Comments for Personal Past Meditations- a Genealogical Blog

Comment on Dance of the Sources by Jill Groce

Jill Groce — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:16:04 +0000

Too true. My family lines have been written about and “documented” by so many people over the last 150 years or so that threads of sources have practically strangled my research.

This isn’t bragging. I wish there was a middle ground between mildly interesting family (or publicity hogs) and brick walls.

Comment on Trick Questions by Daniel Hubbard

Daniel Hubbard — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:55:21 +0000

John, you are certainly right about 5. I could have gotten two trick questions out of that. You probably have read too much Poe but I actually wondered if anyone would point that out. Maybe I should repost that question along with a picture of three roses and some cognac on Poe’s birthday.

Comment on Trick Questions by John

John — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:37:17 +0000

Another answer for 5: She would have felt better if she traced her ancestry back to the Mayflower – that is, she didn’t realize she was almost 400 years old.

For 4, I’d argue being dead is not a prerequisite for being buried. Perhaps I’ve read too much Poe. However, if she is alive in Denver, she can’t be buried East of the Mississippi. (Parts of her could be buried East of the Mississippi, but not all of her.)

Comment on Duckuments by Daniel Hubbard

Daniel Hubbard — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:32:11 +0000

Ouch! Sounds like you weren’t simply buzzed by that duckument.

Comment on Duckuments by Jill Groce

Jill Groce — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:13:10 +0000

Buzzed by a low flying duckument, yes. Capt. Samuel A. Ashe, a Southern gentleman, wrote about my family and submitted his information to the local DAR chapter. Back in the 1990s I based a whole line of research on his gentlemanly discussion and now I would like to break his gentlemanly neck if he weren’t already long since deceased.

Comment on Trying the Not by Greta Koehl

Greta Koehl — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:57:38 +0000

Yep, same thing happened with me – two Preston Moores who both served with the 37th Virginia in the Civil War, 2nd Preston’s year of birth as indicated on 1870 census was within a year of 1st Preston’s year of birth from previous censuses. But 1870/2nd Preston was shown as unable to read or write, wile 1860/1st Preston was shown as able to read and write. Close examination of the tiny writing on the service records revealed #1 was in the 37th Cavalry while #2 was in the 37th Infantry. And I later found 1st Preston on the 1870 census in Arkansas.

Comment on 404-Ancestor not found by Randy Seaver

Randy Seaver — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:56:20 +0000

Hi Daniel,

My #404 is also unknown…but he is the father of:

202. Johann Daniel Dunckel: born about 1713 in Alsace, France; married before 1736 in probably
Colmar, Alsace, Germany; died before 7 November 1755 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.

I came close!

Cheers — Randy

Comment on Accounting for the Past by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:01:30 +0000

Data with soul – nice!

Comment on Fear and Loathing in Logs Vegas by Candace WIlmot

Candace WIlmot — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:58:33 +0000

Lots to think about here. I think I see a revision of my procedures coming up.

Comment on Helping Out and Serving up Blogiversary III by Julie Tarr

Julie Tarr — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:05:30 +0000

Congrats on three years, Dan!!