Sunday, August 2, 2009

My Genealogical Threes

I haven't been keeping up, have I? But I try to check out Randy Seaver's "Saturday Night Genealogy Fun" each week to see if he comes up with something that inspires me. This week he's asking us to:

1) Tell us your three responses to the questions:

* Three genealogical libraries I frequent
* Three places I've visited on genealogy trips
* Three genealogy societies I belong to (or want to)
* Three websites that help my research
* Three ancestral graves that I've visited
* Three ancestral places I want to visit
* Three brickwall ancestors I want to research more

2) Post your responses as comments to this blog post, in your own blog, or in a Facebook comment.

Check him out at: Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- My Genealogical Threes


Here are my answers:

* Three genealogical libraries I frequent:

I haven't been out much lately, but my favorites are

1. Family History Library, Salt Lake City (where I used to be able to visit for a week every year until this one when they canceled the computer conference that my husband would attend at the same time)
2. Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne IN (which I used to live close enough to visit when I first got started in genealogy back in 1997. I'd love to get a chance to visit again!)
3. North Carolina State Archives (where I need to go sometime soon to work on some genealogy I promised my sister!)

* Three places I've visited on genealogy trips

1. Pax & Scarbro, WV
2. Carroll County, VA
3. Washington, Greene & Allegheny Counties, PA

* Three genealogy societies I belong to (or want to)

I'm really bad about this, I've never actually joined any. These are some I SHOULD join:

1. Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania
2. Carroll County Genealogy Club
3. Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina

* Three websites that help my research

1. WAGS & Ohio County WV Genweb
2. Washington Co., Pennsylvania Genealogy & History
3. Historic Pittsburgh

* Three ancestral graves that I've visited

This one is hard to limit to 3. Here is a list of my ancestors on Find a Grave & I've visited all but a couple myself: Cherie's Ancestors. And here are three specific ones that were particularly difficult to find:

1. William S. Tolbert
2. Nancy J. (Chase) Wolfe
3. Michael S. McDaid

* Three ancestral places I want to visit

1. Founders Brook Park, Portsmouth, RI
2. Glen Cemetery, Paxton, IL (where my 3rd g-grandfather is buried)
3. Summers County, WV (but first I have to track down a location for the "Talbert Cemetery" where my g-grandmother, Rhoda (Webb) Tolbert Wilson is buried according to her death certificate.)

* Three brickwall ancestors I want to research more

Sometimes I think the only way I'm going to find out more about any of these people is if someone has an old Bible or other records hidden away in an attic or basement somewhere.

1. James P. Skiles
2. Allen Tolbert
3. George Shrewsbury

2 comments:

  1. I don't know about the Historic Pittsburgh website....I have to go google it now. Good to see you back, cousin.

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  2. I've let my memberships lapse in 3 or 4 gen societies and so belong to none at the moment. Cheaper that way. lol

    Been over a year since I've visited a gen. library. The two here have made it impossible. One closed, the 2nd one reduced hours by about 65%, making it pretty impossible.

    I've visited almost all the graves on my father's side of the family which goes back to my great great grandfather.

    Sandy

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