Again, as I was cruising through message boards I found this interesting series of posts. When people post their genealogy posts they are looking for research not lectures, see the follow posts:
This is the first post looking for information:
looking for any references to Richard Branham... dates of birth and
death are sketchy. He lived in Richmond, VA, where he married Alice,
and had four sons. John T. Branham, b. 3-5-1712, Richard Branham Jr. b
11-28-1714, William Branham, b. 3-29-1716, and Benjamin Branham, b.
12-01-1728. Any decendents that would like to contact me, please do
so... I have had some luck tracing down through his son John, but the
others are in the dark...
Thanks alot.
This is Kathy's response, well isn't she a know it all:
Excuse me but there was NO Richmond, VA in the late 1600's. The place
you are referring to is RICHMOND COUNTY, which is quite different from
Richmond, Va. Before it was Richmond County it was called Rappahannock
County, now called Old Rappahannock County because it is extinct. In the
late 1600's, Rappahannock was split into Richmond on one side of the
Rappahannock and Essex on the other.
If you are looking for records
for the Branhams in the 1600's, start with York and work your way up the
Rappahannock River as the counties can into being. Everyone followed
the big river ports to make a living. Tappahannock in Essex, Naylors in
Richmond, Port Royal in Caroline and then into Orange/Culpeper/Madison
and from there into Kentucky.
If you're going to do Virginia genealogy research, you have to have a map. Everybody traveled by RIVER.
Now, I was just wondering after reading this post about when exactly Richmond was founded, after a quick Google search this is what I found:
"The site of Richmond, at the fall line of the James River, had been an important village of the Powhatan Confederacy, and was briefly settled by English colonists from Jamestown in 1609, and in 1610–1611. The present city of Richmond was founded in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780.(Wikipedia "The Free Encyclopedia"; Richmond, VA)"
And more on Richmond:
In 1607, after 10 days of travel up Powhatan’s River (later known as
the James River), Captain John Smith and 120 men from Jamestown,
Virginia, settled at the river's highest navigable location. Theirs was
the first attempt to settle at the Falls of the James.
Four years
later in 1611, the governor of the new Jamestown colony organized an
expedition to sail up the James and settled below the falls in a place
they called Henricus. The first hospital in North America was located
there, serving also as the home of Pocahontas.
Struggles
with the indigenous peoples began to simmer and then boil over after
the death of Pocahontas in 1617, and her father Chief Powhatan the
following year. Widespread Indian attacks during the Powhatan uprising of 1622 destroyed every English settlement along the James River except Jamestown.
Led
by the more aggressive Chief Opechancanough, the tribe massacred nearly
400 white settlers during a surprise attack in 1644. Two years later,
the tribe was forced to sign a treaty that granted the English
possession of the land below the Falls of the James.
The
neighborhoods of Shockoe Bottom, Shockoe Slip, and Church Hill, where
St. John's Church had been built the prior year, coalesced into one
entity when Richmond was chartered as a town, in 1742. They were
governed by the Virginia House of Burgesses, located in Jamestown.(US History Website"Richmond, VA).
Well, I guess Kathy's response was partially true, the town where Richmond stands was not named Richmond but there was a town there. But it is very upsetting when someone who is posting a simple query gets such a rude response. This will turn people off of message board all together. Why would someone post a message when they are going to receive this sort of response.
A good response would have been, "the city now named Richmond was not established under that name until (state date), at the date you have mentioned it was actually called(name here). I am wondering if you mean Richmond County? I know that places are very confusing and to help in my research I have purchased a map of Virginia made by (company name here), it has helped me a bunch."
Place names can be very difficult, especially in areas where towns change names regularly. When I run across this issue in my research I list the name at the time of the event but note the new name of the place.
What do you do in this situation?
Friday, July 27, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. Every year on 4th of July I start thinking about my ancestors that served in the military, I makes me very proud that they dedicated their lives so we could live our lives as the countries founding fathers envisioned. On that note I am reposting an email I received with tips on how to research you Revolutionary War Ancestor.
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor
by Kimberly Powell, About.com Guide
http://genealogy.about.com/od/
The Revolutionary War lasted for eight long years, beginning with the battle between British troops and local Massachusetts militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on 19
April 1775, and ending with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. If your family tree in America stretches back to this time period, it is likely you can claim descendency from at least one ancestor who had some type of service related to the Revolutionary War effort.
Did my Ancestor Serve in the American Revolution?
Boys as young as 16 were allowed to serve, so any male ancestors who were between the ages of 16 and 50 between
1776 and 1783 are potential candidates. Those who didn't serve directly in a military capacity may have helped in other ways - by providing goods, supplies or non-military service to the cause. Women also participated in the American Revolution, some even accompanying their husbands to battle.
If you have an ancestor you believe may have served in the American Revolution in a military capacity, then an easy way to start is by checking the following indexes to major Revolutionary War record groups:
* DAR Patriot Index- Compiled by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the DAR Patriot Index contains data for both men and women who provided service to the patriot's cause between 1774 and 1783. Because this index was created from lineages identified and verified by DAR, it does not include every individual who served. The index generally provides birth and death data for each individual, as well as information on spouse, rank, area of service, and the state where the patriot lived or served. For those who did not serve in a military capacity, the type of civil or patriotic service is indicated. Soldiers who received a revolutionary war pension will be noted with the abbreviation "PNSR" ("CPNS" if the soldier's children received the pension or "WPNS" if the soldier's widow received the pension). The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution provides a free DAR Patriot Index Lookup Service.
* Index to Revolutionary War Service Records- This four volume set [Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1995] by Virgil White includes abstracts of military service records from National Archives group 93, including each soldier's name, unit and rank. A simliar index was created by Ancestry, Inc. in 1999 and is available online to subscribers - U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
* American Genealogical-Biographical Index(AGBI)- This large index, sometimes referred to as the Rider Index after its original creator, Fremont Rider, includes the names of people who have appeared in more than 800 published volumes of family histories and other genealogical works. This includes several volumes of published Revolutionary War Records, such as Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Soldiers, Sailors, 1775-1783 and Muster and Payrolls of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 from the collection of the New York Historical Society. Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown, Connecticut, pubishes this index and will answer AGBI search requests for a small fee. The AGBI is also available as an online database at subscription site, Ancestry.com.
* Pierce's Register- Originally produced as a government document in 1915 and later published by Genealogical Publishing Company in 1973, this work provides an index to Revolutionary War claim records, including the veteran's name, certificate number, military unit and the amount of the claim.
* Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots- The U.S. government places tombstones on the graves of identified Revolutionary War soldiers, and this book by Patricia Law Hatcher [Dallas: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987-88] provides an alphabetical list of these Revolutionary War soldiers, along with the name and location of the cemetery where they are buried or memorialized.
Where Can I Find the Records?
Records related to the American Revolution are available in many different locations, including repositories at
the national, state, county and town-level. The National Archives in Washington D.C. is the largest repository, with compiled military service records, pension records and bounty land records. State archives or the state's Office of the
Adjutant General may include records for individuals who served with the state militia, rather than the continental army, as well as records for bounty land issued by the state.
A fire in the War Department in November 1800 destroyed most of the earliest service and pension records. A fire in August 1814 in the Treasury Department destroyed more records. Over the years, many of these records have been reconstructed.
Libraries with a genealogical or historical section will often have numerous published works on the American Revolution, including military unit histories and county histories. A good
place to learn about available Revolutionary War records is James Neagles' U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present [Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1994].
Sally Rolls Pavia
sallypavia2001@yahoo.com
List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-
Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/
“To live in the hearts of those left behind, is never to have
died.”
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor
by Kimberly Powell, About.com Guide
http://genealogy.about.com/od/
The Revolutionary War lasted for eight long years, beginning with the battle between British troops and local Massachusetts militia at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on 19
April 1775, and ending with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. If your family tree in America stretches back to this time period, it is likely you can claim descendency from at least one ancestor who had some type of service related to the Revolutionary War effort.
Did my Ancestor Serve in the American Revolution?
Boys as young as 16 were allowed to serve, so any male ancestors who were between the ages of 16 and 50 between
1776 and 1783 are potential candidates. Those who didn't serve directly in a military capacity may have helped in other ways - by providing goods, supplies or non-military service to the cause. Women also participated in the American Revolution, some even accompanying their husbands to battle.
If you have an ancestor you believe may have served in the American Revolution in a military capacity, then an easy way to start is by checking the following indexes to major Revolutionary War record groups:
* DAR Patriot Index- Compiled by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the DAR Patriot Index contains data for both men and women who provided service to the patriot's cause between 1774 and 1783. Because this index was created from lineages identified and verified by DAR, it does not include every individual who served. The index generally provides birth and death data for each individual, as well as information on spouse, rank, area of service, and the state where the patriot lived or served. For those who did not serve in a military capacity, the type of civil or patriotic service is indicated. Soldiers who received a revolutionary war pension will be noted with the abbreviation "PNSR" ("CPNS" if the soldier's children received the pension or "WPNS" if the soldier's widow received the pension). The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution provides a free DAR Patriot Index Lookup Service.
* Index to Revolutionary War Service Records- This four volume set [Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1995] by Virgil White includes abstracts of military service records from National Archives group 93, including each soldier's name, unit and rank. A simliar index was created by Ancestry, Inc. in 1999 and is available online to subscribers - U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
* American Genealogical-Biographical Index(AGBI)- This large index, sometimes referred to as the Rider Index after its original creator, Fremont Rider, includes the names of people who have appeared in more than 800 published volumes of family histories and other genealogical works. This includes several volumes of published Revolutionary War Records, such as Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Soldiers, Sailors, 1775-1783 and Muster and Payrolls of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 from the collection of the New York Historical Society. Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown, Connecticut, pubishes this index and will answer AGBI search requests for a small fee. The AGBI is also available as an online database at subscription site, Ancestry.com.
* Pierce's Register- Originally produced as a government document in 1915 and later published by Genealogical Publishing Company in 1973, this work provides an index to Revolutionary War claim records, including the veteran's name, certificate number, military unit and the amount of the claim.
* Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots- The U.S. government places tombstones on the graves of identified Revolutionary War soldiers, and this book by Patricia Law Hatcher [Dallas: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987-88] provides an alphabetical list of these Revolutionary War soldiers, along with the name and location of the cemetery where they are buried or memorialized.
Where Can I Find the Records?
Records related to the American Revolution are available in many different locations, including repositories at
the national, state, county and town-level. The National Archives in Washington D.C. is the largest repository, with compiled military service records, pension records and bounty land records. State archives or the state's Office of the
Adjutant General may include records for individuals who served with the state militia, rather than the continental army, as well as records for bounty land issued by the state.
A fire in the War Department in November 1800 destroyed most of the earliest service and pension records. A fire in August 1814 in the Treasury Department destroyed more records. Over the years, many of these records have been reconstructed.
Libraries with a genealogical or historical section will often have numerous published works on the American Revolution, including military unit histories and county histories. A good
place to learn about available Revolutionary War records is James Neagles' U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present [Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1994].
Sally Rolls Pavia
sallypavia2001@yahoo.com
List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-
Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/
“To live in the hearts of those left behind, is never to have
died.”
Sunday, July 1, 2012
For all people who are researching the DeBusk and/or Related Families I have now updated my family website on tribal pages. the website is:
http://debuskfamily.tribalpages.com
The site is password protected, only because of the large amount of personal information included there.
So, if you are related, visit the site, check the surname index, and if you family is there, click the contact link and send me your name, email and the family members you are researching. As long as everything matches up I will send you a password.
http://debuskfamily.tribalpages.com
The site is password protected, only because of the large amount of personal information included there.
So, if you are related, visit the site, check the surname index, and if you family is there, click the contact link and send me your name, email and the family members you are researching. As long as everything matches up I will send you a password.
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