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What should I do next?

Legg inn av todd.lawson@gmail.com » 27 aug 2007 17:37:52

Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am looking
for advice on where to continue digging for more information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I have many
census forms on him, so I have the basics of where he lived, his wife
(Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am trying to track down his
parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info with
google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I know the
oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has helped quite a bit
with some of the lines. familysearch came up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are the
main search resources that people go to as a first line search? After
that?

Thanks in advance for the education!

Todd

Hugh Watkins

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 27 aug 2007 18:18:51

todd.lawson@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am looking
for advice on where to continue digging for more information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I have many
census forms on him, so I have the basics of where he lived, his wife
(Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am trying to track down his
parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info with
google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I know the
oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has helped quite a bit
with some of the lines. familysearch came up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are the
main search resources that people go to as a first line search? After
that?

Thanks in advance for the education!


the detailed advice depends on the location of your ancestors and where
the original records are kept today

first read some books on how to do genealogy

Hugh W

--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

todd.lawson@gmail.com

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av todd.lawson@gmail.com » 27 aug 2007 18:30:53

Thanks. I was hoping for a list of "go to sites" people use, before I
start trying to dig up original records. All I have is he was born in
Pennsylvania, and his father in NY, mother in NJ.

Any recommended books?

Todd


On Aug 27, 10:18 am, Hugh Watkins <hugh.watk...@gmail.com> wrote:
todd.law...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am looking
for advice on where to continue digging for more information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I have many
census forms on him, so I have the basics of where he lived, his wife
(Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am trying to track down his
parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info with
google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I know the
oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has helped quite a bit
with some of the lines. familysearch came up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are the
main search resources that people go to as a first line search? After
that?

Thanks in advance for the education!

the detailed advice depends on the location of your ancestors and where
the original records are kept today

first read some books on how to do genealogy

Hugh W

--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
districthttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGEhttp://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Hugh Watkins

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 27 aug 2007 19:37:34

todd.lawson@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks. I was hoping for a list of "go to sites" people use, before I
start trying to dig up original records. All I have is he was born in
Pennsylvania, and his father in NY, mother in NJ.

just google like mad

"Peter C. Stewart"

"Stewart Peter C."

and without the C


Any recommended books?

my special is UK and Denmark
so I don't know

occupation is another factor

rootsweb.com is worth learning too

halp pages on familysearch.org as good as any book

Hugh W

--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Christopher Jahn

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av Christopher Jahn » 28 aug 2007 06:26:13

"todd.lawson@gmail.com" <todd.lawson@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1188232672.390906.144140@q4g2000prc.googlegroups.com:

Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am
looking for advice on where to continue digging for more
information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I
have many census forms on him, so I have the basics of where
he lived, his wife (Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am
trying to track down his parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info
with google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I
know the oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has
helped quite a bit with some of the lines. familysearch came
up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are
the main search resources that people go to as a first line
search? After that?

You can check on the forums set up there for the states and
counties he lived in.

I have had several instances of finding the previous generation
by looking in the households of siblings: often a parent will be
passed around their children's households. But it's tough
searching earlie than 1850.

Check the family surname forums on Ancestry (and rootsweb). I
have found afew distant cousins that way. Someone had my g-g-
grandmother's wedding certificate, another had a photo of my g-g-
grandpa and his second wife.

The US GenWeb project is also a great resource; many of them have
compiled local histories, and that can fill in a lot of family
stuff.



--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( http://soflatheatre.blogspot.com/

As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.

L Covey

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av L Covey » 28 aug 2007 12:09:42

todd.lawson@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am looking
for advice on where to continue digging for more information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I have many
census forms on him, so I have the basics of where he lived, his wife
(Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am trying to track down his
parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info with
google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I know the
oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has helped quite a bit
with some of the lines. familysearch came up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are the
main search resources that people go to as a first line search? After
that?

Thanks in advance for the education!

Todd


Also, Ancestry has told me that if you need suggestions, help, etc.
locating a person(s), you can give them a call and they will offer you
assistance. 800-ancestry (800-262-3787)

LC

singhals

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av singhals » 28 aug 2007 15:44:06

Todd,

as an easy jumping-off point, try the Boy Scout Merit Badge
Book for genealogy. Then Gilbert Doane's book. Both
pre-date the WWW era. http://www.cyndislist.com and
http://www.rootsweb.com both have on-line tutorials you can use as
supplements to Doane and the merit badge.

The US census 1930 to 1850 is very useful and most of it is
available fairly cheaply either on microfilm or in a public
or university library.

As Hugh says, hit http://www.usgenweb.org/?? and reply ?? with PA
NY or NJ Spend quantity time there you never know what
might pop up where. Each county has its own message board
and mail/discussion list, linked from the county's main page.

Good luck.

Cheryl



todd.lawson@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks. I was hoping for a list of "go to sites" people use, before I
start trying to dig up original records. All I have is he was born in
Pennsylvania, and his father in NY, mother in NJ.

Any recommended books?

Todd


On Aug 27, 10:18 am, Hugh Watkins <hugh.watk...@gmail.com> wrote:

todd.law...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am looking
for advice on where to continue digging for more information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I have many
census forms on him, so I have the basics of where he lived, his wife
(Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am trying to track down his
parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info with
google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I know the
oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has helped quite a bit
with some of the lines. familysearch came up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are the
main search resources that people go to as a first line search? After
that?

Thanks in advance for the education!

the detailed advice depends on the location of your ancestors and where
the original records are kept today

first read some books on how to do genealogy

Hugh W

--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
districthttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGEhttp://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG




Laurieb

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av Laurieb » 29 aug 2007 15:11:15

On Aug 27, 12:37 pm, "todd.law...@gmail.com" <todd.law...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all,

I am new to genealogy, but have been having lots of fun on the
ancestry.com site. I am looking in to one of my lines, and am looking
for advice on where to continue digging for more information.

I have an ancestor named "Peter C. Stewart", born in 1820. I have many
census forms on him, so I have the basics of where he lived, his wife
(Elizabeth Piatt), children, etc. I am trying to track down his
parents now.

For other people in the tree, I have merged oneworldtree info with
google, etc. to get a frame work of possible lineage. I know the
oneworldtree data is highly suspect, but it has helped quite a bit
with some of the lines. familysearch came up blank.

I am looking for advice on the next course of action. What are the
main search resources that people go to as a first line search? After
that?

Thanks in advance for the education!

Todd

Todd,
Here is a list of books to help you get started. If you have a public
library near you start there with a keyword search using genealogy to
see what they have to offer as well as looking for these books. I use
the library for all my book reading on the subject (my library uses a
inter-loan system so I have access to over 20 libraries' books that I
can request from through them).

Easy Family History: the stress free guide to starting your research
David Annal

Finding Your Family on the Internet: the ultimate guide to online
family history
Michael Otterson

The Family Tree Problem solver: proven methods for scaling the
inevitable brick wall
Marsha Hoffman

Locating Your Roots: discover your ancestors unsing land records
Patricia Law Hatcher

Family Hisory 101: a beginner's guide to finding your ancestors
Marcia D. Yannizze Melnyk (Find more books by her if you can)

Tracing Your Family History
Lise Hull

The following books I have not read as yet.

Plugging Into Your Past: How to find real family history records
online
Rick Crume

A Sourcebook for Genealogy Research: Research Alphabetically by Type
and Location
Foster Stockwell

Also if you can get to your state library they have many resources and
wonderful written "how to" pamphlets and seminars you can attend (at
least the Library of Michigan does).
Good luck and make use of all the free resources you can.

Laurie
STRICKLAND Family researcher

Zareth

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av Zareth » 29 aug 2007 15:41:00

If you are looking for his parents, one possibility would be to go to the
city or town he was born in and see if you can get birth records. Usually
that tells you the individuals parents.

todd.lawson@gmail.com

Re: What should I do next?

Legg inn av todd.lawson@gmail.com » 31 aug 2007 01:38:28

Hi all,

Thanks for all the advice! I will start investigating all of these
options. I only know he was born in Pennsylvania, due to his census
records. I have idea *where* in PA. :)

However, that's half the fun, right? Clues: Born in PA around 1820.
Father born in NY, mother born in NJ. Start digging. :)

Thanks again,

Todd



On Aug 29, 7:41 am, "Zareth" <dfmnfdjndfn...@jdfsjkldfkj.fhfe> wrote:
If you are looking for his parents, one possibility would be to go to the
city or town he was born in and see if you can get birth records. Usually
that tells you the individuals parents.

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