ALLEN
SENIOR
GENEALOGY CLUB
Tracing Our Roots and Having Fun!
July 2010
Officers
Meetings
Coordinator: Ray Dean
4th Monday of each month
Vice-Coordinator: Leon
Stirm
1:00 p.m.
Secretary: Bobbie
Perry
Allen Senior Center
Newsletter: Kay
Pacheco
451 St. Mary Drive
Program Coordinator:
Richard Henry
Allen, TX 75002
Website Coordinator:
Richard Henry
214-509-4820
www.asgconline.com
Membership is open to everyone 50 years of age, or older, that is a member
of the
Allen Senior Recreation Center.
There are no dues to be an ASGC member.
Calendar
July:
Dallas genealogist Lloyd Bockstruck at 1:00 p.m. at the Civic
Auditorium, Allen Public Library.
August:
Using the USGENWEB website
September:
Possible trip to the
Dallas Public Library.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Texas State Genealogical
Society Annual Meeting
Thursday, 11/4 –
Saturday, 11/6, 2010 – Waco, Texas
The Texas
State Genealogical Society, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, is
hosting its annual meeting in Waco, Texas. This will be an opportunity to
visit the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas, the Texas Ranger Hall of Family
Museum; the Texas Collection at Baylor University, the Texas Sports Hall of
Fame as well as the West Waco Library and Genealogy Center. Featured
speakers are:
Teri
Flack, of Austin, who will be talking on the following topics on Friday,
Nov. 5th: Finding Your Ancestors in the Republic of Texas; Keeping the Homes
Fires Burning: The Texas Homefront During the Civil War. Teri is a 6th
generation Texan, a board member of the Austin Genealogical Society and
former board member of TSGS.
Saturday, Nov. 6th will
feature Barbara Vines Little, of Orange, Virginia. She will speak on two
methodology topics and two Virginia research topics. Barbara is a certified
genealogist and a part president of the National Genealogical Society,
former present and governor of the Virginia Genealogical Society, and editor
of the Virginia Genealogical Society’s Quarterly.
For more information, go to
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/.
MY FAMOUS ANCESTOR
11th Great-Grandfather of Phil PACHECO
John HOWLAND
was of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England, son of Henry and Margaret __
HOWLAND. His birth is estimated to be about 1592-99. He died at
Plymouth, 23 February, 1672/3. He was married at Plymouth by about
1624 to Elizabeth TILLEY, bp. Henlow, Huntindonshire, England, daughter of
John TILLEY. She died Swansea 22 Dec 1687, and also left a will.
BRADFORD's passenger list: "His servant John Howland married the doughter of
John Tillie, Elizabeth, and they are both now living; and have 10 children
now all living and their eldest doughter."
In BRADFORD's accounting of the voyage, he mentions the near-death of John
HOWLAND when he is swept overboard during a severe storm and barely "caught
hold" of the "topsail halyards" being dragged fathoms under water till he
was dragged up by that same rope and by means of a boat hook managed to get
into the ship again.
Their children were:
Desire, m. John GORHAM
John, m. Mary LEE
Hope, m. John CHIPMAN
Elizabeth, m. 1) Ephraim HICKS
2) John DICKERSON
Lydia, m. James BROWN
Hannah, m. Jonathan BOSWORTH
Joseph, m. Elizabeth SOUTHWORTH
Jabez, m. Bethiah THATCHER
Ruth, m. Thomas CUSHMAN
Isaac, m. Elizabeth VAUGHN
(mayflowerfamilies.com)
If John HOWLAND had not been rescued, I (and many others) wouldn’t be here
today.
Phil PACHECO
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FamilySearch Adds 300 Million
Names
FamilySearch, the world's largest repository of genealogical information, today
announced it will release records containing 300 million names that can now be
researched online for free.
Jay Verkler, president of Family Search, the genealogy division of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said these records and millions of names are
being indexed, digitized and published through
FamilySearch.org.
The records contain information genealogists would have had to painstakingly
pick through to find an ancestor's name or they would have had to contact a
specific government agency or travel to the area of study to research. Among the
indexed records are the 1935 South Dakota state census; Washington, D.C., deaths
and burials 1840-1964; and Utah marriages, 1887-1966.
Family Search has established a temporary website,
fsbeta.FamilySearch.org
for the newly released names. In the next several weeks, the site will become a
permanent part of
FamilySearch.org.
Editor’s Note:
I found an Alabama birth record for a member of my family from 1938.
Relationship Chart
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Locate one person
along the top row, according to his relationship to the Common
Ancestor.
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Locate the other
person along the left hand column, according to his relationship to
the same Common Ancestor.
Where the two lines cross indicates the relationship of the
two people to each other.
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Common Ancestor
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Son or Daughter
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Grandson or
Daughter
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G- Grandson or
Daughter
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GG- Great Grandson
or Daughter
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GGG- Great Grandson
or Daughter
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GGGG- Great
Grandson or Daughter
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GGGGG- Great
Grandson or Daughter
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Son or Daughter
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Siblings (Brother or
Sister)
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Nephew or Niece
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Grand Nephew or
Niece
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Great Grand Nephew
or Niece
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2nd Great Grand
Nephew or Niece
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3rd Great Grand
Nephew or Niece
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4th Great Grand
Nephew or Niece
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Grandson or
Daughter
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Nephew or Niece
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First Cousin
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First Cousin Once
Removed
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First Cousin Twice
Removed
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First Cousin Three
Times Removed
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First Cousin Four
Times Removed
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First Cousin Five
Times Removed
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G- Grandson or
Daughter
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Grand Nephew or
Niece
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First Cousin Once
Removed
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Second Cousin
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Second Cousin Once
Removed
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Second Cousin Twice
Removed
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Second Cousin Three
Times Removed
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Second Cousin Four
Times Removed
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GG- Great Grandson
or Daughter
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Great Grand Nephew
or Niece
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First Cousin Twice
Removed
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Second Cousin Once
Removed
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Third Cousin
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Third Cousin Once
Removed
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Third Cousin Twice
Removed
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Third Cousin Three
Times Removed
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GGG- Great Grandson
or Daughter
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2nd Great Grand
Nephew or Niece
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First Cousin Three
Times Removed
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Second Cousin Twice
Removed
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Third Cousin Once
Removed
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Fourth Cousin
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Fourth Cousin Once
Removed
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Fourth Cousin Twice
Removed
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GGGG- Great
Grandson or Daughter
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3rd Great Grand
Nephew or Niece
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First Cousin Four
Times Removed
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Second Cousin Three
Times Removed
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Third Cousin Twice
Removed
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Fourth Cousin Once
Removed
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Fifth Cousin
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Fifth Cousin Once
Removed
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GGGGG- Great
Grandson or Daughter
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4th Great Grand
Nephew or Niece
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First Cousin Five
Times Removed
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Second Cousin Four
Times Removed
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Third Cousin Three
Times Removed
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Fourth Cousin Twice
Removed
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Fifth Cousin Once
Removed
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Sixth Cousin
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Note: this
chart continues indefinitely in either direction
MARRIAGE RECORD DEFINITIONS
(Mississippi State Message Board)
MARRIAGE LICENSE: A license authorizing a marriage was and is still issued
by a county or town upon application and payment of a fee. The application
form varies, but usually includes the name (and sometimes birth date,
birthplace, address, occupation, and parents names) of both bride-to-be and
groom-to-be, date and place where license was issued, and signature and title of
issuing official. The license sometimes includes the name of a third party
who applied for the license. The license is not proof of marriage, but
proof of intent to marry.
MARRIAGE RETURN OR CERTIFICATION: After the ceremony, the officiator of
the marriage returns the facts of marriage to the county or town so that it can
be recorded. The marriage return usually includes names of bride and
groom, date and place that marriage occurred, and signature and title of
officiator. Some ministers and justices of the peace used to file marriage
returns annually; unfortunately some returns were never filed. Some
recent marriage license documents include the marriage certification as part of
the document. The return or certification is proof of marriage.
MARRIAGE REGISTER: Some counties and towns destroyed marriage licenses and
returns after recording the information in a marriage register. The
marriage register may have only included the bride and groom's names and date of
marriage. Later registers record detailed information from the license or
return. The register is proof of marriage.
MARRIAGE INTENTION: The marriage intention was recorded in town meeting
books and published prior to the marriage ceremony. In New England, the
intention was the equivalent of the marriage banns published in church.
The intention is not proof of marriage, but proof of intent to marry.
MARRIAGE BOND: Some southern states executed a marriage bond as a
guarantee that there were no impediments to marriage. The bond included
names of bride and groom, date and place of issue, and name of bondsman or
sponsor (who was often the father, brother, or other relative of the bride or
groom). It was usually signed by the bondsman/sponsor and groom. The
marriage bond was often the only document to survive early marriages and was
often dated on the date of marriage or a few days before marriage date. A
note sometimes indicated the marriage date. The bond is not proof of
marriage, but proof of intent to marry.
CONSENT: Court records may include a consent document from the parents or
guardian for the marriage of a minor. It is useful to identify the parent
of the bride or groom and to indicate the approximate age of the person for whom
consent was required. The consent is not proof of marriage, but
proof of intent to marry.
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: The license and certificate of marriage now used by
states with centralized registration usually includes name, age, date and place
of birth, residence, parents (and their birthplaces) for the bride and groom as
well as date and place of marriage, signatures of bride and groom, officiator,
and witnesses. The certificate is proof of marriage.
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