tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082360995303218682024-03-05T06:08:49.192-05:00Finding Mary CordialKathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-89120541317136785992018-08-23T20:24:00.002-04:002018-08-25T16:30:31.104-04:00The Scarlet Letter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Make some room there, Hester Prynne! One of the other discoveries I made while doing family research was that another Puritan
ancestor, Robert Coles, was sentenced to wear <b>a
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For those struggling to remember what they read back in high school, here's the plot of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel <i>The Scarlet Letter, </i>per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>: "Set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity."<br />
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Not explicit in the above summary is that Hester is made to wear a red letter A, which presumably represents the word <i>adulterer</i>, on her own "outward garment," identifying herself as a sinner to anyone she meets, prolonging her public shame. The father of her child, whose identity she refuses to expose, suffers overwhelming guilt as Hester pays for the sin they both committed. That much having been said, I'm an English professor so I choose to stop here; if you want to know how the story turns out, you'll have to read Hawthorne's master work for yourself. I don't advise taking the easy way around and watching the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114345/" target="_blank">1995 movie</a>, as that version takes liberties, adding story elements not present in the novel. (From what I've heard, the book is a better time anyway).<br />
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But back now to my ancestor, Robert Coles. A couple of thoughts about his situation and sentencing occur.<br />
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First, it's a safe assumption that the D stands for <i>drunkard</i>, so I'm sure he was not happy about having to wear this for a full year "and not to leave it off at any tyme" lest he pay up for going around without it, although who knows--perhaps he felt lucky to escape the stocks (see right). The Puritans were a serious bunch, with their witch trials, hangings as public entertainment, and banishments to the wilderness for crimes such as smiling in church (a story I'll save for my next post). Having to wear a scarlet letter may have been preferable. <br />
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Second, I'm interested in how public shaming is still "a thing" 385 years later, albeit in updated venues such as social media (which is a sort of global town square, when one thinks about it). I'd guess that its perseverance attests to its effectiveness in controlling aberrant behavior... and yet there are so many who still refuse to be embarrassed and controlled. (You can fill in the "so many" blanks there as you see fit.)<br />
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Finally, I wonder what life is like after one stops wearing a scarlet letter. Did the Puritans have a "he did his time, paid his debt to society" attitude and forget easily, or did that letter remain, invisible yet fixed, after it was physically removed from the outer garment? If anyone knows, I'd be happy to hear about it in the comments below.<br />
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In case you have something else to say, please note well: All of my above musings are intentionally flippant. If you're the humorless historian type, please save us both the time and displeasure of sanctimonious commentary that I'd just roll my eyes at before deleting rather than posting (yes, comment moderation is enabled). Thanks in advance for your cooperation there.<br />
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Next time I post--which I sincerely hope will be during this decade--I'll talk about another surprising ancestor: a Puritan who was whipped for speaking truth to power and shipped back to England, only to return later with some serious attitude. Stay tuned.Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-28109178970630053712016-11-16T08:15:00.000-05:002016-11-16T08:15:07.445-05:00Fun with DNAThere's a decidedly scripted feel to this, which people attacked in YouTube's comments section, yet the sense of wonder felt upon discovering what one really is versus what one thought they were based on family lore is genuine. I haven't wrote about the results of my own autosomal DNA results as of yet, but I will... someday.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It isn't exactly news that <a href="http://familysearch.com/">FamilySearch.com</a> has become
one of the very best web sites for genealogical research nowadays, having much
improved its offerings from the questionable member-submitted information and
unconfirmed family trees of old to the free-to-download scans of actual vital
records that can be found there today. Did you know, however, that there’s a
way to search specific state records rather than slog through all of the
results that a basic records search yields? It’s true, and it could save you a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lot</i> of research time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Searching for family members by specific location is
handy, particularly when you're looking for a family member with an exceedingly
common surname. The problem with using the site’s basic search option is that
although you may specify "New York" as the birthplace of your
ancestor, the search will yield results that aren’t New York specific,
requiring you to either filter results (which may work) or click through a
bunch of pages that have no value to you at all. If you know where y our
ancestor lived, searching by location yields far more relevant results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here's how one searches by location on Family Search:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1. Click on "Search" in FamilySearch web site's
top bar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2. Instead to filling out the resulting search fields,
look to the lower right and click on the </span><a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Browse All
Published Collections</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3. Select the Place, Date or Collections in the left
sidebar on the resulting page. By doing so, you are narrowing down the scope of
the search in a way that's far more likely to find your ancestor. (For the
purpose of an example, I select "United States of America" and then
"New Jersey," to look for a female relative that I know lived there.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">4.
After selecting the state, a list of individual databases comes up. For my New
Jersey search, the list is as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1,025,623</span></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">25
Feb 2013</span></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675383"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, Births and
Christenings, 1660-1980</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2,126,666</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">21
Mar 2012</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1929560"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, Calvary United
Methodist Church Records, 1821-2003</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F1929560%2Fwaypoints"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Browse Images</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">04
Dec 2012</span></div>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803976"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, County Marriages,
1682-1956</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">300,071</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">14
May 2014</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057433"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, County Naturalization
Records, 1749-1986</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F2057433%2Fwaypoints"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Browse Images</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">18
Jun 2014</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">802,437</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">04
Mar 2012</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1973535"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, Middlesex County
Probate Records, 1830-1921</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F1973535%2Fwaypoints"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Browse Images</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">19
Dec 2011</span></div>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2018330"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, Probate Records,
1678-1980</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fcollection%2F2018330%2Fwaypoints"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Browse Images</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">18
Jun 2014</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803972"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, State Census, 1885</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1,294,279</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">13
Feb 2014</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928107"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, State Census, 1905</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2,146,861</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">22
Jun 2012</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061544"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Jersey, State Census, 1915</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 69.15pt;" width="92">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2,785,409</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 59.6pt;" width="79">
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">08
Oct 2014</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
you can see, some listings say "Browse Images" next to them. This
means they have not yet been indexed and are not searchable, so one would need
to go through the images one by one to look for information. You’d need to know
approximately when your ancestor might have generated a record in order to possibly
find it. The other databases with large numbers in the same column, however, hold
records that are already indexed, so you can click into the database and plug
in your ancestor's information. Those records, if any, should pop right up.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hopefully,
searching by location on Family Search will help you to find your hard-to-find
ancestors more easily. If it does, I hope you’ll post about it in the comments
section, letting me know.</span></div>
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This book is excellent for members of lineage groups in particular, as it describes methods I've used for years to promote my own DAR chapter, which had 52 members when I first joined and now has close to 100 members due to our group's publicity efforts.<br />
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Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-70974397037044939182016-06-13T10:10:00.000-04:002016-06-16T11:42:16.353-04:00Kady Brownell Tent #36 DUVCW Launches New Web Site<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ladies of Kady Brownell Tent #36 at <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/house-divided/wp/2015/04/16/celebrate-grants-birthday-in-new-york-and-ohio/" target="_blank">President Grant's Birthday Celebration</a> in NYC, April 24, 2016</i></td></tr>
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I am so very proud to announce the official launch of <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/kadybrownelltent36duvcw/" target="_blank">Kady Brownell Tent #36's new web page</a>. If you're a lady with Civil War ancestry, please visit and learn more about us and what we do! <br />
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We also have a social media presence, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KadyBrownellTent36DUVCW/?fref=ts" target="_blank">thanks to our Facebook page</a>. Please stop in and "Like" us to get all of the latest news about tent activities.<br />
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We hope to hear from you!Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-48096877298503291482015-06-18T20:43:00.001-04:002015-06-18T20:43:27.717-04:00How to Reach Kady Brownell Tent #36, Long Island, NY<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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About four months ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by
Merle English, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Newsday</i> writer/reporter,
about my election as President of <a href="http://www.nyduvcw.org/tents/NYCLI.html" target="_blank">Kady Brownell Tent #36</a>, <a href="http://duvcw.org/" target="_blank">Daughters of UnionVeterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865</a>. In addition to my membership and
publicity initiatives, we spoke about my Civil War ancestor and several other
people I discovered hiding up there in the branches of my family tree,
including the most infamous ancestor I have: Rebecca Elsing Mudge Greensmith.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Rebecca,
whose maiden name is unknown (all three surnames are from her three marriages),
was executed alongside her third husband, Nathaniel Greensmith, for the crime
of witchcraft in January 1662/3, and her damning confession invites all sorts of speculation
as to why a woman would destroy herself so utterly before execution (my personal
theory: she was forced to do so). The article "Family Ties to History: How Lineage Groups Make the Past Personal" ran in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Newsday</i>’s Long Island section on March 15th, 2015</span><span style="color: black;">,
and includes quotes from my husband and my friend Betsey about the
genealogical societies to which they belong.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I’m so
grateful to Merle and to Newsday for publicizing Kady Brownell Tent #36 and the
rather excellent hobby of genealogical research. The only problem is
this: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kady Brownell Tent #36 has a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/KadyBrownellTent36DUVCW" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, but it still doesn’t have
its own web site. </i>I’m developing one; it’s completed but must
go two approval processes (at the state and national levels of DUVCW) before it
“goes live.” So, I wanted to post some information here for prospective members
regarding how to contact the tent, in case they’re ready right now and would rather
not wait for a web site to provide instructions.</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;">Here
it is</span></u><span style="color: black;">: </span><b>For information regarding Daughters
of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861 – 1865’s membership qualifications,
please visit the <a href="http://www.nyduvcw.org/membership.html" target="_blank">Membership page</a> on the <a href="http://www.nyduvcw.org/index.html" target="_blank">New York Department
DUVCW web site</a>. </b>Guidance on how to find your Civil War ancestor through
research may be found <a href="http://www.nyduvcw.org/help/research.html" target="_blank">here</a>. If you're interested in joining Kady Brownell Tent
#36 right now, please <a href="http://www.nyduvcw.org/newmember.html" target="_blank">click on this link</a> and fill out the form, choosing
"Long Island & NYC" from the drop-down menu as the tent location
closest to you. A member of our tent will contact you with more information. Questions
may be directed to us via email at <a href="mailto:KadyBrownellTent36DUVCW1@gmail.com">KadyBrownellTent36DUVCW1@gmail.com</a>.
We're happy to help anyone who’d like to join us.</div>
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Thanks for taking the time to read
this! </div>
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Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-51701566511116924612015-06-18T20:24:00.004-04:002015-06-18T20:44:47.535-04:00"Game of Thrones" Genealogy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This slightly-edited gem was gleaned from BuzzFeed's "<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/got-jokes#.ongkx7qmR" target="_blank">33 Jokes only Game of Thrones Fans will Understand</a>." See <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/got-jokes#.ongkx7qmR" target="_blank">the complete article</a> here!Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-57740088344968959912014-05-24T15:59:00.002-04:002021-10-16T16:11:14.442-04:00TURNed Off -- A ReviewThis is also published on my author's blog, <a href="http://kathleenpowersvermaelen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Suburban Scrawl</a>. As a descendent of Long Island patriots, I feel strongly about historical fiction striving for accuracy while depicting real-life events. My review of AMC's <i>Turn </i>follows. --KPV<br />
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<span class="uficommentbody">As a historical fiction writer and
a college professor who has slogged through the archives of Long
Island's Revolutionary War history for personal and professional
reasons, I had the highest hopes for <a href="http://www.amctv.com/shows/turn" target="_blank">AMC's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i></a>.
For too long, Long Island's history of British Occupation and the covert role
that Long Islanders played in helping our young country win the war has been
side-stepped by American history textbooks and teachers alike. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i>, I believed, would begin to educate
the public about what really happened on Long Island
during the American Revolution. Or so I'd hoped. </span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">In the first episode of <i>Turn</i>,
Abraham
Woodhull is "turned" by childhood friend Benjamin Tallmadge against the
loyalist leanings of his family and the greater Setauket community. He
secretly pines for Anna Smith Strong, his ex-fiancé, who runs Strong
Tavern
in her arrested husband's absence (Selah Strong has been incarcerated
for accidentally
assaulting a British officer during a tavern brawl, leaving Anna to fend
for herself), and Woodhull convinces her to pitch in by hanging her
black petticoat on her clothesline as a signal when he has intelligence
to share. Woodhull then takes an oath of
loyalty to the crown in a Setauket public square to solidify his cover
before getting down to the business of surreptitiously </span><span class="uficommentbody"><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">changing
young America's fortune in
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<span class="uficommentbody">This all sounds exciting and
fantastic. What it lacks is historical accuracy. First of all, Abraham Woodhull <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> a Tory</span>. He served on the
Committee of Public Safety in Brookhaven
Town, he was a lieutenant
in the local militia, and he signed an oath of loyalty to support the
Continental Congress prior to the occupation. When Tallmadge suggested spying for the cause,
Woodhull would have had no problem with the request. In fact, it might even have
been Woodhull's idea.</span><br />
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<span class="uficommentbody">Second, Woodhull was 26 in 1776
and was single for the first five years of the war; he didn't marry Mary Smith
until 1781*, a time at which the British were beginning to redirect Long
Island-based troops to support to their flailing South Carolina campaign. Abraham and Mary
never had a son named Thomas, nor did Abraham have a predeceased brother by
that name who was held up as a shining example of who Abraham <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">should</i> be in order to please his
demanding father Richard.</span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">Third, no engagement to Anna
Smith Strong ever existed, and no arranged marriage brokered by Woodhull's
father and Obadiah Smith ever thwarted his intentions to marry her. Anna (Nancy)
Smith married Selah Strong in 1760, when Woodhull was <i>just<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ten </span>years old</i>, and she birthed her first child in 1761. By age 36
in 1776, she was pregnant with her seventh child, a boy born in December of
that year. Despite this large brood, "Annie" is portrayed as childless in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i>; the Strong children have been written out to smooth the way
for the imaginary romance. Yes, Selah Strong was arrested and sent to the
notorious prison ship Jersey, but for the crime of espionage. Strong didn't even <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">own</i> a tavern in Setauket; he was a farmer. The real Setauket tavern
owner in the spy ring was <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47954832" target="_blank">Captain Austin Roe</a>, a patriot who for whatever reason
has yet to make an appearance in the series.</span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">In summary, a sizeable chunk of
this true story has been completely fabricated.</span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">My problem with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i> stems from this belief: Historical
fiction has an obligation at least to try
to get the facts right, and especially so when using the names of real historical
figures. Consider <a href="http://www.hbo.com/john-adams#/" target="_blank">HBO's excellent <i>John Adams </i>series</a>, based on David McCullough's masterful book. The scriptwriters
didn't have John Adams lusting after another woman, nor did they feign his
ideology or write in/out family members to match an altered story line. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">John Adams</i>, the historical record
remains largely intact. Imagined scenes, such as the conversation John holds
with cousin Sam Adams prior to a public tarring-and-feathering, are present
solely to develop characters further. There's no need to "sex up"
John Adams' story by adding fictional elements. It's "sexy" enough as
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<span class="uficommentbody">The same truth holds for Long Island's history. After the American loss at the
Battle of Long Island, British soldiers subjected the island's inhabitants to
numerous documented abuses. Twenty two thousand British soldiers and Hessian
mercenaries were stationed there, matching the adult population in number. Martial
law was imposed. Ports were closed, and travel off Long
Island became impossible without British permission. Beatings,
robberies, rapes, murders and other crimes were committed by the British with
impunity. Although the island became a safe haven for Tory refugees, loyalists living
there still carried "papers of protection" in case they got into a
scrape with the soldiery. One can easily reason that it was a desperate time
for residents of colonial Long Island. </span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">Yet these remarkable circumstances
somehow failed to create a compelling enough backdrop for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i>. Illicit romance and exaggerated loyalist sympathies are
introduced to make Abraham Woodhull not only a spy, but a married man living on
the edge, torn between his "true love" and his wife, always in danger
of being caught by a Tory neighbor. Apparently, the potential threat of torture
and execution upon discovery of his spy work wasn't considered enough to
keep the viewing public intrigued. The story needed additional fictional
elements to be made more appealing.</span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">In 1986, Alan Alda starred in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092035/" target="_blank">Sweet Liberty</a>,</i> a movie about a history
professor who watches in horror as the movie adaptation of his ancestor's
Revolutionary War diary deviates from the original true story to a fictional one of
illicit romance between his ancestor and a British officer. In the film, changes
are justified by movie-makers as a way to make history "more
interesting" for young people. The parallel between the plot of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sweet Liberty</i> and what's happened in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i> causes more than a little déjà vu. [Watch the trailer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGBjiyVVbGU" target="_blank">here</a>.]</span></div>
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oversimplification of complex historical situations so as to avoid any
bothersome critical thinking. The scholar-debunked idea that Long Island was
"mostly Tory" persists in character dialogue; the first episode emphasizes
in an almost cartoonish way that Whigs will find "no friends in New York." Richard
Woodhull, a judge, is portrayed as a staunch loyalist. Never mind that
this is the same man whose father's and grandfather's graves were
"desecrated" by British soldiers**--an act that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i> portrays as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">orchestrated</i>
by said Woodhull on British behalf. Young Abraham "turning" against the
imagined Tory ideology of his community is far more dramatic than the reality:
The island contained a minority of die-hard loyalists in 1776 and was rabidly
patriotic by the end of the British occupation--a fact supported by the island-wide
"Tory purge" of 1783 in which loyalists were forced to flee by ship
to Nova Scotia immediately following the signing of the Treaty of Paris.</span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">All of this goes to show that one
can't get his/her history from a television show. Despite the televised endorsements
of historical societies and "historians," <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Turn</i> is not the true story of Long Island's
first spy ring. It's Long Island's very own
version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sweet Liberty</i>, brought to
life by attractive and talented actors (the only reason to watch) who likely have no idea that the
"history" they're portraying is more creative license than fact, the
product of a scriptwriting arrogance that oversimplifies and "improves"
real history for entertainment purposes.</span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">I just hope that the people who
brought <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">John Adams</i> to life for HBO
will get around to making a true version of the Culper Spy Ring story someday. That
would be worth watching.</span></div>
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<i><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">* Not 1784, as stated in </span></span></i><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The Woodhull Genealogy</span></span><i><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">. See </span></span></i><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Records of the Town of Smithtown</span></span><i><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">, by Wm. S. Pellatreau, pp. 476-477</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">** Per the notes of Morton Pennypacker, on file at the East Hampton Library's
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Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-20726584094263650322013-12-08T21:00:00.000-05:002013-12-08T21:00:44.614-05:00FMC's First MemeTaken from a previous post, I give you...<br />
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Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-52502918904389432812013-12-02T18:44:00.002-05:002013-12-08T21:01:16.798-05:00Ancestry.com Announces the “Branch Out” Contest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ancestry.com is offering yet another fantastic-sounding contest for us armchair genealogists. The "Branch Out" contest will have a total of six Grand Prize winners, each of whom will have access to the following:<br />
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- One (1) Ancestry.com <a href="http://dna.ancestry.com/" target="_blank">DNA kit</a><br />
- One (1) 8×8 Premium Leather Photo Book from <a href="http://www.mycanvas.com/Default.aspx?" target="_blank">MyCanvas.com</a><br />
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Click on this link to enter: <a href="http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/10/01/announcing-the-branch-out-contest-enter-for-a-chance-to-win-a-family-history-package/#sthash.9WUr39qv.cmfs">Announcing the “Branch Out” Contest: Enter For A Chance To Win a Family History Package!</a> <br />
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Good luck!Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-80204095251680994082013-10-22T09:18:00.001-04:002013-10-22T09:23:29.368-04:00Please Vote for "Ladies in Waiting" This admittedly has little to do with genealogy, but as I do have a "witch" in my family tree, I'll post it under the banner of peripherally-related items. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.<br />
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I found a Facebook contest run by Gaelsong, which asked entrants to write a 500-word maximum flash fiction piece based on the following photograph...<br />
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My humble entry, "Ladies in Waiting," appears here: <a href="http://bit.ly/1hTSk8I">http://bit.ly/1hTSk8I</a>. I would appreciate it if you would click the link and then click the vote button on the upper left side of the story.<br />
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Some interesting facts about the names in the tale: Adaryn means "bird," Aveline means "little bird" and Turlough means "one who aids or rescues." All of these meanings are significant.<br />
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Feel free to post comments here or beneath the story on the story page. I love hearing from readers and answering questions, if there are any.<br />
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Voting takes place until Halloween. Thanks in advance for your vote!<br />
<br />Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-61288330322041192632013-08-12T12:48:00.003-04:002013-08-12T12:53:08.613-04:00Closed?<br />
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I'd bet she's DAR. Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-60469891694016164922013-07-10T11:05:00.002-04:002013-07-10T11:06:43.425-04:00Redheads and Dodos and Dinos -- Oh, my!<br />
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American author and humorist Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens) is credited with once having said, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." So it would also seem to be with redheads, who "scientists" say will go the way of the dodo bird and the dinosaur before the end of the 21st Century. <br />
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<a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/redhead-extinction.htm" target="_blank">This article from HowStuffWorks explains how the rumor began around 2005 and has spread</a> despite the fact that a gene mutation like the one that causes red hair cannot "die out." Red hair will undoubtedly become more rare as time marches onward, but no--it isn't going anywhere, folks.<br />
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How do you want to be remembered?Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-67321465483244548612013-06-27T21:48:00.002-04:002013-06-27T22:29:14.602-04:00It Takes A Family Tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever looked up certain branches of you family tree and noticed a trend or a pattern of behavior present across three or more generations? Epigenetics just might explain all that.<br />
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I have often wondered how it came to be that four generations of men in a certain branch of my family tree (possibly more--I still have a brick wall there to break down) have all had a wanderlust that drove them far from home, by land <em>and</em> by sea, even though circumstances separate these men in ways that make the much more simple idea that this was learned behavior highly unlikely. <br />
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Epigenetics--the idea that a grandparents' <em>life</em> <em>experiences</em> can shape who you are--may indeed play a role in such trends. The subtitle for the article claims "<em>Your ancestors' lousy childhoods or excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain</em>." <br />
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<br />Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-85697060273888850242013-03-05T09:36:00.000-05:002013-05-18T15:33:18.113-04:00The Post CardCheck out this video about the <a href="http://www.fultonhistory.com/" target="_blank">The Post Card</a>, where genealogical researchers can get free access to a multitude of old newspapers courtesy of the hard work and dedication of the web site's owner, Tom Tryniski:<br />
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I have used this site several times for my research, and it has yielded some real gems about my family tree. One thing I discovered there is that my great-great grandmother Vermilyea Krismeyer's older brother, Mettis, was married to a woman named Nettie who apparently went "mad" after finding his stashed trunk full of gold. Upon discovering it, she told a neighbor that she "had to go" and took the booty down to New York City for a spending spree. Crazy? Like a fox, I'd say! You go, girl.<br />
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May you find a story as interesting as that in your own research. Happy hunting!Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-48995214087559333232013-01-22T09:42:00.003-05:002013-05-18T15:33:50.576-04:00Tombstone Tuesday: Charles Burger & Carolina Ruf (Durthaler)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>The weathered tombstone on the left marks the grave of <strong>Charles F. Burger</strong>, husband of Carolina Ruf (Durthaler), at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in Queens county, New York. He is a veteran of the Civil War, having first served in PA under his real name and later in NJ under the alias Charles Hesse. He was my 3xGGF on my Grandmother Marilyn's and Grandaunt Jeanne's mother's side of the family.</em><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grand Aunt Jeanne and me on May 27th, 2012</span></em></div>
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The beautiful lady sitting to my right in the photo above is my grandaunt, <a href="http://www.newcomeralbany.com/obituary.aspx?src=value&obitid=62325&fname=Jeanne&lname=Garrity&city=Albany&st=New York" target="_blank">Jeanne Dietz Garrity</a>. She was born in 1928, the oldest of three girls, and was my late grandmother Marilyn Dietz's older sister. An invaluable and enthusiastic source of family history, Aunt Jeanne (as I called her) not only provided names and dates for my great and my great-great grandparents; she elaborated on their lives in ways that brought them to life for me long after their passing. <br />
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Earlier this month, Aunt Jeanne went to join them, her two sisters, and her beloved husband, after 84 years of life.<br />
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She died on a Saturday. My husband and I had just taken advantage of Long Island Restaurant Week by having a spectacular three-course meal in Sayville. When we returned to the house, my mother met us in the kitchen with a sad face. "Is everything okay?" I asked.<br />
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I feel fortunate to have called and spoken with Aunt Jeanne a few weeks prior. She'd sent me some family documents including her parents' marriage certificate, and upon review I'd noticed that my great grandparents had married in Hoboken, New Jersey. Why, I asked, had they married so far away from their family homes in Brooklyn? <br />
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"Oh, they eloped!" she said. Apparently, they'd just found out that Jeanne was on her way.<br />
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When I first told her what I'd found out about Mary Cordial, the great-great-great grandmother who'd sparked my genealogy habit, she was stunned. "I'm <em>Irish</em>?" she asked. She'd lived over 80 years without ever hearing this. "I had no idea Grandma Dietz was Irish. She always cooked German food!"<br />
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When Aunt Jeanne spoke, there was something in the way she enunciated her words that reminded me of my grandmother's voice. It wasn't an accent so much as an intonation, accompanied by the occasional soft, whistling <em>s</em>. Her tone was calm, gentle. I felt a lot of comfort while listening to her.<br />
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I'm so glad I was able to go to the family reunion that my first-cousin-once-removed, also named Jeanne, planned last May. Sitting in the screened-in porch with Aunt Jeanne, I was treated to numerous stories from her youth. The 1940 Census had only just been released the previous month and hadn't yet been indexed, but a researcher who knew the sought-after-family's actual street address might be in luck. "Where did you live in 1940?" I asked, in between tales. "With Grandpa Ernest," she replied, and she gave me the address. I <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27840-12770-42?cc=2000219&wc=MMYH-4DM:1372512798" target="_blank">found the family two days later</a>, of course, <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=9882292&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t7202727_p6868991715_kpidz0q3d6868991715z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid" target="_blank">right where she said they'd be</a>. <br />
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That day, she told me how happy she was that I was interested in learning about our family. "I love hearing your stories," I replied. "Anything you want to tell me, please do." She leaned forward in her chair then, grinning. "I love you," she announced. And we laughed.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marilyn and Jeanne Dietz, 1931, Bear Mountain</span></em></div>
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As children, Jeanne and Marilyn would walk with Ernest Ewald, their grandfather, to <a href="http://www.allfaithscemetery.org/home.htm" target="_blank">the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery</a> to plant flowers at the grave of his wife/their grandmother, Lizzie Burger. He survived her by fourteen years, and he felt the sting of her loss every day until he joined her. "Oh, my Lizzie," he would sometimes say aloud, when missing her became too much to bear.<br />
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On Sundays, Jeanne and Marilyn went to the Presbyterian church for services in accordance with the wishes of their mother, Ruth. Walking home, they would pass their paternal grandparents' house. One Sunday, their paternal grandmother Jane Bullock Dietz came running out to ask where they'd been. When they told her, she insisted they come with her right away to Catholic mass, because their father Joseph was Catholic and that was where they <em>should</em> be going. Of course, they went right along with her.<br />
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Jeanne also remembered being dropped off for babysitting at her Dietz grandparents' house one holiday season. Their Christmas tree was decorated and set up in a special stand that had been handmade by Louis Martin Dietz, the girls' grandfather. Having collected a number of wooden cigar boxes, Louis had repurposed them as components of a dollhouse with tiny hinged doors and shutters on the windows. Jeanne remembered crawling around on her hands and knees under the Christmas tree with Marilyn beside her, opening those little doors and windows, gleefully looking inside to see what might be within.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeanne and Marilyn Dietz, early 1940s, Queens, NY</span></em></div>
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She told me that one day when she and my grandmother were walking to school, a fellow student stopped and offered them a ride in his little blue convertible. He was sixteen and handsome, and although Marilyn didn't want to get in, Jeanne (then fourteen) insisted that they should. After they reached school, Jeanne hoped she might see Gilmore Garrity again later but decided she'd "never be that lucky." When dismissal time came, she went out the front door to find him there, waiting to drive her home. <br />
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Later, when Gil was in the service, she went to his base to visit with him. While she made her way up the walkway toward the building where they were supposed to meet, she heard a sudden commotion--men shouting, angry--so she slowed down. Gil came flying out of the front doors then, pushing aside anyone in his way, and ran straight for her. He'd seen her coming and, unable to wait any longer to throw his arms around her, had plowed through the crowd without heed. <br />
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She married him in 1946, and, like her Grandpa Ernest, survived him by fourteen years. <br />
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When Aunt Jeanne and I last spoke on the phone, she was recovering after a recent hospital stay. She told me how nice everyone there had been, and how thrilled she was with the 54 <em>Get Well</em> cards* she'd received. She was weak, but determined. She noted, darkly, that she was the only one left of her generation, and spoke about how much she missed her parents, sisters and husband. Reminded of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren (seventeen of those, if my memory serves), she became cheerful again. She told me she loved me again, and that she needed to go and take a rest. I told her that I loved her, too. <br />
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When a family researcher shakes their family tree, sometimes unexpected ancestors tumble out. That's what happened to me in July 2009, when I searched "Rebecca Elsing Mudge" on Google and was confronted with a screen full of links to witchcraft books and articles.<br />
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I read the first one and then, stunned, paced around my home with a hand clapped over my mouth for over five minutes, reeling. My 11th great grandmother Rebecca Elsing, who'd remarried a man named Nathaniel Greensmith after Jarvis Mudge's death, was not only accused of witchcraft; she was tried, convicted and executed for the crime in Hartford, Connecticut, in January of 1662/3 after having made a remarkable confession including having had intimate dealings with the devil himself. <em>Mudge Memorials</em>, the book that catalogues the lineage of the descendants of Jarvis Mudge, said nothing about what had become of Jarvis's only known wife and mother of his two sons, Moses and Micah. Now I knew why.<br />
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But then there's that saying about life giving you lemons. I'd done a considerable amount of prior research at <a href="http://longislandgenealogy.com/">LongIslandGenealogy.com</a>, where I'd found a list of various genealogical societies one might join. The one that really caught my eye that fateful day was <a href="http://www.adeaw.us/index.html" target="_blank">The Associated Daughters of Early American Witches</a> (ADEAW), a genealogical society for females aged 16+ years who can trace their lineage back to a woman or man who was accused, tried, convicted and/or executed in the American colonies prior to 31 Dec 1699. <em>Now <u>that</u> would be a cool society to join</em>, I'd thought.<br />
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There's no need to ask you to guess what I did next.<br />
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Membership in the society is by invitation only, which was problematic; I didn't know a single member who might nominate me. So, I took a chance and emailed the society. Thankfully, then Registrar General Dr. Kim Nagy instructed me about how to go about procuring an invitation from the President General Shari Kelley Worrell. A few emails later, I had an application in hand and was ready to apply. I became a member of ADEAW in April 2009. Since then, I've been honored with an appointment as Editor of <em>The Black Swan</em>, the society's national newsletter. I feel blessed to have found such a wonderful group of ladies who share this unique American heritage.<br />
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Founded in 1987 by Mrs. Caroline Engle, ADEAW is a small but growing society with a current membership of just under 500 members. The society meets once a year in Washington DC during mid-April. There, the ladies have the opportunity to get acquainted, hear a speaker discuss topics near and dear to their hearts, and honor their ancestors with a lovely closing memorial ceremony.<br />
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Are you a woman who has a "witch" in your family tree? If you have New England roots, you just might. Take a look at ADEAW's <a href="http://www.adeaw.us/ancestors.html" target="_blank">Approved Ancestors</a> list. If you think you've found one, ADEAW might be the genealogical society for you!Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-35462682780459944072012-06-18T11:17:00.001-04:002012-11-27T23:05:40.653-05:00A Mercy Killing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don't believe everything you read in the paper, they say. Once again, they're right.<br />
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My grandaunt Jeanne gave me this newspaper clipping when I saw her at a family reunion on May 27th in Albany, New York. I gasped, as anyone would, when I read it. I'd been to the Burger/Ewald burial plot at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in 2008. When I took the photograph below of the headstone marking the spot where Caroline Ewald Kuhnle had been buried in 1958, I'd had no idea <em>how</em> she died.<br />
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"It was a mercy killing," said Aunt Jeanne. "She had cancer, and she was dying. She asked him to do it because she couldn't stand suffering any more."<br />
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That's an important piece of information. Without it, Frank Shannon looks like a cold-blooded killer, a domestic abuser who finally took matters too far, as so many do. With the information, however, a complicated drama begins to form in one's mind.<br />
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How did Caroline ask him to do this for her? How long did they discuss this before Frank felt compelled to comply? How badly had Caroline deteriorated that Frank finally agreed that all of the horrors attached to stabbing her to death would be better than allowing her to continue suffering?<br />
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There was a lesson for me here about not jumping to conclusions based on newspaper articles.<br />
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Have you ever drawn a conclusion based on your research, only to later find out that conclusion was wrong? If so, I'd love to hear about it in the comments section below.Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108236099530321868.post-36412828304467482402012-06-06T19:18:00.001-04:002012-06-06T19:24:11.822-04:00I'm My Own WHAT?Genealogists and family researchers alike will appreciate the twisted family tree in this song. Enjoy!
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In exchange for your vote, Ancestry will give you a chance to win a Genealogy Kit, which contains a 6 month Deluxe Membership, a DNA test kit and Family Tree Maker 2012 software. (Please note that you must be a member of Facebook to have access to the contest, and you will be asked to "like" Utah Business' page before you vote.) <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Colonel Josiah Smith Cemetery, East Moriches, New York</span></em></div>
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I've written for <a href="http://everydayfiction.com/">EveryDayFiction.com</a> (click <a href="http://www.everydayfiction.com/new-addition-by-kathleen-powers-vermaelen/" target="_blank">here</a>, if you dare), and I pop back into the site frequently to read. The following story made such an impression on me, I couldn't forget it... although I confess that I could not remember the title. Today, I went back and ran various words--<em>dead</em>, <em>headstone</em>, etc.--through the search field until it popped up. Since the story is so beautifully written (like poetry, said one reviewer) and is relevant to the topics covered here, I'll post the link for your reading enjoyment:<br />
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<a href="http://www.everydayfiction.com/no-need-for-ghosts-by-sarah-wilson/">NO NEED FOR GHOSTS • by Sarah Wilson | Every Day Fiction - The once a day flash fiction magazine.</a><br />
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Nothing drives me crazier than clicking on a link for a
"Free" genealogy site and then being asked for a credit card in order
to view the results of the "free" search, which is usually so vague
that you're not entirely sure that the information would be of value anyway. Genealogy
is already too expensive a hobby without all these fly-by-night sites trying to
cash in on our curiosity. (Besides, who wants to give credit card information to
strangers over the internet?) So, I've compiled the list below of truly free links
for genealogists. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">Family Search</a></b>
– When I first started researching, the site was
not so great because it was laden with often incorrect, user-provided
information. In the last three years, however, the site has been adding actual
scanned church, census, and other records to its holdings. Now it's the best
free genealogy web site online, hands down. After searching for your relatives
by name, try searching databases by place. Most of the links are free, but some
lead to sites like Fold3 or Ancestry, where you'll have to sign up for a two
week trial period in order to see records. If you're diligent about canceling
in time, go for it!<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">Olive Tree Genealogy</a></b> – I'll admit it right up front—I
love OTG because I found my 7<sup>th</sup> Great Grandfather's 1695 christening
and 1725 marriage record from the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam there
by happy accident. If you have early American Dutch roots, there's a whole list
of resources for you! OTG also links to genealogical resources for Palatine
Germans, Mennonites, Huguenots, Walloons, Native Americans; ships passenger
lists; Canadian genealogical resources and much more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rays-place.com/" target="_blank">Ray's Place New England</a></b> – Let's hear it for Ray! His site,
which boasts over 7,000 links, offers New England Vital records, cemetery
listings, census records and much more. There are some obscure records for
specific towns listed. If your family goes all the way back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, you need to take a look at this site.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.castlegarden.org/" target="_blank">Castle Garden</a> </b>–
Before Ellis Island, there was Castle Garden. If
your immigrant ancestor arrived in New York between 1820 and 1913, there's a
real probability that they passed through here on their way to a new life in
America. This free database can be searched by name and years of likely
arrival. Remember to test different name spellings, particularly phonetic ones,
if you have no initial success. My experience tells me that they could be
pretty creative spellers back then.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ellisisland.org/" target="_blank">Ellis Island</a></b>
– The one, the only. So many American stories began
at Ellis Island that it would be a huge oversight to leave it off this list. Ditto
for what I said above about searching names using different spellings if you
can't find your people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><strong><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: small;">6. </span> </span></strong></span><a href="http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1" target="_blank"><strong>Veterans Grave Lookup</strong></a><strong> </strong>–<strong> </strong>Looking for a deceased veteran? Check
out this helpful database from the US Department of Veteran's Affairs. I found
the final resting places of two of my great grandfather's brothers using this
database.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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</span></span><a href="http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/" target="_blank"><strong>Civil War Soldiers and Sailors</strong></a><strong> </strong>–<strong> </strong>A full database of Soldiers,
Sailors, Regiments, Cemeteries, Battles Prisoners, Medals of Honor, and National
Parks. I've found a few relatives by using the databases here; I hope you do,
too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank">Find-A-Grave</a> </b>–<strong> </strong>The people you're looking for may already be catalogued online here. Although
the site leans toward "famous" interment searches, you can access a
general search (topmost link on the "Actions" sidebar on the left) as
a member of the site, which is free to join. If you're feeling benevolent, you
could upload your own memorials/pictures and help out other researchers looking
for the same family. Maybe you'll meet a nice cousin or two as a result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><strong>Free Federal
Censuses –</strong> You don't need a paid subscription to peruse these! Click <a href="http://www.1880census.com/" target="_blank"><strong>here for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1880</strong></a> , <a href="http://www.1930census.com/1930_census.php" target="_blank"><strong>here for 1930</strong></a> and <strong><a href="http://www.1940census.net/" target="_blank">here for 1940</a></strong>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><strong>Free Genealogies on <a href="http://archive.org/index.php" target="_blank">Internet Archive Search</a>
</strong>–<strong> </strong>Wait—don't pay good money for a reprinted
genealogy! Check <a href="http://books.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Books</a> first; most of the genealogies are free there. If
the one you need isn't free but is more than 75 years old, mosey on over to the
<a href="http://archive.org/index.php" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a> and run a search on the book's title. Chances are, it's there
and it's free! You can also search specific terms such as "Jones
Genealogy" and see what unknown digital treasures have been lying in wait
for your review. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Have I missed anything? Please leave a link to the cool
free site you use in the comments below!<o:p></o:p></div>Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948479284201815601noreply@blogger.com