I posted the template of the Family Tree on here the other day. Many people commented on the fact I posted it on Ancestry.com as well. A lot of likes. Was anyone interested in finding the HOW TO on it? On my site, it is template 93774 and 93775. It is an 8×20 canvas, but, you can easily make it a 11×14 poster to share with family.
A great way to display your family tree in photos. This would be an AWESOME gift for family members!
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I have death certificates for several ancestors in Texas. I have several from Florida and Pennsylvania. Where do some of the tree makers on Ancestry get their family information? It seems some grab at twigs and branches just to try to make a tree!!!
It gets very frustrating when a leaf appears, and I look at the clue and there is no way this is the same person. Keep in mind, many names were similar. Family names were inherited through male and female. But, you need to look at ages, locations, siblings etc.
I try to compare at least three census records before I attach it. Then, I may also review the entire census in a community to verify other members of the same last name living there. Census records were not used in the same way they are today. Getting a name spelled correctly, well, it was phonetic. And you were lucky if the person had good handwriting at all.
1. Compare census records, from previous years
2. Look at family members in all the census records, siblings, initials, dates of birth ages, on the record itself
3. Look at the marriage status of individuals, M/WD/ S…and many times the persons who married lived near each other, check an earlier census
4. Follow locations…people did move, but, usually was from one state to another or around a county, they kept it local, no cars in the 1800′s. They travelled slowly.
5. Look at family members in the community
6. Use death records and family info to verify
7. Use cemetery details for facts on dates and family members buried locally
8. Use surname message boards and state/county sites as well.
1. Attach a record because the name is the same
2. Record without verification/ cross referencing facts
3. Assume there was only one marriage
4. Get lost in the trees that are posted
5. Copy a tree
For those of us who create a family tree, it is vital information is not taken without communication. It takes years to gather all we have. While we do not mind sharing, it is more fun to connect with the person. Who know, you may find long-lost cousins as I have. If you are an Ancestry.com member, you can easily email for facts, photos or hints.
I have had several mysteries in my family with misspellings of names. Manny, Mamie and Mollie….my hunch of Mamie was correct. I found the obit.
Lumy, Lumley, Lummie and Lumnia….follow the records, Lumley was right. I have the death record.
Good luck in your search, and I wish you all the answers.
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I had found Georgia Newspapers online not too long ago. I talked about how I found Mamie McCall’s obit June 12, 1915. In the same year I found an advertisement . It was for Doan’s Pills. My gg grandmother Mamie had been in ill-health for a while. I found a few articles in the newspaper that were of interest….the advertisement for Doan’s, the note of Mamie’s illness and an advertisement by her son, for his blacksmith shop, C R McCall, Blacksmith. Mamie died on June 11th or 12th, 1915.
Times-Enterprise April 7,1915
The advertisement is at the top labeled, ” positive proof ” and CR McCall blacksmith on the right. C R McCall ran ads from 1912 -1913 in the Times-Enterprise in Thomasville Georgia.
C R must have moved somewhere between 1910 and 1912 to be closer to family. He had two small children to raise. My grandmother, Mamie C McCall was born in 1910, in Ocilla Georgia,and we know that Maude Jeffers left the family sometime after that. C R McCall and children left Thomas county , probably to go with father and sisters to Florida, to start a new life. He later started a blacksmith shop in Plant City Florida.
I also found records of brothers to C R visiting, back and forth. From Thomasville, to Albany and then to Americus. They were Yvonne, Carl H and Joseph E McCall.
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I love looking through cemeteries, I think I have stated this more than once, perhaps countless times. My husband now says, “where you grave diggin today” ? I enjoy the historical aspect. Looking at the different headstones can tell you so much about the person. The detail of markers from the mid 19th century are so detailed, you have to wonder why that craftsmanship is no longer requested.
The older cemeteries have much more interest to me. I hardly ever stop if I don’t see vertical markers. They have changed so much over time, from wooden markers to flat ones. These new cemeteries seem unadorned, although they are always covered with flowers. I look for the obelisks, there I know, I will find something intriguing.
But, sometimes, you come across a marker that makes you sad, that of a child. That is what I will show today. We have all heard the saying, ” no parent should ever have to bury their child “. Below are some photos I have taken of children’s headstone, from stillborn to seventeen years of age. Some parents lost two children. The lamb usually marks the grave of a child. The lamb always stands for innocence.
Lois Christine Swann, 1 year
Roger Speegle 1 year and Donald Speegle 2 years
Blaxton Boy
Charles E Lamb 1 year
Maggie Russel 17 years
Great-granddaughter of Setimus D. Cabaniss, no name or age
William James Sykes, 4 months
Curtis Ray Pepper, 2 months
Ruth Elizabeth Black, 9 years of age
Sally Haywood Hansell, three years
Edward Mason, 8 days old
James Edmond Gamble, 2 years
Mary Helen Gamble, 6 years
Burton Clements, 2 years
Infant son, Witty
William Witty, 4 months
Infant daughter, J.S. Crutcher
Too many children lost at a very early age. These are all from cemeteries in Madison, Limestone and Lawrence counties. You can search online for your relatives, and read bios on FindaGrave.
LOCATED IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA…….
MAPLE HILL CEMETERY
Without question, one of the most beautiful cemeteries I have visited. It is located off California street in the historic district. Rich in history, Maple Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of thirty-eight famous interments.
One of the most notable, Albert Russel Erskine, president of the Studebaker corporation. His tomb is the most beautifully landscaped.
Erskine
Russel Erskine
Clement Comer Clay, US Congressman, 8th Alabama Governor, US Senator. He served during the War of 1812 with the United States forces operating against the Creek Indians in Georgia and Alabama. After serving in the Alabama State Legislature (where he was Speaker of the House), he was elected as a Democrat to represent Alabama’s 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1835. He was then elected as Governor of Alabama, serving from 1836 to 1837.
Clement Comer Clay and wife
William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks, Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Lisbon, Ohio, he graduated from the US Military Academy in 1841, served on the frontier, the Seminole and Mexican Wars. In September 1861, he was appointed Brigadier General in command of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps. He led his Corps in the Peninsula campaign, the Seven Days Battles, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In June 1863, he was placed in command of the Department of the Monongahela, 1st Division, XVIII Corps at Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He resigned his commission because of poor health in July, 1864. After the war, he was a farmer in Huntsville, Alabama, until his death.
William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks
Civil War Confederate States Army Officer. A prominent member of the Alabama Bar in the pre-Civil War years, he helped raise the 4th Alabama Infantry, and was named its Colonel and commander. He led his unit at the July 1861 Battle of First Manassas, where he received a wound that would prove mortal. He lingered for six weeks and died at Orange County Court House in Virginia. He married Mary E. in 1854 and she died a few months later at the age of twenty-three.
Egbert J. Jones and Mary E. Jones
Egbert J. Jones
Mary E. Jones
Other interesting headstones I saw…..
Burritt
SOME OF MY FAVORITE PLACES ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA, ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN PART, BUTLER, MERCER, LAWRENCE, VENANGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.
IN THE COLLAGE, WE HAVE FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, THE EGBERT MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN IN THE PARK DOWNTOWN, FRANKLIN US POST OFFICE, THE TWIN TOWER COURT HOUSE AND THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT. ALL OF THESE ARE IN FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.
FRANKLIN PENNSYLVANIA
ADDITIONAL ONES OF FRANKLIN….THE COURT HOUSE ANOTHER VIEW, MONTAGE OF BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE FRANKLIN CLUB ( TOP LEFT IN THE MONTAGE,FORMERLY THE NURSERY CLUB) THE DEPOT AND A VIEW OF DOWNTOWN LIBERTY ST. THE POSTCARD ON TOP IS OF MCCONNELLS MILL IN WESTERN PA. LAWRENCE COUNTY.
THE FRANKLIN CLUB WAS BUILT IN 1887 AS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE BY RICHARD TERRELL. IT LATER CHANGED TO A MEETING PLACE FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. MY MOTHER, WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, USED TO SET THE PINS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS BOWLING ALLEY. SHE ATTENDED FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
MONTAGE OF PA
THE LAST GROUP IS A WINTER SCENE, GETTYSBURG AND A PHOTO OF DRAKE WELL MUSEUM, TITUSVILLE PA. DRAKE WELL WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE OIL INDUSTRY.
