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2019 CALENDAR
SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR 2019
- JANUARY- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - Phil Ellison
- FEBRUARY - Meeting cancelled due to weather
- MARCH- DIARIES AND JOURNALS-Continuing the Family Story - Stacy Wells
- APRIL- WORKSHOP – DNA Triangulation – Berta Schumacher
- MAY- DNA EXPLAINED -Part II -Dan Earl
- JUNE (elections) - POTLUCK PICNIC AT PRESIDENT PAVLIKS PLACE
- JULY- NO MEETING, SUMMERTIME FUN
- AUGUST- NO MEETING, SUMMERTIME FUN
- SEPTEMBER- UNDERSTANDING LAND PATENTS - Berta Schumacher
- OCTOBER - DIGITIZING AND RESTORING OLD PHOTOS- Jeff Haney
- NOVEMBER- WORKSHOP- BRING IN YOUR BRICK WALLS
- DECEMBER- NO MEETING- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- (CALENDAR subject to changes, please check monthly)
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May Meeting
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Tuesday, May 14th 6:30 pm
DNA Explained Part II – Dan Earl
DNA Explained Part II – Dan Earl
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The family history guy
Our returning speaker from DNA 101
Dan is an entertaining yet informative speaker. One you sure won't want to miss! So you just got your DNA test results back. Now what? Maybe you're not as Irish as you thought, and where is that Native American DNA you grandma always talked about? This lecture will discuss what to do now that you have your results such as how to interpret ethnicity estimates, how to look at cousin matching, and DNA circles, as well as how to use a chromosome browser. Downloading and upload raw DNA data is also discussed. If you have your results and are wondering what to do next, this is the class for you! Bring a friend, bring two! Light refreshments follow. |
A better Understanding of DNA through DNA Triangulation
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Diaries and Journals - Starting your Family Tree by Stacy Wells
Stacy discussed several ways to help us recall details of our life to help write our life story. Various ways of listing memories were discussed as thought starters - personal favorites, hobbies, memories, schools, clubs and organizations, dates, work, vacations, family recipes, friends, pets, etc.
Write using notes, bullets or whatever style you are comfortable with. Writing a life history can be done in a short amount of time. The key is not to be concerned about perfection, neatness or being 100 percent accurate on the first attempt. The information can be re-written and details added if you want.
Family photos add to the story. So do maps, letters, postcards, etc. Stacy also shared several project ideas she has created to share family memories and mementos with future generations. If you missed this meeting you missed a good one!
Write using notes, bullets or whatever style you are comfortable with. Writing a life history can be done in a short amount of time. The key is not to be concerned about perfection, neatness or being 100 percent accurate on the first attempt. The information can be re-written and details added if you want.
Family photos add to the story. So do maps, letters, postcards, etc. Stacy also shared several project ideas she has created to share family memories and mementos with future generations. If you missed this meeting you missed a good one!
Making Food and Family History...
You Might Not Have Considered Food As Being Connected To Family History, But It Is! Good Food Has A Way Of Bringing Families Together.
And Anytime Families Gather--Even To Eat—Family History Is Made!
And Anytime Families Gather--Even To Eat—Family History Is Made!
The story of the Easter ham
Family stories are always fun to recount during family gatherings and this is one that we always love to share while in the kitchen preparing big family meals.
One Easter while preparing the ham for our family dinner, my eldest daughter was helping in the kitchen and asked me why I was cutting both the ends off of the ham. I told her this is the way my mother always did it and so I was just doing it the way she taught me. She then wanted to know if there was a culinary reason why I was doing it? I was busy, so I told my daughter to go ask her Grandma, who was at the sink getting the potatoes ready. So she did.
My mother told her, "Well sweetie, I don't rightly know why, Its just always been done that way I suppose. Perhaps it may make the meat taste better? You go ask Great Grandma she is setting the table. She will know, as she taught me."
So she did.
Great Grandma was helping the little ones set the silverware on the table when my daughter approached her and asked, "Why do we always cut the ends off of the ham?"
"What's the matter with the ham?" she asked.
Getting a little bit irritated with the long answer, my daughter replied, "No, nothing is wrong with the ham, we just want to know why you taught that the Easter ham should be cut on both ends?"
"Well, that's an easy question." Great Grandma replied. "you see I used a wood cookstove back in the day, and the oven door was only so wide, so in order for the ham to fit in the pan I had to cut both ends off."
We all had a good laugh, as we realized that there was
NO REASON to cut the ends of the ham off, it was simply TRADITION!
One Easter while preparing the ham for our family dinner, my eldest daughter was helping in the kitchen and asked me why I was cutting both the ends off of the ham. I told her this is the way my mother always did it and so I was just doing it the way she taught me. She then wanted to know if there was a culinary reason why I was doing it? I was busy, so I told my daughter to go ask her Grandma, who was at the sink getting the potatoes ready. So she did.
My mother told her, "Well sweetie, I don't rightly know why, Its just always been done that way I suppose. Perhaps it may make the meat taste better? You go ask Great Grandma she is setting the table. She will know, as she taught me."
So she did.
Great Grandma was helping the little ones set the silverware on the table when my daughter approached her and asked, "Why do we always cut the ends off of the ham?"
"What's the matter with the ham?" she asked.
Getting a little bit irritated with the long answer, my daughter replied, "No, nothing is wrong with the ham, we just want to know why you taught that the Easter ham should be cut on both ends?"
"Well, that's an easy question." Great Grandma replied. "you see I used a wood cookstove back in the day, and the oven door was only so wide, so in order for the ham to fit in the pan I had to cut both ends off."
We all had a good laugh, as we realized that there was
NO REASON to cut the ends of the ham off, it was simply TRADITION!
20 Recipes Like Grandma Used to Make Taste of Home
Ah, the memories of family and the meals that went along with them. Hearty meals at Grandma’s house often featured these stick-to-the-ribs potatoes, which are baked in a creamy sauce and topped with cheese.
ENJOY
Ah, the memories of family and the meals that went along with them. Hearty meals at Grandma’s house often featured these stick-to-the-ribs potatoes, which are baked in a creamy sauce and topped with cheese.
ENJOY
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Dr Matt Deibel and wife Emily Deibel and SGS President Nancy Pavlik for First Family Awards
John Cammin and the first Certificate in the Pioneer/Settler/First Family Awards Program
The Saginaw Genealogical Society began the issuance of Pioneer, Settler and First Family Certificates in 2017, and so far they are a big hit. To date, the Society has issued 51 certificates! The first ones were given to John Cammin for four of his ancestors that helped to settle Saginaw County, and recently Dr Matt Deibel and his wife Emily also were presented with certificates for two of their early ancestors. We welcome anyone who is interested to go to the History tab in the menu and then to PIONEERS or just click on the pioneers link above.
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WWII NEWS
DAKS over Normandy
75 YR COMMEMORATIVE
JUMP IN FRANCE ON D-DAY!
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...and how Tabasco sauce went with the men to war.
My name is Debra Sheets. I'm a genealogist. I like to find stories and record them along with the information about the people in my family tree. It helps me to visualize them and see them in a more personal way so that these people will not be forgotten. And it serves for those that come after me, so they can know these people, as I've come to know them through my research.
Anyhow, a few months ago I was going through our family tree and recording all of the military honors to all the men and women who’ve served our country. By researching and finding out what branch of the service and in what wars they served in, and attaching photos of those services to them.
I'm also a mother of seven, and three of my four sons were able to serve in the military, two in the Army and one in the Marine Corps. Our family has a long history of military service, so I made note of their service in the family tree as well. As I came to my father, who also served in the Marine Corps. I remembered a story he told me as a little girl, when I was home recovering from appendix surgery. I couldn't sleep one night, and so he and I were up late and he fried some eggs and put them on toast and proceeded to put ALOT of Tabasco sauce on them.
I'd never eaten Tabasco sauce before, so I was a little apprehensive.
He assured me that it might have a strong taste but there was nothing in it that would kill me. And then he told me that when he was in the Marines, that Tabasco sauce was a staple in the mess hall, that it was his opinion that it was the only thing that made the military food edible. I still make those fried egg sandwiches today, but with a bit less Tabasco sauce.
As I recorded this story I was curious about the name of the Tabasco sauce, and I remembered what the bottle looked like, so I googled it and I found it instantly. The brand name is McIlhenny's (Mcilhenny) Tabasco sauce. I recognized it because it has a triangle label on it, in white, green and red.
When I googled the name I went onto their website, and lo and behold there was a history there about how the sauce was created after the Civil War and had been used by military ever since. On one site there's even a portion of a letter from General Schwarzkopf to the company noting the famous Tabasco sauce and how he enjoys it himself.
That got me thinking, that if this sauce went into world War II with the men, maybe it could go with the guys on this 75th commemorative jump too.
You see one of my sons who was in the Army, was in 82nd Airborne. He's a disabled veteran but he was determined to do this jump along with some of his buddies that he served with.
So I wrote a letter to the McIlhenny Tabasco company and asked if they would be interested in donating enough Tabasco sauce for all the men who are jumping. I figured the worst they could say was no.
I got a letter back, within a day or so, from the executive secretary of the company,
her name is Patricia Adams. And she said the company would be very happy to donate not just the sauce but the belt holders for the sauce and the miniature cookbooks that was used during WWII by the men.
I then found out that there was 300 men involved in this jump,(just from the United States). And I figured I better let her know just how much she's getting into here. Patricia said there was no problem, and that the company was more than willing to donate all the items. I couldn't believe it!
My next problem was trying to contact somebody from DAKS over Normandy to let them know that I could get all this stuff and would they even WANT it? After doing a little research, I found that Mr. Moe Aguiari, is the project manager in the United States for the DAKS project, and he's in Georgia. So I made a few calls trying to track him down, and finally located a gentleman by the name of Jim Buckley who works with him in Peachtree City, Georgia. Where incidentally, one of the aircraft that will be flying with the men, is currently stored.
He seemed pretty excited about the men having this commemorative item that would connect them to the men who jumped 75 years ago. So I called Patricia back and let her know that everything was good to go, but that I also needed one more favor, would her company ship the Tabasco sauce to Peachtree City, Georgia? Once again she said there was no problem.
The other day I got a text message from Jim Buckley, telling me that a whole lot of stuff had been shipped to them in Georgia! I have a few photos of the items, but my son has assured me, that when he gets there, he will take a lot more pictures for me.
I honor in my heart the men who lived and died back then, who gave so much to so many, in defense of freedom and liberty. I also honor the men who jump this June, 75 years later to commemorate the bravery and dedication that those soldiers gave to our country, and to those whom they liberated.
And I also want to thank McIlhenny's Tabasco company in Louisiana, for their efforts in not forgetting our military, or our veterans, and in helping to commemorate those who lay in silent graves with white crosses, both in Europe and in the United States, who fought on that terrible day in history.
Coming soon: photos from the jump...the men the planes ...oh and yes the sauce! LOL
My name is Debra Sheets. I'm a genealogist. I like to find stories and record them along with the information about the people in my family tree. It helps me to visualize them and see them in a more personal way so that these people will not be forgotten. And it serves for those that come after me, so they can know these people, as I've come to know them through my research.
Anyhow, a few months ago I was going through our family tree and recording all of the military honors to all the men and women who’ve served our country. By researching and finding out what branch of the service and in what wars they served in, and attaching photos of those services to them.
I'm also a mother of seven, and three of my four sons were able to serve in the military, two in the Army and one in the Marine Corps. Our family has a long history of military service, so I made note of their service in the family tree as well. As I came to my father, who also served in the Marine Corps. I remembered a story he told me as a little girl, when I was home recovering from appendix surgery. I couldn't sleep one night, and so he and I were up late and he fried some eggs and put them on toast and proceeded to put ALOT of Tabasco sauce on them.
I'd never eaten Tabasco sauce before, so I was a little apprehensive.
He assured me that it might have a strong taste but there was nothing in it that would kill me. And then he told me that when he was in the Marines, that Tabasco sauce was a staple in the mess hall, that it was his opinion that it was the only thing that made the military food edible. I still make those fried egg sandwiches today, but with a bit less Tabasco sauce.
As I recorded this story I was curious about the name of the Tabasco sauce, and I remembered what the bottle looked like, so I googled it and I found it instantly. The brand name is McIlhenny's (Mcilhenny) Tabasco sauce. I recognized it because it has a triangle label on it, in white, green and red.
When I googled the name I went onto their website, and lo and behold there was a history there about how the sauce was created after the Civil War and had been used by military ever since. On one site there's even a portion of a letter from General Schwarzkopf to the company noting the famous Tabasco sauce and how he enjoys it himself.
That got me thinking, that if this sauce went into world War II with the men, maybe it could go with the guys on this 75th commemorative jump too.
You see one of my sons who was in the Army, was in 82nd Airborne. He's a disabled veteran but he was determined to do this jump along with some of his buddies that he served with.
So I wrote a letter to the McIlhenny Tabasco company and asked if they would be interested in donating enough Tabasco sauce for all the men who are jumping. I figured the worst they could say was no.
I got a letter back, within a day or so, from the executive secretary of the company,
her name is Patricia Adams. And she said the company would be very happy to donate not just the sauce but the belt holders for the sauce and the miniature cookbooks that was used during WWII by the men.
I then found out that there was 300 men involved in this jump,(just from the United States). And I figured I better let her know just how much she's getting into here. Patricia said there was no problem, and that the company was more than willing to donate all the items. I couldn't believe it!
My next problem was trying to contact somebody from DAKS over Normandy to let them know that I could get all this stuff and would they even WANT it? After doing a little research, I found that Mr. Moe Aguiari, is the project manager in the United States for the DAKS project, and he's in Georgia. So I made a few calls trying to track him down, and finally located a gentleman by the name of Jim Buckley who works with him in Peachtree City, Georgia. Where incidentally, one of the aircraft that will be flying with the men, is currently stored.
He seemed pretty excited about the men having this commemorative item that would connect them to the men who jumped 75 years ago. So I called Patricia back and let her know that everything was good to go, but that I also needed one more favor, would her company ship the Tabasco sauce to Peachtree City, Georgia? Once again she said there was no problem.
The other day I got a text message from Jim Buckley, telling me that a whole lot of stuff had been shipped to them in Georgia! I have a few photos of the items, but my son has assured me, that when he gets there, he will take a lot more pictures for me.
I honor in my heart the men who lived and died back then, who gave so much to so many, in defense of freedom and liberty. I also honor the men who jump this June, 75 years later to commemorate the bravery and dedication that those soldiers gave to our country, and to those whom they liberated.
And I also want to thank McIlhenny's Tabasco company in Louisiana, for their efforts in not forgetting our military, or our veterans, and in helping to commemorate those who lay in silent graves with white crosses, both in Europe and in the United States, who fought on that terrible day in history.
Coming soon: photos from the jump...the men the planes ...oh and yes the sauce! LOL
DIGGING UP THE PAST...
By Sue Shellenbarger
Updated Jan. 15, 2013 9:33 p.m.
Amateur genealogists, beware! Researching your ancestry doesn't always turn up heroes and royalty. It may turn up a felon, a bigamist or another unsavory character.
New York filmmaker Heather Quinlan found more than a few skeletons when digging into her ancestors' closet. Among them: Thomas Fagan, her grandmother's great-grandfather, who had killed a man during a drunken bar fight in 1868 (reportedly hitting him over the head with a chair in self-defense)....
(click link to see video)
Updated Jan. 15, 2013 9:33 p.m.
Amateur genealogists, beware! Researching your ancestry doesn't always turn up heroes and royalty. It may turn up a felon, a bigamist or another unsavory character.
New York filmmaker Heather Quinlan found more than a few skeletons when digging into her ancestors' closet. Among them: Thomas Fagan, her grandmother's great-grandfather, who had killed a man during a drunken bar fight in 1868 (reportedly hitting him over the head with a chair in self-defense)....
(click link to see video)
THIS JUST IN...
From Karen Grohol
Anyone planning on going to the National Genealogical Society Conference in St. Charles, Missouri in May 2019?
If yes, start looking into hotels ASAP!
I called a few places and many hotels, especially close by, were sold out at the special conference rate! I went to the 2018 conference this year and had a great time!
Hope to see some of you there! Registration begins from May 8 to May 11, 2019.
Anyone planning on going to the National Genealogical Society Conference in St. Charles, Missouri in May 2019?
If yes, start looking into hotels ASAP!
I called a few places and many hotels, especially close by, were sold out at the special conference rate! I went to the 2018 conference this year and had a great time!
Hope to see some of you there! Registration begins from May 8 to May 11, 2019.
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How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations
Fifteen murder and sexual assault cases have been solved since April with a single genealogy website.
This is how GEDmatch went from a casual side project to a revolutionary tool.
Curtis Rogers enjoys helping people solve family history puzzles. He inadvertently created a database that can now identify 60 percent of Americans of Northern European ancestry.
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Fifteen murder and sexual assault cases have been solved since April with a single genealogy website.
This is how GEDmatch went from a casual side project to a revolutionary tool.
Curtis Rogers enjoys helping people solve family history puzzles. He inadvertently created a database that can now identify 60 percent of Americans of Northern European ancestry.
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CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
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Many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were
wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my very life, My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife. To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw,
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own
grandpa!
I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were
wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my very life, My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife. To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw,
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own
grandpa!
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Family history centers are free and open to the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.
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FamilySearch has 4,600 local facilities in 126 countries where anyone can access genealogical records and receive personal assistance with their family history. These centers include the world-famous Family History Library in Salt Lake City, large regional facilities in places like Mesa, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California, and smaller centers that are usually found inside Latter-day Saint meetinghouses.
Family history centers are free and open to the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.
Strange But True...
Finding Lisa: A Real-Life Murder/Mystery/Genealogy Story
From the Blog by Dick Eastman · May 15, 2017
A fascinating story by Shelley Murphy, published in the Boston Globe, seems to b almost too strange to be true. Sadly, it is not only true, but pieces of the whole story are still missing. Dozens of law enforcement officers around the country, social workers, investigators from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, genealogists, and others have worked together to find as much information about a serial killer as possible. There may be even more information waiting to be found. Law enforcement officials feel there may be even more victims than are known so far.
A man of many aliases seems to have murdered a number of wives, girlfriends, and children. At various times, he lived in New Hampshire, Texas, California, Idaho, and probably in other states as well.
Genealogists became involved when there was a need to identify the ancestry of one little girl who was abandoned, but not murdered, by the serial killer. Working with DNA and with public records, the volunteers spent thousands of hours building her family tree of some 19,000 people, just on her maternal side. The list of people who descended from just one ancestor, the one with 18 children, filled a line of letter-size sheets that, taped together, extended 11 feet.
The serial killer eventually died in prison (for other crimes) and yet little is known about him. He was smart, fluent in French, and, according to one witness interviewed by police, also spoke Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. Investigators suspect he may have served in the military, but they have been unable to identify him. They don’t know where he was born and raised, or where he was before he surfaced in New Hampshire in the late 1970s, when he appeared to be in his late 20s or early 30s. Perhaps you can use your genealogy skills to help the investigation.
You can read this fascinating story at http://bit.ly/2pyKPni.
My thanks to newsletter reader Bill Kelleher for telling me about this story.
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2.click HERE
You will need to sign into your own Fb account to enter the site.
There are lots of cool and interesting things to read there! You can connect to Fb right from our website.
1.Go to our main page and choose
"Fb link" or
2.click HERE
You will need to sign into your own Fb account to enter the site.