tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post1399000846957807630..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: ArrivalsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-21976345935168520292019-01-27T22:33:13.736-06:002019-01-27T22:33:13.736-06:00::snort::
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I shall descend into the void and r...::snort::<br /><br />--<br /><br />I shall descend into the void and return from the other side with riches and my family history in my shoulder bag, as bulky as the snaks which sustained me on my journey through the genealogical underworld.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-12587899929138292202019-01-27T18:03:03.854-06:002019-01-27T18:03:03.854-06:00"The rabbit hole is deep."
"Aye, b..."The rabbit hole is deep."<br /><br />"Aye, but the will is strong with this one, and his training shall serve him well."<br /><br />"We can hope. But a lifeline, body harness, and independent air supply would be advised. Also, snaks.<br />Lots and bunches of snaks."<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-24891013736179923372019-01-26T19:18:59.725-06:002019-01-26T19:18:59.725-06:00Hi James -
I haven't, mostly because they'...Hi James -<br /><br />I haven't, mostly because they're kind of scattershot and disorganized. I found the ship's registry on FamilySearch.com, which is kind of the stripped-down free version of Ancestry. There's a lot there, and most of it you can get to without joining the Mormon Church (both Family Search and Ancestry are run by the Mormons, who - for theological reasons - are the foremost geneaologists in the world). I've been plinking around there for a while now and have come up with a lot. <br /><br />My dad's side of the family goes back a long way in this country and somewhere about 4 or 5 generations ago there were two sisters, one of whom led to me and the other led to another guy who has done a LOT of work, so I've piggybacked on his stuff too. We've talked a bit - I sent him some stuff and he sent me some too. <br /><br />I've looked at old newspapers (my training as a historian means I'm not fazed by records that are in microform rather than digitized, and I have access to a robust interlibrary loan system) and just searched through Google.<br /><br />Someday I'll actually spring for an Ancestry account - it would be good if I had the time, which is not my life right now.<br /><br />As for the story about my great-grandmother being the neighborhood scribe, that came from my mom, who heard it from my grandfather, who was there. My mom is also interested in this stuff and we trade notes and stories. My dad was never interested, but my brother did interview him before he died and I have access to that as well. The first thing a historian recommends is to interview the living sources.<br /><br />Mostly right now I'm in the information gathering stage - dredging sources, storing them, trying to collate them so that I at least know what I already have when I run into them again. At some point I'll try to organize the stories.<br /><br />Last year I put together a giant family tree with everything I'd discovered. It was fun.<br /><br />DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-52818101466415289282019-01-26T17:31:48.047-06:002019-01-26T17:31:48.047-06:00Have you talked about what tools and methods you&#...Have you talked about what tools and methods you're using to uncover your family history? How did you learn that your great-grandmother became a neighborhood scribe?James A. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580984579089010427noreply@blogger.com