tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48912598867879324312024-03-13T05:04:17.538-07:00Meandering LaceFamily History Blog and Genealogy of Surnames: Hall, Bahl, Davis, Bentroth, and also some data for Bast, Burdette, Simmons, Toole, Gagliano, White, McCormick.Flamincatdesignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928279179730668089noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-22537025589470715822013-07-24T13:27:00.000-07:002013-07-24T13:27:08.178-07:00Another Blessing From FindagraveI was just thrilled when I was working on my husband's Italian side of the family last night on Ancestry and one of the hints came up as a Findagrave entry. Now I don't understand how this happens, but I have searched Findagrave in the past and these entries did not show up. According to the memorial added date on Findagrave they have been there for years. Nevertheless I am really happy to have this information. My husband was thrilled and enjoyed reading every entry.<br />
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This was my husbands grandfather. My husband was a small child and spent a lot of time with his grandparents. He called his grandfather "Poppa".</div>
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He was married to Sara Margaret Falcone, who my husband called "Momma"</div>
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Unfortunately there is no image available on Findagrave but here is the link to her memorial</div>
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We were both really happy to see her mother was entered on Findagrave with a photo of her.</div>
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My husband's great grandmother Josephine Strollo Falcone.</div>
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His great grandfather John Falcone is on Findagrave but is another entry without a photo.</div>
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There were some wonderful family hints on these memorials. We found out that Josephine Strollo was born Colian, Salerno, Italy, and John Falcone was born in Valva, Salerno, Italy.</div>
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One of our dreams is to go to Italy and visit the areas that my husband's family is from. We have another branch of the tree to trace and then we will have both the Falcone and the Gagliano's home towns. </div>
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I am so thankful and grateful to the family member who entered these memorials.</div>
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There was other information about siblings and even occupations that some of the family members held. If you haven't hunted ancestors on Findagrave, you should really give it a try.</div>
Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-87488619465640833412013-02-27T14:41:00.000-08:002013-02-27T14:41:03.343-08:00Old Film Old PhotosMy father gave me a box with some old rolls of film in tin film cans from approx. 1945. Some have writing scratched on the outside of the film roll: Visit to the farm, Paris, etc. and a few have nothing written on them.<br />
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<br />Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-79382159831124657782013-01-20T07:27:00.002-08:002013-01-20T07:27:31.194-08:00I Need Organizing Again<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I seem to have accumulated way too much stuff for scanning. That is a good thing, so many people have nothing from their family. But I seriously need to get organize. I have lost focus of what has been scanned and not scanned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> On March 6, 2011, I shared photos of my boxes of family goodies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well sadly instead of it getting better, it is really a mess now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also need to organize my bookmarks for researching here online. I am thinking of adding a page to my blog where I can paste the links in some sort of a order rather than a long list in my browser.</span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-77753649266105200822012-08-09T11:55:00.015-07:002012-08-09T12:24:18.699-07:00Another Bloggers Genealogy Journey<span style="color:#000000;"><b><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;">I am a passionate cat lover, I love all things cat. Today I was pleasantly surprised as I was looking at a fellow cat bloggers blog to see that she had a section on her genealogy.<br /><br /><br />Since it is a pet blog, some of the writing is from the pets point of view and the blogger goes by a username of Glogirly. But the family history is real and her story is real.<br /><br />She was adopted as a baby and then as an adult, found her path to the family she never knew by researching online. I am always amazed to read such wonderful stories about people connecting with family.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tz6VgITgnI0/Tt2kFXqp6sI/AAAAAAAAEtE/3YeDUmr6nDU/s640/another+mother.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 427px; height: 640px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tz6VgITgnI0/Tt2kFXqp6sI/AAAAAAAAEtE/3YeDUmr6nDU/s640/another+mother.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><b><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;">I contacted her on Facebook for permission to share her story here and she gladly agreed to let me share. Thank you so much Glogirly!!<br /><br />She has little mini chapters or blog posts of her journey to find her family and titles them as chapters on her blog.<br /><br />Her story begins here:</span></b><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.glogirly.com/2011/10/searching-for-girl-prologue.html">http://www.glogirly.com/2011/10/searching-for-girl-prologue.htm</a><a href="http://www.glogirly.com/2011/10/searching-for-girl-prologue.html">l</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><b><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><b>This link has a list of all the chapters to her story. You will be craving to read the rest by the end of chapter 3.</b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glogirly.com/p/another-mother.html">http://www.glogirly.com/p/another-mother.html</a><br /><br /><b><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><b><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;">I hope you enjoy reading her story as much as I have.<br />Thanks for taking the time to read it.</span></b><br /></span></b></span></div><b><br /></b></b></span>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-64399616035670510332012-05-17T15:29:00.002-07:002012-05-17T15:30:11.024-07:00I Just Joined History Pin<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>There is a fairly new site called HistoryPin that allows you to pin your photos to a map and create collections.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I put a pin icon on the top right of the page and then used their code to put a widget on the bottom of this page that shows a few things. So far I only have a couple of photos. But you can click on them and read the story which is the description I added. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was hoping to join with other family members but it looks like you can only see your own stuff on your own map. But each member can publish a collection, so that will be interesting to see grow.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>I just recently finished scanning a bunch of their father's photos and couple of their grandparents and great grandparents. I put them on my family history photo blog and then sent both the kids a message on Facebook that the photos were up.</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>The kids (now adults) were thrilled to see the photos and I wrote a little bit about their father's life. My son asked me to see if I could find some data on a particular subject so I started searching.</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>You see, we did not know what happened to their father because of the divorce, his family never let us know where the ashes went. We heard several stories and one family member said they went to find him at a cemetery and they could not. So we just figured we would never know.</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>While searching on Ancestry a hint came up on their father's name. I clicked on it and lo and behold it was a Findagrave link! </b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>It turned out to be the great grandfather of the kids and there was more than one photo attached. Scrolling through the photos, THERE IT WAS! The headstone for my kid's father!! </b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><br />
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</b></div><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It feels so great to solve a family mystery and make my kids recover a part of them that was missing.</span></b>Flamincatdesignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928279179730668089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-75058615884578148612012-04-10T15:56:00.001-07:002012-04-10T16:14:55.943-07:00My New Flip Pal Scanner Is Great<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One of the things I received for Christmas was a Flip Pal Scanner. </span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>You can also scan fabric and objects. Do you have a swatch of cloth from grandma's dress or fancy buttons? Perhaps a WWII metal from a grandparent. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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My mother still enjoys hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner and I went to my parents home to help her get things ready on the day before Thanksgiving, which also happened to be her birthday. When I had arrived, she had just put her pumpkin pie in the oven. I interrupted her Holiday preparations with her birthday present, but she was happy to take time for her present. My father was there and his brother was also there visiting.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Of course, it started with reading the birthday card.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see my father is coming over to also look at the card.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I used the same design on my mother's book as on my father's book and just modified the family name. <br />
It is just a crest style design with the family name, not an official crest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I printed documents for my mother's paternal direct line. I was able to trace not only her grandparents but also her great grandparents who immigrated from Russia to Kansas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also printed out her direct line on her maternal side of the family. I can go back several generations, but still have not found a connection to Jefferson Davis. We do have 2 Jefferson Davis's in our family, just not the famous one. He was suppose to have been a distant cousin to my grandmother. I may never know for sure. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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She eagerly paged through the book and I talked about a few things that I had discovered while researching the documents.<br />
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It was common knowledge in her family, that in Oct. 1886, her grandfather, Andrew Bahl, jumped the ship in New York and the rest of the Bahl family went on to Argentina. He was told he either needed a sponsor or a job to stay in New York and he immediately got a job.<br />
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The family said Andrew met his wife on the ship, it was love at first sight and they got married. My mother said his wife Kathryn, taught him English. I found this curious since she was also an immigrant from Russia. Digging through the census data and the immigration records and passenger lists, I found that my mother's grandmother, immigrated to the US when she was about 4 years old in Jul of 1876. She was raised in Hays, Kansas. My guess is, that she was a young woman on that ship returning from a visit to Europe, most likely to visit family. I need to see if I can find the ship data that will help me prove this idea.<br />
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Hays, Kansas, is the town my mother said that her father was born in 1892. The first census that I have found both Kathryn and Andrew is 1900, in Spiro, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. I need to find more data between 1876 and 1892.<br />
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Here my mother is looking at some historical photos I printed up for her of Kansas in the 1800's and early 1900's. She is really enjoying the book. I think I will have many volumes by the time I have all our family documented. It is really a joy to do this kind of work and give it as a gift to my family.<br />
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Thanksgiving to me is always about being thankful for the family I have. I can't think of a better gift for a birthday this time of year.Flamincatdesignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928279179730668089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-62298537317200813532011-10-05T15:45:00.000-07:002011-10-05T15:45:48.488-07:00Where Oh Where Is Her Maiden Name?My second great grandmother married my second great grandfather, Jefferson Davis, as Mrs. Mary Hubbard.<br />
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It appears back in 1846, you didn't need your maiden name on your marriage license.<br />
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Mary is a very common first name and guess what, Hubbard is a very common last name. I'm finding a lot of dead ends trying to trace down which Hubbard she was married to. She was born in Virginia and her second marriage was in Illinois. Was her first marriage Virginia? Or was it also Illinois? I don't have an exact date for her first marriage but based on the first child being born in 1837, I estimate she was married about 1835 or 36. She married her second husband, Jefferson Davis, in 1846. Both the Hubbard children were born in Illinois.<br />
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I was able to trace through census data that her daughter Julia Esther Hubbard, born in 1835, married Richard Dunham in 1861. Her last appearance on a census is 1900 and according to the Pike County ILGenweb site, she died in 1904. None of Julia's census records ask to record her father's name or mother's maiden name. (Just my luck!)<br />
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Now this could lead to my answer! If I can find Julia's death certificate, will it have her mother's maiden name?<br />
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Mary's son, John Hubbard was born about 1837. (groan...another common name). He appears in a census with the name John Hubbard Davis, then the following census as John Hubbard. I found a Civil War Draft record in 1863 for John H. Davis from Illinois and I cannot find any more data on him. Was he killed in the civil war?<br />
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In 1860 Mary Hubbard was in Illinois, her husband is missing from the census, was he serving in the Civil War? He shows up again in an 1870 census in Kansas with a couple of kids and no wife. So it looks like somewhere between 1860 and 1870 Mary Davis died. Davis is almost as common as Smith when it comes to last names and a 10 year range of Mary Davis deaths to investigate can lead to a ton of records.<br />
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I think Julia's death record may be my key! I will post an update when I find it.Flamincatdesignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928279179730668089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-43532277009448922562011-08-25T15:31:00.000-07:002011-08-25T16:23:51.292-07:00It's a Genealogy Birthday<span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >Saturday my father will be 86 years old!</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >That is quite an accomplishment.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >My father has supplied me with a ton of material for my family history research.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >I thought it would be fitting to do something with the data I have been gathering for him on his birthday.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >I'm no where near being able to publish my family history book, but I do have quite a bit of data on our direct lines, so that' where I focused.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >I chose my father's direct paternal line, which included 4 generations, starting with his parents and ending with his 2nd great grandfather.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >Since my father does not use a computer, I printed out the family trees, census reports and all other sources I found and put them in a book.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >I made a cute little graphic for the front of the book resembling a family crest.</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">Today I visited my parents and gave my Father his present. He took to the book like it was the best thing ever. He sat there and went through all 160+ pages in one sitting! Of course he said that this was his first overview, he will go back and look at everything closely later.</span></span>
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<br />Now I need to do the same thing with his maternal line and repeat the process on my mother's family lines. It's a great joy to see him enjoy my research.</span>
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<br />Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-19373935810716461672011-07-10T14:08:00.000-07:002011-08-25T16:29:52.360-07:00My Uncle Sent Me Some Treasures<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fKcRpbsbmww/ThoVOjgx6WI/AAAAAAAAABE/WGMe5HkcCbc/s1600/2011-07-10%2B07.49.29.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fKcRpbsbmww/ThoVOjgx6WI/AAAAAAAAABE/WGMe5HkcCbc/s400/2011-07-10%2B07.49.29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627834024147937634" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >There were several photos, some that my mother had copies of, and some that she did not.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >
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<br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I brought the package down to my parents house to look at all the goodies.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >
<br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >My mother really enjoyed seeing the photos that she did not have copies of.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >
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<br />I was so excited last night to receive a phone call from my uncle. Some of the things he told me about the family I had also been told by my mother but there were other stories that I had never heard. He is going to send me some photos and information on our Russian side of the family. He said he has the names of the towns that they were from in Russia. Unfortunately he does not have any information on the Jefferson Davis possible relation, so my search continues for that.
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<br />It was really great to hear my uncle's voice on the phone. I have not seen him in about 10 years and we spoke for about 30 minutes. Families just don't stay in one place as much as they did years ago. Looking at the census data, I find the families all clustered around each other, including the obituaries which showed them passing in their home town. There were also families that were on the move to survive and explore as well.
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<br />My uncle had just returned from visiting his home town in Parsons, Kansas. He said the city is about half the size it was pre WWII. The main industry was the railroad and farming and today there is very little industry in the area. West Mineral, Kansas, another childhood town of my mother and her family, was a small town and is even smaller now.
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<br />Now I can't wait to get the information package from my uncle in the mail.</span><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">My grandmother, Olive Davis, photo taken at the time of her engagement.</span>
<br /></div>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-55730923961596808182011-05-22T17:28:00.000-07:002011-05-22T19:03:55.720-07:00In Search of Jefferson Davis<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >When my mother was a small child, she opened her history book at school and thought she saw a picture of her Uncle John. She was quite surprised to see this and could not wait to get home from school to ask her mother why Uncle John was in the history book.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >Her mother took one look and said "Oh, yes, that is not Uncle John, but we are related to the man in the picture, that is Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America". Her mother explained that they were not proud of him and did not to speak of him. He was some sort of second cousin or something.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >So now I am searching to see if I can find the trail from my Davis family to the famous Jefferson Davis.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yo00QNneJ2o/Tdm7mUdWoDI/AAAAAAAAAAw/19cI_EU3HHw/s1600/jeff%2Bdavis%2Bcomparison.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yo00QNneJ2o/Tdm7mUdWoDI/AAAAAAAAAAw/19cI_EU3HHw/s320/jeff%2Bdavis%2Bcomparison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609721077867913266" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >This is a photo I compiled of my Great Grandfather, Jefferson Bluford Davis on the left, top & bottom and the famous Jefferson Davis, in photos close to the age of the photos I have of my grandfather, on the right, top and bottom.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >Maybe it is just wishful thinking, but it looks to me like there is some family resemblance between the two of them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >I have not had any luck finding a path on ancestry with the data that I have. Then looking on ebay, I found 2 older genealogy books on Jefferson Davis. I bought them both and I am going to put the data into a new family tree on Ancestry. Maybe I can find that missing link through this?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >One book is "Davis Family Records, by J. Montgomey Seaver, 1929" and the other book is "Genealogy of Jefferson Davis and Samuel Davis by William H. Whitsitt, 1910".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;" >I will post here in a few months with the results.</span>Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031811452132325790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-58470735174647275892011-05-13T21:19:00.000-07:002011-05-14T08:55:48.600-07:00Who Are We and Where Did We Come From?<span style="font-size: large;">I am still in the beginning stages of my research, but here are the basics for anyone who may be interested.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Our family is made from the following Iowa families:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hall</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hall family was said to have come from England, although I have not traced it that far yet. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about the origin of the Brubaker family, but they are also part of the Blakeslee family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The areas of Iowa were: Waterloo, Denver, Waverly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bentroth and Bast families immigrated from Germany.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Our family is made from the following Kansas families:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bahl and Vogel families both immigrated from Kamenka, Russia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Davis and Burdette families are old southern state families.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have not yet found their origins of immigration.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Simmons family so far are from Kansas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Kansas families mainly resided in Parsons, Kansas.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Our family is made from the following Pennsylvania families:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gagliano</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Falcone </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">White</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">McCormick</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gagliano and Falcone families immigrated from Italy to Pennsylvania.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The White and McCormick families were also in Pennsylvania, but I have not traced their immigration yet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Toole family is from Texas and Alabama.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Rash family is from Missouri.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have not traced the immigration of these families yet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </div></div>Flamincatdesignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928279179730668089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891259886787932431.post-21639295846802597022011-03-06T16:36:00.000-08:002011-05-07T17:18:14.339-07:00In The Beginning....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In the Beginning there was family, and after that many generations of family.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Somewhere the individuals get lost and fade with time.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Our lives are like meandering lace, entwined, twisted together, yet turning and wandering down different paths.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Some attempt to find those who have faded with time, and reconstruct the family that was and is for generations to come.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I am one of those people who have been exploring my family history. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I have fallen in love with the family and enjoy the hunt. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I hope that those who visit my blog also enjoy what I have to share.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUzEoG8EPEw/TcXdJ1o_IHI/AAAAAAAABHU/IGVA2DFCowI/s1600/IMG_9156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUzEoG8EPEw/TcXdJ1o_IHI/AAAAAAAABHU/IGVA2DFCowI/s400/IMG_9156.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> To some this is a disaster, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>to me it is a treasure.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eoDpSlsrzwQ/TcXdsB0nUqI/AAAAAAAABHY/qOdaJfa7PNY/s1600/IMG_9157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eoDpSlsrzwQ/TcXdsB0nUqI/AAAAAAAABHY/qOdaJfa7PNY/s400/IMG_9157.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hidden gems and clues to our past.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GRldD0zbKNw/TcXeQza9bfI/AAAAAAAABHc/X_AZAUKTLbA/s1600/IMG_9158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GRldD0zbKNw/TcXeQza9bfI/AAAAAAAABHc/X_AZAUKTLbA/s400/IMG_9158.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And here is the beginning of organization.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Endless scanning of photos and placing into archival boxes.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Then sleeves? do I need to put them in sleeves?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How many? </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And names....almost no names written on the back of the photos.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Almost 600 photos are scanned, yet the mountain of boxes remain.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I get to spend time with my parents, identifying and writing down stories for many of the photos.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What a privilege and blessing this whole process is.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Today I am thankful that my father was somewhat of a packrat, a casual family historian.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I am new to family history and genealogy. I learn more every day. I have made 3 family connections through Ancestry.com that I didn't know existed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I have made contact to a couple family members through my parents. Everyone has been so wonderful and helpful.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thank you all for your help, I hope you enjoy the journey with me.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sincerely, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kathy, the current generation Hall family historian.</b></span></div>Flamincatdesignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928279179730668089noreply@blogger.com4