ALLEN
SENIOR
ALLEN
SENIOR
GENEALOGY CLUB
Tracing Our Roots and Having Fun!
October 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
Email:
webmaster@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
October:
Program to be announced
November:
Meeting will be held on the 3rd Monday – November 15th
December:
Meeting will be held on the 2nd Monday – December 13th
From Tracy Luscombe, McKinney
Public Library Genealogy Dept:
“October 30 is our next program
with guest speaker Tresa Tatyrek returning for a program on church records
research. 10:30-11:30am on that Saturday. As always, it's a free program.”
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Fort Worth's National Archives Regional Library to Move
The public research room of the National Archives and Records
Administration in Fort Worth is planning to move from a low-profile, 1940s-era
building on the city's south side to a high-profile, 1920s-era building on the
west side. The research room will relocate to 4,600 square feet on the ground
level of Montgomery Plaza, 2600 W. Seventh St., a rather large shopping center.
People visiting the old location often complained that it is hard to find
and getting past the guard gate can be intimidating. Preston Huff, the archives'
regional administrator in Fort Worth, said the new location will be much easier
for visitors to reach. Newsletter reader Betty Clay points out that the new
location is in the old Montgomery Ward mail order building on a very busy street
near downtown, and only a few blocks from the 'cultural center' of theaters,
museums, football stadium, parks, etc. The new location will be easy to
access. Clay quipped, "It will be quite a change."
The research room will have 10 computers linked to online databases, as
well as a few microfilm readers. It will also have a learning center for
teachers who want to know how the archives can help them in the classroom.
Editor’s Note:
No opening date has been given – stay tuned.
(Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter)
STERLING CLACK ROBERTSON
Sterling Clack Robertson, the empresario of Robertson's colony in Texas, was
born on October 2, 1785, in Nashville, Tennessee, a son of Elijah and Sarah (Maclin)
Robertson. He was given a liberal education under the direction of Judge John
McNairy. From November 13, 1814, to May 13, 1815, he served as deputy
quartermaster general under Maj. Gen. William Carroll, who went down to fight
the British in the battle of New Orleans. After the battle Robertson purchased
supplies and equipment for the sick and wounded on their return to Nashville
over the Natchez Trace.
By 1816 he was living in Giles County, Tennessee, where he owned a plantation.
He had two sons: James Maclin Robertson with Rachael Smith, and Elijah Sterling
Clack Robertson with Frances King. On March 2, 1822, he was one of the seventy
stockholders of the Texas Association who signed a memorial to the Mexican
government, asking for permission to settle in Texas. On November 21, 1825, he
was one of thirty-two members of Dr. Felix Robertson's party that set out from
Nashville, Tennessee, bound for Texas, to explore and survey Robert Leftwich's
Grant. Robertson remained in Texas until August 1826, when he returned to
Tennessee, filled with enthusiasm for the colonization of Texas.
He toured Tennessee and Kentucky in an attempt to recruit settlers. In the
spring of 1830 he signed a subcontract with the Texas Association to introduce
200 families, and on May 9, 1830, he took in Alexander Thomson as his partner.
They brought families to Texas, but they were prevented from settling in the
colony because of the Law of April 6, 1830. In 1831 that area was transferred to
Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams, but Robertson obtained a contract in
his own name in 1834 and served as empresario of Robertson's colony in 1834 and
1835.
On January 17, 1836, he became captain of a company of Texas Rangers. Then he
was elected as a delegate from the Municipality of Milam to the convention at
Washington on the Brazos (March 17, 1836), where he signed the Texas Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. He was stationed
at Harrisburg to guard army equipment during the battle of San Jacinto.
Robertson served as senator from the District of Milam in the First and Second
congresses of the Republic of Texas (October 3, 1836^May 24, 1838), after which
he retired to his home in Robertson County, where he became the earliest known
breeder of Arabian horses in Texas. He died there on March 4, 1842. His remains
were removed to Austin and reinterred in the State Cemetery on December 29,
1935. Robertson was responsible for settling more than 600 families in Texas.
Richard Henry
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MY DNA EXPERIENCE
I had my grandson Cade, a Smitherman, do the DNA test. After the results
were emailed to me, I received emails from Smothermans and Smithermans, who were
only one marker off of a perfect match to Cade.
I joined the project, and learned that they had done the research back to 1732
in England., including one ancestor buried in the cemetery in Longview, where
most the Smitherman men and their families are living. I am now in weekly
correspondence with these women, cousins of my son-in-law. Cost was about
$170.
Bobbie Perry
Maine Death Database, 1960-2009.
Maine Marriage Database, 1892-1966 and 1977-2009
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You can read
the details in Roxanne Moore Saucier's article at
http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Living/State-adds-to-death-marriage-indexes,150858
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HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE |
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REMEMBER THIS NUMBER: 8870
This is not an error: It is the number to remember when you want to
find the birthdate of someone when you only have the date of
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What was the weather on the day you were born? When your Dad talked about
going out in that great blizzard, just how bad was it? Wolfram Alpha has a
number of helpful tools to answer your weather questions, including historical
data from weather stations located all over the world.
For example, simply enter “weather” into the search bar, and Wolfram
Alpha’s geoIP capabilities identify your approximate location and produce the
latest records from your nearest weather station. The “Latest recorded weather”
pod may feature information like the current temperature, relative humidity,
wind speed, and conditions, such as clear, thunderstorms, or fog.
To find historical weather information, simply enter the word WEATHER
followed by a date and a location. For instance:
weather March 30, 1976 Lyndonville, VT
The information appears to cover the US, Canada, and the UK. You may not have
much luck for dates before the mid-1930s, depending on location.
You can start at
http://www.wolframalpha.com
Release of the 1940 Census
Circle this date on your calendar: Monday, April 2, 2012.
Less than two years from now, all genealogists will be able to gain access to
the 1940 U.S. Census Records for the first time.
Title 13 of the United States Code governs how the Census is conducted and
mandates the confidentiality of information concerning individuals. Aggregate
information, including statistical models, may be released, but any information
about individuals must be kept confidential for 72 years. The 1940 census was
conducted on April 1, 1940 so the information may not be released until April 1,
2012.
The official date for the 1940 Census should be April 1st, but that day will
fall on a Sunday in 2012. As a result, it is unclear whether researchers will
have weekend access to film at the National Archives or will instead need to
wait until Monday, April 2nd, to satisfy their genealogical curiosity. By
sticking to normal business days, the National Archives and Records
Administration also avoids the appearance of an April Fools' joke.
There is no announcement yet of whether or not an index will be available on
April 1 (although commercial websites will undoubtedly begin producing such an
index after the census opens). You may want to check in advance for the
Enumeration District in the city or town where your ancestors lived. If you
would like to help in this effort, visit
http://www.stevemorse.org/census/1940instructions.htm for details
about the 1940 Street Transcription Project.
1940 was a quieter time for most Americans. While much of Europe and Asia was at
war, the United States had not yet been drawn into the conflict. The first
military draft number was not drawn until late in the year in October of 1940,
initiating selective service. Living rooms did not yet contain television sets.
On the date of the census, President Roosevelt was nearing the end of his
second term in office.
The following questions were included on the Population Schedule for the 1940
Census:
There also was a list of
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS,
which would be asked of those individuals recorded usually on Lines 14 and 29
(although other lines were also designated for such use and was presumably to
ensure a random sampling).
The Supplementary Questions were as follows:
35. NAME
36. PLACE OF BIRTH OF FATHER AND MOTHER: FATHER
37. PLACE OF BIRTH OF FATHER AND MOTHER: MOTHER
38. MOTHER TONGUE (OR NATIVE LANGUAGE): Language spoken in home in earliest
childhood
39. VETERANS: Is this person a veteran of the United States military forces; or
the wife, widow, or under-18-year-old child of a veteran? If so, enter "Yes"
40. VETERANS: If child, is veteran-father dead (Yes or No)
41. VETERANS: War or military service
42. SOCIAL SECURITY: Does this person have a Federal Social Security Number?
(Yes or No)
43. SOCIAL SECURITY: Were deductions for Federal Old-Age Insurance or Railroad
Retirement made from this person's wages or salary in 1939? (Yes or No)
44. SOCIAL SECURITY: If so, were deductions made from (1) all, (2) one-half or
more, (3) part, but less than half, of wages or salary?
45. USUAL OCCUPATION
46. USUAL INDUSTRY
47. Usual class of worker
48. FOR ALL WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MARRIED: Has this woman been married more
than once? (Yes or No)
49. FOR ALL WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MARRIED: Age at first marriage?
50. FOR ALL WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MARRIED: Number of children ever born (Do
not include stillbirths)
Another item will be of interest to anyone born on or after April 1, 1930 but
before April 1, 1940. For the first time, those people will be able to view
their own records in the census enumeration of 1940!
(Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter)
