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Final Accounting GeneaBloggers 2010 Winter Games

February 26th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (3 Comments)

1  – Go Back and Cite Your Sources!  My award: Platinum

Complete.  This requirement fit in nicely with my current push to reformat my citations recommendation by Mills, in Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. I reformatted 59 of those sources February 17-18.  The drudgery will continue, I have a lot left to do here.
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2 – Back Up Your Data! My award: Platinum

I am still slightly confused by the wording of this requirement, BUT,  I feel safe and comfortable about my backup system.

2A – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg

2B –  http://xrl.in/4jhg

2C – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg

2D – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg

2E – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg

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Category 3 –Organize your Research!  My award: Diamond

Although I feel well organized, I am not sure how an “outsider” who had never looked at my information, would view my system.  I had no clue that it was hard for someone else to understand until my daughter tried to help me file.  Trying to explain about filing woman’s item under their maiden name gave me a headache.  I am working on an explanation which will work for the non genealogist in the family.  There are a lot of them.

I have not completed the final task in this category, but will aim to do so soon.

3A – I filed 32 new items properly in their notebooks on February 17, these hard copies are not original documents and can be replaced, so they are organized by Surname, First Name and added into my huge ring-binder collection. http://xrl.in/4kab

3B  -  I have organized hundreds of files and added tags.  It feels great to have this complete.

3C – complete http://xrl.in/4ljr

3D – I have completed many more than twenty of these.  I actually added tags to all my saved photos.  I am going to be ready to scan some more, now.

3E – I entered 35 new facts into my database, most linked to newly scanned documents from my pile of unentered research. I wish the whole thing was done. Hopefully, soon.

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Category 4:  Expand Your Knowledge!  Award:  Platinum

4A – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6

4B – complete: http://xrl.in/4lj0

4C – complete: http://xrl.in/4ljr

4D – complete: http://xrl.in/4ljr

4E – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12

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Category 5: Write, Write Write!  My award: Diamond

5A – Complete: http://xrl.in/39ye

5C – Complete: http://xrl.in/4j12 , http://xrl.in/4it6 ,

http://xrl.in/4j14, and this one.

5E  – Complete, I added Ahnentafel pages for both my husband and me.

5F – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6

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Category 6 Reach out and perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness.  My award: Gold

I look weak here, but I believe, overall in my genealogical life, I am strong.  I do make every effort to help others.   I am an active member of my local Genealogical Society; and belong to several others.  Until you have experienced assistance from someone who happens to have access to information you cannot otherwise get, it is hard to realize how important this is.  I have also participated in some cooperative research and data sharing with newly found cousins during the Games, but it is not the same as gifting someone with information.  I encourage everyone to help others as much as possible; we can all with with an attitude of helping.

6A – I read 10 new blogs 15 February 2010, and commented on several.

6B – Added 32 memorials and grave photographs to Find-A-Grave to satisfy this requirement on 15 Feb 2010

6G – Complete, I have used the Google follow feature for a couple of blogs. I will probably change them over to my feed reader, since what is how I prefer to follow, but I did meet this condition and will leave them as followed for the duration of the Games.
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The ten inches of snow we received  slowed me down this week. I am expecting to have three VIP’s (grandchildren) visit for the weekend, so I am writing this in advance, for posting on Friday, the closing day.

I believe this exercise has proven to me that I can make progress, it is a matter of how high a priority I can assign to the tasks.  I hope all the participants have benefited as much as I have during the games.

See you all next year.

Some Wexford County Obituaries

February 20th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Organize! | Tools and Information - (0 Comments)

As part of the 2010 Geneablogger Winter Games, I have been organizing my files, renaming some, adding tags and so on. While doing that I came across some information which may help some of you! I posted these on the Wexford, Michigan RootsWeb e-mail list years ago. I think adding it here might reach some people who just “Google” their names. I am often surprised at the search terms which land people on this blog.

While I was copying obituaries from a scrapbook, some “extra” obituaries which were on the pages with my subjects hitchhiked home with me. If you are researching any of these people, please click the “contact me” link at the top right of this page, and e-mail me the name of your subject. I will e-mail you a copy of the obituary.

Last First Year
Agren Gordon Lee 1942
Albright John 1942
Badder Caroline 1942
Baird Mrs. Richard 1942
Benson John 1942
Boggs Kate 1942
Brewer Smith 1942
Brooks Ruppert 1942
Bruyette Mose 1942
Clark Almeda L. 1949
Edelman Mrs. Charles Anna Lindberg 1942
Flynn Frank W. 1942
Fourman Pharon 1942
Greef, Jr. Karl 1949
Ingemanson Mrs. Ola Selma Samuelson 1941
Johnson Mrs. Albert G 1942
Ketchum Alton 1942
Lamunion Glen A. 1940
Long Mr & Mrs George + 4 children 1942
Manktelow Mrs. Albert Florence Chapin 1940
Merrill Lt. Donald W. 1942-1949
Meyer William F. 1942
Miller William R 1942
Miller Frank W. 1949
Monroe Charles Edward 1942
Nelson Baby of Mr. & Mrs. George Nelson 1942
Older Mrs. John Susana Shirer 1942
Rogers Mrs. Charles Blanche Smith 1942
Russ Luie 1942
Servis Clyde 1949
Servis Mrs. Frank Mary Ellen Krager 1942
Stevens Harvey H. 1949
Thompson Orlo 1942
Van Ocker William 1942

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Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Games — Progress!

February 19th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (4 Comments)

Over the past couple of days, I have been doing the factory work of genealogy. Since I committed to do a lot of that in my resolutions earlier this year, it is about time I got to it!

A few years ago, I went through my shelves, and read through every notebook filled with copies, notes and information. I entered all data into my computer, added sources, scanned everything, and breathed a sigh of relief, which I am sure was heard in Siberia.

Then Evidence Explained was published, and my genealogy program was updated to help me cite properly. All of this lead to my realization that a citation is not a citation, or at least every citation is not created equal. Luckily, I can print a report showing my sources and where they are used in citations. Thank you RootsMagic!

Well maybe not. The report is 339 pages long. No, I did not print it, I saved it as a pdf. If there is any good news here, it is that I have actually sourced my facts, and the information I need is present. Additionally, my newer citations are entered more correctly, and will not need revision. The bad news is that many of my sources need to be re-entered, changed around, or somehow corrected.

On to the Winter Games progress for on Task 1, “Go back and cite your sources!” I have thus far added 64 correctly formatted citations to my database, qualifying Granny’s Genealogy for a platinum medal in Task One. The work will continue!

For Task 3A , I filed 32 new items properly in their notebooks  these hard copies are not original documents and can be replaced, so they are organized by Surname, First Name and added into my huge ring-binder collection.

I moved on to Task 3B, and can report that I renamed, organized, tagged, and separated into computer folders, 282 digital files containing transcriptions of various events, including deeds, obituaries and so on. These are now filed in folders by surname, the same way my hard copies in notebooks are. I am happy to have this done, and it will make adding new transcriptions and locating the material already transcribed much easier.

So, I am in the running for at least a Silver medal in Category 3, and there is time left before the closing ceremonies!

Progress Report #3, 2010 GeneaBlogger Winter Games

February 18th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (0 Comments)

Task

1

2A – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg
2B – Hoping for clarification, help me out, read and comment here: http://xrl.in/4jhg
2C – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg
2D – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg
2E – complete: http://xrl.in/4jhg

3A
3B
3C
3D
3E
3F

4A – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6
4B
4C
4D
4E – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12

5A
5B
5C – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12 , http://xrl.in/4it6 ,
http://xrl.in/4j14, and this one.
5D
5E
5F – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6

6A – I read 10 new blogs 15 February 2010, and commented on several.
6B – Added 32 memorials and grave photographs to Find-A-Grave to satisfy this requirement on 15 Feb 2010
6C
6D
6E
6F
6G – Complete, I have used the Google follow feature for a couple of blogs. I will probably change them over to my feed reader, since what is how I prefer to follow, but I did meet this condition and will leave them as followed for the duration of the Games!

Task 6B, 2010 GeneaBlogger Winter Games

February 17th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (2 Comments)

I found it quite embarrassing to notice what task B is: Post one or more gravestone photos at Find-A Grave. I was embarrassed due to this file folder set on my main computer. You can enlarge it by clicking on the thumbnail, but I wish you would skip it. I can tell you what I found, 472 files in 25 folders. I think I was going to submit spreadsheets, and then add the photos when the memorials were posted.

find-a-grave

This set of folders are photos which I have already posted on my blog, and which I intended to post to Find-A-Grave, “when I had time”. Ha. The time is here, and the task says, “one or more”.

I added 32 memorials and photographs on 15 February 2010, to satisfy task 6B. I will try to add a few more each week until I catch up!

My Find-A-Grave profile is here, if you are interested in looking at it.

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Winter 2010 GeneaBloggers Games Task 4E

February 16th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (0 Comments)


Made with WordItOut

I used Word it Out to create this graphic which shows the surnames in my family. Somehow, just the names seem very incomplete, so here is a little more.

The Johnstons and the Rapiers arrived in Huron County, Ontario from Scotland, where they married.

Long and Myers arrived in Ontario, already married with a family, from the disputed territory of Alsace-Lorraine. They always said they were French, and claimed birth in France.

A Kaiser came to Huron County, Ontario from his home in Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada. His ancestors, who were loyal to the King, had walked to Niagara and then settled in Kaiserville, near York (now called Toronto). You can find out a lot more about them at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

A Long married a Kaiser, they lived in Huron County, Ontario, then migrated to Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan.

In Cadillac another Kaiser married a Johnston. Did I say that the Johnstons also migrated from Huron County, Ontario to Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan?

A Yearnd/Yournd and a Detmann/Detman, already married, dropped into Howell, Livingston County, Michigan from outer space Germany? One Yearnd completed his education and traveled to Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan, where he married a Kaiser.

William H. Yearnd and Winnie Alice Kaiser were my paternal grandparents.

Howard married Winn somewhere near their home in Rombow Precinct, Fishkill, New York. A Winn married a Ham, they lived in Columbia County, New York.

There another Winn married a Sherwood; they lived in Washington County, New York.

Then another Winn married a Palmer. They lived in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer, New York.

But wait, the Palmer was adopted, his name was Askey or Ascha at birth. He came from Bennington County, Vermont, or Columbia County New York, or perhaps Berkshire County, Massachusetts. His parent’s surnames were Ascha/Askey and Ackert.

A Herrington, or perhaps Harrington dropped from outer space Ireland? into Rensselaer County, New York. He married a Palmer, who had previously been married and divorced from a Hill.

David Henry Herrington and Helen Lois Palmer were my maternal grandparents.

Somehow, Marjorie Helen Herrington found her way to Detroit ca 1949-1950, where James Austin Yearnd was attending Wayne State University. They married on January 20, 1951, at his mother’s home in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan. They were my parents.

If you are researching any of these names, in outer space, or a location I have indicated for that name, please contact me from the link on the upper right.

This graphic was created and posted to satisfy the requirement of category 4, Expand Your Knowledge, task E for the Winter 2010 Geneabloggers Games. Additionally, it was created on 15 February 2010, and posted with a scheduled time for publication of 6:00 a.m. EST, in partial satisfaction of task 5C.

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Progress Report #2 for the 2010 GeneaBlogger Winter Games

February 16th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (1 Comments)

Task

1

2A
2B
2C
2D
2E

3A
3B
3C
3D
3E
3F

4A – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6
4B
4C
4D
4E – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12

5A
5B
5C – complete: http://xrl.in/4j12 , http://xrl.in/4it6 ,
http://xrl.in/4j14, and this one.
5D
5E
5F – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6

6A – I read 10 new blogs today 15 February 2010, and commented on several.

6B
6C
6D
6E
6F
6G – complete, I have used the Google follow feature for a couple of blogs. I will probably change them over to my feed reader, since what is how I prefer to follow, but I did meet this condition and will leave them as followed for the duration of the Games!

Happy Blogoversary To Me

February 15th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Tools and Information - (5 Comments)

Thanks for the good wishes from everyone, I am happy to be observing my 3rd blogoversary today, February 15, 2010. I hope I can continue through the next year!

In other business, my progress in the Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Winter Games:

Task

1
2A
2B
2C
2D
2E
3A
3B
3C
3D
3E
3F
4A – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6
4B
4C
4D
4E
5A
5B
5C
5D
5E
5F – complete: http://xrl.in/4it6
6A
6B
6C
6D
6E
6F
6G

 

With the count down to the end of the games well underway, I need to pick up some speed!

Winter 2010 GeneaBloggers Games

February 14th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Uncategorized - (2 Comments)

Although Monday, February 15 is Granny’s Genealogy’s 3rd blogoversary, I have not been an active participant in memes, carnivals or past games. For the 2010 Winter Games, all that changes!

I have created my Heritage Flag, which it huge, over the top, not too creative. The flag represents a migration map for some of my ancestors, who started in Scotland (part of the UK), and Germany, immigrating to Canada. They continued to the United States, where much of my family now resides.

myflag

The GeneaBloggers Games are a large challenge, which I hope to reach gold in at least two categories. To read the exact details, check out the competition guidelines on the GeneaBloggers website.

The categories for the competition are:

  1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources
    I have done a pretty good job of citing sources over the past two years, but many need to be reformatted according to newer recommendations. I should be able to be gold in this one, perhaps even higher.
  2. Back Up Your Data
    I will do well on the electronic portion of this, not sure about the hard copy portion, will require hard work. Prediction: Silver.
  3. Organize Your Research
    I view myself as highly organized, but some of these tasks are quite challenging. I’m rolling up my sleeves! Prediction: Gold
  4. Expand Your Knowledge
    Useful interesting tasks, I might go platinum here.
  5. Write, Write, Write!
    Of the six tasks listed here, several would be a stretch for me, and several are routine. Prediction: Gold.
  6. Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness
    This may be the most important category for all of us. Prediction: Platinum.

I am planning my attack right now, and wishing all the competitors well.