On Line Search fo Vital Records:

Thank you Harnett County!

add WARREN to my list of surnames

I am just realizing that Elouise's John and Cora were probably not twins after all. The 1870 census depicts the Elouise raising 3 children who are all at school: James, John and Cora. Cora and John are the same age.
However according to The 1920 Census, Elouise had 7 children, or which two are still living at that time. In addition, The 1880 Census names Corra as Elouise's grand child. She then has a new baby of her own: Charlie WARREN.
James marries Julia, and John my ancestor "works about" until he eventually becomes married to Laura.

Elouise GIBSON
b. abt 1825
children:
James b. 1856 unk death
John b. 1858 unk death
Cora b. 1858 d. before 1900, grand-daughter

Paternal Grands

According to the Social Security Index, my great grandfather died in South Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ. My father's memories dictate that he lived in New Brunswick, NJ; while my great Aunts' both testify that he lived in Philadelphia.
Oh how I wish the stories matched. However it is positive that both locations are closer to what seems correct--rather than something very far from here....

George Clarence GIBSON
b. 1893
m. Louise CLEMONS
c. 1920
children: George Clarence GIBSON II
b. 1921
m. Beatrice GIBSON
c. 1945
children: Joseph GIBSON
Aunt Linda GIBSON

Mail To: Baldwin County Court

I am writing today to request proof of marriage for my paternal great grandparents. Because I am not sure of her birth, I will inquire first of his county seat of Milledgeville, Baldwin County GA. These African American Ancestors raised my grandfather in Milledgeville. He was born in 1921; so it seems that the reasonable course of action would be to secure his birth certificate, and look for a marriage certificate for the couple in the year prior.

Baldwin County Probate Court
121 Wilkinson Street
Suite 109
Milledgeville, GA 31061

birth certificates begin in 1855

IPL

The Internet Public Library on Genealogy

Finding Death

The Social Security Index is a good source for seeking the death and greater details on those searches for ancestors. What's is more is the information that can be had from applying for the application.
A copy of the original, as well as computer generated abstracts are available from the Social Security on Line site, as well as the guidelines for requests and the explanation of the Freedom of Information Act that makes this all possible.

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

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RAOGK is a global volunteer organization. With over 4000 volunteers in every U.S. state and many international locations, we have helped thousands of researchers. Our volunteers take time to do everything from looking up courthouse records to taking pictures of tombstones. All they ask in return is reimbursement for their expenses (never their time) and a thank you.

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USF Africana Heritage Project and WeRelate.org to Collaborate on Groundbreaking Slave Genealogy Research

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Contacts:
Toni Carrier
USF Africana Heritage Project
www.africanaheritage.com
toniheadr@aol.com
813-246-2201

Dallan Quass
President, Foundation for On-Line Genealogy
www.werelate.org
dallan@WeRelate.org
(801) 319-1770

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - The USF Africana Heritage Project and WeRelate.org announced today that they will collaborate on groundbreaking historical research sponsored by the Magnolia Plantation Foundation of Charleston, SC. In the first-ever project of its kind, Magnolia Plantation is funding genealogical research in the plantation journals of the Drayton family of Charleston. The USF Africana Heritage Project will reconstruct the lineages of enslaved communities on Drayton family plantations, and build family files which anyone may access for free on the Internet.

WeRelate, the world's largest genealogy wiki, will host the family tree files, provide technical support and share expertise to make the research results easily accessible and user-friendly. "We feel strongly that WeRelate's collaboration in this project will bring talent and expertise to the effort, and will make the work product truly special," said Toni Carrier, Founding Director of the USF Africana Heritage Project. "The folks at WeRelate have poured an enormous amount of time and technical skill into making an innovative, free website where genealogists and scholars may collaborate on research. We look forward to collaborating with them on this historic research."

A "wiki" is a new type of website that makes it easy for people to collaborate on research projects. Anyone can edit pages and build upon others' work. A history of changes is kept so that information is not lost and people can see who changed what. "Wiki's like Wikipedia and WeRelate demonstrate the effectiveness of wiki technology in helping people share information. We are excited to participate in this important and historic effort to reconstruct slave family lineages and make them freely available online," said Dallan Quass, President of the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, the sponsor of WeRelate.

The USF Africana Heritage Project is an all-volunteer research project sponsored by the Africana Studies department at the University of South Florida. Their research mission is to rediscover records that document the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants, and share those records on the free Internet site www.africanaheritage.com.

For more information about Magnolia Plantation's sponsorship of this historic research, please follow the link Magnolia Plantation Foundation to Sponsor Internet Archive of Plantation, Slave Records. For more information about the USF Africana Heritage Project please follow the link USF Africana Heritage Project Press Kit.

WeRelate is a free public-service wiki for genealogy sponsored by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, Inc. in partnership with the Allen County Public Library. It is the world's largest genealogy wiki with pages for over 400,000 people and growing. Their goal is to be the number one community website for genealogy. At WeRelate you can connect with other researchers and cooperatively work on web pages for your ancestors. Your research can be documented completely online. You can upload GEDCOM files, upload and annotate scanned documents and photos, include family stories and biographies, and generate maps of your ancestors' life events. WeRelate is currently in beta and is funded by tax-deductible donations.

For more information please visit WeRelate.org or follow the link WeRelate video tour.

Getting Started!

Online Tutorials and Guides

Here are a few web sites with good sections on how to begin your research:

Getting Started on line guide at Afrigeneas.com

Help for Genealogy Researchers and Getting Started from the USGenWeb Project

How to get started in Genealogy, from the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)

Finding Your Ancestors, online course (free, but requires registration)

Genealogy Learning Center from Genealogy.com

Genealogy Classes, free online classes on beginning genealogy, internet genealogy, and tracing immigrant origins.

Getting Started page from National Genealogical Society

Where to Begin, Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Family Trees

Genealogy 101, from HeritageQuest.