Annals of Genealogical Research
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Automatic generation of preliminary genealogies using the UK’s local BMD registers
No full textThe birth, marriage and death (BMD) registers for the UK represent the most convenient way to immediately trace ones UK ancestors back to the date at which civil registration was introduced, 1837. These registers actually exist in two variants, one held by central government and earlier copies held locally, in individual counties, from which the central register was periodically transcribed. Given this transcription stage may introduce unnecessary errors in the national BMD registers, the local copies are much preferred for research – yet it’s only comparatively recently that they are made available online. However, most local indexing projects are ongoing, and therefore the local BMD databases are often incomplete. However, the Bath BMD indexing project was completed recently, in February 2008, and as such there is opportunity to explore the possibilities of possessing a complete digitised database. A research tool with the capacity to automatically construct preliminary genealogies from BMD databases is herein presented, tested and its merits discussed. This tool is available as supplementary material attached to this article or upon email request to the author. That the best example of a local BMD database is restricted to the Bath area should be of minimal concern to those with no connections to it: the tool and the underlying principles may be employed on many other databases of the same type
A Surname Relationship Diagram
No full textWhen a researcher has assembled a large collection of family data, it can become difficult to recall, or to explain to others, how the various branches of the family fit together. This article presents a type of diagram that can help with that problem by giving the researcher an overview of his family data as a whole. An example is offered in which a 938-person data base is boiled down to create a single-page diagram showing the major surnames in the collection and their relationships
The Farina Family of Missouri and Arkansas
No full textEmigrating from the south of Italy, one branch of the Farina family and their extended kinship group settled down in the states of Missouri and Arkansas in the late nineteenth century. Through hard work, the Farina's were able to purchase property in both states in addition to raising large, close-knit families
Was John Frees of Matilda, Ontario born in Athens, New York in 1741?
No full textJohn Frees settled in Canada following the American Revolution. The Canadian records match church records from the Mohawk River Valley of New York showing that he had previously lived there. Some researchers have asserted that he was born in 1741 in Athens (then Loonenburg), New York, but the evidence shows that it was a different man who was born in Athens
Anna's Story
No full textBringing to light the lives of the long-departed unknown is an exercise in bottom-up history, wherein the story of ordinary folks takes center stage. Information on such individuals can be hard to find, as is the case for my great-grandaunt, Anna Bosworth. Researching the Bosworth side of the family produced few results; Anna's life after 1910 is a mystery. Could recreating the family tree of her former in-laws lead to the rest of Anna's story
Rauschkolb - Finding the Belleville Roots
No full textThis is the research I have completed on the direct Rauschkolb line starting with Sandra (Rauschkolb) Ebling and going back four more generations to Louis Rauschkolb who came to the U.S. from Germany. He finally settled in Belleville, IL. Sources for this information include written testimony from of Lewis' great granddaughter and a collection of news clippings from the 1940's
Raising The Dead
No full textAs a researcher for information about my paternal grandparents, I have discovered the frustrations of trying to find information about people who played a germinal role in my birth and subsequent life. When I first began the research, the only facts I knew were the names of my own parents, immediate family members, and names of my grandparents, along with some additional bits of pieces of information. Eventually information started to trickle in; this paper is a description of the evolution of the knowledge that has been gathered, how and when information was obtained, and how connections among these pieces of information were made
A Guide to the Duston-Dustin Family Genealogy
No full textThe principal genealogy for the Duston family of New England (also spelled Dustin, Dustan, Dusten, Durston) was published by the Duston-Dustin Family Association in a series of booklets over many years. It has since been made available in other formats, and citations of it appear in a variety of confusing forms. This article outlines its publishing history and gives a summary of the contents of the booklets
History and Genealogical Record of the Lawrence Family
No full textJoseph Lawrence of Walpole, New Hampshire was an ensign in the First New Hampshire regiment and died at the battle of Ticonderoga in 1777. This work gives the families that descend from him, as known to the compilers in 1924. Over 200 people of various surnames are listed. In addition, there are short biographies of the compilers and the bit of history known about Joseph Lawrence
The fraudulent Coligny-Rapalje descent
No full textThis article identifies a likely source for some of the material used in the fictitious Coligny descent attributed to the Rapalje family of New Netherland in Jerome B. Holgate's American Genealogy (1849?). It also looks briefly at the fictitious Coligny descent attributed to the Fernald family of New England in the 1909 Fernald genealogy