Genealogy Wise

A friend told me more about a new social networking site . I had heard of it when it was first starting up
but hadn't been back to check on it again until my friend mentioned it today. I noticed there are different types of groups, like by ethnic background or interest. I looked over a Swedish one I noticed on the first page of listings and then checked out a few others. Some of these have few or no members yet, but I think that more people will be joining as word spreads. I will have to check more into it. We are having lots of storms so have to get off the computer again. I have only been on a few minutes a couple of times and the rest of the week will be the same. Oh well I need to read a couple of new genealogy books I bought. :)

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Made contact!

I made contact with a second cousin in Sweden! I am so happy and we are starting to share information! He saw one of my posts on a message board. If you haven't gone to www.findagrave.com, you should to set up a memorial for your ancestors and if you are not able to visit the area, you can request that someone take a photo of the headstone. You might find some interesting information or at least see the headstone. I have done that and some people are so nice they take the photo and post it right away. I am goimg to try and trace some of my dh family in Canada and other areas of the US and see if I can get some more photos. I requested a transfer of a couple of ancestors but the people wouldn't do it. I did get them to correct some info and attach a link to one or more other memorials of family, parents of siblings. Happy hunting! :)

Find a Grave

I've been spending some time searching on findagrave.com and found a lot of ancestors listed. I recently had some memorials transferred to me, as the person who first set them up was not related she was just being an angel and helping others find their families. I also found out that they have a forum, which was very interesting. They have a general area and then one for cemetery and genealogy research help. That area is listed by country and then by state for the U.S.. I found some links that will be useful in my research and you can request lookups also. It just proves that there is more online all the time. Rechecking sites can be very helpful. I have so many lines to check, that I get lost at times deciding which to stay with. I try to check all the names I can at various sites, including some of a couple of good friends. Keeps me busy! Be sure to check them out, they do have info for other countries also. You can request a photo of a cemetery/headstone in the forums by country, they are not posted on the site, at least not yet. I don't know how they do it, it is still free! :)

My Passenger List Results

Well I didn't find much looking at the passenger lists, but I did stumble upon another person who posted a family tree with some of the same family members as my DH. I had free access to that, I pay for a part of Ancestry, so I didn't need to sign up for a free account and I can save documents or persons to a family tree or shoebox for later research.

Now I have more info and the citations for the sources used by that very distant cousin of my DH. This was a big break through, since many members in the maternal line were in Canada. Later I will sign my DH up for a trial membership with Ancestry.ca and see if we can find more information, and especially save some of the documents that were cited. I am still hoping to evenutally have a full worldwide membership with Ancestry since between the two of us we need access to a minumum of 10 countries.

Hope others were able to find info also. :)

Free Passenger List Search

Through July 3rd, you can search for free at Ancestry.ca. I just found out about it late tonight, July 2nd, so I have been searching for any ancestors who might have gone to Canada first before they themselves or family moved to America. I have some I have never found on ship lists. :)

Info here:
http://www.ancestry.ca/about/default.aspx?section=pr-2009-6-29

Direct link to search:
http://search.ancestry.ca/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=1263&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0