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[scribesandvibes]

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[revolutionarywarhistory]

The story of the Extra Regiment's ordinary soldiers: From McCay to Patton [Part 12]

Continued from part 11

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

© 2016-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] Pension of John Newton, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, S.35009. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[2] He claims John enlisted in the Eighth Maryland Regiment, but this is completely erroneous information.

[3] First Census of the United States, 1790, Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, and Westpensboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, National Archives, NARA M637, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 8, Page 557. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[4] First Census of the United States, 1790, Queen Anne's, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M637, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 3, Page 470. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[5] Second Census of the United States, 1800, Queen Anne's, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M32, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 11, Page 342. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[6] Third Census of the United States, 1810, Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M252, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 70, Page 646. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[7] Third Census of the United States, 1810, Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M252, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 57, Page 59. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[8] Third Census of the United States, 1810, Wythe, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M252, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 71, Page 288. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[9] Also cited on page 476 of Henry Wright Newman's Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation: a genealogical history of Mareen Duvall, Gent., of the Province of Maryland and his descendants, with histories of the allied families of Tyler, Clarke, Poole, Hall, and Merriken and in page 60 of Adamson-Duvall and Related Families by Rae Adamson Fraelich.

[10] First Census of the United States, 1790, Charles, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M637, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 3, Page 563. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest; Second Census of the United States, 1800, Durham Parish, Charles, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M32, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 10, Page 65. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[11] Fourth Census of the United States, 1820, District 4, Allegany, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M33, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M33_40, Page 12. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest; Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, Allegany, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 53, Page 30. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, District 4, Allegany, Maryland, National Archives, NARA M704, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 156, Page 59. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest. Likely no mentions in 1915 book titled A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America Descendants of Nicholas La Groves of Beverly, Mass.

[12] Session Laws, 1819, Archives of Maryland Online, Vol. 638, 118, 119.

[13] No John Newtons listed as living in Maryland in 1810 census. In 1820 there are two John Newtons living in the state: one in "Election District 4, Dorchester, Maryland" and another in "Baltimore Ward 3, Baltimore, Maryland." It is not known if either of these men is the same as John Newton. In 1830 there is a man with the same name living in "District 8, Dorchester, Maryland." It it not known if this is the same as John Newton. In 1840 there are two John Newtons living in the state: one in "Division 8, Dorchester, Maryland" and another in "Hancock, Washington, Maryland"

[14] Letter from the Secretary of War: Transmitting a Report of the Names, Rank, and Line, of Every Person Placed on the Pension List, in Pursuance to the Act of the 18th March, 1818, &c. January 20, 1820. Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table (Washington: Giles & Seaton, 1820), 548. Neither the Wikipedia page for "John Newton Soldier), this pension, this listing of those living in Talbot County's Tuckahoe Hundred in 1721, within Norma Tucker's Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives or this or this relates to him.

[15] Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources, Set, Vol. 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993), 378.

[16] Journal of the House of Delegates, 1805, Archives of Maryland Online, Vol. 553, 4, 6, 38, 48, 49; Journal of the House of Delegates, 1806, Archives of Maryland Online, Vol. 553, 21, 29.

[17] Helen W. Brown, Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-1886(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973, reprint), 40.

[18] His descendants may have included William Elkins born on April 26, 1823 and died in 1897, who may have served in the war between 1812 and 1815 with the British. Other references are scattered.

[19] Letter from the Secretary of War: Transmitting a Report of the Names, Rank, and Line, of Every Person Placed on the Pension List, in Pursuance to the Act of the 18th March, 1818, &c. January 20, 1820. Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table (Washington: Giles & Seaton, 1820), 636.

[20] Fourth Census of the United States, 1820, Newburn, Montgomery, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M33, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M33_130, Page 185. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[21] Fourth Census of the United States, 1820, Evensham, Wythe, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M33, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M33_139, Page 221. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[22] May be in here, not confirmed, but is definitely not here.

[23] Daughters of the American Revolution, Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 17 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915), 155, 412; Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Names, Rank, and Line of everyone played on the Pension List, In Pursuance of the Act of 18th March, 1818 (Washington: Giles & Seaton, 1820), 512. A person with his name was paid amounts varying from about $48.00 to over $84 dollars. Men with his name were listed as part of Fourth Maryland Regiment, of a Maryland regiment paid until Jan. 1782 [the extra regiment], and officers who are part of the New Hampshire Line. The first two could be him. A Philip Huston received money from PA's auditor general. Is that him? Hustons living there, related.

[24] William Huston buying land in PA, Huston's Pleasure in 1786. Related? A Joseph Huston same year, James Huston next year & 1788; major Huston family buying in 1788, some in 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793 as noted here. Land transactions of Hustons in 1794, 1795, 1798 courtesy of here. There were also Huston family purchases in 1802, 1804, 1805, and 1806 as noted here. Nothing relating to that family was found here. For further resources see "Vital Statistics Records" of Pennsylvania, indexes of patents in the early 19th century, overview of their land records, and homepage of the historical commission itself.

[25] "Pennsylvania Pension Roll," Report from the Secretary of War (Washington: Giles & Seaton, 1835), 77.

[26] Third Census of the United States, 1810, York, South Carolina, National Archives, NARA M252, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 61, Page 677. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[27] This record also cites Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 426_ Bill of Sale. We, Ann Lowe and Jesse Boswell of CC, for 3000 £, sell to Walter Hanson Jenifer, the following Negroes: a woman named Monica and her children, Bett & Sam. Signed Dec 7, 1779 - Ann Low, Jesse Boswell. Wit - John Chattam. Recorded Dec 11, 1779.

[28] Harry Kennett McAdams, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and Records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries Copied by American War Mothers (US: Heritage Books, 2007), 51.

[29] Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, Warwick, Tuscarawas, Ohio, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 141, Page 33. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[30] Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 198, Page 98. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[31] Kentucky Pension Roll for 1835: Report from the Secretary of War (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2009), 1833; Mary Verhoeff, The Kentucky mountains, transportation and commerce, 1750 to 1911: a study in the economic history of a coal field, Vol. 1 (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Company, 1911), 216; The Pension Roll of 1835: The Indexed Edition, Set, Vol. III, The Southern States (Baltimore: Clearfield Company, 1992), 43. A person with his name is also on 1835 pension rolls which note that his pension started on May 4, 1818, was age 72 in 1835, and his death date is not specified (Report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States (Washington: Duff Green, 1835), 1829). But this is not him.

[32] Reportedly there is information with Gadd Genealogy by Joseph Hayden Gadd in 1939 as well.

[33] United States War Department, The Pension Roll of 1835: The Indexed Edition, Set Vol. 1: The New England States (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 149.

[34] Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, Montgomery, Virginia, National Archives, NARA M704, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 567, Page 30. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

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[thedurvin]

Basic Online Genealogy

I know it and you can too, because it’s really easy

1. Free sites to use: FamilySearch.org is totally free but recently started requiring you to create an account; most libraries (in the US, anyway) provide access to Ancestry, HeritageQuest, or both, check your local system’s website as well as the state library. There are others out there, but these three and most I’ve used all have basically the same interface with the buttons in different places.

2. Put in the oldest info you know and start searching. We’re looking for primary sources! Family stories can be a great starting point, but you’d be surprised how many families have disowned great-aunts or great-grandpa had a previous marriage with a whole batch of kids nobody knew about. Sources available on all the sites in #1: census records, certificates for marriages and deaths, city directories, draft papers, &c. Due to privacy laws US census records only go public after 75 years; sometimes you can find things more recent, but for the most part you’re looking at records from the 1940s at the latest.

NOTE: when you search you will sometimes find other users’ family trees where they’re organizing their own research; these can be a good source for you to look at their sources if they’ve shown their work, but if not, don’t assume they’re right.

NOTE: look at the original scanned documents whenever you can rather than the digital transcription, because they are usually automated and one time Ancestry said my grandpa was married to a woman named “Produce Durvin” because the algorithm thought his business “Durvin Produce” was a person.

3. This is the secret: up until the Information Age, people did not give a shit about their identities. People didn’t know how old they were, and for most of history your name was what you said it was; occasionally you might be troubled to write it down, and formalized spelling was for egghead college-types. (My family became the Durvins because an ancestor pronounced “Darwin” funny.) Names change spellings, first and middle names swap, and census-takers get stuff wrong sometimes. Search what you’re sure of, but if you don’t get results, try different combinations.

4. Organize what you find. FamilySearch has some great family tree sheets you can fill out digitally, there’s dedicated software, or I’ve been using a huge web of text boxes in Publisher--if you’re working on this for your own benefit, there’s no right or wrong here, just whatever works for you. Just make sure when you’re recording your info, include where you got it from in case you need to look again.

NOTE: write down EVERYTHING you find--full names, ages, towns, jobs/trades, and every member of the household. Matching up details will be how to tell one Anne Carter from the other 200 in your state’s history! Even include non-family members that are part of the household like lodgers, maids, and farmhands: it’s not uncommon for them to wind up marrying one of the kids.

And that’s basically the class I used to teach once a month at the library! It’s amazingly easy to get started, although some families will be easier to research than others--immigration records used to be ridiculously brief, and it’s rare that Black families can be traced beyond the 1860s. This is just an intro to the basics, it can get a lot more complicated than this. DM me if you need help, it’s literally my job and I think I can count it as telework.

[hclib]

Remote Local History Research

Along with a lot of folks, Special Collections staff are adjusting to working from home, which includes remote reference services. We don’t have access to our hundreds of thousands of print resources and archives at the Minneapolis Central Library, but we do have favorite web resources for finding a lot of historical information about Minneapolis and Hennepin County online. The best part? Most of these resources are freely available to anyone, from anywhere.

Hennepin County Library Digital Collections: Obviously, our favorite of the bunch is our own Digital Collections. The collections currently include over 134,000 items and new content is added weekly. The database is heavy on photographs, but we also have building permit index cards, yearbooks, menus, Minneapolis Public Library annual reports, maps, and so much more. Not sure where to start? Try browsing by topic.

Digital Public Library of America: A national digital repository with nearly 37 million digital resources, including all of the resources in the HCL Digital Collections. Great for searching for images and documents across the country pertaining to local issues.

Hennepin County Interactive Property Map: Find current property information and link to section maps, lot surveys, tax information, recent recording history, and more.

Hennepin County Library Tumblr Archive: Browse over 1,500 blog posts going back to 2011. Browse by tag to find all posts related to a topic, such as WWII, artists’ books, African Americans, and more. Or search the archive with a Google site search (Example: Charlie’s Cafe site:hclib.tumblr.com) 

HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition: These two subscription databases available through HCL provide access to the U.S. Federal Census and other genealogy and history resources. HeritageQuest is always available from home with a Hennepin County Library card. Ancestry, typically for in-library use only, is currently freely available while libraries are closed during the COVID-19 crisis.

Library of Congress Sanborn Maps: The database includes Minneapolis Sanborn Fire Insurance maps (partial and complete) for 1885, 1889, 1904, 1912, and 1930.

Minneapolis City Directories: Technically considered one of the HCL digital collections, the City Directories for Minneapolis and St. Louis Park live in their own database. Search Minneapolis directories from 1859-1944 and St. Louis Park from 1933-1977. More city directories forthcoming.

Minneapolis Public Schools History: For photos and quick historical information about the schools.

Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums: Search the MN Collections database to find cultural objects and historical resources across over 20 area historical societies.

Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub: This database, from the Minnesota Historical Society, includes thousands of Minnesota newspapers from the 1840s to today. Remote access primarily covers through 1922. Includes African-American and Swedish newspapers from the early 20th century.

Minnesota Election Trends: The website search no longer fully functions, but the site is still great for lists of Minneapolis election facts for mayors, library board members, Park Board members, and more.

Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online: A map-based database of thousands of aerial photographs across Minnesota from the 1920s to the 2000s, from the University of Minnesota John R. Borchert Map Library.

Minnesota Historical Society Collections Search: Look for photographs, artifacts, collection inventories and more for Minnesota-wide topics.

Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS): Look up current and historical marriage records for most counties in Minnesota.

Minnesota Reflections: This digital repository includes contributions from almost 200 Minnesota historical societies, libraries, archives, and museums, including HCL. 

People Finder: Search the Minnesota birth (1900-1934) and death (1904-2001) certificate indexes and more through the Minnesota Historical Society. Use the People Records Search for quick access to all.

Star Tribune Archive: This is the only not free, subscription resource on our list. The full-text searchable database includes three Minneapolis newspapers from 1867 to present (with a hold on the last three months). You can search the database and see results for free, but to view articles, a subscription is required.

UMedia Archive: Images, maps, manuscripts, video, audio, and more from the University of Minnesota collections. We use this a lot for accessing Gopher Yearbooks.

University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy: Over 80,000 open access documents, dissertations, and more. Great for searching for info on UofM alumni.

Need help with local history research? Want to start researching the history of your home? Curious about your neighborhood? Digging into family archives? Send us an email at specialcoll@hclib.org and we’ll do what we can with the resources we have to help you out.

[carnegiestout]

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[packedwithpackards]

The 1897 probate of Elizabeth P.W. Packard and her son Samuel

Courtesy of the "Marquardt Law Firm's Blog"with the above image posted under the fair use exception to U.S. copyright law, with the above used for educational and scholarly purposes.

Earlier this year I wrote about Theophilus Packard and his wife Elizabeth Parsons Ware, later called E.P.W. Packard or Elizabeth P.W. Packard, both of whom were mentioned within that "mystery Packard family history book." Within the article I reprinted a "long and detailed obituary" for Elizabeth Packard in the San Francisco Chronicle in July 1897. Now, we have something more to add to the story. Using HeritageQuest, a version of Ancestry.com available to those with library cards, I was able to find her probate.

The first document was just a record showing the grants of administration of numerous individuals as the following page shows [1]:

However, further cropping is necessary to remove the entries which don't relate to Elizabeth, and talk about her son, Samuel:

It says she died on or about 27th of July 1897, with "real property" of $15,700 dollars, with her son Samuel W. Packard as administrator of the estate, bond to a fidelity and deposit company in Maryland to guarantee his bond of $4,000 dollars. The phrasing that she died "on or about" is not, as Judy Russell has written about, on her blog, The Legal Genealogist, part of the fine print about other aspects, but is rather purposeful. Michael John Neill described this on a post on his blog, Genealogy Tip of the Day in late January of this year:

Probate documents often indicate that someone died “on or about” a certain date. That phrasing is intentional. Usually the precise date of death is not germane to the settling of the estate and if later it turns out the actual date was a day earlier or later, the documents in the probate file are not in error. The important thing to the establishment of the probate process is that the deceased is actually deceased.

We then get to the second document, which is an administration bond by Samuel W. Packard himself. Unlike the previous document, this one requires the posting of the whole page in and of itself. [2]

The above document basically talks about Samuel Packard and the Maryland company, mentioned in the previous document, are bound to the state of Illinois for $4,000 dollars, which is typical language of bonds, even in other states like Missouri and within legal language going back to the 1730s in Massachusetts, into the 1820s, and within current legal language. According to the Third Pocket Edition of Black's Law Dictionary (page 78), there are five definitions of "bound": (1) "constrained by a contractual or other obligation"; (2) A court"constrained to follow a precedent"; (3) a boundary; (4) "a limitation or restriction on action"; (5) delineating a property boundary. For this document, Samuel W. Packard and the Maryland company are constrained and restricted to pay a "penal bond," a form of a surety bond (implied in the first document posted in this article) of $4,000 dollars to the state of Illinois if they do not administer Elizabeth's estate. Ms. Russell explains that in plain language, a surety bond requires an estate administrator to pay a judge as a court official if and only this administrator do not do their job. They they do their job, then "nobody has to pay a dime."

Hopefully this whole article shined a light on yet another part of the Packard family!

Notes

[1] Elizabeth P W Packard probate, August 1897, Record of grants of administration, Item No. 2, Book 10, p 74, Cook County Probate Court, Illinois County, District and Probate Courts, Ancestry.com.

[2] Elizabeth P W Packard probate, 17 Aug 1897, Administrators Bonds and Letters, Item 1, Book 27, p 348, Cook County Probate Court, Illinois County, District and Probate Courts, Ancestry.com.

Note: This was originally posted on June 15, 2018 on the main Packed with Packards WordPress blog (it can also be found on the Wayback Machine here). My research is still ongoing, so some conclusions in this piece may change in the future.

© 2018-2022 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

[thelibraryhamster]

Last month, Hamster accompanied office manager Carol to a genealogy conference. He learned how to research his ancestor and found out that hamsters who want to find their ancestors are in for a lot of work because there are a LOT of them. With some perseverance and some help from the library, he was able to find his parents, both sets of grandparents, and one set of great grandparents. He also discovered that his affinity for hats is a family trait and that his favorite cozy sweater is a family heirloom!

You can research your own family tree for free with HeritageQuest Online using your library card! Click here to get started.

[fortheking16]

Video Tutorials for Genealogy — North Carolina Collection We hope you are enjoying your time using Ancestry from home and other genealogy databases the Forsyth County Public Library offers, like MyHeritage, African American Heritage, or HeritageQuest.

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Salters chemistry as coursework Salters Advanced Chemistry - Education, The University of York

We work closely with OCR (the examination board) who offer dedicated support and assessment for the course. Department of Education. Education home About the Department Undergraduate study Graduate School Teacher training/PGCE Research Centre for Research in Language Learning and Use Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice Psychology in Education Research Centre University of York Science Education Group About UYSEG Studying with us People Research themes Research projects Curriculum projects Best Evidence Science Teaching Developing diagnostic assessments Salters Advanced Chemistry Assessment OCR Technicians Resources News & Key Dates DIY Resources Salters Horners Advanced Physics Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology Science in Society Twenty First Century Science Plant disease Publications PhD Studies in progress Visiting Researchers Research film shorts Independent Research Fellowships Education Researchers for Open Science (EROS) Equality and Diversity Our staff Meet our students International students For alumni News and events Intranet Contact us. Welcome to the Salters' Advanced Chemistry website. This advanced level chemistry course, developed at the Science Education Group in the University of York, offers an exciting, context based approach to studying chemistry. The course is currently followed by approximately 9000 students across the United Kingdom. OUP publish teacher and student resources for use in the classroom and personal study. Course overview from 2015 HO33, H433 Publications from 2015 HO33, H433 Assessment from 2015 HO33, H433 Resources teacher produced resources News and key dates. Suppliers CLEAPSS OCR - Examination Board OUP - Publishers. Salters' Advanced Chemistry Science Education Group Alcuin D Block University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD. Department of Education University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5DD , UK Tel: work 01904 323460. For a fee, the Archives will provide photocopies of the contents of the files of individual veterans. For specifics on getting photocopies of the files housed at the National Archives, see its website at http://www.archives.gov/. Some public and institutional libraries have microfilm copies of the pension files contained at the Archives. Additionally, online services HeritageQuest.com, Ancestry.com and Fold3.com offer access to these files. HeritageQuest is available only through public and institutional libraries; individuals cannot subscribe to it. For a membership fee, Ancestry.com and Fold3.com offer individuals access to digital images of the entire pension file. For current subscription information for Fold3.com, see its website at http://www.fold3.com/.... View more ...

[scribesandvibes]

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[revolutionarywarhistory]

"A character for probity and honor": the story of Theodore Middleton [Part 4]

Continued from part 3

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

© 2016-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] He also said that in his present living area he was "personally acquainted with the Rev. Spencer Mitchell, George Semmes, Henry A. Callis, Henry Gantt, John Addison, Bazil Hatten, Notley Maddox...Henry Tolson Esqrs...Judge Key, and the Hon’le B. J. Semmes."

[2] Henry Wright Newman, "Captain Theodore Middleton" within The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1956), 282. Later one of the Middleton family would marry into the Boone family.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Mortgage between Theodore Middleton and Robert Bench, Aug 12, 1812, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber JRM 15, p. 283, 284 [MSA CE 65-44]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[5] Deed between Theodore Middleton, Josiah Moore, Thomas Bunch, and Mordecai Ridgeway, Oct. 5, 1814, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber JRM 16, p. 208, 209, 210, 211 [MSA CE 65-45]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[6] Deed between Theodore Middleton and Stanislaus Hoxton, May 22, 1815, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber JRM 16, p. 362, 363 [MSA CE 65-45]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[7] Deed between Theodore Middleton and Henry O. Middleton, Mar. 14, 1820, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber AB 1, p. 412, 413 [MSA CE 65-48]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[8] Deed between Theodore Middleton and George Semmes, Aug. 29, 1820, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber AB 1, p. 413, 414 [MSA CE 65-48]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[9] Deed between Theodore Middleton and Sarah Folson, Sept. 13, 1826,  Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber AB 4, p. 342, 343 [MSA CE 65-51]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[10] Originally he was paid $2,050 for such land in 1820, and $2,000 in 1826.

[11] [Deed involving Thomas Middleton and Catherine Plajay, Mar. 13, 1743, Prince George's County, Land Records, Liber BB 1, p. 103, 104, 105 [MSA CE 65-12]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[12] Bill of sale by Theodore Middleton to Francis John Lobson, April 3, 1820, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber AB 1, p. 264 [MSA CE 65-48]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[13] "Average Price of Slaves, New Orleans, 1804-1862" within Edward Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism (New York: Basic Books, 2014), 174, citing the New Orleans Sale Sample, 1805-1862, which was compiled by Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman.

[14] Bill of Sale from Gen. Semmes and Francis Tolson to Theodore Middleton, November 12, 1821, Prince George's County Court, Land Records, Liber AB 2, p. 33 [MSA CE 65-49]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[15] Bill of sale involving Thomas Middleton and John Lawrence, Feb. 24, 1743, Prince George's County, Land Records, Liber BB 1, p. 85, 86 [MSA CE 65-12]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net; Bill of sale involving Thomas Middleton and James Gibbs, May 17, 1744, Prince George's County, Land Records, Liber BB 1, p. 130, 131 [MSA CE 65-12]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net; Bill of sale involving Thomas Middleton and James Gibbs, May 17, 1744, Prince George's County, Land Records, Liber BB 1, p. 131, [MSA CE 65-12]. Courtesy of mdlandrec.net.

[16] Pension of Erasmus Gantt, 1832, Survivor's Pension Application File, S.10.727, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[17] Pension of John Boone, 1832, Pension Application File, S. 8076, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[18] Pension of Hester Hill for benefits of Henry Hill her husband, 1856, Pension Application File, W. 14,907, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. Courtesy of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.

[19] Middleton's pension "includes a certificate by Mountjoy Bayly of the District of Columbia dated 27 Feb 1833, signed as shown, certifying Middleton’s service in words almost identical to those in the above application. On 11 March 1833 Theodore Middleton applied to have his pension payable in Washington, DC. A note by W. H. Middleton dated 25 Oct 1855 asks that the Commissioner of Pensions allow examination of the papers pertaining to his father, Theodore Middleton."

[20] Reportedly there is information about him within this article and this newspaper although that cannot be confirmed.

[21] Newman, "Captain Theodore Middleton," 283.

[22] "Reports of Traveling Agents," Maryland Colonization Journal, Baltimore, Dec. 1856, Vol. 8, no. 19, 304. He is reportedly mentioned on pages 97 and 376 at least of Daniel Boone Lloyd's The Middletons and kindred families of southern Maryland.

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Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest online @ YOUR Rowan County Public Library - Morehead News

Morehead NewsAncestry.com and Heritage Quest online @ YOUR Rowan County Public LibraryMorehead NewsIf you have been bitten by the genealogy bug, YOUR Rowan County Public Library offers you free access to two outstanding online resources: Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest Online. Ancestry.com is “the world’s largest family history resource.” Hundreds of … …read more

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Let’s Get Started

Why would anyone care about their family genealogy? The reasons are different for each of us. Maybe you want to pass down your family heritage to your descendants. You may want to understand your ancestors better. Perhaps you are interested in seeing how your family fits into the history of America (or even the world). But how do you even start? Here are some tips:

·         Begin with yourself and work backwards.

·         Write down everything you already know about your family including names, dates of births/deaths/marriages, and places your family may have lived. Even if you don’t know exact information, just a general time frame will help.

·         Talk to living relatives to find out what they know. Be sure to write down your sources. They could prove to be very important later.

·         Look for documentation from census records, vital records, court records, newspaper articles, even photographs.

To locate some records, you may have to go directly to the repository (such as a courthouse or cemetery), but more and more of these records are becoming available digitally online or by microfilm. Finding aid resources can be found with subscriptions to various genealogy websites or on free sites. (See earlier blog How to do genealogy for free.) When you have gathered your information, it is time to begin putting it all together and filling in the blanks. Every document leads to bits of clues about your family. As you collect the information, add it to the Ancestral and Family Group Charts. Be sure to include your sources!

Be flexible about the spelling or order of names; documents often have mistakes in them.  The spelling of surnames was more fluid in older documents, nicknames or initials may have been used, transcriptions have errors, etc.  Consider who may have given the information on the document. Was it someone who had first-hand knowledge of the information, or someone who is giving the information who could be estimating or repeating from family lore? All of these situations could affect the reliability of the record.  When faced with conflicting or confusing information, consider all of the clues in the document to determine if it pertains to your ancestor.  Record your findings along with the source.

Jefferson County [MO] Library Genealogy Department in High Ridge can aid with books, microfilm, maps, and more. We have subscriptions to Ancestry.com (Library edition), Fold3, and HeritageQuest which enable our patrons to have free access to these valuable sites. We teach free genealogy classes throughout the year, and post genealogy tips on our library website at www.jeffcolib.org.  

Whatever your motivation for preserving your family history, genealogy is a wonderful hobby and a precious legacy to pass down to your descendants.

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Naturalization Records Now Available on Microfilm at Hennepin County Library

Minneapolis Central Library now carries Minnesota 4th District Court (Hennepin County) naturalization documents, covering the period 1858-1930. The microfilm, which was given to the library in March 2016, had been sitting in the Family Courts building, each roll encased in a plastic container that was not compatible with library microfilm machines. With preservation funding, the rolls were re-wound on regular (thin) microfilm reels and then cataloged by HCL staff. We are one of the few holdings locations for this set.

Naturalization is the process by which a foreign-born individual becomes a U.S. citizen. Congress passed an initial act in 1790 and since that time naturalization has been a voluntary process. Historically, although not all foreign-born individuals became citizens, the records of those who were naturalized provide very helpful information for the family history researcher, including: ancestor’s signature; names of family members, birthplace, immigration date and passenger ship name. Records created after September, 1906 generally provide the most information, due to the implementation of form standardization. 

The microfilm set includes indexes, Declarations of Intent (pictured at right), petitions to become naturalized, oaths of allegiance and more. To find an ancestor’s naturalization documents, one can use the indexes which come with the microfilm set or the online index from the Iron Range Research Center.

Because of the organizational system used by the courts, finding a document can be challenging. Things to keep in mind when using the microfilm:

Arrangement: Naturalization records are arranged by date, not surname.

Content: The set is not complete, some naturalization documents may be out of order and there are some inconsistencies in filing.

Indexing: Locate documents by using either the microfilm indexes included in the set or the online index from the Iron Range Research Center.

Citizenship: Be certain that an ancestor was actually naturalized; up through about 1930, many foreign-born individuals chose not to complete or even begin the naturalization process. Check Ancestry Library Edition or HeritageQuest to see if an ancestor’s census record includes naturalization status. 

The microfilm set is available to the public during library hours and can be found on the 3rd floor of the Minneapolis Central Library, in the microfilm area. Use the library’s ScanPro Microfilm Scanner to create digital scans which can be saved to a flashdrive or sent to an email address. Scanning is free. Paper copies can be printed for $0.25 per page.

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