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Very interesting. I am researching the Benjamin Bibb family (King WIlliam Co, VA) line presently. Ive found convincing documents detailing VA and KY, but they do not match up exactly (one claims 3 children, the other 4, for instance - which is a big discrepancy imo). Its difficult when the author writes a summary, but you do not have supporting records. Thanks for sharing the info.
9:04. I am mixed Akan descent and Europeans Descent. My European heritage in America more so stems from my dad’s Belgian, French, and English side. In 1650, I had ancestors or genetic relatives who lived in Spotsylvania Courthouse, how can I go about researching on Spotsylvania courthouse and what happened in Spotsylvania Courthouse at the time
I'm currently in the process of joining. And holy cow, trying to find some of the records that may or may not exist, is so difficult. I'm stuck on gen 3, gen 8, and gen 9
My hubby's roots are deep Coastal Plains CAROLINA, VA and I finally learned where the FURMAN line tracks before Maryland (thanks to genetic genealogy Ymarker 67 and greater). I recall very well when I began this work the work started in Harnett CO. It was the MOST burned county in NC. What I learned was connecting to people who worked on family history projects in the 50s and 60s and even into the early 70s brought records that were lost because of fires. Also helped unearth copies of missing records from the State Archives too. So paying attention and asking who has been working on various lines, checking the vertical files at research repositories can be a HUGE HELP. I found where one of the early JOHNSTON CO COMMISSIONERS took home a ledger that the family submitted to the Smithfield Heritage Center. I wholeheartedly agree to LEARN the COUNTY - tracking the pastors, sheriff's line might help find a grave (or a surprise bend in a pedigree due to an adoption by someone in the church who took in a child after one or more parent died).
Some "VA" families track back to Maryland Colony's expulsions too Genetic genealogy is so key to COLONIAL lines . We have a research window that is closing to help establish, anchor, and confirm direct lines. So many have assumed their lines track to VA and Jamestown. But the reality is there were people in the Carolinas before anyone landed in VA. So the work may whip back to the Carolinas, Florida, or even the Delta. There was a migration from the Delta in the mid 1600s that moved people to the Carolinas and a few made it all the way to VA. Those records are in QUEBEC because until the agreement was signed for the French to surrender their hold to the British, what I call the greater MISSISSIPPI was FRENCH controlled and the govt was in QUEBEC.
Lisa you are so enjoyable to watch because it is easy to see that you LOVE giving us genealogy gems! I subscribed! I am also a member now! I am 77 years old.
I haven’t listened to Genealogy Gems podcast in such a long time, and finding this in my recommended list on RU-vid was exciting! These are always clear, informative and packed with interesting items. I’m so happy to have found you again, and you can be sure that It didn’t take long for me to subscribe! Congratulations on your great health news! I know how wonderful it can be to hear your doctor say that you are cancer free and know that the difficult treatments you received were worth it.
What JOY to hear your voice! Cancer is scary, but as a 7 year N.E.D. (no evidence of disease) I am proof we still thrive! Welcome to the surviving club!
The Catholic Church wasn't as good as you think it was at keeping birth records. The reason I say this was because during the time that the United States started issuing social security numbers to people who lived in the Caribbean when they got their freedom from the Spanish rule, have family members who when they went to get their birth certificates from the Catholic Church the priest did not always date it for the actual birth. One in particular, he happened to date the BC for that VERY DAY, which was 7 to 10 years after their birthday.
Thank you so much for this Lisa, your help is greatly appreciated. After watching one of your videos about using Google with quotation marks, I’ve discovered it also works on a public records site also in my state, Victoria, Australia 👏 Love what you do, cheers, Wendy
So good to see you on video again, Lisa. Your voice is strong and your advice so much appreciated. A tip to go with the saving idea instead of trying to grab the text and put in a word document. Let your printing session setting options work for you instead. When you print to PDF or any output, there is often a setting in the right column for which pages to print. As you demonstrated scrolling down the image on the left, you'll see the page numbers at the bottom of that window. When you get to the info that you don't want, note when the last page number of the stuff you want. Then in the printing settings, depending on the program you're using, look for pages to print or something similar. Click on that and you may see Custom or odd/even or this page only. It may also just give you a window to type in the pages you want. If there is no window, use Custom and you should get a window to do this: type in the page numbers you want, for example 1-4 will print ONLY the first 4 pages. If you want to skip the first page, use 2-4. You can also choose specific page such as 2, 5, 10 or whatever by using commas. Keep a notebook handy to write down the pages you want to print to your document. To preview what will be printed, the new scroll window on the left will show those pages only. Then proceed with print, either to paper or PDF. This is a great way to save paper and eliminate unnecessary information. I hope the above is clear enough to try.
So nice to see your smiling face again! I watch a lot of different genealogy "how to" videos, and yours are the best at giving clear, concise, and engaging advice.
I had a relatively easy time on my Maternal line partly because I am a Pennsylvanian. My Mother's Mother had German background coming from York County, PA and Mother and I were born in Lancaster, County, PA which borders York, County. Traced the family name of my Maternal Great Grandmother 's maiden name Urey back to a Georg Uhrig about Seventeen hundred in York, County, name was changed to Urey by one of his sons. My guess would be that Georg Uhrig emigrated from the Palatinate as I have Cousins from that area in Germany.
When I found out some people still have not received the Civil War pension files they paid for a year on,I realized it would be a wasted effort for me to try and get my ancestor's file. Outrageous
I too am a Virginian. I thought most of my ancestors were around Henrico, 1600s, Chesterfield, Petersburg, Amelia, area. Since I moved to the Northern Neck I found I have ancestors from Lancaster and Richmond counties. The only reason that happened was Jonathan Lyell of Farnham bought 4509 acres in Dinwiddie County and his daughter Winifred met and married Mark Andrews , 1740s of Dinwiddie, who was my grandmothers ancestors. Weird how that even happened! I love family history!
I live in California and cannot travel to Virginia and my family goes back to quite a few years before 1750. I'm surprised that your expert did not mention Virginia Chronicles and the University of Virginia. Also Chancery or old court records and family Bibles which can be found at Virginia Chronicles. These have been great resources. Also the cursive writing is a challenge but also because of the unusual way they abbreviated words, not just the archaic meaning. I was hoping to get a few hints of places I'd not explored if your guest was a true expert. If she is then she's not giving away maybe her secrets. One thing for sure, family trees in my family are often wrong on Ancestry or Family search. Those are helpful but even Miles files have a lot of incorrect records. I know because I've been at this for nearly 30 years and painstakingly successfully placed some 20,000 people in my paternal tree from Virginia. Additionally plat maps are also helpful, not always but sometimes very much so. I feel there is much left out from your expert. I am a professional genealogist which to me is how I prefer to use as "expert" implies more knowledge than I' m hearing here.
Everyone, becareful when using Wikitree! You will do a lot of work putting your family tree together and someone will come along and take over a part of your tree. Start twisting things around until that part of your tree is connected to their family tree. They will say things like you are not a real genealogist. They have science degrees. Bully you until they get whatever they want. Then they put in a big ling spill about DNA and start tearing your family tree apart. There is one person who is stealing my work by putting his initials at the end of certain parts of my work and his initials have a link to his own personal wiki page. He told me that was his sinature to say that he was the one who completed the work. These people will also send private messages via your email saying things like your family tree is conflated. There is no sources/paper trails/and.... There is nothing you can do about it. If you stop using Wikitree all the work you put into it, cannot be deleted. The best software program I am using is Legacy.
Directly related to Seaton/Seetin family that were inhabitants in Stafford County in 1609. While trying to research, I went to Stafford Courthouse, and all land records were destroyed by Sherman's March to Richmond during the Civil War. According to my grandfather, certain "families" in Stafford had stolen our land after the war. I lived in Stafford years ago, and yes, there are several families that owned huge farms and parcels of land.....they know who they are. Also, the direct descendant of Edward Doty, who was a passenger on the Mayflower.
Parking right next to ancestors happened to me and my mom so many times. So rule of thumb we had developed was search around the vehicle first then fan out lol.
I went to the cemetery in Bowmanville, Ontario to search for my aunt and uncle only to find out that they and 3 of their children are buried there but none have tombstones. I went to the city hall and they confirmed that they were definitely buried there and they had a worker at cemetery to show me where they were and there wasn’t a tombstone or marker to be found. I have never ran into this before!
My name is Robert Cook. I am the 9th generation here in Surry County North Carolina. Robert Cook and his grandson James received the first land grants from Lord Granville to the what is now Westfield Township. this was sometime around 1750-1760? Robert was born in 1708 died 1780 and I have a copy of his last will and testament plus an inventory of everything he owned. Looking on wiki tree Robert was the son of William Cook from Surrey county Va. William Cooks grandfather or great grandfather came to Virginia in 1630 and his wife gave birth on the ride here from Bristol England. But I don’t have any proof that this is where Robert Cook came from. Do you all have anything on this? Can you help me?
My name is Robert Cook. I am the 9th generation here in Surry County North Carolina. Robert Cook and his grandson James received the first land grants from Lord Granville to the what is now Westfield Township. this was sometime around 1750-1760? Robert was born in 1708 died 1780 and I have a copy of his last will and testament plus an inventory of everything he owned. Looking on wiki tree Robert was the son of William Cook from Surrey county Va. William Cooks grandfather or great grandfather came to Virginia in 1630 and his wife gave birth on the ride here from Bristol England. But I don’t have any proof that this is where Robert Cook came from. Do you all have anything on this? Can you help me?
I desperately need help with my Hickersons. I don't understand how such a wealthy prominent Fauquier County family can just come out of nowhere. The furthest I can get back from Charles Hickerson the owner of Waterdale Plantation in Remington VA (Then it was called Botha). Is to Nathanial Hickerson (1740- 1783) and Kesiah Smith (1743 - death unrecorded) Kesiahs parents were Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Ball. She has a long prominent history. But that Nathanial is obscure. I've read that there was a possibility that they were Higginsons before the Revolution. We think his father was the Rev John Higginson of Hanover. Rev Johm Higginson was originally part of Christ Church in Over Wharton Parisb. But later we find him as an Episcopalian at the church where Patrick Henry gave his famous speech. Of course, the sources are needed. My gut is telling me that they came from Christopher Higginson. The brother of Capt Robert Higginson, The father of "The Matriarch" of Virginia, Lucy Higginson. Christopher was bound to their Plantation in Harop, that is all that is known of him except their other brother Humphrey Higginson was one of the first Burgesses. There's also potential that they came from Rev Frank Higginson and Anne Herbert (Henry the 8th & Catherine Parr's neice through her brother) of "The Strangers" on the Mayflower who landed in Plymouth, who's son John Higginson became one of the first parishioners in Salem Mass.
My 12th great grandfather is Raleigh Croshaw, he immigrated to the Virginia colony on the Second Supply (September 1608) he survived the starving time.
The best way is to use a web clipper to clip the section you want, or clip it in smaller pieces. That way you get a higher resolution portions you can read. Google Books has a web clipper built in. You could even save the clippings to a cloud service like Dropbox and then print them when you get home.
