Stevenson Genealogy
This is my favorite place to order supplies. They offer a wonderful newsletter each month with helpful tips. When I was just beginning I wanted a 15 Generation chart, and had no clue as to where I needed to look for them. I found them here, and when I ordered, and received my package, one of the owners sent me a little note, wishing me luck on my research. It was so nice to have that, and for all of my needs I come here.
Over the years I have collected memorabilia from various relatives, and Stevenson's Genealogy has various size page protectors, for photos, funeral notices, and paper items that need to be preserved.
Click on the link above and you will be taken to their site, I have also added their free forms to my sidebar. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. If you have questions, they are also a great source to ask.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Humbled by my Ancestors
Everyone has a past you just have to dig for it.. I have been using my gift membership to Ancestry.com nightly and getting so many records its just unreal. Someday I hope to chart all of this on a great big chart, but for now, I am very happy with my going green/ paperless family tree.
Last night I decided to work on my Great Grandma Hastings family, and got about to 1340 A.D., and much to my surprise, I am a niece of King Henry VI. Everyone has someone in their family that is famous, just sometimes its not the famous type you would like to have.
I also looked for my boyfriend who has been told since he was a teenager that he is related to Outlaw Jesse James, he too wasn't quite sure how to take that, or to be real happy about it. But I found it, they are distant cousins, just not so distantly, only by about 125 years.
As I was digging for my own ancestry, a lot of the deaths were at Tower of London, that gave me a very unsettled feeling. Mostly sadness, I am sure it was due to the King, he seemed to be a very difficult man. My own GGGGGGrandmother was beheaded by his order, and for that, just makes me sad, I am still working on trying to find out why she was beheaded, she was only 54 years old.
In that time era, it seemed common place to find you guilty and then behead you. Which I find ironic, since today's society its, you are found guilty, but then can spend the rest of your life in jail at the expense of others. Maybe the King did have a point, maybe if you were truly guilty of what he said, off with your head, and be done with you. But a lot of the crimes people committed were stealing food because they were poor, or not affording the taxes, and lastly, religious views, some wanted to remain Catholic, and others didn't, Hence the introduction of Protestants...
As I dig more into the how's and why's of my ancient family, I will post my findings. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask,
Tracy
Last night I decided to work on my Great Grandma Hastings family, and got about to 1340 A.D., and much to my surprise, I am a niece of King Henry VI. Everyone has someone in their family that is famous, just sometimes its not the famous type you would like to have.
I also looked for my boyfriend who has been told since he was a teenager that he is related to Outlaw Jesse James, he too wasn't quite sure how to take that, or to be real happy about it. But I found it, they are distant cousins, just not so distantly, only by about 125 years.
As I was digging for my own ancestry, a lot of the deaths were at Tower of London, that gave me a very unsettled feeling. Mostly sadness, I am sure it was due to the King, he seemed to be a very difficult man. My own GGGGGGrandmother was beheaded by his order, and for that, just makes me sad, I am still working on trying to find out why she was beheaded, she was only 54 years old.
In that time era, it seemed common place to find you guilty and then behead you. Which I find ironic, since today's society its, you are found guilty, but then can spend the rest of your life in jail at the expense of others. Maybe the King did have a point, maybe if you were truly guilty of what he said, off with your head, and be done with you. But a lot of the crimes people committed were stealing food because they were poor, or not affording the taxes, and lastly, religious views, some wanted to remain Catholic, and others didn't, Hence the introduction of Protestants...
As I dig more into the how's and why's of my ancient family, I will post my findings. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask,
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Gifting MySelf
So, I have wanted a membership to Ancestry.com but with no job, and only one parent working, money is being spent conservatively.. so for my birthday, I bought a 6 month membership to Ancestry. And for me, this has been a wonderful gift. And my boyfriend is pleased that I'm getting so much use out of the membership.
I have been adding census records, military records, and anything that they have to the already 1500 plus members in my family tree. Very exciting stuff.
I've been meeting distant relatives online, and working with them, sharing photos, today I got a photo of a GGGGrandfather, and it was from his service during the War Between the States. I hope to look more into that part of his history, due to I want to determine which side he was on, where he was stationed, etc.
I have been adding census records, military records, and anything that they have to the already 1500 plus members in my family tree. Very exciting stuff.
I've been meeting distant relatives online, and working with them, sharing photos, today I got a photo of a GGGGrandfather, and it was from his service during the War Between the States. I hope to look more into that part of his history, due to I want to determine which side he was on, where he was stationed, etc.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Medical Schools
If you have a relative that was say a Doctor in the early 1800's, where have you looked or will you look? I am looking for my GGGGGrandfather. He was a doctor in 1830's to his death in 1892.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
2011
I have not been here as much as I had hoped to be, frankly I wasnt here at all in 2010, and that was my fault. Our family was going through some seriously hard times. It is my great hope to post here once a week this year, show you what I am working on, and the things that I hope to accomplish. If you are interested in working on your families Genealogy, or learning about how to go about it. This is the year for you to start. More and more records are being uploaded onto the internet making it easier and faster to get results.
My current project is to get everything scanned and uploaded onto this website. My Grandma, bless her, gave me almost every piece of Family Memrobilia, from Funeral notices, Obits, thank you cards, even her Great Grandmothers Teaching certificate from the 1880's. I was going to share this with you now, but they don't allow PDF's, so I'll change it tomorrow to a jpeg. Lesson learned... hope all is well with everyone.
My current project is to get everything scanned and uploaded onto this website. My Grandma, bless her, gave me almost every piece of Family Memrobilia, from Funeral notices, Obits, thank you cards, even her Great Grandmothers Teaching certificate from the 1880's. I was going to share this with you now, but they don't allow PDF's, so I'll change it tomorrow to a jpeg. Lesson learned... hope all is well with everyone.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Google Books
Have you ever been a thousand miles away from the book you would like to read? I have, and know that it can be a pain, especially when it's in a genealogy library that doesnt ship their books, or have the staff to make copies of articles for you.
Google books is currently uploading as many books as they can for free. Click on the word Google, and that will get you to where you need to be. Try searching for a relative here and see what you come up with, you can try just a name, but if its a common name such as Thomas Hastings, you can add a birth date, and wonderful things might come up for you. They offer a wide variety of choices for people to look up resources...
Google books is currently uploading as many books as they can for free. Click on the word Google, and that will get you to where you need to be. Try searching for a relative here and see what you come up with, you can try just a name, but if its a common name such as Thomas Hastings, you can add a birth date, and wonderful things might come up for you. They offer a wide variety of choices for people to look up resources...
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Took a Break
I have had so much on my plate, and none of it really worth re-chewing over.. I am in school and that has my attention almost as much as my family does. We just moved into our new house, and getting everything set up and decided what doesn't need to be in the house. I have put my genealogy files away and some in storage. Its nice to have the extra room, and spread out.. I hope that all is well with everyone out there, I just love moving, cause the stuff you forgot you had, and then find, can go to donation, or clothes that are so old, they can actually come back in style at any moment and make it into a teenagers wardrobe is fun... I'm ready to get back to studying the dead people I find so fascinating.. life is one big melting pot of people.. I doubt we will ever uncover all the mysteries, but it sure is nice looking for the.
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