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T H E J O U R N A L O F T H E T E X A S S TAT E G E N E A L O G I C A L S O C I E T Y I N C .
Your Ancestors’ FAN Club
Friends Associates Neighbors
Volume
Volume 56,
57, Number
Number 3
2 September
June 2017
2018
J O U R N A L O F T H E T E X A S S TAT E G E N E A LO G I C A L S O C I E T Y
Contents
Features Columns
6 TxSGS Awards
8 Remembering Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck
Editorial Policies 2
11 The FAN Club—Your Ancestor’s Entourage From the Editors’ Pen3
by Susan E. Ball
New Members & More 5
18 Pruning the Family Tree
by Russell A. Rahn
Volunteer Spotlight 5
21 My Discoveries Using FAN Club and Cluster Research
by Devon Noel Lee Book Review 56
by William D. “Bill” Buckner
23 “Join the FAN Club” Survey Responses
24 Using FAN Clubs to Disprove a Family Legend Texas Heritage Certificates 68
by Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD, MA
TxSGS Policies 73
29 Finding your FANs in Quilts and Samplers
by Lisa Reed TxSGS Society Leadership 75
33 Researching the Slave Ancestry of my African American Cousins
by Duane Helweg
42 Journey through Generations at the 2018 Conference
47 TxSGS Workshops Provide In-depth Learning
49 SAGHS Library—A Hill Country Treasure by Barbara Froebel
51 Omni San Antonio at the Colonnade Serves as Host Hotel
54 Become an Exhibitor
55 TxSGS Wants You!
by Sandra J. Crowley
57 Answer Those Burning Questions with Fire Insurance Maps
by Hannah Kubacak and William Buckner
65 Photographs and Family
by H. Martin Soward, III
R
Why Name our Journal Stirpes? Pronounced “STÛR’PEZ,” it perfectly
describes the core understanding of our passion in researching ancestry and family
history: The phrase “. . . to my heirs, per stirpes” means that the legal heirs share
their inheritance based on their relationship to the deceased.”
(See full story in Stirpes, 2016, Volume 55, Number 3-4)
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The FAN Club – Your Ancestor’s Entourage
by Susan E. Ball
B ecause we view our ancestors through the limiting
lens of available documents, we tend to forget that
they had close friends, participated in community
friend your ancestor had as a youth
may have passed away or moved to a
completely different locale.
events, involved themselves in local government, joined Census Records
clubs, and more. When they moved across the ocean or Census records are especially
helpful for identifying neighbors. A
to the next state, they traveled with or planned to join good rule of thumb for each census is
people they knew and trusted. that all persons in ten families on
either side of your rural ancestor
Introduced by Emily Ann Croom FAN Club is just a list of every person should be added to the FAN Club. If
as Cluster Research and coined by found associated with the ancestor in a your ancestor lived in a town or city,
Elizabeth Shown Mills as the FAN record. Good sources of these names read through the census for several
Club, these friends, associates, and are census records, land records, pages on either side of your ancestor to
neighbors in conjunction with military records, court records, church identify those families that were
collateral relatives can help pin down records, and newspapers, among many neighbors based on recorded addresses.
even the most difficult-to-trace possibilities. Record these names in a Census enumerators were
ancestor. Who might be in provided specific
an ancestor’s FAN Club? instructions on how to
Possibilities include In its most simple form, canvass a neighborhood.
members of the same The U.S. Census Bureau has
church, fraternal the FAN Club is just a list of every
enumeration instructions
organization, quilting circle, person found associated with available for 1790 and 1850
or military unit, business though 2010 at https://
partners, in-laws—anyone the ancestor in a record.
www.census.gov/history/
with whom the ancestor www/through_the_
interacted on a regular basis decades/census_
through a personal, professional, table or spreadsheet along with the instructions/. Review the instructions
financial, or other long-term record where the name was found, to learn how an enumerator would
relationship. names of other persons in the record, canvass persons in your ancestor’s
Maintaining a list of an ancestor’s the location, and the date. As always, neighborhood. Likely, these neighbors
FAN Club can provide clues for you’ll save yourself a lot of time in the will join your family as in-laws.
linking generations, finding collateral future if you include a good source The FAN Club is especially useful
relatives, providing additional proof of citation. Another column indicating in helping find missing census records,
ancestral connection, locating “missing” the type of association (business, friend, especially when an ancestor’s name is
ancestors in records, or verifying that a neighbor, and such) can be added as mangled or obscured in a census
person with the same name who well as any other information that will enumeration. Make note of the
appears in a different location is your help you further classify these FAN neighbors in the census just previous
ancestor. Looking for your ancestor in Club members. and just after the missing census. Keep
association with a large group of Tracking this information for each in mind that ages will change by a
friends, associates, and neighbors is FAN Club member will help show decade. You’ll want to focus on younger
much easier than searching for just one which persons are most likely to appear persons in the previous census and
person. with the ancestor in a particular older persons in the following census.
How is an ancestor’s FAN Club situation or place. A person’s FAN Locating the Johann Hill family in
created? In its most simple form, the Club will change over time and the
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Austin County, Texas, in the 1870 Comparing this family with Johann Hill’s family shows striking similarities,
census required a diligent application with George, Herman, and Christine the children of Johann and Catharine Hill:
of FAN Club principles plus collateral
Johann Hill Family John Mueller Family, 1870 Census
research. Born about 1807 in Germany,
Johann Hill, born 1807 John Mueller, born 1807
Johann Hill and his family immigrated
Catharine Hill, born 1817 Catharine Mueller, born 1808
to Texas 30 January 1854. In 1860,
Christian Hill, born July 1840 Christian Mueller, born 1840
Johann and his family are enumerated
Anna Margarethe Mueller Sassenberg Hill
with first name initials only in the Cat (The 1870 census is the only source for Margaretha Mueller, born 1842
Springs, New Ulm, and Industry her birth year)
Precincts of Austin County, Texas. Emilie Hill, born 9 Mar 1870 Emilie Mueller, born 1868
Johann is enumerated with his Freidrich Sassenberg, born 1862 (from
Friedrich Mueller, born 1865
daughter’s family in the 1880 census in Anna Margarethe Mueller’s first marriage)
Welcome ( Justice Precinct 2), Austin George Hill, born 22 Feb 1845 George Mueller, born 1848
County, Texas. None of the “Hills” Hermann Hill, born 31 Mar 1850 Herman Mueller, born 1853
found in 1870 in Austin County Christine Hill, born 1848 Christine Mueller, born 1849
correspond with Johann or his family.
Heinrich Hill, born 9 Feb 1842 Heinrich Mueller, born 1844
Could he have moved? Johann’s sons,
Emelie Lehmann Hill, born 1853 Emilie Mueller, born 1852
Christian, Heinrich, and Balthasar Hill
all married between 1867 and 1871. Gustav Hill, born 31 Jan 1870 Augustus Mueller, born Dec 1869
Christian married Mrs. Anna Why the Mueller surname? The first through Christian’s wife, Anna
Sassenberg (nee Anna Margaretha suspicion is that the enumerator couldn’t Margarethe, nee Mueller. Why were
Mueller) in 1867 in Austin County, understand the Hill’s thick German Johann and Catharine’s adult children
Texas; Heinrich married Emelie accent. However, Prussian-born enum enumerated with Christian? This
Lehman in 1868 in Austin County, erator Max Meissner, a Justice of the enumeration leaves lots of questions
Texas; and Balthasar married Amalia Peace and Notary Public, should have and few answers. Likely this is the Hill
Schaffner in 1871 in Austin County, easily understood the heavily accented family enumerated as Muellers—
Texas. These marriages clustered answers to his questions. Perhaps a further application of FAN Club
around 1870 show that the Hill family neighbor provided the information as principles can verify this conclusion by
was most likely still living in Austin incorrect ages were given for nine of the confirming the Hill family’s location
County. twelve persons in these households. and land-owning neighbors in 1870
After a host of fruitless searches on The only connection to Mueller is through deed records.
Johann, John, Hill, and every variation
of first and last names of the family,
a search for “Christian” born 1840
in Austin County returned
Christian Mueller, age 30,
presumably married to Anna
Mueller, age 28, with children
Emilie, age 2, and Freidrich, age 5.
Also in Christian’s household were
George Mueller, age 22, Herman
Mueller, age 17, and Christine
Mueller, age 21. Next door to
Christian Mueller was Heinrich
Mueller, age 26, with presumed wife
Emilie, age 18, and August, age
7/12. On the other side of
Christian’s household was John
Mueller, age 63, and Catharine
Mueller (his presumed wife), age 62. Figure 1: 1870 U.S. Census in Austin County, Texas, for the households of Johann, Christian, and
Heinrich Hill incorrectly enumerated as John, Christian, and Heinrich Mueller.
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Using FAN Clubs
to Disprove a Family Legend
by Jean Wilcox Hibben; PhD, MA
Istarted working on my genealogy, officially, in 1978. After family members.
My grandfather’s half-sister, Mary
over 40 years of research, it seems I am back to where I Louise, was alive long after my
started. Sometimes the FAN (Friends, Associates, genealogy work had started AND she
lived in Southern California, near
Neighbors) system can disprove a lineage connection just as where I lived. Mary Louise’s mother,
easily, and perhaps more thoroughly, as it can prove one. Leonore, was my grandfather’s
stepmother. From this grandaunt, I
I began as most do—I asked my “interview” Lee, her father-in-law,
was able to get a lot of information
living relatives about the family, taking notes and recording the
about my great-grandfather that no
particularly my paternal grandfather’s interviews on reel-to-reel tape.
one else knew.
father’s line. Part of the family lore Eventually, even with our frequent
But, as I said, there were
included my paternal great- visits, my grandfather could no longer
disadvantages in this wealth of
grandmother’s Lee lineage that was live alone and he made plans to enter a
information I gathered from my
supposedly the source of my father and nursing home. Sadly, he died before
relative’s memories, stories, and tales.
grandfather’s first names. It was these his move to the nursing home, but not
Like anyone who has lived well into
Lees that led me on a convoluted chase before he completed the required
their 80s, years and events can blur
through military records, census questionnaire about his life, all of
together—I’m already experiencing
records, church minutes, and more. which my mother typed up and kept.
that at age 66! My grandfather didn’t
Before I go further, I will add that This questionnaire included specific
accurately remember some of the
I have been at both an advantage and a queries about his childhood and
disadvantage when it
comes to personal
knowledge of family
members. The advan
tage came through
starting my genealogy
research while my
grandparents and a
grandaunt were still
living. My grandfather,
Lee Wilcox, did not die
until I was about 17
years old and he lived
only three blocks from
our home. I visited him
at least once a week and
often spent hours next
to him, listening to his
stories and recollections
of his family. In
addition, my mother
took the time to
Figure 1: Jean Hibben’s family tree based on family lore.
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family members’ ages and names or one record, “Edwin,” which I am fairly According to Lee, the song “Mandy
locations of family events. certain was a typo. He married a Lee” was named for her (this is total
My father did not know or woman he met when he, his parents, fabrication, of course, but sounds good
particularly care about his father’s and siblings lived in Franklin County, as a family tale). As I mentioned
family. My grandaunt Mary Louise Tennessee. Her name was Amanda E. earlier, the other family legend is that
knew her mother’s side of the family Williford, but the spellings I got from the Lee lineage is the source of my
quite well, but that was not the line the family were Wilford, Wilfred, and grandfather’s and my father’s first
that interested me. I wanted, instead, Willaford. The alternate spellings were name, “Lee.” My grandfather also
to fill in blanks about my great- not a real problem for me; after all, claimed that Amanda Lee had a
grandfather’s first wife. My grandaunt those who talked about her either had brother, Charles, who had been a
called her the “Winchester woman” never met her or were severed from Captain in the Confederate Army,
and, when she said although from what state,
“Winchester,” she bit off the People lie. Or they tell partial truths. no one seemed to know.
word with what sounded like Trying to verify these
Often they tell the story as they heard it
contempt. I never did family stories surrounding
understand this attitude so it is not a purposeful lie. the Lee connection, I began
since my grandaunt had the search for a Captain
never known my great-grandmother, her at a young age. My grandfather, Charles Lee from Tennessee or possibly
my great-grandfather’s first wife. third oldest of four by Amanda, was Georgia, due to the proximity of
Perhaps my grandaunt’s mother had five when she died in 1892, allegedly Franklin County to the state line. I
told my grandaunt unfavorable stories from face cancer. I have the obituary found many Charles Lees, mostly
about my great-grandmother since my and a funeral card, verifying the date, privates and one or two officers, but
grandaunt’s mother (wife #2) did but neither mention anything about when I researched the family ties,
know, and was the nurse for, wife #1. her personal history or even her nothing got me close to a sister named
People lie. Or they tell partial birthdate and place. Amanda. I never found any Amanda
truths. Often they tell the story as they What little information I knew Lee that would have been the mother
heard it so it is not a purposeful lie. about Amanda Williford came from to an Amanda Wilford (or any similar
These lies, intentional or accidental, one of my grandfather’s taped spelling). Yes, there were many Amanda
can be perpetuated, carried from one interviews. In that interview, he shared Lees and Amanda Wilfords/
generation to the next, until the that Ed’s first wife, my great- Willafords/Willifords, but none
genealogist working on the family gets grandmother, was from Tennessee. He connected to a mother named Amanda.
a legend that just doesn’t ring true. gave her name as he knew it (Amanda Being thorough, I checked for common
With all these caveats in mind, Wilford) and said she was the nicknames for Amanda as well.
here is the family: Edward Everett daughter of Amanda Lee. This implied We start with the known and
Wilcox was my great-grandfather, that Amanda Lee had married a man move to the unknown. I knew that
father to my grandfather Lee. Edward named Wilford, though no one Amanda Williford Wilcox had died by
was also known as Ed, E. E., and, on seemed to know anything about him. 1892 (another case of “if only I had
Figure 2: 1880 census showing Amanda Wilford, age 20, in J. O. Lee’s household.
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Finding Your FANs in Quilts and Samplers
by Lisa Reed
A needlework sampler created in 1792 gave the United on the number of quilts made range
from 250,000 to 400,000, most of
States all the proof it needed to grant a Revolutionary which were signature quilts. Depression
War pension for the family of John McKenzie.3 The Daughters era homemakers made useful
bedcoverings out of cloth flour sacks.
of the American Revolution have drawers of such samplers,
which might be “the only proof of a young girl’s existence.”4 Genealogical data
Some samplers are explicitly
An estate was resolved and heirs record genealogy. Signature quilts grew devoted to family trees, giving the
made happy in a case that involved out of the early 1800s fad for auto general genealogical data still being
a sampler, a Scottish genealogist, graph albums. Quilting “frolicks,” collected today: names, dates, places,
and New Zealand heirs.1 A mailbox- where both girls and boys would and relationships. Others may simply
themed quilt records the names of gather, were lively parties where those have a signature and a date. Along
postal patrons along a rural delivery of marriageable age would meet, gossip, with names, signature quilts may also
route.2 As a teenager, provide data on
I discovered a lifelong entire family
love of genealogy in a groups.
humble signature quilt.
What secrets hide in Family history
your homemade quilts In addition to
and samplers? raw genealogical
Seeking genealogy data, quilts and
clues in quilts, samplers offer a
samplers, and other broad spectrum of
textiles might be an information that
“out-of-the-box” can add texture to
strategy, but it is one family histories.
that can pay nice Photographs of
dividends. The various quilts can enhance a
benefits available in written history. The
textile research are stories handed
many. down can be
recorded and
Women’s history preserved. Modern
Textiles offer a quilts can record
unique source created family relationships
by and for females, in and events.
general. Samplers,
Unexplored
originally crafted as
sources
records of patterns, Miriam Robbins treasures this sampler, made by her paternal grandmother’s great-
gradually became a great-grandmother. “That I have it at all is a small miracle, because Grandma was Though the
medium for schoolgirls to adopted out of the family. It’s the only tangible thing left of her life…No obituary, genealogical value of
no tombstone, no vital records, other than censuses.” quilts and samplers
embroider their alphabets
and scriptures. Girls’ schooling was and flirt. Later, during the Civil War, has been known for some time, it may
separate from boys’ in early America. women could and did contribute to the be one of the least explored areas by
“Family record samplers” were a way to war effort by making quilts; estimates amateur or professional genealogists.
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Researching the Slave Ancestry
of my African American Cousins
by Duane Helweg
T his story is the result of DNA connections. Both my
sister and I had Ancestry.com DNA tests done
(autosomal) and as a result on April 3, 2017, I received the
ancestors. While to some that may be a
surprise, to me not so much, and I’ll
explain. The ancestors of the mother of
my sister and I all came from Southern
following Ancestry message: states. As some of those ancestors had
slaves, there’s no surprise that
Good morning: My name is Courtney Tolbert and I am somewhere at some time there was a
researching my family tree. You administered a test for S.H. mixing of my family’s western
European DNA lines with those that
which resulted in a possible connection in the “good” range for came from Africa. I was more than
4th cousin … If you would like to explore this possible happy to respond to Courtney.
connection, please let me know … I have been doing this in Interestingly, among the four of us,
those who share DNA are Michelle
earnest for a little more than a year now, and it’s quite the and I, Courtney and my sister, and, of
learning curve! I would appreciate hearing from you. course, my sister and I. No DNA is
shared between Courtney and I or
The S.H. she referenced is my between Michelle and my sister.
sister, whose DNA results I manage on Perhaps a little inherited DNA
Ancestry DNA. They connected as understanding is in order here for
“distant cousins” at 16.8 centimorgans those unfamiliar. While siblings do get
(cM) shared across two DNA seg their entire DNA from parents, they
ments. However, Courtney had her do not each get the same DNA. That’s
mother’s DNA tested and she connects why if you have siblings, have them
with my sister at the 4-6th cousin range tested. Michelle reports she’s 22% Great
with 26 centimorgans shared across Britain; she and I share 18.2 centi
three DNA segments. Based on my morgans
DNA understanding, anything above across one
12 cM is worth pursuing. Seen here in DNA
her Ancestry.com photo, Courtney has segment.
African American heritage. Courtney Tolbert
Now for
Courtney shared that her the obvious
DNA showed collectively 30% question, how
European and 1% Native do we four
American. She also put me in connect by
touch me with her cousin, Dr. family names?
Michelle Chambers, also of Checking
African American heritage. “View Match”
Now just to clarify, both my on Ancestry
sister and I, per DNA, are 99 per Author, Duane Helweg between the
cent European with no ties in four of us, no common names appeared
known African slave regions. in our trees. However, you can view
That means our tie to these shared DNA matches on Ancestry with
African American cousins is each other, and in doing so a common
through our common European Dr. Michelle Chambers, MD Ancestry DNA member was found for
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all four of us, whom I will reference as 1860, slave schedules were created, but owner’s surname or taken one of their
“CW.” My sister, CW, and I had the they only reported slaves under the choosing by 1870. Another research
family names Colson and Denson in owner’s name, showing the gender, age, technique is to see if, in the 1870 or
common, while CW, Courtney, and and whether “B” for Black or “M” for 1880 census, the known former slave
Michelle had Denson and Chambers Mulatto (mixed) with no names. family lived near former slave owners
in common. The obvious conclusion Other means of learning slave or others that have the same surname
was that we all FIVE may have shared ancestors’ names before 1865, when as the former slave owner. Researching
a Denson ancestor back somewhere. they were all freed at the end of the former slave owners prior to the Civil
Of course, Ancestry can only search in Civil War, include finding deeds of War may also prove fruitful. Check the
our trees for names that are in the slave sales, newspaper references 1860 and 1850 slave schedules to see if
trees, so this approach is dependent on (though usually in a negative story), or known family members match
each of us having a fairly complete tree a will of a slave owner. Wills typically reported genders, ages, and race
that goes back to our common gave at least first names and who designations Black or Mulatto.
ancestor. inherited the slave upon the owner’s The obvious difficulty comes in
Based upon my research, knowing whether persons
a Shadrach James Denson found in wills and censuses
...There’s no surprise that somewhere
was one of the largest slave are our common ancestors. A
holders in Mississippi, at some time there was a mixing of my will naming a Talbot family
ranked number six with 25 f
amily’s western European DNA lines with member matches a name
slaves in 1850.1 He was those that came from Africa. found in the 1870 and 1880
married to Alethia censuses. Also, the given
Chambers; her father also name, age and birthplace for
had slaves. My known Denson death. Obvious clues for a surname a free person of color found in the
ancestry goes back to Mississippi, as come from either those used in the 1850 census matches a family story of
does the Chambers ancestry of our 1870 or later censuses or in a will of a a Chambers taken while free and
newly found African American slave owner, since many slaves took placed into slavery. Certain aspects of
cousins. There’s a possible connection, their owner’s surnames, having no these two discoveries lend credibility
somewhere back in time. other in pre-1865 times. One must and certainly provide circumstantial
While we have yet to put together also remember that free persons of evidence. Odds are improved by
exactly which people gave the four of color or freed slaves were sometimes matching consistent data from record
us our common DNA connections, my taken against their will while living in to record, census to census, and
desire to at least attempt to identify free states or locations and brought generation to generation.
them led to research I had never back into slave states for sale or to For those who wish to research
attempted, that of finding someone’s replace a runaway slave. their own slave ancestry, good
slave ancestors. In my research, I searched for free resources provided by Courtney are
people of color and for slaves named in http://www.myslaveancestors.com/
Slave Ancestor some slave owner’s will. Both and a closed group on Facebook, I’ve
Research approaches were used when searching Traced My Ancestor’s Slaveholders
My ancestral research on behalf of for the common family surname, (https://www.facebook.com/
these newfound cousins began in the Chambers, and for Courtney’s Tolbert/ groups/188373451214240/).
usual fashion, by searching family Talbot line. A word to the wise in any
names in censuses. In some cases, these name research, whether given or Chambers Ancestors of
cousins had already added family to surname, is to be aware of various Courtney and Michelle
their trees on Ancestry.com. However, spellings. Census enumerators I’ll specifically start with the
if looking for a slave ancestor, usually sometimes spelled phonetically. Chambers family story that says
the ancestor’s known specific records It is important to note that the Chaney Chambers, a free person of
start in 1870. Before that, unless they maiden name of a wife in post-Civil- color born in Virginia in 1826, was
were living free, only nameless War years may have been the same as kidnapped, taken further into the
numbers exist on censuses back to the her married name. If the same owner South, and sold or enslaved. However,
first U.S. census in 1790. In 1850 and enslaved both the wife and her if she was a free person of color living
husband, they both may have that in Virginia, her surname would likely
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Journey through Generations with TxSGS
at the 2018 Annual Family History Conference
J oin the Texas State Genealogical Society in San Antonio,
November 2-4, 2018, for Journey through Generations, our
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your paternal genealogy. also cover our powerful DNA Matching
technology and take a look at a few
exciting case studies.
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TxSGS Workshops Provide In-depth Learning
T he 2018 TxSGS Family History Conference,
Journey through Generations, features dozens of
excellent speakers presenting a total of 56 topics
over the three-day weekend.
In addition to these one-hour lectures, TxSGS is offering
four add-on workshops that provide the opportunity for in-depth
learning in a small-group atmosphere. Want to learn how to use
excel in your genealogical research, organize your digital archive
using metadata, research your WWII ancestor, or analyze your
atDNA? These workshops are for you! Seating is limited, so register
early! Watch the TxSGS website in July for detailed information
about the time and registration fee for each workshop.
Spreadsheets 101 Workshop – Anything I Can Do, You Can Do Meta:
An Excel-lent Hands-on Tutorial Metadata & Digital Archiving Your
Mary Kircher Roddy Family History Photos & Documents
This 2-hour workshop will cover setting up a Carl Smith
worksheet and some basic commands including In the exciting era of 21st century genealogy, the need to
formatting, adding rows and columns, adjusting column stay organized has never been greater. This workshop
widths and row heights, and setting up worksheets for provides a hands-on opportunity for attendees to begin to
printing. As participants gain skills and become more leverage the power of metadata in organizing their family
comfortable navigating the world of Excel, we will work on history photos and documents on their personal computer.
stepping up their game by utilizing color in worksheets, Attendees will learn the basic principles behind metadata,
splitting columns, wrapping text, freezing panes, sorting, some common tags to use to stay organized, as well as
filtering, and more. Participants should bring their laptops software solutions to help organize photos and documents
loaded with Excel. (All levels) digitally. (All levels)
Mary Roddy, a Certified Public Carl Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Accountant, has been a genealogist Family History - Genealogy from
since 2000, becoming interested in the Brigham Young University, and a Master
subject in anticipation of an extended of Science in Library and Information
trip to Ireland. She earned a certificate Science from Syracuse University. Carl
from the Genealogy and Family has been extensively involved in
History program at the University of genealogical research since 2008,
Washington in 2005. She lectures specializing in the areas of Scandinavian,
frequently on various genealogical 19 and 20 century United States, and Latin American
th th
topics in the Seattle area and at conferences across the research. Carl is currently the Genealogy Librarian for the
country. She has written several articles for Internet Montgomery County (Texas) Memorial Library System
Genealogy and Family Chronicle (now Your Genealogy Today) and head of the Genealogy and Local History Department.
magazines as well as Speak! (the publication of the Carl has taught dozens of workshops covering such topics
Genealogical Speakers Guild) and FGS Forum. Mary is a as beginning genealogical research, using family history
frequent presenter for Legacy Family Tree Webinars and websites and databases, researching ancestors from
writes a regular blog. She is a participant in ProGen 31. Scandinavia and other geographic regions in Europe, and
research fundamentals, to name a few.
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Researching Your atDNA Analysis Workshop
World War II Ancestors Debbie Parker Wayne
Michael L. Strauss
Researchers with a basic knowledge of DNA data,
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, terminology, and tools to access match lists and DNA
plunged the United States into its second global conflict of data at testing companies will learn analysis techniques
the twentieth century. On both the home front and the beyond scanning surname lists and pedigree charts of
battlefield, our country started to mobilize to defeat the matches. This workshop covers step-by-step analysis of
Axis Powers. Researching your ancestors who served autosomal DNA matches using company and third-party
during World War II can be rewarding, but not without tools. Multiple tools illustrate analysis of a match list,
some obstacles. With the Fire of 1973 in St. Louis, matches in common, shared atDNA segments, and
Missouri, that destroyed tens of thousands of personnel correlation of evidence to answer genealogical questions.
files, genealogists need to focus their research on (Intermediate level)
reconstructing lost or destroyed records. Some other
Debbie Parker Wayne, CGSM, CGLSM,
primary sources of research include Draft Registrations
is a board-certified genealogist and
and Classifications, Morning Reports, Submarine War
genealogical lecturer experienced using
Patrol Reports, and Missing Air Crew Reports. This
DNA analysis and traditional
workshop/lecture uses these records along with others
techniques for genealogical research.
presented as practical exercises to find your ancestors
Debbie is the co-author with Blaine T.
during World War II. (All levels)
Bettinger of the award-winning DNA
Michael L. Strauss, AG, is an workbook, Genetic Genealogy in
Accredited Genealogist and forensic Practice, published by the National Genealogical Society
investigator. He is a native of (NGS). She is the author of the online, self-paced course
Pennsylvania, a resident of Utah, has a Continuing Genealogical Studies: Autosomal DNA, offered
BA in History, and is a United States by NGS. She is the DNA Project Chair for the Texas
Coast Guard veteran. Strauss is a State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) and the Early Texans
qualified expert witness in Surrogate DNA Project. The Early Texans DNA Project is studying
Court and Circuit Court in the DNA passed down from those who settled in Texas by
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia and an 1900. Her publications include a column on using DNA
approved genealogist with the United States Department analysis for genealogical research in NGS Magazine and in
of Defense to locate DNA qualified persons MIA from the TxSGS journal, Stirpes. Debbie was the course
Korea, Vietnam, and World War II. He is a national coordinator for the first beginner and intermediate DNA
genealogical lecturer and instructor for military courses at courses offered at major U.S. genealogy institutes:
the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP),
(IGHR) and Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), Institute of
(VIGR). He served as the film historian for the 2015 Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), and Forensic
Academy Genealogy
Award Institute (FGI).
nominated See http://
movie debbiewayne.
Finding com/ for more
Vivian Maier, information
in addition to and for
doing Civil archived
War versions of
reenacting many of her
for more articles on
than 25 years. genealogy and
DNA. O
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Answer Those Burning Questions
with Fire Insurance Maps
by Hannah Kubacak and William Buckner
M aps have always played a significant
role in genealogy research. As a
central component in the genealogy search
are critical for understanding community
dynamics. Examining where and with
whom our ancestors lived, worked,
technique known as the FAN Club worshipped, and played illuminates their
(Friends, Associates, and Neighbors), maps lives in a unique and meaningful way.
As communities grew and prospered, fire
insurance maps were created to help insurance
companies in underwriting policies. These
maps were designed as a reference for under
standing risks associated with specific
buildings. In an unanticipated benefit, these
maps also provide a historic perspective of the
communities in which our ancestors lived. The
maps show an aerial view of a city drawn to
scale. Applying the FAN Club principle to fire
insurance maps helps us answer these
important burning questions about our
ancestors and their homes:
• Where was their house?
• What is there now?
• Where did they work?
• Who were their neighbors?
• Where did their family and friends live?
• Where did they shop, worship, or go to
school?
For suggestions on finding a Sanborn map
for your ancestor’s town, see the sidebar,
“Finding Sanborn Insurance Maps.”
In 1920, David C. Baker and his family
were enumerated in the U.S. Federal Census as
living at 406 North Market Street in Brenham,
Washington County, Texas. David’s occupation
was “owner of a bowling alley.” His wife,
Nannie Mae, was working in the home and his
daughter, Blanche, was a schoolteacher. The
Baker family home can be identified using the Figure 1: 1920 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Brenham, Texas, showing 406
North Market Street indicated by authors with an “x” to show the residence of
fire insurance map for Brenham, Texas, created David C. Baker.
by the Sanborn Map Company in 1920.
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Index
A C G J
Anderson, E. 14 Chambers, Alethia 34 Gaasbeek, Lucy Dunham Van 65 Jackson, Nathan 68
Anthony, P. 14 Chambers, Chaney 35 Gaasbeek, Matthew Person Van Johnson, Nancy 68
Arnett, Brandon Travis 68 Chambers, Dr. Michelle 33 65 Johnson, Roselyn Lucy-Kate
Arnett, Brian Taylor 68 Champion, D. 14 Geissler, Joseph 21 65
Arnett, Hunter Wade 68 Chester, Thor Eric 68 Geiszler William 21 Jones, Alice E. 5
Arnett, Justin Wayne 68 Childs, David Edward 68 Geiszler, Henry 21 Jones, Jerry Susan “Sue” Chester
Arnett, Michael Reilly 68 Christensen, Evan 42 Geiszler, Joseph 21 68
Arnett, Savanna Joy 68 Clark, Gloria 66 Gillespie, Patti 43 Jordt, Capt. H. E. 13
Atkinson, Loniza 39 Collins, Carrie Eliza 67 Gillins, Sharon 43 K
Atkinson, Charity 39 Cole, John Franklin 68 Godden, Rick 9 Karlsberger, Anna 21
Atkinson, Sam 39 Coope, J. 14 Godden, Tiffany 9 Kaufman, Susan 5, 75
Croom, Emily Ann 11 Good, H. 14 Kessler, Jane Porter 66
B
Crowley, Sandra J. 2, 55, 75 Gough, Mary 5 Klaus, Kevin 44
Bailey, Martin Van Buren 68
Curtis, Sallie 59 Gredler, Sara 43 Kline, Augusta E. 19
Baker, David C. 57, 63
Greene, Colleen 43 Kubacak, Hannah 3, 57
Baker, J. 14 D
Baker, Nannie Mae 59 Dardashti, Schelly 42 H Kyle, Stacey 5
Ballard, Paula 75 Dennis, William Guy “Liam” Hanson, Tony 44 Kyle, Riley 5
Ball, Susan E. 2, 3, 73, 75 68 Harris, Genevieve T. 5 L
Banks, James 27 Denson, Shadrach James 34 Helweg, Duane 3, 33 Lack, J. W. 38
Banks, Mrs. 26 de Vara, Art Martínez 56 Helwig, Wilhelm 14 Laramore, George Washington
Banks, Solomon 27 Diveley, Alice 9 Hibben, Jean Wilcox 3, 24, 28 68
Barnes, Randy L. 5 Diveley, Joe 9 Hill, Anna Margarethe Mueller Lay, Alex 38
Barnette, Mic 42 Diveley, Franchelle 9 Sassenberg 12 Lay, Alexander 38
Bartmann, Edward 23 Diveley, Jared 9 Hill, Balthasar 12 Lay, Annie 38
Beardman, Edward 23 Diveley, Kellie 9 Hill, Catharine 12 Lay, Arniza 38
Bettinger, Blaine T. 48 Diveley, Marc 9 Hill, Christian 12 Lay, Make 38
Bigham, J. 14 Doom, R. C. 14 Hill, Christine 12 Lay, Nancy 38
Billmann, Michael 22 Dudek, Debra 43 Hill, Emelie Lehmann 12 Lay, Nicola 38
Black, Henry 16 Dunham, Lucy 65 Hill, Emilie 12 Lay, Nicola V. 37, 38
Black, Henry M. 13 15 Hill, George 12 Lay, Talmedge 38
E
Blankenship, Olive E. 8, 10 Hill, Gustav 12 Lay, Thomas G. 38
Ellsworth, Frances M. 75
Bockstruck, Harry Earl 8, 10 Hill, Heinrich 12 Lee, Amanda 25
Escobedo, Mary Esther 43
Bockstruck, Lloyd de Witt 8 Hill, Hermann 12 Lee, Captain Charles 24, 28
Evans, Jesse 68
Boegler, Teresa 5 Hill, Johann 12 Lee, Devon Noel 3, 21, 23
Bradford, Barbra 37 F Hogan, Dr. Roseann 5 Lee, John 26
Bradford, Henry 38 Fallin, Gay L. 5 Hogan, Roseann 5 Lee, John C. 26
Bradford, Joe 38 Fincher, Sandra Elaine Holmes, Mary 26 Lee, S. A. 26
McGuairt 68 Holtkamp, Heinrich 14
Bradford, X. Ollie 37 Lee, Sarah 26, 27
Fitzgerald, Scott 5 Holtkamp, Leonel Albert 14
Brewster, Jim 42 Lehman, Emelie 12
Flack, Teri 75 Holtkamp, Marie Neumann 14
Brown, Phyllis 75 Lines, Mary Schuessler 5
Ford, Louise Porter 66 Hoppe, Anna 21
Brunson, Margaret Lynn 5 Lloyd, Ruth 5
Freeman, Martha 38 Hoppe, Christopher 21
Bryant, Marynell 75 Lovelace, Janice 44
Froebel, Barbara J. 49, 75 Hoppe, Christopher 22
Buckner, William D. “Bill” 2, 3,
5, 7, 56, 57, 75 Hoppe, Maggie 21
Hughes, James McCain 68
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M O S Whitehead, Annie 38
Martin, Donna L. 5 Oliphant, Jo Ann 5 Salinas, Lisa Toth 45 Wilcox, Amanda Williford 25
Mason, Andrew 23 Sassenberg, Freidrich 12 Wilcox, Ed 26
P
Maynard, Connie J. 5 Sassenberg, Mrs. Anna 12 Wilcox, Edward Everett 24, 25
Palmer, Mary Ann 15
McClendon, William 38 Schillings, Denny Lynn 68 Wilcox, Lee 24
Parke, Agnes 23
McCoy, Debbie Blanton 75 Shafer, Joseph Harris 65 Wilcox, Mary Louise 24
Paschal, Janey Loree 5
McDade, John R. 59 Shafer, Joseph N. 66 Wilkins, Ari 5, 46
Passman, David 45
McGuffin, Tina 75 Shafer, Lucinda E. Mallory 66 Williford, Amanda E. 25
Patterson, Clay 5
McKenzie, John 29 Slaughter, Bonnita Jo 68 Williford, Elizabeth 27
Patton, Samuel Boyd 68
Means, Earl R. 19 Slaughter, Richard 68 Wylie, John 5, 23, 75
Pennoyer, Lucy Crippen 65
Means, Ernest E. 19 Slaughter, Walter 68 Wylie, John V. 23
Perkins, Dorothy N. 5
Means, Everett E. 19 Smith, Carl 5, 45, 47
Perkins, Paula 75
Means, George 19 Soward, H. Martin 3, 65
Philibert-Ortega, Gena 28
Means, George Rodney 19 Soward, Mildred Jo Porter 65
Pinciotti, Susan 5
Means, Hazel Myrlte 18 Stickle, Leonore 24
Polk, Annie Wade 68
Means, Henry John 19 Storey, Maurice 9
Porter, Carrie E. Collins 66
Means, Herbert E. 19 Strauss, Kathy 45
Porter, David Sims 66
Means, Miss Hazel 19 Strauss, Michael L. 45, 48
Porter, Florence Roselle 66
Means, Myrtle 3 Streu, Elizabeth A. 5
Porter, Joe Asbury 66
Means, Myrtle Adeline 19 Strong, Annie 38
Porter, Leona Simpson 66
Meisner, Andreas 23
Porter, Millard Eugene 66, 67 T
Meisner, Bernard N. 23, 44
Porter, Norman 67 Talbert, Phillis 35
Mercer, Hassan 64
Porter, Ruby Florence Shafer 65 Talbot, Fanny 36
Meyers, Kelvin 44, 54, 75
Porter, Stark Parson 66 Talbot, John 36
Millsaps, Isaac 68
Porter, Wilber Ernest 66 Talbot, John Williston 35, 37
Mills, Betsy 2, 44, 73, 75
Porter, William S. 67 Talbot, Phillis 36
Mills, Elizabeth Shown 11, 21
Prahl, Dorothea Charlotte Emma Talbot, Robert 37
Mize, Tami Osmer 2
19 Taliaferro, John Richard 68
Morton, Fannie Talbot 37
Prescott, Laura 30 Taylor, Jessica 46
Morton, Moses 36
Pruitt, Mary Ann 67 Taylor, Loyd Ray 68
Mueller, Anna 12
Pryor, Kathy and Paul 5 Thomas, Jan 5
Mueller, Anna Margaretha 12
R Thompson, Kevin Paul 68
Mueller, Augustus 12
Rahn, Russell A. 3, 18 Tolbert, Courtney 33
Mueller, Catharine 12
Reed, Lisa 3, 30, 32, 45 Torres, Mary O. 75
Mueller, Christian 12
Reynolds, Linda 75 Townsend, William James 21
Mueller, Christine 12
Richard, Diane 45 Turner, Judy Lynn 75
Mueller, Emilie 12
Mueller, Friedrich 12 Robbins, Miriam 29 V
Mueller, George 12 Roberts, J. B. 5 Vega, Tim de la 75
Mueller, Heinrich 12 Roberts, Ramona 5 Vestal, Pam 46
Mueller, Herman 12 Roddy, Mary 45, 47 Voelkle, Robert 9
Mueller, John 12 Roselle, Christopher Columbus
67 W
Mueller, Margaretha 12
Roselle, Florence L. 66 Waters, Mary 38
N Roselle, Florence Lenora 67 Wayne, Debbie Parker 46, 48,
Neuman, Laurel 45 75
Ross, Samuel 21
Neumann, Pauline 14 Wells, Eric 46
Runge, Johannes 13
Westermeier, Dr. Carol 5
Russell, Judy G. 23
Westermeier, James 5
Whited, Randy 7, 75
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