A fantastic reference for evaluating the copyright status of a 'document.'
https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain
Friday, April 12, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Reflections of the Past an index by PERSI; found on Findmypast
Frederick County Genealogy Society (Frecogs) Newsletter / Frederick County Reflections Of The Past
I just did a look. Findmypast lists the articles, but not the text unless you have a subscription.
Thought you'd like to know.
Friday, December 28, 2018
American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck
A lot of the good things to say about this book revolve around how well the author, Lloyd Bockstruck, knew the area and its history. Known areas contain references for other works to supplement a reader's search. Other states have few notations and may just complement what the reader already knew.
Graphically and grammatically, there are a lot of problems with odd words, incomplete sentences and sentence justification.
As far as finding what you're looking for, some facts are repeated in multiple states sometimes showing up within a page. It would have been thoughtful to include an index despite the amount of space that it would have involved. The extra sources listed could be included as footnotes which would also make reading the text less complicated.
Graphically and grammatically, there are a lot of problems with odd words, incomplete sentences and sentence justification.
As far as finding what you're looking for, some facts are repeated in multiple states sometimes showing up within a page. It would have been thoughtful to include an index despite the amount of space that it would have involved. The extra sources listed could be included as footnotes which would also make reading the text less complicated.
Thornton library page correction for Surname files in vertical file cabinets
I looked at the entry this morning and only the first page of the document was included.
It has been fixed and the URL is:
http://www.comet-lines.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/surnames-thornton.pdf
It has been fixed and the URL is:
http://www.comet-lines.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/surnames-thornton.pdf
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Richmond county, Virginia unincorporated communities.
I'm working on written marriage consents for Richmond County, Va that were in a file [Stored offsite] at the Virginia State Archives. Each one has to be transcribed and prompts new searches and questions.
The one currently being transcribed lists the post master of Ivondale in the county. I went looking for Ivondate and in Wiki found this list of communities.
Ampthill Heights, Broad Rock Manor, Brookbury, Burtons Corner‡, Cedar Farms, Cherokee Hills, Cherry Gardens, Chesterfield Court, China Hill, Chippenham Village, Cobham Park, Dorchester, Downings, Emmerton, Ethel, Fairplay, Farmers Fork, Farnham, Fawnbrook, Fernleigh, Foneswood, Forest Hill Farms, Germans Corner, Havelock, Haynesville, Hobby Hill Farms, Indian Field, IvondaleKennard, Kragmont, Lara‡, Luttrellville‡, Lyells, Manchester, Moon Corner‡, Moores Mill, Mulch, Naylors, Naylors Beach, Newland, Oak Row, Oakley Landing, Oquomock, Pinehurts, Piney Grove, Piney Knolls, Pittaway Farms, Rainswood‡, Ramey Fork, Rich Neck, Rio Vista, Robley, Scotts Corner, Sexton Hill, Sharps, Simons Corner, Simonson, Singerly, Southampton, Southhampton Hills, Tallent Town, The Mews, Tidewater, Totuskey, Twin Valley Farms, Village‡, Walkers Corner‡, Walmsley Village, Washington Park, Wellford, Westlake Hills, Willow Oaks, Worthington Farms
The one currently being transcribed lists the post master of Ivondale in the county. I went looking for Ivondate and in Wiki found this list of communities.
Ampthill Heights, Broad Rock Manor, Brookbury, Burtons Corner‡, Cedar Farms, Cherokee Hills, Cherry Gardens, Chesterfield Court, China Hill, Chippenham Village, Cobham Park, Dorchester, Downings, Emmerton, Ethel, Fairplay, Farmers Fork, Farnham, Fawnbrook, Fernleigh, Foneswood, Forest Hill Farms, Germans Corner, Havelock, Haynesville, Hobby Hill Farms, Indian Field, IvondaleKennard, Kragmont, Lara‡, Luttrellville‡, Lyells, Manchester, Moon Corner‡, Moores Mill, Mulch, Naylors, Naylors Beach, Newland, Oak Row, Oakley Landing, Oquomock, Pinehurts, Piney Grove, Piney Knolls, Pittaway Farms, Rainswood‡, Ramey Fork, Rich Neck, Rio Vista, Robley, Scotts Corner, Sexton Hill, Sharps, Simons Corner, Simonson, Singerly, Southampton, Southhampton Hills, Tallent Town, The Mews, Tidewater, Totuskey, Twin Valley Farms, Village‡, Walkers Corner‡, Walmsley Village, Washington Park, Wellford, Westlake Hills, Willow Oaks, Worthington Farms
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
My opionion on the 19 Volume series Men in Gray Interments by Thomas Spratt
I'm currently in Richmond, VA and am spending time at the Virginia State Library and Archives.
I had occasion to use a series of books by Thomas Spratt entitled Men in Gray Interments
The table of contents in the first book in the series started with a cemetery list with no location given: did not include the name of the county or independent city in Virginia as part of the name. The next section of the book was the list of tombstone records individually and counties were named here. This was followed [usually] by a bibliography, and index. Volumes 18 & 19 had counties listed beside each cemetery name in the table of contents. Best bet, start at the back of volume 16, which has a list of all the previous volumes and lists their cemeteries with their county location. Index in each volume is surname only.
I had occasion to use a series of books by Thomas Spratt entitled Men in Gray Interments
The table of contents in the first book in the series started with a cemetery list with no location given: did not include the name of the county or independent city in Virginia as part of the name. The next section of the book was the list of tombstone records individually and counties were named here. This was followed [usually] by a bibliography, and index. Volumes 18 & 19 had counties listed beside each cemetery name in the table of contents. Best bet, start at the back of volume 16, which has a list of all the previous volumes and lists their cemeteries with their county location. Index in each volume is surname only.
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