Two decades of research sits in my file cabinets and on my PC. In the past I’ve tried fan charts, and a few other ways to display my research, nothing made it to the wall. For the longest while it was because I wanted to find just one more ancestor, my tree was […]
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I’m now getting down to the nitty gritty. My connections are in alphabetical order, and seem many are individuals that are lower on my research priorities. That’s just bad luck and I won’t blame Mocavo for that. I will however use one as an example for Google Vs Mocavo: Let’s take two of my
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There is a new research tool named Mocavo. Mocavo is designed specifically for searching sites that are only genealogy related. I have to ask myself, do I really need another search engine? I use Google for the most part, so why is Mocavo different than Google? According to their website Google only contains about
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Whenever I take on a new project either personal or for hire I set time aside to educate myself about the general vicinity of the family. This is not something I would bill anyone for, but for me it’s like doing your homework. Though I am a life-long New Jersey resident, I don’t know the
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Raymond Fennimore, Merchant Marine It was Christmas in the early 70’s. I’m thinking about 1972. I was a proud owner of a Polaroid Instant Camera; I seem to recall a bit of family drama, which resulted in this gift from my dad. For my birthday I received some film for the camera, and since this
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I’ve been consistently researching my family history for close to 17 years. Over that time certain ancestors captured my attention, and I have a difficult time putting them aside. We are all interested in discovering someone of note in our pedigree, but I find the ones that had a bumpy course in life have story
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Thank you Veterans for serving and putting your personal safety at risk to protect our country. Today I will be thinking of you all but in particular I will consider the ones in my circle, and family that have stood with their nation and did what they felt was necessary. Not all wars are popular;
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A few months back my Aunt was scouring Ancestry.com and up popped a cemetery match for my 3rd great grandmother, Charlotte Ruttel Schellenberger, 2 of her children, and a child of her married daughter. All circumstantial, but it opened the door to allow for me to order a death certificate and verify it was indeed
Genealogy and Pizza, Searching Roots in Brooklyn Read More »
Life has been pretty busy. My day job continues to be more demanding, I’m getting a few requests for small projects, and my twins are leaving for college. My blog has been ignored a bit as a result, though I am sure few are missing me. I’ve had managed to dabble a bit in my
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Recently I was asked to pull some records at the state archive. They were not the regular birth, marriage, deaths but rather a manuscript from early 20th century. Although the records are on the NJ DARM website, and only one set indicates that portions may still be considered unavailable, pretty much the entire set is currently
Update to instructions on how to download data from family search to excel.
It has been state that John Eveland established his Inn ca 1760. This is the first generation Evelands, and their children.
Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, New Jersey was originally named Eveland’s Tavern.
In honor of the opening of the Inn at Glen Gardner this is a series dedicated to the early history of the Inn.
