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Soccer</category><category>Access Genealogy</category><category>Family Tree Magazine</category><category>PRICKETT</category><category>temples</category><category>MEEHAN</category><category>MEECHAN</category><category>McPHERSON</category><category>STYLES</category><category>research</category><category>old records</category><category>records</category><category>headstones</category><category>BUSH</category><category>MCAULIFFE</category><category>origin</category><category>True Miracles with Genealogy</category><category>draft</category><category>BRIERS</category><category>blog</category><category>create</category><category>Tozer</category><category>McFADDEN</category><category>LDS</category><category>SIMONSON</category><category>MOORE</category><category>seeking our dead</category><category>GODFREY</category><category>ROGERS</category><category>questions</category><category>Football</category><category>TOMLINSON</category><title>Ancestors Connect</title><description>This blog is my contribution to the massive worldwide genealogy movement. Get family history ancestor names in many places if you want to connect--especially if you have brick walls in your research.</description><link>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/AncestorsConnect" /><feedburner:info uri="ancestorsconnect" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-8901100762769621667</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-26T13:43:55.206-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miracles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">True Miracles with Genealogy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family history</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">veil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">genealogy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ancestors</category><title>Closing Down</title><atom:summary> So sorry--Ancestor's Connect is no longer operating. My thanks to everyone who has followed and taken part on this blog. Hope you will all hop on over to my new site at http://www.truemiracleswithgenealogy.com and follow that one instead.

Truemiracleswithgenealogy.com  is for updated information about my new book True Miracles with Genealogy, which should be in stores October 2010. It is also a</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/69d-FkoQ6a8/closing-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/THbDf2Aq8LI/AAAAAAAADvE/ps6mPwYBXvc/s72-c/True+Miracles+Final+white+border+_300+dpi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/69d-FkoQ6a8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/08/closing-down.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-7164593396168933622</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-02T14:38:25.993-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BRAUN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KRAMER</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DURCHOLTZ</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STIVERS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ZIEBOLD</category><title>STIVERS, KRAMER, ZIEBOLD, DURCHOLTZ, BRAUN</title><atom:summary>Today is crazy busy, so I'm posting this entry as is. Hope someone  can help this researcher. Please contact me for her contact information.  Catherine STIVERS. We think her father's name was Edward or Charles. We don't know Cathy's mother's name. Cathy had several brothers and sisters (we think 6 in all - maybe  more after the first group of children were sent to foster homes). Only  her brother</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/N1jBXXhcdrg/stivers-kramer-ziebold-durcholtz-braun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/N1jBXXhcdrg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/08/stivers-kramer-ziebold-durcholtz-braun.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-8488260519743846329</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-21T13:54:29.665-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BANKSTON</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ROGERS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ADAIR</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RODGERS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BERRY</category><title>ROGERS, RODGERS, BERRY, BANKSTON, ADAIR</title><atom:summary>
Joseph ROGERS (RODGERS), b. abt. 1832, Illinois. Married Nancy J. BERRY BANKSTON, Illinois,1865. 
(Joseph was 2nd husband, first husband John C. Bankston died in the Civil War.)

Nancy J. Berry Bankston Rogers remarried about 13 years after Joseph Rogers death to Isaac ADAIR and became Nancy J. BERRY BANKSTON ROGERS ADAIR</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/j4IT8z-A9AE/rogers-rodgers-berry-bankston-adair.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TEdNrGI84-I/AAAAAAAADok/uI73VXFKIQM/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER_3D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/j4IT8z-A9AE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/07/rogers-rodgers-berry-bankston-adair.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-9097094084637545741</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-08T11:37:00.682-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RANDALL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BRIERS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GARDNER/GARDINER</category><title>GARDNER/GARDINER, RANDALL, BRIERS</title><atom:summary>



Benjamin GARDNER/GARDINER; b. abt 1720, Boston, USA, d. 7 June 1797, d. Salem, Massachusetts. 
Married first, 10 October 1751, Boston to 
Sarah RANDALL, three children.  
Married second, 2 November 1782, Salem, to 
Mary BRIERS of Marblehead, no children.  

Benjamin Gardner was a rope maker with Josiah Gaines, listed in the Salem City directory of 1800, and in Rev. William Bentley's Diary as </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/hCNQe1CPD9g/gardnergardiner-randall-briers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TDYLgCLrb6I/AAAAAAAADns/gbc7eEP9xXM/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER_3D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/hCNQe1CPD9g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/07/gardnergardiner-randall-briers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-8977060267253398290</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-06T06:36:04.464-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">video</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lisa Cooke</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">create</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">How to blog</category><title>Creating a Genealogy Blog--Video from Lisa Cooke</title><atom:summary>I found this useful  video on YouTube this week and thought this a good place to share, since I've been asked many times how to create a blog. 

Watch as Lisa Louise Cooke host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast and the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast shows you how to create your own genealogy blog. It's quick, easy and free. Listen to the companion podcast episode Family History: </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/7o4sfuXizF4/creating-genealogy-blog-video-from-lisa.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/7o4sfuXizF4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/07/creating-genealogy-blog-video-from-lisa.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-184282829540341888</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-03T11:29:12.845-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MOORE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HUNT</category><title>MOORE, HUNT</title><atom:summary> 
Sarah Ann MOORE; b. abt 1842, London, England
Bristow HUNT; b. abt 1838, Manchester, England</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/Z_hN_03qmgM/sarah-ann-moore-b.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TC9zT596QxI/AAAAAAAADmo/1tH95jOOrfs/s72-c/ANC%20CONNECT%20NEW%20NAME%20BANNER_3D_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/Z_hN_03qmgM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/07/sarah-ann-moore-b.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-1147573052218010629</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-30T10:04:59.215-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gravestones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family history</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Family Tree Magazine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">genealogy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">headstones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">graves</category><title>Grave Transformations</title><atom:summary>Here's a great YouTube video from Family Tree Magazine that shows how to use photo-enhancing software to make photos of headstones easier to read. Lisa Louise Cooke serves as your insider, dishing up these valuable tips and tricks.

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/vcfV0U2fu8A/grave-transformations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/vcfV0U2fu8A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/grave-transformations.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-3762711066894595745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-29T06:51:38.597-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RILEY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MOORE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MCAULIFFE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SPARKS</category><title>MCAULIFFE, RILEY, MOORE, SPARKS</title><atom:summary>John Edward McAULIFFE SR., b. abt 1869, Ireland, d. abt 1936, Omaha, Nebraska, USA., married Margaret Mary RILEY.
His parents are John McAuliffe and Mary.


Sarah Louisa Sparks MOORE, b. 5/12/1864, Hartville, Wright Co, Missouri. Parents: James SPARKS and Delilah Seagraves SPARKS. Married: Alfred Newton "Boy" MOORE abt 1884.Son: Finis Harvey MOORE, July 8,  1894  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/fNS2uA0f8X8/mcauliffe-riley-moore-sparks.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TCnqHPJNlPI/AAAAAAAADmY/5qcRHAhHP9s/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER_3D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/fNS2uA0f8X8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/mcauliffe-riley-moore-sparks.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-8922857973868520453</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-28T08:50:09.476-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BLOOMFIELD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BUSH</category><title>BUSH, BLOOMFIELD</title><atom:summary>Benjamin BUSH; b. abt. 1751, England
Sarah BUSH; b. abt. 1779, England
Charles BLOOMFIELD; b. abt. 1835, England</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/TecMTtDREPg/bush-bloomfield.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TCi10px6j4I/AAAAAAAADmQ/0e3bIO3juU8/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER_3D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/TecMTtDREPg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/bush-bloomfield.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-4903354718715272966</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-25T18:29:37.791-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rootsweb</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">registration records</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">how to find</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ancestry.com</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World War 1</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">draft</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">old records</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Access Genealogy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">records</category><title>How to Find WWI Draft Registration Records</title><atom:summary>
World War I draft records are extremely valuable to genealogists. Unfortunately, a fire in 1973 at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis destroyed millions of military records and damaged millions more. Less than 20 percent of army records for 1912-1959 survived.

Because the records that are left are now filed by the Selective Service Board of Registration, a county of residence is</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/tqX0jsWoo9E/how-to-find-wwi-draft-registration.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBKxhsnFVdI/AAAAAAAADgU/dBLgFWmv8ms/s72-c/world-war-1-1917-photo.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/tqX0jsWoo9E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-find-wwi-draft-registration.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-6789573538430966207</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-24T07:03:34.772-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TOMLINSON</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BLOOMFIELD</category><title>BLOOMFIELD, TOMLINSON</title><atom:summary>
Charles BLOOMFIELD; b. abt. 1835, (possibly London), England.
 Thomas TOMLINSON; b. abt. 1819, (possibly Lancashire), England.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/p2htL-i_P44/bloomfield-tomlinson.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TCNWnp39J4I/AAAAAAAADl8/_F6jyHFIkC4/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER_3D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/p2htL-i_P44" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloomfield-tomlinson.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-731742557710763369</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-22T14:39:48.295-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">REED</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TYRRELL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HAULEY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GRANT</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">QUINN</category><title>TYRRELL, QUINN, REED, GRANT, HAULEY</title><atom:summary>  
Mary Ann TYRRELL; b. Sept. 1835, Blackfriars, Surrey, England.
Cornelius QUINN;  b. Jan. 1830, Maldon, Essex, London, England

Salenna (maiden name unknown) REED GRANT; b. abt 1824, Canada, d. March 1898. 
Married a REED (possibly Jonas? possibly in 1840?) in Iowa.
Had son Luman Hauley REED in 1844. 

Salenna's husband supposedly left for gold rush in 1849, and was murdered en route. She </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/Zw7Bq2KcpCQ/technorati-tags-tyrrell-quinn-mary-ann.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TCCs-6RyYTI/AAAAAAAADl0/RfDy7J7L3WA/s72-c/ANC%20CONNECT%20NEW%20NAME%20BANNER_thumb%5B16%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/Zw7Bq2KcpCQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/technorati-tags-tyrrell-quinn-mary-ann.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-8662524498330711464</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-21T09:05:10.160-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">research</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family history</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Information</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">grandparents</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">genealogy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">questions</category><title>The Best Questions to Ask for Getting Family History Information (adapted from an article I wrote for Helium.com)</title><atom:summary>"Come on, Grandpa, you must have more information than that!" This is not a good way to tackle grandpa, nor any other living relative, if you want interesting and vital information about the family history.

A better approach is to ask respectful questions highlighting important points, and write down everything that's given, however slow it comes. Be prepared with tape recorder (if there's no </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/kKKJNe1Dhcs/best-questions-to-ask-for-family.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBKqlZo7fnI/AAAAAAAADgM/vQT9m6F54bs/s72-c/Robert+Francis+Bradshaw+family.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/kKKJNe1Dhcs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/best-questions-to-ask-for-family.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-1790376355197196305</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-19T10:19:06.633-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">CLARK</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PRICKETT</category><title>CLARK, PRICKETT</title><atom:summary>Glenn CLARK    b.1901 Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa
George CLARK, father of Glenn, possibly born in Illinois and married to
Estelle PRICKETT</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/ojkAUfL8Dnw/clark-prickett.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBzt34B-_kI/AAAAAAAADkk/UiapR37Ik5k/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/ojkAUfL8Dnw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/clark-prickett.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-1926808040816241189</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-18T06:28:54.099-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pedigree</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Surnames</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family history</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Information</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Free</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tozer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">origin</category><title>How to Sleuth Out Free Surname and Pedigree Data (adapted from an article I wrote for Helium.com)</title><atom:summary>I've found a great website for sleuthing out surname and pedigree information. It's the Internet Surname Database at www.surnamedb.

On this website, you can plug in any surname and discover its origin and historical recordings of its use. They like some feedback in return, if you have any. For instance, you might have additional information about your particular name that doesn't appear on the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/SUM5EjbV3EU/how-to-sleuth-out-free-surname-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBKn0ERhsxI/AAAAAAAADgE/2chTBpyvAYQ/s72-c/Great+grandpa+alfred+tozer.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/SUM5EjbV3EU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-sleuth-out-free-surname-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-4034631845490485478</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-17T10:52:49.880-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GALLAGHER</category><title>GALLAGHER</title><atom:summary>
Elizabeth Carmichael GALLAGHER; b. 1833, Massachusetts, USA; m. 1855? d. 1921, Hartford, CT, USA.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/xnx95h-Ytfs/gallagher.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBpS1TaPVmI/AAAAAAAADjs/cljHF2bDEVI/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/xnx95h-Ytfs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/gallagher.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-4192450959597998077</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-15T13:57:01.305-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GUPPY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GODFREY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BURGESS</category><title>GODFREY, GUPPY, BURGESS</title><atom:summary>Frances GODFREY; b. 1812, Bethnel Green, London, England
Harriet Hannah GUPPY; b. 1824, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Charlotte BURGESS; b. July 1810, East Teighnmouth, Devon, England.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/mBtiYqXJy4k/godfrey-guppy-burgess.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBfa99lzP3I/AAAAAAAADjk/QabK2AKloWs/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/mBtiYqXJy4k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/godfrey-guppy-burgess.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-1185851327461737172</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-14T08:08:21.771-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Temple Work</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seeking our dead</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jeff Stewart</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">temples</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Families are forever</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LDS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mormon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family history</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">latter-day saints</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FamilySearch</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ancestors</category><title>Family History... More Than Just Names and Dates.</title><atom:summary>Night Sky Mural artist, Jeff Stewart gave me permission to share the following video.
He says, "This is a video I made for my brothers about our great-grandfather. I searched for over fifteen years for information about him, but kept hitting a wall. Finally, bits and pieces of information started to come together with help from a long lost Italian cousin. 

It's funny how when I was younger and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/ZSIvx9ECPts/family-history-more-than-just-names-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBYzGHw7qgI/AAAAAAAADjc/QzurtUeuFBs/s72-c/family+history+pic.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/ZSIvx9ECPts" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/family-history-more-than-just-names-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-4817500651422965563</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-12T17:01:07.269-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WAHL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BRAGGER</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SIMONSON</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LEE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SORENSON</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VIKJORD</category><title>BRAGGER, LEE, SORENSON, WAHL, VIKJORD, SIMONSON</title><atom:summary>Joshua BRAGGER; b. 1788-91, England; m. 16 Oct 1814, Lambeth, Surry,
Jane LEE of Bath (d. 20 Sep 1865); d. 11 Jan 1848, Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England;

Lillian  E SORENSON; b. around 1910, North Dakota.Hilmar Morris WAHL; b.1891Constance  VIKJORD; b. 1888, Fertile, Minnesota . Hilmar Morris WAHL; b.1891Constance  VIKJORD; b.1888, Fertile MinnesotaSelma Edith Victoria SORENSON  (</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/kJXmqNEOTGQ/bragger-lee.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBQRqCAAVPI/AAAAAAAADi0/F2lsWmg2wPU/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/kJXmqNEOTGQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/bragger-lee.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-4347394928754651699</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-11T16:22:31.590-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">England World Cup Match</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World Cup. Soccer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Free</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Football</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Find My Past.co.uk</category><title>Records Free to View During Every England World Cup Match</title><atom:summary>Here's a  great deal sent from a friend in England for me to post on here.

Find My Past.co.uk British records free to view during every England World Cup Match.

Hurry before it's all over!</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/I9p0W6n_7tc/records-free-to-view-during-every.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBK2lcZI3QI/AAAAAAAADgc/K_bEps8N-cU/s72-c/world-cup-football.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/I9p0W6n_7tc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/records-free-to-view-during-every.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-9160566441597385629</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-12T17:02:15.830-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DURHAM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HOWARD</category><title>DURHAM, HOWARD</title><atom:summary>Letty (Hatchet Grey)DURHAM, b. 1744, Cherokee Nation, Georgia, USA, d.1843 Floyd Kentucky, USA.,m. 1752 to Thomas HOWARD, Sr.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/sIZdYUNYbeY/hogan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBQR8YgAGBI/AAAAAAAADi8/XME3zvf3m-M/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/sIZdYUNYbeY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/hogan.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-8085763043697099632</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-12T17:02:52.725-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HOGAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HAWKINS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">JENSEN</category><title>HOGAN, HAWKINS, JENSEN</title><atom:summary>Thomas HOGAN, b. 1820 Castledown Devlin, County Westmeath, Ireland; d. 16 Jan 1874, Burnsville Township, Minnesota, USA

Ann(a) Reilley HOGAN, b. 1825 Ireland; d. 31 Jan 1885, Burnsville Township, Minnesota, USA

Lawrence HAWKINS, b. 1873 Ireland; d. 1870, St. Croix, Wisconsin, USA

Cicely Joyce HAWKINS, b. 1800 Ireland; d. Jan 1854, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Lauritz Christian JENSEN, b. Mar </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/i1azAh1TD3g/hogan-hawkins-jensen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBQSGFaDCWI/AAAAAAAADjE/196E4w4uC3k/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/i1azAh1TD3g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/hogan-hawkins-jensen.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-2778247028063544785</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-12T17:03:31.490-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MEECHAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McPHERSON</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McFADDEN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MEEHAN</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McGRATH</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SMITH</category><title>MEECHAN, MEEHAN, SMITH, McGRATH, McFADDEN, McPHERSON</title><atom:summary>Peter Augustus MEECHAN, death 1972, Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomMary Ann Walkinshaw King SMITH, b 1899, Glasgow, Scotland, United  KingdomMark McGRATH, death 1939, Co Donegal, IrelandMary McFADDEN, b 1882, Gweedore, IrelandSophia McPHERSON, death 1900, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/0yBP6vcVIy0/meechan-meehan-smith-mcgrath-mcfadden.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TBQSPItCKZI/AAAAAAAADjM/CbINXzNKq-Y/s72-c/ANC+CONNECT+NEW+NAME+BANNER.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/0yBP6vcVIy0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/meechan-meehan-smith-mcgrath-mcfadden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-4613553790292765952</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-11T14:32:04.178-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MINTER</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WHALL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BURGESS</category><title>WHALL, MINTER, BURGESS</title><atom:summary>Sarah Ann WHALL; b. 1849; Berwick Street, London, England (picture, left). Sarah is also Phil Collins' ancestor. Can you see the likeness?

William Daniel MINTER; b. 1811; Colchester, Essex, England.

Charlotte BURGESS; b. 1810; Teignmouth, Devon, England.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/cB-tbdIXF08/whall-minter-burgess.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TAUSxY5OvOI/AAAAAAAADe8/5dSCd7xjs3E/s72-c/Sarah+Ann+Whall+cropped.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/cB-tbdIXF08" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/06/whall-minter-burgess.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730806466002123575.post-1555444098698421992</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-11T14:31:35.441-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STYLES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TIBBS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BARCLAY</category><title>STYLES, TIBBS, BARCLAY</title><atom:summary>I'll kick off the first post with a few ancestor names I'm currently researching. Would love to hear from anyone possibly connected.




Frederick William Henry STYLES; b. 1850; Diss; Norfolk; England.

Frances Margaret TIBBS; b. 1849; Bethnal Green; London; England.

Ralph James BARCLAY; ch. 1819; St. Marylebone; London; England.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~3/ErMdS1xV5zg/some-of-my-research-names.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Bradshaw)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5HQSW-LL0g/TAQs5ROvHmI/AAAAAAAADes/0kcQa7BKg_0/s72-c/Mint+Street,+southwark.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AncestorsConnect/~4/ErMdS1xV5zg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ancestorsconnect.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-of-my-research-names.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

