WHERE: Main floor classroom, Family History Library
HOSTED BY: Pat Richley-Erickson Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com
After brief introductions about ancestral backgrounds and experience levels, attendees tackeled individual research challenges.
Irish researcher - Having found the specific church in Ireland, this researcher was stuck because the records didn't include earlier generations. Using the 5-7 mile radius search for alternate parish registers has proved fruitless thus far. Research was encouraged to look into social history, to flesh out the "life and times" of the Irish ancestors.
African American researcher - With Alamaba roots going back 3 generations, this researcher was encouraged to begin studying the local plantations for clues in slave owner's tax lists and probate records, to discover progenitors. Referred to http://www.afrigeneas.com/ and the book Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity, Revised and Expanded by Dee Parmer Woodtor.
Quakers from Virginia to Ohio researcher - This more advanced researcher wondered the slave listed on the 1820 US federal census enumeration for his ancestor Gideon Lupton was a boy Gideon may have taken under his wing as a method of removing him from slavery in Virginia. The researcher was cautioned against jumping to conclusions without further evidence. Any time we suspect something may be true, we must clearly explain why, or label it an unsubstantiated supposition.
Possible Early LDS researcher - Referred to the new Church History Library on North Temple in Salt Lake for a catalog and manuscripts not available elsewhere. Also referred to the online version of Early Church Information File guidelines, and the Tracing LDS Families research outline, both from FamilySearch.org.
DEMO - PERHAPS THE FASTEST WAY FOR U. S. NEWBIES TO GET STARTED
Following the "share" time, Pat demonstrated the creation of a GEDCOM file, uploading it to Ancestry.com "Tree" area. Allowing the computers at Ancestry.com to search for possible matches readily brings in most census records and a few other items that can be reviewed and linked if appropriate to an ancestor without having to type each individual search. The indicaiton of possible matching databases or scanned documents is indicated by the green leaf in the upper right portion of an ancestor's info box on the pedigree or "family tree" view as shown below:
Attempts to demonstrate the Ancestry.com-to-Facebook option weren't successfull. See:
Respectfully submitted,
Pat Richley-Erickson
Utah Genealogical Association
Salt Lake Chapter Chair
http://www.infouga.org/
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com
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