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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for April 17, 2015

April 17, 2015, 12:19 pm
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A Note to my wonderful readers: I'm sorry, but Fab Finds will be going on another hiatus. My schedule is filled with many things in the coming weeks including family activities, church responsibilities, and final preparations for the class I'm teaching at our local Family Discovery Day in May. So, Fab Finds will be on hiatus for the next three or four weeks. If my schedule allows, Fab Finds will
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Grandma Has Some Secrets

April 20, 2015, 1:04 pm
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Image courtesy of Stuart Miles
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The talented cast members of Studio C have given us another funny comedy sketch to enjoy.



Fellow family historians will no doubt appreciate the fact that these youngsters want to learn about their Grandma's life. What they are about to find out however, is that Grandma has some surprising secrets from her past.

Click play and have fun getting to know Grandma.

To watch more comedy sketches by Studio C, check out their YouTube channel by clicking HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved
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Fun Times in Utah

May 2, 2015, 12:40 pm
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I thought I'd write a quick blog post to share with you why my blog was so quiet last week. The reason was that my husband and I traveled to Utah to attend our son-in-law's graduation from BYU-Provo. He graduated with a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Accounting. We're so proud of him!

On our way home, we visited Zion National Park. We'd never been there before. Wow! What a stunningly beautiful place!


We spent part of Monday, April 27th and most of Tuesday, April 28th in the park. We didn't even see all there is to see though. We'll definitely need to go back some day.

The shuttle service within the park was wonderful and very well-run. The shuttles travel along the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive. Including the Visitor Center, there are nine shuttle stops along the Drive.


I took this photo at the Court of the Patriarchs shuttle stop.


This informational plaque tells visitors about these stunning sandstone cliffs.


In case it's difficult to read this plaque, here's what it says:

"Named for three towering figures of the Old Testament, these sandstone cliffs hold court over Birch Creek Canyon and this section of the Virgin River. In 1916 Frederick Vining Fisher, a Methodist minister, gave the religious names to the peaks. Today it is not hard to imagine how the grandeur of this view could inspire such reverence."
At the Zion Lodge stop, we hiked on the Emerald Pools Trail.


Here are a couple of photos I took while walking along this gorgeous trail.



I took so many photos during our visit to Zion National Park that I filled up two memory cards and part of a third card! Don't worry, I won't be sharing all of the pictures here though. I will be sharing more photos from our trip on my Jana's Place blog in the future.

Thanks for reading!


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My New Website

May 6, 2015, 12:36 pm
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Yes, I've done it. I've created another website. But this one isn't a blog. I already have three of those. This new website is a place to organize and share the places I can be found online.

I used Weebly to create my new website. I really like Weebly's drop-down menu feature. And it was interesting to learn how to use another website/blogging platform. I had a lot of fun choosing the photos to use as my page and tab headers. I used my own photos for all page and tab headers except for the home page.

Here are a few screenshots from my new Weebly website.

Ancestor Photos Tab


My Blogs Page



My Presentations Tab


Social Media Links Page



I hope you'll check out my new website, Jana's Genealogy and Social Media Hub by clicking HERE. And please tell me what you think of it. Thank you so much!

Thanks for reading!


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Great-Grandma Rosalia's Baptism Record

May 13, 2015, 10:42 am
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My maternal grandmother, Sarah Vasques Madeira, was born in Brazil. Sarah's mother, and my great-grandmother, Rosalia Rodrigues Vasques, was also born in Brazil.

Rosalia was born on 4 September 1857 in Rio Grande, Rio Grand do Sul, Brazil to her parents Mathias Rodrigues Vasques and Margarida De Farias Vasques. I was able to find Rosalia's baptism record on FamilySearch.1



The really wonderful thing about this and other Brazilian baptism records in this record set on FamilySearch is this - not only do these records list the parents of the infant being baptized, they also list the infant's maternal and paternal grandparents as well. How awesome is that? If I didn't already have that information, I would be able to go back another generation on my family tree.

If you have Brazilian ancestry, I encourage you to check out these wonderful records by clicking HERE.

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved



1 "Brasil Batismos, 1688-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZX-S8W : accessed 13 May 2015), Rosalia Vasques, 04 Sep 1857; citing , reference p 184; FHL microfilm 1,284,647.↩
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My "Family History Blogs and Social Media" Class

May 19, 2015, 9:41 pm
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In previous posts, I shared the news that I had been asked to teach a class at our local "Discover Your Family Day 2015." The event took place this last Saturday, May 16th. Those in charge of the event did a fantastic job. It was very well-run and organized.

My husband took this photo of me before the event began. I displayed my blog book and my Engle Family Postcards binder on the table and referred to them during my class.


Attendees of the "Discover Your Family Day 2015" received a syllabus packet and this bag filled with booklets, etc.


In addition to teaching my class, I was also asked to teach in the Exhibit Hall. There was a table set up for me with a sign behind the table that read "Family History Blogging." I prepared a separate PowerPoint presentation about how to create a blog. This is the first slide from that presentation.


I brought my blog book and Engle Family Postcards binder that I used in my class and set them on the table in the Exhibit Hall.


Many of the attendees were quite interested in my blog book. Some picked it up and looked through its pages and I was asked who printed the book. I happily told them I used Blurb.com.

Here are a few of my PowerPoint slides from my class presentation.







I had submitted my syllabus several weeks before the event, as requested. Since that time, however, I added more information and links. I also thought it would be helpful to provide my syllabus as a live-link document. So, I included a PDF version of my updated syllabus on my new Weebly website. I shared this with my class. And I'll share the link to my syllabus here as well.

Here are the instructions on how to access my syllabus on my new website ~ Jana's Genealogy and Social Media Hub.

Here's the homepage for my website.



From the Family History tab, click on "My Presentations" in the drop down menu.


Click on "Download File" to download my updated syllabus PDF file.



I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to teach my class and to participate in the Exhibit Hall at the "Discover Your Family Day 2015."

Thanks for reading!


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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for May 22, 2015

May 22, 2015, 11:32 am
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Hello all of my wonderful readers! Fab Finds is back from its hiatus. Thank you for your patience during its absence.

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
  1. Make a Quick Memorial Day Facebook Collage by Denise Levenick, author of The Family Curator
  2. Tuesday's Tip: Keep Black-and-White Negatives Separate from Color--Or Else by Marian Burk Wood, author of Climbing My Family Tree
  3. Scam Email to GeneaBloggers’ Members from Jamie Smith at Formswift.com – DISREGARD by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
  4. THE FIFTH AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BLOGPOST CHALLENGE ROUNDUP AND TEN TIPS FOR NEW GENEABLOGGERS. by Bill West, author of West in New England
  5. Ten Genealogy Lessons I Learned from My Mother by LISA A. ALZO, author of The Accidental Genealogist
  6. 3 Great Reasons Why Every Genealogist Should Use Flickr by Lisa Lisson, guest blogger for Crestleaf.com
  7. Honor Roll Project by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy
  8. Free Obituary Service by Amberly, author of The Genealogy Girl
  9. Birth record search and reading example AND Household record search and reading example by ArkivDigital Blog
  10. Talaasen Serendipity by Cheryl Palmer, author of My Heritage Happens
  11. How do you spell genealogy? P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E by Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History
  12. African Autosomal DNA Matching: A Feeling I Can’t Describe by Melvin J. Collier, author of Roots Revealed
  13. Digital Journaling Solutions by Amy Archibald, author of Revealing Roots and Branches
  14. NEW GENEAGEM: U.S. PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION INDEX 1791-1906 by Linda Stufflebean, author of Empty Branches on the Family Tree
  15. SCGS Offers Two Streaming Options for Those Unable to Attend in Person (5-7 June 2015) by Diane L. Richard for UPFRONT WITH NGS
  16. How to Use FamilySearch’s Civil War Records to Learn about Ancestors by Alison J. Herzog for FamilySearch Blog
  17. New Frontiers: Online Access is not Enough by Marian Pierre-Louis, author of Marian's Roots & Rambles
  18. Remembering Robert by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
  19. Tell a Story with History Lines App by Dianne Seale Guimont Nolin, author of Genealogy: Beyond the BMD
  20. My Journey on Genealogy! Just Ask! by Robin Foster, author of Saving Stories


The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

"May I Introduce To You" Interviews on GeneaBloggers.com

New Blog Discoveries

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere Since my Last Fab Finds Post

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

Jana's Place

Thanks for reading!


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Military Monday ~ Memorial Day 2015: A Moving Video

May 25, 2015, 11:19 am
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This very moving video was shared on Facebook and I wanted to share it with you here on my blog today. 

It's called "Project Vigil: D-Day 2014, The Saluting boy on Omaha beach." In addition to teaching visitors in the American Cemetery about three paratroopers buried there, this 11-year old boy stood on Omaha beach for an hour and a half paying tribute to the soldiers who landed on Omaha beach on D-Day.





May we never forget the sacrifices of those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms.

Thanks for reading!



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Official Conference Blogger ~ 2015 BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy

May 26, 2015, 7:26 pm
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I have some exciting news to share with you. Last Thursday I received an email that began with this sentence:
"On behalf of the 2015 BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy, I would like to extend an invitation to you to attend the conference as an official conference blogger."
How awesome is that?! After talking with my husband and family about this exciting invitation, I happily accepted. And now I am an official conference blogger for the 47th annual 2015 BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy.



The conference will be held July 28-31, 2015 at the BYU Conference Center in Provo, Utah. I've taken a look at the conference schedule and there are wonderful classes being offered.

This will be my first national genealogy conference. And it's the first time I'll be an official conference blogger. So, if you've already attended a national genealogy conference and/or have been an official conference blogger and you have any advice for me, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

The conference will begin in a little over two months. I've already booked my flight. The last time I flew in an airplane was when I was in college. And that was over thirty years ago. So, ya. It's been a long time. My husband on the other hand has flown a number of times over the years on business, including a flight to Denmark for a week. Lucky guy! That's oh so close to where my paternal ancestors were from. They were from Sweden and Norway.

Speaking of my ancestors from Sweden and Norway, the 2015 BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy has a Scandinavian Research Track on Thursday, July 30th. I'll definitely consider adding some of those classes to my conference schedule.

To see the complete schedule of classes, click HERE. Just click the button for each day of the conference to view that day's class schedule. And to learn more about the 2015 BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy, click HERE.

I'm so honored, thrilled, and excited that I was asked to be an official conference blogger for the 2015 BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy. If you plan on attending this conference, please let me know in the comments below.

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015, 9:47 am
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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
  1. Get it While You Can Genealogy: On Lost Opportunities by Debbie Mieszala, author of The Advancing Genealogist
  2. New resources online: the Annaes da Ilha Terceira by Isabella Baltar, author of My Portuguese Gen
  3. 10 Reasons To Use CCC Records in Your Genealogy Research AND Tuesday’s Genealogy Tip – Use Vintage Cookbooks in Your Research by Lisa Lisson, author of Lisa Lisson.com
  4. How'd She Do That?! Using Facebook to Break Though Brick Walls by Amie Bowser Tennant, author of My Kith N Kin
  5. ANNIE SAGAN'S PIE CRUST... by Deb Gould, author of Deb Gould
  6. Processing Genealogy Projects: My “Current Project” Shelves by Jenny Tonks, author of The Disciplined Genealogist
  7. Are You Ready for the Big One?  by Denise Levenick, author of The Family Curator
  8. WORKDAY WEDNESDAY–What kind of work did your ancestors do? by Diane Gould Hall, author of MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS
  9. Lovely records by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
  10. Tombstone Tuesday: The Search for an Irish Family Tombstone by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale, author of Leaves & Branches
  11. Crestleaf.com’s 12 Months of Fascinating Family Finds Challenge by Crestleaf.com Blog
  12. The Family History Guide - A New Genealogy Tool by Sue Maxwell, author of Granite Genealogy
  13. Ancestry Up for Sale? by Sunny for Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems
  14. First Gravestone Photograph by Midge Frazel, author of Granite in My Blood
  15. A detour, a U-turn, and back to the beginning. by Tami Glatz, author of Relatively Curious About Genealogy
  16. Tuesday's Tip: Use a Research Plan by Nichelle Barra, author of Copper Leaf Genealogy
  17. The priceless value of a sixth cousin by Vera Miller, author of Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
  18. Look Again by Mary Nunn Maki, author of Growing up in Willow Creek
  19. FREE Live Streaming from SCGS Jamboree (5-7 June 2015) by Diane L. Richard for UPFRONT WITH NGS
  20. Sepia Saturday: Rolling in the Dough by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

"May I Introduce To You" Interviews on GeneaBloggers.com

New Blog Discoveries

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Jana's Place

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

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Legacy Family Tree ~ Downloading a Source from FamilySearch

June 1, 2015, 4:24 pm
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The latest update of Legacy Family Tree (8.0.0.499) includes a neat new feature. Users are now able to download sources from FamilySearch. I downloaded this update today and then tried out this awesome new feature. I think this is a great new tool and thought I'd share what I learned about it with you today.

In order to add FamilySearch sources to your Legacy database, the "Integrate with FamilySearch" option needs to be checked. To do this, simply click on the "Options" tab, then click on "Customize." Scroll down to FamilySearch and check "Integrate with FamilySearch" and click Save.


By the way, you will need to have a FamilySearch account to integrate your Legacy database with FamilySearch. It's free to sign up and you don't need to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to have a FamilySearch account.



Now that your database is integrated with FamilySearch, I'll show you how to add FamilySearch sources. You can do this two different ways. One way is to click on the arrows next to your ancestor's name.


Or you can click on the "FamilySearch" tab at the top.


 Clicking the arrows or the tab will cause a new window to appear which looks like this.


Click on the "Sources" tab. As you can see from this screenshot, there are lots of FamilySearch sources that I can add to my Legacy database for my great-grandfather Christopher Iverson.


To add a FamilySearch source, click on the little black arrow to the left of the source title. A box like this will appear giving you the option to choose the source tags you want to check.




I added the first source and continued adding more sources for Christopher Iverson.


When I clicked on the round information button on the far right in the FamilySearch Sources side of the screen, this box appeared indicating which Source Tags were associated with that particular source. These source tags are also represented by the bright green dots as well.



I copied all of the FamilySearch sources over to my Legacy Database for Christopher Iverson.


Here's the family view for Christopher Iverson in my Legacy Database. To see the FamilySearch sources I just added, I just clicked on the sources icon.


And here are some of the sources I had just added.


I hope this little tutorial has been helpful for you. I think this new feature in Legacy Family Tree is pretty awesome!

Thanks for reading!


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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for June 5, 2015

June 5, 2015, 11:09 am
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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
  1. Surprising Information Found in the Index to Court Order Books by Lisa Lisson, author of Lisa Lisson
  2. Why You Should Consider Applying to a Lineage Society AND Why You Should Download Your Files From Ancestry and Every Other Website by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow
  3. News for Smallest Leaf: a new website and a new book! by Lisa, author of Small-leaved Shamrock
  4. All Michael’s Genealogy Blogs Have Moved by Michael John Neill, author of Genealogy Tip of the Day
  5. Records May Be Wrong Due to Stigma of Divorce AND Our Ancestors Didn't Travel Lightly by Joanne Cowden, author of Researching Relatives
  6. Excel trick by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
  7. Casualty in The Blitz by Caitlin Gow, author of Genealogically Speaking
  8. How to Archive Family Photos: help for managing digital overload by Shelley Bishop, author of A Sense of Family
  9. Processing Civil War pension files by Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History
  10. How to Make Your Genealogy Travel a Reality by Lynn Palermo, author of The Armchair Genealogist
  11. FHL Sessions Available Online For Free by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
  12. Genealogy Timelines: Helpful Research Tools by Gena Philibert-Ortega for GenealogyBank Blog
  13. Indexed Family History Records Now Available Through the DAR Genealogical Research System by Elizabeth O'Neal, author of Little Bytes of Life
  14. Slave Research: Four Things You Need to Know Now by Robyn, author of Reclaiming Kin
  15. Cousin Bait by Shannon Thomas, author of Our Life Picture by Picture
  16. Tech Tuesday: Finding Cousins With RootsMagic by Devon Lee, author of A Patient Genealogist
  17. If You Could Chat with An Ancestor.... by Nancy, author of My Ancestors and Me
  18. Branches Intertwining by Leslie, author of The People of Pancho
  19. Are You a Fan of Steve Morse’s One-Step Page? by Jennifer Alford, author of Jenealogy
  20. You Have To See This: MyHeritage Instant Discoveries™ in Oslo by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
  21. Our Deadly Past: Epidemics in Your Family History by Amie Bowser Tennant for RootsBid Blog

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

"May I Introduce To You" Interviews on GeneaBloggers.com

New Blog Discoveries

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Jana's Place

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved
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Great-Grandpa Carl Gillberg's WWII Draft Registration Card

June 9, 2015, 3:39 pm
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Carl Albert Gillberg

While I was exploring Ancestry.com's new website (which I really like by the way), I was surprised to find the WWII Draft Registration Card for my paternal great-grandfather, Carl Albert Gillberg.1


This was new information for me. I had no idea Great-Grandpa Carl had registered for the draft during WWII. This draft registration was the Fourth Registration, also known as "the old man's registration."

Information gleaned from the front of this card:

Name: Carl Albert Gillberg
Place of Residence: 12306 Wicks St., Roscoe, Los Angeles, California
Mailing Address: Same as Place of Residence
Telephone: None [Well, that's interesting. They didn't have a phone.]
Age: 60
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Date of Birth: January 8, 1882
Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: Jack McElroy - Same as 2 [Jack McElroy was Carl's son-in-law.]
Employer's Name and Address: Unemployed (Baker)

And of course, I love that I have Carl's signature on this document!

Here's the back of Carl's draft registration card.


It's wonderful that a physical description is included in these draft registration cards.

Information gleaned from the back of this card:

Race: White
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 180 pounds
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Gray
Complexion: Light
Other obvious physical characteristics: Glasses, left forefinger missing
Date of registration: April 26, 1942

I already knew that Carl was missing part of his left forefinger because this fact was stated in Carl's two Declaration of Intention documents and in Carl's Certificate of Naturalization. In my post titled "Left Forefinger Off" I shared two photos of Carl that show this interesting characteristic.

Here's the link to Ancestry.com's database in which I found Carl's draft registration card ~ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. You may want to check it out to see if your ancestor is listed there too.

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

1 World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California; State Headquarters: California; Microfilm Roll: 603155. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Restration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed 2 June 2015.↩
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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for June 12, 2015

June 12, 2015, 11:40 am
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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
  1. A Marker and a Memory~ When Did Her Father Die? by Cheri Hudson Passey for Worldwide Genealogy  ~ A Genealogical Collaboration
  2. Global Family Reunion Block Party - Salt Lake City by Amy Archibald, author of Revealing Roots and Branches
  3. Introducing Jennifer Holik, Guest Genealogist by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, author of The Olive Tree Genealogy
  4. Canadian Resources I Use by Barbara Poole, author of Life From The Roots
  5. Tuesday’s Tip: Tenants in Common vs. Joint Tenants by Jenny Lanctot, author of Are My Roots Showing?
  6. My Great Grandmother Used Social Media AND Reminders of Some Genealogy Research Basics by Lisa Lisson, author of Lisa Lisson
  7. Jewish Research Tips, Part 1: History and Immigration by Marissa for LegacyTree Genealogists Blog
  8. Mothers Helping Mothers by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
  9. Genealogy and Elitism: It Isn’t What You Say, It’s How You Say It by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow
  10. Couldn't Attend the Global Family Reunion -- No Worries -- Select Sessions Recorded & Available to Watch by Diane L. Richard for UPFRONT WITH NGS
  11. FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY TRIP - Day 1 by Diane Gould Hall, author of MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS
  12. The Research Notebook by Diane Boumenot, author of One Rhode Island Family
  13. Bonds of War-a new blog on the economy of the Civil War by Daniel Sauerwein, author of Civil War History
  14. I’m Not Likin’ Lichen! by Laura Aanenson, author of where2look4ancestors
  15. Now Connect to Your DNA Cousins in Canada and Australia by Anna Swayne for Ancestry.com Blog
  16. Early Migration Routes are Your “Yellow Brick Road” by Amie Bowser Tennant for RootsBid Blog
  17. Popular destinations per religion by Yvette Hoitink, author of DUTCH GENEALOGY
  18. TIME FOR A TIMELINE: A DOWNLOADABLE TEMPLATE FOR YOU by Dayna Jacobs, author of On Granny's Trail
  19. Sepia Saturday: Mayhem in the Tunnel by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.
  20. Flag Day: Our Family’s Unofficial Flag by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale, author of Leaves & Branches

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

"May I Introduce To You" Interviews on GeneaBloggers.com

New Blog Discoveries

In Case You Missed It….My Contribution to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved
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Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster's Land Patent

June 16, 2015, 1:41 pm
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Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, recently published a blog post titled Thank you, BLM!. Her blog post got me thinking about when I searched for the land record of my great-grandfather Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster, a.k.a. "The Traveling Dentist" here on my blog. I had found that he purchased land in Rooks County, Kansas in 1894. I'll share more about that in a future post.

While searching the Bureau of Land Management website again yesterday, I was delighted to find the land patent of my 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster, who was Watson's father.1


Ebenezer was born in Racine, Meigs, Ohio on 11 August 1838. He served in the US Civil War in Company E, 74th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. According to census records, Ebenezer and his family moved to Kansas sometime before 1880. In the 1880 US census he and his family were living in Otoe Reservation, Marshall, Kansas.2 By March of 1885 he and his family were living in Marysville, Marshall, Kansas.3

Ebenezer's land patent was issued on 30 June 1884 and consisted of 160 acres. Here's a zoomed in view of Ebenezer's land.


The boundaries for Ebenezer's land were Arrowhead Road, 5th Road, 6th Road and Bison Road. I was curious to see what that area in Kansas looks like today so I turned to Google Maps. Here's what I found.


Ebenezer's land is inside the red square. Indian Creek ran through his land and there was a pond or small lake as well. There isn't a name for this body of water on the Google Maps website.

Here's what the land looks like when I turned on the "Earth" feature on Google Maps.


It looks like there are two homes within this piece of property. I wonder who owns the land now.

The map of Ebenezer's property isn't the only thing I found. See the tab at the top of the BLM website that says "Patent Image?" I clicked on that and found the Land Patent document, which as you can see, can be downloaded as a PDF file. Of course, I did download the document.


If you'd like to search for Land Patents on the BLM website, click HERE. And to learn more about Land Patent Searches on the FamilySearch Wiki, click HERE.

Thanks for reading!


© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved




1 Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster (Kansas), Accession No. NE0170_.338, 30 June 1884; “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx : accessed 15 June 2015).↩

2 "United States Census, 1880," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF5H-BB7 : accessed 16 June 2015), E P Webster, Otoe Reservation, Marshall, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm ↩

3 Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1885 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1885_86; Line: 8; Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.↩
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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for June 19, 2015

June 19, 2015, 9:21 am
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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
  1. Self-Publishing or "How to Start and Start Again" by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.
  2. Legacy Family Tree Announcement by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
  3. Faces from the Past and Present: Family Similarities in the McKenzie, Burt and Hawley Families by Rebecca Walbecq, author of Genealogist on a Journey
  4. Breaking Through the 1870 Brick Wall: The Significance of the Freedmen’s Bureau Records by Thom Reed for FamilySearch Blog
  5. Thank you, BLM! AND New: DiscoverFreedmen by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
  6. Ask a Family History Consultant, They Can Help You by Devon Lee, author of A Patient Genealogist
  7. Fascinating Family Finds: Land Patents by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, author of Genealogical Gems
  8. Using Funeral Home Records for Genealogy by Christine Woodcock for Geneosity Blog
  9. Many many libraries, archives, institutions and other entities have an online presence! Are you taking advantage? by Diane L. Richard for UPFRONT WITH NGS
  10. 52 Ancestors Week 24-Heirlooms~Treasures to Me  by Cheri Hudson Passey, author of Carolina Girl Genealogy
  11. 6 Types of Info Found In Your Ancestor’s Will by Lisa Lisson, author of Lisa Lisson – Genealogist, Blogger, Etsypreneur
  12. RUNAWAY HUSBAND - There's No Hiding The Family Skeletons in the News! by Sharn White, author of FamilyHistory4u
  13. Choosing A Genealogy Travel Guide by Lynn Palermo, author of The Armchair Genealogist
  14. Crista Cowan's Interview: "Career Spotlight: What I Do As a Genealogist" by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
  15. BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
  16. 5 Interview Techniques to Take Your Family History to the Next Level by Tara Cajacob for NextGen Genealogy Network Blog
  17. I’m Not Who I Think I Am by ljacobs63, author of NO STONE UNTURNED
  18. They died of what? Causes of death found in the 1800's records by Jeanie Roberts, author of The Family Connection
  19. Portraits in Souvenir Programs by Joanne Cowden, author of Researching Relatives
  20. 11 Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Family Biographies by Elly for The LegacyTree Genealogists Blog
  21. Copyright Infringement or Common Occurance? by Nancy Messier, author of My Ancestors and Me
 
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

"May I Introduce To You" Interviews on GeneaBloggers.com

New Blog Discoveries

In Case You Missed It….My Contribution to the Blogosphere This Week

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Father's Day 2015

June 20, 2015, 11:04 pm
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Happy Father's Day! 

This is a photo of my dad, Jan Albert Iverson, holding one of my younger brothers and me. I'm on the left in this photo.


My dad was a great dad and was a very hard worker. He went to college while my brothers and I were young. He attended in the evenings after working at his full-time job. I don't know how he did all of this or when he had time to do his homework. He first attended college at San Francisco City College. Our family moved from San Francisco to Redwood City, so he continued his schooling at San Mateo Junior College. Several years later, we moved to San Jose. In his personal history my dad wrote the following about this time in his life:

"I continued my college at night, receiving my Associate of Arts Degree in Social Arts. The time away from my family was tough. I so missed the children growing up. I would really only see them on weekends as I would come home most of the time on the train and go right to school, coming home after ten o'clock in the evening."
"I began my work with Chevron Chemical (Standard Oil) Co. in Accounting. Later, I moved over to Chevron Shipping Co. as a Data Processing Assistant. Computer Service Department centralized and took everyone but me. Therefore, I was doing everything I had done before and was required to do some of the work the programmers had done before. I therefore, went to night school for two years at City College of San Jose to get trained in computers."
"My training resulted in a position with Chevron Information Technology Division as a Programmer Analyst."

I'm so thankful for my dad. I wish I could tell him that in person on this Father's Day. Unfortunately, he passed away six years ago. We sure do miss you Dad!


I absolutely love this photo of my husband Brent holding our daughter. He was working on homework for one of his college classes at the time. My husband was in college full-time for the first four years of our marriage. We had two children by the time he graduated with his degree in Electrical Engineering. He's a wonderful husband and a great father to our five children. And I'm so thankful for him too.

I found this very special video on Mormon Channel's YouTube channel. It's called Earthly Father, Heavenly Father. I hope you enjoy watching it.


I am eternally grateful for my earthly father, Jan Albert Iverson, for my husband Brent, who's the father of our five children, and for my Heavenly Father.

Happy Father's Day!

Thanks for reading!


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Decisions, Decisions ~ Choosing Which Classes to Take at the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy 2015

June 23, 2015, 2:51 pm
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As I announced in a previous post, I've been asked to be an official conference blogger for the upcoming BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy. I've been looking at the schedule of classes offered at the conference, and there are so many awesome classes to choose from that it's hard to decide which ones to attend.

I've printed out the conference schedule and have circled some classes I'm very interested in, but even with that, I've noticed that during some of the time slots, I've circled two classes. Uh oh. I need to decide which one to take.

Thankfully, there's still time to decide. The BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy begins on Tuesday, July 28 and ends on Friday, July 31. I still have five weeks to decide.

Here's the list of tracks offered at the conference:

Tuesday, July 28th

  • ICAPGen
  • Beginner
  • Methodology
  • U.S./Canada Research
  • German Research
  • Online Research
  • Writing/Publishing Family History
  • FamilySearch

Wednesday, July 29th

  • ICAPGen
  • Online
  • DNA Research
  • U.S./Canada Research
  • British Isles Research
  • Preserving Family History
  • Finding Stories
  • Technology/Tools

Thursday, July 30th

  • Methodology
  • Immigration and Emigration
  • International Research
  • LDS Ancestral Research
  • Scandinavian Research
  • Technology/Tools
  • Military Records
  • Vendor

Friday, July 31st

  • Vendor
  • Land/Probate Records
  • Methodology
  • U.S./Canada Research
  • British Research
  • Computers & Technology
  • FamilySearch
  • FamilySearch Consultants

Don't these tracks sound awesome? Four days of amazing tracks and classes to choose from.

Here's an example of my dilemma. On Tuesday two classes are offered at the same time after lunch: "Fun With...Citing Sources!" taught by Jean Wilcox Hibben and "Ohio: Crossroads to the West" taught by Kory L. Meyerink. I have ancestors from Ohio, but I'd also like to learn more about citing sources. See? What am I going to do?

And then there's this other example from Thursday: Should I take "Catholic Church Records in Latin America" taught by Arturo Cuellar or "It's Not All Online! Using Printed Sources for Scandinavian Research" taught by Ruth Maness? I have ancestors from Mexico and Brazil on my mom's side. I also have ancestors from Norway and Sweden on my dad's side. Again, I have a decision to make.

These are just two examples. I could give you others. But really, isn't this actually a great problem to have? This just shows the wonderful variety of classes offered at this conference.

I'm really excited about and looking forward to attending the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy. 

If you are interested in attending this wonderful conference, it's not too late to register. Just click on the following link to go to the conference website.

And to see the conference class schedule, click on the "Schedule" tab at the top of the BYU Conference website and then click "Conference Schedule," or you can just click the link below.

I'd love to know if you are also planning on attending this conference. If you are, please let me know in the comments below.

Thanks for reading!



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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015, 11:09 am
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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
  1. Have You Used this Unusual Genealogy Resource? by Lorine McGinnis Schulze for Legacy Family Tree News
  2. The Jollett Book Is In by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.
  3. The elitist, the snob, the know-it-all and those that are just plain rude. by Jenna Mills, author of Desperately Seeking Surnames
  4. It All Began 20 Years Ago... by Cyndi Ingle, author of Cyndi's List
  5. 'Down into the Darkness': Mental Illness & Family History by Jennifer Geraghty-Gorman, author of 'On a flesh and bone foundation': An Irish History
  6. How much can you fit in a month? by Janet Hovorka, author of The Chart Chick
  7. 5 Things to Do When Applying to a Lineage Society by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow Blog
  8. A HOSPITAL DIRECTORY CLUE by Molly Charboneau, author of Molly's Canopy
  9. Recording internet database searches AND Jazzing up Legacy reports by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
  10. Don't Forget the Coops -- Farming and Agricultural Records for Genealogy by James Tanner, author of Genealogy's Star
  11. Keeping track of all of those to do's! by Shannon Thomas, author of Our Life Picture by Picture
  12. Grandma's Hug by Amy Archibald, author of Revealing Roots and Branches
  13. Pinterest for Genealogists! AND Tuesday’s Genealogy Tip – The 1840 Census by Lisa Lisson, author of Are You My Cousin?
  14. Grandma Foster and her Apprentice by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
  15. 52 Weeks of Selfies: Week 1 by Heather Wylie, author of An Unexpected Discovery
  16. Take obituaries with a grain of salt by Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History
  17. Crowd Control and Genealogy - What Would You Do? by Jacquie Schattner, author of Seeds to Tree
  18. FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY–After you return home….then what? by Diane Gould Hall, author of MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS
  19. Black Sheep Ancestors by Niki Davis, author of Rooted in Foods
  20. 20 Reasons You Should Blog Your Family History Book by Lynn Palermo, author of The Family History Writing Studio

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

"May I Introduce To You" Interviews on GeneaBloggers.com

New Blog Discoveries
 
In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
Grandpa's Postcards
Jana's Place

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Grandpa Debs Webster's Petition for Naturalization

June 30, 2015, 3:30 pm
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Debs Warren Webster
Debs Warren Webster

The other day I noticed a shaky leaf hint on Ancestry.com for my maternal grandfather, Debs Warren Webster. I clicked on the leaf and found a new-to-me record. Before I tell you about this record, here's a little background first for my new readers. My Grandpa Debs was born in Brazil. He was the son of an American father, Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster, and a Mexican mother, Esther Matus Villatoro.

Frederick and Esther immigrated to Brazil and that's where Debs and his younger siblings were born. Debs' daughter (my mom) was also born in Brazil. In the summer of 1952,  Debs and his family (including my mom) immigrated to the United States by way of the ocean liner SS Brazil.

Sometime after they arrived in New York, they bought a car and some camping equipment and traveled across the United States toward their final destination in Southern California. Along the way they bought postcards and took pictures. I've shared many blog posts about their immigration trip. There's a tab at the top of my blog titled The Debs Webster Family Immigration Story that is dedicated to their trip.

Okay. Back to the document that Ancestry.com found for me. Here it is. It's Debs' Petition for Naturalization. I've blurred the witnesses' names for privacy reasons.


Petitions for Naturalization are also referred to as Second or Final Papers.

Here's the back of Debs' Petition for Naturalization.


Information gleaned from this document:
  1. Full name: Debs Warren Webster
  2. Present place of residence: 16066 La Monde St., Hacienda Heights, LA, Calif. 91745 [I remember their home at this address from the many times we visited my grandparents.]
  3. Birth date: April 27, 1914
  4. Birth place: Santos, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  5. Married: Yes [I know he was married. I'm assuming that "not" would be placed before the word married for petitioners who were not married]
  6. Number of children: 3
  7. Lawfully admitted to the United States on July 21, 1952
  8. Present nationality: Brazil
  9. Alien registration number: A8 347 028 ca
  10. He changed is name to: Warren Debs Webster
  11. Witnesses personally knew Debs since at least: March 1, 1968
  12. Petition was filed at: U.S. District Court at in Los Angeles, Calif.
  13. Petition filed on: March 16, 1973
  14. Petition granted and Certificate Number: 9562177
Besides all of this wonderful information, my grandfather's signatures are also on this document. I think it's very interesting that my grandfather signed his name as "Debs Warren Webster" first. And when he signed the Oath of Allegiance he signed his name as "Warren Debs Webster." I'm assuming this is because he had requested his name be changed on the petition. And once that was granted, he signed his Oath with his newly changed name. 

This document was found in the California, Naturalization Records, 1887-1991 record set on Ancestry.com. If you'd like to search for your ancestors in this record set, click HERE.

Thanks for reading!


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