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Bill Leslie presentation at Cornerstone Community Church 05/25/14
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Where are we going?● How to get started in family history● Use software or not?● How to organize your files● Who to include in your research - where do
you stop?● Building a family culture that remembers● Sign up to access these notes online● Genealogy vs. Family History
Things to remember:
● Remember who you are… include your faith● How much to share before boredom sets in ● Your spouse● Go relational!
Why?
• Your past is not meaningless. It may contain what you need to face today, or to prepare others to face the future. Help others to learn what you know.
• Alcoholism• Short-term team electronics • Mufasa’s cub
“When a society or a civilization perishes, one condition may always be found: They forgot where they came from.” Carl Sandburg
… applies to a family, a country, or a church…and to a person.
Primary Sources Birth Certificates
• Access limited• Pre- 1920• Post 1920• Chaining birth certificates• Delayed certificates of birth• Church christening records• Reliability - who completes them?• Cost
Primary documents
Death Certificateso Who prepares them?
Marriage certificates Limited value official vs. unofficial
o How important is it to get all primary documents?
Family Group Sheets
● Which family groups to include? ● Controlling the scope of your project● Data collection and data sharing● Primary source documents● Names, dates, and places
● Don’t assume… my aunt…
Ancestor Chart
● Conventions● Names & nicknames● Places● Dates● Write legibly● Identity theft
Research Log
● What is it?● Why use it?● How keep it?
o handwritteno typedo google doco blog
Research log examples
20 Dec 2009 Found Isabella La Haie (sic) in Oregon Death Index . She died 2/14/30 in Marion County, Oregon. Certificate No. 128
05 Jan 2010 From Ken Lantz, who visited Dayton in June, 2010: Leslies in the CC phone book, I believe to be area code 775-
Leslie, Kirk Carson City 882-7275 Leslie, M Carson City 883-4079 19 Jan 2011
Research log examples cont
7 Jan 2010 Found the following on Ancestry.com Peccoux family from Alpine
Found a border crossing record for Claude Peccoux (listed as Claudius) for 1914. He was crossing the border at Eastport, Idaho, heading to Monroe Oregon where his father lived at box 34. His contact in Hudson Bay Junction Saskatchewan was his sister, Rosalia. There is also a Claude Peccoux living in Saskatchewan in the 1916 census. No sign of his parents in Canada though.
More Research Log Examples
Jan 16 2010 Called Josephine County Tax assessor to query about location of Condit ranch, which is identified as Township 035 S (south), 005 West, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, section 19. Talked to Dan. Very helpful. It is smaller, now 78.20 acres, has had several adjustments. Tax lot ref is 35051900 #205. Owned by Marion Alderton Trust, 927 SW Princess Circle, GP OR 97527, since 071591; purchased in 1991 from Betty Carla Guth, price not revealed.
Software● Family Tree Maker, Legacy Family Tree● Roots Magic, PAF● Easy to share
o familyo upload
● Easy to make changes● integrated search function● Cost
Software Features
All commercial products will offer:● Family tree in various formats● Family group sheets● Search of a database● photo organization● Notes● Some error correction● file sharing
No software
● Simple learning curve● Portable● Inexpensive● Harder to share
Family Tree Maker Group Sheet
Organizing your work● Notebooks & sheet Protectors● File folders● Safety of documents● Scrap books● Where to store
Your Three Genealogy Hats
● Finding other people’s research● Creating new research● Sharing
Connecting with Family
● Warm and cold● Connecting with distant relatives● 8th graders● Do no harm● Destroy no information
Why Family History?
“If wealth is lost,nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost.If character is lost, much is lost.If heritage is lost, you are lost.” Sikh proverb
Understand who you are in the epic of your family’s history
• Son, grandson, great-grandson of ministers• Never became a minister. • Never spoke for any church• Was he a disappointment to his family?• “..the nation's most influential evangelical
leader.” Time Magazine• Who was this man?• James Dobson
Preserving Your Family History with Objects
Coins Franciscanware Cradle Wrench Shadow Box- Doris Lantz Shadow Box – Judy & Dick Green
Step One - Where to start?
● You!● Biography● Statement of faith● list of jobs● list of residences● One paragraph about big moments in your
life
Step 2 … And then?
● Older relatives● Is there anyone that you know of who…?● Be patient● Short visits● Photos are perhaps the biggest contribution
you can make with the least work● not interviews
Step 3 And then?
● Every visit should be a win!● Magnetic pages● Writing on photos● Scans
Special Resources
● Published family books● Family organizations● Local newspapers● City guides● Magazines● Ethnic and national organizations● Census
Special resources
● Local histories● Cemeteries● Obituaries● correspondence
Special Uses
● Medical● Age at Death, cause of death● Family tree… by faith● Daughters of the American Revolution● Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
What is in a name?
● Changes over time● On immigration
o Germano Jewish
● LaHaie● Eastern bloc Leslie
Pitfalls of Genealogy Research
• “Books on the ______ family”• Adopting an entire tree without verifying• Same surname means related• Relying on memories• Yearning for royal ancestors• The race to the past
How to Share What you Find
● Family newsletter● Cards● Gifts● Books?● Notebooks● Blogs
Sharing… part 2
● Photo cards● Websites● Scrapbooks?● Historical societies● Finding someone to follow you…
Miscellaneous
● No clue too small● The arc of history● Substitute family histories
Creating a culture that remembers
● Ralph Lantz● Cradles● Oyster Stew● Franciscanware● Grandma’s plants
Sources of Info
● Mormon Church 181st N of Powell, or in Sandy, on Bluff
● Library ● Databases, like Heritage Quest, Ancestry● Family Tree Maker● Portland Genealogical Forum● Oregon Historical Society
Sources of info
● Clackamas County Library● Paid personal subscriptions● Magazines
o Family Chronicleo Family Tree Makero Heritage Questo Discovering Family Historyo Computer Genealogyo History
Assorted magazines OWR&N wrench Ralph’s coinsGrandma shadow box Grandma binder blank family tree
formsblank family group sheets Articles to give away Leslie hat, tiecradlesold journal Print out of research logBud’s gold Local history boooksNewsletter – LaHaie Big Bend country
More Resources… outside of the box
• Land records• Criminal records• Oregonian Archives• Other Newspapers• Military Records• Findagrave.com
