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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Why Do Genealogy?

Hey genealogy buffs - it's Saturday Night - time for more Genealogy Fun!

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1) Think about the question: "Why do I pursue genealogy and family history research?"

2) Tell us about it on your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a comment on Facebook.

This question was prompted by a current ongoing discussion on the APG Public mailing List about celebrities and their relationship to royalty of famous historical persons. There are some excellent responses in this mailing list thread.

Here's why I pursue genealogy and family history research:

1) To find out more about my family and find out what place they held in history.

I've always been interested in history and think its important to find out how we fit into it. I like to find that hidden gem of what drove people to move, become missionaries, how the names carried through the years.

Events Week of June 21 - 27

Happy Birthday
Cass, John Sr. 21 Jun 1680
Hussey, George 21 Jun 1694
Judd, Paul Cram 22 Jun 1876
Bachelor, Stephen R 23 Jun 1561
Frost, Amos 23 Jun 1777
Dearborn, Abigail 24 Jun 1700
Cram, Mary 24 Jun 1735
Cram, Joseph 24 Jun 1750
Dearborn, Esther 25 Jun 1694
Cram, Samuel Tilton 25 Jun 1760
Frost, Lydia Almira 25 Jun 1806
Heath, Elizabeth 26 Jun 1709
Frost, Joseph 27 Jun 1694
Cram, Elizabeth 27 Jun 1719
Cram, Sarah 27 Jun 1719

Happy Anniversary
Nisbet, James 21 Jun 1911 Ada Bertha Cram
Lane, William Jr 21 Jun 1680 Sarah Webster
Cram, Victor Dee 22 Jun 1910 Emily Isabel Rasband
Frost, John 26 Jun 1666 Rebecca Andrew
Allred, Angus 26 Jun 1918 Lulu Prescott Cram
Page, David Sr. 27 Jun 1728 Ruth Dearborn

In Memoriam
Baxter, Gregory 21 Jun 1659
Hull, Olive Josephine 21 Jun 1923
Berry, William 22 Jun 1654
Page, Robert Sr. 23 Jun 1617
Cram, Joseph 24 Jun 1648
Bemis, Henry 24 Jun 1833
Bowers, Lydia 25 Jun 1806
Page, Rebecca 27 Jun 1673

Events Week of June 14 - 20

Happy Birthday to
Tilton, John 14 Jun 1702
Plaisted, Alice F. 14 Jun 1897
Darling, Judith 15 Jun 1714
Hadley, Selena 15 Jun 1811
Plaisted, Helen Doris 16 Jun 1905
Brown, Mary 17 Jun 1647
Weare, Sarah 17 Jun 1666
Dockham, Polly 17 Jun 1778
Plaisted, Warren Arthur 17 Jun 1898
Cram, Owen Prescott 17 Jun 1900
Bean, Mary 18 Jun 1655
Stewart, Charles Nelson 18 Jun 1826
Clement, Thomas Burr 19 Jun 1834
Carr, Joseph 20 Jun 1806
Knudsen, Milton Herman 20 Jun 1881

Happy Anniversary
Knudsen, Jay Donald 17 Jun 1949 Gwen Peterson
Webster, Thomas IV 19 Jun 1717 Mary Greely
Hansen, Richard Oliver 19 Jun 1946 Elaine Knudsen
Frost, David Henry 20 Jun 1848 Caroline Eaton

In Memoriam
Weeks, Alice 14 Jun 1648
Fifield, Mary 14 Jun 1817
Bemis, Isaac 14 Jun 1878
Wood, Mary 16 Jun 1660
Wadleigh, John 17 Jun 1654
Sherburne, Joseph 19 Jun 1621
Hendrickson, Charles O 19 Jun 1979
Nurse, Benjamin Jr. 20 Jun 1806

Events Week of June 7 - 13

Happy Birthday to
Frost, Samuel 07 Jun 1700
Knudsen, Jay Donald 10 Jun 1923
Knudsen, Elaine 10 Jun 1925
Hussey, Theodate 12 Jun 1660

Happy Anniversary
Cram, John Sr. 8 Jun 1624 Hester (Ester) White
Cram, Thomas Sr 8 Jun 1624 Jane Unknown


In Memoriam
Plaisted, Samuel Jr 10 Jun 1888
Batchelder, Ruth 11 Jun 1725
Frost, David Henry 11 Jun 1897
Dearborn, Jonathan 12 Jun 1780
Unknown, Susannah 12 Jun 1680
Prescott, Sarah S. 12 Jun 1828
Clench, Thomasine 13 Jun 1653

Events for the Week - May 31 - June 6

Happy Birthday to
Carleton, Mary A. 02 Jun 1815
Sherburne, Ruth 03 Jun 1660
Bemis, Laura A. 03 Jun 1840
Smith, Margaret 04 Jun 1850
Frost, Ebenezer Jr. 06 Jun 1732



Happy Anniversary
Ward, Francis Jun 1603 Susanna Browne
Cram, Mark William 01 Jun 1904 Rose Mariah Stoney
Davis, Joseph Elbert 03 Jun 1921 Alberta Cram
Anderson, Oliver Martel 04 Jun 1931 Vera Knudsen


In Memoriam

Frost, Jennie Amelia Jun 1910
Gibbons, Rebecca 03 Jun 1677
Ricker, George 04 Jun 1706
Fifield, Jeremiah 04 Jun 1773
Dearborn, Henry Gen. 06 Jun 1829

Events of May 23 - 30

Happy Birthday to
Holt, Dinah 23 May 1681
Junkins, Joseph 23 May 1787
Judd, David Ferdinand 23 May 1905
Judd, Milton Anderson 25 May 1909
Fitzpatrick, Andrew L 26 May XXXX
Junkins, Joel Jr. 27 May 1794
Carr, John 27 May 1796
Plaisted, William 30 May 1797



Happy Anniversary
Carr, Daniel 28 May 1829 Ellen Blake
Johnson, William Derby 28 May 1879 Charlesetta Cram



In Memoriam

Chamberlain, Thomas Jr 28 May 1727
Shaw, Roger 29 May 1661
Roberts, Elizabeth 29 May 1739

New Friend Friday

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Welcome Wednesday 5/19/10

I thought I'd try this Link Party again this week. I'm still searching for a link party that I can do each week and spread the word about the diversity of my interests (crafts - counted cross-stitch, collecting postcards, reading, and genealogy).

Please let me know if you now of any general format Link Partys. Thanks for taking a look at my blogs.

Tombstone Tuesday - 5/18/10

This has nothing to do with my family, but I thought it would be perfect to share. This is actually a postcard from Poland that shows several cemeteries.

Hope you enjoy.

John Cram Sr (1710 - 1773)

John Cram Sr
b. 16 May 1710, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
d. 1773, Unity, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA

m. Mary Sanborn
13 Jan 1730, Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Children:
Samuel Cram b. 1736
Sanborn Cram b. 1737
John Cram Jr b. 1741
Mary Cram b. 1742
Betsey Cram b. 1743
Abial Marston Cram b 1746
Molly Cram b. 1748
Ephriam Cram b. 1750
Tristram Cram b. 1756
Dudley Cram b. 1760
Smith Cram b. 1762
Judith Cram b. 1765

Events Week of May 16-22

Happy Birthday to
Cram, John Jr 16 May 1710
Frost, Joel 16 May 1763
Prescott, Eliza Jane 16 May 1827
Cram, Elizabeth 16 May 1590
Frost, David Jr. 17 May 1780
Frost, Arial 17 May 1781
Frost, Esther 17 May 1781
Miller, Experience 19 May 1673
Swett, Benjamin Jr. 20 May 1664
Moore, William 21 May 1671
Dearborn, Ruth 21 May 1705
Blake, Tabitha 21 May 1767
Clement, Hurburt Ozias 21 May 1875
Frost, Daniel 22 May 1740


Happy Anniversary
Melcher, Samuel 16 May 1700 Elizabeth Cram
Cram, Joseph 17 May 1700 Jane Philbrick
Frost, Joseph 22 May 1666 Hannah Miller



In Memoriam

White, Hester (Ester) 16 May 1677
Cram, John 18 May 1599

Events Week of May 9 - 15

HaHappy Birthday to
Batchelder, Ruth 09 May 1662
Chamberlain, Mary Molly 10 May 1756
Knox, Rachel 10 May 1788
Johnson, Ellen F. 10 May 1840
Heath, Nehamiah C 11 May 1680
Prescott, Jeremiah Jr. 11 May 1767
Proctor, Gershom 13 May 1695
Plaisted, Hannah 14 May 1745
Judd, Leonard Joseph 14 May 1907
Frost, Return 15 May 1714
Frost, Ruth 15 May 1714


Happy Anniversary
Cram, Heber Prescott 10 May 1898 Birtha Miranda Halliday
Dow, Benjamin 12 May 1790 Tabitha Blake



In Memoriam
Frost, Thomas 14 May 1695
Frost, Return 15 May 1714
Frost, Ruth 15 May 1714

Welcome Wednesday

I thought I'd try this Link Party this week. I'm trying to find one that I can post to consistantly that will fit with what my intersted are - I've noticed that most are craft related and I'm not always up on my crafts (usually counted cross stitch).

I do read a lot and collect postcards and work on my genealogy (family history). Please let me know if you now of any general format Link Partys. Thanks for letting me try this one this week.

Spotlight Yourself

I've been working on my genealogy(family history)lately and have discovered some new relatives. I've also been helping my nephew with a "Pilgrim" project his earliest ancestor to come the the US. I hoping to use Elder Edmund Frost who came in 1636 from England. It would be his 10th great grandfather to try to explain to him, since he is only 8 (will be 9 on the 26th of this month).

Just wanted to let others know. I know it's not a crafty thing today, but it seemed like a great thing to share - hope you don't mine.

Georgetta Cram (1864-1870)

Georgetta Cram (2nd cousin 3x removed)

b. 08 May 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
d. 06 Apr 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery , Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, Plot: B (Find A Grave Memorial# 44981773)

Hulda Cram (1715-1810)

Hulda Cram (3rd cousing 7x removed)

b. 05 May 1715, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
d. 21 Aug 1810, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA

m. 22 Jul 1742, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Ephraim Woodward

children:

Abigail Woodward
Ithemer Woodward
Ward Woodward
John Woodward
David Woodward
Hannah Woodward

Events Week of May 2-8

Happy Birthday to
Johnson, William Derby 02 May 1850
Johnson, Esther Almera 02 May 1860
Pillsbury, Hannah 03 May 1686
Gove, Edward 03 May 1697
Frost, Joanna 03 May 1704
Harvey, Hannah 03 May 1825
Hawley, Arze A. 04 May 1817
Frost, Rebecca 05 May 1695
Cram, Hulda 05 May 1715
Adams, Samuel 06 May 1689
Dearborn, Jonathan 08 May 1691
Frost, Sarah 08 May 1765
Cram, Georgetta P 08 May 1864
Cram, Thelmas 08 May 1903




Happy Anniversary
Cram, Thomas Jr 2 May 1632 Mary Wheelwright
Howland, Joseph 4 May 1683 Rebecca Hussey
Cram, Amos 8 May 1821 Jane Sanborn Prescott


In Memoriam
Frost, Joanna 3 May 1704
Cram, Jonathan Sr 3 May 1760
Moore, Ruth 5 May 1673
Berry, Jane 8 May 1752

Events Week of April 19 - 26

Happy Birthday to
Anderson, Oliver Martel 19 Apr 1908
Roby, Thomas III 20 Apr 1576
Coxon, Mary 20 Apr 1586
Frost, Isaac Jr. 22 Apr 1705



Happy Anniversary
No one get married in early January

In Memoriam
Frost, Ebenezer 20 Apr 1754

Update - Sad News

I'm sorry I haven't been around lately - my dad went into the hospital last Thursday and then came home on Tuesday this week with Hospice. He died in the early hours on Friday.

He was ready and just wanted to get home to be with family.

Believe I 'll off for a little bit longer - will make sure that prize is awarded for the Magic Carpet Ride Contest.

Events January 25- 31

Happy Birthday to
Junkins, Job 25 Jan 1675
Plaisted, Charles 26 Jan 1836
Dearborn, Samuel 27 Jan 1670
Bemis, Henry 28 Jan 1751
Judd, Elizabeth Jane 28 Jan 1883
Frost, Sarah 29 Jan 1698
Marble, Martha 29 Jan 1716
Cram, Jonathan Jr. 29 Jan 1737
Johnson, Moneta 29 Jan 1882
Butcher, Donald 29 Jan 1933
Frost, Eliza C. 31 Jan 1814


Happy Anniversary
No one get married in early January

In Memoriam
Hayes, Susanna 28 Jan 1655
Browne, Sara 29 Jan 1679

Events of January 17-24

Happy Birthday to:

Cram, Paul Rufus 18 Jan 1886
Cram, Nehemiah 20 Jan 1734
Adams, Henry Sr. 21 Jan 1581/1
Sherburne, Henry Jr. 21 Jan 1642
Allred, Angus 22 Jan 1881
Holt, Henry Jr. 24 Jan 1672/1
Frost, John 24 Jan 1699
Dow, Jabez 24 Jan 1776

Happy Anniversary
No one get married in early January

In Memoriam
None this week

Events of January 8-16

Happy Birthday to:

Plaisted, Mary 08 Jan 1799
Bemis, Elvira J. 08 Jan 1837
Cram, Charles G 10 Jan 1896
Sherburne, Sarah 10 Jan 1651
Cram, Christian 11 Jan 1583/1
Hill, Abigail 11 Jan 1679
Cram, John Sr. 12 Jan 1685/1
Bemis, John 12 Jan 1776
Frost, Joseph 13 Jan 1639
Junkins, Betty 14 Aug 1792
Holt, Oliver 14 Jan 1671/1
Sherburne, Sarah 14 Jan 1682
Paulk, Xerxes 14 Jan 1766
Frost, Jacob Green Sr. 16 Jan 1779

Happy Anniversary

No one get married in early January

In Memoriam

None this week

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy - Week #1

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy - Challenge #1 Go to your local public library branch

What a great idea. Most of the books here at the local library are how-tos, but it always a good thing to check to see if they have new books. I have checked some of them out in the past as refreshers after I've not done a lot of genealogy for a while.

The reference area has quite a lot of history of the surrounding cities (Los Gatos, Campbell) and the local county (Santa Clara). There are a couple of books on the local city (Saratoga). I've actually used them to help me find some more out for my Graveyard Rabbit site Madronia Cemetery.






I love this library, since I can log on from home and use there online resouces like Heritage Quest. They also have several other databased that can be viewed.

It is definately worth checking out your local library.

Events of January 1- 7

Happy Birthday to:

Hoyt, Thomas 1 Jan 1640
Frost, Mary 1 Jan 1697/16
Batchelder, Jethro 2 Jan 1697/16
Cram, Elizabeth 3 Jan 1680
Plaisted, Ricker 3 Jan 1787
Paulk, Noah III 3 Jan 1795
Cram, Ada Bertha 3 Jan 1887
Fitzpatrick, Sue Ellen 3 Jan 1960
Cram, Lulu Prescott 4 Jan 1890
Weare, Elizabeth 5 Jan 1658
Dow, Ezekiel 5 Jan 1698
Knudsen, Ames Russell 7 Jan 1920

Happy Anniversary

No one get married in early Jauary

In Memoriam

None this week