 Wait. What is the 48 Hour Ephemera Challenge?
The 48 Hour Ephemera Challenge is a forum of researchers from, at times, around the world who gather online together to find the story, or stories, behind a piece of ephemera within 48 hours using their experience, expertise, problem-solving skills, and online resources. Each weekend the forum is challenged to place the people mentioned in the ephemera back into history where they belong in hopes of returning the ephemera back to the family where it belongs. Therefore, as Ephemera Whisperers, we are very honored and excited to be invited to the National Genealogical Society's 2013 Conference, Building New Bridges, as that is exactly what we try to do -- help families build a bridge to their own personal history with ephemera. There will be three 48 Hour Ephemera Challenges the week of the conference, and they will be hosted in the Internet Cafe which is being graciously provided by the National Genealogical Society, FamilySearch, and findmypast.com for all conference-goers to use throughout the conference. All those attending the conference as well as people at home are welcome to join the challenge as we collaborate online to solve each challenge. All three challenges will either be Las Vegas-related or Nevada-related with the first one beginning Tuesday evening, the second one beginning Wednesday evening, and the third one beginning Thursday evening. Each challenge will last for 48 hours with the last one ending on Saturday. With your help, can the Ephemera Whisperers put these people back into history where they belong -- in 48 hours? There is only one way to find out, and you have just been challenged! For more information, please visit the 48 Hour Ephemera Challenge Forum or Contact Me. ~Caroline
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 Tonight Tessa Keough, Gena Philibert-Ortega, Jerry Kocis and I had an awesome time with the 7th episode of What's Up Genealogy?, a Google+ Hangout On Air Show. A quick 20-minute show {that's really about 30 minutes or so...} that airs on Friday nights 8PM CT focused on industry news, research tips, and an interview with a representative from a genealogy-related organization or business. {If you're interested in being interviewed for the show, Contact Me.}This week the show featured Kathryn Doyle from the California Genealogical Society.
Not able to watch the show live? No problem! It will be archived and ready for viewing {usually} within 30 minutes of airing on the 4YourFamilyStory YouTube Channel. And? Here are the links to things we talked about on this episode of What's Up Genealogy?: News
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~Caroline  Customize your Ancestry.com Home Page You are busy. And you know while you might get lucky and actually find something useful when you enter something in those very tempting search boxes on the Ancestry.com Home Page, you know you usually get better results when you start searching for an ancestor by location in collections on Ancestry.com {or any online database}. And if you didn't know that? You do now. =) But back to the fact that you're busy... Ancestry.com allows you to customize your Home Page so that you can arrange the information in a way that makes sense to how you use the site. One of the things you can add to your Home Page is something they call "Quick Links," but you and I would call it bookmarks. Whatever you call them, they're definitely handy and dandy. Basically, I can bookmark a collection on Ancestry.com that I seem to use a lot and add it to the list on my Home Page. A huge time saver! So? I created a 2-part tutorial. The first part introduces the Customize Your Home Page feature and the second part shows you how to add a Quick Link to your Quick Link List located on your soon-to-be-customized Home Page. Just click on the thumbnails below and the image will get bigger. They're in order from left to right, top to bottom. How to Customize Your Ancestry.com Home Page How to Add a Link {or bookmark} to Your Quick Links, um, Thingy The Features I've Added to My Customized Ancestry.com Home Page
Have you customized your Ancestry.com Home Page? If not, do you plan to? If so, what do you have on your Home Page? What about your Quick Links? Share in comments below. =) ~Caroline  Tonight my panel - Tessa Keough and Linda McCauley - and I had an awesome time with the 6th episode of What's Up Genealogy?, a Google+ Hangout On Air Show. A quick 20-minute show {that's really about 30 minutes or so...} that airs on Friday nights 8PM CT focused on industry news, research tips, and an interview with a representative from a genealogy-related organization or business. {If you're interested in being interviewed for the show, Contact Me.}This week the show featured Gena Philibert-Ortega, author of From the Family Kitchen!
Not able to watch the show live? No problem! It will be archived and ready for viewing {usually} within 30 minutes of airing on the 4YourFamilyStory YouTube Channel. And? Here are the links to things we talked about on this episode of What's Up Genealogy?: News
~Caroline  © Copyright 2013 Caroline M. Pointer Sure, a death certificate find for your ancestor is awesome! But? What if you're looking for more evidence, or what if you're looking for a death that may have occurred before state registration of deaths? Yeah. Then it becomes a little trickier, but not impossible. Below are 3 types of records to look at for evidence of your ancestor's death. And then? In comments add places you've found evidence of your ancestor's death.
Now it's your turn. These are just 3 ideas. There are a ton more. In comments, share different places you have found evidence for an ancestor's death. {Bonus points for unusual!} ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 Caroline M. Pointer  ﾩ Copyright 2013 Caroline M. Pointer What is a Fraternal Order? As defined by Wikipedia, a fraternal order "...is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood." [1] Some examples of fraternal orders are Masons, Freemasons, Oddfellows, Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Columbus. What Kind of Information You Might Find to Help You With Your Research. Fraternal order membership information or records can provide that one little {or big} clue that you need to further your research. While census records are excellent for showing an every-10-year snapshot of your ancestors, fraternal order records can provide the in-between-census information that is needed to help you tell you ancestor's family story or to further your research. For example, my 2nd great grandfather, Daniel Rook Vaughan, was a member of the Order of the Knights of Pythias, and when I requested his records from them and received them, I was able to further narrow down when he and his family moved from Eagle Pass, Texas, where they are located in the 1900 census [2], to San Antonio, Texas, where Daniel passes away in 1909 [3], because the records from the San Antonio Chapter indicated when he had been accepted into the chapter in 1902. [4] Further, in the copies of the San Antonio Chapter records I received about him, they notated his death date in 1909 [5] lending further evidence of his death. Other information gleaned from them include names of other members [6,7] he may have known at the time as well as the fact that his membership to this particular chapter had been accepted based on a membership card [8]. If true, this could possible mean he had joined previous to 1902 at another chapter...somewhere.  © Copyright 2013 Caroline M. Pointer How to Find if Your Ancestor Was a Member of a Fraternal Order. These places can be varied and many {or few} depending on how much information you already have and/or know. Here are a few ideas on where to look:
How to Contact Fraternal Orders for Further Information.
Have you had any luck with researching an ancestor's fraternal order membership? Any surprises you learned while doing it -- about researching or your ancestor? How did you find out your ancestor was a member of a fraternal order? Share in comments below. =) ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 Caroline M. Pointer Sources
1. Wikipedia contributors, "List of general fraternities," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_general_fraternities&oldid=549406892 (accessed April 17, 2013). 2. "1900 United States Federal Census," database, Ancestry.com ( http://ancestry.com : accessed 17 Apr 2013), entry for Daniel Vaughan (age 52), p.1B, Eagle Pass, Texas; citing "NA film no.T623." 3. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFZC-ZZ2 : accessed 17 Apr 2013), Daniel R. Vaughn, 26 Dec 1909. 4. "Semi-Annual Report, Unity Lodge No.36, San Antonio, Texas, 30 Jun 1902," Order of the Knights of Pythias, Dallas, Texas. 5. "Semi-Annual Report, Unity Lodge No.36, San Antonio, Texas, 31 Dec 1909," Order of the Knights of Pythias, Dallas, Texas. 6. "Semi-Annual Report, Unity Lodge No.36, San Antonio, Texas, 30 Jun 1902," Order of the Knights of Pythias, Dallas, Texas. 7. "Semi-Annual Report, Unity Lodge No.36, San Antonio, Texas, 31 Dec 1909," Order of the Knights of Pythias, Dallas, Texas. 8. "Semi-Annual Report, Unity Lodge No.36, San Antonio, Texas, 30 Jun 1902," Order of the Knights of Pythias, Dallas, Texas. 9. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFZC-ZZ2 : accessed 17 Apr 2013), Daniel R. Vaughn, 26 Dec 1909.  Tonight my panel - Tessa Keough and Lisa Alzo - and I had an awesome time with the 5th episode of What's Up Genealogy?, a Google+ Hangout On Air Show. A quick 20-minute show {that's really about 30 minutes...} that airs on Friday nights 8PM CT focused on industry news, research tips, and an interview with a representative from a genealogy-related organization or business. {If you're interested in being interviewed for the show, Contact Me.}This week the show featured Denise Levenick, the Family Curator!
Not able to watch the show live? No problem! It will be archived and ready for viewing {usually} within 30 minutes of airing on the 4YourFamilyStory YouTube Channel. And? Here are the links to things we talked about on this episode of What's Up Genealogy?: News
Interview with Denise Levenick
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Friday, 19 Apr 2013 at 8PM CT~> Join us for next week's show & interview with Gena Philibert Ortega! ~Caroline  Stumped on your family Tree?
It's time to get rid of those stumps in your family tree, and there's no better person to consult for that than D. Joshua Taylor! That's right. Noted genealogy expert D. Joshua Taylor from findmypast.com will be holding a LIVE Twitter question and answer session on April 15, at 1pm EST. Follow along with the #fmpExpert event hashtag & ask a question using @findmypastUS! I'll be there. Will you? ~Caroline {Yeah, I know. Time Zone Math. *shudders* Do what I do. Consult the Time Zone Converter Math/Magic site: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc }  The idea of going online and with a few taps being able to access your family history just like that *snaps fingers* is, well, seductive. Also, being able to collaborate with cousins around the world via a world family tree would be quite handy. However, are we ready for something so seemingly easy? Is the technology available to adequately address the many issues that arise with a world family tree? Is the idea even realistic? What technology is already out there to create world family trees? Currently, which ones are better than others?
I tackle these questions and more in my article, "Are You Ready For a World Family Tree?," in the April 2013 issue of the Who Do You Think You Are? UK magazine. Fascinating articles in this issue include a bittersweet "Reader Story" revealed by Simon Last who tackles adoption and Polish records to discover a part of his family story; a heartbreaking yet helpful look into a time when British orphans were shipped off to Australia in Janet Sacks' "New Life in a New World: Child Emigration to Australia;" and Audrey Collins gives an in-depth look at Criminal Petitions and how to use them in your research. Get your issue today! It's available for the iPhone and iPad via the App Store. In fact, for just a bit longer you can get this April issue free when you opt for a free month trial subscription. You can also just purchase this issue in the App Store if you're not interested in subscribing to the magazine. It's also available digitally at Zinio.com where you can subscribe to the magazine or purchase single issues. And, of course, look for the Who Do You Think You Are? UK magazine in the genealogy/family history magazine section at your favorite Barnes and Noble Bookstore or newsstand. ~Caroline  Tonight my panel - Tessa Keough and Linda McCauley - and I had an awesome time with the 4th episode of What's Up Genealogy?, a Google+ Hangout On Air Show. A quick 20-minute show {that's really about 30 minutes...} that airs on Friday nights 8PM CT focused on industry news, research tips, and an interview with a representative from a genealogy-related organization or business. {If you're interested in being interviewed for the show, Contact Me.}This week the show featured Dan Hiestand with Houstory Publishing!
Not able to watch the show live? No problem! It will be archived and ready for viewing {usually} within 30 minutes of airing on the 4YourFamilyStory YouTube Channel. And? Here are the links to things we talked about on this episode of What's Up Genealogy?: News
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Friday, 12 Apr 2013 at 8PM CT~> Join us for next week's show & interview with Denise Levenick, a.k.a., The Family Curator! ~Caroline |
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