Maintenance Monday

Doing away with the negative connotations of "Madness Monday", I am now choosing to not blog a regular post on Monday's, instead using that day to gather up all the loose ends and provide maintenance to either my own research, or that of my clients.

I hope you will join with me in providing a "Maintenance Monday" for your own home or business office!

We will of course, return to our regularly scheduled postings tomorrow!

Week 22 Challenge

Here's to Week 22 Genea Challenge!

"Week 22: Spend some time at Find-a-Grave. Most of you have probably heard of Find-a-Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/) and probably used it in your own research as well. The challenge this week is to simply browse this web site. Just click links. Look at the different ways the information is sorted. Study the tributes of others and see if there are ways you can improve your own entries. Don’t do any research of your own, simply study the efforts of others. If you have a genealogy blog, share your impressions of Find-a-Grave and any interesting entries you found at the web site."

Okay, so before I even go to Find-A-Grave today to look at it, I utilize Find-A-Grave on an almost daily basis! The data has become so large now that almost anyone [or one of their immeidate family members] can be found there!

I also regularly contribute.

So I am already well-versed with the system.

But for today, I decided to play with the "Famous People" of the site. And here's just a small sampling of the "Who's Who" of whom I found!

Dan Blocker

[co-starred in the TV series Bonanza]

Buried: Woodmen Cemetery

DeKalb, Bowie, TX

Ernest Jennings Ford

"Tennessee Ernie Ford"

Singer ["Sixteen Tons", "John Henry", many hymns]Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Palo Alto, Santa Clara, CA

James Dean

Actor - "East of Eden", "Rebel Without A Cause", "Giant"

Park Cemetery

Fairmount, Grant, Indiana

Louisa May Alcott

Author ["Little Women", "Little Men", "Jo's Boys"]

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

While I've only had occasion to need to use the "Famous People" search twice before, I found just looking around and randomly typing in famous names was actually alot of fun!

But then, I'm a cemetery geek from way back when! [Mama used to take me trekking through cemeteries as far back as I can remember, and that's more years than many of you have ever seen!]

Thanks for the challenge, and a fun way to spend a lazy Sunday!

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Come Sunday Morning

As per my usual, I didn't read Randy Seaver's challenge at Genea-Musings until this morning! With that said, here was Randy's challenge:

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (come on, don't be a party pooper...) is:


1) Open up the genealogy software program of your choice.


2) Think about two special people in your family tree (your parents? your spouse? a famous person? a distant cousin? yourself?).


3) Use the Relationship Calculator in the software to determine the relationship between the two special people. If you don't know where to find the Relationship Calculator, go to the Help button and find out. Follow the directions!


4) Tell us about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a comment to this post on my blog, or in a Note or comment on Facebook.

With that in mind, I thought about all of the individuals in my family tree, and just who would I really like to see in the relationship calculator of my FTM program!
 
So, I thought about the dozens and dozens of veterans in my tree. Those who are direct ancestry, and those who are in those extensive extended family files!
 
And I thought about Frederick Honaker. I don't know why. He just simply popped into my head.
 
Frederick Honaker isn't a member of my direct ancestral tree.
 
Honaker was born 1757 in we suspect Virginia, to Hans Jacob Honnegar and Mary Goetz. He was one of at least 14 children born to the couple.
 
Frederick Honaker married Rachel Wiseman before 04 Sep 1822, probably in Monroe County, [W]VA. Rachel was the daughter of Isaac Wiseman Jr. and Elizabeth Davis. She was born 01 Mar 1769 in Berks Co., PA. She and Frederick had their first child in Monroe County on 04 Sep 1822.
 

Honaker served as a Private in the VA Militia during the Revolutionary War.
 
Honaker died in 1824 and is buried at the Old Rehobeth Church Cemetery, in Keenan, Monroe, WV.
 
There is a relationship between Honaker and I when put into the Relationship Calculator of my FTM program. So what is it?
 
Frederick Honaker was the husband of my 3rd-great aunt.
 
Yes, you see, my relationship to his wife is as follows:
 
Cynthia Ann Beane > Walter M. Beane > John Monroe Bean> William M. Bean > Rachel Wiseman > Joseph Wiseman > Isaac Wiseman Jr. [Rachel Wiseman's father]. My great-great-grandmother was actually named after her aunt, Rachel. And so by marriage, I am indeed related to this Frederick Honaker.
 
Thanks Randy, for another great SNGF challenge!

Sentimental Sunday - In Honor of Memorial Day

Here's a small tribute to the members of my family who have served in the military.

[This is in no way conclusive, but is a small represntation only!]

In Honor of Memorial Day

And the Men and Women Who Have Served

And Who Now Serve!

Surname Saturday - Henry [Continued]

Last week we left off with my husband's 6th gr-grandfather, William Henry:


256. William HENRY was born about 1709 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died on 12 Oct
1769 in South Carolina. He was the son of 512. Alexander HENRY and 513. Jean ROBERTSON. He
married Elizabeth SHIELDS. He married [2] Martha CALHOUN.
257. Elizabeth SHIELDS was born Abt. 1719 in Scotland. She died 1745.
Children of William HENRY and Elizabeth SHIELDS are:
i. George HENRY was born 1737 in Scotland.
+ 61. ii. Aaron HENRY was born 1740 in Marion, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died Nov 1825 in
Morgantown, Mongahela, Virginia.
Children of William HENRY and Martha CALHOUN are:
i. John HENRY was born 30 Oct 1745 in Lincoln, North Carolina.
ii. Elizabeth HENRY was born 25 Dec 1747 in Hanover, VA.
iii. Jean HENRY was born 21 Apr 1753 in Hanover, VA.
iv. William HENRY was born 21 Mar 1753 in Hanover, VA.
v. Harriet HENRY was born 17 Oct 1757 in Hanover, VA.
vi. James HENRY was born 17 Apr 1759 in Hanover, VA.



512. Alexander HENRY was born in 1674 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He married Jean
ROBERTSON in 1700 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
513. Jean ROBERTSON was born 1684 in Edinburgh, Midlothian Scotland. She died 1775 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeenshire,Scotland. She was the daughter of 1026. William ROBERTSON and 1027.
Eleanor PITCAIRN.
Children of Alexander HENRY and Jean ROBERTSON are:
i. Jean HENRY was born 1703 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeenshire,Scotland.
ii. John HENRY was born 1704 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, died Jan 1773 in Hanover, VA, married Sarah WINSTON 01 Nov 1734 in Studley Plantation, Hanover, Virginia. [This is the father of famed colonial statesman, Patrick Henry - of 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' fame.]
iii. James HENRY was born 1705 in Gampian Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
iv. Patrick HENRY was born Abt. 1707 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
+ 82. v. William HENRY was born Abt. 1709 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, died 12 Oct 1769 in South Carolina.
vi. Hugh HENRY was born 1720 in Accomack, Virginia.

And so, we have the Henry family back to my husband's 7th gr-grandfather!

Follow Friday - Or The Other Guys!

I'd like to introduce you today to Is Meets Was. [Don't you just love the title??? It really does say it all!]

The author of this blog is Cathy Paris.

Cathy Paris

Cathy has a very rich Celtic ancestry, and her blog is brimming with beautiful photographs and lore of her ancestry and the "auld country'.

Cathy's site is refreshing, honest and non-pretentious. [Uh, duh!!! She's Irish ya know!] And a pure pleasure to visit.

So, grab yerself a wee cup o' tea, [or a pint if ye've a mind!] and settle down for a look at Cathy's Is Meets Was!

Treasure Chest Thursday

This was taken at a Dreher family reunion about 1943. That little cutie pie standing on the left, holding onto her mother's skirt tail is my own sweet Mother!

From the left, the 2nd and 4th children are my mother's siblings: Billy and Laura Marion [now deceased].

Photo was probably taken in Floyd County, Indiana.