tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56002340698360615292024-03-06T15:53:56.417+11:00GeniMatesGenealogists' profiles from all over the placeGeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-49801679742361213022012-01-29T16:14:00.000+11:002012-01-29T16:14:01.826+11:00Lorine McGinnis Schulze<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Having just arrived in Salt
Lake City my mind is on the <a href="http://rootstech.org/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Rootstech Conference</span></a>. Luckily, among
the unpublished GeniMates profiles I have up my sleeve, is one from
Lorine McGinnis Schulze. Not only is Lorine an Official Blogger for the
conference she is also joining Amy Coffin, Audrey Collins and me on an
international panel to discuss <a href="http://rootstech.org/schedule/friday/TU033"><span style="color: windowtext;">Genealogy 2.0</span></a>.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lorine will be a busy girl at
Rootstech as she is also an <a href="http://rootstech.org/bloggers"><span style="color: windowtext;">Official Blogger</span></a>. </span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Date: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22/01/2012</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Name: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lorine McGinnis Schulze </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hometown: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Small town in Ontario Canada</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Are you a Hobbyist or
Professional Genealogist? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I consider myself a hobbyist but I am a member of APG and OCAPG </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span>
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What, if any, formal or
informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical
research? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I'm completely self-taught in
all areas - both genealogy and being a genealogy webmaster</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How long have you been
chasing ancestors?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ah that would reveal my age!
I started at age 14 and I'm a grandmother of 10</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How did you get hooked on
genealogy? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My father was always talking
to me about our Irish ancestors - wondering where they were from and when they
arrived in Canada. He knew nothing beyond his own grandpa. He died when I was
14 and I decided I would find out about those Irish McGinnis ancestors as a tribute
to him. And that got me started!</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is your day job? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Genealogy. I'm retired from
my previous career and now I earn money from my various genealogy pursuits such
as the history-genealogy books I write.</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What are your areas of
Expertise in Genealogy?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dutch in New Netherland
(present day New York), Ontario genealogy, Loyalist ancestry, ships passenger
lists are my main areas of knowledge</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please outline your
involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have cut back on my
Genealogy societies and now only belong to NYGBS, APG and OCAPG</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What are the lands of your
ancestors?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ireland, England, Holland,
Germany, France</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What Family Names are you
Researching?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Gosh there are too many to
list! Remember I've been researching a very long time - over 50 years. A few of
my surnames are McGinnis, Peer, Vollick, Van Slyke, Vrooman, Van Valkenburg,
Damen, LeRoy, Larroway, Shuart, Hertel, Burkholder, Fuller, SImpson, Stead,
King, Downey, Bell, Philpot, Elvery, Caspall, Jamieson, Johnstone.....</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Who is your favourite
ancestor? Why?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have several that I feel
drawn to. But I guess the one I am most fascinated by is my Mohawk ancestor
Ots-Toch. In fact I wrote a book about her! She married a Dutchman in New
Netherland arounc 1640 and is documented in various land records and other
legal documents. She's also mentioned by a Dutch missionary who visited
Schenectady New York in 1660.</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What ancestral city or
town would you like to visit? Why? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I would love to go to
Katesbridge Co. Down Ireland because I believe that is where my McGinnis
ancestor came from.</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is your favourite
resource for genealogy? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ancestry.com hands down. I
visit every day and am always searching for new information. But I also don't
just search my direct ancestors - I search for all siblings and their families
in all generations. So I have a lot of individuals to look up. My 2nd fav is
FamilySearch.</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do you keep your genealogy
files on paper? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yes
</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do you keep your genealogy
files on a computer? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yes
</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What genealogy software do
you use to record your family tree? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">FTM2011</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do you have your tree
posted on the internet? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yes
</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If Yes What is the
URL? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml</span></a></span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What Social Networking
Sites do you use for genealogy?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ancestry, Facebook,
GenealogyWise, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do you have a blog? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Several</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What are your blogs'
URLs? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com</span></a>,
<a href="http://askolive.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://askolive.blogspot.com</span></a>,
<a href="http://ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com</span></a>,
<a href="http://olliesyummyinyourtummy.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://olliesyummyinyourtummy.blogspot.com</span></a>,
and more!</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What are your Other
Hobbies, Activities, Interests?<br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cooking, Antique
collecting, Art</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is your favourite
leisure time activity apart from genealogy? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cooking</span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is your personal
philosophy in a few words ? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Without the past we cannot
understand the present and there is no future.</span><br />GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-29803696831054804562012-01-18T19:19:00.001+11:002012-01-18T19:19:22.396+11:00Karen Ball<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Although she shares my husband's family name, Ball, I don't think Karen is related to him. Our Ball ancestors come from different ends of the "Old Country". </div>
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I recently met Karen, a Canadian librarian, online through Google+ where I have found some new and fascinating genealogy contacts. I am most grateful that she submitted a profile for the GeniMates blog.<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>Date:</i> 7 January 2012</div>
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<i>Name: </i>Karen Ball </div>
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I hold a Master of Library and Information Science degree,
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10 years</div>
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<i>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </i></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I loved
the stories that my Nana told me about our family. The thrill of finding
evidence of an ancestor made their stories real. Like many, I waited too long
to ask all my questions before Nana and my father passed. For me, genealogy
connects me to the past and extends my current 'family' to newly found
relations. Being an archivist, I love learning about history and community and
seeing how those forces and factors influenced our ancestors decisions, actions
and lives.</span></div>
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<i>What is your day job? </i>Librarian-archivist</div>
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<i>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</i></div>
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I am skilled in researching local (Waterloo County/Region) ancestors
using a variety of records - census, vital statistics, newspapers,
genealogies and databases. I love the thrill of the hunt...</div>
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<i>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups</i>:</div>
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I am a member and archivist of the local historical society and have
conducted numerous workshops for the Library on genealogy topics. I am a member of both the Devon Family History Society and Glamorgan Family History Society.</div>
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<i>What are the lands of your ancestors?</i></div>
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North/South Molton, Devon, England; Penarth and Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales and Vancouver and lower mainland, British Columbia</div>
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<i>What Family Names are you Researching?</i> </div>
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Ball, Balment, Bawden, Down, Edwards, Huxtable, Hynds, Rodgers, Thomas </div>
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<i>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</i></div>
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My great-grandfather, Thomas Huxtable Ball - He was the only sibling of
six who left Wales to eventually settle in Canada. I admire his spirit
of adventure. He sailed to Montreal and then undertook a journey, by
rail, of almost equal distance, across Canada to settle in British
Columbia. Thomas was a plumber by trade, who, along with my
great-grandmother, Annie Amelia Turner, built a new life in Vancouver
for their family. My Dad remembered him as a very quiet, polite and
hard working man. I love his understated character and wonderful
achievements.</div>
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<i>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </i></div>
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I`d love to visit Penarth, Wales as this is the place where Thomas`
siblings lived and have stayed to this day. Plassey Street keeps coming
up as an address that I need to check out. I would also like to do some
more research there and to meet family members that I have recently
discovered.</div>
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<i>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </i></div>
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I find that I keep going back to the GENUKI website for top quality
information on the resources relevant to the counties and parishes that I
am researching. </div>
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<i>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </i>Yes </div>
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<i>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </i>Yes </div>
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<i>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? </i>Legacy</div>
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<i>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </i>No </div>
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<i>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</i></div>
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Facebook, GenealogyWise, LinkedIn, Google+</div>
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<i>Do you have a blog? </i>Yes</div>
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<i>What are your blogs' URLs? </i><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://ballbureau.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_qClXq-c6fIBQJd4aQ3brcbe79fA" target="_blank">http://ballbureau.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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<i>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</i> </div>
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Reading, needlepoint, ringette and powerskating</div>
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<i>What is your favourite leisure time activity apart from genealogy? </i></div>
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Spending time with my family</div>
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<i>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </i></div>
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Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood</div>
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<i>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ? </i></div>
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Live, love and laugh as if each day is your last. </div>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-70055676977788238972012-01-11T18:23:00.001+11:002012-01-11T18:58:44.075+11:00Meryl NaismithMeryl has made the first post on her new genealogy blog "<a href="http://ongoingsearchforlostormissingstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/7-jan-2012-name-meryl-naismith-hometown.html#comment-form">Ongoing search for lost or missing stories</a>".<br />
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It is her response to the GeniMates profile questions. Please hop on over to <a href="http://ongoingsearchforlostormissingstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/7-jan-2012-name-meryl-naismith-hometown.html#comment-form">the post</a> to meet my Google+ mate <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/106231572372478462310/about">Meryl</a>.<br />
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Congratulations on your entrance to the world of geneablogging, Meryl.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-17299988366177528782012-01-10T11:26:00.000+11:002012-01-10T11:27:34.464+11:00Bart Brenner<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgEOIscVKF7bxrfh4BXAN0C6xMdYhAP9l0-ga9R-LpXZujkqaDAdbAFxbTFNHo39W25mt-HC1T3CCT4qaA5xQQ61tXD0YYBEFyK4hyphenhyphenVyYk0I-T4qPXmTUwYjYXPIEKnvcy4mjAzevajM/s200/BLB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgEOIscVKF7bxrfh4BXAN0C6xMdYhAP9l0-ga9R-LpXZujkqaDAdbAFxbTFNHo39W25mt-HC1T3CCT4qaA5xQQ61tXD0YYBEFyK4hyphenhyphenVyYk0I-T4qPXmTUwYjYXPIEKnvcy4mjAzevajM/s200/BLB2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Whom should I profile on GeniMates today was the question I asked myself this morning before I read my RSS feeds. There I got my answer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It just so happened that I read, </span><a href="http://geneapoppop.blogspot.com/">A Hobbyist's Genealogy Manifesto, </a><span style="line-height: 115%;">one of the best blog posts I've read in ages and that co-incidentally the writer had sent me a GeniMates profile during the last week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I met Bart on Google+ a few months and since then have been following his blog with interest. I thank Bart for taking the time to submit such a fantastic profile that I know others will enjoy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Name:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">
Bart L Brenner </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hometown:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">
Born: Youngstown, Ohio grew up: Ashtabula, Ohio current residence: St. Charles,
Missouri </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Are
you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Hobbyist</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What,
if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to
genealogical research?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> No formal studies; have started (but
not completed) NGS “American Genealogy: a Home Study Course”; webinars;
currently participating in American Records online study group.</span></span></div>
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long have you been chasing ancestors?</b> <br />
Casually 30+ years; seriously 3 years</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">How
did you get hooked on genealogy?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Over 30 years ago my second cousin once removed showed me his genealogy
research notebook on the Brenners. I was not interested in genealogy at the
time, but recognized the value of this information. With his permission I
copied every page. Hearing about this encounter, other family members began
sending me materials related to family history. Over the years I began
cooperating with a brother-in-law regarding my wife's family history. When I
retired (toward the end of 2007), I set my focus on genealogy. A pastime had
become a hobby had become interesting had become a passion had become an
addiction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
is your day job?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
I am a retired Presbyterian minister. I served as pastor, minister of
education, and regional executive.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
I have lots of experience at beginning to do things the wrong way, learning
along the way, and then initiating processes to correct mistakes of the past
and move into the future with a better grasp of standard practices and
protocols. One special proficiency (developed from cooperating with my
technologically proficient son) has been the development of a personal research
wiki that organizes and maintains my genealogical data, information, and
evidence. This has enabled me to digitize as many records as possible,
maintaining only a very small set of hard copy </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Please
outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">: <br />
Member of National Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society, American
Records online study group, Geneabloggers</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
are the lands of your ancestors?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
The majority of ancestors originally came from Germany; eventually migrating to
Ohio; most ending up in Youngstown, Mahoning & Columbiana Counties, Ohio.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
Family Names are you Researching?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
My side of the family – Brenner, Deeter, Mieding, Smith, Cole, Messerall,
Barthel (Bartle)... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">My wife's side of the family – Weaver (Weber), Gregg,
Hill, Spitzer, Fitzmaurice, Lewis, Graham, Anderson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Who
is your favourite ancestor? Why?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
John Brenner (1836 – 1909) is my 2g-grandfather. He is the first direct line
Brenner to immigrate to the United States (from Adelshofen, Baden, in 1854). He
was 18 years old at the time. From an obituary, I learned that upon his arrival
in the United States, he was mugged and robbed of all his possessions. This led
to his walking from New York to Philadelphia when family friends resided. He
was able to borrow enough money to continue his travels to Ohio (via Rochester,
New York). His was an indomitable and adaptive spirit. He developed a nursery
business, was a cemetery superintendant, sold marble (tombstones), and finally
served as office manager for a construction company.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
I would love to visit the area of Eppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The
smaller villiages of Adelshofen, Sulzfeld, Ittlingen, Kurmbach, Neipperg, and
Stettin are all in the surrounding area. Some have actually been incorporated
into Eppingen. This is the area in which my 2g-grandfather, John Brenner, and
many of his ancestors lived.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
is your favourite resource for genealogy?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Ancestry.com & FamilySearch.org</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do
you keep your genealogy files on paper?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> No</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do
you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Yes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
RootsMagic 5 and TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do
you have your tree posted on the internet? </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">If
Yes What is the URL?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://brennerfamilytree.org/tng/index.php">http://brennerfamilytree.org/tng/index.php</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Ancestry, Facebook, Google+</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do
you have a blog?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Yes
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
are your blogs' URLs?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://geneapoppop.blogspot.com.au/">http://geneapoppop.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Fly fishing, fly tying, progressive theology, teaching, reading</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
is your favourite leisure time activity apart from genealogy?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Fly fishing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
is your favourite (non genealogy) book?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Willa Cather's “Death Comes to the Archbishop” and Howard Rugg's “Imagination”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What
is your personal philosophy in a few words ?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
We are stardust, the universe's capacity for self-awareness. My personal
calling is to a) make sense of life and live fully into its values; b)
cooperate with others as they create meaning and value; and c) celebrate all
that is.</span></span></div>
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you have anything else to share please add it below.</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br />
As I became serious about my genealogical research, I adopted the moniker
“GeneaPopPop” because I wanted to leave a legacy for my grandchildren. I chose
the title “Stardust 'n' Roots” for my blog as a reminder to my grandchildren
that they are Stardust (“wonderfully created”) and they have solid roots and
location in this marvelous and mysterious universe.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-42617909728600028282012-01-07T10:58:00.004+11:002012-01-07T11:40:24.824+11:00Sue Wyatt<div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our latest Genimates profile is from one of my newer social media contacts. </span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As she has just recently retired from teaching and will have a lot of time on her hands I expect we will hear a lot from Sue Wyatt.</span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks, Sue, for your prompt response to my plea for profiles. </span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.07123578730269708" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Date:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 4 Jan 2012</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Name:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sue Wyatt</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hometown:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hobart, Tasmania, Australia</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hobbyist but have done convict research for people overseas and within Australia</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No formal studies but have done database inputting for the Female Convicts Database in Tasmania.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How long have you been chasing ancestors?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A bit over 35 years</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did you get hooked on genealogy?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Doing some research in high school but then starting to ask questions from relatives who knew very little.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is your day job?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Just retired but doing some Tasmanian eSchool teaching using blogs for global collaborative projects with schools around the world.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Probably researching convicts sent to Tasmania in particular.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I was a member of the Tasmanian Genealogy Society but with so much online now, I rarely visit and have let my membership stop.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the lands of your ancestors?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mostly United Kingdom particularly England.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What Family Names are you Researching?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wyatt, England, Jackson, Chandler, Colgrave, Watkinson, Dixon, Davey, Smith, Swain, Tedman, Boyd</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John England because he deserved to be sent out as a convict but he turned his life around once he was a free man again.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Whenever I go on a long holiday, I visit U.K and have looked at churches and record offices in many of the counties where my ancestors came from.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is your favourite resource for genealogy?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At the moment, I am enjoying using Trove, the online newspapers in Australia. I have just added more people to my database and am finding some interesting articles about their lives in Australia.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you keep your genealogy files on paper?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some parts such as emails or snail mails from relatives.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, I use ‘The Master Genealogist’ but I have yet to update to a newer version.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you have your tree posted on the internet?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have some pages of my tree posted on a </span><a href="http://wyatt-family.com/sue/genealogy/genealogyindex.htm"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">personal website</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and some on GenesReunited but as yet, not the whole database on the internet.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><a href="http://trees.ancestry.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ancestry, Twitter, Google+, Looking4Kin</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you have a blog?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have about 8 blogs but none of them relate to genealogy. I am thinking of creating one especially as I have just retired and have more time to give to genealogy. Here is the link to my </span><a href="http://imageaday.edublogs.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">image blog </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">which also has all other blogs on it.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My main hobbies and interests are genealogy, using the computer, blogging, reading and travelling .</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is your favourite (non genealogy) book?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since travelling around USA/Canada in 2011, I have started reading books by Tony Hillerman about a Navajo detective.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is your personal philosophy in a few words ?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sources, sources, keep those sources. Otherwise ‘Live life to the fullest’.</span></div>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-30238378507825020592012-01-04T21:20:00.001+11:002012-01-04T21:20:01.108+11:00GeniMates - Stars of 2011The Poster Boy of GeniMates for 2011 was <a class="GKFKIV-FT" href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/02/darrin-lythgoe.html">Darrin Lythgoe</a> whose profile had more than twice the number of visits of any other.<br />
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Rounding out the top five were:<br />
<a class="GKFKIV-FT" href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/09/helen-v-smith_02.html">Helen V Smith</a><br />
<a class="GKFKIV-FT" href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/03/liz-pidgeon.html">Liz Pidgeon</a> <br />
<a class="GKFKIV-FT" href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/04/randy-seaver.html">Randy Seaver</a><br />
<a class="GKFKIV-FT" href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/03/alona-tester.html">Alona Tester</a>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-8419546373136297072012-01-03T20:56:00.000+11:002012-01-03T20:56:45.989+11:00Nancy ShivelyI owe fellow <a href="http://rootstech.org/community">Rootstech Official Blogger</a>, Nancy, a huge apology. After receiving her submission for Genimates I promptly forgot about it and the Genimates blog giving it a big holiday. This is a super profile to relaunch Genimates, thanks, Nancy.<br />
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It's a New Year and I have resolved to continue publishing Genimate profiles when people submit them to me.<br />
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I look forward to meeting Nancy in person in Salt Lake City next month and meanwhile am following her blogs and post on various social media.<br />
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Date:</b> 21 Sept 2011<br />
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<b>Name:</b> Nancy Shively<br />
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<b>Hometown:</b> Oklahoma City but now living in Tulsa<br />
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<b>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </b><br />
Hobbyist for now<br />
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<b>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research? </b><br />
I've been fortunate that my stint as the Family Tree Firsts blogger for Family Tree University has allowed me to take several of their classes including Vital Records, Land Records and Writing Your Family History among others.<br />
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<b>How long have you been chasing ancestors?</b><br />
About a year and a half<br />
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<b>How did you get hooked on genealogy?</b> <br />
I've always been interested in the family history. You didn't grow up in the house I did without a keen respect for history in general. But the discovery that my grandparents had lived in the town I had recently moved to (serendipity?) lit the spark so to speak. Then my daughter suggested that I might want to watch Who Do You Think You Are, I started poking around online and that was it. I was completely addicted.<br />
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<b>What is your day job? </b><br />
Public Librarian<br />
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<b>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</b><br />
I'm still learning so I don't really have any areas of expertise yet!<br />
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<b>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups:</b><br />
I'm still working on that. My local society meets on a night that I regularly work. I've been able to make some of their sponsored workshops though.<br />
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<b>What are the lands of your ancestors?</b><br />
Mostly the U.K. and Switzerland. My husband has Canadian ancestors.<br />
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<b>What Family Names are you Researching?</b><br />
Allen, Blosser, Haworth, Easley, Armstrong, Harrison, Shively, mostly in Missouri and Tennessee. Prudhomme in Canada.<br />
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<b>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</b><br />
Probably my paternal grandmother. She made it through a difficult life with her common sense and sense of humor intact.<br />
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<b>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?</b><br />
How about an ancestral country? I would basically stow away on any plane going to the U.K. if I thought I could get away with it! I'm a pathetic anglophile. (In fact my username on Ancestry.com is Okieanglophile.) But I would also like to visit Bern, Switzerland where my paternal Blosser family is from.<br />
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<b>What is your favourite resource for genealogy?</b><br />
My dad. He is a walking goldmine of family stories. I also spend a lot of time on Ancestry, Family Search and Fold3.<br />
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<b>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper?</b><br />
Yes<br />
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<b>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</b><br />
Yes <br />
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<b>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?</b><br />
After a long debate I chose Reunion. It works the best with my Mac.<br />
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<b>Do you have your tree posted on the internet?</b><br />
Yes<br />
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<b>If Yes What is the URL?</b><br />
<a href="http://trees.ancestry.com/">http://trees.ancestry.com</a><br />
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<b>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</b><br />
Ancestry, Facebook, Geni, LinkedIn, MyHeritage , Twitter, Google+<br />
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<b>Do you have a blog?</b><br />
Several <br />
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<b>What are your blogs' URLs</b>?<br />
<a href="http://nancyshively.blogspot.com/">http://nancyshively.blogspot.com</a> and <a href="http://www.gatheringstories.com/">www.gatheringstories.com</a> and <a href="http://www.familytreeuniversity.com/category/family-tree-firsts">http://www.familytreeuniversity.com/category/family-tree-firsts</a><br />
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<b>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</b><br />
Since my first grandson was born a little less than 2 years ago, I am an avid Nana. I also enjoy reading, writing and knitting. I inherited a floor loom which I am determined to learn how to use. I found out later that one of my early ancestors was a weaver by trade!<br />
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I converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity (you know...Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox...those guys. Only in English.) a few years ago and sing in our church choir. I can feel my Anabaptist, Quaker and French Hugenot ancestors revolving in their graves on that one.<br />
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<b>What is your favourite leisure time activity apart from genealogy?</b><br />
I love going to the movies and hanging out in bookstores. Kind of a busman's holiday but there it is.<br />
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<b>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book?</b><br />
anything by Jane Austen...yes I'm one of those.<br />
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<b>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ?</b><br />
I think it was Plato that said "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." I try to remember that.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-59444596073434519622011-09-25T20:55:00.000+10:002011-09-25T20:55:45.971+10:00The Tech Savvy Genealogists' Meme - Cheryl Bailey<a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/06/cheryl-bailey.html">Cheryl Bailey</a> has taken up my offer to post responses to <a href="http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-you-think-youre-tech-savvy.html">The Tech Savvy Genealogists' Meme</a> here on the GeniMates blog.<br />
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Thanks, Cheryl, for emailing your responses to the meme. A full list of responses can be found at <a href="http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2011/09/tech-savvy-genies.html">The Tech Savvy Genies</a><br />
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<em>Hi Jill</em><br />
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<em>Here is my response to your meme. 30/50 Not quite on the pulse but not too bad all things considered. Thanks for keeping me so well informed what's happening in the Genie world.</em><br />
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<em>Cheers</em><br />
<em>Cheryl</em><br />
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<strong>The Tech Savvy Genealogists' Meme</strong><br />
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The list should be annotated in the following manner:<br />
<strong>Things you have already done or found: bold face type</strong><br />
<em><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)</span></em><br />
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type<br />
Feel free to add extra comments in brackets after each item <br />
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<div><strong>Which of these apply to you?</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><ol><li><strong>Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad</strong></li>
<li><strong>Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes</strong></li>
<li>Have used Skype to for genealogy purposes</li>
<li><strong>Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor's home</strong></li>
<li><strong>Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have a Twitter account</strong></li>
<li>Tweet daily</li>
<li><strong>Have a genealogy blog</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have more then one genealogy blog</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic</strong></li>
<li><strong>Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have a Facebook Account</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have connected with genealogists via Facebook</strong></li>
<li><strong>Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page</strong></li>
<li>Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society</li>
<li><strong>Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site</strong></li>
<li>Have registered a domain name</li>
<li><strong>Post regularly to Google+</strong></li>
<li>Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers</li>
<li><strong>Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project</strong></li>
<li><strong>Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner</strong></li>
<li><strong>Can code a webpage in .html</strong></li>
<li><em>Own a smartphone</em></li>
<li>Have a personal subscription to one or more paid genealogy databases</li>
<li>Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures</li>
<li>Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival</li>
<li><strong>Use Chrome as a Browser</strong></li>
<li>Have participated in a genealogy webinar</li>
<li>Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes</li>
<li><strong>Have a personal genealogy website</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive</strong></li>
<li>Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture</li>
<li><strong>Have scanned your hardcopy genealogy files</strong></li>
<li><strong>Use an RSS Reader to follow genealogy news and blogs</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have uploaded a gedcom file to a site like Geni, MyHeritage or Ancestry</strong></li>
<li>Own a netbook</li>
<li>Use a computer/tablet/smartphone to take genealogy lecture notes</li>
<li><strong>Have a profile on LinkedIn that mentions your genealogy habit</strong></li>
<li>Have developed a genealogy software program, app or widget</li>
<li>Have listened to a genealogy podcast online</li>
<li>Have downloaded genealogy podcasts for later listening</li>
<li><strong>Backup your files to a portable hard drive</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have a copy of your genealogy files stored offsite</strong></li>
<li><strong>Know about Rootstech</strong></li>
<li>Have listened to a Blogtalk radio session about genealogy</li>
<li><strong>Use Dropbox, SugarSync or other service to save documents in the cloud</strong></li>
<li>Schedule regular email backups</li>
<li>Have contriibuted to the Familysearch Wiki</li>
<li><strong>Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs</strong></li>
<li><strong>Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format</strong></li>
</ol>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-8327645814305185212011-09-19T19:35:00.001+10:002011-09-19T19:53:59.812+10:00Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7ElaKnHBBnSEKWcf3mOvElqEBo1eZsT5Klfa7Yq9QVYJsCSBJMZWgxcw7mS3CUo7SxL0BcWbscMjx33um8b-nSdaRMSmT8Sliqks_IWzgd6yavDehq7_IVp4tL3dwaP6W6kPKjrbtU9s/s640/drbillhead.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Dr Bill is a busy boy. He is an active contributor to social networking sites including the new Google+ as well as a regular blogger.<br />
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I am chuffed that he made time to respond to my GeniMates questions, Thanks Bill.<br />
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<i><b>Date:</b></i> 9 Sep 2011<br />
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<i><b>Name:</b></i> Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith<br />
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<b><i>Hometown</i></b><br />
Born and raised in Coon Rapids, Iowa (prior to college); lived all over the United States; currently reside in Hollister, near Branson, MO.<br />
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<i><b>Hobbyist vs. Profession Genealogist</b></i> ( I do not do genealogy work for others for pay)<br />
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I have been '<b><i>chasing my ancestors'</i></b> - casually since mid-1970s; seriously since 1995.<br />
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My wife and I each had 'family tree' materials passed along to us in the 1970s from others (her mother, my aunt and parents). At the time, we developed interest but 'life' got in the way - three daughters and work prevented committing time or other resources to it. By 1995, we had more control of our time and resources, and made a personal commitment to begin "filling in the gaps" and to begin to "solve the mysteries" as well as travel to sites around the U.S. where our ancestors had lived.<br />
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Since June 2009 I am officially retired as Professor Emeritus from my University. I now read, write and research where my interests take me. I have published two novels with a third and fourth well underway. Besides my (several) blogs I write on two (weekly) topics for Examiner.com: Springfield Genealogy Examiner and Ozarks Cultural Heritage Examiner. (Ozarks is the mountainous region we live in consisting in parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma).<br />
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<i><b>What are the lands of my ancestors?</b></i><br />
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My maternal grandmother was born in Denmark. I just learned who her grandparents were (all four), so I completed identification of my 'round of 16!' My paternal grandfather (Smith/Schmidt/Schmitt) was born in Alsace-Lorraine (France/Germany). His wife was born in Sweden. One third-great-grandfather was born in Ireland. All the rest of my lines go back to U.K., including Wales. Several lines are very long in the USA.<br />
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<i><b>What Family Names are you Researching?</b></i><br />
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KINNICK is the surname I've done the most with. I have a KINNICK Surname Blog. I've published, in 2003, an online 900+ page update of a 1953 KINNICK family history.<br />
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From page two of my Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories blog, these are my family names, thru 3rd GGparents, plus a few:<br />
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Butler, Carle, Christensen*, Duncan, Fad, Kinnick/Kennick, Krag, Miller, Mortensdatter, Nielsen*, Preston, Rolen/Rolin, Simmons, Smith/Schmitt, Soderstrom, Sorensen, Williams<br />
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*Same line - Danish naming convention explains difference.<br />
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Additional lines researched, further back:<br />
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Firestone, Jones, Kimmerling, Kirk, Lee, Schwyhart, Vesterstrom<br />
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<i><b>Who is your favorite ancestor? Why?</b></i><br />
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Cannot do one - I'll hold to three, briefly:<br />
1) James P. Preston - paternal grandmother's father - my aunt said, "We don't know much about my grandfather." NOT. She knew, but didn't want to share. He 'abandoned' his four children - in her viewpoint. My wife and I have very much enjoyed learning his story: California gold fields, Montana rancher, wealthy and poor… interesting stories.<br />
2) John Butler - my Irish 3rd GGfather - fought in Rev War - many gaps in his history in early frontier days - at Hull's surrender of Detroit in 1803, etc.<br />
3) William Kinnick - Sergeant Major in Revolutionary War - I'm working on a non-fiction book on him and his times.<br />
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<b><i>What is your favorite resource for genealogy?</i> </b><br />
The one that has the record I'm looking for!! I use every resource I can locate.<br />
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<i><b>Genealogy Files</b></i><br />
I keep a lot of paper files, but, I primarily use Reunion software on my Mac for my family database. I've used several PC and Mac softwares over the years.<br />
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I've historically published my database on Rootsweb; I've recently begun participating on WikiTree - that will continue.<br />
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<i><b>Social Networking</b></i><br />
I use Facebook, Google+, and Twitter (for outbound only).<br />
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<b><i>Blogging</i></b><br />
My primary blog is Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories [<a href="http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>drbilltellsancestorstories.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a>], others are linked there.<br />
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<i><b>Other interests</b></i> <br />
Wife, three adult daughters, two sons-in-law, two grandchildren (boy 7 - girl 4) - reading and writing - photography.<br />
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I encourage others to record and share the family history information they discover; and, be sure to examine and understand the social history of the time and place your ancestors lived.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-17359440791384269492011-09-12T10:24:00.000+10:002011-09-12T10:24:09.216+10:00Kylie WillisonWhen <a href="http://kyliewillison.blogspot.com/2011/09/99-things-genealogy-meme-aussie-style.html">she participated</a> in <a href="http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2011/09/goodonya-genimates.html">my recent meme challenge</a> to Australian geneabloggers I realised that I had not yet asked Kylie to submit a profile to Genimates.<br />
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I thank Kylie for her support of my efforts and for responding so swiftly to my plea for a GeniMates profile.<br />
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<i>Date:</i> 7/9/2011 <br />
<i>Name:</i> Kylie Willison <br />
<i>Hometown:</i> Flaxley, South Australia now live in Adelaide, South Aust <br />
<i>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist?</i> Hobbyist <br />
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What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research? </i><br />
I haven't undertaken any genealogical studies. <br />
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<i>How long have you been chasing ancestors?</i> 6 years <br />
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<i>How did you get hooked on genealogy?</i><br />
I found an online family tree site and started filling in my tree and then wanted to know more, and more, and more. <br />
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<i>What is your day job?</i> Student <br />
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<i>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy? </i><br />
I love helping others with using their computer and the Internet. <br />
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<i>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups: </i><br />
I'm a member of the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society. <br />
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<i>What are the lands of your ancestors? </i><br />
Australia<br />
England<br />
Scotland<br />
Prussia<br />
Cornwall<br />
Ireland <br />
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What Family Names are you Researching? </i><br />
Buring<br />
Buehring<br />
Wigley<br />
Willison<br />
Scadden (Scaddan or 'on')<br />
Chapman<br />
Boyd<br />
Reid<br />
Hayward<br />
Welsh<br />
Rubeni<br />
Heeps<br />
Tyrrell<br />
Plunkett<br />
Moon<br />
Burnet<br />
Muir<br />
Bodger <br />
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<i>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why? </i><br />
One of my favourites is Ellen Mary Patten, formerly Welsh, nee Chamberlain. Ellen came to Australia with her sister when they were quite young, she survived a shipwreck, insolvency, living in city and country areas, the death of several of her children and her first husband and living hundreds of miles away from her family. What an amazing woman. <br />
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<i>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </i><br />
Scotland because I have ancestors from both sides of my family there. <br />
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<i>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </i><br />
My favourite resource would have to be Trove. There is so much information to find there besides the cold hard facts of births, deaths and marriages. <br />
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<i>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper?</i> Yes <br />
<i>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</i> Yes <br />
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What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? </i><br />
I use ancestry.com to record my family tree. My sister and I work on it together from time to time and this way we both have access. I also download a gedcom file of the tree to take with me on my Android phone. I use Family Bee on the phone. <br />
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<i>Do you have your tree posted on the internet?</i> Yes <br />
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<i>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </i><br />
Ancestry, Facebook, Other <br />
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<i>Do you have a blog?</i> Yes <br />
<i>What are your blogs' URLs?</i> <a href="http://kyliewillison.blogspot.com/">http://kyliewillison.blogspot.com</a> <br />
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<i>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? </i><br />
I'm currently studying Cert IV in Textile Arts so this keeps me very busy. <br />
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<i>What is your favourite leisure time activity apart from genealogy? </i><br />
Crocheting <br />
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What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </i><br />
Currently Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden <br />
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What is your personal philosophy in a few words ? </i><br />
I follow Jesus.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-59790301669694662852011-09-07T17:36:00.001+10:002011-09-07T17:43:29.063+10:00Rosemary Jones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rosebushclimbing.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0nKU-db4JTzQxOplh7-hy2m73e8YmJD7m20NNGuu0Too9ox3bZDz6gVBbbBo-3SCX4ydNAxrBf3lg0AquG056oDiz2ds4GMuRZsQvhToQuEZoJxhfIuBsD1rZb5tDOMa0GXla5_158u-/s640/rosebush.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I stumbled across Rosemary's blog earlier this year and have since noticed her efforts in the Australian and British Groups on Facebook where she provides assistance to fellow genealogists.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I am grateful to this expat Aussie for sharing her profile on GeniMates.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Date: </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5/9/2011</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Name: </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rosemary Jones</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hometown:</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Sydney, NSW living in Tulsa, Oklahoma</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Hobbyist</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What is your day job?</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Retired</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?<br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I attend local seminars and watch any webinars that strike my fancy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>How long have you been chasing ancestors?</i> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5 years or so.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How did you get hooked on genealogy? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After my father died I found that he had sent for the index entries for his aunts and uncles in Victoria. He also had a brief note from his sister stating what she knew of their grandfather. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?<br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I'm most familiar with English and Australian Genealogy and within those areas I'm pretty much of a generalist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">:<br />
I'm a member of the Tulsa Genealogical Society and participate in the Facebook Groups for English and Australian Genealogy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>What are the lands of your ancestors? <br />
</i>England on both sides of the family, with perhaps a little Scotland and Ireland thrown into the mix. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What Family Names are you Researching?</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <br />
My direct lines are Tissott, Sutherland, Bull, Brothers, Reeder and Barnard but I'll happily delve into the in-laws and shirt-tail cousins.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?<br />
</i>This week it has to be Isaac Williamson, a particularly bad lot out of Aberdeen, Scotland, transported to Van Diemen's Land for Assault and Battery. I always find the bad boys of interest because they leave a lot of documentation of their doings. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This would probably be Great Ellingham in Norfolk where my grandmother Sarah Reeder and her family lived for a number of generations. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What is your favourite resource for genealogy? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ancestry, followed by FindMyPast and FamilySearch. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">No </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Yes </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Family Tree Maker 2011 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">No </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ancestry, Facebook, Other </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you have a blog? </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Yes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What are your blogs' URLs? </span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://rosebushclimbing.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">http://rosebushclimbing.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What is your favourite leisure time activity apart from genealogy? <br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Reading </span></div>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-30026687423217029382011-09-04T16:04:00.001+10:002011-09-04T16:04:00.419+10:00The Cupboard is BareI am so grateful to those genealogists who have taken the time to submit profiles to the GeniMates blog. I know that your fellow GeniMates enjoy reading about you.<br />
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I have now reached the stage where the cupboard is bare - I have no more profiles up my sleeve. I have asked around 90 people to submit profiles, some have responded that they are not in a position to do so - I understand and thenk them for their responses. Some have promised to submit a profile - I hope that when they have a few minutes to spare they will submit their profile and around 25 have not responded to my invitation as of yet. I have a few more names on my list and will contact them over the next few days.<br />
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If you have any suggestions for genealogists (especially from The British Isles) to profile please let me have their contact details and I will write to them. GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-21564485638937791422011-09-02T15:58:00.000+10:002011-09-02T15:58:17.784+10:00Helen V Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRE_-k6R7648yzcjI-mI3ox3mRVZaIUVxPUHrkM5Gz1woI5ui9_qpsd4RKOX2gbjWsRH6KvCNEJZ3b7c4aZM731quuyAeI_OOMo9i8CjIsdmGt44NeMXTnHZHqoOHAjz0194qzyG5yHK3h/s1600/helenbio+pic+compress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRE_-k6R7648yzcjI-mI3ox3mRVZaIUVxPUHrkM5Gz1woI5ui9_qpsd4RKOX2gbjWsRH6KvCNEJZ3b7c4aZM731quuyAeI_OOMo9i8CjIsdmGt44NeMXTnHZHqoOHAjz0194qzyG5yHK3h/s200/helenbio+pic+compress.jpg" width="189" /></a></div>I have yet to meet Australian genealogist, Helen Smith, but feel as if I know her reasonably well due to her activity on social networking sites and as a blogger. I appreciate Helen's responses to my posts in various forums.<br />
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Hopefully some day soon our paths will cross. Maybe someone in Sydney will invite Helen down to give some of her medically flavoured genealogy talks.<br />
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Thanks to this very busy lady for sharing her profile on GeniMates.<br />
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<i>Date: </i> June 2011<br />
<i>Name:</i> Helen V Smith<br />
<i>Hometown:</i> Brisbane, Queensland, Australia<br />
<i>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist?</i> Both<br />
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<i>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?</i><br />
Halfway through a Certificate in Genealogical Studies-English Records with National Institute of Genealogical Studies,Informally I read everything I can and subscribe to most family history magazines. There is so much information available now reading people’s blogs. I listen to as many podcasts as possible (my iPod Touch is my great friend while driving) and while travelling for work. I learn from webinars. I attend as many conferences and presentations as work and finances will allow. I know you never stop learning and it is so much fun!<br />
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<i>How long have you been chasing ancestors?</i> <br />
Since 1986<br />
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<i>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </i><br />
My Mother lamented the fact she had never known her Grandfather, George Howard Busby. I decided to see what I could find out, found some information and a newspaper photo of him, became hooked and have been addicted ever since.<br />
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<i>What is your day job? </i><br />
Molecular epidemiologist<br />
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<i>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</i><br />
Queensland, Kent, Oxfordshire, England, Medical History and One Name Studies<br />
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<i>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups</i>:<br />
<ul><li> I have been a member of Genealogical Society of Queensland since late 1980’s and have been a Committee member. </li>
<li> I have been a member of Southern Suburbs Branch of Genealogical society of Queensland since round 1998 and have been a committee member for many of those years.</li>
<li>I am currently a member of Queensland Family History Society, Oxfordshire FHS Society, Kent FHS, Society of Genealogists and the Guild of One Name Studies (registered name Quested) and am currently the Queensland Regional Representative for the Guild.</li>
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<i>What are the lands of your ancestors?</i><br />
Australia, England and Ireland<br />
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<i>What Family Names are you Researching?</i> <br />
Quested, Amos, Busby, Carter, Courtenay, Culley, Cullicoat, Drury, Evans, Feeny,Filmer, Hamer, Howard, Jelley, Joy, Lewis, Longley, Meridith, Millen, Morgan, Moyle, Nicholls, Philpott, Plumridge, Robinson, Rollason, Smith, Spargo, Spear, Weeks, White, Wills<br />
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<i>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</i><br />
Depends who I am researching at the time but I always have a soft spot for George Howard Busby, first because he was the cause of my starting family history so we started this addiction together and secondly because he did so many interesting things. He joined the Cape Mounted Rifles in the Boer War, was in the 15th Battalion at Gallipoli, as well had served in the Ambulance Brigade and the Fire Brigade. He also worked as a Press photographer in late 1920-early 1930s.<br />
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<i>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </i><br />
I have been lucky enough to visit most of my ancestral areas except the family areas in Ireland. Ancestral memory may linger as I felt instantly at home in Coombe , Oxfordshire where the Busby family pretty much were related to everyone in the village.<br />
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<i>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </i><br />
Hmm very hard to pick just one. Trove in Australia, GENUKI in England,FamilySearch and then there are the pay sites for many of which I have subscriptions.<br />
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<i>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper?</i> Yes<br />
<i>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</i> Yes<br />
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<i>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?</i><br />
The Master Genealogist and also use Legacy<br />
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<i>Do you have your tree posted on the internet?</i> Yes<br />
<i>If Yes What is the URL?</i> Currently on Ancestry<br />
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<i>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</i><br />
• Ancestry• Facebook• GenealogyWise• LinkedIn• MyHeritage• Twitter<br />
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<i>Do you have a blog? </i>Several<br />
<i>What are your blogs' URLs?</i><br />
<a href="http://helenvsmithresearch.blogspot.com/">http://helenvsmithresearch.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://historicalmedical.blogspot.com/">http://historicalmedical.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://kentresearch.blogspot.com/">http://kentresearch.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://questedonenamestudy.blogspot.com/">http://questedonenamestudy.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<i>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</i> <br />
Writing, reading, playing with new tech toys, social history, medical history<br />
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<i>What is your favourite leisure time activity apart from genealogy? </i><br />
Reading<br />
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<i>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </i><br />
Have too many to list. Books have been favoured companions for many years and have over ten thousand at home. I read everything except horror.<br />
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<i>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ? </i><br />
Do your best, live life to the fullest. Pay it forward.<br />
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<i>If you have anything else to share please add it below.</i><br />
Life is a journey linked from the past to the future. Live it, enjoy it.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-17963836210303976742011-08-29T09:18:00.000+10:002011-08-29T09:18:00.358+10:00Kathleen FanningWe move back downunder for our next GeniMates profile. <br />
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Kathleen also completed her profile about the time I was setting off overseas so I apologise to Kathleen for sitting on it for quite a while. <br />
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I have been following Kathleen's blog for some time now and really enjoy her well-researched and thoughtful posts.<br />
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It is an honour to be able to publish Kathleen's profile.<br />
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<i>Date<i></i></i> July 2011<br />
<em>Name</em> Kathleen Fanning<br />
<em>Hometown</em> NSW Australia<br />
<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist?</em> Hobbyist<br />
<em>What is your day job?</em> Teacher<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors?</em> About four years<br />
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<em>How did you get hooked on genealogy?</em><br />
My father used to tell us about his family when I was growing up and I gradually got more and more interested in my ancestry. I was lucky in that I knew exactly where in Ireland the Fannings came from. A second cousin of mine had also done a family tree and her family still live in the original homestead in Bulla Victoria. They held a family reunion there and had lots of original documents and photos. This kindled my interest. Although thinking about it ,probably the main factor has been the internet. It is now so easy and quick to trace a family history compared with a few years ago. This is especially true with Victorian ancestry.<br />
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<em>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?</em><br />
I have taught myself using internet resources and some books.<br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</em> <br />
I have specialized in Ireland and particularly North Tipperary around Thurles where my ancestors came from.<br />
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<em>What are the lands of your ancestors?</em><br />
On my father's side they all came from Ireland: Co Tipperary, Co Limerick, Co Galway, Co Down.<br />
On my mother's side they came from England, Scotland and Ireland.<br />
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<em>What Family Names are you Researching?</em><br />
Fannin, Fanning, Sheehan, Hayes, Darmody, Skeehan, Gormley, Collins, Gribben, Dell, McSweeney, Cook, Collier, Knighton, Ledwidge, Ryan, Canavan, Mackey, Glass and more.<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</em><br />
One ancestor I am fascinated by is my ggrandmother on my mother's side. Growing up I was told both my ggrandparents had died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic. I had always imagined these very old fairly dowdy people in sensible coats. Then I discovered a photo of my ggrandmother, Annie McSweeney, and she was a stunner ! Nothing like I had imagined. I discovered she had an interesting and wild life having two husbands and having a child to the second while still married to the first. I wish I knew more about her.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?</em><br />
I would like to visit Thurles Co Tipperary as this is where my Fanning ancestors were born and lived and I would also like to visit Cobh which is where they left for the colonies in 1841. I am planning a trip to Ireland in 2012.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy?</em><br />
Apart from the internet I use two books a lot: A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland by Brian Mitchell and the Index to the Townlands, and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland 1851. For starting out in Irish ancestry research I recommend John Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors.<br />
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<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper?</em> Yes<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</em> Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?</em><br />
Family Tree Maker 2011<br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet?</em> Yes<br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</em><br />
Ancestry, Twitter, Google+<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog?</em> Yes<br />
<em>What are your blogs' URLs?</em> <a href="http://www.fanningfamilyhistory.com/">www.fanningfamilyhistory.com/</a><br />
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<em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</em> <br />
Bush regeneration, gardening, kayaking, yoga, reading, photography<br />
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<em>What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy?</em><br />
Reading<br />
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<em>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book?</em> <br />
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak<br />
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<em>If you have anything else to share please add it below:</em><br />
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I have two trees on Rootsweb World Connect:<br />
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My maternal side, Knighton Family Tree<br />
<a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/wcus?db=knighton_torpey">http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/wcus?db=knighton_torpey</a><br />
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and my father's ancestry, Fannings From Tipperary<br />
<a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/wcus?db=fanning-tipp">http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/wcus?db=fanning-tipp</a><br />
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I also have these trees on Ancestry.com<br />
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GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-36725787204081553612011-08-24T10:27:00.001+10:002011-08-24T10:56:11.795+10:00Miles Meyer<span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I owe Miles a huge apology, although he submitted a profile in July I didn't manage to post it before my big trip. I actually came face-to-face with Miles in a Google+ Hangout last month, this exciting tool provides a great opportunity for genealogists to discuss issues face-to-face,<br />
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Thanks Miles, for sharing your profile, I have enjoyed reading it - what an interesting and varied bunch we genealogists are!<br />
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<i>Date:</i> 9 July, 2011<br />
<i>Name:</i> Miles Meyer<br />
<i>Hometown:</i> Originally from Ft. Loramie, Ohio but now live in Jacksonville, Florida <br />
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<i>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist?</i> Hobbyist<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: white;"> What is your day job? Biologist with the US Fish & Wildlife Service </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: white;"> How long have you been chasing ancestors? </span></span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Years<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: white;"> How did you get hooked on genealogy? </span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">One day I just started when I found an assignment I did back in 3rd grade where we compiled a pedigree chart. Since then I have spent about 2-4 hours each day researching either my genealogy or that of someone else. I think I enjoy the hunt and the great stories I find no matter who's family I am researching.</span><br />
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<i>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</i><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Internet & new technologies. I have been an early adopter of many of the new tech toys. I am also a beta tester for several companies so I get to try out the new bells and whistles before others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: white;"> What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research? </span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I am basically self taught. My profession as a scientist has provided me with the skills to do research and look for detailed information. I began learning more detailed genealogical research techniques when I was called as a Family History Consultant. After that I began learning by teaching.<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups.<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I haven't formally become a member of any genealogy groups or societies. I frequently attend meetings of the local groups as an invited guest to talk about new products that are being tested.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What are the lands of your ancestors?<br />
</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All my ancestors come from Germany.</span><i><br />
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What Family Names are you Researching?<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always enjoy this question since I don't have that many common names. Some of the names I am researching include: Westerheide, Garman, Mescher, Bielefeld, Aufderhaar, Wierwille, Gaier, Stueve, Mescher, Wesner, Bornhorst, Leugers, Schweiterman, Sacksteder, Roetgerman, and Meyer along with others.</span><i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br />
Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite ancestor is my great grandfather Raymond Bernard Westerheide. Mainly becuase he was a booze runner during Prohibition in the US. There are some great stories from his life. Additionally, my favorite ancestor on my wife's family line is either Corydon Reeder or Willie Mae Harris. Corydon is interesting because he travelled from Ohio to Oregon, got married in Indiana and Iowa and then in Oregon, then moved to Wyoming during the 1800s. He must have had an interesting life. Willie Mae Harris is interesting because she had been married 4 times before she died at the age of 45.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?<br />
</span></span></i><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of my wife's ancestors come from St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. I think that would be an interesting place to visit with all of its history.</span><i><br />
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What is your favourite resource for genealogy?<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite resource currently is the FamilySearch.org website. The amount of information that is being added to this site each month is impressive. I know it is not as large or as user friendly as Ancestry.com but I always direct people to it if they are starting since it is free and there is a wide variety of information there.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: white;"> Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </span></span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No</span><i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: white;"> Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </span></span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes</span><i><br />
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What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I currently use Ancestral Quest. My wife uses Legacy. But I also have Roots Magic, PAF, My Heritage Family Tree, Family Insight, Family Tree Maker, and several other programs installed so I can test them and speak about them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Do you have your tree posted on the internet? Yes<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If Yes What is the URL? It is posted in so many places that I have forgotten most of them. just google me and you will find some of them.</span><i><br />
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What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ancestry, Facebook, GenealogyWise, LinkedIn, MyHeritage<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Do you have a blog? Yes<br />
What are your blogs' URLs? </span><a href="http://milesgenealogy.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://milesgenealogy.blogspot.com/</span></span></b></a><a href="http://ourancestories.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://ourancestories.blogspot.com/</span></span></b></a><br />
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What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? <br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoy doing things with the Boy Scouts. I teach several BSA merit badge classes including Genealogy, Environmental Science, Fish & Wildlife Management, Plant Science, Bird Study, Soil & Water Conservation, and many others. I enjoy outdoor activities like hiking (no hills here in Florida), camping, canoeing. I also am a part time professor and enjoy teaching people about their environment.</span><i><br />
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What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy?<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like to take nature walks. </span><i><br />
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What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? <br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Orson Scott Card's "Ender" Series</span><i><br />
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What is your personal philosophy in a few words ?<br />
</span></i><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax</span><i><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I try to take every chance I can to continue learning.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-62571155452967299602011-08-24T09:34:00.000+10:002011-08-24T09:34:23.737+10:00GeniMates News.I've had a wonderful five week break visiting Europe and the US. I had intended sourcing and publishing some GeniMate profiles while I was away but visiting and learning about new places just got in the way.<br />
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While dining with an American couple one night on board ship I mentioned that I was obsessed by genealogy. The wife of the couple said that she wanted to get started but that it would be difficult because of her Japanese Heritage. I mentioned that I had a contact that might just be able to give her some assistance so I found <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/04/valerie-elkins.html">Valerie Elkins' </a>details from her <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/04/valerie-elkins.html">GeniMates Profile</a>, sought out the lady and passed them on. The lady was most grateful - I do hope she contacts Valerie.<br />
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On my return from overseas I was thriled to hear that my proposal to present on an International Panel with three of my GeniMates, <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/04/amy-coffin.html">Amy Coffin</a> (USA), <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/search/label/Audrey%20Collins">Audrey Collins</a> (UK) and <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/search/label/Joan%20Miller">Joan Miller</a> (Canada) at the Rootstech 2012 conference was accepted. I look forward to collaborating with these ladies on the presentation.<br />
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Early in my trip I spent 2 1/2 days researching at <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives in Kew</a>. I was so thrilled that Family History Specialist, <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/search/label/Audrey%20Collins">Audrey Collins</a>, took time out of her busy day to have lunch with me and to seek me out for a second lunch date. I enjoyed being able to share my enthusiasm about the finds I had made with the chirpy and friendly, Audrey. Having a friend in such a big institution enhances the experience of the visit. GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-86570023242101433012011-07-11T07:58:00.002+10:002011-08-24T09:35:09.570+10:00More InterviewsNot long after <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-post.html">The First Post</a> on this blog in February, the people over at My Heritage launched into a similar series of interviews with people from the world of genealogy. Great minds think alike!<br />
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If you wish to meet the people that My Heritage have interviewed hop over and take a look at their <a href="http://blog.myheritage.com/category/interview_series/">interview series</a>. These include: <a href="http://blog.myheritage.com/2011/05/interview-series-anne-major-australian-institute-of-genealogical-studies-council-member/">Ann Major</a>, <a href="http://blog.myheritage.com/2011/06/myheritage-com-interviews-anne-bradshaw-author-of-true-miracles-with-genealogy/">Anne Bradshaw</a>, and <a href="http://blog.myheritage.com/2011/06/interview-series-kay-francis-honorary-secretary-casino-district-family-history-group/">Kay Francis</a>.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-48973102746899147162011-07-09T19:37:00.000+10:002011-07-09T19:37:32.762+10:00Carol CacciapuotiI spotted Carol over on the <a class="fcb" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2229821639">British Isles Genealogy</a> Group on Facebook where she does an amazing amount of work assisting the members of that group.<br />
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I am thrilled to be able to profile another Canadian genealogist. Thanks, Carol for your entry.<br />
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<em>Date</em> 30 June 2011<br />
<em>Name </em>Carol Cacciapuoti<br />
<em>Hometown </em>Bolton Ontario Canada<br />
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<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </em>Hobbyist<br />
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<em>What is your day job? </em>Homemaker<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors? </em>12 Years<br />
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<em>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </em>I always had the interest since I was a child, but never delved into genealogy until 1986, when a cousin wrote a book, and another cousin did a huge family tree. That is when I started asking older relatives for information.<br />
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<em>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?</em>My first computer was purchased in 1999 and after my daughter showed me the basics, I was off and running, in a search for my Irish and English ancestors. I had no studies at all, just prayers to God to guide me in my search. I met a super nice lady, who worked on my family, in Ontario, and she helped me with information and documents from the archives, she has since passed on and is missed very much.<br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</em> <br />
I do very well in England and Ireland, and in Canada, especially Ontario, all by computer.<br />
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<em>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups.</em>I am not involved in any groups as I have no time, with doing the Bookkeeping for a small family business. I belong to Facebook groups and help when I can.<br />
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<em>What are the lands of your ancestors? </em>Paternal- Leicestershire, England and Manitoba <br />
Maternal- Ireland, Scotland, Huron County, Ontario and Manitoba<br />
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<em>What Family Names are you Researching? </em>Paternal: Cleaver, Ward, Fitchett, <br />
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Maternal: Graham, Henry/ Henery, Marks, Wiggett, Robinson ( have a contact)<br />
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There are extended Family names, but I haven't expanded on them as yet.<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</em>My favourite ancestor is my Paternal Great Grandfather, James Cleaver, who helped me, (after a prayer to him) to start my search for the Cleavers in The Midlands, England, as I had thought we were Irish and could find nothing in Ireland.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?</em>Paternal: Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, where the Cleavers originated from 1700s to mid 1850's then to Leicester, Leicestershire, and Birmigham, Warwickshire, where my Grandfather was born.<br />
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Maternal: Cavan County, Ireland where my Henry Family lived, from approximately 1825 to 1838, and Enniskillen ,Fermanaugh, Ireland, where my Grt Grt Grt Grandfather died, in 1858.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </em>My favourite resource is Family Search.org and also Ancestry.ca, with Genes Reunited very good also.<br />
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<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </em>Yes<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer?</em> Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?</em>Presently I am using Ancestry.ca, but I do have an old Family Tree maker partially done, on my old computer.<br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </em>No<br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</em>Ancestry, Facebook, Genes Reunited, Other<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog? </em>No<br />
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<em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?<br />
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<em>What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy?</em>Computer and cooking for a big family<br />
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<em>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </em>Jean Auel Prehistoric series<br />
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<em>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ?</em>Pray often, thank God for each sunrise, do what makes you happy, respect the elders in your family, keep your family united, and look at each day as a new experience<br />
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<em>If you have anything else to share please add it below.</em>I am not a professional, blessed with a good husband, Mom of five daughters and a son, Grandmother of eight Grandchildren, and Great Grandmother to two little girls.<br />
I am blessed with our family, friends, good health per se, and strong "pioneer" genes that keep me optimistic and always wanting to learn more.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-66316494667018544952011-07-01T11:08:00.001+10:002011-07-01T11:09:55.616+10:00Amanda Epperson<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda E Epperson</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As I have a number of Scottish ancestors who emigrated to Australia "The Scottish Emigration Blog" (<a href="http://www.scottishemigration.blogspot.com/">http://www.scottishemigration.blogspot.com/</a>) is on my list of RSS feeds. Keen to find out more about the person behind this blog I approached Amanda for a Genimates profile.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Thanks, Amanda, for sharing your story with us.<br />
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<em>Date</em> 29 June 2011 <br />
<em>Name</em> Amanda E. Epperson<em> </em><br />
<em>Hometown:</em> South Pasadena<br />
<em>Current City:</em> Cleveland, Ohio (more or less)<br />
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<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist?</em> <br />
Neither, I am a professional historian who is fascinated by family history<br />
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<em>What is your day job?</em> <br />
I teach history at a community college<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors? </em>As an historian, I’ve been chasing people from the past for about 15 years. For my own family, on and off for many more years.<br />
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<i>How did you get hooked on genealogy?</i><br />
Both of my grandmothers were interested in their family histories. My one grandmother had a very neatly printed out family tree that a cousin had done, but she didn’t actively do any research. My other grandmother and her sister did research their families and drag me to overgrown cemeteries. I think part of their interest came from the fact that their parents had been orphaned, so they did not have really know where their family came from.<br />
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<em>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?</em><br />
I have a PhD in history with a specialization in immigration – I have always been fascinated by how people move about and take their culture with them. I have also attended several genealogy conferences and workshops.<br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy? </em><br />
Ohio and Scotland<br />
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<i><i>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups.</i></i><br />
I belong to the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. My APG chapter meets most months to discuss articles from the National Genealogy Society Quarterly (NGSQ).<br />
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<em>What are the lands of your ancestors?</em><br />
My dad’s family has been in the United States for a really long time. We haven’t traced them back to Europe yet, but we presume that most branches are from the British Isles. On my mother’s side are more recent immigrants from Scotland, Norway and Sweden.<br />
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What Family Names are you Researching?</em><br />
The four main ones are: Eldridge, Epperson, Hood, and Nordstrom.<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why?</em>I try not to play favorites.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why?</em>I would like to visit Sweden, Norway, and Finland. <br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy?</em>The internet.<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper?</em> Yes (but I’m trying to move to an all/mostly digital system)<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </em>Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree?</em>I’ve used Family Tree Maker since the first or second DOS version. But I’ve recently gotten Legacy to do some work for a client. It is not as pretty as Family Tree Maker, but I really like its interface for citations.<br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </em>No<br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy?</em>I don’t use social networking for genealogy, but I do use several of the sites listed for other purpose.<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog? </em>Several<br />
<em>What are your blogs' URLs? </em><br />
The Scottish Emigration Blog: <a href="http://www.scottishemigration.blogspot.com/">http://www.scottishemigration.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
& The Historian’s Family: <a href="http://www.historiansfamily.blogspot.com/">http://www.historiansfamily.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? </em>Reading, knitting, trying to stay out of trouble.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </em><br />
Pride & Prejudice<br />
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<em>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ?</em>Don’t Worry; Be Happy. (yes, you do hear Bobby McFerrin in your head)GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-46136583096946310542011-06-27T09:25:00.000+10:002011-06-27T09:25:45.129+10:00Congratulations, GeniMate, John PattenIn John's blog, The Patten Project, he <a href="http://pattenproject.com/family/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105:bits-and-pieces&catid=12:blog">reported on his latest career move</a>. <br />
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"I'm taking my interest in history and genealogy into a professional capacity, having this week given notice at my current job, moving on to a position at Museum Victoria, where I will be helping to bring Victoria's Aboriginal history to a wider audience."<br />
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Congratulations, John, with your passion and commitment to indigenous history and genealogy you are a perfect appointee for the position.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-50877207028779466332011-06-24T11:06:00.080+10:002011-06-30T21:14:43.511+10:00Sally Shine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PSNxU0yAJ7SmXp6Zm2JjYn8q2TN9ZZms3QvSCY-AMO2YObkd4OWrJ67kweIQNtmaSlQUZPqkelbsSZm1FBfFnMxGBsDMnca27442XdHcnFLOg4DJb9H_VCQ_r_Cqeet9g2HbT23F61sK/s1600/Me_for_Geniaus.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PSNxU0yAJ7SmXp6Zm2JjYn8q2TN9ZZms3QvSCY-AMO2YObkd4OWrJ67kweIQNtmaSlQUZPqkelbsSZm1FBfFnMxGBsDMnca27442XdHcnFLOg4DJb9H_VCQ_r_Cqeet9g2HbT23F61sK/s320/Me_for_Geniaus.JPG" width="246px" /></a></div>I enjoy following Sally Shine on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/CanIFindThem">@CanIFindThem</a>, as she tweets about her current research projects and shares news of resources for Australian Genealogy. I love Sally's happy name that is matched by the sunny smile in her photo.<br />
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Thanks, Sally, for so willingly agreeing to complete a GeniMates profile. <br />
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<em>Date </em>22 June 2011<br />
<em>Name</em> Sally Shine<br />
<em>Hometown </em>Trafalgar East, Victoria, Australia<br />
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<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </em>Hobbyist<br />
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<em>What is your day job? </em>Merchandiser<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors? </em>Abt 22 yrs<br />
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<em>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </em><br />
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<em>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?</em> <br />
I started like most others, in a town library with micro fiche. To save all the travel I purchased my own fiche, then cd versions, then books, maps and then travelled. I volunteered as a Librarian for abt 15 years at the LDS library in a local town. Answering questions makes you learn very quickly. I have done Genealogy talks to local group. An expert - no but the feedback from helping others is amazing and so rewarding. All queries make you look outside the box to find the answers.<br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy?</em><br />
An expert - No. A puppy after a bone - yes. Latter Day Saints library work tought me to prove things more than 1 way and work backwards always. <br />
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I love working with Census pages and altering the search criteria.<br />
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Newspapers are also an amazing source of data. I set up a new database for each family that I help and need to fill in ALL the places, Bth, Mar, Dth & Burial. Did they travel, what is their occupation etc.<br />
<em>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups. </em><br />
My membership with Societies has changed over the years depending on what area I am researching, but the GSV is a long standing favourite. Volunteer work in a local LDS library was the most rewarding but is now closed. My years going to DPS (Dead Person Society) days were full of sharing idea. My volunteer work now is from home.<br />
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<em>What are the lands of your ancestors? </em><br />
Gosh, before Australia & New Zealand, England, Ireland,Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland & Germany<br />
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<em>What Family Names are you Researching? </em><br />
ALLEN - DUNLOP _ GOULD - ARMSTRONG ... Northen Ireland.<br />
BOASE - MURRAY - PAYNTER ...England<br />
FISHER - New Zealand & Germany .<br />
Mc GACHEN - MERCER - MAITLAND - FERGUSSON ...Scotland.<br />
ROBINSON - BURGES ... England.<br />
AUST / AUSTIN - PARROTT ... England & Wales<br />
Mc CRAE - FRASER - ADAIR ...Scotland.<br />
ROULSTON - OSBORN Ireland.<br />
HOGBEN - KEMBER - BAX - WEEKS ... England.<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why? </em><br />
I have some scallywags, several convicts. Also William Howard BOASE left a wife and chn in Eng and came to Aus with Elizabeth Mc GACHEN. The Mc GACHEN family has always had a pull on my thinking. I now sit researching with Alexander Mc GACHEN my GGG Grandfather 1791-1850 looking down on me. This picture was bought in a car boot sale then years later offered to me over the net. It took a year to get him here and yes he cost more than the car boot price.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </em><br />
I have been lucky to have been to most already. The cobble stones of Edinburgh to trace the steps of the Mc GACHEN's, Edinburgh Castle to learn more on the Military lines. The Ancestral home of the Mc GACHENS at Dalwhat, Dumfriesshire. After 6 years I found the ALLEN home in Northern Ireland, and my cousin still lives there. In Aus, Blackwood is a favourite. To hear the family home was dragged from one side of the road to the other, as yes it sat lopsided.<br />
Where else is there to go? Hunting Headstones - To photograph for later generations.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </em><br />
All areas but I guess Census pages. They tell a tale of employment, relationships, areas of travel.<br />
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Newspapers online fill in amazing tit bits, bth, dth and marriages. Burials and where and by whome. Financial status. Who wore what to a wedding. It is endless.<br />
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Then the official registrations online to confirm data.<br />
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The sites I visit ofter are, Find My Past, Ancestry.com, TROVE, Papers past, and more.<br />
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<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </em>Yes<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </em>Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? </em><br />
I have used Generations for years. I should upgrade but I now have this programme jumping hoops, so changing sound really hard.<br />
I have an old versions of Family Tree Maker that I sometimes need to use to view another persons Gedcom.<br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </em>Yes<br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </em>Ancestry, Facebook, Genes Reunited, Geni, Twitter<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog? </em>No<br />
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<em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? </em><br />
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<tr class="edit" id="r144" onclick="lv().editRow(event,144)"><td id="r144c23"></em>Cooking, Genealogy. <br />
Being a domestic Goddess, Genealogy. <br />
Gardener, Genealogy. <br />
Country Women's Ass., Genealogy. <br />
As you can see I love to seek and find :-)))</td></tr><br />
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<em>What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy? </em>Cooking<br />
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<em>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </em>Murder mystery<br />
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<em>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ? </em><br />
<em><td id="r144c25"></td><td id="r144c26"></em>You need to know where you came from to know where you are going. <br />
When you give it out it always comes back 10 fold.<br />
Treat people that way you would like to be treated.<br />
Good air in Bad air out.</td><br />
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<em>If you have anything else to share please add it below.</em><br />
Smile, Be happy, Remember those that have past, that is why I am here.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-65874321633739266482011-06-19T11:17:00.001+10:002011-06-19T11:31:28.585+10:00Cassie MercerSitting behind a trade table at an Unlock the Past event last year in Sydney I found Cassie Mercer selling subscriptions to her newly launched magazine "Inside History". I immediately subscribed to the mag and have not been disappointed with that decision. I love finding in my letterbox the latest edition of this snappily designed publication that has content of great interest to Australian genealogists. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4aoFrvk22NSbIa3eXStrHKB9r2BNs69xFOJI_b52lHtt41YHQQcMgVNnT_AHN1HLp3to7TcCi3GuTXF6ATvdnjXYbQ7cFe20Wp2MDD1FxDQQgPLPV7nmMrPdiRHWKqN-p5hnza9zm8BI/s1600/IH_Issue+4_CoverFinal+W300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4aoFrvk22NSbIa3eXStrHKB9r2BNs69xFOJI_b52lHtt41YHQQcMgVNnT_AHN1HLp3to7TcCi3GuTXF6ATvdnjXYbQ7cFe20Wp2MDD1FxDQQgPLPV7nmMrPdiRHWKqN-p5hnza9zm8BI/s200/IH_Issue+4_CoverFinal+W300.jpg" width="153px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Thanks, Cassie, for submitting your profile to <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/">GeniMates</a>, our readers will be fascinated by your colourful ancestors. I'd like to read more about them.</div><br />
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<em>Date </em>11th June, 2011<br />
<em>Name </em>Cassie Mercer<br />
<em>Hometown </em>Sydney<br />
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<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </em>Hobbyist<br />
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<em>What is your day job? </em>Editor of Inside History magazine<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors? </em>Since 1998<br />
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<em>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </em>I was well and truly hooked when my mum told me that one of our Irish ancestors, Edward Turley, was a highwayman in Dublin. His grandson was Harry Readford, aka Captain Starlight, who became notorious in outback Australia for his highway-thieving antics as well. <br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy? <td id="r143c7"></em>I hope my expertise lies in being able to write and edit people's research and help them craft their family history into a terrific story. I co-founded Irish Wattle, which publishes books on Irish convicts, and have edited six books to date (see <a href="http://www.irishwattle.com/">http://www.irishwattle.com/</a>). <br />
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Since 2010 I have edited and co-published Inside History magazine, which is a bi-monthly magazine focused on genealogy, history and heritage in Australia and New Zealand (see <a href="http://www.insidehistory.com.au/">http://www.insidehistory.com.au/</a>)<br />
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</td><td id="r143c8"><em>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups. </em>I regularly liaise with family history and local history societies around Australia and New Zealand as part of my work for Inside History magazine. We are about to launch a new section in the magazine where we will profile a society in each issue, so it's exciting to hear about what records a society holds, and the events they are planning.<br />
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<em>What are the lands of your ancestors? </em>Ireland, Scotland, England, Denmark<br />
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<em>What Family Names are you Researching? </em>Turley, Maher, Gullidge, Sweatman, Perry, Futcher, Battle<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why? </em>I can't go past my g.g.g.g.g grandmother, Jane Maher, because she showed to me that she was pretty savvy and resilient. In Dublin she ran a brothel, then when she was transported for receiving stolen goods, she managed to survive the journey to Sydney on one of the most brutal convict ships of the 1790s, the Britannia. Once in Sydney she applied for and was granted a baker's licence at the Rocks, and ran it for a number of years.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </em>I've never been to Denmark, and I would like to visit to find out more about my family tree on my paternal grandmother's side<br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </em>Irish newspapers published in the late 1790s. They've been a goldmine for our Irish research.<br />
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<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </em>Yes<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </em>Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? <td id="r143c15"></td><td id="r143c16"></em>I don't use any at the moment, but I am investigating options!</td><br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </em>No <br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </em>Ancestry, Facebook, Genes Reunited, LinkedIn, Twitter<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog?</em> Yes<br />
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<em>What are your blogs' URLs?</em> <a href="http://insidehistorymagazine.blogspot.com/">http://insidehistorymagazine.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<div id="leftnavc"><em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? </em>Travelling as much as we can, growing new business ideas.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy? </em>Window shopping on asos.com, browsing magazines for design inspiration and sleeping!<br />
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<em>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </em>Possession by A.S. Byatt<br />
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<em>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ? </em>Where there's a will, there's a way.</div>GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-62940757675464046302011-06-12T21:23:00.001+10:002011-06-12T21:25:22.296+10:00Shelley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiejBMO20GBxRpfmec2zZeTSDIS05qr6tqPWaQc1e5k2S9fRTdoeZzzl_4jsP52xKNsX8_mdbiKFzLhV-zkkieWNtLcm7P8L7GOPQ_vQftEPu_HC7fqOt4MZVt5fsL_9UxkW9rHEuMUOo/s220/Shelley-Mar-2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiejBMO20GBxRpfmec2zZeTSDIS05qr6tqPWaQc1e5k2S9fRTdoeZzzl_4jsP52xKNsX8_mdbiKFzLhV-zkkieWNtLcm7P8L7GOPQ_vQftEPu_HC7fqOt4MZVt5fsL_9UxkW9rHEuMUOo/s220/Shelley-Mar-2009.jpg" t8="true" width="200px" /></a></div>A young Australian genealogist that I would dearly like to meet is Shelley. It seems as though I have known her for quite some time but our relationship has only developed via social media in the last couple of years. Shelley consistently gives me encouragement through comments on my blogs and responses to my tweets. <br />
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We are both fans of TNG, a program developed by another GeniMate, <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/02/darrin-lythgoe.html">Darrin Lythgoe</a> and are proud new owners of Galaxy Tabs.<br />
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I am honoured to present Shelley's profile. Thanks Shelley for your ongoing support and for sharing your profile to GeniMates.<br />
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<em>Date</em> 28 May 2011<br />
<em>Name </em>Shelley<br />
<em>Hometown </em>Canberra <br />
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<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </em>Hobbyist<br />
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<em>What is your day job? </em>Public servant<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors? </em>20+ years, on and off<br />
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<em>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </em> I think I was always interested. Perhaps it's partly because my middle name, and those of my siblings, have family connections that I was always aware of and curious about. <br />
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More specifically I remember asking my grandfather about who his parents were when I was 13. He drew up a pedigree for me showing his grandparents, and my grandmother's grandparents as well and gave me a copy of some correspondence he'd had with his sister about the family. What a great head start on that branch! Then in high school one of my friends was given an assignment to research her family tree. I was jealous of her homework! It opened my eyes though that it was possible to research your family. I'm not sure I realised it before then. <br />
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I started researching in my final year of high school. By then I had my driver's license so I could get to the library, and a part-time job so I could pay for certificates. <br />
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<em>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research?<br />
<tr class="edit alt" id="r141" onclick="lv().editRow(event,141)"><td id="r141c28"></em>I'm currently doing the basic level Australian Records courses with the Institute of Genealogical Studies. No relevant studies prior to that.</td></tr><br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy? </em>No particular area of expertise. I am most familiar with records from Victoria, Australia<br />
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What are the lands of your ancestors? </em>Various locations in the British Isles.<br />
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<em>What Family Names are you Researching? </em>Allen, Allsop, Baker, Barnes, Bennett, Black, Carrey, Chaplin, Collins, Couper, Darcy, De La Roche, Donnell, Fearn, Forbes, French, Halliday, Hardy, Hay, Isaac, Keogh, King, Lee, Lewis, Mack, Martin, McFarren, McKeogh, McKough, McMahon, Mee, Miller, Morrison, Oakham, Penhallurick, Perrot, Robotham, Sinclair, Smith, Spence, Stannus, Sutherland, Sweyne, Tregonning, Willoughby, Wood<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why? </em>Whoever I have a new lead on at the time.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </em>All of them! I hope one day to travel to the UK and Ireland and follow an itinerary based on where my ancestors lived. I wouldn't even have to fit in research to make the trip worthwhile, just getting off the beaten track with a purpose would be fascinating.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </em>TROVE newspapers<br />
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<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </em>Yes<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </em>Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? </em>Genbox<br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </em>Yes<br />
<em>If Yes What is the URL? </em><a href="http://www..twigsofyore.com/" target="_blank">http://www..twigsofyore.com/</a><br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </em>Ancestry, GenealogyWise, Genes Reunited, Twitter<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog? </em>Yes<br />
<em>What are your blogs' URLs? </em><a href="http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/">http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? </em>Between part-time work and full-time young children, genealogy is one of the few interests I am still able to pursue. I'd like to get out and see live theater more often, do an art class here and there, read a book, go to the gym... The activity I miss the most is tap dancing. <br />
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What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </em>The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamGeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-49734347727497717802011-06-08T19:47:00.001+10:002011-06-08T19:50:13.214+10:00A Double DoseI make contact with Genimates via email, facebook, twitter or blogs and have only met a handful of them in the flesh. At today's meeting of <a href="http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/community/hfhg/">The Hawkesbury Family History Group</a> I hit the jackpot when I came face to face with two of our GeniMates, <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/search/label/Peter%20Stewart">Peter Stewart</a> and <a href="http://genimates.blogspot.com/search/label/Michelle%20Patient">Michelle Patient</a>. <br />
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Peter is soon to conclude a three year term as President of the Campbelltown Family History Group but he will not be taking it easy. As a Jurd descendant he is working on a history of the family in preparation for their reunion in 2012.<br />
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Michelle, an Aussie who lives in New Zealand, had contacted me to say she would be in Australia for a while. We agreed to meet up at the GOONS talk at Hawkesbury after which we shared a long lunch with Robyn (whose last name I do not know). Michelle updated us on plans for the <a href="http://nzfamilyhistoryfair.org.nz/">New Zealand Family History Fair</a> that is to be held in Auckland in August 2011. While in Australia she is making contact with a number of speakers and companies who will be joining the fun at the fair.<br />
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I hope that, as I gad about, I come face to face with more of our GeniMates.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600234069836061529.post-24808296170608230742011-06-07T20:36:00.001+10:002011-06-07T20:39:54.113+10:00Luke Mouland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFdJMj0iX7C410XlwLAObFjm58VRT494R9gmUOdmRTpR1WARFTTj5xRfkhgKcie5LNp8LdpaohYGWhpvHqtEoiv0DOY7cXt83Rgp138s73748uf2bywaxZLAAm3bnc-buavS4j7IcTZSG/s1600/Luke_Mouland.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFdJMj0iX7C410XlwLAObFjm58VRT494R9gmUOdmRTpR1WARFTTj5xRfkhgKcie5LNp8LdpaohYGWhpvHqtEoiv0DOY7cXt83Rgp138s73748uf2bywaxZLAAm3bnc-buavS4j7IcTZSG/s320/Luke_Mouland.JPG" t8="true" width="256px" /></a></div>Dorset, one of my favourite counties in England, is home to Luke Mouland of <a href="http://www.kithandkinresearch.co.uk/">Kith and Kin Research</a>. I have been following Luke online at Twitter and appreciate his tweets about the genealogy scene in "The Mother Country". I was thrilled when he replied promptly to my request for a profile for GeniMates.<br />
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Thanks, Luke, for telling us about your involvement with genealogy.<br />
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<em>Date </em>4th June 2011<br />
<em>Name </em>Luke Mouland<br />
<em>Hometown </em>Sherborne, Dorset, England<br />
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<em>Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? </em>Professional Genealogist<br />
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<em>What is your day job? </em>Genealogist, historian and writer<br />
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<em>How long have you been chasing ancestors? </em>Six years<br />
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<em>How did you get hooked on genealogy? </em>I inherited two family portraits - one depicting my 2x great-grandparents and the other my 3x great-grandparents. These having fascinated me thorough my childhood, I soon decided to find out more about the people featured. <br />
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<em>What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research? </em>The State & The Poor in Britain, 1830-1939 (GCE Advanced Level)<br />
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<em>What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy? </em>I spend much time placing the lives of ancestors against the wider social and historical context in which they lived. Background research is vital to understanding our ancestors' lives in perspective.<br />
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<i><i>Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups. </i></i><br />
- Founder Member of London Historians<br />
- Member of the Sherborne Historical Society<br />
- Dorset Online Parish Clerk (Lillington & Longburton)<br />
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<em>What are the lands of your ancestors? </em>England, Ireland, Malta, Australia, Canada<br />
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<em>What Family Names are you Researching? </em>Main lineages of interest: Arnett, Budd, Carn, Lillington, Maidment, Mouland, Newman, Wareham<br />
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<em>Who is your favourite ancestor? Why? </em>I have great admiration for my 2x great-grandmother, Gertrude, who left her humble origins behind to enlist into the Salvation Army. She dedicated much of her life to the cause, eventually becoming an officer.<br />
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<em>What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? </em>Floriana in Malta. This is where my great-grandmother was born, so I would very much like to visit the building where she spent the first few years of her life.<br />
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<em>What is your favourite resource for genealogy? </em>Poor Law records are particularly fascinating to research but I also like to delve into probate documents, which can be equally wonderful. But, with those aside, census records never loose their appeal, either!<br />
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<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? </em>Yes<br />
<em>Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? </em>Yes<br />
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<em>What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? </em>Family Tree Maker<br />
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<em>Do you have your tree posted on the internet? </em>No<br />
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<em>What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? </em>Ancestry, Facebook, Genes Reunited, LinkedIn, Twitter<br />
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<em>Do you have a blog? </em>Yes<br />
<em>What are your blogs' URLs?</em> <a href="http://kithandkinresearch.posterous.com/">http://kithandkinresearch.posterous.com/</a> <br />
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<em>What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests?</em><br />
- Cycling<br />
- Walking<br />
- Reading<br />
- Writing<em><br />
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What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy? </em>Cycling<br />
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<em>What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? </em>The Blackest Streets by Sarah Wise<br />
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<em>What is your personal philosophy in a few words ? </em>Life is short. Seize every opportunity.GeniMateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02891071896521500488noreply@blogger.com0