Civil War connections

Finding that another family member has an actual letter written by one of the ancestor, I have started looking into the Civil War era.

in reference to: Links to Civil War Organizations, Round Tables, Decendant Organizations, and Historical and Genealogical Societies (view on Google Sidewiki)

GENEALOGY

Well Thomas has gone and done it again. Coming up with yet another great site for all us who are doing genealogy. This site is great for those just beginning and who want to expand their reaches into the family tree~

I give it a whole 5***** stars out of 5!

in reference to: Genealogy Presentations High-Definition Genealogy (view on Google Sidewiki)

TOOLS 4 Genealogy

great site for help with Ethnic/ immigrants heritrage. Breaking through the brick walls. Downloads for charts, forms and templates aids. Bookstore, Soundex Code Generator, Resource Guide, along with other things are what makes this site one you would want to bookmark

in reference to: Toolkit--Family Tree Magazine (view on Google Sidewiki)

the 50 States

...and EveryThing U Want to know . Huge listing of anything and every thing about the states.

Capitals, Map, Birds, Flags, News , Songs, etc

Common wealths and Territories

Links to Sites 4 Teachers, Area Codes, Biography Directory, Schools/Colleges/University Directory

Current Events and News Headlines

Facts and Trivia, City Guides

and much more...

in reference to: 50states.com - States and Capitals (view on Google Sidewiki)

MOTTOS & NICKNAMES of all 50 States

Fun, interesting, informative

in reference to: State Mottoes of the 50 States (view on Google Sidewiki)

State / Local Government websites

click a state, topic, local government...if chosing the cities of the counties, not all counties will list 'ALL the cities.

There is alot to chose from,

in reference to: IN Local Government: State and Local Government on the Net (view on Google Sidewiki)

National Association of Counties

Pick the state, go to the county, lots of info, resourses and links

in reference to: NACo | Find a County (view on Google Sidewiki)

Counties witnin the USA states

click a state ( I took Indiana), then the county (which was Pike county).

Gives quick Links at the left side of page.
Info on the county, with snapshot of the income status of said county.

This INDIANA page for Pke County has a box for Listed places such as Communites and Libraries (3 of them)

Census / Demographics

Map showing where the county is located within the state. And the county web site.

Ancestry and Family History directing you to the county page on GenWeb.

has Local / Community Guides

Record Searches / Databases
and more....

in reference to: Pike County, Indiana County Information - ePodunk (view on Google Sidewiki)

WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK?

Once you have read this blog post, you really shouldn't have any reason NOT to dig into your family roots.

NOT EXPENSIVE!
#1~ Join a Genealogical Society
(Still have to do this one myself)

#2Check out the local public / university Libraries.
(The local Library is where I got started. Go to the Genealogy section , just look around , up and down the rows of books. Check out the computer stations~which most will have a FREE hook up to ANCESTRY.COM )

#3 Check out the LDS Family History Libraries.
(find on close by from the FAMILY.ORG site.

#4 CYNDISLIST is one of the best sites out there for resourses and links of all kinds. I do believe that almost EVER person out there doing genealogy has used this site as a starting point and still with her today!

Most of the online reasearch is free, so you can get pretty deep into your family roots and not spending a penny !

NOT TIME CONSUMING!
#1 the time factor~WHY? Start with one person and go from there. I started with my dad at the time of his death back in Dec. 2005. and have gone back about 12 generations just the SARGENT pedigree.

#2 Don't bite off more than you can chew~take small bite size portions. Everyone starts with the "spoon size" method. Just take is slow. As you grow and hunger more , the wanting will come around.

in reference to: No Time No Money for Genealogy? Luxegen Genealogy and Family History (view on Google Sidewiki)

Get the kids involved ~ NOW!

Love this post. Most of all my keepsakes and photo albums are safely with my daughter at her house and can be enjoyed by my granddaughters now.

The Junior Toolkit is a great start for even the adult newbie!

in reference to: http://ipentimento.com/get-your-kids-interested-in-genealogy-early/ (view on Google Sidewiki)

ORGANIZING the Paper Mountain part 2

Second installment of the Paper Mountain from Elyse's Blog where we have learn the first three steps of ADMITTING, PLANNING and ORGANIZING. Here is what I posted about Part 1

4~this step THINKING ,& Your MINDSET of how you see the ancestors. You will start with what you did with organizing your papers into piles. So this step of giving your paper piles a name or category.

The pedigree is the foundation of my tree, with this , add the list of the "women who married into the SARGENT line. Each of these ladies will have their own pedigree , and another huge zippered Notebook (which is growning just as fast...only in multiplies!

I first think of my ancestors as individuals, then couples , family units, and which generation they are place into. As for the wives, the pedigree begins with their father. And the cycle begin....

This reminds me of how bunny rabbits multiple, so do surnames, with every generation you add!

5~SUB-DIVIDE, not sure if this is something I am already doing, or just need to file the loose pages I an not needing just yet. Most of the printed out census records with the family units, dates and places have been used for verifying the couples and children. Most of these will be filed in topic categories for the time being.

6~ASSESS what you need as supplies go. Do I really need some big bulky metal file cabinet...which I couldn't carry home on my bike or the bus.

With what price are today, cardboard boxes are the simplest and just as good as Plastic..and with one of my perks working 3rd shift doing stocking, I come across some medium type (and strong) boxes. I won't be sorry , money is tight, we all know this and this will serve the purpose for now.

The store bought storage boxes with file holder can serve just as well if the "free/cheap" boxes are unavailable.

Of course will need the section files for categories, files for individuals, etc.

Will check what I might have on hand laying around here at home and at the storage room.

Color Coding ~haven't really worked with it at all, so this will be a learning process for me . More hit or Miss type thing. Working with the genealogy, I find myself becoming more detailed , so don't think the color coding would work for me...I would end up marking up the papers with to many colors.. Think I will pass on this one!

Making the system ARCHIVAL~just not there yet in my genealogy, still working with the papers. This is a good idea, something to think about. Now my zipper Notebook has the page protector which I slid the family worksheet into, for each male of the pedigree.

7~With LIST OF SUPPLIES in hand, off I go.

Make sure you check out my 3rd and last post of this series, as well as the 1rst and 2nd.

in reference to: Elyse's Genealogy Blog: Organizing The Paper Mountain (Part 2) (view on Google Sidewiki)

ORGANIZING the Paper Mountain part 1

Elyse at Elyse's Genealogy Blog has three great posts on dealing with the huge paper piles that are associated with genealogy. So this is my attempt at making a comment post on the subject.

1~ADMIT~well of course I have the problem with the papers...I save everything. AND I do mean EVERYTHING! I Do ADMIT there is a problem, a big problem~NO , a Huge Problem!

2~the PLAN, well first I need to get ALL the papers together from ALL the places they are setting at , like the local storage cubical I am renting by the month!

How do I think of my ancestors? Been doing mostly the pedigree , working at filling in everyone who is directly in my family line. Since getting to those "eek" brick walls with 10 to 12 generations back, have been working on the family units of couples and the children.

This is where I have found myself being the FIRST child, FIRST grand, FIRST Gr Grand. Now am working at seeing if I could be the First GR GR GRAND.

At this point , I am discovering the "Double Cousins" or as I like to call it, "a tree within a tree!"

I have one huge zippered type Notebook which has tabs for the 10 plus generation, filed with those of that group. Along with ALL those printed out Census record from online...one for each person I have recorded on the tree so far. Of course there is the online (printed) marriage records, SS death records, Military/service records, etc.....

So you can see just where my little old problem lays!

3~the third step, The SEPARATING and ORGANIZING

Actually, the plan is there with the notebook. What I need is to go through the pile and weed out the duplicates of all the records , one of the same would be trashed , ones belonging to sibling, cousins and others will be filed for another time...ones I know I will need at later date, just not right now.

So in conclusion, I just need to bring together and RE vamp my system to a better form of organization! This year I will be working / training myself to taming this "beast" !

Now on to Part 2 of the 3 Part article

in reference to: Elyses Genealogy Blog: Organizing The Paper Mountain (Part 3) - StumbleUpon (view on Google Sidewiki)

3 Simple Questions ~Purpose of this Blog!

1 What is the purpose of this site for building my business?

This is my first GENEALOGY family blog, not quite a business. But there is a purpose to this blog, to gather and documate any and all info about this family tree for generations to come.

2 What is the target audience of this site and who is might be the perfect reader? (Age, Sex, income, Goals, locations, etc.)

Target audience is mostly those within my family , relatives and those found to be connected to the family line. This blog will also show how and what I did toward documating the family tree.

3 What is the "NICHE" of this site?

"GENEALOGY" of course! This would include family and the history of the family.

in reference to: What is the Purpose of Your Blog for Building Your Business Johncow.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

So John of Johncow , what do you think of my answers...anyone else? Please let me know what you are doing on your family blog...

DOUBLE COUSINS (Tree with in a Tree)

Here is a new term , but know of relatives who have done this.~ my great great granddad Jasper Nelson SARGENT married Mary Elizabeth ADKINS had siblings who married~Jasper's sister Jane married Mary Elizabeth's brother Abner.

in reference to: eogen - Double Cousins (view on Google Sidewiki)

FREE Data Bases from Genealogy Buff

Great resourse, book mark this site for looking at later!

in reference to: Handy tool - free Ancestry.com genealogy databases (view on Google Sidewiki)

Allen County Public Library

Good site with lots of links in and around the Allen county and state of Indiana

in reference to: Allen County Public Library:Genealogy (view on Google Sidewiki)

GENEALOGY search site ~ USA

by state or surname. Very interesting, have bookmarked this for later

in reference to: Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA (view on Google Sidewiki)

Top 10 to read 4 Genealogy

great list

in reference to: Top Ten Most Popular Online Genealogy Magazines - GenealogyInTime.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

One of the Best resourse found

can find most anything pertaining to genealogy, News, Research, Localities, Who is blogging where and when. Lots of Tips, Resources and Surnames you can find.
Check out the religion, conferences, libraries, and associations or societies..

in reference to: Genealogy Blog Finder (view on Google Sidewiki)

GREENE county INDIANA

Lots of resourses and links for the county of Greene in state of INDIANA

in reference to: Greene County Indiana Information - Home (view on Google Sidewiki)