Happy June 1st everyone!

It's been a pretty miserable cold weekend where I live and it is continuing
today. Temps are between 40 and 50, more suitable for late fall! It's been
raining almost non-stop but hopefully the sun will come out soon!

Here's what's new in the Genealogy World

Using NewspaperArchive.com, a 2-part series complete with images to demonstrate.
I'm a huge fan of NewspaperARCHIVE.com and have been playing around with it for
a few weeks now. I thought I'd show others some tips I've learned while using
the site.

Start finding ancestors with help from

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/using-newspaperarchivecom-part-1.\
html

or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/  and look for the post title
USING NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM

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Ancestors At Rest: The Forgotten Coffin Of Gladys Winifred Fowler
Source: http://ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com

An amateur sleuth has solved the mystery surrounding the tragic death of a young
New Brunswick woman whose coffin has been lying in a dusty, unclaimed crate at a
London cemetery for more than 90 years. Continue reading at 
http://ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com

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Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson, presented in collaboration
with the New Netherland Project, Albany, and the National Maritime Museum
Amsterdam/Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, will employ rare 16th– and
17th–century objects, images, and documents from major American and Dutch
collections to bring the transatlantic world to life and reveal how Henry
Hudson's epic third voyage of exploration planted the seeds of a modern society
that took root and flourished in the New World. Read more at

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/amsterdamnew-amsterdam-worlds-of-\
henry.html

or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/  and look for the post title

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A treasure trove of First World War photographs was discovered recently in
France. Published here for the first time, they show British soldiers on their
way to the Somme. But who took them? And who were these Tommies marching off to
die? At least 400 glass photographic plates preserving the images were found in
the loft of a barn at Warloy-Baillon and cast out as rubbish. In recent months,
the plates, some in perfect condition, some badly damaged, have been lovingly
assembled and their images printed, scanned and digitally restored by two
Frenchmen.

Continue reading and help identify these photos, at

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/lost-ww1-photographs.html

or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/  and look for the post title

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Finding Your New Netherland Roots: A Two-Day Workshop on New Netherland Family
History. Details at

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/finding-your-new-netherland-roots\
-two.html

or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/  and look for the post title

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1881 Canadian Census Images online. Details at

  http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/1881-census-images-online.html

  or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/  and look for the post title

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On http://askolivetree.blogspot.com  questions answered last week were

*  How to find an ancestor on a ship's passenger list to Australia   (Answer for
Carol)

*  Finding out if an ancestor is African American or Native American (Answer for
Genevieve) <== This response plus my linked article on sources was given a
shout-out by Randy Seaver of genea-musings (www.geneamusings.com) in his Best of
the Genea-Blogs - May 24-30, 2009. Thanks Randy!

*  Determing Average Number of Descendants (Answer for Dianne)

*  Placing Stones on Graves - Where did the Custom Start  (Answer for Vince)

*  FInding out if your ancestor was a Home Child (Answer for Jean)

Don't forget to send your challenging puzzlers to me at askolivetree@...
and I will do my best to answer them on AskOliveTree.blogspot.com

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That's it for this week, don't forget you can follow my genealogy updates on
Twitter
  http://twitter.com/LorineMS

You can also join the Olive Tree Genealogy interactive page on Facebook at

http://facebook.com/pages/Olive-Tree-Genealogy/16127378259

In case you can't click on that long URL in email, you can also find the page at
http://tiny.cc/RCHYs

Last but not least, you can read or subscribe to my Blog at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

Best of luck in your genealogy hunt!

Lorine

Hi everyone

It's been awhile since I wrote this newsletter but I've had some glitches in my
computer setup. Right now I am working on a laptop with a very tiny screen! That
makes it difficult for me to see what I'm writing because of my Cogan's
Dystrophy (a condition of the cornea of the eye).

I won't have my usual 24" monitor for a few more days so I thought I better
struggle along as best I could to get this newsletter out today. The exciting
news about the complete Canadian census being online just won't wait any longer!
So please bear with me and forgive any typos I might make.

Here is what is happening in the genealogy community

From Olive Tree Genealogy Blog, lots of excitement this month! Remember you can
always start at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and use the Blogger
Search Engine to search for any article of interest on the Olive Tree Genealogy
Blog.

You can also use the list of Topics (Keywords) in the right hand side bar. Just
wait for the page to load completely, then scroll down the side bar until you
see a topic of interest.

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Great News! Complete census of Canada ONLINE

Great news! You can now search for ancestors in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 Canada
census, plus view the actual census images.  Continue reading and get the links
at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/great-news-complete-census-of-can\
ada.html

Topic (Keyword) "Canada Census" in right hand side bar at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

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Caveat re 1861 Canada Census Online

A source in the UK who has been doing her own transcription of the 1861 Toronto
census, wrote to me to share a very interesting (but disturbing) problem with
the new 1861 Canada census on Ancestry.com Continue reading at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/caveat-re-1861-canada-census-onli\
ne.html

There is an ongoing discussion (12 comments from readers so far) including a
response from a FamilySearch representative, so you won't want to miss this
post!

Topic (Keyword) "Canada Census" in right hand side bar
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

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Front Pages Free from NewspaperArchive

This is very interesting - another freebie from NewspaperARCHIVE.com at
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/welcome/newspaper-archive.aspx

They've unlocked every front page of their newspapers, which means you can look
through millions of unique newspaper front pages. Continue reading, I have
posted some tips for using this new search at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/front-pages-free-from-newspaperar\
chive.html

Topic (Keyword) "NewspaperArchive.com" in right hand side bar 
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

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Questions Asked and Answered on AskOliveTree! http://askolivetree.blogspot.com

* How to Find a Loyalist Ancestor - Colleen's question

* Finding a Ships Passenger List to USA in 1880  - Gold's question

* Re Swedish Ships to Newfoundland - Arlene's Question

* How to Find an Early Ontario Ancestor - Janice's question

* Guest Genealogist Brian Massey Answers Question about WW1 records - Jim's
qustion

* Introducing Guest Genealogist & Historian Brian Massey

* Jacques Van Slyke's Death - Murder or Natural Causes? - Don's question

* Tips on Reading Handwriting on Old Documents - M.R.'s question

* Help Finding an Ancestor's Death in United Kingdom - Linda's question

That's it until I have my proper monitor and computer and can actually SEE what
I am writing! :-) Remember to submit your puzzling or challenging genealogy
questions to me at askolivetree@... and I will do my best to answer them.

Good Genealogy Hunting
Lorine

Hi everyone,

Some big celebrations are coming up - We Canadians celebrate our Canada Day on
Wednesday July 1st and our American cousins are celebrating July4th this coming
weekend. Some of our local residents have already started their Canada
Celebrations with fireworks. A huge explosion of fireworks was set off quite
near us and the whole house shook, windows rattled, a most unsettling
experience.

On the homefront, I am now on High speed wireless thanks to Rogers Portable
Modem. Yay! After years of struggling on dialup which only reached max
connection of 32 kbps (on a good day) I now am whizzing along at 54Mbps! Thanks
to Rogers for developing something that works in rural areas like ours.

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Here's what's new in the Genealogy World:

On AskOliveTree Blog at  http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/  the following
questions have been asked and answered

* Finding Answers in Naturalization Records (Olive Tree Answer to Olav's
question)

* How to Find War of 1812 Records for an Ancestor  (Olive Tree Answer to Carol's
question)

  * How to Obtain Complete Details from an index-only database (Olive Tree Answer
to M.R.'s question)

  * Finding an Australian Ships Passenger List     (Olive Tree Answer to Naomi's
question)

* A reader responds to question about Australian Ships Passenger Lists (Followup
to Naomi's question)

* A Reader Asks where the Canadian census images on Ancestry come from    (Olive
Tree Answer to David's question)

* Where to search and locate names/dates of ships arriving in Maryland prior to
1800      (Olive Tree Answer to Larry's question)

Send your genealogy queries and puzzlers to AskOliveTree@... and I will do
my best to answer them! Reader's input is always welcome, you might have an
answer that is just what the questioner needed.

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You have got to read my experiences ordering records from the National Archives
in Kew England. I wrote about it  in two blog posts called Ordering Documents
from National Archives in Kew - a Comedy of Errors Part 1, and  Part 2 at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

I also provided readers with  step by step instructions on how NOT to  make the
same mistake(s) I did, complete with graphic shots showing how to search for,
find, then fill out and order documents for an ancestor. Believe me after
mistakenly ordering and receiving 864 documents I have learned from my mistake!

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I also talked about Dealing with Transcription Errors in Census Records in
another blog post at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/dealing-with-transcription-errors\
-in.html  (or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and look for that
speicific post) . After finding my PEER family misindexed as ROSS in a census
record online I thought I'd write about how hard it was to find them and how I
eventually accomplished this. Hopefully it will help someone find their missing
ancestor!

Don't miss my post featuring a little known database and resource called the
Pennsylvania Baggage Lists (for passengers to Pennsylvania) before 1820.  It's
at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/featuring-pennsylvania-ships-pass\
enger.html   (or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and look for that
speicific post)

A few years ago I discovered a very interesting set of immigration records.
While searching New York records on microfilm, I stumbled on a set of Almshouse
Records which had the names of ships the Almshouse inmaates sailed on to America
(which included USA and Canada). Often the year of arrival was also given. 
Continue reading Getting Immigration Information from Almshouse Records at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/getting-immigration-information-f\
rom.html   I now have many of these records online to be freely searched.

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That's it for this issue of Olive Tree Genealogy newsletter! Happy hunting and
enjoy your upcoming celebrations if you live in Canada or USA.

Lorine

Hello friends and followers of Olive Tree Genealogy.

We had a lovely family wedding last weekend when one of my beautiful nieces
married her boyfriend of 9 years. It was a fun time and I had a chance to talk
with many extended family members and catch up on old times.

Things got quite exciting in the genealogy community when a new social website
called GenealogyWise opened its doors. Bloggers and genealogists flocked to it
and in the first few days membership (free) soared. Thousands of genealogy
groups were established and passionate discussions began. At the time of this
writing there are

I set up several groups that you may be interested in having a look at. Some of
them are quite active and members are very busy helping one another!

Lost Faces: Ancestor Photos & Albums at
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/lostfacesancestorphotosalbums (I was pleased
to see this group listed in the top 10 most active and the top 10 most popular
(# of members)
Ships Passenger Lists to USA at
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/shipspassengerliststousa (listed in the top
10 most active)
Ships Passenger Lists to Canada at
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/shipspassengerliststocanada
Naturalization Records at
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/naturalizationrecords
Ontario Canada Genealogy at
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/ontariocanadagenealogy

Surname Groups I established on http://www.genealogywise.com/ are McGinnis
Genealogy, Peer Genealogy, Vollick Genealogy and Van Slyke Genealogy. I will be
setting up more as time permits!

I also have 2 other Groups, one for Olive Tree Genealogy website and the other
for AskOliveTreeGenealogy a Question. You can find any of these by joining
GenealogyWise and then searching in the Groups area by name. There are many
other excellent groups that might interest you so be sure to look around!

Be sure to link to me as a Friend by going to
http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/LorineMcGinnisSchulze

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Here are the questions asked and answered on http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/
in the past few weeks. Send your genealogy queries to AskOliveTree@...

   * Ruth's Question: How to find an immigration record by looking in other
databases
   * Question from Richard: Russian Immigrants to Kentucky?
   * Question from Kansas: Help Finding an Ancestor's Ships Passenger List
   * Question from Ron: Finding an Ancestor who migrated Canada>USA>Canada
   * Question from Sarah: Finding an Alberta Land Grant
   * Kathryn's Question: Finding Records of War of Independence in Ireland
   * Ann's Question: How to find records for Waterford Ireland
   * Question:  How to Find an Ancestor in New York 1840s
   * Question: Finding a Long Lost Love
   * Question: Finding an elusive ancestor in Canada
   * Marie's Question: FInding out if a ship sailed in a certain year
   * Gini's Question: Finding out what newspapers exist in different locations
   * Olav's Question: Finding Answers in Naturalization Records

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Here's a few of the genealogy items I've been talking about on Olive Tree
Genealogy Blog at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

**  Online release of the Stars and Stripes historic newspaper archive
NewspaperARCHIVE,(at NewspaperARCHIVE.com) in partnership with Stars and Stripes
U.S. military publication, announces the online release of the Stars and Stripes
historic newspaper archive. Continue reading at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/07/online-release-of-stars-and-strip\
es.html

** Caribbean Slave Records coming online
Ancestry.com Launches One of the Most Comprehensive Collections of Caribbean
Slave Records. Continue reading at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/07/caribbean-slave-records-coming-on\
line.html

** Dating Old Family Photos
You've found a box of old photos in your great-aunt's attic. She doesn't want
them and tells you to go ahead and take the box. Some of the pictures are
identified by name but you've no idea when the photos were taken! What do you do
now? Continue reading at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/07/dating-old-family-photos.html

** Anomaly of Ellis Island Ships Passenger Lists
Some time ago on a ships passenger lists mailing list, my friend Sue Swiggum of
TheShipsList.com discovered that the total number of passengers on a filmed
Ellis Island list matched the number of third class passengers only. All other
passengers were missing. Continue reading at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/07/anomaly-of-ellis-island-ships-pas\
senger.html

** I Got Wise... GenealogyWise that is....
I got wise. GenealogyWise that is... yesterday I joined GenealogyWise.com.
GenealogyWise is a new social network site and when I first heard about it I
thought "Oh no, just a Facebook wannabee..." I didn't expect to like it. I
decided to give it a try though before giving it the thumbs down. Continue
reading at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-got-wise-genealogywise-that-is.\
html

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Hoping to see you on one of the  social networks! You can follow my genealogy
updates on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LorineMS

You can also join the Olive Tree Genealogy Fan page on Facebook at
http://facebook.com/pages/Olive-Tree-Genealogy/16127378259

Or you can join the Olive Tree Genealogy Fan page on GenealogyWise at
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/olivetreegenealogy

Friend me at http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/LorineMcGinnisSchulze

Hello Everyone

It's been a busy month or more for me, and I'm sure most of you find summer just
as hectic. I've been very busy planning for a rather large family reunion and
gathering at my home this Saturday. I've been organizing and preparing for 6
weeks and now it's crunch time!

I managed to finish a McGinnis Family Book which I will have on display for
family members to look through and buy a copy if they want for themselves. This
particular book is a personal one for family only but I think they will love the
old photos in it!

It goes from my parents back along my dad's lines to my great-great-great
grandfather who came from Ireland to Ontario in 1832.

The reunion will have a Scavenger Hunt (it's ready to go but I'm trying to think
of some extra genealogy items or questions that can be included!), and lots of
fun games for kids and adults alike. So it's keeping me pretty busy getting all
this done in time for Saturday.

I hope everyone's had a chance to take advantage of Footnote's offer of free
access to the USA 1930 census for August. If you haven't had a chance, or have
not heard about this, use this link to get to the page you need to access this
free offering

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/08/1930-usa-census-free-during-augus\
t.html

You can also use this shortened link http://tiny.cc/lIuKJ if the one above will
not work for you


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Just to bring you up to date on Ask Olive Tree Blog at
http://askolivetree.blogspot.com here is a list of the questions asked and
answered in the last few weeks:

Finding Relationship between 2 Families

Guest Genealogist Kathryn Lake Answers a Query

Guest Genealogist Kathryn Lake

Preserving a Paper Genealogy Document

Understanding a Ships Passenger List

Using Circumstantial Evidence to Support a Genealogy Theory

Finding an ancestor's employment history

Response to Question: What Does CWF Mean in 1851 Canada Census

How to Prove an Inherited Family Tree That Has No Sources

FInding a picture of a Dutch ship from 1637

Finding an Ancestor in Black Hawk War in Illinois

Finding Proof of Unsubstantiated Family Trees

Figuring out an old Occupation on Census Records

Finding Military Records in Canada

Naturalization Papers Can be Wrong re Dates of Arrival, etc

Finding Records for a Death at Sea

How to find an immigration record by looking in other databases

Russian Immigrants to Kentucky?

Help Finding an Ancestor's Ships Passenger List

Finding an Ancestor who migrated Canada>USA>Canada

I hope you will drop by and read a few of the questions and answers, then send
me your own challenging genealogy puzzle! Address your questions to
askolivetree@...

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Well it's time for me to get back to my Family Reunion work, so I will send
another newsletter some time next week. Don't forget you can follow my genealogy
updates on Twitter
  http://twitter.com/LorineMS

You can also join the Olive Tree Genealogy interactive page
on Facebook at

http://facebook.com/pages/Olive-Tree-Genealogy/16127378259

In case you can't click on that long URL in email, you can
also find the page at http://tiny.cc/RCHYs

Lorine

Hello everyone,

I've been rather quiet lately due to some health issues. I spent quite a bit of
time in September going for medical tests - ultra sounds, CAT scans, blood work,
and more blood work. Results of all tests came in last week.

The doctors have booked me for surgery in early November so I am going to try to
catch up with my genealogy websites and blogs this month. But I also have to do
quite a bit of cooking to prepare meals for my hospital stay and for the 2 month
recovery period afterwards. Hubby is well-intentioned but not a cook. :-)

I am sure I will feel much better than I have in the last year, once the surgery
is over. I just want my readers to know why I might be quiet for awhile, or
falling behind in bringing genealogy data online.

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Meantime, I did manage to bring the following New Jersey Church Records online
for genealogists to use freely

Added to Olive Tree Genealogy New Jersey Church Records section are the
following Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and
Schraalenburgh, New Jersey

Membership Lists Hackensack 1695-1769
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/Hackensack-Members.shtml

Membership Lists Schraalenburgh 1797-1801
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/Schraalenburgh-Members.shtml

Marriages Hackensack 1696 - 1801
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/Hackensack-Marriages.shtml

Baptisms Hackensack 1696-1783
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/Hackensack-Baptisms.shtml

Consistory Records Hackensack 1701 - 1780
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/Hackensack-Consistory.shtml

or see http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and scroll down to the article
about these church records for links to the data

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I also talked about Unmarked Graves at Staten Island Cemetery Receive Grave
Markers  on http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone saw this announcement on OliveTreeGenealogy blog "National
Archives and Footnote.com Announce New Digital Holocaust Collection"

Earlier I talked about "Genealogy and Medical Problems or Family Illnesses" and
for the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival I did a post on  Funeral Cards

Please drop by the blog to see what is new there.

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Just to bring you up to date on Ask Olive Tree Blog at
http://askolivetree.blogspot.com here is a list of the questions asked and
answered in the last few weeks:

Finding an Australian transported convict's parents

Finding Ancestors in 1750s New Jersey

Reading old handwriting on Ships Passenger Lists

Finding the Bailey Family in Alabama or Georgia

Where to get help with German Genealogy translations

Finding an ancestor in Castle Garden Ships Passenger Lists

Finding a Ships Passenger List circa 1640s to New Netherland (New York)

Voter's Lists Abbreviations

Obtaining a Copy of Social Security Card Application when SSN is not known

Finding an ancestor on a Ships Passenger List in 1906

Finding an ancestor when you have very little information

Finding Private Grimes

Newcomer Asks Question about Immigration Inconsistencies

Finding an Elusive Ancestor in Census Records

I hope you will drop by and read a few of the questions and answers, then send
me your own challenging genealogy puzzle! Address your questions to
askolivetree@...

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  Don't forget you can follow my genealogy updates on Twitter
http://twitter.com/LorineMS

You can also join the Olive Tree Genealogy interactive page
on Facebook at

http://facebook.com/pages/Olive-Tree-Genealogy/16127378259

In case you can't click on that long URL in email, you can
also find the page at http://tiny.cc/RCHYs

Voting is open for the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best
Genealogy Blogs. Be sure to go and cast your votes for your
favourite Genealogy blog in each category at
http://bit.ly/15edO1

OliveTreeGenealogy Blog is honoured to be one of the
nominees in the News & Resources Category

If you like OliveTreeGenealogy blog please vote for it but
if you have other favourites vote for them! Just vote.

The top 80 genealogy blogs with the most votes will go to
one more round of voting, then the final top 40 will be
chosen.


-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
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http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Hello everyone,

The countdown is on for my scheduled surgery - 30 more days to go! I've been
busy answering queries on AskOliveTree Blog at http://askolivetree.blogspot.com 
and programming them to publish while I'm in hospital. It's not too late to
submit YOUR challenging genealogy or history query to me! Send them to
askolivetree@...  I'd love to get more answered before I go into hospital.

Here are a few of the most recent questions and answers posted on
http://askolivetree.blogspot.com

* Throwing Out the Baby With the Bathwater?
* Writing a Good Genealogy Query
* Finding parents of brothers born early 1820s Pennsylvania
* Help Finding a Michigan Marriage
* How to find Birthplace of an ancestor born circa 1835 Ireland.
* Finding a Marriage Record in Passport Applicatons
* How to find records for Waterford Ireland
* Looking for the Westerland Voyage 1893
* Finding Michigan or Canadian Birth Records

I answered 42 queries over the past week and they are set to go online in
November and December.  So be sure to check the AskOliveTree blog if you asked a
question. There were many older questions I managed to get to, so don't give up
even if you asked a question way back in January! I don't answer in
chronological order so you never know when yours will be done and posted online.

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More good news for those with Pennsylvania ancestors.  St. Mary's Church
Records, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are online on Olive Tree Genealogy's
Pennsylvania pages at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/Pennsylvania.shtml

These FREE transcriptions include Interments in St. Mary's Burying Ground,
1788-1800and a  List of Names for Pew Rents 1787-1791 as well as a list of
debtors who owed money for their pew rentals 1787-1791. I've added more
transcriptions (for 1787 and 1788) for genealogists to search for ancestors and
will be working on more in the next few weeks.

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Genealogy Gem

Here's a little genealogy tip for everyone which I hope helps in your hunt for
ancestors.

If you've ever hunted for a family in the census and gotten frustrated because
they just don't show up - but you know they are there? One trick you can try is
to search just using a first name (the husband or the wife or a child), NO last
name, and the approximate year of birth of the person. Still no hits? Try
searching just using a year of birth and a location of birth - NO names at all. 
Look for one of the children if you can't find the parents. You'd be amazed at
how often you can find the family you are looking for by trying a variety of
search techniques.

So the general rule of thumb is that if you can't find a person, broaden your
search parameters. Make the search less restrictive - remember that names get
mispelled (for example Celista might be written or indexed as Celesta or Celeste
or Selista....) or mistranscribed or a fact such as place of birth is given
incorrectly (or maybe the family lore is wrong!)

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* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS

* Olive Tree Genealogy website
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/

* Naturalization Records website
http://naturalizationrecords.com/

Happy Hunting!
Lorine

Hello everyone

I want to wish those who celebrate it, a Happy Thanksgiving
coming up soon! I won't be around as I go in hospital for
surgery on Tuesday Nov. 24th and will be there for 5 days.

Before I go, I wanted to let you know about some really
exciting genealogy news.  Footnote.com  announced the
release of their latest interactive collection of
historical records: the Native American collection. Working
together with the National Archives and Allen County
Library, Footnote.com has created a unique collection that
will help people discover new details about Native American
history.

The Footnote Interactive Native American Collection at
http://tiny.cc/FMRY3  features original historical
documents including:

· Ratified Indian Treaties - dating back to 1722

· Indian Census Rolls - featuring personal information
including age, place of residence and degree of Indian
blood

· The Guion Miller Roll - perhaps the most important source
of Cherokee genealogical research

· Dawes Packets - containing original applications for
tribal enrollments

· And other documents relating to the Five Civilized Tribes

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I've been working on the NaturalizationRecords.com website
at http://www.naturalizationrecords.com  and have added
some really interesting images as examples of various
naturalization documents starting in 1795 up to 1937. The
changes are interesting but more importantly this shows you
what great things you can find on these documents!

We all want to know where our ancestors came from. We want
to know when they arrived in North America and when they
became citizens. Naturalization and immigration records are
the answer. Sometimes naturalization records for an
ancestor are the only way to discover the family origins
and that all-important ships passenger list.

You can read the rest and click through to the images at
"Naturalization Records, the often overlooked way to find a
Ships Passenger List" at

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/naturalizatio
n-records-often-overlooked.html

or go to this shorter URL http://tiny.cc/JHVuv

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I hope you are taking some time to follow the questions and
answers on http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/    I've found
time to respond to over 30 queries which are set to publish
on the blog automatically while I'm in hospital and
recuperating afterwards. So you won't miss any queries or
answers and who knows - perhaps one of the answers will be
helpful to you in your own genealogy challenges!

Some of the recent questions and responses on Ask Olive
Tree were

"  What to do when searching online records fails
"  Finding an ancestor who was MIA
"  Finding a Scotland Location
"  Looking for a town in Germany
"  Looking for a Civil War Soldier's Death
"  Guest Genealogist Barbara Brown Answer Part 2
"  Guest Genealogist Barbara Brown Answer Part 1
"  Guest Genealogist Barbara Brown
"  From Canada to Australia - Finding a Ships Passenger
List...
"  Finding Catholic Records in Ontario
"  New York to Canada - Finding the Records
"  Using Wildcards to Find an Ancestor in Online Searches.
"  Finding a Ships Passenger List arriving New York 1871.
"  Problems with early New York Ships Passenger Lists..

If you have a brick wall, remember you can send your
genealogy queries to AskOliveTree@...

Good hunting and I will be back in touch as soon as I am
home from hospital and able to be online

Lorine



-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Hello everyone,

I hope the first part of 2010 is going well for everyone! Last month I started a
series of Genealogy Journal Writing – creating your own memoirs to pass on to
your children or grandchildren. I'm keeping my own journal and encourage all my
readers to write theirs along with me.

Writing our own memoirs is often overlooked. We're thrilled to find a diary or
journal of a great great grandparent but we may not realize that our own stories
and memories will be just as exciting and important to our descendants!

***********************
52 WEEKS OF GENEALOGY JOURNEYS: SHARING MEMORIES

This is a 52 week series. Each week I suggest a topic that will hopefully help
us all to stay on track and get motivated to write.  The topics are found at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

Don't worry, I'm also giving some examples of what I'm writing about each week,
and readers are welcome to contribute their own.  We are on Week 6 but it's not
too late to join us! Just go to the blog URL above and look down the right hand
side bar for the topic SHARING MEMORIES.

Here are the topics we've written about so far:

Sharing Memories: A Genealogy Journey (Week 1)
Sharing Memories: Winter Activities (Week 2)
Sharing Memories - Winter Vacations (Week 3)
Sharing Memories - Christmas Activities (Week 4)
Sharing Memories: New Year's (Week 5)
Sharing Memories: Winter Weather (Week 6)

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12 MONTHS OF FINDING ANCESTORS

Don't miss my new 12 Months of Finding Ancestors series. Each month (starting in
January 2010) I'm going to focus on a set of records you might not have thought
of looking in for your elusive ancestors. I'll explain the records, what you can
find out from them, where you might find them, and share examples of my own
research using those records.

This can be found on my blog at  http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

***********************
HAPPY 14th. BIRTHDAY OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY!!

Did you know that my website Olive Tree Genealogy will be 14 years old this
February? That's right! Olive Tree Genealogy actually began sometime in the
winter of 1995 but it wasn't until February 1996 that it was given space on the
old Rootsweb site. Imagine – I've been around on the Internet for 14 years,
that's a LONG time for a website!

You can read a bit about me at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/lorine.shtml 
or see some of the early versions of Olive Tree Genealogy at
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/olive-tree-genealogy-history.shtml

To celebrate this 14th birthday I'm giving away 3 genealogy prizes from names
drawn at random from subscribers to my Olive Tree Genealogy newsletter. The draw
will take place on February 15 and winners notified by email.

I'm working out the details of the prizes and will let everyone know in a week
or so what they will be.  So please let your friends and family know about this
draw for prizes coming up in a month.  Anyone can subscribe to the newsletter at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OliveTreeGenealogy/

***********************
ASK OLIVE TREE BLOG IS ONE YEAR OLD!

Speaking of birthdays, on Jan 3rd, AskOliveTree Blog at
http://askolivetree.blogspot.com  was one year old. In that year, I answered 247
questions from genealogy researchers. Phew!

Answering one query each day is almost impossible, so this year (2010) my more
realistic goal is to respond to 5 queries each week. Can I do it? 5x52=260. I
almost made it last year!  Send your challenges, puzzles and brick walls to
askolivetree@...

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Almshouse & Poorhouse Records online

Now you can search New York Almshouse Records for the years 1782-1813 which I
have just put online. The records contain name of ancestor, date admitted, age,
where from or born, complaint [illness], discharged, died, remarks.

Start with New York Almshouse 1782-1813 Surnames 'A' at
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/almshouse/

These records contain details such as

• Conlin, Mary age 38 from/born Ireland, Drunken Vagrant discharged Apr 11, 1812
• Aimes, Henry age 52 from/born New York died Aug 17, 1812
• Anderson, Mary age 36 from/born New Jersey discharged May 5, 1812 sent to
asylum
• 1807 May 7 Arden, Thomas Jefferson, Bastard, 5 months at nurse with Mary
Parker

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Those Wonderful Naturalization Records!

You have to love Naturalization Records. What a wealth of information there can
be in them. Examples of various USA Petitions for Naturalization are shown
online on NaturalizationRecords.com at http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/

For example, the 1795 Petition for Naturalization for Patrick Ryan in
Pennsylvania is lengthy but tells us little about Patrick.

In contrast, the 1906 Petition for Naturalization for Christopher Alt in
Baltimore Maryland gives occupation, date and place of birth, date of
immigration, port of departure and port of arrival, names of children plus dates
and locations of births

Even better, the 1912 Petition for Naturalization for Jacob Imfang of Pittsburg
Pennsylvania gives occupation, date and place of birth, date of immigration,
port of departure and port of arrival, name of spouse, names of children plus
dates and locations of births

My Naturalization Records website at http://naturalizationrecords.com/ is one
I've been working on recently. Many links to naturalization records have been
added and broken links repaired.

You can see what's been added in the last few weeks by visiting the What's New
page at http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/free0110.shtml

***********************
That's it for this week, if you have time, please visit my blogs at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com and http://askolivetree.blogspot.com as
well as my two of my websites http://olivetreegenealogy.com and
http://naturalizationrecords.com/

Don't forget you can also friend me on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=641552814

I'm also on Twitter and you can follow my updates and tweets
at http://twitter.com/LorineMS

You can also become a Fan of Olive Tree Genealogy interactive page on Facebook
at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olive-Tree-Genealogy/16127378259


Lorine

Hello everyone,

The Haiti earthquake is filling our minds and hearts, and many people are
generously donating. If you live in Canada and wish to help, Sears Canada Inc.
is now accepting donations at all retail stores.
Donations may be made by cash or credit card.

In addition, beginning Jan. 18, Canadians who wish to donate by phone may do so
by calling Sears toll-free at 1-800-267-3277. Donations collected will be sent
to the Red Cross Haiti Appeal and will be eligible to be matched by the
Government of Canada. For more info visit www.sears.ca.

********************************

The 12 Months of Finding Ancestors series has started with "12 Months of Finding
Ancestors: Medical Records (Part 1 of a 12 Part Series)" at
http://OliveTreeGenealogy.blogspot.com
********************************
We are on Week 7 of our 52 weeks of Sharing Memories - A Geneaogy Journey
Journal. Last Sunday I posted "Sharing Memories: Winter Meals (Week 7)" There
were some interesting comments from readers! I hope everyone will join me this
week (Week 8). The topic for Week 8 will be posted tomorrow.
********************************
Also, here are the questions asked and answered on Ask Olive Tree blog for
January  http://AskOliveTree.blogspot.com/

     * Finding outbound ships passenger lists from USA
     * Writing a Good Genealogy Query (revisited)
     * Where to find records of Dutch Church in Brooklyn ...
     * Jamaican Research Queries
     * Searching for ancestors in New Jersey
     * Finding a Marriage Record in Oklahoma
     * How to Find the Port of Departure on a Ships Passenger...
     * Using Google to Find Unknown Places
     * Newspapers are a great genealogy resource!
     * Finding the shtetl where an ancestor came from
     * Using Naturalization Records to find Ancestors
     * Finding a Passenger List for a Ship

Two more questions and answers coming tomorrow and Monday are:

Finding an ancestor in pre 1715 New York
Finding a Canadian Naturalization Record

That's all for today, wishing you good genealogy hunting!
Lorine

Hello everyone!

It's Almost Time for "HAPPY 14th. BIRTHDAY OLIVE TREE
GENEALOGY!!"

To celebrate this 14th birthday I'm giving away 3 genealogy
prizes. Winners will be chosen from a random drawing of
subscribers to Olive Tree Genealogy newsletter. The draw
will take place on February 15, 2010 and winners notified
by email.

My thanks goes to Ancestry.com , the world's leading
resource for online family history, who have generously
offered to provide an Annual World Deluxe subscription as
one of the three prizes for the Olive Tree Genealogy
Birthday Celebration! The World Deluxe Subscription
includes historical records and images from the United
States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and more
locations around the globe.

Check the Olive Tree Genealogy Birthday Celebration page at
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/birthday.shtml  over the
next few weeks to find out what the other two prizes will
be!

Please let your friends and family know about this draw for
genealogy prizes.  Just let your friends and family know
they can subscribe to this free newsletter at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OliveTreeGenealogy/

I'm quite excited about my 14th birthday and hope you are
too.

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Hello everyone,

Some exciting news!!

Thanks to the generous support of Footnote.com ,
Ancestry.com and GenealogyBank.com there will now be FIVE
lucky winners in the Olive Tree Genealogy Birthday Draw!

Footnote.com has generously donated THREE Annual
Subscriptions to their detabases for the Birthday
Celebration! Footnote.com helps you find and share historic
documents. Their website brings you many never-before-seen
historic documents through their unique partnerships with
The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other
institutions.

Ancestry.com , the world's leading resource for online
family history, have generously offered to provide an
Annual World Deluxe subscription as one of the prizes for
the Olive Tree Genealogy Birthday Celebration! The World
Deluxe Subscription includes historical records and images
from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland
and more locations around the globe.

GenealogyBank.com  is very kindly donating a free 30-day
membership for unlimited access to their databases.
Genealogy Bank has the largest Newspaper Archive for Family
History Research. Over 4,000 newspapers provide first-hand
accounts about your ancestors that can't be found in other
sources

On February 15th a draw will be made from the list of all
subscribers to the free Olive Tree Genealogy newsletter The
first three names chosen will each win an annual
Footnote.com subscription. The fourth name chosen will win
the Ancestry.com annual subscription and the last name
chosen will win the 30-day GenealogyBank.com subscription.

Read more about our Birthday Celebration at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/birthday.shtml

And good luck to all subscribers of this newsletter - you
are all entered to win one of these great prizes.

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Over on AskOliveTree at http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/
I've answered the following queries in the last few days:

* Finding an Ancestor in the Canadian Merchant Navy

* Those Wonderful Abstract Indexes to Deeds!

* Creating Timelines and Listing Clues in Census Records

* Searching for German ancestors pre 1800

* Name Changes - Myth or Fact?

* Don't Put all your Genealogy Eggs in One Basket!

* Looking for genealogy records for Mauritius

* Establishing a Genealogy Theory is Good but you must
prove or disprove it!

* African American Genealogy - Finding that elusive
ancestor

If you have a challenging genealogy or history question,
send it to me at askolivetree@... and I'll do my best
to answer you on my blog

  ****************************
Over on my blog at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/
we're on Week 10 of our 52 weeks of Sharing Memories - A
Genealogy Journey Journal. I hope everyone will join me
this week to talk about memories of your first day of
school and of your first year.

Your Genealogy Journal for Sharing Memories can be private,
you work on it at home *or* you can share your memories on
my blog as a comment *or* you can write on your own blog.
Any way you choose the idea is just to get writing. Imagine
how thrilled our descendants would be to find our journals
in the future. We all know how happy we are if we find a
great grandmother's writings!

To see all 10 Weeks with the topics, just click on the
SHARING MEMORIES label in the right side bar of the blog

  ****************************

Also on http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ we are on
Part 2 of a 12 part series on less well known records for
finding ancestors

12 Months of Finding Ancestors: Life Insurance Records
(Part 2 of a 12 Part Series) is now online. Just go to the
blog and in the right side bar look for "12 Months of
Finding Ancestors" and click on that link

Enjoy!
Lorine





-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Happy Birthday Olive Tree Genealogy! Today my site is 15
years old. Phew that's a very long time to be around on the
Internet!

As promised, the random draw for 5 lucky winners of the 5
amazing prizes offered by Footnote.com, Ancestry.com and
GenealogyBank.com has been made.

Footnote.com generously donated THREE Annual Subscriptions
to their detabases for the Birthday Celebration!
Footnote.com helps you find and share historic documents.
Their website brings you many never-before-seen historic
documents through their unique partnerships with The
National Archives, the Library of Congress and other
institutions.

The 3 winners of a Footnote Annual subscription are:

Lisarps@...

mcgivney@...

Katfrmwi@...

Ancestry.com , the world's leading resource for online
family history, have generously  provided an Annual World
Deluxe subscription as one of the prizes for the Olive Tree
Genealogy Birthday Celebration! The World Deluxe
Subscription includes historical records and images from
the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
more locations around the globe.

The winner of Ancestry.com's Annual World Deluxe
Subscription is

kathie.fortner@...

GenealogyBank.com  very kindly donated a free 30-day
membership for unlimited access to their databases.
Genealogy Bank has the largest Newspaper Archive for Family
History Research. Over 4,000 newspapers provide first-hand
accounts about your ancestors that can't be found in other
sources

The winner of the GenealogyBank.com 30 day membership is

bpayne@...

Congratulations to the 5 winners and thank you everyone for
participating in this celebration. A huge thank you goes to
Ancestry.com, Footnote.com and GenealogyBank.com for being
so generous and supportive during OliveTreeGenealogy's
birthday.

If you are one of the winners, please contact me at
olivetreegenealogy@... to claim your prize.  I wish
everyone success in finding their ancestors

I'm already planning for OliveTreeGenealogy's 15th birthday
party next year and MORE wonderful prizes!

The list of winners is also being posted on the
OliveTreeGenealogy.com Birthday celebration page at
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/birthday.shtml

And now - time for Birthday Cake!

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Hello everyone

Just a few items I think you may want to know about:

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Letters as Loot - Fascinating Project of Leiden University!

Thanks to the subscribers of the New-Netherland mailing
list discussing the New Netherland Institute online, I
found Letters as Loot, an absolutely wonderful project by
the University of Leiden.

See http://tinyurl.com/ybszfft for more details.  For those
unfamliar with the term New Netherland, that is now present
day New York

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Sharing Memories (Week 13): More School Memories (Gr. 7 &
8) We are on Week 13 of our 52 weeks of Sharing Memories -
A Genealogy Journey Journal. I hope everyone will join me
this week to talk about more memories! Imagine how excited
your grandchildren or great grandchildren would be to read
your stories in the future.  These can be private or public
stories, the choice is yours!

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

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Help Find American WW2 Soldier

This was a fascinating quest asked on
AskOliveTree.blogspot.com

Can anyone help Jill find this American WW2 soldier? Jill
found his Dog Tags in Australia and has asked my help in
finding out about Stanley

We had wonderful teamwork with many readers contributing
their findings to complete the puzzle of Stanley from
Washington and his Dog Tags in Australia. We are not done,
so please check out the 3 blog posts and reader comments at

http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/2010/02/help-find-ww2-
american-soldier.html  or use this shorter URL
http://tinyurl.com/yekzpcr

Join us if you can! Teamwork is great. Let's find Stanley's
descendants.

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Update on PEER FAMILY BOOKS

Some of you may know that last year was a very bad year for
me health-wise. I had major surgery in late November to
correct a rather serious problem, and am finding the
recovery slow. I tire easily and am in quite a bit of
discomfort.

I was scheduled for another surgery next week but it has
been cancelled until I am stronger. Telling you this is not
for sympathy but to explain why the publication of the
planned volumes on the Peer Family has been delayed.

The good news is that Vol. 1 The Peer Family in North
America: Jacob & Anne Peer, Immigrants from Sussex Co. New
Jersey to Upper Canada in 1796, a study of the first two
generations (including documents, maps and photos) is in
its final draft stage.

That means that I will work on that final draft starting
this week. I cannot predict when I will complete it as I
will rest when I am tired and work when I am not. :-)

Volume 1 contains narrative (footnoted) chapters on Jacob
Peer Sr, and each of his children. 32 documents (wills,
land petitions, land records, etc) are included in this
volume, as well as maps and family group charts.

Vols 2-9 will be on the children of Jacob & Anne down
several generations. For more information please visit
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/books/peer-book.shtml

Thank you for your patience. I am very excited to complete
Vol 1 and then compile the other volumes in turn. All my
research is done and some of the Volumes 2-9 have been
started so I hope that 2010 is the year that I finish the
entire set!

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Announcing the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy
Blogs: http://bit.ly/aAj2MM

Congratulations to all the winners!

I confess I was disappointed to not find OliveTreeGenealogy
blog on the Top 40, especially since it was in the running,
but the list of winners is impressive! Please stop by and
read the Top 40 blogs, you will no doubt be very happy you
did.

That's it for now, remember that you can ask your
challenging puzzles at http://askolivetree.blogspot.com
and I'll do my best to answer them

Lorine

-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Today (March 8) is International Women's Day.

In honour of the unsung and unknown female ancestors in our
family tree, take some time today, this week and this month
to pick one and find out more about her.

How often do we give up on a female ancestor? We find their
first name and it becomes difficult to find a surname or
her parents so we shrug our shoulders and set her aside
"for now". But do we ever get back to her and dig deeper?

Your female ancestors had every bit as much to do with who
you are as your male ancestors so let's give those women a
place.

Look over your pedigree chart. How many of your female
ancestors have complete details of their birth or death?
Choose one of them and set a goal to find at least one fact
about her that you didn't previously know.

Women had hard lives. They often bore children a year
apart. They toiled over woodstoves or open hearths to
prepare meals for large families. They tended sick babies
when there was little or no medical help or medications
such as what we take for granted today. They buried many of
their children but they carried on.

Let's honour them by not neglecting them in our genealogy
research. They deserve to be known so let's find them!

You can see how  many neglected female ancestors I found in
a 5-generation pedigree chart on my blog at "What About the
Women?" at

  http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-about-
women.html

or use this shorter URL http://tiny.cc/VG0K6

I've chosen one of them to research this month. Won't you
join in and celebrate the female ancestors in your family
tree?

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Hi everyone,

Don't Miss WDYTYA tonight with Emmit Smith!

I hope you all have your tv sets tuned to Who Do You Think
You Are. It starts in just less than 2 hours for me and I
can't wait!

The tune-in numbers for the first episode of Who Do You
Think You Are? are in, and they look promising! More than
6.85 million viewers tuned in to watch the show making it
the No. 2-rated show that hour.

This Friday  Emmitt Smith This week's episode is one you
don't want to miss. Tune into NBC this Friday at 8/7c as
former NFL football player Emmitt Smith sets out to
discover his slavery roots. In this episode, look for the
Monroe County Courthouse in Monroe County, Alabama, and the
Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Mecklenburg County,
Virginia. Lisa Kudrow calls Emmitt's episode "unbelievable"
and the most compelling of the seven.

Last Week's Episode featured Sarah Jessica Parker, who
learns that her 4th great-grandfather John S. Hodge was
among the hundreds of thousands who tried to strike it rich
by heading West during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Check out the teaser to the episode featuring Emmitt or
last week's episode with Sarah Jessica Parker at NBC unless
you live in Canada in which case you cannot view these
online NBC videos.

See http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and in the
right side bar click on WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE for
details of Episode 1 and reviews

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Carnival of African-American Genealogy: Slaves & Slave
Owners

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/carnival-of-
african-american-genealogy.html


I wanted to join in this first Carnival for African-
American genealogy for two reasons. First, I am the
descendant of slave owners. My husband is almost certainly
the descendant of slaves. It's an uncomfortable position
for me even though I know logically and intellectually that
I am not responsible for my ancestors actions.

Read more at http://bit.ly/cRAJhd

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New Family Search Indexing Projects
FamilySearch Indexers have a wide variety of records to
choose from this week. Civil and church records are
available from Argentina, Canada, France, Peru, and the
United Kingdom. Six different groups of U.S. census records
are also ready to be indexed.

More at http://tiny.cc/ElNvr

*****************************************
Sharing Memories (Week 15): Grandfathers

We are on Week 15 of our 52 weeks of Sharing Memories - A
Genealogy Journey Journal. I hope everyone will join me
this week to share more memories! You know how happy we are
to find an ancestor's diary or journal. Just imagine how
excited your grandchildren or great grandchildren will be
to read your stories in the future.

Read the topic and some of the shared memories at
http://tiny.cc/JlTnP

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US Census Records Free on Footnote for Limited Time
Press Release Lindon, UT - March 11, 2010 – In order to
encourage more people to find their ancestors and connect
with family, Footnote.com, the web’s premier interactive
history site, is opening all of their U.S. census documents
for free to the public for a limited time.

To learn how to get started with the Interactive Census,
visit: http://go.footnote.com/discover

**************************************

Walking Step by Step Through a Census Record to Find Clues
on http://AskOliveTree.blogspot.com

Continued at http://tiny.cc/OpNjk

Do you have a challenging question? A brick wall ancestor?
Send your queries to AskOliveTree@...  Each day I
choose one query to respond to on Ask Olive Tree blog
**************************************
Enjoy Episode 2 of WDYTYA tonight and check in tomorrow for
my review of it at  http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

Lorine

-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS
* Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/


olivetreegenealogy@... or
olivetreegenealogy@...

Hello everyone,

Well, it's April and a perfect time for Spring Cleaning.
Spring cleaning your genealogy that is! If you are like me,
your genealogy files are in a mess.

I have filing cabinets chock full of file folders which are
chock full of papers.

I have dozens of clear plastic tubs full of assorted
genealogy papers.

I have a desk that defies the laws of gravity with its
towers of papers.

In short I have a mess that I have the best intentions
every year to clean up.

Read about my plan to accomplish this at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-
cleaning-your-genealogy.html  or http://bit.ly/bnmwrC

*******************
CIVIL WAR FASHIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHY

I'm very excited to announce that my article on Civil War
Fashions and how to use them to date old photgraphs, has
been published in the April issue of Shades of the
Departed. You can read this  magazine online at
http://bit.ly/shapril

The long URL is
http://issuu.com/shadesofthedeparted/docs/april-issue

It's a marvellous magazine and I hope you enjoy it! My
article starts on page 46  and is called "Civil War
Costume"

*******************
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

Who Do You Think You Are with Spike Lee airs tonight. It's
the last episode of this series. But the good news is that
NBC has picked it up for another season!

See http://bit.ly/ctFSyf or
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/who-do-you-
think-you-are-with-spike-lee.html

  *******************

SHARING MEMORIES: A GENEALOGY JOURNAL

This is Week 22 of our 52 weeks of Sharing Memories - A
Genealogy Journey Journal. I hope you'll join us with your
memories! Write them down - you don't have to share them.
Your memories can be private - write them in a journal at
home, or they can be shared publicly on OliveTreeGenealogy
Blog or on your own Blog.

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/sharing-
memories-week-22-your-prom.html

or http://bit.ly/bBOlaR

*******************
WEEKLY FEATURED DATABASE

I hope you've been following the weekly featured genealogy
databases I post on http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/
A new database is posted every Wednesday so be sure to
check to see if there is something that might help you in
your search for ancestors

*******************
ASK OLIVE TREE

Do you need help finding an ancestor? Do you have a
genealogy question you would like to ask me? Do you want to
know where to find certain genealogy records? Let me help!
Every day I will choose one question to answer.

Check out the blog at http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/
then send your challenge to me at
AskOliveTree@...
*******************

Well that's it for now, I hope you are all having great
success with your genealogy!

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

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Hello everyone

I'm very excited to announce that I have completed another
genealogy-history book:

The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise
Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-
Toch , including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651,
Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain
REVISED EDITION

Ever since the publication of my first Van Slyke Family in
America book in 1996, I have been continuing my research on
this family. A few years ago I found a court record in New
Netherland where Cornelis Van Slyke wrote about the death
of a man in Breuckelen Netherlands. Cornelis referred to
the deceased man as his brother and asked if he was in the
will. This exciting discovery spurred me to hire a Dutch
researcher to search the Breuckelen and Nijenrode archives
for more details. His findings are presented in this
Revised Edition.

The Van Slyke Family in America, Revised Edition, discusses
Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke born in Brueckelen,
Netherlands in 1604 and his Mohawk-French wife Ots-Toch
born ca 1620 at Canajoharie, New York. Cornelis came to the
New World in May of 1634, settling at Beverwyck and then
Schenectady, New York. Cornelis was known by several names,
making research on him somewhat complicated, but not
impossible.

Cornelis Van Slyke's story is of a Dutchman who came to the
New World as a carpenter at the age of 30, who became an
interpreter for the Mohawk nation, was adopted into the
tribe, and who met and married a French-Mohawk woman (Ots-
Toch)who never left her native village. Their children, all
raised at Canajoharie, one of the Mohawk castles or
villages, became well-known and respected in the Dutch
community. All except one left the village and married
Dutch settlers.

In the Revised Edition, new findings on the Van Slyke
family in Breuckelen are revealed. New facts are added to
the descendant genealogies and a few errors from the first
book are corrected. More sources have been added and there
is more detail about individuals included. There are 1,342
footnoted sources for the facts contained in this 287 page
book.

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/store/order-books.shtml
will take those interested directly to an order form

**************
Success! We found grandchildren, a son, a daughter and a
living wife for the WW2 American soldier whose dog tags
were found in Australia. I'll be posting our success story
on my Olive Tree Genealogy blog either today or tomorrow.
What a heart-warming story, so many comments being posted
on my blog by Randall's descendants at http://bit.ly/9VQJ8L

His dog tags will be returned to his wife (90 years old) by
Jill in Australia. What a great story!

**************
Don't miss the questions and answers this month on Ask
Olive Tree at http://askolivetree.blogspot.com/

Do you have a challenging genealogy puzzle? Submit it to me
at AskOliveTree@...  then watch the blog for a
response

**************
Lots of new free data going online. See
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com for the details
about such new items as

Weekly Featured Database: Irish Famine Migration to New
Brunswick, 1845-1852

Weekly Featured Database: Missing Friends Project

Stewart & Kincaid Famine Letters Bought in Ireland

*************
I'm pleased and honoured that my blog was chosen to be in
MyHeritage.com’s Top 100 Genealogy Sites!

Another surprise was to find my blog chosen by
Onlineuniversities.com as one of their 50 Best Blogs for
Genealogy Geeks

It's been a fun week, full of surprises!

Lorine

-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

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Hello everyone -

I'm very excited to announce the completion of another book
in my NEW NETHERLAND SETTLERS series. It's taken 9 years
(gulp!) to complete the last little bit, but it's done.

  New Netherland Settlers: The Stevensen and Jacobsen
Families. A genealogy to three generations of the
descendants of Maria Goosens and her husband Steven Janse
Coning who settled in Fort Orange in 1649 (Stevensen
Family) and Maria Goosens and a man named Jacob (Jacobszen
Family) is now available.

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/books/purchaseStevensen.shtml


A brief excerpt  was previously published as The European
Origins of Steven Janse Coning in the December 2001, Vol. 6
No. 4 issue of New Netherland Connections.

My book completes several years of research into the
origins and descendants of Steven Janse Coning who was
baptized in 1617 in Nijkerk and settled in New Netherland
with his wife Maria Goosens circa 1649. By 1663 Steven and
Maria had at least 7, possibly 8 children. After their
divorce in 1663 Steven and Maria married other spouses, and
Maria had one more known child born to a man named Jacob
whose surname is unknown. This book follows Steven, Maria
and their descendants to three generations.

The book is 154 pages fully sourced and footnoted. Six full
pages of original documents from Nijkerk are included as
well as maps. Steven and Maria's lives are set in the
historical context of the fascinating world of the early
settlement of New Netherland. Steven's newly discovered
origins and names of his parents, grandparents, great-
grandparents and siblings are documented and sourced. His
family's suffering when the Bubonic plague struck Nijkerk
in 1636 when Steven was only 18 years old is well
documented and included in the book.

Please visit
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/published.shtml for other
books in the series.

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

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Hello everyone

For those not following our news stories in Ontario, my
little town of Midland was hit by a 5.5 earthquake on
Wednesday afternoon and less than 5 hours later two
tornadoes ripped into the town, wreaking quite a bit of
havoc. Over 200 people are without homes and over 14,000
lost power for 24 hours. Earthquakes and tornadoes are
extremely rare in Ontario - the last tornado here was 25
years ago and it hit 30 miles south of us. Earthquakes are
normally little quivers, nothing noticeable at all but this
one was strong enough to knock objects off our shelves.

**************

It's been a long haul but Volume 1 of The Peer Family in
America is finally completed and available for purchase.
It's been quite a journey - my grandmother was a PEER and
because of her I started researching all branches of the
Peer family in Ontario. That led to descendants in
Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Illinois
as well as Canada.

The order form may be accessed at
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/books/purchasePeerV1.shtml

Here are some of the details:

*The Peer Family in North America. V1 Jacob & Anne Peer,
Immigrants from New Jersey to Upper Canada in 1796. A study
of the first two generations*. published June 2010. Coil
bound 8.5x11. 108 p. ISBN: 978-0-9680744-3-5

Subsequent volumes will provide details and the genealogy
for up to 5 generations for each of the children of Jacob &
Anne (Levi, Jacob Jr , Stephen, Marcy & Phoebe are 4
generation genealogies; Philip & Edward are 5 generations;
John is included in V. 1 )

Here is a copy of the TOC for Volume 1

*Table of Contents*

Dedication

Introduction

Peer Origins

Part I: The Story of Jacob Peer & His Wife Anne

       Timeline

Part II: The Pier Family of Amsterdam & New York

       Origins of the Pier Family in the Netherlands and an
       update of Their Connection to the Ostrander Family

Part III: The Pier Family of New Jersey

       Descendants of Teunis Jansen Pier

Part IV: The Story of John Peer & his Wife, the Widow of
Thomas Millard

Part V: Maps

Part VI: Documents for Jacob & Anne Peer

       Documents A–0

  Part VII: Documents for John Peer

       Documents P-AA

***********
There is a list of all my published books and articles for
those interested, at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/published.shtml

***********
We are continuing on our Genealogy Journal Writing at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com I hope you'll
consider joining in if you haven't already.

This week I plan to write a review of a genealogy app for
the Ipad called Gedview. The Ipad has great potential for
us genealogists and I am going to try out Gedview and write
about my experiences, also my thoughts on it both pro and
con.

Stay tuned for details!

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

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Hi everyone

Recently someone calling themselves SONIA posted from my email address
(otg@...). The message they sent had nothing to do with genealogy. It's
SPAM.

"Sonia" does not have access to my email account, they spoofed it and the
message looks like it's from me but it is not. However since the message looks
like it came from my legitimate email, Yahoo allowed the post to make it to our
newsletter.

I can't stop this. I have our newsletter set up so that I am the only person who
can post to it. There is nothing more I can do.

Today I'm blocking my own email for posting and setting up a new one. That way
"Sonia" the spoofer-spammer will be blocked if they try to send another from my
spoofed email addy.

But the bottom line is:

If you get an email that LOOKS like it's from me but it's not signed with my
name, it's not from me

If it LOOKS like it's from me and it's got my name but it has NOTHING to do with
genealogy, it's not from me.

Rest assured I'm doing my best to block these annoying scummy people from
ruining our newsletter experience.

And now - back to genealogy!

Over on Sharing Memories: A Genealogy Journey, we are talking about births and
baptisms. http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

We've also been talking about organizing and preserving family photos on the
same blog so please take a minute and have a look at some of the terrific ideas!
There are 2 posts called FLOUNDERING IN A SEA OF PHOTOGRAPHS
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/07/not-floundering-quite-as-much-in-\
my-sea.html

Enjoy!
Lorine (the real person)

Hello everyone,

I'm excited to announce two more completed books in my
series on New Netherland Settlers at
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/published.shtml

New Netherland Settlers. A Walloon in New Amsterdam: The
Story of Adriaen Vincent and his Wife Madaleen Eloy. by
Lorine McGinnis Schulze published June 2010. Coil bound
8.5x11. 94 p  ISBN: 978-0-9680744-8-0

Adriaen Vincent and his wife Madaleen were Walloons,
meaning
French speaking protestants from Belgium, who settled in
New
Netherland in its early days. Adriaen was accused in court
of being a bigamist and I hoped that research in Amsterdam
records would reveal the truth. Thus my search in available
Amsterdam records began. Some of the mysteries were solved.
Others were not. This book is the result of my Amsterdam
research. New facts were found about Adriaen and his wife
(including her full name), and the baptisms of children in
Amsterdam were discovered. These are fully explained in the
book and images of records are provided for interested
descendants.

Information about Adriaen and his family in New Amsterdam
is
also included and I hope that descendants will enjoy their
story as much as I enjoyed researching it. The book also
straightens out the confusion in two Vincent families -
Adriaen Vincent and Francis Vincent (and his siblings).
Researchers have confused the two for years and have
assigned children to Adriaen that are not his. Proof of
family relationships is provided and all sources are
footnoted.

It is 94 pages set in the historical context of the early
Dutch settlement in New Netherland (now New York). The
history of New Netherland, customs, religious practices,
and
settlement of Fort Orange (Albany) are discussed in depth.
An explanation of the patronymic system of naming, the
barter system of paying for goods and the English
translation of common Dutch words used in church records is
also provided. See
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/surnames/vincent.shtml

*************
The second book is New Netherland Settlers: The Stevensen
and Jacobsen Families. A genealogy to three generations of
the descendants of Maria Goosens and her husband Steven
Janse Coning who settled in Fort Orange in 1649 (Stevensen
Family) and Maria Goosens and a man named Jacob (Jacobszen
Family) . published June 2010. 8.5x11 Coil bound. 154 p.
ISBN: 978-0-9680744-7-3 See
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/surnames/stevensen.shtml

A brief excerpt from my book New Netherland Settlers: The
Stevensen and Jacobsen Familes was previously published as
The European Origins of Steven Janse Coning in the December
2001, Vol. 6 No. 4 issue of New Netherland Connections.

My book completes several years of research into the
origins
and descendants of Steven Janse Coning who was baptized in
1617 in Nijkerk and settled in New Netherland with his wife
Maria Goosens circa 1649. By 1663 Steven and Maria had at
least 7, possibly 8 children. After their divorce in 1663
Steven and Maria married other spouses, and Maria had one
more known child born to a man named Jacob whose surname is
unknown. This book follows Steven, Maria and their
descendants to three generations.

The book is 154 pages fully sourced and footnoted. Six full
pages of original documents from Nijkerk are included as
well as maps. Steven and Maria's lives are set in the
historical context of the fascinating world of the early
settlement of New Netherland. Steven's newly discovered
origins and names of his parents, grandparents,
great-grandparents and siblings are documented and sourced.
His family's suffering when the Bubonic plague struck
Nijkerk in 1636 when Steven was only 18 years old is well
documented and included in the book.

Lorine

--



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Hello fellow genealogists!

Wow, summer has been so busy and full of unexpected events for me -
some good, some not so good. One thing I've enjoyed is seeing several
of my grandchildren (they all live quite a distance from me). Every
year my two oldest (now aged 10 and 12) spend a week with me and I
create a new genealogy activity for them each year.

This year was the toughest, I thought I was out of ideas! But I
managed to think up, and create, a genealogy board game for children.
They loved playing it so it was worth the time and effort. If you are
interested in genealogy games for children which teach your kids or
grandkids about their ancestors, please take a peek at "Genealogy for
Children" at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Genealogy%20for%20Children

Here's what's new and exciting in the Genealogy World:

USA Immigration Records are FREE for Labor Day Weekend...  Ancestry is
offering their entire American Immigration record collection for free
this weekend. You can access the records by using the link found at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/09/usa-immigration-records-free-for-\
labor.html

**********
Have you heard of the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner? I just ordered one! I'm
so excited to get it and try it out as I've heard really good things
about it. I can't wait to get to my 87 year old auntie's to scan all
her old photos! See my post at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-ordered-my-flip-pal-mobile-s\
canner.html

or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ and scroll down the
page a little bit

**********
We have a lively discussion going on at IT BOGGLES MY MIND at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/it-boggles-my-mind.html
   Please join us, I love a good discussion about genealogy.

**********
And more great news if you don't have an Ancestry.com subscription.
Canadian Passenger lists 1925-1935 are now online and indexed at the
Library and Archives Canada at
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html

It's not as easy as going to Ancestry; it's a two part process and a
bit of drudgery but I found my great grandmother there which was
pretty exciting. I wrote a little explanation on how to find your
ancestor(s) at LAC's digitisation project. It's at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-canadian-passenger-lists-1925\
-1935.html

**********
If you're on Facebook, please join my Olive Tree Genealogy page at
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=16127378259  I'd love
to see you there - it contains all my blog posts plus discussions.
Those who join (it's free) can also post their own discussion topics,
photos and so on to share with other genealogists.

Hope you enjoyed this newsletter and I'll keep my eyes and ears open
for more good genealogy freebies in the next week!

Lorine

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Hi everyone -

It's Movie Monday on the Olive Tree Genealogy Video Channel on
YouTube! The Channel is at
http://www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeGenealogy

Join me on some Cemetery Walks on this channel (videos I made of
cemeteries and their tombstones) or check out the full passenger list
of the ship Flora MacDonald sailing from Liverpool to Baltimore
Maryland on 31 May 1851 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGTYVxmaxvI

The Flora MacDonald carried passengers from Ireland consisting of 131
men, 125 women, 40 males under 14 years old, 44 females under 14 years
old, 6 infants under 1 year old for total of 347 passengers.  One
child was born on the voyage. Four passengers died - their exact dates
of death are noted beside their names on the manifest

More Cemeteries are coming online on the Olive Tree Genealogy Video
Channel , as well as more ships passenger lists plus other genealogy
goodies so stay tuned.

See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ for more free ships passenger
lists. More cemeteries and death records are available on
http://AncestorsAtRest.com

You can subscribe to the Olive Tree Genealogy Video Channel on Youtube
for free, and it's probably the best way to keep up with the new
videos I'll be making and putting online

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Lorine
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Hello everyone

It's getting quite chilly in my neck of the woods and we've had to
give in and turn the furnace on! Our Canadian Thanksgiving is over and
that was quite hectic (but enjoyable) with seeing family and friends.

Now it's time to start gearing up for Hallowe'en and (gulp) Christmas!
I like to get my Christmas shopping done by end of October so I have
to get cracking. This year I am giving each of my adult children
copies of my recently published Family Tree & History books. I'm
determined to create an interest in genealogy in each of them!

I also have an idea for Christmas gifts to family that all readers
might be interested in - and I'll be talking about that on my blog
sometime after November 28th.  I've also got a fun topic in mind for
Sharing Memories (Genealogy Journal Writing) for Week 48 which happens
to fall on Sunday October 31st. Why not join us that day at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

********************************
Here's what's been happening in October. On my Olive Tree Genealogy
Blog, (http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com) the following posts
were published:

* If I Had a Genealogy Time Machine....

* Movie Monday: 2 Cemetery Walks in Ontario Canada
            Movie Monday is a new Theme I've started. Every Monday I
upload to Olive Tree Genealogy Channel on YouTube a video of a
cemetery or ships passenger list or... whatever set of records I have
that suits a slide-show video presentation. It's at
http://www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeGenealogy?feature=mhum    Extra
photos are uploaded to http://AncestorsAtRest.com website to
complement the online videos.

* Sharing Memories (Week 46): First Job
       Sharing Memories is a 52 week set of topics for Genealogy
Journal Writing. If you have not seen this series please do take a
minute to take a look. I encourage everyone to join in, either
privately or online as comments on the blog posts or on your own
blogs.

* The Massey China Comes Home
    The story of a journey of a family heirloom

* Featured Database: Ships & Passengers from Balearic Islands to
Florida 1768 - The Turnball Venture

* Salt Lake Christmas Tour 2010 for Genealogists

* YouTube & Genealogy
    An explanation of how to use YouTube to find videos of your
ancestor's home towns, villages and cities

These are only a few of the October topics at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

********************************

Over on AskOliveTree blog (http://askolivetree.blogspot.com) I've had
some challenging and interesting questions from readers! I encourage
you to submit your own brick wall or challenge to me at
askolivetree@...   I'd love to tackle another tough mystery!

********************************

For new items in September, please visit
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/free0910.shtml  There are lots of
interesting uploads and blog post items there!

Wishing you Good Genealogy Hunting,
Lorine


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Happy Hallowe'en to those who celebrate it

Our Sharing Memories topic for today is (big surprise) HALLOWE'EN!
Last Sunday on Week 47 we talked about Hallowe'en costumes - ours as
children, our parents, our grandparents... today it's all about
Hallowe'en Parties and Trick or Treating. Won't you join us? Your
memories are important to preserve for future generations! Sharing
Memories is every Sunday on http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

Now for the new items - I'm very excited about this new project

There is a new database online that will be of interest to those
seeking ancestors who arrived in Upper Canada in 1825.  The new
project is the extraction of names from Surgeons Medical Journals
which were kept during the voyages of 8 ships sailing from England to
Quebec carrying impoverished Irish settlers .

There are medical journals for 8 ships and they contain a great deal
of information. Olive Tree Genealogy's project contains extracted
details of the voyage, the names and ages of each passenger treated by
the surgeon, the date they were put on the sick list, where the ship
was at the time and the date they recovered or died. Births of
children are also recorded as are deaths, sometimes with details as to
exact time and location. Go to
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/canada/PeterRobinson.shtml or
use the shorter URL http://bit.ly/a3ERA4

The medical journals are not passenger lists, they are the Sick Bay
journals kept in great detail for the sick and dying (and pregnant
women in labour). You will want to consult these extracts if you think
your Irish ancestors were on board the following ships:

* Surgeon's Journal of the Transport Ship John Barry between 22 April
to 25 July 1825

* Surgeon's Journal of the Transport Ship Amity between 5 April to 9 July 1825

* Surgeon's Journal of the Transport Ship Elizabeth between 4 May 1825
& 21st July 1825

* Medical and surgical journal of the Star transport ship for 6 April
to 13 July 1825 by Ninian McMorris, Surgeon ,

* Medical and surgical journal of the Regulus transport ship for 7
April to 13 July 1825 by Matthew Burnside, Surgeon

* Medical and surgical journal of the Fortitude Emigrant Ship for 28
April to 1 July 1825 by Francis Connin, Surgeon

* Medical journal of the Brunswick, emigrant ship, for 5 April to 27
June 1825 by John Tarn surgeon

* Medical and surgical journal of the Albion Convict Ship, for 4 April
to 4 July 1825 by John Thomson Surgeon ,

The surgeons' journals contain much detail both on the illnesses of
each passenger and on the journey itself. Some surgeons recorded their
thoughts about certain passengers so they are a very interesting read.

Each journal extract is also linked to Sue Swiggum's list of
passengers for those 8 ships as found in other resources. So you can
follow the links to compare names and gather more details on each
person named.

The journals are discussed on my blog and you can also follow the
links from yesterday's blog post at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com

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Remember you can join us on the Olive Tree Genealogy fan page on
Facebook (it's free) at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olive-Tree-Genealogy/16127378259

It's interactive, you can post and start discussions or just make a
comment on other topics.


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Something else - you can now TWEET any page of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Just go to the site http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ to ANY page
that you like or find useful and look in the left side bar. You will
see a title in a green bar "Recommend this Site" and under the title
bar you see the text "Share with other genealogists! Tweet this page!"
Now it's easy - just click the Tweet button and you have sent the
title of the page/database plus it's URL to Twitter and your
followers.

Of course this assumes you are on Twitter. Twitter is free and it's a
great place to share with other genealogists, find out what's the
latest in genealogy circles and share genealogy pages that you like.
So give it a try! If you want to follow me or have me follow you, just
drop me a line on my Twitter page at http://twitter.com/LorineMS   Not
sure how to send me a message? Go to your Twitter page and send a
tweet starting with  @LorineMS


Have fun!

Lorine

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http://twitter.com/LorineMS

Olive Tree Genealogy
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Hello fellow genealogists!

It's Movie Monday again! Today is a Cemetery Walk through Genier Catholic
Cemetery near Cochrane Ontario

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3c5lSpqAYI

Jim Rye very kindly walked this cemetery, took photos and sent them to Olive
Tree Genealogy for Movie Monday (thank you Jim!). The second video is not
online yet but will be shortly. There are approximately 57 gravestones in
this Cemetery.

There are other Cemetery Walks on the Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube Channel
at http://www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeGenealogy?feature=mhsn  We also have
some ships passenger lists so be sure to drop by for a visit. Bring your own
popcorn though!

If you want to be sure you don't miss one of our videos, you can SUBSCRIBE
to the channel once you are at the YouTube page. You can also bookmark or
subscribe to the RSS feed for the Olive Tree Genealogy blog at
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/   Videos are announced on the blog
when they go online.

Enjoy! And feel free to share this note with others who might be interested

Lorine




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Hi everyone

The second and last video of Genier Cemetery near Cochrane Ontario is now
online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdnWE0VoZ5c

For more Cemetery Walks, Ships Passenger Lists and Video 1 of Genier
Cemetery see Olive Tree Genealogy channel on You-Tube at
http://www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeGenealogy?feature=mhum

Thanks to Jim Rye for contributing the Genier Cemetery photographs. Feel
free to share this message with others who might be interested.

Be sure to check the Olive Tree Genealogy blog every Monday to see what new
genealogy item has gone online.

http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

Lorine

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