that had been deceased for twenty years now.

His father has two sisters still living if only I can find a way to urge them to get their DNA done to carry on our heritage back further.....

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Once I get back home from overseas and have access to using the mail at a cheaper price. I plan to submit DNA test for several people to find out more information and hopefully solve some unanswered questions.

Answer 4

Major Brick Walls for Me:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Redner-12 & his wife

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Conklin-1179

HELP WELCOMED!

 

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I don't know if this is the same person, but I found a christening for Samuel Radnor in Claverly, England, in 1817. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGJQ-JVQ

There's a Samuel Rudner Immigration record, but it's a bit later (1906-1942) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C9-43P5

Good luck!

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Thank you Marlena!

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The biggest brickwall I have encountered so far is for my 2G Grandfather Herbert Berry. I know that he died on 13 Mar 1903 in Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States due to a mining accident. He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Leadville. I have some information, but none of it can be confirmed other than what I have provide above. 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Berry-9807

Father - William Morse Berry

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Berry-9752

Mother - Betsey Ann Godfrey Berry

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Godfrey-2796

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 5

Nothing spectacular for me this week.  Made steady progress creating profiles for my ancestors.  Introduced a new surname to WT, the Amiratis from Genoa (I hope they don't exist already under a different spelling).  Got my maternal grandfather's line connected to Yggdrasil at my 5ggps Rodrigue-140 and Dervain-2.

Hot and sunny in NM, waiting for the monsoon to soak down the dry fuels and cool us off.

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Steady progress is rewarding and productive... good for you Herb.  Thanks for checking in.  I hope you added your location to the Map at the beginning of the Chat :)

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Thanks, Keith! And yes, I did.  :)

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Hi Herb,

You are starting to be a steady face here on wikitree. I appreciate your steadfastness and diligence on building your family tree.

Keep up the great work :)

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Sounds like a pretty spectacular week to me, Herb.  It's getting more and more difficult to introduce a new name to WikiTree.  And I would be extremely happy with making steady progress on adding profiles for my ancestors.

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Thanks, Steven & Star!

Answer 6

Good morning everybody. Going to be another hot, humid day here in Baltimore, Maryland. Should stay indoors and do some research on WikiTree.

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The weather at WikiTree is always pleasant :)

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It sure is Keith.

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Hi John,
Yes the weather is always nice here at wikitree. We getting a bit of a break today here in PA followed by some rain but will see.

Thanks for being a part of this weekends g2g chat and thanks for choosing wikitree!

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Sounds like a plan! It is hot and humid here, the heat index is well above 100% but still had to do yard work this morning.

Answer 7

I got so caught up in reading all the interesting posts that I forgot to post my own answer!  Inspired by reading this Weekend Chat, I decided to do some work on one of my brick wall profiles - great great grandmother Helen Finnerty.  She was born in Ireland, but what county, and who were her parents?  She immigrated to the United States (when? on what ship? to what specific destination?) to find her brother (who was he? did she find him?).  She married John Thompson (when? where?) and they had three sons.  From here I have some information.

 

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Hi Star,

I glad you brought that up I get so intrigued by all the post that I'm almost forgetting to comment :) Thanks for helping out this weekend

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Hi Star,

Your like the genealogy detective on your search! Thank you for all your contributions to the WikiTree community.

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Yup - it took me a while to do my own post as well.  You know what is really neat as well.  I noticed you reply to all the posts, you, Steven and Keith.  Thank you for that.

Answer 8

 

Shadrach - Hiram - Simeon - Freeborn - Mehitable - Silas

 

Parents:  Could your children have had different names?

Some of us named our children then later became genealogists.

If you had known your ancestry like you do now, what other names might you have considered for your children?

 

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What a great question!

For me I think it would dictate on the time, place, and the current trends I see. Then there is my wife who has the final say.

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My father always joked that he wished he named me Are Jay so he could call me A.J.

I'm the 3rd Robert in a row but opted for non traditional names that were not before listed in our family.  At that age when we named our children that's how we felt.

Now that I've studied our genealogy and history I have become fond of some names I've come across.  My boys easily could have had names that have not been popularly bestowed in 100 years or more.

I'm curious if anyone else has thought about this :)

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Right you are John,

My wife and I had a good deal... girls she would name and boys I would name then she would approve :)

2 boys, I was allowed to pick first and middle for both and they have my surname.

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When my first son was born we went with a non-traditional spelling of his first name at the time. We also used the same approach with his middle name.

Johnathan Jerald

My father and I got the name John because of traditions from the old country. We used the same way of thinking with the middle name. My wife's fathers first name and the way it was spelled back then. Most of the time everybody call's him JJ.

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I have no children, but when someone in the family mentions that they are pregnant, I encourage them not to add any more William Jacksons and John Thompsons to our tree!  If they want to use a family name, I suggest Manassah, after one of our Civil War veterans.  One niece did go along with the idea of naming a son after a Civil War veteran, but she chose Benjamin DeHaven.

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Great topic, Keith!  I don't have kids, but I think it sad that my family lost track of some of the unique names from our history, like Paralee, Louquincy, and Ellender.  They might feel awkward as first names now, but they would make great middles. Maybe my unmarried nieces are paying attention.

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I have so many ancestors named John if I had know that we might have names our son John instead of David. But as said above the wife would have her say in the matter also!

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I don't know what names I would choose for my children, but I think if i were in genealogy back then as i am now, their names would be different.  But then if I had named them differently would i change my mind again and they would be named what they are today?  oooh a vicious circle.

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Great Question!!  Almost all of my ancestors are named the usual, John, William, Thomas and the women are Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth.  

I didn't want to do my mother's lines because I had over 2000 Jester names, spouses and kids with all the dates in my memory. Could I possibly remember anymore??? After I started working on Mama's lines all I had to do was change some last names.

I have 3 or 4 ancestral aunts named Easter, part of the Bullard and Davis lines.  And a 2nd ggm named Easter Nolan Young.Green on my Dad's line.

A ggf named Sam, Sam is a rare first name in my lines.

But my favorite is Burgess. There were a few Burgesses named after him, but he was named for his grandfather Burgess White. He was actually the first I proved was an ancestor, to myself and to my mother. "How do you know he is the right one? there are lots of Burgess Jesters."  He and I have a special relationship. I have always talked to him. And I have always found what I needed to find, when I needed to find it. If I get away from genealogy for extended periods of time, I look him up first. And I swear I even heard him in the library one day. "Someone already has it written down." and a few years later, I had an unpublished manuscript from a cousin that said..."And Burgess went to Arkansas." And it gave  the names of his parents.

What if really enjoyed was a couple of the later generations naming their children after ancestors, without knowing those names were in linage. My nephew's grandson was named Nathaniel and a cousin's granddaughter named her son Nathaniel Levi.

Levi was the name of my ggf Jester and Nathaniel Teague was Levi's wife's father. A son of Levi was named Burgess Nathaniel, after the two grandfathers, the cousin who named her son Nathaniel Levi is descended from that Burgess Nathaniel.  My neice and cousin didn't know the genealogy when they named their babies.

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Awesome story, Lynette!

Answer 9

I actually managed to connect two lines of Slades as part of the Slade Name Study this weekend. I've been trying to connect Slades to each other to see if there's one big happy family of Slades worldwide, or if the name arose independently in multiple places.

So, when I realised that Israel Slade and Israel Slade were one and the same person, I merged them, and then removed the Slade Name Study from Israel's profile, because the oldest Slade in that line is now William Slade.

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Congratulations, Greg!  It's great to hear about the progress with your One Name Study. 

Any other Weekend Chatters working on One Name Studies?

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Hi Greg

Congratulations on getting some more profiles connected. This is what wikitree is about getting all profiles under one common tree. Thanks for helping fulfill this mission

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat

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Yes thanks for joining this weekend g2g chat.

Answer 10

HI everyone, and happy weekend to all!

It's been a busy week here. I'm in the middle of having a full bathroom renovation done, so that's been an adventure.  It's coming together though and should be done on Wed.! :)

We got up to the mountains over the 4th of July and enjoyed the cooler weather and some great fireworks.

And, we'll be heading out of country to Norway for a couple of weeks soon...can't wait for that. It's the first time we're taking our kiddo abroad, so it'll be a full family adventure this time.

Genealogically, it's been a bit slower of a week for me because of other commitments.  Still, I made a very interesting and random discovery related to John Barney Taylor, who was of the tri-racial Redbone cultural/ethnic group (which I'd never heard of until trying to source his profile).  I posted more about it in G2G to purpose possibly incorporating that group into some projects.  The Redbones have a fascinating history and story.  If you haven't checked out Melungeon Roots on Wikitree before, I highly suggest checking it out to learn more interesting history about another, related tri-racial group in America.

I'm still plugging away at getting more Colorado cemeteries onto Wikitree and got a few more of those done this week.  I love it when I run across a pioneer cemetery!  It's also been interesting to me to learn how much of Colorado grew out of people coming here to recover from tuberculosis.  Tuberculosis huts still exist here and some houses include one in the sale of the home!

In the 1500s and 1600s historical realm, I've done some sourcing and project associating of my Eltonhead ancestors this week.

Finally, it's my maternal grandmother's 90th birthday today!

Take care, and hope everyone enjoys the weekend...

Amy

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And the Journey Continues!!!

Please let her know I said Happy Birthday :)

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Thank you! :)  She's a special woman who's close to my heart.

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Funny you mentioned your bath room remodel! We are starting our main bath room remodel Monday 10 July. Has been a lot of work just shopping for all the right accessories, tile and fixtures. The wife has kept us real busy going from one store to the next to find just the right "Stuff".

Wish your maternal grandmother a Happy 90th birthday from me.

My mother in law (my second Mom) lived to be 100 years young.

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I don't enjoy shopping at all, so the bathroom remodel has put me to the test in that regard!  Good luck with yours!

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Happy Birthday to Grandma!  And thanks for mentioning the Louisiana Redbone group.  I also had never heard of them until you mentioned them.  What a collection of expertise we have here at WikiTree!

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Hi Amy,

Happy Birthday to your maternal grandmother, 90 Years is a privilege to have someone with you. I was fortunate to have my grandfather around for 89 years.

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat

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Ditto to what everyone said. Amy thanks for the story.

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It's been great hearing from all of you this weekend!

Answer 11

I remembered another big (to me) genealogy thing from this week. I finally completely finished my Colonial Dames of America application and will be mailing it off on Monday!!

It's taken me about a year to finish it, mainly because I chose a Virginia ancestor on which to apply.  For CDA, Virginia has a complex, extremely specific application process (and that's coming from someone who's already a DAR and CDXVII!), which I wasn't fully aware of until I was well into it.  It's been a great learning experience, and I must say I felt ultra-accomplished when I checked off the last thing on the application to-do list. :)

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What a wonderful accomplishment, Amy!  You deserve to be proud of all the work that went into your application.

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Thank you!!

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Hi Amy, I am sure you will do extremely well on your Colonial Dames of America application.

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Hi Amy,

Best of luck on your application. What an accomplishment to be able to finish a project :)

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat

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Thanks, everyone!  I have the application in the package, postage on, and ready to go tomorrow...yay!

For anyone that may be interested, the ancestor on which my application is based is my paternal 7th great-grandfather, Richard Lee II.

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Ditto to what everyone said Amy.

Answer 12

hello... I was born in San Diego California, but moved to my mother's home state, Tennessee when i was 16 .. I know most of my ancestors on my mother's side , Denton,Galloway,Walker,Shockley,Davis,Hasty,Womack,Anderson, to name of few ,my dad came from Ohio/West Virginia/ Pennsylvania  my dad's ancestors , Isleman/Iceman/Eisenman/Isenman  several different spellings , Gregory, Foley, Huff, Bailey   my older brother has been researching our family for over 30years and i have been going thru and doing more detail also been working on my ex and late husband's trees they are both from middle Tennessee... you can check out my profile to get more info who I am researching...  I really enjoy this site .. everyone is so helpful when i get a stumbling block ..

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Hi Janine, thank you for joining us on the Weekend Chat. I agree every one is helpful at WikiTree!

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You and your brother have done quite a job, Janine!  I was impressed to see that you can trace your ancestry back to the 1600s on several lines.  Have you done any DNA testing yet?  Maybe the DNA project or a One Name study will help get you back even further?

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Thank you for the compliment, it is my older brother, Michael who has done alot of the research, he has not discovered Wiki Tree yet, he uses Ancestry and Family Search mostly, he has been having some personal issues lately has not been able to find time to check out Wiki Tree.. I just found it in March of this year , my younger brother , Jon died of cancer in 2010, I havent been able to afford the DNA testing, I been having medical issues , had a brain tumor removed and had mini strokes left me with some disabilities , lost my job , trying to get disability going thru voc rehab , to find another job which i did i start tomarrow .. anyways as soon as i can afford to I am going to , Mike , older bro has done the testing has his results on Ancestry ...

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Hi Janine,

Welcome to this weekends g2g chat. Appears you have a-lot of family everywhere. I wish you the best on your health! Keep looking forward there better days ahead.

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Ditto to what everyone said Janine. And interesting facts also.

Answer 13

Greetings From Brightlingsea, Essex, England. Busy as ever with evrything. Not found alot of time to connect up my Jefferies relatives   and their Brightlingsea connections this week. But keep finding avenues to explore,. The Aldous family are a current research path, but have yet to find time to explore that further.

Spent this morning catching up on paperwork at home, seem to have made an impression on it.

This week for 4th July the Stars and Stripes were flying from our town flagpole. Next week 14th July  there will be the French Tricolour for Bastille Day. Many years ago Brightlingsea had a twin town in France.

I am very impressed with the new Weekend Chat it certainly has created alt more interest. Congratulations to all concerned.

Finally our Open Air swimming pool opens for the season, next Saturday. As traditional it is free entry on the opening day. No doubt an official opening sill happen to get a picture in the papers...... Will have to buy my season ticket for the pool this week....

Have a great weekend everyone - Chris

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Brightlingsea sounds wonderful, and you paint such a lovely picture of it.  It is so nice that your city celebrates along with Canadians on Canada Day, with the U.S. on Independence Day, and with the French on Bastille Day.  It fits in so perfectly with the WikiTree idea of one family tree and celebrating with all our cousins.  Thanks for sharing, Chris.

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Hi Chris, So glad you liked the new Weekend Chat it is a team effort from the Intergrators. Enjoy the swimming pool and thank you for recognizing all the other countries special Days.

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Hi Chris,

I never been to England but I sure have had to do some sourcing from there. I enjoy helping out sourcing the many un-sourced profiles. Enjoy your swimming pool and stay cool :)

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat hope to see you in future ones

Answer 14

Hi Everyone!

Some post back a mention of sources was posted. For those that use Ancestry and other paid genealogy site for siting sources this should be of help.

Links to sources on paid subscription sites such as Ancestry, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage can be frustrating for WikiTree members and visitors without access to these sites. We recommend searching for a freely available copy of the source document on sites such as FamilySearch, USGenWeb, Archive.org, and HathiTrust. If the source record is only available to paid subscribers, when providing the URL please also extract as much information as possible, such as relevant names, dates, and the source of the original data. Providing the source as an inline reference within the biography also helps to clarify which biographical facts are supported by the source citation.

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Great tip David.

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That is a great tip, David.  I did a lot of research in the days before there were many online sources, so I'm going through my citations to replace microfilm sources with online sources.

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David ditto to what every one said.

Answer 15

Just for fun this week I traced the locations for my parent's surnames back to before 1700. At that time the families lived just 300 miles apart on the eastern shores of England and Scotland. The Greenfields came over shortly after and settled in CT. By the time the Watts family immigrated to IN in 1830, the Greenfields had made their way to IL. So the families were again about 300 miles apart! After the Civil War, in which Sylvester Greenfield fought, Albert Greenfield and Albert Watts were just four years apart in age and both married in 1877. They lived on opposite sides of Bloomington, IL only 150 miles from each other. Then Albert Watts moved through Iowa to Conde, SD and ran a successful livery business there. 
The Greenfields also went west through Iowa on a journey through KS, NE and CO settling around 400 miles away from the Watts family just before the turn of the century. In the early 1900s the Greenfields moved on again, this time to Hardin, MT. The Great Depression took the Watts's livery business and Grandpa Watts was forced to try to reach better jobs in Oregon. As luck would have it, the wagon they pulled behind their truck coundn't handle the hills and broke down along the Yellowstone River in Hysham, MT. So they had to live there. Howard Watts was just a toddler spending his first Montana winter there in a tent. That tent just happened to be about 50 miles away from where Betty Greenfield would be born in just a few more years.
Grandpa Greenfield had many careers which included farming in Kinsey just down the road from the older two Watts boys, Henry and Harold. The Watts family had a band which played the dances there and that is where Howard met Betty in the 1940s. They would eventually become each other's second marriage in 1963 and I was born soon after in Billings, MT - 4,203 miles from the eastern shores of England and 265 years after Archibald the Mariner left there for the new world.

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Rick thank you for sharing this story of your ancestors with us Hope your having a great weekend!

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What an interesting story, Rick!  I never thought to do that kind of a timeline, but I think it would be interesting.  You can call your story "Rick Watts - 265 Years in the Making."

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Hi Rick,

What a great achievement it's nice to have found roots back that far. I currently have found my mothers side of the family back to the 1700s but my dad's fathers side I only found so far back to the late 1800s which is awhile ago but in genealogy realms that is yesterday :) But each day I try to be steadfast and just hope something will show that I didn't see before.

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat

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Rick,

Ditto to what everyone said. But on my mother's side I gone to Romingers that married to the Leonards and got back to someone that was born in 1400's.

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Colorful!!!!

Answer 16

Happy Saturday, all.

It has been insanely hot this week, though today we're getting a bit of a reprieve with the rain coming in.

The pomegranates look amazing - there's only two, but they're both about the size of a tennis ball. Super excited for when they're ready to harvest! Trying to make plans for a full garden maybe over winter and into the spring - broccoli and spinach for the winter, certainly.

Some sad news, one of the kids (Gus, kitty) is going to have to have surgery soon, become a three-legged kitty. He fell and hurt his foot pretty badly, and the vet thinks that's the best option. Fortunately, the prognosis is good; the vet said that, given his fairly young age, he should adapt and bounce back fine. So, he's getting lots of extra love and attention (and special tuna, just for him).

I realized I've talked about my kids each week, but haven't actually shared them, so I'm gonna put pictures up as comments to this answer, so you guys can have a visual. :) There's four of them, two dogs and two cats, and me and the mister. Full house!

As far as genealogy, it's been a slow week with everything going on. When things settle down I'll get back into updating, I plan on continuing my streak of at least 1000 submissions per month. Taking a leaf from someone from last week's chat, I've started checking the one name studies page for surnames as I update them, to connect to anyone doing research. Never know who you'll meet!

Have a great weekend, and good luck on your research, to all of you!

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Best of luck with your garden and the kitty with the hurt foot. I know the Kitty will be OK and learn to get around soon. Our son and his wife keep a large garden each year and they are now canning tomatoes.

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Kid #1 - Gus

Gus is now 4 - he was rescued as a kitten by my brother and recently adopted down to me. Stubborn as anything! He's gonna become my pirate kitty soon,

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David - thanks! Tomatoes are on my list of want-to-grow, so that's definitely exciting!

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Kid #2 - Jez

Jez was a stray that adopted me. When we got her, she was so skinny! Now she's large and lazy and full of fuzz.

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Kid #3 - Titan (aka Moose)

My moose is... a special case. He's giant. Like... smaller than a dane, but not by much. He's hit 130 lbs, though the vet says he could still gain some. Moose is closer to a giant toddler than a puppy - extreme separation anxiety, a few issues... he's a low-content wolfdog, which requires special care and attention - definitely a learning curve when we brought him in! He's unique, and not for everyone, but he's my big boy. 

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Kid #4 - Sushi

Ah, my baby. Sushi's my oldest girl - she'll be nine next May! She's my only non-rescue, I got her as a baby. She was so small, she could fit in my palm! Utterly spoiled, and she knows it! 

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Beautiful kitty!

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Hi Marlena,

Best of luck with the cat I hope everything works out. Thanks for the pictures it's nice people take great care of there animals.

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat

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Marlena thanks for the pictures of your children-animals. Also welcome to the chat.

Answer 17

Speaking of BRICKWALLS!

I started doing my family tree four years ago and I can't remember why? History has been something that has been eating away at me for awhile. I find it very interesting. My mother passed away in the summer of 2015. We worked together on it. My father just passed away in May.

I got some paperwork on my mother's side of the family. My father had some paperwork on his side of the family but now that is tied up with his estate and the trustee won't release it yet.

My mother's side has been some what easy to trace back.  And it helped a bit that she came from a good line of people who kept pretty good records. Hapgood, Ward, Howe, Whitney, Treadway, Henry, MacLean, and the list goes on.

My father's side is a different story with the brickwall.  Once my grandfather and grandmother showed up at Ellis Island it was pretty simple to track them from New York to Los Angels. But here's my brickwall now. The old country's. Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia. The former republics of Yugoslavia. Austro-Hungarian Empire. Records were loss, destroyed, sent to other countries, and borders were realigned at the end of World War 1.

I've devoted almost all of my time so far to my mother's side but now with my father just passing away I think I'm going to see if I can't break down that brickwall a bit.

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My father passed about a year ago. I'm sorry for your loss.

Good luck on your research! Maybe something will come through and break down a few bricks, at least!

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Thanks Marlena.

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What a nice tribute to your father to research his side of your family, even though there are more challenges to that research.  You may want to read some of the information on the FamilySearch wiki, such as the pages on Bosnia and Herzegovina Genealogy, Croatia Genealogy, Serbia Genealogy, and Austro-Hungarian Genealogy.

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Thanks Star. I will most certainly have a look.

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Hi John,

I also have some family members on my mothers side who have some pretty sharp minds yet when it comes to history although I almost have that side of the family completed back to as far as I can find. I hope you the best on your brick-walls.

Thanks for joining this weekends g2g chat

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John welcome to the chat.

Answer 18

 

Now that's a nice truck!

My neighbor paid more for this truck than you might imagine; It's in perfect working order down to the tiniest detail.

It always reminds me of somebody here at WikiTree....

 

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Awesome truck.

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Nice truck, great shot!

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Hi Keith

What a great picture of this elegant looking truck of the past. Appears to be in great condition I am surprised there no rust around the wheel wells. But than they don't make things today like they did back than.

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I like the truck...Would really like to find one like this.

Answer 19

Hello Weekend Chat!  I'm on Vancouver Island on the West Coast of Canada and the weather is a balmy 23 degrees today - that's about 73 for my American cousins.  

This weekend I'm weeding my garden and working on Errors!!

I joined Wikitree nearly a year ago. My goal is to trace each branch of the family tree back to the first immigrants, and I've made considerable progress.The best discoveries usually involve solving the mystery of a woman - once I have her maiden name, or her parents, or her mother's maiden name, the pieces of other puzzles can fall into place. I've started writing some of these unexpected stories up as a side project, to entertain any of my cousins or children who are interested.

In the process I have to say I've 'met' many wonderful people on Wikitree, some distant cousins, or neighbours, and the rest just willing to welcome a new member, share information or collaborate on a problem.

I hope you enjoy your weekend as much as I:)

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Oh my!!  Vancouver Island ... what a wonderful place.  Grew up in Tacoma, our fifth grade field trip (financed by a paper drive, etc.) was a cruise from Seattle to Victoria ... explore Victoria and then back on the boat ... good times, good memories.

Been there several other times ... mom, dad and sister stayed at the Empress, visited Butchart Gardens.  Daughter played NAIA golf and they had a tournament at Cordova Bay GC ... didn't want to miss that!!  Now I'm gettin' nostalgic ...

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I know! I came for a visit in 2010 ... and all my plans changed.

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I, too, have many fond memories of Vancouver Island and Vancouver.  My husband and I spent three weeks there for our 25th wedding anniversary.  Beautiful area, great weather, and such nice people.  I can understand why you decided t stay, Laurie!

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Hi Laurie,

Thanks for weeding out them errors. It's great to set goals there a sense of fulfillment when them goals get accomplished that can be very rewarding.

Enjoy the weather and thanks for choosing wikitree and being a part of this weekends g2g chat

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Thanks for the story Laurie. I had an aunt and uncle that lived out there in  Portland, Oregon and one of their sons lives in Califonia and his children and grandchildren live in Portland, Oregon except one of them lives in Hawaii which  I have visited in 2004. And my aunt and uncle other son lives with his second wife in Vancouver, Washington. In 1984 or 1986 me and my mother flew out to Portland, Oregon to visit my aunt when she was alive and so her grandkids that at that time live in Portland, Oregon with their birth mom. Also we visited the son in Vancouver, Washington and his first wife before she died in the 2000's. I had fun when we did it. Also welcome to the chat.

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I spent the day in Cape Charles, Virginia.....what a nice place! 

My daughter had never driven across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

Lots of history in that old town.

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Fantastic pictures, especially the gull! Thanks for sharing!

Hoping we can get to the beach sometime soon!

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Doug - thank you for these pictures and the butterfly wayyyyyy before this post.  And as i am writing this the Chi Cheemaun ferry just tooted her arrival into the harbor.

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I really enjoy that second one with the chairs... sharp detail with the blur in back, snapping colors... outstanding!

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Awesome pics Doug.

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Thanks for the virtual tour, Doug.

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I have rode across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in 2000. I had never before then. Is there is a lot of history in that town and even in the state of Virginia and other cities around there like Norfolk. Yes Doug thanks for the pictures and especially the one of the bridge. I remember seeing that bridge I might even took a picture of it but I can't remember if I did.

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Looks like a wonderful place to live or just visit. Wish I was standing on that breach with a rod in hand and a fishing on the end of my line.

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Great pictures...