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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60447999067330985282014-08-22T06:57:53.647-04:00Ask Olive Tree Genealogy a QuestionDo you need help finding an ancestor? Do you have a genealogy question you would like to ask me? Do you want to know where to find certain genealogy records? Send your query about your ancestors to me then check back at Ask Olive Tree blog to see if it has been chosen. Lorine McGinnis firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-2793127594460333532014-08-11T15:30:00.000-04:002014-08-11T15:30:00.492-04:00When Family Lore Leads You Astray

TWISS family on Ship Peruvian September 1888

Olive Tree Genealogy had an interesting question from Shannah about her grandfather. My findings point out the need to take family lore with a grain of salt and don't accept it as gospel.

Here is Shannah's email:

I have been trying to find out where my Grfa., TWISS, William James, had "landed" for over ten years, to no avail, from Cty. Cork, Ireland to New York, USA.. He was a mere 17 year old, at the time.

The story I was told was that it was my Grfa. who had left Cork, Ireland, from Sept. to December of 1887 (I believe these are the months) on the Barque Julia, from Edinburough to Cork and to New York. This particular Barque was a ship of supplies and the Captain was a friend of my Gr-Grpars., TWISS, Francis Edward Day, Sr.. It was my Grfa. who had suggested that he, himself, come out to Canada, first and they allowed it but he must go with someone they knew. It was only a few days' trip and have researched into several ports along the eastern coast to no avail. When he had landed, he had stayed with friends of his pars., (never knew who they were) Francis Edward Day and Ellen THOMPSON, in New York for a while then travelled up into BINBROOK, Wentworth Cty., Ontario, Canada to stay with our cousins/family there while his own pars. arrived through Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the following springtime.

First I made a mental summary of the important statements in Shannah's email:

1. William James Twiss born ca 1870 Ireland immigrated to N. America on the ship Julia in 1887
2. William's parents Francis Edward Day & Ellen Twiss sailed to Montreal Quebec in spring of 1888

Making a mental note of these statements does not mean I accepted them as fact. It was obvious they were family lore passed on through the generations.

Curious about what I found for Shannah? The rest of the story is at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/08/dont-let-family-lore-lead-you-astray.html Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-561162280870397072014-05-16T16:24:00.000-04:002014-05-16T16:24:00.550-04:00Clues You Can Find in a Census Record

Bonnie recently asked Olive Tree Genealogy this question about her ancestors:

I have recently found my Grandmother listed on the 1901 Ontario Census in the township of Wroxeter in Huron County. She was born on August 5, 1899. Her parents were George J Harris and Agnes J Harris born Jan 3, 1875 and Sept 21, 1877 respectively. I was hoping to find where George and Agnes were born, and when their families emigrated and from where? We know very little about the Harris side of the family so I was very excited to see this much!
Dear Bonnie - It is easy to overlook clues that are in a record. For instance ONE census record can often provide a great many new facts and clues to work on.

FACTS FROM THE CENSUS IMAGE

First let me show you some important facts I think you may have overlooked on that 1901 census. A look at the online image shows that George was born in Ontario and his wife Agnes in the USA. Agnes gives her year of immigration from America to Canada as 1881.

This means you can search the Ontario birth registrations to find who George's parents were. You also know that it is quite likely George and Agnes were married in Ontario so I'd start looking at Ontario marriage records. This should give you both sets of parents' names for the bride and the groom.

Secondly, Wroxeter is not the township where the couple lived. It is a village in Howick Township, Huron County. The census images clearly indicates Wroxeter Village and a quick search online reveals the township it is in.

Continue reading at

Clues You Can Find in a Census Record!

 Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-1911155006502683882014-03-15T18:15:00.001-04:002014-03-15T18:15:39.577-04:00Help Finding a Van Slyke from New York

Bill asked Olive Tree Genealogy for help.

I believe that my family could be a descendent of the Vanslyke Family . My Great grandmother was Edith Vanslyke and she did in 1900 giving birth to my grandmother. They were from the Rome, itica area. Edith Married Franklin Henry Batchelor (Bathcheller). Name change. Also From Rome N.Y. If there is any correlation to this I would appricate anyinfomation that you may have or pictures if that is the case.
Although I have written 3 books on the Van Slyke family, I do not have Edith in my database as she is not far enough back in time. My books start in the early 17th century and end in the early to mid 19th century.

But I decided to have a quick look on Ancestry to see if I could find a bit more on Bill's great grandmother Edith Van Slyke. The 1900 census for the Bronx New York reveals her name was Edith M. Van Slyke and she was born ca February 1864 in New York. [Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004]

Edith and Franklin were married circa 1883 so she should be found in the 1880 and 1870 census records. Since I had her death year I looked on FindAGrave and found her burial in Rome, Oneida County New York. She is listed as Edith Marie Van Slyke, daughter of Elias E. and Mary Van Slyke.

More searches of the online census records reveal a 16 year old Edith M. Van Slyke daughter of Elias E and Mary in the 1880 census for Rome, Oneida County New York.

Following Elias Van Slyke, born ca 1838 in New York, we find him with his parents Sylvanus Van Slyke and Maria living in Whitestown Oneida New York in 1850 and Rome New York in 1860. Sylvanus was born ca 1813 and in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census he is recorded as a shoemaker born in New York. However the 1880 census puts his place of birth as Pennsylvania.

This should be enough to jump start Bill in his quest. Hopefully we can link Edith to either Cornelis Van Slyke who arrived in New Netherland (present day New York) on De Eendracht in 1634 or his nephew Willem Van Slyke who sailed to New Netherland on De Trouw in 1660. I am lucky enough to be descended from both Cornelis and his nephew.

My books on the Van Slyke family are available as:

The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch , including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain  REVISED EDITION published 2010. 287 pages. 8.5x11, coil bound.

New Netherland Settlers: Willem Pieterse Van Slyke aka Neef - A genealogy to five generations of the descendants of Willem Pieterse Van Slyke who settled in New Netherland (New York) in 1660. published 2005. 198 pages. 8.5x11, coil bound.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-33711392721783683132014-01-23T16:11:00.000-05:002014-01-23T16:11:38.575-05:00How to Find Someone after Arrival USA 1903An email from a Norwegian researcher arrived today in Olive Tree Genealogy's mailbox

My name is Silje . I need some help to find the family of my husbands great great grandfather. He left Norway in 1903 true Liverpool UK and came to port of New York, USA 10 of september 1903 with a ship called Aurenia. His name at the records I found at Ellis Island was Theodor Olson he is born in 1870 in Norway. The ships manifest says that he was going to St Paul but I dont know. The family never heard from him. He left a wife and 3 children in Norway. Hope to find some relatives who migth have some info about him.

 Silje - since Theodor arrived in America in 1903 you should look for him in the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records. These are all freely available at FamilySearch

 The ships manifest shows that he is heading to his brother-in-law so I would also look for him in the census records. As a side note it appears the ship name is Aurania in case you are referring to it in future.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-17436009230040931832013-07-26T14:07:00.000-04:002013-07-26T14:07:00.347-04:00So Many Clues You Can Follow to Find an Ancestor's Immigration in USA or Canada

Olive Tree Genealogy received a request from a reader (Hillary M.)

Because my answer covers so many generic research suggestions I thought it might be helpful to post it here. I have edited the query as follows:

Dear Olive Tree,

I need assistance locating immigration/migration records for my gr-gr-grandfather Henry Arthur Bolton and my gr-gr-grandmother Emily Meyrick.

The problem is, I don't know exactly when Henry immigrated to Canada from England, or when he migrated from Canada to the United States. In the US census records his immigration date changes; 1900 census states 1875, 1910 census states 1871, 1920 census states 1872.

What I do know is he married Emily Jane Meyrick on October 14 1886 is Worcester Massachusetts. His marriage record states his parents names as George and Elizabeth. At the time of his marriage his age is listed as 25.

He died in Massachusetts May 14, 1942 (My grandmother was 19 years old)

Hello Hillary - The first thing that jumps out at me in your query is that immigration date for Henry. That date does not likely refer to his immigration to Canada but rather into the USA. So if he was first in Canada for a period of time, the year he crossed the border to USA is almost certainly what is being referred to. (immigration years 1871, 1872, 1875)

Continue reading So Many Clues You Can Follow to Find an Ancestor's Immigration in USA or Canada
 Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-32886984947847094482013-07-25T09:21:00.004-04:002013-07-25T09:37:58.708-04:00Evaluate Your Sources When Finding Conflicting Information

Dawn asked Olive Tree Genealogy about her great-grandmother:

I live in the states and I am having an issues with the 1911 Canadian census. My great grandmother Mary Ann Lavallee was born of Joseph Nazaire Lavalle and Delia Desautels. The 1911 census has him born Feb of 1872 but all info from other sources has him born in 1870. We think the census might be incorrect with his bday listed as Feb 1872. We also can find no records of marriage for Delia and Nazaire here in the states.

Ask Olive Tree Answer:

Census records are often incorrect but we should not reject what is found in a census record without further proof. Remember that we do not know three things - WHO gave the answers to the census taker, HOW the census taker worded his question, and WHAT the level of understanding was of the person providing answers.

You mention that "all info from other sources" shows your ancestor born in 1870 but you do not tell me what those sources are. You should look at those sources and determine how accurate they might be, in other words, how much weight should you assign to them as "good" sources.

Unless the source involves the individual him/herself providing answers, that source is questionable. A death record for example, contains information given by others. It might be accurate, but it also might be completely wrong. A marriage record would have information provided by the individual so it is far more believable.

You should always evaluate your sources when you uncover conflicting information. This will allow you to determine the most reliable source.

But if you know your great-grandmother's parents, why not hunt for a church baptismal or birth registration for her? That will give an accurate date of birth. Or are you hunting for her father's date of birth? Your query does not make it clear.

As for a marriage record for Delia and Nazaire, you neglected to tell me where in Canada they lived or were born. And Canada is the second biggest country in the world, so without knowing a more exact location (province/County, town or township or...) I cannot direct you to marriage records.

It also depends on their religion, that is, what church did they attend and are there records available for that church in the necessary time period. Depending on the province, there may be civil registration records available.

So my advice is to search for the location where your ancestors lived and find out what records are available for that location.

Credits: "Figure Sitting With Question Mark" by Master isolated images on FreeDigitalPhotos.netLorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-50184812666980192982013-01-07T13:22:00.000-05:002013-01-07T13:22:00.522-05:00How to Find a Professional GenealogistPatti sent a query to Olive Tree Genealogy. Because of privacy concerns on my part, I'm editing out the details of the person Patti is looking for. Her main question can be easily answered.

I am doing family tree research and am looking for xxx born xxx 1936, Ontario County, Ontario Canada. Sc ottish/German Descent.
Went to University of xxx. Served with the xx in xx.His mother and Father were both dead by the time he was 28.

I am having trouble finding a genealogist who works in Ontario specifically.

Thank you for any help you can give me!

Patt,

All you need do is visit the APG (Association of Professional Genealogists) website and click on "Chapters" at the bottom of the page.

Then scroll down until you see "Ontario" and click on the link provided to go to the Ontario Chapter of the APG. Click on "Members" and you will see very long list of Genealogists who specialize in Ontario research. For your convenience here is the direct link http://ocapg.org/members.html

You could have approached this in a different way - by joining and writing to the Ontario Mailing List on Rootsweb. Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-14861470128332443822013-01-04T08:30:00.000-05:002013-01-04T08:30:01.725-05:00Ships Passenger Lists From ItalyJohn S. asked Olive Tree Genealogy for help finding a ships passenger list:

I am having difficulty finding the arrival record of my great grandfather in North America. I know that he lived in the province of Cosenza, Italy & departed Naples, Italy in the 1884 time frame identified as Napoleon Bellaspica Lepera. Are passenger departure lists available for Naples during this time frame?
John - Ships Passenger lists for North America are best searched by arrival country or port, not departure port. The manifests were made at the port of departure, then turned in at the port of arrival.

You should be able to find your ancestor in ships lists on Ancestry.com. These manifests are indexed and linked to online images for both Canada and USA.

Be sure to use wildcards when searching as Lepera could be easily misspelled or badly transcribed. I would search using L*P*R* to pick up alternate spellings. Also, upper case "L" can be mistaken for upper case "S" by indexers so you may need to try a second search using S*P*R*

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-89739993437174538312013-01-03T13:43:00.003-05:002013-01-03T13:44:50.322-05:00Happy Birthday to Ask Olive Tree Genealogy

Wow! Happy 3rd birthday!

January 3, 2009 was the date of my first blog post on Ask Olive Tree Genealogy.

Since then I've answered 463 queries and challenging brick wall genealogy puzzles for readers.

Keep 'em coming, I love doing this!

It's also my youngest grandson's first birthday today.

Happy Birthday Sawyer!

Happy Birthday image courtesy of digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.netLorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-35261886439268834282013-01-02T09:30:00.000-05:002013-01-02T09:30:02.850-05:00Searching for England Records Before Civil RegistrationChristine asked about genealogy records in Durham England.

 I have stumbled on a brick wall that I cant seem to get past and wonder if you can help point me in the right direction.My Gt gt gt grandfather John reay( 1790c) and his wife elizabeth ? nee Barker(1796c born in whitby) are named as parents of Edward REAY in Upleatham yorkshire in 1819 on the Baptism certificate( IGI).they then went on to have John and William 1926 [sic] Hannah 1831, Robert 1832, betsy ann 1836 in Shinclffe durham.

IN 1841 census Elizabeth reay is listed as independant, and there is no sign of John. I cant find birth certificates for the children, nor can i find any marriage for Elizabeth and John or any evidence he existed except for the baptism certificate. In 1851 elizabeth is listed as Murray and a widow in Hartlepool, but I have no idea who or when she remarried or when John ( supposibly died). Where can i search next??

Christine - You won't find a birth registration for the children because English Birth Registrations did not begin until 1837.

However you can search for Church and Parish records of baptisms and other vital records. Because I am not familiar with Durham research, I began with a quick Google search for Durham Church Records. Of course you can use any Search Engine you prefer such as Bing or Yahoo.

Durham Church Records are online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ and a very quick look under baptisms brought up the baptism record index for Betsy Ann, Hannah and Robert all baptised in Shincliffe. There is also a marriage in 1819 for John Rea [sic]. You may wish to consult this to see if it is the right couple.

I'd also check Durham University's databases online. I found that website with a Google search and notice they have Probate records.

You mentioned you checked the IGI but a better course of action might be FamilySearch collections that they have been putting online. I did a very cursory search and found the marriage of John and Elizabeth in the extracted marriages for York. They married 18 Aug 1816 in Loftus [Source: England, Marriages, 1538–1973]. So now you have other places to search. If I were you I'd start a timeline of findings so that you can get a sense of what location(s) you might find the family in.

Their son Edward is found in baptismal records as being baptised 01 November 1816 (not 1819 as you stated) in Loftus so it looks like they married just in time... Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-70739899999897659572013-01-01T11:48:00.000-05:002013-01-01T11:48:11.131-05:00Barnardo's Children Query Marg wrote to Olive Tree Genealogy with an intriguing query

My gt.gt grandfather died in 1882 and his wife just a year later (in Sunderland workhouse. ) I'd been told by someone that she thought the younger children were adopted and have found trace of one of them. But the youngest child isn't in any records that I can find, til he appears on familysearch.org [in the 1881 census]

He is Joseph D. L. Stansfield, born in approx. 1880, parents Thomas and Mary Ann Foster Stansfield (nee Maule). Someone has just told me that he thinks that Joseph was sent to Canada by Barnardos.

Ships Passenger List Parisian 1888

Dear Marg - There is a Joseph Stansfield who matches your Joseph on board the ship Parisian in 1888. He is part of a group of children with Maria Rye Homes, heading for Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario. He is 8 years old. You can search the index on Collections Canada at the link above, or you can view the image on Ancestry.com

One caveat - he is misindexed on Ancestry as "Jno" (which is why using wildcards is an important tool in genealogy research) His is the last name on the graphic on the left. It is only part of the page of the ship Parisian's manifest.

There is a lot of information on Miss Rye's Niagara-on-the-Lake Home for children at Canadian British Home Children Sadly there seems to be no information on where Miss Rye's records were kept, or even if they were saved when she was no longer in business. If your Joseph had been part of Barnardo's you could have sent for his records but Miss Rye was not a Barnardo home.

You can also find more information on Miss Rye and her home children at Immigrants to Canada
There are two researchers who are reconstructing her records as best they can. Please see this page for details

His marriage record is found on Ancestry.com dated June 24, 1908. His full name is given as Joseph David Lionel Stansfield and he is age 29, born England, a bookkeeper. He gives his mother's name as Mary A. Foster, but did not provide his father's name. His bride was Edith McCarthy and they married in Toronto.

You should be able to find him on the 1891 and 1901 census, perhaps even 1911. In fact I took a quick look and found Joseph and Edith with their two children in the 1911 census for Toronto. If you are using Ancestry.com he's misindexed as "Joye" but remember you can always search under his wife's name if you are unable to find him.

There are two sons - one is 3 years old and another son whose name is so illegible I can't even make an educated guess as to what it is. This son is 4 months old so I had a look and found the birth records of both children - Lionel Thomas Stansfield was born 25 May 1909 and his little brother Randolph Ferguson Stansfield was born 9 February 1911.

I think you should be able to find more about Joseph and his descendants with this start.Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-71390959311334553512012-12-10T14:34:00.000-05:002012-12-10T14:34:16.106-05:00Give All Information When Writing a Query
 Teddi sent a request for help to Olive Tree Genealogy. Here is her email to me:

I have been searching for my grandmother, Theodora Marino Pensyl, for several years now. She was married in Elkton, Maryland, on August 31, 1939 to Charles Wilbur Pensyl from Bedford, Bedford County, PA. They lived in Philadelphia, Pa near Jackson Street and my mother was born on September 18, 1940.

My mother's names is Dorothy Alice Pensyl; she was christened at the Catholic Church in the early part of December, 1940. My mother never had a birth certificate.

She never met her mother and she was raised by her grandmother, Alice Pensyl, until she turned five; at which time she was able to live with her father and his new "wife" (although they never legally married).

We do not know if Theodora was dead, or living and not able to see my mother due to my grandfather's ability to keep her hidden. I have tried Ancestry.com and was unable to reach anyone for assistance. Any ideas you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Dear Teddi

Sometimes when a reader asks me for help, I immediately have questions. In this case I'm wondering how you knows these exact dates of marriage and birth of her mother. Why am I wondering? Because if you have the marriage record it must surely show an age for Theodora - and that would at least give an approximate year of birth. The birth record of Dorothy may show more details. Both are worth sending for if you do not already have them. If you do have them, you should consider sharing the information found on them when writing a query on a message board or privately (as you did to me)

Even though you say your mother never had a birth certificate, it is quite likely that one was filed and can be obtained. It's worth requesting it.

Next question - have you found Charles and Theodora on the 1940 census? That would be very helpful to know because that will give you an age for Theordora and a location of birth. It will also give the place of birth of her parents plus more detail.

Being curious, I had a quick look on Ancestry and I also googled the names. I found several queries you posted over the last several years. To my surprise you gave tidbits of information with each one - different each time - about Dorothea. I suspect you didn't realize how important and helpful each of these little pieces of information could be.

For example in one query you said Theodora sometimes went by Dottie. So that is another name under which to search, and I suspect Dorothy is yet another. In another query you mentioned you thought she had a sister Annette and a brother or father named Leo - these are names you can also search for online. It's crucial to provide these bits and pieces to anyone whose help you want whether on message boards or via email. Even family lore can prove helpful when facing a challenging research puzzle.

So please send for the birth and marriage records and let us know here on the Ask Olive Tree Genealogy blog if you have any other details (plus that all-important 1940 census record!)

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-29047705094074600312012-12-04T09:00:00.000-05:002012-12-04T09:00:08.875-05:00Analysing Clues to Help You Figure Out Where to Search NextSherri asked about her grandfather's death:

I have been looking for information for about 5 years about my grandfather who is named Burrell Charles Ball first married to Doreen Roxie Morcombe (from Omemee) and then afterward I think Estelle Ball was his wife. Burrell's brother I know was from Emily Twp, Albert and he died a few years back and Burrell died around 1993 but I do not know when, where, how etc.

Also Russell Charles Ball was their father and I believe he lived in Lakefield but there is little information about any of them. I know there was a fire in Russell's Lakefield home where he had Burrell, Albert and Barbara E. Ball (I think). He was married to Julia Secreta Wood that I believe died when she was young. Where can I go to find out more information?

Olive Tree Genealogy Answer:

Hello Sherri. Since you did not provide an estimated year of birth for Burell, I had to hunt on the 'net to find some mention of him. Luckily I happened on one of your message board posts where you stated he was born circa 1920 and, best of all, that he was in WW2.

His military service is a great clue and means there are a number of steps you can now take:

Step One:
Did you know that you can send for his military file from Library and Archives Canada? This will give you lots of detail about your grandfather, and may include his death date and location.

Step Two:
Also you can search the online records of the Legion Magazine's Last Post. These are death notices for servicemen and women. Burell is found - just conduct a search under his name. His death date is given as November 14, 1992 (no location). So if he were my ancestor my next step would be to write to the Legion Magazine and ask if they have any other information on Burrell.

Step Three:
Write to the Legion Branch (Haliburton) where Burrell was a member. Ask if anyone remembers him or if there is more information available.

There are other steps you can take even with the few clues you have given me.

Step Four:
Send for Burrell's birth certificate from the Registrar General in Thunder Bay. This will give you an exact date and location of birth, as well his parents' names and ages. With any luck the info found there will lead you to finding his parents in the 1911 census or in earlier records.

Step Five:
Lakefield is in Peterborough County so I would write to the Peterborough Museum & Archives and ask if they have any information on the family.

Burrell's Parents
Now, turning to Burrell's parents. You don't seem to have found the information available on Russell and his wife Julia. Ancestry.com has Ontario marriage records to 1927 online. The marriage of Russell Charles Ball age 29 to Julia Secreta [sic] Wood age 19 is found in Peterborough County 6 June 1917. You will want to obtain this record. Julia's middle name appears to be a mistranscription of the actual name given in the image.

 Ancestry.com has very nicely shown that there are other records online for Russell and Julia - namely Russell's birth, 1891 census, 1901 census, 1911 census, Julia's birth and her death. Their places of birth and parents' names are found in the record of marriage record.

Next, since Lakefield was mentioned by you, why not search the online Lakefield Cemetery website? I did, and found Charles Russell Ball, Julia and several other Ball burials. You may be able to match some of them with whatever you find in the census records. This will give you some family groups with dates.

Summary:
Going clue by clue I've now found Russell Charles Ball's birth record, marriage record and burial. Each new bit of information was a clue I used to find another bit. I have also found his parents' names and their deaths too. Their deaths provided me with their locations of birth.

There is much more available online but I'll leave you the fun of following the trail I started for you. Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-31684688296982191942012-11-30T10:00:00.000-05:002012-11-30T10:00:02.016-05:00Finding an Ancestor's Arrival in Canada in 1842Jim asked Olive Tree Genealogy a question about transportation from Quebec to Montreal in 1842

My great grand parents (John & Mary Anne White), and their family (6 children) arrived in Quebec City, in June 1842, from Sligo, Ireland. They were granted their Land in Albion, Ont., in Oct 1842.

What is the most likely method of travel, and route, from Quebec to Montreal, and then on to York?
Olive Tree Genealogy Answer:

Jim - Most immigrants traveled up the St. Lawrence by boat to reach Montreal and then often continued on by boat to get to York (present day Toronto). From there they might have taken a stagecoach or wagon or walked to their inland destination.

Sometimes the original ship carried on from Quebec to Montreal but sometimes they had to transfer to another boat.

Sue Swiggum of The Ships List website has been busy for a few years transcribing the steamship passenger lists for boats carrying immigrants to Canada West (aka Upper Canada aka Ontario) from Quebec and Montreal.   Ship arrivals in 1842 from May to July are found here. If you know the ship name you will find more details on Sue's page. There are some ships that have passenger names attached to letters or special notations made by the Captain.

The St. Lawrence steamship records start in 1819 and are found here

You can also search the Immigrant Agents' Records. There is much detail to be found here. See Filling in the Gaps for a comprehensive list of all available Immigrant Agent Records and other resources for your time period of interest.

 Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-47214750815866281792012-11-29T13:37:00.000-05:002012-11-29T13:37:00.085-05:00Can't Find Ancestor's Death Record - Now What?Cliff asked Olive Tree Genealogy for help finding an ancestor's death:

I've been looking for my great great grandfather's death date for the past 20 years, and I have been noteably unsuccessful :-(

- Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. ca. 1807-1808, Ireland,

- came to Upper Canada ca. 1822-1832, married Mary Francis McQueen in 1833 - marriage bond issued on July 22, 1833,

- farmed just NW of Pendleton, N. Plantagenet Twp., Prescott Co., Ontario, CANADA, died ca. 1895-96 - estimated by the activity on the land record of the farm. [large portions of email edited by Lorine]

Any help that you can give me before I die - I will appreciate it very much :-) I would like to place a tombstone on his grave site - there is none there currently. The cemetery has no record of his death date - just where he is buried among family.

Olive Tree Genealogy's Answer

Clff - Since you know where your great-great-grandfather is buried, you might want to think about erecting a tombstone that simply bears his name, place of birth and death and perhaps that he was the husband of Mary Francis. I would add her years of birth and death if you know them just to give some idea of Robert's time period for future historians and genealogists.

The sad fact is that not all deaths were registered! If he died in the winter and it was a difficult trip to the registry office, the family might not have bothered. And if it were registered in the Church records (which you noted burned) they could have felt they'd done enough.

Have you seen the Ancestor Death Record Finder? You may want to have a look as it gives many other sources for finding an ancestor's death date.

You provided me with a nice list of where you've searched - thank you! But you didn't tell me what names you searched under. His surname can be recorded as Johnstone, Johnston, and Johnson and it can be mis-recorded many ways! If you didn't use wildcards in your searching, you should. Also his first name and nickname. Perhaps he was record as Rob, Robbie or Robert. Perhaps as Robin or Red. Hopefully you checked under all variants including just initals (R. Johnstone)

A little caveat - be careful narrowing that estimate of his death only based on the land record activity unless it states the land was going to his heirs! Otherwise you might want to stick to 1891 census (if you found him there) as the last record for him and note that he does not appear in the 1901 census (if that is the case)

I think it's wonderful that you want to erect a tombstone to honour him. I'd do that right away and put as much information on it as you know. You can always add to it later if you find an exact date of death.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-7454341299522324462012-11-24T12:23:00.000-05:002012-11-24T12:23:15.099-05:00Searching for an ancestor born 1925 in Ontario CanadaJodie asked Olive Tree Genealogy a question about her grandfather:

would there be any way possible that you might know of a William Bulger born June of 1925 in Toronto Canada? it is my grandfather and I am trying to track down ancestry information, sadly his parents died when he was young and there is little information on them, I don't even have a name and my grandfather passed in 1994, can you help or advise me on where to look?
Jodie - Births in Ontario after 1914 are available by contacting the Registrar General. Here is the address

Office of the Registrar General

Box 4600

Thunder Bay, ON
P7B 6L8

www.serviceontario.ca

416-325-8305

1-800-461-2156 (toll-free, Ontario only)

Provide them with the date of birth, parents' names if known and any other details you have. That will provide you with his parents' names and other information. From there you can start going backwards.

Presumably if he was born in 1925 his parents were likely born 1909 or earlier so you should be able to find them in census records (the most recent is 1911), marriage records (these are online up to 1928) and so on. Deaths are available online to 1938 so if his parents died before that year you should be able to find them too - and that may give you more information on their parents.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-47383344513227453032012-11-20T13:00:00.000-05:002012-11-20T13:00:01.530-05:00Finding Asylum Records in Ontario CanadaPierre asked Olive Tree Genealogy about insane asylum files in Ontario.

I have reason to believe that a great aunt of mine ended up in the Penetanguishene Asylum for the criminally insane and died there in December 1968.

I would like to verify this fact first before looking into why she was there in the first place.Her name was xxx [Lorine's note: I have removed her name for privacy reasons]. Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Hi Pierre,

You would be better to request your aunt's complete medical file from Penetanguishene. If she died while an inmate her death information will be found there. The cemetery does not have marked graves, instead there are numbers which relate to the number assigned to each patient.

You can request her file at Ontario Archives or check if the microfilmed records are available to the public. See the page on available Medical Records of Ontario at Olive Tree Genealogy website. There is a complete list of what files for different institutions have survived. Penetanguishene has many.

The files do not generally cost much to obtain. I submitted my request for my husband's grandfather's sister's files directly to Ontario Archives with a FOI (Freedom of Information) form. It was very easy and I received almost 100 pages of her records. Some was redacted by the Archivist as it was considered sensitive information. But most of it was intact.Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-81567052826931760982012-11-18T11:43:00.000-05:002012-11-18T11:43:43.215-05:00FIguring Out Where an Ancestor Arrived and Settled in Canada Before 1865Gail wrote to Olive Tree Genealogy with a challenge.

Since you say you love a challenge, I have one for you. Franz Alois Frankenberger was born in Monchberg, Germany in 1833. He came to Canada before moving on to Buffalo, N.Y. My challenge is to find the port they came into, and where they actually settled. The first 4 children were born in Canada before 1865. The other 3 were born in Buffalo. Can you help find them?

Gail - Here are some ideas and suggestions for your research.

The first important thing you need to know is that ships passenger lists arriving in Canada did not have to be archived until 1865. So your chances of finding your ancestors on a ship manifest IF they came in directly to a Canadian port are slim. However - and here is the second important thing for you to note - there are scattered substitutes. There are shipping agent records, immigration agent records and records of steamship passage along the Great Lakes carrying immigrants further inland.

There is a comprehensive list of *all* available substitute records, and links if they are online, at Filling in the Gaps in Ships Passenger Lists to Canada

Third important fact - Ontario vital records were not registered until 1869 so if Franz' children were born in Ontario before that year you will need to locate church records IF they still exist. Remember that these are early years for Ontario as it was not settled until after the American Revolution. So records are sparse and scattered. It takes time, energy and patience to find what might be relevant to your ancestral search.

You may have noticed my assumption that Ontario was where Franz settled. I only suggest that due to your noting that he ended up in Buffalo. Had he settled in Quebec he would likely have gone to Vermont. If an eastern Maritime province, Maine or another eastern seaboard state is more likely. That doesn't mean he couldn't have gone to Buffalo from another province, I'm just suggesting the most likely candidate.

Other things you can look for:

* Try to find a more precise location of settlement in Canada. Here's a few ideas:

1. Check USA census records for each of the Canadian born children as well as their parents. Do they say those four children were born in Canada or do they say Canada Eng (usually refers to Ontario), Canada East, Canada West or some other designation. Canada East = Quebec. Canada West = Ontario.
2. Look for death records and obituaries of the four Canadian born children.
3. Look for the death record and obituary of Franz and his wife.
4. Look for marriage records of the Canadian-born children as they might contain more precise birth locations

I like Ancestry.com for Canadian census records and GenealogyBank  for American newspaper records. You can also consult Fulton Postcards for New York newspapers.

* Did you look for the family in available Canadian census records for 1861? You haven't told me when his four children were born so I don't know if they were in Canada in that year.

These are just a few of the next steps you might want to take in your search.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-23298904250468491092012-10-23T13:14:00.000-04:002012-10-23T13:14:34.937-04:00Finding an Ancestor in Early Ontario Records Before 1869Fred wrote to Olive Tree Genealogy with quite a few questions about his ancestors who were in "Canada West" between 1856 and 1863.

I have traced my Winslow family from Dublin, Ireland to the ship "Constantine" on which they sailed and landed in the Port of NY in 1856. The entire family, which consisted of John, his wife Eliza and their children William Thomas, John, Oliva and Jane, were destined for "Canada West" according to the ship's manifest. Only a few other passengers on that voyage stated their destination as Canada West. I believe I was able to trace one of those other passengers (not related to me) to Perth in 1860.

 The elder John was a carpet cutter and upholsterer and I presume he was seeking a better job in his field. However, there is no trace of John or any member of his family in the Canadian or US census for 1860. Also I have reason to believe that Eliza Winslow died in Canada not too long after immigrating there but I can find no trace of her death record.

 By 1863, the family moved to Connecticut and took up work in the spinning mills there and from that year I have been able to trace them without much difficulty. Are there large gaps in the Canadian census that are listed on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch? Presuming they were in Canada in 1860, why am I unable to find any trace of them?

Ask Olive Answers: Fred, first things first. Hopefully you looked it up and discovered that "Canada West" is present day Ontario. So you need to find early Ontario records for your family. Before being called Canada West it was called Upper Canada.

Example of 1861 Census

Second: There is no 1860 census for Canada. Canada did not exist as a country until Confederation in 1867 and thus the first census for Canada is 1871. The census prior to 1871 was 1861 (not 1860) and consists of records for the 5 provinces of that time.

Unfortunately not all of the 1861 returns survived. For a list of the missing returns, see Ontario GenWeb Census Project. As well, many surviving records are badly faded and could not be indexed, so a search on Ancestry.com might not find a name even though a record survived. You would have to do a page by page search of the images in hopes of spotting your ancestors' names. <tt>

</tt>In the Ontario 1851 and 1861 Census, the agricultural returns are listed by
the name of the head-of-household. Agricultural Census returns are often overlooked by genealogists. Agricultural returns provide information such as lot and concession number, acreage, livestock and agricultural products.

Ancestry.com has the 1861 Agricultural portion of the census online. That's
the good news! You can search for an ancestor in it by including the keyword
"AGRICULTURAL" in the search fields.

The bad news is that only half of each page has been scanned.

Third: You say you cannot find a death record for Eliza "in Canada". Again, you are looking in Ontario and a look at the explanation for Ontario Vital Records on Ancestry.com or the Archives of Ontario or other websites (such as Olive Tree Genealogy Ontario section) will reveal that registration did not begin until 1869, well past the date your Winslow family left for USA.

This brings me to an important note for researchers - don't overlook the explanation or description of record sets online. This is where you will learn what the records consist of (what is missing and what is available) and what years the records cover. When you are searching for an ancestor in a place where you are not familiar with the records, you should always consult the local archives or genweb site to find out when records were kept, where they are kept, and what has survived.

It is also important to remember that Ontario was not settled until the time of the American Revolution so these are relatively early records you are seeking. Any hope of finding a death record for Eliza rests on knowing a more precise location where they settled in Ontario. If they owned land you might find them in land records, or petitions. If you know their religion you could search church records. But there are few Ontario-wide databases to search, and that is why you must have a more precise location of a county or preferably a township where your family lived.

You could also check OCFA (Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid) in case Eliza's grave is recorded there. If you get a result you will need to read the website instructions for details on how to obtain the burial information. Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-61494389181697757022012-09-12T10:00:00.000-04:002012-09-12T10:00:03.479-04:00What To Do When There's No One Around to AskKatie asked Olive Tree Genealogy about finding out information on her family tree when there is no one around to verify what she uncovers.

I am really lost....There is really no one to verify this information.

My Father was Royden E Simms 11/23/1942-6/5/2007 Cincy, OHIO
My Grandfather was Royden E Simms 8/5/1912-3/28/1989
My Great Grandfather was William F Simms born about 1886 in West Virginia (to Frank and Kate Brannon/Brennon according to his marriage cert.)

I cannot find info about Frank and Kate. I have found some info about a man named Frank with a father named Willis, but some research I have found points away from this. Can you help???
The first thing I did was have a quick look in the Ohio census for Royden born 1912. The 1920 census on Ancestry.com confirmed that his father was William F. born W. Virginia about 1886. It also showed his parents being born in W. Virginia.

If William was born circa 1886 he should appear with his parents on the 1900 census. This is a way to confirm family groups. Sure enough, the 1900 census for Carthage, Hamilton Ohio reveals a William Simms born June 1884 in West Virginia, with his parents Frank born Aug. 1856 in Indiana and Kate born March 1861 in W. Virginia

Census Records Have Many Clues

This 1900 Census shows that Frank and Kate had a total of 7 children. This is important because you can search each of these children to find more information on their parents. For example, a birth, marriage or death record for one of the children should reveal Kate's maiden name. It may reveal more, the only way to know is to start looking.

Look For Migration Pattern

Each of their children is noted as being born in W. Virginia. If this is correct you now know that sometime between 1897 (the youngest child's birth year) and 1900, the family moved. So before 1897 you will want to hunt for them in W. Virginia records.

But moving on, you now know that Frank born ca 1856 should be found with his parents in 1860 and probably 1870 census records. You may as well start with Indiana since that is given as his birth location. Don't believe absolutely that Frank was born in 1856, when searching you need to allow a couple of years on either side of that date given in the 1900 census.

Vital Records Can't Be Beat!

You can also hunt for Frank and Kate's marriage record. I found one in Cabell, W. Virginia for Frank O. Simms and Catherine Brannan in March 1883. We can look for verification that this could be your Frank and Kate by finding what year they say they were married (you'll find that in the 1900 census) and by verifying Kate's maiden name in a birth, marriage or death record for one of their children. It does agree with your William's marriage certificate information. It also gives you a possible middle initial for Frank.

Frank's birth in the marriage record is shown as 1860 in Harrison Co. Indiana while Katherine is listed as 1860 in Cabell County. The image is available for free at wvculture.org but sadly the columns for parents' names are blank on this page of records. You can search births, deaths and marriages on this site

The 1900 census states Kate's parents were born in Ireland and she has been married 20 years. It doesn't match exactly but it's close enough that you should keep it as a possibility and look for more evidence to either prove or disprove that the 1883 marriage is correct.

Census Records Aren't Always Accurate

Frank's mother is noted as being born in Kentucky, his father as unknown. Keep in mind that census records are not always correct. Ages might vary and birth locations can be recorded as different in each census. That is because we don't know who gave the information to the census taker and thus we don't know how correct it is. Perhaps a neighbour gave the answers! Perhaps a young child. Keep that in mind as you research.

Search the Children's Records Too

I had a very quick look at each of Frank and Kate's children from the 1900 census - and found a couple listed in the Ohio death records. You could send for the complete record to verify Kate's maiden name.

Also I found a birth registration in Cabell, W. Virginia for Clarence 1 Sept. 1889 to Frank Sims and Elizabeth K. Brannon (no doubt Elizabeth K. is Katherine from the 1883 marriage and Kate from the 1900 census) This birth record give Frank's birth location as Kentucky so you need to make note of this discrepancy. But Clarence born in 1889 in W. Virginia matches the 1900 census listing for Clarence born Sept. 1890 in W. Virginia. It's looking more and more like your Kate is Elizabeth Katherine Brannon.

Doing more research on Clarence, his WW2 records indicate his middle name is Francis. Don't overlook the fact that "Frank" is often a nickname for "Francis" or shortened from "Franklin".

There are other children born to Frank and Kate in the W. Virginia birth records found on Ancestry - Kate 6 Jan 1888; Eddie/Edward, 4 Apr 1891; Clara 4 April 1893; daughter 1894 (note that for this child Frank's birth is given as Missouri); Maggie 22 Feb 1896 plus two children with no first names given. You can check these for yourself at Ancestry.com or view the actual images at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/

Finding Frank's Full Name on a Death Certificate

Now here's the really good news - I took my own advice and searched for death records for Frank and Kate's children. The bingo moment was finding Maggie's in 1935 in Ohio. Her death registration gives her father's name as Franklin (remember how I pointed out earlier that Frank can be short for Francis or Franklin?) Owen Sims born Indiana and her mother as Catherine Brennan born W. Virginia. The image is on familysearch.org  under her married name of Margaret Brown

Now you have something a bit more concrete to go on with researching Frank! I also found John Sim's death in Ohio in 1923. His death registration gives Frank's birthplace as Albany, Indiana. Do you see why it's helpful to search all the children to glean bits and pieces of vital information?

It Just Keeps Getting Better

Armed with the married name of Frank's daughter (Margaret Brown) I had a hunt in census records and found her living with her father Frank O. Simms in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana in 1930. The location fits with Frank's place of birth as per his son John's Death Certificate. The middle initial "O" fits with the middle name of Owens as per Margaret's Death Certificate. Frank is shown as divorced and father born Kentucky.

More Census Finds for Kate

Carrying on with some methodical census searches (searching for each of the children of Frank and Kate Sims) finally turned up a 1910 census for Kate. She had remarried to Joseph Casey and will be found as Katherine in Cincinnati Ohio with children James (Jim), John, Clarence, Sannie? and Margaret (Maggie) Simms.

Your Turn to Have Fun

I suggest you carry on and attempt to find each child, Katherine/Katie and Frank in all census records from 1870 to 1940. That will take you some time but the rewards of clues and information you should find in each census will be well worth it.

One last thing - there is an 1870 census record in Indiana for Frank O. Sims age 10 born Indiana, father Willis F. Sims, 37 born Kentucky, mother Sarah, 36 born Kentucky. This fits with other information gleaned from some of the records I found so I would definitely continue looking for more information on this family group if I were you. Hint: Check the 1860 census for Harrison, Harrison, Indiana for Willis and Sarah.

I also found a marriage record in August 1917 in Floyd Indiana, for Frank Simms born 12 Aug 1859 in Corydon Indiana, son of Willis Simms and Sarah Ellison. Frank was marrying Tillie Deppeus [sic]. I suggest this is your Frank marrying his second wife after divorcing Kate.

Did I say only one more thing? I have more... the death of Willis at the age of 69 is found in Indiana Death Indexes on FamilySearch for 14 Jan 1893 in Corydon, Indiana. The source notations reads "The source of this record is the book CH-25 on page 9 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." Perhaps if you access the complete record you will find his parents' names.

So there you have it. I had some fun but I left you lots to do too. My sources for all my findings were Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and West Virginia Vital RecordsLorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-20099533564899868622012-07-17T11:11:00.002-04:002012-07-17T11:11:47.486-04:00Searching for The Ships List Mailing ListPat asked about the abbreviation F/O

I saw a message on rootsweb, by DC Smithin from 4/12/2000 where s/he defined F/O. The meaning of this abbreviation had been bothering me for over a year. I would like to thank this person but cannot find him. The ShipsList-L doesn't seem to exist anymore. Can you help me?
Hello Pat - F/O is an abbreviation found on naturalization records and the message you referred to states in part

 "<tt>Final Order. This is usually recorded on the petition (or perhaps some other</tt><tt>document prior to 1906) indicating the final order of the court (i.e., the</tt><tt> court ordered that the person be naturalized, or the court ordered that the</tt><tt> person's petition for naturalization be denied).</tt><tt>"</tt>

The Ships List Mailing list is still alive and well and run by Sue Swiggum. I am not sure why you thought it didn't exist anymore. Researchers can subscribe to the list or search The Ships List archives at http://www.theshipslist.com/archive.htm

 You can also obtain more information on Naturalization Records as well as search online records, by going to NaturalizationRecords.com websiteLorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-20542317977463299082012-07-16T17:12:00.001-04:002012-07-16T17:12:08.889-04:00Query About a Naturalization Record and Ships Passenger ListBob asked a very interesting question which I believe this may be useful to other genealogy researchers. Here is my edited version of Bob's email:

My 2nd great grandfather was Michael McGinnis. He is said to have been born 1805-1807 in Dublin, Ireland. He was m. to Catherine McGuire in Ireland. Children born in Ireland were: Patrick- abt.1826, Edward-abt. 1829, and two daughters- abt.1831 &1834. A daughter, Ellen was born in New York, Dec. 27, 1836. The family inferentially dates his immigration to America between Jan.1835-Dec. 1836, possibly on the Barque Tweed (although no other family members are shown).

He lived in Johnson Co., Iowa from 1841 until his death Jan. 11, 1870. I recently found his date of naturalization, July 22, 1844, in Dist. Court, of Keokuk Co., Sigournery, IA. The card only shows his name and country of birth as Ireland. No other information. Do you think there would be a Declaration of Intent record somewhere? I've checked Keokuk Co. clerk and recorder, public library, historical society, and genealogical society, without success.

Bob - For naturalization records you may want to visit the USA section of NaturalizationRecords.com Since your ancestor naturalized in 1844, you will want to look at "Naturalization Records Before 1906". There should be a Declaration of Intent for your ancestor and it will almost certainly have more details such as exact date of arrival, but may not have an exact location of birth.

Continue reading at Hunting For an Elusive Passenger List and Naturalization RecordLorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-83728602874684378432012-07-04T09:45:00.002-04:002012-07-04T09:45:44.392-04:00Does Sharing a Great-Grandmother Prohibit Cousins from MarryingOne of my pet peeves is anonymous queries to AskOliveTree. I figure if someone is writing to ask for some help or advice, the least they can do is provide their first name. So, against my usual "rule" of ignoring any requests without a name attached, I'm going to answer this one which was was not signed:

Maybe you can help me... my question to you is that I met a cousin by facebook and I we like each other Im starting to like him. My grandma is halfsister with his grandma they are from the same mother but different dads so we only share a great grandma so I would like to know if is ok if we have a relationship and can we have kids?
AskOliveTree answer: It depends. Different countries have different laws regarding degrees of cousinship and legal marriages. Different religions have different rules about who can marry.

Your relationship with your cousin is considered Canon Degree 3 and Civil Degree VI (6). This is probably not a problem at all, but you should find out what laws your country or religion have regarding Canon or Civil Degrees of relationships and marriage.

Canon Degree is simply the furthest number of generations back to a common ancestor (in this case it is 3 - parents, grandparents and great-grandmother)

Civil Degree adds both individuals generational numbers back to that common ancestor. For you and your cousin it is 3 each, giving you Civil Degree of 6.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-62168910228937235272012-06-18T09:30:00.000-04:002012-06-18T09:30:01.520-04:00Figuring out a Dutch Word in Church RecordsLiz asked about a word in a Dutch church record

I recently found your site while researching some Dutch ancestry for a friend and wondered if you knew what the abbreviations "Get."meant in a birth record

"Elisabeth, d. van Samuel NUTMAN en syn huisvrow (!). Get. Jan Knokkaerd, &ce."
Dear Liz

You can start with a list of translations of words in Dutch church records at the New Netherland section of Olive Tree Genealogy. Translations of Dutch phrases in Church Records will take you directly there.

However I believe I overlooked the specific abbreviation you asked about. Here is a tip for anyone who can't find a foreign language word in any lists or dictionaries. Study the record at its source. It always helps to see a record in context and see other records in that record set. When I say "at its source" I don't necessarily mean you need to see the original record (although that is always best). I mean take a look at the microfilm or online site where you found the record. Look at all the records in that database. Analyze what you see.

 Since you didn't tell me where you found this record I searched and found it online at http://www.at16home.demon.nl/COLCHESTER.htm. Studying the other baptisms and births that were recorded with the record you are interested in, and looking at the context of the word, it becomes clear that get. is the abbreviation of the word getuige which means witness, thus the sponsor of the child.

So your record above is simply recording the baptism/christening of Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Nutman and his wife (her given name is not recorded). Sponsors are Jan Knokkaerd, etc.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044799906733098528.post-90935424717483814272012-06-13T10:00:00.000-04:002012-06-13T10:00:03.006-04:00Some Tricks to Deciphering Old Handwriting

Ken asked Olive Tree Genealogy a question about hard-to-decipher handwriting in an 1892 marriage record

I wonder if you could help me. I have attached a small portion of marriage registration document that occurred in Dresden in 1892. I cannot decipher the word for the grooms residence which appears under "24years" in the image. It looks like Tp Davis or something similar. Can you relate to this location at all and tell me what and where it is?

Ken's question and his effort to read the word in this old document points out the dangers in struggling to interpret letters and character formations without having some clues to help.

My first tip is to look for other words in the document that you recognize. Carefully study the letter formations. Does this unknown word really look like "Davis"? Does the last letter truly look like an "s"?

Next, you can see that the word in question is shadowed. That makes it more difficult to read. It's also a good idea to isolate the word you're struggling to interpret so you can see it without distraction.

My next step was to take a look at the entire page (which I found online on Ancestry.com in Ontario Marriages). It was easy to spot another instance of the same word, but in a more legible format. I would have extended my search to pages before and after to try to find another similar or identical word.

It's starting to look pretty clear now that the word might be "Dawn". "Tp" of course is the abbreviated word "Township". We need to find out if there was a Dawn Township in Kent County in 1892.

Next step is to check Kent County, which is where the marriage took place, to find out what the names of the townships are. Off I went to the Kent County Ontario Genweb site And yes, Dawn Township used to be part of Kent County.

So there we have it. Any time you're faced with a challenging old document that is difficult to decipher, follow these tips:

1. Isolate the word/letters you are trying to read.

2. Try to find the same word or letters on the document or on other documents written at the same time in the same hand. Compare any that you find.

3. Study the word/letters and come up with various ideas for what they might be. Write down all the possibilities.

4. Look for other clues to help narrow down the possibilities. Other clues might be the geographic location as in the case above.

5. Last resort - try tracing the word you're struggling with. Sometimes the letters will suddenly become much clearer.Lorine McGinnis Schulzehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Fall Protection Code currently includes six standards: Z359.0-2007, Definitions and Nomenclature Used for Fall Protection and Fall Arrest; Z359.1-2007, Safety Requirements for Personal Fall Arrest Systems, Subsystems and Components; Z359.2-2007, Minimum Requirements for a Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Program; Z359.3-2007, Safety Requirements for Positioning and Travel Restraint Systems; Z359.4-2007, Safety Requirements for Assisted-Rescue and Self-Rescue Systems, Subsystems and Components; as well as the historical ANSI/ASSE Z359.1-1992 (R1999).

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Menu Plan June 8
Posted By Heather On June 8, 2009 @ 7:01 pm In Menu Plan | 2 Comments
[2]Well, I'm writing up a menu plan, but don't know how well we'll stick to it. My husband got started on a bathroom renovation project over the weekend. I won't say it was unexpected, but it got started a lot earlier than we were planning due to a leaky pipe. So, we may be spending a lot of evenings making design plans and shopping at various stores trying to find what we need. I know my son would be happy for a trip to Burger King [3], but I keep trying to avoid it. I may have to give in to it this week. Here's my tentative menu plan for this week.
Monday – Grilled Chicken
Mondays are always busy for us, so I love to start the week with easy cooking. We'll be grilling chicken breasts and topping with cheese and avocado. Serving with corn-on-the-cob and green beans.
Tuesday – Shrimp
Cooking shrimp with butter, garlic, and green onions. Serving with rice noodles and broccoli.
Wednesday – Mexican Chicken Rice Bowls
I'll be slow-cooking chicken [4] to use in rice bowls with black beans, green chiles, cheddar, black olives and avocado. Maybe I'll make some guacamole with the avocado.
Thursday – Leftovers
Any prepared foods left in the refrigerator come out for a pick-your-own-meal buffet.
Friday – Parmesan Tilapia [5]
Serving with quinoa and asparagus.
Saturday – Chicken Enchiladas [6]
I'll use up the rest of the mexican chicken from Wednesday to make enchiladas. Serving with rice and a simple salad of chopped greens, cilantro, lime juice and tomatoes.
Sunday – Pizza
I found a Chebe Mix for Pizza Crust [7] in the pantry this week. Time to bring it out. I'll probably make a simple cheese pizza for the kids. On second thought maybe I'll make something a little more exciting for the adults in the family and heat up Glutino pizzas [8] for the kids.
For more gluten-free meals and recipes check out the GF Menu Swap, hosted this week by Sea at Book of Yum [9]. She's chosen pizza for the theme. Thanks to Cheryl at Gluten Free Goodness [10] for continuing to organize the Gluten-Free Menu Swap.
Even more meals and recipes (not necessarily gluten-free) are listed at OrgJunkie.com's Menu Plan Monday [11].
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Alrighty, so I'm making this post for a few reasons, to give those new blogs on tumblr a little leg up if they feel like they're lacking in that something. These are just my thoughts an opinions so don't take them to heart, I could be right or wrong but here's what usually makes me want to RP with someone;;
1. A decent looking theme;; Though it shouldn't seem like much, people look at your theme and judge you, it's human nature and if you're using one of the basic ones people tend to cringe. Just simply take the time out to fiddle around with HTML coding and looking at tutorials, or, ask for help.judging a book by its cover does apply in some cases.
2. About pages:: Having basic information on your muse/s ( be it canon or OC ) is critical, especially for an OC - it shows that you've brought this character to life from nothing and that they're like a friend or family member. However, this being said don't over flood the information so it's a wall of text.
3. Headcanons and rules;; Another basic thing that 90% of people DO look for on a blog, as well as the main point of if you're a single or multi-shipping blog, triggers that should be tagged. ECT.
4. CUT. YOUR. POSTS;; It's said over and over again to cut your posts, because people don't want a wall of text on their dash's - ESPECIALLY mobile users because it slows the application down. There's a post HERE on how to cut posts if you don't know how.
5. Basic grammar;; This is a big issue. Quotation marks, capital letters to start off sentences and names, commas and so forth make it easier to read and understand what it is you're trying to RP and get across to the other RPer ( with the exception of people that are non English speakers ) this is really a basic thing that needs to be known.
6. Personal posts;; While it's nice to see funny stuff on your dash to read if you follow personal blogs, on an RP blog is another story, if you go to a persons blog and that's all you see instead of actual RP it's hard to actually gain followers in most cases - however that being said, things like images of your FC, clothes, food and what is involved with your muse is the exception of this rule.
7. Reply lengths;; The one main source of things is if you reply to a - for example - a 7 paragraph open rp with less than even one paragraph. That will never be replied to on the sole basis that it shows lack in interest. It's not called being a bitch or picky, but when you put the time and effort into something - making a scene and story line set up for someone to throw half of that out. It's annoying simply put. 5-6 para's of reply is fine, 4 is stretching it but anything less just makes an RPer sigh and not want to RP with you. Harsh but true. Effort is everything.
8. Tags;; Tag triggers like the plague. Spiders, blood, self harm, religion, everything that could be classed as a trigger .Tag it. Because it's the right thing to do is all.
9. Icons / Face claims;; Though it shouldn't be a big thing to some people, others like the use of icons / gifs. Depending if you use a Real life FC or Anime FC DOES put you in a certain ring of RPers and it's hard to break out at times. Though 99% of the time people don't care that much about FC's - you really just need a description of your character to help things along.
10. Autoplay music;; Just autoplay music can be a pain if it's loud, screamo and ear killing - things like softer and more melodic are fine but please, 99% of people don't want to scream from being scared when hopping onto your page.
11. Critique vs backlash;; There is a huge difference, a huge one when giving a mun crituque and telling them straight out they have a shitty OC and should give up. Take in mind that people are very sensitive and words do hurt people. So, put things nicely when telling an Rper if they've made a mistake or something as such.
12. Using '* *';; Simply put, it looks messy. In crack RP's and what not it's line - but in long RP's it's a little sore to the eye and not many people will like this style.
13. Bugging a mun for reply times;; It's a no no. Don't do it. A reminder once in a while is cool. Bugging and saying to do it is a no no and will make an RPer want to DROP the thread.
14. Don't be intimidated;; No, seriously if you say you're intimidated to RP it hurts us as an RPer as well and really most of us are just happy when someone comes into our ask box with something to say.
15. IC doesn't mean OOC;; A big thing that people tend to forget, the mun and muse are different people, have different thoughts and opinions. Just because the muse hates your muse doesn't mean the mun hates you as a person. Though if you're worried simply ask.
16. Godmodding;; Never assume what your RP partner's muse is going to do. It's unfair and unjust in battle threads ( which need A LOT of communication to be done right ) never assume that the muse is weak, that they can't handle themselves in a fight etc. Also, if your character has been injured and they don't have these all mighty healing abilities - they will be screaming in pain and agony and not moving much.
17. Ask Memes;; Muns reblog it to write things and get new partners. They enjoy having their ask flooded with drabble requests, text message prompts and 'I wanna RP with you' symbols, however, this being said if you've never intereacted with their muse before don't send in personalized / NSFW meme's. It honestly makes things rather awkward and hard.
18. Favoring RP's;; Mun's WILL have and play favorites, this is a fact that they are human. Never, ever say that you hate a mun for such a thing, it will make them cringe away from you and not want to RP with you. Most of the time your reply will be done and in the drafts. Chances also are that you play favorites as well.


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While when it comes to NYC street photography I tend to rave mostly about Bruce Davidson (I've blogged about Brooklyn Gang probably like sixteen times by now for real) and while the slick, stylish urban glitz of his work creates a romantic vision of this city which I can't get enough of, Helen Levitt is among my favourites as well.
Along with Walker Evans and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Levitt's widely considered part of a triumvirate of great street photographers of the early twentieth century. Her work though somehow seems more empathetic than either of theirs — almost always candid, frequently of the elderly or children, unpretentious and somehow restrained. Levitt was an unobtrusive photographer — even when Walker Evans snapped photos of subway riders from a camera hidden in his overcoat, he framed and edited them to look like formal portraits. In contrast, Levitt was one of those photographers who chooses the awkward images: the imperfect shots, mid-gesture, that look more like film stills than paintings, frames from a hidden surveillance camera rather than calculated representations.
As compared to Evans' more polished, clean portraiture and Cartier-Bresson's decidedly Parisian glamour, Levitt's work is gritty, uncomfortable, and occasionally downright weird — somehow the most honest portrayal of New York of the three. Her photographs of city streets, which range from the 1920's to the 1990's, somehow still always seem familiar despite the distance in years, as if she's captured something quintessentially New York that persists even today.
More after the jump, as usual.
So what if I've posted about Bruce Davidson before? It's been a while since I cranked out a good old-weird-New-York post (though here's an old favourite of those. &2, &3, et al) and these images will basically never stop seeming representative of this city to me, those sort of photos that look like some idealized notion of your city's history and seem almost fake in how dead-on they are in that way that all good photographs are, but then you realise that actually probably has a lot to do with your concept of NYC in the 50's/60's/70's as being based entirely on iconic photographs and films like this to begin with, so of COURSE these pictures just look too good to be real, which is weird to think about, but I mean basically I just want my life to look like Brooklyn Gang all of the time.


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Are you able to narrow your topic to a single spoke or to a subheader of a spoke on the map? How does mind-mapping prepare you for outlining?
What does this mean in lamest terms please?
Ok...it is a little confusing but I will try to explain it.
First of all...to narrow a topic means to make it smaller and more direct and focused.
So to narrow mean to focus
When it says spoke I belive it is talking about the smaller topics that come from the main topic. If I am correct then it is asking the person to focus the topic to one subtopic or point on the map (the MINDMAP...that you are drawing).
Then the part about mindmapping is clearer. Mindmapping is when you take the ideas from your mind and put them on paper. You just start putting things on paper. For example if you start with exercise as your main idea...put that in a circle and then from that circle you add other ideas in circles (the spokes or subheadings).
So it wants you to mindmap an idea and then reduce the subheadings or ideas into ONE subidea.
Does that make it easier to undertsand?


text: Feasibility Study of a Wiki Collaboration Platform for Systematic Review (Text Version) Slide presentation from the AHRQ 2009 conference. On September 15, 2009, Eileen Erinoff made this presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (1 MB) (Plugin Software Help).Slide 1 Feasibility Study of a Wiki Collaboration Platform for Systematic ReviewEileen ErinoffAHRQ Annual MeetingSeptember 15, 2009Slide 2 What is a wiki?A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content (excluding blocked users), using a simplified markup language - Wikipedia.Revision history and reversion Wikis record all changes to a page including the time and initiator of the edit.This means a wiki can always be reverted to a previous version if desired.Flat structure Wiki pages are easily created and connected via hyperlinks.More easily customized by the end user.Allows the organization of content to be edited as well as the content itself.Slide 3 Potential uses for wikis in the systematic review processCommunity of Practice (CoP).Central hub for methodology.Connecting related topic areas.Individual sites for project working groups.Review and editing.Slide 4 Community of Practice (CoP)Communities of Practice - "groups of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for a joint enterprise..." Benefit members through knowledge exchange.Exist as long as there's interest in maintaining the group.Example: ColabWiki Http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Slide 5 Central hub for methodologyProvide access to methodology research in real time.Provide insight for ongoing projects.Cross-pollination of ideas between research groups.Slide 6 Connecting related topic areasMethod of linking AHRQ research across multiple categories Link EPC, CERT, and DEcIDE projects in complementary areas.Link portions of separate EPC reports on similar subject areas.Topic-related forums would allow researchers from different areas to share their experiences and more importantly, their painful "lessons learned". Example: Genetic testing - multiple published and ongoing projects.At least 3 or 4 EPCs have previously or are currently assigned to work on a project in some area of genetic testing.Type of information exchange not typically captured in formal reports.Slide 7 Individual sites for project working groupsMost EPC project teams are collaborations and members frequently are not working in the same location. EPC staff members, AHRQ Task Order Officers, Partner Organizations, Key Informants, Technical Experts.Collaborations are currently managed through email, shared documents, web conferencing and conference calls.Using a wiki could simplify and reduce redundancy in these processes.Slide 8 Collaborative authoringNot much evidence supporting this use of wikis for large documents such as systematic reviews.Difficult to maintain awareness of actions of team members Communication degradation.Misinterpretation of comments.Conflict resolution.Poor tools for annotation.Version tracking.Slide 9 Public ApplicationsDisseminating drafts for public review.Topic solicitation.Structured feedback area.Slide 10 GovernanceWeb governance is "the structure of people, positions, authorities, roles, responsibilities, relationships, and rules involved in managing an agency's website(s). The governance structure defines who can make what decisions, who is accountable for which efforts, and how each of the players must work together to operate a website and web management process effectively."Web Governance Task Force.Slide 11 GovernanceInternal wiki governance.Federal Government -wikis are subject to the same regulations and limitations as other federal Internet-based resources.Section 508 compliance.Slide 12 Adoption and usageSetting up a wiki is easy - ensuring widespread adoption and continued usage is not.Barriers Uneven computer literacy and skills.Open philosophy conflicts with existing organizational policies and work habits.Concept of control and ownership of your work.Fear of loss of reader confidence in the work.Slide 13 ConclusionsThere are a number of ways wikis could be useful for systematic reviews Communities of Practice.Project "Homepages".Some aspects of peer review.Collaborative authoring is an interesting prospect but the technology isn't sufficiently developed to make it practical for large systematic reviews.Slide 14 Useful LinksWebcontent.gov - Wikis - http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/wikis.shtmlWikipatterns - www.wikipatterns.com Wiki adoption and usage.Good example of a wiki as well.Wikimatrix - www.wikimatrix.org Wiki selection - allows comparison of multiple wiki platforms on user selected specifications.Slide 15 Questions Current as of December 2009 Internet Citation: Feasibility Study of a Wiki Collaboration Platform for Systematic Review (Text Version). 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(a) The Bourne Legacy is out
(b) I'm an asshole and want to see if I can hear the sound of a million ovaries bursting
(c) Fuck you, that's why.
Oh. My. Deity.
what I cant even concentrate because of that second to last one… the one in the left column… damn…
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ConnectSafely's Interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
ConnectSafely's Interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook's New Simplified Privacy Settings
This 5:21 video shows how to configure Facebook's new simplified privacy settings. Including: Using the new one-page simplified privacy controls, limiting what the world can see about you, opting-out of Instant Personalization and an introduction to customizing privacy settings. Also see the more advanced video Facebook's Granular Privacy Controls: Who Can See What.
Granular Facebook Privacy Settings: Customizing Who Can See What
This is a more advanced look at Facebook's new privacy settings showing how to: create a highly customized environment. Remove or control applications, show or block specific content to specific people, create lists or groups that can see specific content, limit access to specific posts, photos and media. Also see Facebook's New Simplified Privacy Controls.
PBS Frontline interviews ConnectSafely's Larry Magid
PBS's Frontline's Digital Nation Project was at the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) conference in Washignton DC in Octrober where they caught up with ConnectSafely's Larry Magid talking about the need to balance the use of technology in our lives and relationships.
FRONTLINE's Digital Nation at BlogHer 2009
PBS's Frontline visited the giant BlogHer conference of women bloggers in Chicago, July '09, and interviewed a number of speakers and bloggers, including ConnectSafely co-director Anne Collier (on all that's going on in videogames), author and New York Times Motherlode columnist Lisa Belkin, and Free Range Kids author and blogger Lenore Skenazy (who recently contributed […]
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Is Kate a Web Addict?
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PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers junior Cappie Pondexter (Chicago, IL) has been named to the Wooden Women's Award Midseason All-America Team. The junior 5-9 guard is one of 20 players expected to make a run at the first-ever Wooden Women's Award, which will be awarded to the nation's top Division I basketball player at the conclusion of the 2003-2004 season.
Pondexter is averaging 17.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the Scarlet Knights this season. An honorable mention All-America selection by the Associated Press and Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) last season, she twice has been named the BIG EAST Conference Co-Player of the Week this winter, and she earned a spot on the Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team. Pondexter, also a candidate for the State Farm Wade Trophy as well as the Naismith National Player-of-the-Year Award, has had 16 double-digit scoring games (five 20+ points, one 30+ points) and one double-digit assists game this season.
In March, the Women's Wooden Award committee will pare the list down to a 15-member voting ballot. A five-member Wooden All-America Team and the Wooden Award winner will be announced April 10.
The Scarlet Knights (11-7, 3-3 BIG EAST) will travel to Coral Gables, FL, to take on No. 17/16 Miami Saturday, Jan. 31, at 2:00 p.m.
Wooden Women's Award Midseason All-American Team - Top 20 Candidates
Seimone Augustus, 6-1 So. G, LSU
Alana Beard, 5-11 Sr. G/F, Duke
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Vanessa Hayden, 6-4 Sr. C, Florida
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Kelly Mazzante, 6-0 Sr. G, Penn State
Nicole Ohlde, 6-4 Sr. F/C, Kansas State
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Cappie Pondexter, 5-9 Jr. G, Rutgers
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A crusade against (what appears to be) the dominant footwear choice for men these days.
I'm strollin', strollin' (reprise)
Catching a tan?
Are you guys having a conference over there?
You sir, look like the kind of man who'd give his child mucus colored pants.
What's that? Oh, you did give your kid mucus colored pants. Sorry.
Hiding in the shadows, are we?
Sturdy, if anything.
They say the suit makes the man. Well, the shoes break the man.
Cuffs come and go. Square toes are never in style.
What are these? Rattlesnakes?
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