It's been a while since my last "News from Nutfield" report. I have about two months of catching up here. I'm afraid that the next few weeks will be just as busy since there will be a wedding, adding a new branch to our family tree...
April Anomaly
Do you remember one year ago we were all excited about the
1940 census release, and then we were as busy as bees indexing away? It’s hard to believe it was only one short
year ago, the indexing was finished ahead of schedule and we’ve all grown
accustomed to looking up relatives on the 1940 census just like any other
census… How time flies!
States Meme Approximation
I didn’t know that over at the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets Blog
by Jill Sanders there was a weekly blog theme called Genealogy by the
States. The week of March 5th
was New Hampshire week. I have a Google alert for the words
“genealogy” and “New Hampshire” and I was alerted to all the posts in the
blogosphere that participated in this meme.
You should check it out to see if you would like to participate or maybe
find a cousin connection when the meme comes to your home state.
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| The 1779 Slave Petition to the New Hampshire Legislature photographed at the New Hampshire State Archives |
Slave Petition Permeability
In 1779 fourteen African slaves in New Hampshire petitionedthe legislature for freedom. Instead of
voting for or against the petition, the legislature tabled the issue. Last month the New Hampshire Senate voted in
favor of the petition, righting a wrong that had gone on for more than two
centuries. This story was in the news,
and I posted it on the Nutfield Genealogy Facebook page. Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist, who is
also a lawyer as well as a genealogist, inquired about the story and asked me
how to get a copy of the 1779 petition.
I went to Concord to photograph it for her, which gave me a chance to
meet the NH State Archivist and to actually see this important document in
person. It was a thrilling moment to
carry out this little RAOGK for Judy.
Boston.com and AP reported on “NH Senate passes bill freeing
former slaves” at this link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/2013/03/14/senate-passes-bill-freeing-former-slaves/AOSRgOoGDUYZKVLaxNYe1H/story.html
Maine Manipulations
Pam Carter’s blog “My Maine Ancestry” had a great blog poston 9 March 2013 “A Case of Domestic Violence”. This is a case of the importance of reading
other people’s blogs, and the great cousin connections you can make. Her blog post had a slew of ancestors from my
family tree. I knew most of the information in this blog,
but not ALL of it. Pam took the dry
notes from several of the same sources I already read, but wove a wonderful
tale that was very readable and interesting.
It brought together details into a wonderful explanation of the court
records.
RootsTech and Hessian
Soldiers Recurrence
Late last month I was in Salt Lake City for the RootsTech
2013 conference. It was exciting enough
to be in Salt Lake City, home of the world’s biggest genealogy library, but
adding the RootsTech conference to it was like the icing on the cake. Along with some of my blogging friends I was
also able to be on Dear Myrtle’s Hang Out on Air pre-conference show. All these lovely experiences needed a bit of
payback to complete the karma circle. One
of the folks hanging out On Air with Myrt had a Hessian soldier ancestor like
me, and happened to drop the name. While
looking up my own Hessian, I found her ancestor in the journal of the Johannes
Schwab Historical Association. I
photographed the article and sent it off to her. This is amazing to me because only a handful
of libraries have subscriptions to the JSHA journal, and the Family History
Library in Salt Lake City is one of them!
Cousin Connection
Catalyst
Mehetable Chandler Coit was subject of recent Fieldstone
Common episode “One Colonial Woman’s World with Michelle Coughlin”. And then, again, Marian hit ancestor paydirt
(for me anyway) with her episode of “The Notorious Elizabeth Tuttle with Ava
Chamberlain” on 28 March 2013. The
infamous Elizabeth Tuttle (b. 1645) was the niece of my 8th gread
grandmother, Dorothy Tuttle . Thanks
Marian!
I also learned that I am distant Marian Pierre Louis’s
cousin. Our connection is through John
Chandler (abt 1634 – 1703) and Elizabeth Douglas, I descend from daughter
Hannah Chandler Draper, Marian through another sibling. Mehetable Chandler Coit was also a sibling.
New online resources
At the NEHGS website, the database previously named
“Massachusetts Soldiers in the Colonial Wars” has been updated and renamed
“Colonial Soldiers and Officers in the New England 1620 – 1775” See the description and links at http://www.americanancestors.org/Blogs.aspx?id=28839&blogid=124069
The New Hampshire Historical Society, founded 1823, now has
their museum collections catalog online at www.nhhistory.org. Click “Museum” and then click “Online Catalog
of Museum Collections”. This database
has over 23,000 records of objects and biographies of prominent people, most
with images attached. Reproductions of
images may be purchased directly from the catalog. Also, more finding aids have been added at http://www.nhhistory.org/finding_aids/finding_aids.html
Also new this past month, NERGC, making the "Top 40 List" at Family Tree Magazine, touring the Mayflower II while she lies in drydock, volunteers just indexed their billionth record for Family Search, big news coming soon from my Hawaiian genealogy research, bridal showers and lots of wedding preparations... Phew!
Links:
Fieldstone Common blog http://www.fieldstonecommon.com/
Genealogy by the States- New Hampshire http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/category/genealogy-by-the-states/
Hidden Genealogy Nuggetss http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/
Johannes Schwalm Historic Association (Hessian Soldiers) www.jsha.org
Mondays with Myrt 18Mar2013 HOA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D11HuZpTq3c
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) www.americanancestors.org
One Colonial Woman’s World http://www.onecolonialwomansworld.com/
Pam Carter’s My Maine Ancestry Blog “A Case of Domestic
Violence” http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-case-of-domestic-violence.html
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Copyright
2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
A very busy and productive several months! I enjoyed reading about your experiences and all the fun that comes with being "on the inside" of the genealogy world!
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