tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71760426105729892632024-03-12T21:49:39.832-07:00THE DEMANDING GENEALOGISTDemanding quality in genealogy since 1984.Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-57686776374915633892022-04-26T08:55:00.001-07:002022-04-26T09:00:57.192-07:00Don't Be Misled by Residential Continuity in Censuses<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPTTJ0c2TxrT4_InYLGZRmwb71P_Xe-yj_SgWx8mTnEC4hjZDdgrjmuBbKM6fKtqmXt0BgZ2fUxs4D5RBBItjxFBKMRp0uXcxFOvlZnkvVHMbx9MQvsunz9PFMMNRDUp1fJAglhJXTaARwl5eg2fJrgxdoRLIiVYOWQE2nIS_2DAEW6rmiZQB4MaCuw/s1095/allen%20joyce%20store%201917%20train%20horse%20carriage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The train stops near the Allen Joyce General Store in Roxbury Station, Roxbury, Connecticut." border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1095" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPTTJ0c2TxrT4_InYLGZRmwb71P_Xe-yj_SgWx8mTnEC4hjZDdgrjmuBbKM6fKtqmXt0BgZ2fUxs4D5RBBItjxFBKMRp0uXcxFOvlZnkvVHMbx9MQvsunz9PFMMNRDUp1fJAglhJXTaARwl5eg2fJrgxdoRLIiVYOWQE2nIS_2DAEW6rmiZQB4MaCuw/w320-h205/allen%20joyce%20store%201917%20train%20horse%20carriage.jpg" title="Allen Joyce General Store, Roxbury Station, 1917." width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I was eager to find myself in the 1950 U.S. census. It was released at 12:00 AM on April 1, 2022. By 12:06 AM, I had found myself as a one-year-old living with my parents in an apartment over the general store. By 1950, the store had been closed for seven years. The train had stopped running four years earlier. The horse teams and wagons were gone with the Model T's and Model A's. This building was only a few doors down from the home of my paternal grandparents. It was next door to the hardware store my grandfather ran.</p><p>My father had appeared with his parents in the 1940 census in Roxbury as well. In 2032, at the release of the 1960 census, we will all still be in Roxbury. We would be the perfect example of a family firmly rooted in one town.</p><p>Except that's not true for us.</p><p>In the years between 1940 and 1950, my father had gone off to college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, enlisted in the U.S. Army for World War II, lived with the army in Georgia, Texas, and California, returned to college, finished college, and temporarily moved back home. He hadn't been stable in residence between 1940 and 1950.</p><p>We wouldn't stay in Roxbury between 1950 and 1960 either. The following year we'd be in Wichita, Kansas, when my father worked for Beech Aircraft. Then in 1953 we'd be in Ansonia, Connecticut, when he worked for Sikorsky Helicopters. By 1957, my mother would take us children to Miami, Florida, to stay with her parents, then months later to Milford, Connecticut, as my parents worked things out. In Summer of that year we moved back together in New Milford, Connecticut, where we stayed until 1959 when Dad built our new home in Roxbury, Connecticut. This means that, by April 1960, we were back in Roxbury to be enumerated in the census once again. </p><p>We might have looked like a stable Roxbury-living family, but I went to five grammar schools before I finished fourth grade.</p><p>If you're looking at a family every ten years in the census, are they at the same home? Or are you dealing with a family like mine, that simply went to basecamp on a regular basis?</p>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-18276197320903773512021-03-12T19:16:00.002-08:002022-03-04T18:08:33.772-08:00NERGC 2021: Will You Be Sad About Opportunities Missed or Happy About Opportunities Taken?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWgueS17fCikNc_HbdAuu7nWTf3-3S-bsddB-_sHDA0IM-Aze46RfGYQ5A4WHAuQDDCxNToVVKn4c_FfkuyWKUvsVFQywKofR3rhxRwEiOYrGbctff0i-xPDZAJvW0eAvTkPaZZaYtQy6/s1920/bjm-dusk+at+the+ct+river+hartford+-+2015-04-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWgueS17fCikNc_HbdAuu7nWTf3-3S-bsddB-_sHDA0IM-Aze46RfGYQ5A4WHAuQDDCxNToVVKn4c_FfkuyWKUvsVFQywKofR3rhxRwEiOYrGbctff0i-xPDZAJvW0eAvTkPaZZaYtQy6/s320/bjm-dusk+at+the+ct+river+hartford+-+2015-04-16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunrise over the Connecticut River in Hartford</div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Get Serious About Attending Virtual NERGC 2021</h3><p class="MsoNormal">At first when we were shut in because of the pandemic, I remember freaking out that I wouldn't have society meetings to learn and see friends. I couldn't have been more wrong. At this point I've been to every conference as I'm no longer limited by the travel expenses. I still haven't finished streaming the sessions from one national conference before the next one happens.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Don't get jaded by these conferences when you start to think about NERGC. It is unique. It is the only conference that gives you rich content about New England research. Out of the 72 sessions included in the standard registration, 28 are focused on New England research. In a virtual conference you can stream every single one of them.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Before the pandemic when we went to conferences, we could see
one session per time slot, missing four or five other sessions. Now we can
conceivably view every single session our registration covers. Did you see all
of the NGS presentations? Half of them? Have you been missing your educational
opportunities because life intervenes? We all know it’s hard to plan hours of viewing when you have so many things to do already. The Demanding Genealogist has an idea about this.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Plan Your Viewing with the List from the Demanding Genealogist</h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Demanding Genealogist has scoped out NERGC's New England content and provided a plan of action for your streaming choices. Here’s
what you need to do.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITSUYcAzg7E4ILgfOUv_KCH5_a8GWd6VFDsCSTHNiOqrA4r2dJroQrKh2-BpZb5iNasDMvCY8_XM6z9WMmtn3WjWKaweEcNKztbcDuF5pY5L2eoQrlZc6CWkfQBlT_HT6fiS8L2QBm5pA/s370/logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITSUYcAzg7E4ILgfOUv_KCH5_a8GWd6VFDsCSTHNiOqrA4r2dJroQrKh2-BpZb5iNasDMvCY8_XM6z9WMmtn3WjWKaweEcNKztbcDuF5pY5L2eoQrlZc6CWkfQBlT_HT6fiS8L2QBm5pA/s320/logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Your base of operations is NERGC 2021.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Register for NERGC using the NERGC registration system.<br /> >>>>> <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/dd0f52ce-f347-4603-83c1-5e63cadd92ca/regProcessStep1" target="_blank">Click here to register.</a> <<<<</li><li>Sign up to attend NERGC’s Live Chats using the conference website.</li><li>Spend April looking at the wonderful presentations on Irish
research, DNA research, technology, and other topics.</li></ol>Pivot in May to the New England topics in the NERGC program. Use the Demanding Genealogist's schedule to plan your streaming sessions and Relaxing Breakouts.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Download the Demanding Genealogist’s list of presentations
to stream each week in May.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gl4tdxrv8fjtktc/DemGen%20Syllabus%20and%20Schedule%20NERGC%202021.pdf?dl=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhzT1UeCaT7v2uA1i01GYg84vwrsqUmsXFLTIkOEtRQydG_VAZiDaxejrr3VYpIV3DManKTCgYxj0sNPqc0sKD70NAMtVw6vqfvoo8RMOj75Y8aMiAJeCgBX8CF_KWStASnKDsQNrimX6/s320/downloadpdf1_thumb800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Join Us for Weekly Evening Breakouts</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Demanding Genealogist will host five breakout Zoom meetings during the last month of NERGC. The Zoom meetings are limited to 100 people each week. You need to register separately for each one.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><div><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Date and Time<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Registration Link<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Topic of the Week<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout Rooms<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Sunday, May 2, 2021<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<br /></b>(7 PM Central)<br />(6 PM Mountain)<br />(5 PM Pacific)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsceCqqDwsEtQI2-GytePQfVfvaAlvop40">Click here to register for this week.</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What Makes New England Research Different?<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">CT, RI, MA, NH, VT, ME<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Monday, May 10, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<br /></b>(7 PM Central)<br />(6 PM Mountain)<br />(5 PM Pacific)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdu6pqz8iGdeNts6G4CU7iOqbqWf-y-hQ">Click here to register for this week.</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What Records Were Kept by the Towns?<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout rooms by record types<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Sunday, May 16, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<br /></b>(7 PM Central)<br />(6 PM Mountain)<br />(5 PM Pacific)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldO-hpjstGtdwyBR8NV3YgcDeCbtCd_l6">Click here to register for this week</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Major Resources and Repositories<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout rooms by resource and repository<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Sunday, May 23, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<br /></b>(7 PM Central)<br />(6 PM Mountain)<br />(5 PM Pacific)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAud-mrpjgjHtE79SU5fJkpGYhGAHLl9KU-">Click here to register for this week.</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Migration Into, Within, and From New England<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout rooms by migration patterns<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Tuesday, June 1, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<br /></b>(7 PM Central)<br />(6 PM Mountain)<br />(5 PM Pacific)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.85pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcu2hrz0rGd3lOqE-xST9eW8JfgH0jzNF" target="_blank">Click here to register for this week</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What Questions Do We Still Have?<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.9pt;" valign="top" width="156"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">CT, RI, MA, NH, VT, ME<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Grab onto this Huge Opportunity to Focus on New England Genealogy Research</p></div></h3><p class="MsoNormal">At a virtual genealogy institute, you spend eight hours a
day for five days sitting in your chair watching each presentation. You might
have a grace period to see the presentations you missed, but generally not
longer than a week. NERGC 2021 is so much easier than that. You can spread your on-demand streaming over the entire month of May.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Think of May as a virtual example of a genealogy institute
on New England research. Your body will thank you because you can spread the
viewing over the entire month. You will still have time to take care of your
household, shovel your snow, make meals, and talk to your family members. Once
a week you will be able to hang out with other genealogists also getting their
feet wet with New England research.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join the Demanding Genealogist and her friends for four
weeks of fun getting acclimated to New England Genealogy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">NOTICE: </span>This effort to use our NERGC 2021 content effectively is an independent effort. It is not a part of the official NERGC program.<p>Photograph Credit: <span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Barbara
Mathews</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">, © April 16, 2015, sunrise over the Connecticut River, Hartford.</span></p>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comMassachusetts, USA42.4072107 -71.382437414.096976863821155 -106.5386874 70.717444536178846 -36.2261874tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-61261371169681315442021-03-10T07:00:00.023-08:002022-03-04T18:08:53.722-08:00Join the Demanding Genealogist for Weekly Evening Breakouts During May, 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrMyQ3CxoEJ9zCRo6ncVwECb0z-vZA92sjLfOpKuZq1Db9HVJF7lwBqxlSfEPFCHjOgRtoqkk59ydKe8JlGOZtGZrVc-_uKUIp01fBMM39PI4gqI4A3a1npw9wMwSXstRJQnW8piP0dwQ/s799/flickr-usnationalarchives-393086415-motif-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrMyQ3CxoEJ9zCRo6ncVwECb0z-vZA92sjLfOpKuZq1Db9HVJF7lwBqxlSfEPFCHjOgRtoqkk59ydKe8JlGOZtGZrVc-_uKUIp01fBMM39PI4gqI4A3a1npw9wMwSXstRJQnW8piP0dwQ/s320/flickr-usnationalarchives-393086415-motif-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Motif #1, Rockport, Massachusetts</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Missing our usual hallway meetups at NERGC? Wishing you
could spend an evening over a Sam Adams with your friends, catching up? Want to
start your day at the Dunkin Donuts, sure to spot a few friends in line getting
their iced coffee and donut? Well, we can’t do that, but we
can use technology to give ourselves some break time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Demanding Genealogist will host five breakout Zoom meetings during the last month of NERGC. We can say Hi
to each other, talk about how much fun we’re having at NERGC, and relax with
our personal beverage of choice.<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/a2a7fc8a8073fa02/Documents/Letters/Demanding%20Genealogist/New%20England%20Institute%20in%20NERGC/Institute%20Announcement%20--%20post%201.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
We’ll also take a little bit of time to talk with our friends from outside New
England about our regional ways of doing things, with a focus on family
history. Very roughly, each hangout will be divided into one-third social time,
one-third small group breakouts, and one-third answering questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Zoom meetings are limited to 100
people each week. You need to register separately for each one.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Registration
Link<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Topic of the
Week<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout
Rooms<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Sunday, May
2, 2021<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(7 PM Central)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(6 PM Mountain)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(5 PM Pacific)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsceCqqDwsEtQI2-GytePQfVfvaAlvop40">Click
here to register for this week.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What Makes
New England Research Different?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">CT, RI, MA,
NH, VT, ME<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Monday,
May 10, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM
Eastern<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(7 PM Central)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(6 PM Mountain)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(5 PM Pacific)<o:p></o:p></p>
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here to register for this week.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What Records
Were Kept by the Towns?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout rooms by record types<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Sunday,
May 16, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM Eastern<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(7 PM Central)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(6 PM Mountain)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(5 PM Pacific)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldO-hpjstGtdwyBR8NV3YgcDeCbtCd_l6">Click
here to register for this week</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Major Resources and
Repositories<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout rooms by resource and repository<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Sunday,
May 23, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM
Eastern<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(7 PM Central)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(6 PM Mountain)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(5 PM Pacific)<o:p></o:p></p>
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here to register for this week.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Migration
Into, Within, and From New England<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Breakout rooms by migration patterns<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Tuesday,
June 1, 2021</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>8 PM
Eastern<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(7 PM Central)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(6 PM Mountain)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(5 PM Pacific)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcu2hrz0rGd3lOqE-xST9eW8JfgH0jzNF" target="_blank">Click here to register for this week</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">What
Questions Do We Still Have?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">CT, RI, MA,
NH, VT, ME<o:p></o:p></p>
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITSUYcAzg7E4ILgfOUv_KCH5_a8GWd6VFDsCSTHNiOqrA4r2dJroQrKh2-BpZb5iNasDMvCY8_XM6z9WMmtn3WjWKaweEcNKztbcDuF5pY5L2eoQrlZc6CWkfQBlT_HT6fiS8L2QBm5pA/s370/logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITSUYcAzg7E4ILgfOUv_KCH5_a8GWd6VFDsCSTHNiOqrA4r2dJroQrKh2-BpZb5iNasDMvCY8_XM6z9WMmtn3WjWKaweEcNKztbcDuF5pY5L2eoQrlZc6CWkfQBlT_HT6fiS8L2QBm5pA/s320/logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br />NERGC registration includes all of these
classes and Live Chats. There are additional classes that you
can add to registration if you wish.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If
you are not already registered for NERGC 2021, <a href="https://nergc.org/2021-conference-2/" target="_blank">click here to register.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">NOTICE: This effort to efficiently use the resources of NERGC 2021 is unofficial and in no way developed by NERGC 2021.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Photography Credit: <span face="Calibri, sans-serif">D</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">eborah Parks for the US National Archives, February 1971, Motif #1, Rockport, Massachusetts, no known copyright, </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3930864155/in/photolist-6ZmGXV-6ZmGWZ" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">flickr.com</a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/a2a7fc8a8073fa02/Documents/Letters/Demanding%20Genealogist/New%20England%20Institute%20in%20NERGC/Institute%20Announcement%20--%20post%201.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
The Demanding Genealogist wishes to thank Denise Cross, <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">cg</span>, for her wonderful suggestion of evening social time. It
immediately struck a chord.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div><p><br /></p>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-73769407138469146912021-03-03T06:00:00.003-08:002022-03-04T18:09:08.483-08:00If Your Roots Are in New England, You Should Attend NERGC 2021<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oy53vflD7xzDZHvF7fj0LFFA5RRXD_nnYb7Utk4pWZQ05cYKRLH2l7l4E2JHJ56pMxlsm7fw6UH9SrQ1cIvoA4_AGkjGDFGX76p_B6FhXZdSSFFGd2QHTaRe_qCgX2R43DYqirG6ahJK/s800/flickr-kenlund-66932408-covered-bridge-grafton-vt.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oy53vflD7xzDZHvF7fj0LFFA5RRXD_nnYb7Utk4pWZQ05cYKRLH2l7l4E2JHJ56pMxlsm7fw6UH9SrQ1cIvoA4_AGkjGDFGX76p_B6FhXZdSSFFGd2QHTaRe_qCgX2R43DYqirG6ahJK/s320/flickr-kenlund-66932408-covered-bridge-grafton-vt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Covered Bridge in Grafton, Vermont</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Every odd-numbered year a consortium of New England
genealogy societies puts together the New England Regional Genealogy Conference
(NERGC). NERGC 2021 has 84 on-demand
presentations available for two months. There will be a banquet speaker together
with a Table Talks small groups gathering. In spite of the pandemic, NERGC
lives!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal">While the number of sessions at NERGC is smaller than in
previous years, our opportunities as attendees are greater. At past conferences we were able to select only one of the six lectures in every time slot. At this
one, we have two months to view every one of the 72 lectures covered by the
basic NERGC registration fee. In the past NERGC has offered lectures on aspects
of New England genealogy as well as methodology and other general topics. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Even
with fewer sessions, NERGC retains its unique New England focus. The Demanding
Genealogist counted and there are 28 presentations on aspects unique to New
England research.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You must be asking yourself, “How do I structure my time to
do all this?” <span></span></p><a name='more'></a>We are providing an unofficial schedule for viewing the
New England presentations that are a part of NERGC 2021. With two months of on-demand streaming, it is
easily possible to use the second month to methodically go through the New
England presentations. That way, you won’t miss any of the great live content
NERGC is presenting during the first month.<p></p><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><u>Strategy to Get the Most Out of NERGC 2021:</u></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://nergc.org/2021-conference-2/" target="_blank">Register for NERGC 2021.</a> You can’t do anything else listed
below unless you are registered.</li><li>In April 2021, stream all the great topics, from Irish
research to Technology to DNA to African-American research. Attend the three NERGC
Gathering Days. Attend the four April NERGC Live Chats.</li><li>Don’t forget to attend the four NERGC Live Chats
for May, too. NERGC 2021 has eight live chats. The four in May are germane
to New England.</li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">NERGC Live
Chat<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">11 May 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">New England
Vital Records<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Margaret
Fortier and Barbara Mathews<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">20 May 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">New England
Land Records<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Sara Campbell
and Carol McCoy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">29 May 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">New England
to New York Connections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Jane Wilcox
and Skip Duett<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">30 May 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Canada to New
England Connections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Michael
Leclerc and David Allen Lambert<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>In May 2021, we can pivot together and start streaming NERGC’s New England-based presentations. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm4tMIwXBaGF4hTIpN8BQEkc8w2F5r5DPfHqifmRmF7rutEbOtUEQwl9ypaLWJCj8L3fOFYoWQDKhlBNrX5r8x89ts8cv9x37YuFRaaVBCEuSuVQshucSKx7R_07ru7CtH47rhnBBGT2j/s370/logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm4tMIwXBaGF4hTIpN8BQEkc8w2F5r5DPfHqifmRmF7rutEbOtUEQwl9ypaLWJCj8L3fOFYoWQDKhlBNrX5r8x89ts8cv9x37YuFRaaVBCEuSuVQshucSKx7R_07ru7CtH47rhnBBGT2j/s320/logo.png" width="320" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><u>Streaming Strategy for New England Topics:</u></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is possible to classify the New England topics into four
main categories, then to focus one week on each category. This is a big
commitment because it means averaging a video each day, but you can keep up
with that. If you follow this general path
through the streaming videos, your topics will also relate to the four live
chats that NERGC will provide over the course of May 2021.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Spend the first week of May looking at the different New
England states plus the “seventh state,” i.e., the coastlines.</li><li>Spend the second week of May looking at the records genealogists most often use, and at how they are organized and kept in New England.</li><li>Spend the third week of May expanding your records expertise by streaming church
records, manuscripts, and records involving different population groups.</li><li>Spend the fourth week of May looking at population movements
within and without New England, from migration routes to the Underground
Railroad.</li></ol><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Use the Demanding Genealogist’s suggested streaming agenda
for May. Here are suggestions for what to watch each week. To get your copy of the pdf showing the presentation list for each week, <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.demandinggenealogist.com/uploads/7/3/3/0/7330460/demgen_syllabus_and_schedule_nergc_2021.pdf" target="_blank">click on this download link</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.demandinggenealogist.com/uploads/7/3/3/0/7330460/demgen_syllabus_and_schedule_nergc_2021.pdf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_exh8u7gye7rLfSsD_BMDYvnQ5amn377doE4J_LoKUiuh8SOWNk4U3DjMhYHmRxEMLvTu5jMmzLbkfTUKptwx5AP6GSRRZzHRfEGvTUSLTsrqeATDIVxrB1zZB6kAly946mr9AUv4HA5/s320/downloadpdf1_thumb800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u>NERGC 2021 Registration:</u></p><p class="MsoNormal">NERGC registration includes the 28 presentations and 4 Live Chats. (There are additional day-long tracks on Writing, DNA, and Professional Genealogy that you can add to registration if you wish.)</p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are not already registered for NERGC 2021, <a href="https://nergc.org/2021-conference-2/" target="_blank">click here to register.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Photography credit: <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Ken
Lund, Covered Bridge, Bath, New Hampshire, 4 August 2004, used with permission,
</span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/66932408" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">flickr.com</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">NOTICE: </span>This effort to use our NERGC 2021 content effectively is an independent effort. It is not a part of the official NERGC program.</p></div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-30655665548564068472019-03-02T09:01:00.002-08:002022-03-04T18:09:21.989-08:00Society Management Day at NERGC 2019: Practical Ways to Meet Today’s Challenges<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One successful Massachusetts Genealogical Council meeting saw <br />
rapt audience members learn about DNA from Jennifer Zinck. <br />
Photo courtesy of Linda MacIver.</td></tr>
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Genealogical societies are challenged today with the
declining membership of old gray heads like mine. The challenges we face
include the rise of DNA, and the rise of the webinar and podcast. We’ve got
mentorship, experience, friendship, and a regular reason to get out of bed on a
Saturday morning and see other people face-to-face. How do we sell our
society’s wonderful positives?<br />
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The speakers for the Wednesday Society Management Day are
presenting ideas in four areas of proven excellence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->8:45a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Registration and Welcome<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Kelli Jo Bergheimer,
“How Do We Start a DNA Interest Group?” Have you thought about starting any
type of Interest Group for your society? Come and learn tips to build a
successful program.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – D. Joshua Taylor,
“Creating, Packing, and Sharing Your Society to Non-Genealogists” (Speaker
sponsored by NYG&BS). This session will discuss ideas and tools to assist
you in introducing your genealogical society to your local community –
especially for those who have little or no expressed interest in genealogy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Noon – 1:15 p.m. Lunch, Daniel Horowitz, “DNA
Matching Technology, A New Frontier in Genealogy.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Daniel H. Earl, “The
Next Generation: Involving Youth in Your Society.” Who will be around to run
your society in 25 years? This lecture will look at how to involve the next
generation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Jen Baldwin, “The Social
Media Manager in Today’s Society.” What – exactly – is a social media manager
and does your society need one? This is a growing professional field, and
societies can learn to convert the position to assist your non-profit
organization, and greatly expand your reach on social media.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I caught up with two of our speakers to learn how the
success of these ideas and techniques affected their societies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dan Earl was the first to get back to me. He had a success
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have spoken, was in need of someone to help them with their society's Facebook
page. They announced their needs at a meeting where the topic was DNA (which
tends to bring in more people), a young millennial (about 22) spoke up and said
that she'd be willing to help with the Facebook page, and has been doing a great
job. By waiting to announce their needs at a meeting where 'fresh blood' would
be attending, they were able to draw in more people. With their new social
media director, they've been able to use Facebook and other social media to
reach out to younger people and the average age of their society has dropped
from 70 to 50 in less than a year.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Dan also pointed out that we can get young people involved
in genealogy from the get-go. He shared a success story involving his daughter’s
second grade class.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">My daughter's second grade class
was having a "culture week" where families could come in and talk
about their culture. My daughter asked me if I could come and talk about
Hungary (where my maternal grandmother is from). I of course agreed. My daughter
said that some of the other parents (from Ghana, Italy, Greece, England)
brought in food. Not to be outdone, I asked my daughter if she'd like to help
me make some Hungarian cookies. She of course, agreed. We spend a couple of
hours talking about her ancestors from Hungary and making cookies. When the
time came for the presentation in class, she was very excited to share the
cookies with her class and help me explain her family tree (that she insisted I
include in the presentation because she thought it was 'so cool').</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Josh Taylor was the next to share his success story. Josh is
busy right now with bringing the society he directs, the New York Biographical
and Genealogical Society, to the RootsTech exhibit floor in Salt Lake City.<o:p></o:p></div>
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genealogical societies to be alert and remain in touch with their community is
key. When the NYG&B became aware of the proposed restrictions to New York
City's birth and death records in 2017 we worked hard to spread the message
beyond our community. The situation required us to work with other
organizations, which included fellow genealogical societies, commercial
entities, historical societies, lineage organizations, museums, and others. The
result was the development of new alliances and relationships that have
continued to this day. In my session at NERGC, I will be speaking specifically
about working to brand your organization to those outside of the genealogical
community, a key aspect of responding to threats to records access, increasing
membership, and further establishing the relevance of any genealogical
organization.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-10423741888524646532019-02-15T16:55:00.001-08:002022-03-04T18:09:36.982-08:00It's an Eye-opener: Slaves in New England<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William C. Nell, <i>The American Revolution with Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Americans<br /> </i>(Boston: Wallcut, 1855), page number not supplied; New York Public Library <br />
(<a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-962c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a9">https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-962c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a9</a>9).</td></tr>
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<b>NERGC 2019 Lectures To Include Janice Lovelace, Ph.D., on<br /> </b><b>Slavery in New England and the Black Experience in the American Revolution</b></h4>
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It only happens once every two years. It takes two dozen genealogy
societies, acting in tandem, to put on the NERGC conference, an event with as
many genealogy learning opportunities as a national genealogy conference. But
NERGC is always in New England, often close enough for many of us to commute
rather than incur the travel and hotel expenses that come with the national
conferences. NERGC 2019 runs April 3<sup>rd</sup> to 6<sup>th</sup> in
Manchester, New Hampshire.<br />
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My specialty is New England research in the colonial period,
specifically Connecticut and Massachusetts. About 25% of my ancestors come from
that time and place. (The other 75% are Swedish, Danish, English, Irish,
Scottish, and Belgian, with a tiny bit of Spanish.) That small quarter of my
heritage has been a huge research task with many years invested in tracing
people back.<o:p></o:p><br />
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One of those people was an enslaver in 1790. When I found
this, I carefully counted the number of slave owners in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Connecticut. It turns out that <br />
<a name='more'></a>63 of the 548 Stratford households in 1790 included
enslaved people. That means that 11.5% of the families in town owned slaves,
often 1 person but in a few cases up to 3 people. I didn’t think slaveholding
was so common in Connecticut.<o:p></o:p><br />
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As an official blogger for NERGC 2019, I had the chance to
pick any presenter to interview. I picked Janice Lovelace, Ph.D (psychology),
of the distant state of Washington. Janice is presenting twice at NERGC 2019.
Her topics will help me to learn and understand more about my ancestors' role in
this.<br />
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">“Did Your New England Ancestor Own Slaves?”
Thursday, April 4, at 1:30.</span><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">“The Black Experience in the U.S. Revolutionary
War,” Friday, April 5, at 8:30.</span></li>
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Let me tell you about Janice. She’s brilliant. She did
doctorate work in psychology and she has added stellar academic achievements in
genealogy. In 2012, she finished a certificate in genealogy from the University
of Washington. The very next year, in 2013, Janice completed the certificate
program at Boston University. Her role in genealogy is as a teacher. She
developed an online course, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">African-American
Roots: A Historical Perspective,</i> for the National Genealogy Society. An
instructor at the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI), she
teaches there every year as well. She been on the board at NGS and is currently
serving on the board of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She
speaks often to genealogy societies, and has presented online, including the
recent “Who Owned Solomon? A Case Study of 19<sup>th</sup> Century African
American Research” for the Virtual Genealogical Association. She agreed to
participate in an email interview. I had lots of questions.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Do you find that slave-holding in New England is generally
at the 12% level or is it more likely in larger towns with ports and mercantile
interests? Is this significantly different from Southern slave-holding
patterns? <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>During the
colonial period, unpaid slave labor was used to build and maintain the land and
communities but the type of work differed. Southern planters of mainly
exportable crops like tobacco, indigo and rice (and later cotton), had an
agricultural use for large numbers of enslaved people. Most enslaved people on
large farms/plantations worked in the fields, planting, maintaining and
harvesting crops while smaller numbers worked in skilled occupations such as
carpentry, blacksmithing, tanning, cooking and animal husbandry – jobs needed
to keep the farm functioning. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>In the
North, slavery was also found, especially in coastal port areas and larger
cities. In Northern cities, they worked as artisans, shopkeepers, messengers,
domestics, sailors and port workers as well as general laborers. In rural
areas, fewer numbers of enslaved people labored on small farms.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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At last year’s seminar of the Massachusetts Genealogical
Conference, Charles Price presented the life of Prince Estabrook, a slave in
Lexington who fought in the Revolution. It was news to me how the British were
so successful in strategizing their political policies involving enslaved
people. In contrast, the American cause for independence and democracy failed
to offer either independence or democracy as enticements to the enslaved people
in their midst. There must be so many other ways we are unaware of our own
history. It made me wonder what experiences compel you to teach genealogy? <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Price’s
talk sounds fascinating! I have read about Estabrook and mention him in my
presentation.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>My
interest in the 18-19<sup>th</sup> century period was sparked by learning about
Free Black people in my family lines. Although I have not identified any
Patriot (or Loyalist) yet, I wanted to learn more about those who lived during
this time – whether free or enslaved – and their lives. I like to teach about
the 18<sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">th</span></sup> century, colonial and early U.S., because many people are unaware of the use of
enslaved people in Northern colonies and the decades after the American
Revolution that it took to free those who had been enslaved in the North.</b></span></div>
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Are there printed or online resources that can help
researchers understand the implications of slaveholding in New England? What
would be your top suggestions for further study?<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Berlin, Ira. <i>Many Thousands Gone: The First Two
Centuries of Slavery in North America</i>. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of
Harvard University Press, 1998.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Geake,
Robert. <i>From Slaves to Soldiers</i>.
Yardley (Pennsylvania): Westholme Publishing, 2016.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Kaplan,
Sidney and Emma Nogrady Kaplan. <i>The Black
Presence in the Era of the American Revolution.</i> Amherst: The University of
Massachusetts Press, 1989<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Pierson,
William. <i>Black Yankees: The Development
of an Afro-American Subculture in Eighteenth-Century New England</i>. Amherst:
University of Massachusetts Press, 1988.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Wright,
Donald R. <i>African Americans in the
Colonial Era: from African origins through the American Revolution</i> (3<sup>rd</sup>
Ed). Wheeling (IL): Harlan Davidson, Inc., 2010.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-24994112947267122812017-03-05T06:36:00.003-08:002022-03-04T18:09:51.539-08:00Attend NERGC 2017 to Hear Warren Bittner and Increase Your Wicked Good Genealogy Skills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><div class="MsoNormal">It’s such a great opportunity to talk with Warren Bittner,
one of the best speakers on doing genealogy better. The first time I heard
Warren speak, he talked about the importance of source citation. If anyone in
that auditorium wasn’t already using source citations, they were by the time
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NERGC 2017 provides five wonderful opportunities to share
Warren again. </div>
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<li>On Thursday afternoon, April 26, will discuss “Death Records as
Starting Point.” </li>
<li>Friday morning he jumps into German genealogy with ”Where Was
Your Ancestor Really From? Germany’s Shifting Borders.” </li>
<li>Friday afternoon he
speaks twice, “Writing to Engage Your Reader,” and “Complex Evidence: What It
Is, How It Works, And Why It Matters” (one of the best speeches ever! Anywhere!
I reviewed it <a href="Report from Day 2 of the 50th Anniversary Lectures" target="_blank">here</a>). </li>
<li>Saturday morning Warren will discuss a perplexing issue in genealogy, “Understanding
and Researching Illegitimacy.”</li>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Warren, you are one of
the best evangelists I know for putting quality into our genealogy work – the
focus of my own blog. How did this become a focus of your own work?</i></div>
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interesting experience where I had been doing research for about 20 years,
professional research for 7 or 8, and thought I knew a lot about genealogy. I
hadn’t read the National Quarterly because when I looked at the articles they
didn’t interest me. They were about people I wasn’t related to and geographic
areas where I didn’t do research. Then I read a few articles, and every article
I read amazed me at the quality of the research and the depth of the
methodology in solving difficult problems. I can honestly say my genealogy
education started the day I started reading the National Genealogical Society
Quarterly (NGSQ), and the quality of the research that I saw demonstrated in
the articles published there made me realize how sophomoric and uninformed my
own research was. After that I went back and read 20 years of the Quarterly and
learned how the best genealogists think and how they solve the most difficult
research problems. It also took the quality of my own research up ten steps. </span></div>
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I was in conversation with Thomas W. Jones, current co-editor of NGSQ, and
related this experience to him. He looked at me and said “Warren, I had the
same experience, but for me it was 30 years. I had a Ph.D. and thought I knew
how to do research, and my education started when I began reading the
Quarterly.” </span></div>
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becoming a CG or an AG and then I realized that professional licensure as a
genealogist was recognized in the relatively small world of serious
genealogical researchers, but a Master’s degree is universally recognized. So I
made the decision to get my Master’s degree before I went after licensure. It
was a good decision because my history degree introduced me to a broad spectrum
of historical concepts that I didn’t realize and that I didn’t understand.
Concepts like how to read beneath a document to unearth what the document is
telling me about the people in the historical document and the people that
wrote it down. I learned about micro-history, where an in-depth study of an
otherwise insignificant person or event can be used to turn upside-down generalizations
made in histories of a broader scope. </span></div>
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light that comes into the eyes of my students when I see that they are learning
something in the lecture, and the hope that comes onto their faces as the
mental wheels begin to turn and they see ways of looking for the ancestors they
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Face it, many genealogical societies are aging, growing
grayer, and seeing fewer people at their monthly meetings. My beloved Welles
Family Association filled hotel meeting rooms with 80 to 100 attendees in the
1980s. Now we see about two dozen at each annual meeting. How can we reverse this trend?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For those of us committed to ensuring that our societies
thrive long after we retire from leadership, this special track at NERGC is
perfect. I spoke (that is, emailed) with the three presenters for
Society Management Day at NERGC 2017. I wanted to give them an opportunity to
share their enthusiasm for the future with us. </span></div>
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Jen Baldwin, “Connecting with the Next Generation: Join the
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Me: Jen,
the next generation is our own children, but meeting them as a group of
genealogists is a new thing. What are some of the new ways of finding our
audiences that you will cover?</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a>Jen: Although we’ll discuss a variety of
options during the session, one way in which we can be proactive about engaging
the next generation is to “be where they are.” Meaning, societies today need to
be using the same platforms as those they are trying to attract – Facebook,
Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, and so on. One of our struggles as a community is
that non-profits are traditionally slower to adopt these types of tools, and by
the time they do, the audience has moved on to the next “big thing.” Facebook
is a great example of this – there are hundreds of genealogy related pages and
groups, but the trends show that the younger users have already left Facebook
and engage on other social media platforms and apps. We, as a community, face
many challenges as we are hungry for volunteers, for particular skill sets, and
for the strong, underlying foundation of genealogy methodology. Even through
these challenges, we need to be forward-thinking and be preparing to target the
tools of tomorrow as well as consistently using the tools of today.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elissa Scalise Powell, “More Than a Program: Event Planning
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Me: Elissa,
I can see with my own eyes that the old lunch and lecture style isn’t cutting
it anymore. I know your local genealogy society is thriving. What are some of
the options you’ll be sharing with us?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elissa: </span>We have a local commercial that
encourages people to get out of their “same old, same old” routine because “It
is the same. And it is old.” To grow, societies must periodically expand into
activities to address the needs of their members and the goals of the society.
Even in this internet and social media age, people crave personal interaction
while doing interesting activities. Genealogical societies have the interest
built in--our family research--and need ways to interact with each other.
Education is still important although education by itself can be obtained many
different ways now. What do your members like to do? Take a walk in a cemetery?
Cook ancestral dishes? Have a chance to share family stories? Anything that
allows for participation engages members and brings in new members and energy.
People are drawn to vivacious groups. To become a center of fun, energy, and
innovation, BE the center of fun, energy and innovation. Hopefully this
presentation and interactive discussion will help you brainstorm ideas for your
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That’s so cool. It’s all stuff I’d like to do, too.</span></div>
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Facebook,” and “Society Scramble: Why Us vs. Them Is Doomed to Fail.”
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I was struck by your first speech title, and realized this might explain why
such a high percentage of my own Facebook contacts are women. How will you help
us get out of our comfort zones?</span></div>
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The first, “Men Are on Blogs, Women
Are on Facebook,” was inspired by some discussions with my history friends. The
genealogical work I’ve been doing (or not doing since I’ve been so busy as a
Trustee) has morphed from collecting vital records to more deep-dive research
into individuals and the time periods they lived in. I was interested in
history long before I discovered genealogy and, now that I have, my love of
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I was also a very early twitter
adopter and as I got more and more into social media, I noticed that many of my
history friends (most of whom are male) were avid twitter users but my
genealogy friends (mostly female) preferred Facebook. In dissecting both, I
discovered there are sharply different users, ways to connect and track your
impact, and great opportunities for Societies to use it to reach new audiences.
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Twitter is kind of like the
wild-west of social media. People can make anonymous, multiple accounts; speech
and vulgarity is not policed; and it’s very hard to track the impact of your
tweets beyond retweets. Any attempt to turn twitter into a marketing tool is
always strongly opposed by its users. It is very common for people to twitter
and link to their own blog—and users are used to clicking through to content
off the site.</div>
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understand the basics of how it works, it will not only serve your content to
people who have opted to follow you, but your posts can also organically reach
new people. Facebook has tons of tools so that people don’t have to click away
from the site—they keep you in the bubble but also give you more opportunities
to build audience and see who is reading your posts, how they react, and what
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With this talk, I’ll be focusing on
a few features and tools that I would like every Society to understand and
use—they’re there, and free—and I am dying to get Societies to understand, and
use them better. These tools will help your posts and events get more traction
and help you use the free tools to grow audience and, hopefully, convert them
to members. (That last part is up to you.) </div>
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I’ll have lots of examples to show
and will provide worksheets to help inspire you and to share with your Board
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My second talk on the day, “Society
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view to inspire your Society. </div>
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My genealogy and Trustee work is a
sideline for me. My expertise, and my professional life, is as a brand
strategist and designer for corporations and non-profits. Now, I usually get
two reactions when I talk about branding: 1) “I don’t need a logo,” and 2) “I
have no idea what that is.” (My own mom is still on the second one.)</div>
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At its core, branding is about
finding what makes you, or your organization, unique. Once you discover what
this is (which, I warn you, can be a trying exercise), you’re better focused on
how to explain it to others and separate yourself from your competition. All
the other pieces of the brand, the logo, photos, messaging, etc., reflect the
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In my own experience, I find that
many Societies are still worried about competing with other Societies. But
their competition isn’t with the county or state next door, it’s with Ancestry,
FamilySearch, and others—who are now household names. People, especially the
under 45s who are on the other side of the digital divide, are happy to spend
money on annual subscriptions—and may not know that local help at Societies
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At the same time, the big companies
are reaching out to county and state Societies to form partnerships. These can
alleviate some of the tasks of building and maintaining online databases and
all the security issues and costs that come up with investing in such a
technical project. </div>
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And, if that wasn’t enough,
Societies could be using new tools to make membership easier and more
convenient—but many by-laws are standing in the way. (Imagine that if at
Ancestry, you had to have a subscription to each State’s collections, and each
collection had a different renewal date!)</div>
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The good news is that everyone is
trying to figure this out—and there are lots of options on the table. The bad
news is that “business as usual” might just put your Society out of business.
And no Trustee wants to sink their ship or harm their Society.</div>
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This is a huge subject—and
obviously, something I’m passionate about. I’ll focus my talk on some great
examples and provide worksheets which you can use with your Boards to create a
1-, 3-, and 5-year plan for your organization—and better define what makes you
great at what you do.<br />
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Click here to register for Society Management Day: <a href="https://www.regonline.com/register/checkin.aspx?EventId=1842529&MethodId=0&EventSessionId">https://www.regonline.com/register/checkin.aspx?EventId=1842529&MethodId=0&EventSessionId</a> </div>
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</i>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-72179231767007117342016-03-22T08:58:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:10:19.875-08:00What is a duplicate original? And what does it have to do with the U.S. census?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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“Duplicate original” is a legal term that applies to two or
more copies made simultaneously, each of which can stand as the original
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When two written documents are
substantially alike, so that each might be a copy or transcript from the other,
while both stand on the same footing as original instruments, they are called “duplicates.”
Agreements, deeds, and other documents are frequently executed in duplicate, in
order that each party may have an original in his possession.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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We are already familiar with this concept from our everyday
lives. Speakers at genealogy conferences sign two copies of their speaker
contracts, one for themselves and one for the conference program chair. When we
get divorced, both we and our spouses receive copies of the separation
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Is this legal term used in the same way in the world of
genealogy? Essentially the answer to that question is yes. The definition by
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Duplicate original:</b> a copy officially made at the same time as the “original.”
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Examples:</i> The grantor’s and grantee’s
copies of a deed, simultaneously made; or the multiple copies of a census
schedule that enumerators were required to make in certain years.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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Today in the Boston University Genealogical Research
Certificate course, instructor Julie Michutka
and lead course facilitator Michelle Goodrum posted that duplicate original copies of the
U.S. census were made only in certain years and not others. Both noted that, beginning
with the 1890 census, only one copy was made, the copy sent to the federal government.
They supplied a link to the U.S. Census website discussing pertinent
legislation.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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It’s a pity that the 1890 U.S. census was the first to exist
in only one copy, because that copy was for the most part burned in 1921.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Barbara Jean Mathews, "What is a duplicate original? And what does it have to do with the U.S. census?" <i>The Demanding Genealogist</i>, posted 22 March 2016; </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">http://blog.demandinggenealogist.com/2016/03/what-is-a-duplicate-original.html : <date accessed>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> Henry
Campbell Black, <i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Law Dictionary Containing the Definitions of the
Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern, …,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Second
Edition</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i>(St. Paul, Minn.
: West, 1910), 403, “duplicate;” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Google
Books</i> (<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=R2c8AAAAIAAJ">https://books.google.com/books?id=R2c8AAAAIAAJ</a>
: accessed 22 March 2016).</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a>
Elizabeth Shown Mills, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Evidence
Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace</i> (Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing, 2015), 822, “duplicate original.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For an in-depth discussion, see also </i>Elizabeth Shown Mills,
“QuickLesson 10: Original Records, Image Copies, and Derivatives,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Evidence Explained: Historical Analysis,
Citation & Source Usage</i> (<a href="https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-10-original-records-image-copies-and-derivatives">https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-10-original-records-image-copies-and-derivatives</a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> United
States Census Bureau, “Legislation: 1830-1899,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">History</i> (<a href="http://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/legislation/legislation_1830_-_1899.html">http://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/legislation/legislation_1830_-_1899.html</a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a> Kellee
Blake, “'First in the Path of the Firemen:’ The Fate of the 1890 Population
Census, Part 1,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Prologue Magazine</i> selected
articles, from 28 (Spring 1996), posted on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">National
Archives</i> (<a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/spring/1890-census-1.html">http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/spring/1890-census-1.html</a>
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The Massachusetts Genealogical Council and the Boston Public Library are
co-sponsoring a two-hour workshop on Saturday, December 5, 2015, from 10:00 AM
to 12:00 noon in the Commonwealth Salon at the Central Library in Copley
Square.<br />
<br />
Many of the records that genealogists use are generated and stored by the
government, from vital records to deeds and court records. To ensure records
access, genealogists need to learn what new bills are being introduced on
Beacon Hill and what budget decisions are being made. This workshop will
discuss the legislative process, focusing on when and where genealogists can
get involved to let their legislators know what is important to them.<br />
<br />
We will show you how to search for bills affecting different topics, and how
to track them through legislative committees and floor votes. We will
differentiate between first, second, and third readings, locate contact
information for state representatives and senators, and discuss how to
communicate clearly.<br />
<br />
The workshop will be presented by Barbara Jean Mathews, CG, FASG, a
professional genealogist. A Board-certified genealogist since 1996, Barbara was
appointed a Fellow of the honorary American Society of Genealogists in 2014.
Her passon for records access and preservation has led her to serve as Federal
Records Director of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council. She will be
supported by other Directors from the Council.<br />
<br />
Photograph by Mark Buckawicki and made available on <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Massachusetts_State_House_in_Boston.JPG">Wikimedia</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then Come on Down to the Putting Skills to Work BCG Ed Fund Workshop</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tuesday,
12 May 2015, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
Let Elissa and Barbara Give You Some Ideas About How to End that Confusion!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Ever go
to conferences and see the presenter do magical things, but then when you sit
down yourself, you find it isn’t that easy? Putting Skills to Work is a unique
full-day, hands-on workshop limited to sixty participants. The focus is
practicing skills needed by <i>anyone</i> who does serious genealogical
research whether as a family historian, librarian, dedicated hobbyist, or
writer. Materials are geared to intermediate and advanced practitioners and
advocate established genealogy standards.</span></div>
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both in-depth presentations complete with hands-on exercises, syllabus,
handouts, and active class participation. NGS Conference registration is not
required. You can go just to the workshop – you don’t have to cross-register to
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research reports (whether to paid clients or to your own files) painful, then
this is the class for you. Many researchers assume committing research findings
to paper is separate from the research process; however, Elissa will share her
methodology for using available time efficiently during the research process,
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Strategies for Research Report” will allow each participant to experience (not
just observe) an efficient process for making the research report a part of the
research cycle. Writing “as you go” saves genealogists the pain of creating a
report after the thrill of the chase is complete. Each of us wants to be more
efficient in our research and more proficient in our report writing whether for
a client or for our own family and files. Without writing down your research
plan, analysis, and conclusions, you or future generations may very well repeat
them needlessly. Communicating our findings is at the crux of all we do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, is
immediate past-president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. She is
co-director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP),
instructs for Boston University’s Genealogical Research Certificate course and
at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She is coordinator of the Professional
Genealogy course for the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at
Samford University. She has extensive experience as a forensic genealogist in
mineral rights cases.</span></div>
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Analysis, Correlation, and Resolution: The Heart of the Genealogical Proof
Standard.”</b> Focusing on only direct evidence creates unnecessary research
dead ends. This session addresses weighing and correlating sources, evidence,
and information in their many diverse forms for successful resolution of
investigations. We will take a family living in the U.S., and work until we
know where in Denmark they came from. Where will we look for them? What do the
records in Texas tell us about the family? As we go through the documents we’ll
ask ourselves new questions and move to new areas of research, much as we would
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fuzzy evidence, working together to resolve those issues. So many areas of the
U.S. have few records but that doesn’t mean that we can’t make intelligent
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Group 7, and GenProof Studies Group 6. She currently mentors ProGen Studies
Group 21 and NGSQ Study Group B</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. She is a substitute instructor for the Boston
University genealogical certificate program. She has extensive experience as a
lineage genealogist analyzing documents from across the U.S., from the present
back to colonial times.</span></div>
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please join us for a fun day of experiential skill-building and take home ideas
and processes that work and help to make us more efficient with our time and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Credit for this posting also goes to Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG, who posted notices on the BCG Ed Fund page http://bcgcertification.org/educationfund/index.html and as a BCG <i>SpringBoard</i> blog post http://bcgcertification.org/blog/2014/12/bcg-education-fund-workshop-at-ngs-st-charles-12-may-2015/ .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">UPDATE 1: Cost after Early Bird registration changed to reflect the fact that the workshop is not subject to a change.</span></div>
Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-71085928964585320652013-10-03T05:32:00.003-07:002022-03-04T18:11:31.521-08:00Just Released - Volume 1 of the Welles Genealogy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the 2013 second edition of the 1990 genealogy of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and his Wife Alice Tomes. It is the first of three volumes, the second and third coming up in the next few months. The majority of my work time over the last dozen years has been this project. Whew!<br /><br />
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It is available in both paperback and hardcover formats. Just go to our online store to see your buying options:<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/WellesFamily" target="_blank">Click here to visit the Welles Family Association Store.</a> </span></span><br />
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Here is what we say about it on the <a href="http://www.wellesfamily.org/publications.html" target="_blank">Welles Family Association's webpage</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Gov. Thomas Welles came to New
England in 1635, settling in Hartford
in 1636 and moving to Wethersfield
in 1646. He remains the only man to have held all four top executive positions in
Connecticut government. An
entailed property case involving their sale of land as they left Old England connects
both Gov. Thomas Welles and his wife Alice
(Tomes) Welles unequivocally to their origins and families in England.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>
Volume 1 covers the Welles and
Tomes ancestries in England
and the first four generations to live in New England. The
first edition was completed in 1990 by Connecticut
Valley genealogy specialist Donna
Holt Siemiatkoski. The second edition corrects and expands the information in
the first edition. The genealogy includes all descendants in both the male and
female lines.<br /><span></span></span><br />
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In the early seventeenth century,
Connecticut Colony was founded and Hartford,
Wethersfield, and Windsor
were established along the Connecticut River. Dynamic
Puritan churches were the center of these towns. The seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries saw the colony’s growth as the population expanded to more towns
along the river and to towns inland. Welles and his descendants played parts in
two wars with Native American tribes, received a new colonial charter in 1662 from
King Charles II and then protected it from an English governor in 1682, engaged
in lively trade with England and the Caribbean, and fought in the French and
Indian War, and a few participated in the Revolutionary War. They were among
the founders of Yale and Williams colleges and served as legislators, judges,
ministers, generals, sea captains, and homemakers.<br /><br /><span>This
book follows descendants in both the male and female lines. It
extensively covers family surnames Welles, Wells, Chester, Thompson,
Hawkins, Judson, Shelton, Curtiss, Tomlinson, Botsford, and Bostwick.
Towns of residence include Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, Stratford,
Fairfield, Shelton, Woodbury, Roxbury, Boston, and Wellesley.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span>(When a book is 659 pages long, it's hard to provide a quick synopsis.)</span><br />
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<span>I look forward to creating some blog posts about the document analysis process. I have a few self-criticisms to post as well. </span><br />
<br />Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-58313816138915441222012-05-23T20:38:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:12:11.817-08:00Response to "What Is Forensic Genealogy?"<br />
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<u>Prior Use of the Term Forensic Genealogy</u><br />
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On Wednesday, my inbox included a blog posting from Michael Hait about forensic genealogy in which Michael Hait interviewed Leslie Lawson, President of the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy <a href="http://michaelhait.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/forensic-genealogy/">http://michaelhait.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/forensic-genealogy/</a>.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> What struck me was that the council’s approach negated the prior use of the term “forensic genealogy.” We have discussed this term in the Forensic Genealogy group on LinkedIn (disclosure: I manage the group). When the narrow definition of the term was used there, many genealogists stepped forward to defend the prior and broader use of the term.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> In other words, the council's definition doesn't hold water with many in the field.</div>
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As background, please understand that genealogists have been aiding in probate work and missing heir work for decades. During that period of time it was called probate or missing heir work. The first use of the term “forensic genealogy” was in a book title for a work by <personname>Colleen Fitzpatrick</personname>, Ph.D.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> Colleen was an explorer in previously uncharted territory. She used extreme analytic skills in discovering information in photographs, <stockticker>DNA</stockticker>, and databases. Colleen was not narrowly discussing probate work when she coined the term Forensic Genealogy. When my friend Sharon Sergeant broke a few fraud cases involving the publishing industry, she was being a forensic genealogist. She analyzed photographs and documents in different languages to discover the truth.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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The popularity of television shows in which laboratory work establishes guilt or innocence has given the term forensic a new cachet. Just because those shows are legal and police procedurals does not mean that genealogists doing work affiliated with lawyers suddenly get to appropriate the term solely for themselves and to exclude all other uses. Nonetheless, in my opinion, this is what the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy appears to be doing when it narrowly re-defines the term to mean only work done for lawyers. The council states that it defined its terminology through discussions with lawyers but that doesn't make the terminology accepted in the genealogy field or widely in the legal field. Our LinkedIn list has anecdotal reports that many lawyers do not recognize the term.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn5" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></a> <br />
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I have turned to a friend, Melinde Lutz Byrne, CG, FASG. Melinde’s forensic career goes back three decades. She is President of the American Society of Genealogists and Director of the <place><placename>Boston</placename> <placetype>University</placetype></place> Genealogical Research Certificate Program, where she also teaches in the Forensic module.<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Melinde has graciously answered four of the five questions that Michael posed to Leslie, as well as additional questions about preparation and advice. While Melinde draws a larger circle around what constitutes forensic genealogy, she does point out how important it is to work with lawyers when legal issues are involved. Then, just to put the frosting on the cake, I asked Colleen for a few ideas as well.</span></div>
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<strong>1. What is "forensic genealogy"?</strong><br />
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Melinde: Forensic genealogy is the study of identity and kinship in legal contexts.<br />
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Colleen: Forensic Genealogy has been called "CSI meets Roots". It is the application of forensic investigative techniques to solving genealogical mysteries.<br />
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<strong>2. What is the difference in methodology between forensic genealogy and traditional "ancestral" genealogy?</strong><br />
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Melinde: Most forensic genealogy is done in the present, so modern applications of standard methodologies may be unfamiliar - for instance the technique of "follow the neighbors" takes on a new meaning when you can let your fingers do the walking and just call them for an interview. Likewise, there are serious ethical and legal considerations having to do with researching living people - something frequently a part of forensic genealogy. The ancient dead rarely decide to stalk you for disturbing their rest, but living subjects can be receptive, suspicious, or . . . homicidal when approached.<br />
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Colleen: A forensic genealogist uses an expanded set of tools to answer questions that sometimes lie beyond the bounds of conventional family research. A forensic genealogist is more interested in the "big picture" and not just in specific family data.<br />
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For example, using conventional genealogical methodology, I traced my mother's family to a small village in France in the mid 1600s. In recording the birth records for my ancestors, I noticed the village birth rate grew steadily over time until it suddenly dropped to nearly zero in 1674. It remained this way until 1684, when it just as suddenly went back to normal levels, as if it had never been interrupted. My curiosity about what could have caused this unusual pattern led me to study childbirth practices of the 1600s, the reconstruction of 500-1000 year old weather records, and to compare the diet of the upper classes to that of the peasants in the 17th century. I discovered the cause of the phenomena was ergot, a fungus that grows on rye under certain weather conditions. Ergot is the original source of LSD and has been cited as the cause of the Bubonic Plaque and the Salem Witch Trials. <br />
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I started out to record the birth records of my ancestors. I ended up discovering my ancestoral village had been on LSD for ten years. That's forensic genealogy. <br />
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<strong>3. What are some of the issues that forensic genealogists confront?</strong><br />
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Melinde: Perhaps the most serious issue is that of professional respect. Since formal instruction in this field is extremely limited and no credentialing body or licensing procedures exist, forensic genealogists encounter more than their share of detractors and often struggle to establish expert status for credibility or appropriate pay rates.<br />
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Colleen: Adoptees searching for birth parents, the military, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, the Holocaust community, clients searching for missing friends and relatives.<br />
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<strong>4. Who are the most common clients of forensic genealogists?</strong><br />
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Melinde: Many forensic genealogy firms refer work to subcontractors with regional experience or geographic advantages. Some Public Administrators send cases to forensic researchers. Some forensic genealogists are sole proprietors. Police departments will work with forensic genealogists in some cases. Some probate attorneys will employ forensic genealogists to locate missing heirs or compile lists of heirs-at-law. Some oil companies hire forensic genealogists to track ownership of mineral and other tangible rights. Real estate speculators may employ forensic genealogists to track title to land. Collectors of photographs, military memorabilia, or art will employ forensic genealogists to track chain of ownership of these objects. Estates, such as the Howard Hughes estate, may hire one or more forensic genealogist (such as the late Mary Fay, FASG, from Texas) to settle conflicting claims. Forensic genealogists have for several decades been employed to locate next of kin of MIA or KIA service members - by the Department of Defense or subsets of each of the branches of the service. Rarely will insurance companies employ a forensic genealogist to find beneficiaries - something they should do more of and will be forced to do in the near future if state legislatures have their way.<br />
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Colleen: The scope and difficulty of the research and the creative thinking required is more than greatly undervalued. In my recent <em>Scientific American</em> article on the Hand in the Snow case, I balanced the contribution made by the managers of the program, the DNA experts, the fingerprints experts, and the forensic genealogists (myself and Chriss Lyon). When the French version of the article was published, the genealogists role was reduced to a comment that we looked through church records to locate a family in Ireland. The editor explained this away by citing the difficulty in translating the complicated investigation methods into French in a compact way to fit into the space allocated for the article. His explanation was stunning considering i was not only the forensic genealogist on the case, I was also the author of the article, the DNA identification could not have been done without me, I answered numerous questions for the editor about the DNA methods used, and I speak French almost fluently.<br />
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Melinde: Practice, practice, practice. Work with a licensed, bonded practitioner. Always locate an attorney with whom to work - never operate as a forensic genealogist without an officer of the court between you and the client - especially if that client is seeking a birth parent or surrendered child. If you work missing heir cases, remember that there is a reason why the heir is missing and it is not always something pretty.<br />
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Colleen: Find an interesting mystery that no one has been able to solve, and go the extra mile to solve it.</div>
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Melinde: Find a successful forensic genealogist and ask questions. Make sure your ethics are in the right place. Take proper steps to preserve your anonymity before you start to practice - one sociopathic client or heir can ruin your day. Get appropriate legal advice relative to local and distant laws. If you are uncomfortable speaking directly to living subjects, this probably is not for you.</blockquote>
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<u>Upcoming Educational Opportunities in Forensic Genealogy</u><br />
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One thing that has become clear in the last few years is that the modern genealogist believes in education. Institutes, online classes, webinars, national and regional conventions, and local seminars and study groups are all ways in which aspiring genealogists learn to excel. Here are a few upcoming chances to learn more about forensic genealogy.<br />
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The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy has an institute 25-27 October 2012 in Dallas, Texas, for $400 for non-CAFG members, $350 for CAFG members. It is presented by Michael Ramage, JD, CG; Kevin Meyers; Leslie Brinkley Lawson; and Dee Dee King, CG. <strong>It has filled for this year</strong>. <a href="http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html">http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html</a><br />
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Boston University's Center for Professional Education will be presenting Advanced Forensic Genealogy this summer, 30 July-3 August 2012. It will be presented by Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.; and Mary Ann Boyle, Ph.D., CG, and costs $795. Registration is still open, but students must have completed the Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate Program "or have comparable experience." <a href="http://professional.bu.edu/schedule/course-details.asp?CID=15436&dept=CPE">http://professional.bu.edu/schedule/course-details.asp?CID=15436&dept=CPE</a><br />
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In association with Boston University, the Utah Genealogical Association's Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy will present a track on Principles of Forensic Genealogy, taught by Melinde Lutz Byrne, CG, FASG; Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.; and Mary Ann Boyle, Ph.D., CG. It is 14-18 January 2013 and costs $400 for non-UGA members and $350 for UGA members. <strong>Registration opens on June 2nd, at 9:00 AM Mountain time. </strong><a href="http://ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=210">http://ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=210</a><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Citation format: Barbara Jean Mathews, "A Response to 'What Is Forensic Genealogy?'" <em>The Demanding Genealogist</em>, posted 25 May 2012; <a href="http://demandinggenealogist.blogspot.com/2012/05/response-to-what-is-forensic-genealogy.html">http://demandinggenealogist.blogspot.com/2012/05/response-to-what-is-forensic-genealogy.html</a> : accessed [date].</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref1" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> Michael Hait, “What is forensic genealogy?” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Planting the Seeds</i>, posted <date day="23" month="5" year="2012">23 May 2012</date>; <span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span> </span><a href="http://michaelhait.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/forensic-genealogy/"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">http://michaelhait.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/forensic-genealogy/</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> : accessed <date day="23" month="5" year="2012">23 May 2012</date>.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Discussion threads on the LinkinIn Forensic Genealogy Group: "Can we define forensic genealogy?” started by me, </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Can-we-define-forensic-genealogy-4373802.S.103940132?qid=5ec8b891-d503-46d5-a1ee-c058057f96eb&trk=group_items_see_more-0-b-ttl"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Can-we-define-forensic-genealogy-4373802.S.103940132?qid=5ec8b891-d503-46d5-a1ee-c058057f96eb&trk=group_items_see_more-0-b-ttl</span></a> ;<span style="font-size: x-small;"> and “<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">This definition on APG list 4 years ago. Adopted by the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy. Forensic genealogy is research, analysis, and reporting in cases with legal implications</span>” started by Dee Dee King </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/This-definition-on-APG-list-4373802.S.104701875?qid=8e8a3619-d481-40e7-9384-2869bb9ff237&trk=group_most_popular-0-b-ttl&goback=%2Egmp_4373802"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/This-definition-on-APG-list-4373802.S.104701875?qid=8e8a3619-d481-40e7-9384-2869bb9ff237&trk=group_most_popular-0-b-ttl&goback=%2Egmp_4373802</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Note that my response to Dee Dee points out that there were many points of view in the APG discussion and that the definition was not adopted by any body, including APG. The APG list discussion also postdates the Fitzpatrick book.</span><br />
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<br />Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.com11Lexington, MA, USA42.4430372 -71.228964142.3961667 -71.3079281 42.489907699999996 -71.1500001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-28121197084161920062011-11-14T05:43:00.001-08:002022-03-04T18:12:27.403-08:00In genealogy, all roads are good.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I’ve been noodling around the internet, searching on blog postings that discuss professionalism and genealogy. I’ve found some interesting postings that are worth considering in our discussion of professionalism and genealogy. I hope you get a chance to read and consider them as we go forward in our discussion.</div>
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Mary and Jim Petty currently have 39 blog postings on the topic Professionalizing Professional Genealogy. Mary’s astute observations on the blurriness of the use of the word professional includes the following observation, “While commercial Genealogical Research Services has not professionalized, attempts to use the adjective ‘professional’ as a ‘noun’ or ‘state of being’ for the personal, volunteer, or <i>pro bono publico</i> aspects are taking place.”<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> In blog postings and on email listserves, Mary has discussed her desire to require licensing in the field.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> </div>
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Michael Hait recently responded to Mary’s restricted definition of professional genealogist. Michael observed that people make a living from genealogy by pursuing many more activities than just research. He pointed out, “<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Like a freelance writer, the sole qualification to be a professional genealogist should be that one is able to perform the job that one is hired or paid to do.</span>”<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> </div>
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With a fresh perspective from the other side of this particular coin, Greta Koehl posted about the advantages of not being a professional in genealogy.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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Unlike medicine, genealogy has no barriers to entry. Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people are genealogists. Like writing, genealogy has a range of different types of practitioners. In writing, there are freelance writers, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, newspaper reporters, bloggers, high school students writing term papers, and anyone who keeps a diary. Both genealogy and writing are at once a hobby, an academic methodology, and a paid career. </div>
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My experience over the years is that there are many reasons for individuals to become genealogists. For me, there was satisfaction in extending my knowledge and in learning about what life was like for my ancestors in different periods and in different countries. Classically, people come to genealogy in an effort to make their own knowledge of family accessible to their grandchildren. For others, a sense of origin is important. Some endeavor to fill in as many blanks as possible in their pedigree charts, carefully evaluating evidence as they go. In episodes of the American and British <i>Who Do You Think You Are?</i> television series, celebrities often desire to explore the less-known or less-famous parts of their families.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a> Many join lineage organizations to celebrate famous or infamous forebears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me be clear on this: I regard every effort in genealogy as a legitimate effort. All have value.</div>
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</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-23389043366405617002011-11-01T17:01:00.000-07:002012-05-24T07:43:40.614-07:00Whoever started the idea that a genealogist could be demanding?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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Donald Lines Jacobus is widely recognized as the father of modern genealogy. As such, he was the first person inducted into the Genealogy Hall of Fame by the National Genealogical Society:</div>
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The first eight issues of the journal Jacobus began were devoted to the genealogy of the earliest families in <place><city>New Haven</city>, <state>Connecticut</state></place>. As this topic ended, Jacobus renamed the journal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The American Genealogist.</i> The first paragraph of his “Preface” to that edition gave his goals:</div>
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The American Genealogist is an independent journal of genealogy, not connected with any society or organization. Its editorial staff is a voluntary association of genealogists, professional and amateur, who are giving their time and services to aid in producing “a quarterly of quality” for the benefit of all who are interested in the subject.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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This paragraph continues with a call-to-arms that was characterized as “blunt” in the 75<sup>th</sup> edition of <stockticker><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TAG</i></stockticker><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></div>
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The aim is to elevate the standards of genealogical scholarship, while at the same time providing readable and helpful articles for those who are seeking knowledge. We will not print junk or bunk, nor warmed-over data filched from the pages of earlier investigators. We demand documentation, and maintain that the only primary sources of knowledge are official records and contemporary writings. We will ruthlessly expose blunders and long-accepted errors, and will correct our own mistakes if we are misguided in our statements.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></a></span></div>
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That sentiment is 79 years old, but still can draw gasps. In celebration of NaNoBloMo, I began thirty days of definitions and thoughts on the subject of scholarly genealogy and its beginnings and meaning. </div>
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NaNoBloMo is an undertaking to blog daily through the month of November. For more information, see <a href="http://www.blogher.com/blogher-topics/blogging-social-media/nablopomo"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.blogher.com/blogher-topics/blogging-social-media/nablopomo</span></a>. </div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Donald Lines Jacobus, “Preface,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The American Genealogist</i> <strike>13</strike> 9 (1932-1933): xiv; </span><a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">www.americanancestors.org</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> : viewed <date day="1" month="11" year="2011">1 Nov 2011</date>. Note that one achieves the page of roman numerals by searching for page 1, then clicking for the “previous” page twice.</span></div>
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For centuries in the West the genetic/biological description of family has been highly correlated with Western religious and political views of family. Each person has one sperm-supplying parent, and one egg-supplying parent, i.e., two parents of opposite sexes: exactly the type of couple able to marry in mainstream Judeo-Christian churches; and exactly the type of couple defined legally at the <country-region><place>U.S.</place></country-region> federal level by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). </div>
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Whatever the arrangement and whoever the people are, it is important to record the family unit “as is.” Therefore, when you record two individuals in a relationship portray it on a family group sheet… If there are children produced from a nontraditional pairing, show them as you normally would, as issue from the union.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2851a2;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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In the real world, a child’s parents might be parents through biology, parents through adoption, parents through egg or semen donation, parents through marriage, foster parents, or family members who are not biological parents to that particular child. The City of <city><place>Boston</place></city> even has a public housing unit set aside specifically for families in which children are being raised by grandparents.</div>
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The reality of a family can wander all over the place. It can be far more complex than one male parent and one female parent. My own daughter legally has one mother and one father. She has in reality one birth mother, one birth father, one adoptive mother, one adoptive father, and two stepmothers. The kid has six parents, two full-blood siblings, and seven half-blood siblings. When she was in kindergarten, local people “knew” she was my only child. When she told her classmates about her siblings, she was called a liar. Harsh words for a kid who was telling the truth to a bunch of other kids who didn’t know how complex families can be.</div>
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When we get into just who it is that we research, even more complexity can come into play. What are the dynamics of the family in which a child grew up? Was the focus on one social/cultural part of their extended kinship network? </div>
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When I first started doing genealogy, I filled in my pedigree chart. I did family group sheets for each couple in the pedigree chart. I was happy just so long as I could keep adding names to that chart. Then the second level of genealogy infected me. I wanted more than names and dates. I wanted the stories of the people. I remember exactly when I made this transition. I was reading my fourth great grandfather’s pension application – only in order to figure out his birth date for the chart – when I could hear his words, as if he was talking to me. From there, I had to learn about the battles in which he had fought and the life he had lived in the old hometown. I was hooked. Consequently, I get fewer names onto the pedigree chart, but I know far more about each person.</div>
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Recently Josh Rothman, a blogger for the Boston Globe under the blog name Brainiac, reviewed a book on genealogy. His opening blog paragraph caught my attention:</div>
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In recent years, interest in genealogy has become a globe-conquering phenomenon – people everywhere are combing birth records, and even traveling abroad, to unearth the “real story” about their ancestral roots. What, though, are they really finding? In “Ancestors and Relatives: Genealogy, Identity, and Community,” Eviatar Zerubavel, a sociologist at Rutger’s University, argues that genealogies aren’t really the straightforward, objective accounts we often presume them to be. Instead they’re heavily curated social constructions, which tell us as much about our own values as they do about our origins. Genealogies aren’t found – they’re made.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2851a2;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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The profound insight appears to be that we have complex families and that we apply presentism in some way to our understanding of the past. He is saying that what we say and what we focus on says more about us than about our ancestors. The bottom line is that we pick and choose the ancestors that interest us the most. Then we view them with our contemporary understandings and values.</div>
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I actually didn’t find this to be news. This put me in mind of a genealogy book review over twelves years old:</div>
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Although the author succeeded in treating the social changes of the twentieth century, the reviewer was left with a few questions – not about the book, but about how we write our own family histories. We print them on acid-free paper and bind them with library binding, clearly planning that they will still be on the shelves in four or five generations. How will society’s perceptions and understandings change in 150 years? One hundred years ago, an author might have seen alcoholism as moral degeneracy. Twenty years ago, it was seen as a disease. There are still some members of American society who see alcoholism as a habit from which sufferers can easily recover. What, really, will our great grandchildren see in the story of an alcoholic? We can surmise that they will read it with the eyes of people who know far more than we do about its possible genetic origins. In addition, they will also see the moral and cultural slant of the author who tells the story. Our own values will become visible through the voices with which we write.</div>
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Actually, this brings to mind a truism from interior decorating. What remains fresh the longest are designs which draw on classical and traditional influences. What become dated fast are designs which attempt to be fully contemporary, thus becoming immediately recognizable as those of a distinct, and limited, time period… How much should we reveal? And how much does what we tell reveal about ourselves?<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2851a2;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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The photo above is one I took today at the local Barnes and Noble store. It shows the genealogy books available there. Because I was quoting George, I thought showing his book (and Megan's) on how to do genealogy might be fun. Online genealogy is certainly a big topic there.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2851a2;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Josh Rothman, “Are Genealogies Just Social Constructs?” Brainiac blog posting dated <date day="19" month="10" year="2011">19 Oct 2011</date>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Boston Globe</i>; </span><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/10/are_genealogies.html"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/10/are_genealogies.html</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> : viewed <date day="25" month="10" year="2011">25 Oct 2011</date>.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2851a2;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Barbara Jean Mathews, CG, book review, “A Dutch-English Odyssey: Stories of Brewer and Estey Families in <place>North America</place>,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New England Historical and Genealogical Register</i> 153 (April 1999): 244.</span></div>
</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-12282986489850365592011-10-17T07:47:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:13:11.816-08:00Playing Dominos: the Illumination of the Non-Authoritative<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Indexes, abstracts, and transcriptions have their places in research. I learned something new about that last week in <city><place>Salt Lake City</place></city>. There a respected <place>New England</place> researcher and writer helped me with my transcription of the will and inventory from the estate of Gov. Thomas Welles of <state><place>Connecticut</place></state>.</div>
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The governor wrote his own will. For many years he was also secretary of the General Court, that is, the colonial legislature of <state><place>Connecticut</place></state>. The colony’s Fundamental Orders are in his handwriting. It is consistent in its presentation. Each letter form is unique. This would be absolutely wonderful if not for the fact that the governor’s handwriting was old-fashioned for his time. I’ve found that headaches can ensue when I deal with the written hand of either Thomas Welles or Matthew Grant, great record-keepers but old-school in handwriting style.</div>
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The governor’s estate file is on microfilm, but the documents in the file are negative photostats.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> The other files filmed that day appear to contain original documents, so this was a conundrum for me originally. I used every trick in the book to create the most legible photocopy possible but I was still missing quite a few words.</div>
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Apparently many decades ago, staff members at the Connecticut State Library pulled the original estate documents of several famous people and put them into two flat files. I imagine that they could then be monitored more easily. I’ve been working on a book on the governor’s descendants for ten years now, but only last fall learned about the flat files. I thus went to <city><place>Salt Lake City</place></city> armed with photographs of several original wills and other documents from that period in <city><place>Hartford</place></city>. This is why I love my smartphone. I could pull up those wills and expand the photograph until each word could be read separately.</div>
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The governor’s will has been transcribed by others before me. The version most widely available is by Charles William Manwaring in his abstracts of the probate court record books to 1750.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> The inventory had not been fully explored in this way.</div>
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The copy of the will and inventory in the probate court record book were more readable, but the inventory omitted the structure that showed the rooms. This makes sense, doesn’t it? The clerk was fitting as much as he could into the book’s space whereas the appraisers had a full sheet of paper. The probate court clerk in 1660 was familiar with the older style of handwriting than I was and therefore could act as my interpreter.</div>
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On the third floor of the Family History Library in <city><place>Salt Lake City</place></city>, <personname>Bob Anderson</personname> tutored me. We had my photograph of the original inventory (written in haste and somewhat sloppily by John Cotton), his photocopy of the record book copy (with a <i>huge</i> scratch obliterating one row of writing), and the library’s online access to the Oxford English Dictionary, I learned to figure out how 17<sup>th</sup> century words were used. What I thought was a silk rug? Now it’s a list rug with a footnote that a list was a border. The linen[?] cupboard that confused me (I thought they would have called it a linen press) is now a livery cupboard. Although the O.E.D. admits that the word today is used to denote uniforms, in the 17<sup>th</sup> century livery was also used to describe food and drink. That cupboard stored comestibles which is perhaps why it also stored the beer bowl, wine cup and silver spoons. </div>
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It is like a line of dominoes standing on their edges. Push the first down and they all fall down in order. We have the governor’s original handwriting set into a newer hand by the court clerk. Then we have Manwaring reading a book written in one clerk’s hand. By comparing either one of those transcriptions back against the original, I can assess how much I agree and how much I need to learn. </div>
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Mills cautions us to take into account the skill of the creator.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a> In this case, I learned to piggyback my understanding on the skills of earlier transcribers. </div>
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We apply the term “genealogy” to families, but Foucault also applied it to the development of ideas.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> Others have applied the term to the development of derivative documents from original documents. We often stop at the thought that derivative documents don't have the authority of the original. They don’t, of course, but they can sometimes be illuminating.</div>
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</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-33423661574384083282011-10-14T16:23:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:13:27.810-08:00Objects in the Mirror Are Not Authoritative: The "Indirect Citation"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXSmhT1688Q1wwRSRFUakXt4bqgqsVCN9vZXHrRTbjdfWWz3QX_4vSWNQgvtJGbCqymqtU3uTEHY-TqcQQGIFDDj8QFlQRJJnBQqGEe9js1dPS0KWOx9pdHWvjhrIexOnw9TmIb8Z0Nck/s1600/MP900163448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXSmhT1688Q1wwRSRFUakXt4bqgqsVCN9vZXHrRTbjdfWWz3QX_4vSWNQgvtJGbCqymqtU3uTEHY-TqcQQGIFDDj8QFlQRJJnBQqGEe9js1dPS0KWOx9pdHWvjhrIexOnw9TmIb8Z0Nck/s320/MP900163448.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Earlier I updated the Homer and Charry ahnentafel entries with citations to church and vital records indexes. Each of these citations noted what the index stated about where to find the original record. I write as I research. This indirect citation is thus an interim step. If an index provides a volume and page number, I put it in the working citation. If a book cites gravestones or vital records, I quote the book's information in the footnote. This is a useful habit for the "res-write" process,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> that is, synchronized research and writing, because it stores that interim step. The next research step is to use that index information to find the original record. <br />
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Sadly enough, if I am working on my family, I sometimes go no farther than the indirect citation. <state><place>Connecticut</place></state> is my specialty area and my family's origins. It is in <state><place>Connecticut</place></state> that the massive Barbour index to vital records to 1850 tempts me every time. I can do four Barbour look-ups in the time it takes to mount a microfilm reel and view the record itself. If I viewed it, I could cite it. But I don't view it so that citation stays indirect and quotes the slip index citing the location.<br />
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The credibility of my work product would improve if I went to the vital records (or their microfilm copies) every time. As genealogical standards state, "The original is the most authoritative source."<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> Not much room for argument there.<br />
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Producing a credible work product means employing the qualities of trustworthiness and expertise. How can we achieve a greater level of expertise? One way to show competence is to use better quality sources. With those, we show that we can weigh sources and that we have knowledge of where to find such sources. In a brief hour in <city><place>Hartford</place></city> weeks ago, I was able to gather index entries that will lead me to better sources.</div>
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Being an avid genealogist, I did enjoy digging around to find the sources for the events regarding Homer and Charry. It was satisfying to link the actual contents of the sources with the facts they supported. One overarching “fact” however is not stated explicitly in their entries or in most ahnentafels. That fact is the identity of each individual’s parents. As I continue to explore reliable sources for Homer and Charry, I will start noting which sources identify parents.</div>
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I posted the ahnentafel entries for Homer and Charity “Charry” (<city><place>Everett</place></city>) Curtiss earlier using the sources originally provided in the online family tree which originally misled Wikipedia. A quick search of slip indexes at the Connecticut State Library revealed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a few more details. Those are indexes and thus they point us to original records. I haven’t spent more time yet, beyond a brief attempt to read the <city><place>Salisbury</place></city> church records prior to 1797. Even so, I’m making an interim update to the Homer and Charry entries using what sources I’ve seen so far.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">[Travelogue Warning - 1 paragraph]</span> I write as I research. My preferred work style while I’m at a library is to run back to my computer and update the word processing file or genealogy database as soon as I find something. It’s the only way I keep things straight in my head. For now, until I get another free hour in <city><place>Hartford</place></city>, the indexes are the closest thing I have to better records. They are what I will cite. I also plan to find Evidence Explained here in <city><place>Salt Lake City</place></city> so I can double-check the citations to the Barbour Index. If I were at home, it would be on the shelf next to my desk.</div>
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#122, Homer Curtiss, b. 30 May 1787 in Warren, Connecticut, the son of Augustin and Lodema Curtiss;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a> bapt. 31 Aug. 1800 in Warren on the right of his mother Lodema, wife of Augustin Curtiss;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a> d. <city>30 Apr. 1886</city>, bur. in Waverly, Morgan Co., Illinois;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a> m. 25 Oct. 1810.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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#123, Charity “Charry” <city><place>Everett</place></city>, b. <date day="16" month="10" year="1790">16 Oct. 1790</date>;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></a> bapt. <date day="20" month="7" year="1800">20 July 1800</date> in Warren by right of Abner Everett and his wife;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></a> d. <date day="30" month="12" year="1876">30 Dec 1876</date>, bur. in Waverly where she shares a headstone with Homer.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[7]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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It makes me a happy genealogist to know which records confirm Homer and Charry’s parents, who will later become numbers 244, 245, and 246, Charry’s mother, number 247, just needs a tad more work. A name would be nice. From the structure of the baptism record, it appears that she herself was a church member, so that is a place to start a search. </div>
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On October 2<sup>nd</sup> a handful of lucky New England genealogists attended a three-hour, hands-on workshop about footnotes and source citations presented by Thomas W. Jones, Sr., PhD, CG, CGL, FASG. He made the point that a citation has two over-arching goals. One is to permit you or anyone else to find the source again. The second is to provide enough information about the source that the reader can assess and weigh it.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[8]</span></span></span></span></span></a> In the realm of the practical, the workshop has helped me to understand better how to combine two sources into one footnote, which this ahnentafel project requires. </div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a> Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Warren Vital Records 1:21 [slip index], Connecticut State Library, <city><place>Hartford</place></city>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a> Connecticut Church Records Index, Warren Church of Christ <time hour="14" minute="45">2:45</time> [slip index], Connecticut State Library.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a> <place><stockticker>Laura Guthrie Curtis Preston, <i>The Curtis Family: a Record of some of the Descendants of Deodatus Curtis of </i><stockticker><stockticker><i>Braintree</i></stockticker><i>, </i><stockticker><i>Massachusetts</i></stockticker></stockticker><i> </i>(Marietta, Ohio: self-pub., 1945), 33. <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11767168">Photograph of gravestone</a>: Cheryl Behrend and Paula Berry Nelson, “Homer Curtiss,” Memorial # 11767168, <i>Find-A-Grave</i>; <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.findagrave.com</span></a> : <date day="6" month="10" year="2011"><stockticker>6 Oct 2011</stockticker></date>. </div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a> <place><stockticker>Preston</stockticker></place>, <i>The Curtis Family</i>, 33. Note that the wife’s name is unidentified in Charles H. Weygant, <i>The Sacketts of </i><country-region><place><stockticker><i>America</i></stockticker></place></country-region><i>: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1630-1907 </i>(Newburgh, New York: [journal print,] 1907), 254.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></a> Connecticut Church Records Index, Warren Church of Christ 2:43 [slip index].</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[7]</span></span></span></span></span></a> <place><stockticker>Preston</stockticker></place>, <i>The Curtis Family</i>, 33. <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11767168">Photograph of gravestone</a>: Behrend and Nelson, “Homer Curtiss,” <i>Find-A-Grave</i></stockticker></date>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[8]</span></span></span></span></span></a> Thomas W. Jones, Sr., “Seeing the <place><stockticker>Forest</stockticker></place> <stockticker>AND</stockticker> the Trees: Mastering the Craft of Genealogical Documentation,” workshop presented to the New England Chapter of APG, <date day="2" month="10" year="2011"><stockticker>2 October 2011</stockticker></date>, <place><stockticker><placename><stockticker>Boston</stockticker></placename> <placetype><stockticker>University</stockticker></placetype></stockticker></place>. The chapter plans to make this available in <stockticker>DVD</stockticker> format.</div>
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</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-36818432796598436992011-10-07T08:00:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:13:52.727-08:00What Would Homer and Charry’s Ahnentafel Entry Look Like with Source Citations?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YTsQwkAk124-a52Rb1w-sMg3h5lAXFfBPwcv0Wt9l4GdScJcXwCdnlkndcnwjaPY5w1km6yvoMdie8K8su_8GFlp-htfr4EW17KKIAI3lknk5kx86gN86q6H-RFK6Bvqbiu0opAqZIPK/s1600/MP900437296%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YTsQwkAk124-a52Rb1w-sMg3h5lAXFfBPwcv0Wt9l4GdScJcXwCdnlkndcnwjaPY5w1km6yvoMdie8K8su_8GFlp-htfr4EW17KKIAI3lknk5kx86gN86q6H-RFK6Bvqbiu0opAqZIPK/s320/MP900437296%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In an earlier posting, I looked at Homer and Charity “Charry” (<place><city>Everett</city></place>) Curtiss, who were ancestors 122 and 123 in an online ahnentafel.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a> That ahnentafel had some sources listed under Homer’s entry. There were several issues with how those sources were listed. My complaint was that they were not linked to the particular statements of fact that they supported. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Here is what I think the ahnentafel entry on Homer and Charry would look like if its source citations were done in a standard format. I haven’t changed the presentation of facts in this entry nor have I changed which sources were used in any significant way. I’ve simply attached citations to statements of fact.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">#122. Homer Curtiss, b. <date day="30" month="5" year="1787">30 May 1787</date> CT;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a> d. <date day="30" month="4" year="1886">30 Apr 1886</date> Waverly, Morgan Co., IL;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a> m. <date day="25" month="10" year="1810">25 Oct 1810</date><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">#123. Charity <place><city>Everett</city></place>, b. <date day="16" month="10" year="1789">16 Oct 1789/90</date> CT;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></a> d. <date day="30" month="12" year="1876">30 Dec 1876</date><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When I first ran those online citations down, astute blog readers noted that the quality of the sources used was not the best. Citations allow us to weigh the reliability of what we are reading. The three books in particular set off warning bells. The Weygant book fails to supply dates, locations, or even the name of Homer’s wife, although it does list several children. The Carter genealogy fails to marry Homer off at all. Only the Curtiss book provides full dates, locations and names. None of the books includes source citations.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The <i>Find-a-Grave</i> site provides a photograph of a shared gravestone. One reader pointed out that the stone’s design may be more recent than the 1886 death of Homer. This is a serious question. If the stone was more recent, then there is a possibility that it was installed far from the time in which the events happened. The stone only carries years of birth and death.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In seeking to find a credible way to present this genealogical information, we have come closer to showing the qualities of being well-intentioned and truthful as we have shown the limitations of what we know. We have also shown a small amount of expertise, as we have linked the statements of fact to individual source citations. Better sources are available. By using them, we could improve the credibility and reliability of the ahnentafel work product.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1" style="mso-element: footnote;"><div class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Robert Battle, Michael Hurdle [contributor], “Ancestry of Sarah Palin,” updated </span><date day="15" month="9" year="2008"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">15 Sept. 2008</span></date><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, <i>Rootsweb;</i> <a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/"><span style="color: #2288bb;">www.rootsweb.ancestry.com</span></a> : </span><date day="6" month="10" year="2011"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">6 Oct 2011</span></date><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></div></div><div id="ftn2" style="mso-element: footnote;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Howard Williston Carter, <i>Carter: a Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Carter of </i></span><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Reading</span></i></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and </span></i><stockticker><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Weston</span></i></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, </span></i><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mass.</span></i></stockticker></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, and of </span></i><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hebron</span></i></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and </span></i><stockticker><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Warren</span></i></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, </span></i><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ct.</span></i></stockticker></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, also Some Account of Some Descendants of his Brothers</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, Eleazer, Daniel, Ebenezer and Ezra, Sons of Thomas Carter and Grandsons of Rev. Thomas Carter, First Minister of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1642</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(Norfolk, Connecticut: self-pub., 1909), 38. Laura Guthrie Curtis Preston, <i>The Curtis Family: a Record of some of the Descendants of Deodatus Curtis of </i></span><stockticker><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Braintree</span></i></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, </span></i><stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Massachusetts</span></i></stockticker></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(Marietta, Ohio: self-pub., 1945), 33.</span></div></div><div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><stockticker><place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Preston</span></place></stockticker><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, <i>The Curtis Family</i>, 33. <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=11767168&PIpi=4192329">Photograph of gravestone</a>: Cheryl Behrend and Paula Berry Nelson, “Homer Curtiss,” <i>Find-A-Grave</i>, Memorial # 11767168; <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.findagrave.com</span></a> : </span><stockticker><date day="6" month="10" year="2011"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">6 Oct 2011.</span></date></stockticker></div></div><div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><stockticker><place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Preston</span></place></stockticker><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, <i>The Curtis Family</i>, 33. Note that the wife’s name is unidentified in Charles H. Weygant, <i>The Sacketts of </i></span><stockticker><place><country-region><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">America</span></i></country-region></place></stockticker><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1630-1907 </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(Newburgh, New York: [journal print,] 1907), 254.</span></div></div><div id="ftn5" style="mso-element: footnote;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><stockticker><place><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Preston</span></place></stockticker><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, <i>The Curtis Family</i>, 33.</span></div></div><div id="ftn6" style="mso-element: footnote;"><div class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #2288bb;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Edward Franklin Everett, Descendants of Richard Everett of </span><place><city><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dedham</span></city><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, </span><state><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mass.</span></state></place><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> (Boston: privately printed, 1902), 76.</span></div></div></div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-61347596797031349632011-10-06T16:22:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:14:07.050-08:00What Makes our Work Credible?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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We all want to save our work for posterity, for our children and grandchildren. Many of us also want to make our research available to others to aid them in their work. Whatever our goals, without credibility, our work products will fall short of our intentions. </div>
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A decade ago, the issue of credibility was addressed for computer websites. A research team based at <place><placename>Stanford</placename> <placetype>University</placetype></place> put together a large-scale survey and analyzed the results. The report defined credibility in terms that make for a useful discussion. [Emphasis below was in the original.]</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">To set the stage for the methods and results of our study, we first need to define “credibility,” the focus of our research. Simply put, <i>credibility </i>can be defined as <i>believability</i>. Credible people are believable people; credible information is believable information. In fact, some languages use the same word for these two English terms.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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The authors pointed out that credibility is a perception. It can be usefully evaluated as having two qualities, trustworthiness and expertise. </div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Trustworthiness</span></b><span style="color: blue;">, a key element of the credibility calculus, is defined by the terms <i>well-intentioned, truthful, unbiased,</i> and so on. The trustworthiness dimension of credibility captures the perceived goodness or morality of the source.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Expertise</span></b><span style="color: blue;">, the other dimension of credibility, is defined by terms such as <i>knowledgeable, experienced, competent,</i> and so on. The expertise dimension of credibility captures the perceived knowledge and skill of the source.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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Our approaches to dealing with the conflicting evidence will produce greater or lesser credibility in our work product. Let us go back to the question I once had from an audience member, a question about which record to ignore for a death date: the gravestone or the death certificate. There are quite a few scenarios that we could follow in presenting the two pieces of conflicting information. To contrast just two such scenarios:</div>
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Scenario 1: We pick the death record and put that date into our pedigree chart. We don’t add a footnote or source citation. We make no comment or asterisk that any other information existed. (Essentially this is what I would have done when I was a newbie genealogist back in the day.) <i>Trustworthiness:</i> we’ve violated trustworthiness because we haven’t been truthful about all the material we found. Should another researcher find the information we omitted, then our work will appear incompetent and incomplete. <i>Expertise:</i> Our lack of a footnote will make our work appear inexperienced. <i>Outcome: </i>Dropping the conflicting evidence leads to poor credibility.</div>
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Scenario 2: We place the death certificate date in the pedigree chart. We include a footnote that cites the death certificate. In the footnote we make a comment that the tombstone has a different date. We explain why we didn’t pick that date and went, instead, with the date on the certificate signed by the medical doctor who attended the deceased. <i>Trustworthiness:</i> We have shown that we can be trusted to present everything we find and that we make choices among conflicting information using thoughtful, analytic (and thus unbiased) reasons. <i>Expertise:</i> Our footnote shows that we have the proper skill set to do reliable genealogical work. Our explanation of why we picked one date shows that we can weigh and balance evidence. <i>Outcome:</i> We have produced a credible pedigree chart. </div>
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We have the power to create credible work products by demonstrating trustworthiness and expertise. What a delight to have a way in which to evaluate credibility.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7176042610572989263#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> B.J. Fogg, Jonathan Marshall, Othman Laraki, Alex Osipovich, Chris Varma, Nicholas Fang, Jyoti Paul, Akshay Rangnekar, John Shon, Preet Swani, and Marissa Treinen, “What Makes Web Sites Credible? A Report on a Large Quantitative Study,” <i>Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sciences</i> (<city><place>New York City</place></city>: Association for Computing Machinery, 2001), vol. 3 (31 March-5 April):61.</span></div>
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</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-7459602340986508802011-09-30T08:00:00.001-07:002022-03-03T09:34:44.112-08:00Why I Think that Conflicting Evidence Gives Us Great Opportunities<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><place></place></div><br />
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Opportunity? Some of the most interesting breakthroughs in genealogy begin with a researcher noticing conflict in evidence.<br />
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<em>[Those allergic to travelogues may skip the next three paragraphs. I was complaining about this type of writing earlier this week. I guess I'll have to eat crow on this topic!]</em><br />
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</em>When I was a newbie genealogist, I wanted straightforward facts. I wanted consistent dates and clear locations. I wanted direct evidence about family structure. Relentlessly I filled out my pedigree chart. My biggest concern was whether I named a location by its current name or by its colonial name (Milford, New Haven Colony; or Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut?).<br />
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About eight years into my genealogy career, i.e., around 1992, I had my first chance to speak outside of local societies. I was asked to fill in for a speaker who would not make the joint Tarrytown, New York, event co-sponsored by NEHGS and NYG&B. I have no idea how my name came up on the list, but the topic at hand was the evaluation of evidence. The original presenter had been a lawyer. I knew I had not a chance in H-E-doubly-hockey sticks of truly filling his shoes.<br />
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I had to find a way to discuss evidence analysis without getting too sticky. I realized that I had a few documents in my own family files that were in conflict with other documents. I had the gall to title the 1992 speech, “Not Quite Right: Finding Errors in Sources.” I guess I knew it all back then.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><em>[Those allergic to travelogues can resume reading here.]</em></span><br />
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</em></span>In looking back, I have to admit that my approach to conflicting evidence has changed in the last two decades. I still think that a person can only be born or die once, that is, on one date in one location. A part of me continues to be determined to figure that out what is true. Over time, however, I’ve come to understand that I need to keep the complexity and ambiguity of the underlying source materials in my files, in my mind, and in my writing about them.<br />
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My chance to speak on Geneabloggers’ Radio on Friday night with Pat Richley-Erickson, Claire Brisson-Banks and Michael Hait about conflicting evidence has made me take a deeper look. Everywhere I look, I see that at its core conflicting evidence represents great research opportunity. <br />
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The link to BlogTalk Radio for Friday is <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/2011/10/01/digging-deeper-dealing-with-conflicting-genealogy-evidence">Digging Deeper: Dealing with Conflicting Genealogy Evidence</a> . The show begins at 10 pm Eastern time.<br />
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This week sees the introduction of a new book in France examining the causes of a fraud perpetrated by a woman named Misha Defonseca.[1] It may not be a coincidence that the publisher of this new book explaining (read: <em>explaining</em> <em>away</em>) Misha’s fraud is the same publisher who originally published the fraudulent story.[2] French law differs from American law. Misha’s quick admission of error and the publisher's psychological excuse for that error might possibly serve to limit legal liability in the long run. All that, though, is an issue for the courts.<br />
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The original fraud was uncovered a few years ago by Sharon Sergeant, a professional genealogist working in Massachusetts. Sharon noticed that Misha’s book about her life as a child during World War II had different versions in the U.S. and in France. What had been altered was the evidence about the family in which Misha had grown up. When the book was published in France, evidence about Misha’s origins in Belgium was removed. Sharon investigated this conflicting evidence and uncovered fraud. The presentation of the conflicting evidence caused the author to admit it was fabricated.[3]<br />
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Noticing a conflict in evidence provided Sharon with a toehold on a hidden situation. Where we encounter conflict in evidence, we might be encountering a good story, a journal article, or just simply an excellent genealogy adventure. Think positive about conflict!<br />
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[1] Lionel Duroy, <em>Survivre avec les Loups: la Véritable Histoire de Misha Defonseca</em> (France: XO Editions, 2011).<br />
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[2] Misha Defonseca, Vera Lee [co-writer], and Marie-Thérèse Cuny [trans./auteur], <em>Survivre avec les Loups</em> (France: XO Editions, 2005).<br />
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[2] Caleb Daniloff, “A Genealogist Reveals the Painful Truth about Three Holocaust Memoirs: They’re Fiction,” <em>Bostonia</em>, Summer 2009 issue; <a href="http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/summer09/hoax/">http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/summer09/hoax/</a> , viewed 29 September 2011. Scroll down to the section titled Red Flags and Zigzags to see what evidence was in conflict.Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-29560675308042928762011-09-29T15:40:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:14:35.096-08:00How Do We Notice Conflicting Evidence?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape id="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 6in; width: 329.25pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"><imagedata o:title="MP900444868" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\BARBAR~1.BAR\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></imagedata></shape></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-z7UEyBVeH86STxlyK8r8XxSfmBxmrc9aI4S-xpYPCBC-ioPDAvdi3pZk_7rJnk9eeFK3Qfae2JTIf8CgHAyznU-BJ3C9eTA8gfniffdJSKTaM5ZAtrmmV3uAWy-w2DMMvbDNKz_c7TR/s1600/MP900444868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-z7UEyBVeH86STxlyK8r8XxSfmBxmrc9aI4S-xpYPCBC-ioPDAvdi3pZk_7rJnk9eeFK3Qfae2JTIf8CgHAyznU-BJ3C9eTA8gfniffdJSKTaM5ZAtrmmV3uAWy-w2DMMvbDNKz_c7TR/s320/MP900444868.JPG" width="243" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It just so happens that an essay about a conflicting-evidence case is the sixth portfolio element in an application to become a Board-certified genealogist.[1] As a board member, I’ve spoken a handful of times about the certification process. Often audience members will ask if a particular case they have would qualify as a good portfolio element. I can’t answer that question; there is simply no way for me to know based on a two-sentence description when many documents and quite a bit of study would be needed to even know what the case is. However, in a broad way, I have a few guidelines.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I think that we sort through conflicting evidence very often in our research. The thing is, we sift it out fairly quickly. How many times have you used a city directory and found more than one person by a name? Quickly, we realize that we are tracking the William Snow who lives on Broad Street and not the one who lives on <place>Main</place>. Recently, I was following the <personname>Thomas H. Roberts</personname> who was a funeral director in <city><place>Detroit</place></city> and not the one who was a carpenter, although it did occur to me that carpenters could make coffins. One of my friends told me she was tracking a Patrick Murphy and the two men by that name both had wives named Mary. Fortunately, she knew which occupation each had.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Looking at these problems from outside our own mindsets, we could also say that we had conflicting information. We could say that Patrick Murphy lived at two addresses for a number of years. My friend ended up doing a conflicting evidence analysis on the two men so that she could sort out exactly which one’s death certificate her client actually needed — and how she’d recognize the right certificate when she found it. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In my work on the Welles family, I’ve frequently found situations in which two men with the same name live in the same town during the Revolution. It seems that within five generations there were enough cousins naming children after grandparents and uncles that confusion can reign. I found two instances of men named Josiah Welles marrying a woman named Anna Stillman. Only one was correct. There is an article there if I ever find the time to write it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If we can grasp the conflict before we sift it out, we might be able to capture something important. So, the next time you find conflicting evidence, think, “There might be a journal article in here someplace.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[1] Board for Certification of Genealogist, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The BCG Application Guide</i> (<place><city>Washington</city>, <state>DC</state></place>: Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2011), pp. 6-7, <a href="http://bcgcertification.org/brochures/BCGAppGuide2011.pdf"><span style="color: purple;">http://bcgcertification.org/brochures/BCGAppGuide2011.pdf</span></a> , viewed <date day="29" month="9" year="2011">29 September 2011</date>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-223918336343319432011-09-29T06:35:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:14:46.750-08:00Conflicting Evidence: What Is It?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcd55jyqZM09toZ3ScEMJslhAQsfU5pv_r0TbshQAQsgLhbHnVFQ9T-yCa4_8GDOG4n1P5tHXYkhxJ-e5ttXhjh3WYIH9Mir_X1nC0hdI2GZrC3qG9IP-jALpo8RLB3wgEakOBvhfo_yq/s1600/New+Image.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcd55jyqZM09toZ3ScEMJslhAQsfU5pv_r0TbshQAQsgLhbHnVFQ9T-yCa4_8GDOG4n1P5tHXYkhxJ-e5ttXhjh3WYIH9Mir_X1nC0hdI2GZrC3qG9IP-jALpo8RLB3wgEakOBvhfo_yq/s1600/New+Image.PNG" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What is “evidence”? What does it mean when it is “conflicting”? Succinctly put:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">A document contains “evidence” only in terms of your research question. If your question is, “Was Charles the father of Barbara?” then Barbara’s birth certificate will contain direct evidence by naming her father. On the other hand, Barbara’s APG membership card will have little evidentiary value in answering that question.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Evidence is “direct” if it provides an answer to the research question. Everyone’s favorite example of this is a household group in the 1880 federal census in which relationship to the head of household is stated.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Evidence is “indirect” if it can be used to support an answer in a subtle way. Everyone’s favorite example of indirect evidence is a household group in the 1850 federal census. For example, if Barbara was a one-year-old youngster living in the household of Charles in 1850, we could conclude that the household structure does not preclude Barbara as a child of Charles. If they were related, this is just what we would expect to find. However, the census makes no direct statement about relationship and such a household structure could come about in other ways. We have to live with ambiguity in the 1850 census as it does not provide a direct "yes or no" answer to the research question.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Evidence is “conflicting” when two documents provide completely different answers to the research question.</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I once had an audience member tell me that she had a situation in which the death date on the gravestone and the death date in the vital records were different. She asked me which one she should ignore. I wasn’t horrified by the question. In fact, it was familiar. In my early days as a genealogist, this was how I approached conflicting evidence. I wanted to know which date was right and which date was wrong.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After a few decades of experience, I now understand that it is a bad idea to bury conflicting evidence. If I write about an event as if that conflicting evidence doesn’t exist, then future researchers will be confused. They will find that evidence just as I did and they will doubt the depth of my research or the credibility of my conclusions as a result. Even worse, I might be wrong in my conclusion about which piece of evidence to keep. Therefore, we keep all the evidence we find. I like to make comments in footnotes about conflicting evidence and why I didn’t use it. That lets readers know my thought process and helps in the long run for all of us to come to reliable conclusions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176042610572989263.post-56181891175113774382011-09-27T07:07:00.001-07:002022-03-04T18:15:12.135-08:00Revisiting the Genealogical Travelogue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nearly a decade ago I wrote about the use of travelogue-style organization in genealogical writing.[1] My point-of-view was that genealogical writing should be document-centered. I wrote that a travelogue is only reasonable for a report about negative research findings and then only if it is structured around the types of documents which were sought.<br />
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Recently I had another opportunity to think on this topic. A quarterly journal from a state genealogy society included a travelogue article.[2] To be fair, it is a follow-up to a more conventional article in the previous issue which won the society’s 2012 “Tell Your Family History” prize.[3]</div>
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My thoughts were contradictory to each other. I felt that the articles were both clearly written and that they both analyzed the evidence quite well. Source citations supported the statements of fact. Those sources were credible. The quarterly has an editorial committee and has been improving in article quality every year since I snidely alluded to it in 2002. This article had been approved by the committee. All of these elements were pluses. On the other hand, I came away with an emotional feeling that I had to endure needless details and unnecessary drama. </div>
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It was quite a good story, but I wanted to get to the bottom line quickly. I wanted to learn about the person under discussion and not about the research process.</div>
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I’m sure I speak for all of us when I assert my belief that kinship structures are more stable than routing choices on the AAA roadway map. Kinship can be just as complex and confusing as the roadways in Boston, but I believe that at its core it is impervious to the order in which we make our discoveries.</div>
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[1] Barbara Jean Mathews, <span style="font-size: x-small;">CG</span>, “Reporting on a Brick Wall: the Genealogical Travelogue” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly</i>, 27 (December 2002):129-132. </div>
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[2] Barbara Fay Boudreau, “Searching for William Andrew Fay,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The </i><state><place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Connecticut</i></place></state><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Nutmegger</i>, 44 (September 2011):111-114. </div>
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[3] ______, “William Andrew Fay and Henry ‘Harry’ Edward Fay,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The </i><state><place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Connecticut</i></place></state><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Nutmegger</i>, 44 (June 2011):12-19. </div>Barbara Jean Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06909329971189134434noreply@blogger.com3