Heaps, but my mum takes care of it. Apparently my dad's family's easy since we've come from many prominent figures in history (thankfully none of them are Hitler) and my mum's family is impossible because my great-great grandfather just appeared out of nowhere (consequently, my mother may be the devil's spawn from the various indications throughout her life).
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
Just a couple suggestions. When you list the lines you are working on, it is so helpful to put a time period and locality. Lots of people have the same surname.
It would also be helpful if a single sticky post could be used to list the family lines, with each person's name in parenthesis afterwords. Saves having to endlessly search through posts to find someone. The family names could be combined and alphabetized.
The other thing is to identify the soundex variations on the list, as alternative spellings.
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Marlene Newell said this in post #6 : Just a couple suggestions. When you list the lines you are working on, it is so helpful to put a time period and locality. Lots of people have the same surname.
It would also be helpful if a single sticky post could be used to list the family lines, with each person's name in parenthesis afterwords. Saves having to endlessly search through posts to find someone. The family names could be combined and alphabetized.
The other thing is to identify the soundex variations on the list, as alternative spellings.
Good point!
Maybe this weekend when I have time Ill copy mine and do that.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
I have been researching my lines for over 10 years now and have made some headway, but have one major road block.
My Ackerman line in the late 1700's was spelled Akerman. However I have seen it spelled Acreman surely by a Census Taker that wasn't sure on the spelling. My brick wall is this.
John or Johann Akerman lived near Harrisburg PA, late 1700's. He married a Nancy Baird in 1809. We don't know if he was born there or immigrated there. We do know of his children which were Jane, William, Mariah, John. We have all of Williams information and have tracked down Jane and Mariah. However John is blank, nothing.
So I am researching
Akerman/Ackerman
Baird
Carroll
Fudge
Holton
Nunamaker
Duncan
Oh and several hundred other names but those are the main ones.
Ron Ackerman said this in post #8 : I have been researching my lines for over 10 years now and have made some headway, but have one major road block.
My Ackerman line in the late 1700's was spelled Akerman. However I have seen it spelled Acreman surely by a Census Taker that wasn't sure on the spelling. My brick wall is this.
John or Johann Akerman lived near Harrisburg PA, late 1700's. He married a Nancy Baird in 1809. We don't know if he was born there or immigrated there. We do know of his children which were Jane, William, Mariah, John. We have all of Williams information and have tracked down Jane and Mariah. However John is blank, nothing.
Ron, have you tried his death certificate? Maybe look under both variations of the name, it should tell you where he was born on the death certificate. Check one of the kids death certificates and get the correct spelling of his name, and take it from there.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
Oh yeah, one day I plan to make a trip to Harrisburg PA and do some research. Maybe I'll find something there. About all my research has been online and although the resources are great and growing there is still a lot not there. Then of course (and this is my biggest peeve) you have some companies that maybe might have the information but want to charge you an arm and a leg to view it to maybe find something. That is wrong.
Ron Ackerman said this in post #10 : Oh yeah, one day I plan to make a trip to Harrisburg PA and do some research. Maybe I'll find something there. About all my research has been online and although the resources are great and growing there is still a lot not there. Then of course (and this is my biggest peeve) you have some companies that maybe might have the information but want to charge you an arm and a leg to view it to maybe find something. That is wrong.
I know that all too well!
We have spent a ton of money getting records sent from Germany, and Romania....but its worth it in the long run..the information I have: pictures, ship records, death cert., bapt. rec., brith cert...etc...all five of us (my bro's, my mom, and me) all have a photo album filled with this stuff....its really cool to look through!
And of course it costs for death certificates, but you can order that online from Harrisburg....the only problem is that you want to make sure its the right record, so that you dont have to repay for the right one.
I have one way to look for free......they have death records online...under the social security office...if he had a SS#, he should be listed under that...and that doesnt cost anything.
Check it out...you never know, and they give you the chance to put in variations of the name....we found a few people on there we didnt think would be on there, but they were.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
My problem goes back to the late 1700's and early 1800's, No SS#'s. I will probably have to find a Church record, Oath of Allegiance, Ship Passenger list, Newspaper article or a document called a Fractur. However the Fractur would probably be with someone in the family.
Ron Ackerman said this in post #12 : My problem goes back to the late 1700's and early 1800's, No SS#'s. I will probably have to find a Church record, Oath of Allegiance, Ship Passenger list, Newspaper article or a document called a Fractur. However the Fractur would probably be with someone in the family.
Oh..sorry...you did say 1700's didnt you....
Hmm....yes...church records might be the way to go....especially look at his kids first, and then you can get the correct spelling to his name.
Its a pain sometimes...but its well worth it....epecially if you can find good stories, like the one you posted in the other thread...very interesting!
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
I literally spent years trying to research my family's history on ellisisland.org. This past Christmas my grandfather gave me a copy of his father's obituary which had his parent's names. His mother kept her madien name with her married name, much like women would hypenate now. This was pretty uncommon back then and it was just what I needed. I almost instantly went to the site and found her record and her son (my great-grandfather). From this information I have found others. I have two suggestions for anyone using the Ellis Island site.
1.) Search for the most uncommon thing/name first. The two last names for my great-great grandmother is what did it for me.
2.) Remember that often, families immigrated to this country in pieces. I was looking for all the names together, which hindered my search. My great-great grandfather came over first with some of the children and my great-great grandmother came a year later with the rest of their kids.
I am still researching:
DeMarco (can also be spelled DiMarco)
Abadessa
Leone
Crasti
Foti
Pollaro
"What one believes to be real, will be real in it's concequences"
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"
I have a distant relative and a not so distant relative who are engaged with other relatives in the UK on a massive "One Name" genealogy project.
The one name is HAGGER and all of the variations on it. But attached to this are a lot of other family names. It is a great research site with a lot of very helpful links.
It is very well organized and well researched with scores of other family names coming into contact with HAGGER. My line is also a part of that web site. Unfortunately their big problem is that they have got stuck in the 1700s and mainly in a village in Hertforshire, England.
All of these Haggers seem to flow from there but to date they have been unsuccessful in moving back in time from there.
My theory is that our branch of the Haggers who ended up in this village may have been somewhere else and returned to England.
I think that this is a possibility because my grandfather left England as a fairly young man for some part of Canada. Both he and his father (my great, great grandfather) were master carpenters. Something happened in Canada and I was told that my grandfather lost a finger and returned to England.
Knowing how difficult it can be for someone to emigrate - I came to the USA by plane, when there were phones to stay in touch with family and friends. I also had friends living in various locations of North America (Canada and USA).
When my grandfather went to Canada it would have to have been at the close of the 1800s by boat - before phones, radio or any other modern communications systems existed. So I figured that he went to stay with family that was already there.
What I would like to know is if any of the HAGGER families in the USA or Canada have connections to Hertfordshire, England that begin in the 1700s, and also if there are any HAGGER family members in Canada who have connections to the HAGGER family of East Barnet in Hertfordshire who might be the relatives that my grandfather went to live with.
In addition to the link above, you can also find me at:
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