My husband's last name is MIDKIFF, and I have been able to trace this line definitely back five generations (not counting him) to his 3rd-great-grandfather, Franklin Preston MIDKIFF.
Stories and History:
The MIDKIFF Family History on my website.
Ahnentafel #32 - Franklin Preston MIDKIFF (c. 1800 - c. 1840) was probably born in Kentucky, or perhaps Virginia. He appears in the 1830 Federal Census of the part of Lincoln County, Tennessee that is now Moore County. A neighbor, Hasten MIDKIFF, may well have been a brother or cousin. Franklin died before the 1840 Federal Census was taken, and his wife, Ellender "Nellie" OLIVER died before the 1850 Federal Census was taken, leaving five children surviving of their at least seven known children.
Ahnentafel #16 - Charles Anderson MIDKIFF, I (1839 - 1919) emigrated from Tennesee to Cooke and Grayson Counties in Texas with three of his four older siblings. He later lived in Oklahoma Territory, Colorado, and eventually, Butte County, California. You can read more about him in a biographical sketch here on my website, as well as a sketch on his military service in the Confederacy that I posted last year on this blog.
Ahnentafel #8 - John Franklin MIDKIFF, I (1870 - 1926) was married twice. He had four children with his first wife and three with his second. His daughter from his first marriage married his second wife's brother, making their children double and half cousins with my father-in-law!
Ahnentafel #4 - John Franklin MIDKIFF, II (1910 - 1957) - I've written a bit about John on this blog in one of my best posts, "Every Eleven Miles."
More about the MIDKIFF family:
1. Online database: MIDKIFF ancestors and relatives (I update this at least once a month; no info on living persons available)
2. Posts about MIDKIFF ancestors and relatives on this blog
3. Some scanned MIDKIFF documents
4. Some scanned MIDKIFF photos
5. My MIDKIFF Virtual Cemetery on Find A Grave
6. The MIDKIFF FamilyTreeDNA Project - so far, every male with the surname spelled MIDKIFF (as opposed to variations such as Metcalf, etc.) who has had their Y-DNA tested appears to be related
7. Midkiff: A Family, Town, and Way of Life by Mary Lou MIDKIFF - the story of Charles' (above) nephew, Thomas Oscar MIDKIFF, Sr., who pioneered and ranched in West Texas
The MIDKIFF immigration trail:
From Franklin to my husband: KY or VA? > Lincoln (now Moore) Co., TN > Grayson Co., TX > Cooke Co., TX > Cleveland Co., OK Territory > Pottawatomie Co., OK > Delta Co., CO > Butte Co., CA > Custer Co., ID > Yakima Co., WA > Clark Co., WA > Spokane Co., WA
A couple of weeks ago, I read a message from a woman on a genealogy mailing list. She had found a new online genealogy resource and was eager to share it. She then shared the name and URL of this "new" resource, and I realized it was a website that I have been visiting for nearly two years now. "New" to her was not new to me. That is the disadvantage or advantage, depending upon one's perspective, of being a genealogy blogger with access to the latest press releases. You learn about all the latest and greatest as they happen, but then you also start believing there isn't anything "new" out there!
My latest discovery was a nice surprise. I stumbled upon it quite by accident, having Googled the phrase "online city directories" to attempt to find more resources for my Online City, County, and Rural Directories website. My search led me to a .pdf document, the February 2008 issue of Got Genealogy? News, which in turn led me to a great "new" (to me!) website!
Got Genealogy?, founded by Lisa B. Lee, bills itself as a resource that uses "the tools of the future to discover your past." Each month they put out their four-page .pdf newsletter which is usually focused on one research theme, such as city directories, vital records, online libraries, state archives, etc. They also highlight a website each month on their website. Additionally, they put the fun into research by submitting a challenge to their readers, who attempt to solve the puzzle and win some fabulous prizes!
I hope that Got Genealogy? is a new resource for you and that it will soon become a familiar one as well!
I haven't done Friday Findings in a while, and am hoping to get back on track with it. It's a great way to keep track of any research I've done or discoveries I've made over the past week.
I received the September 2009 issue of Family Tree Magazine and the July/August 2009 issue of Discovering Family History. Both have great articles, as usual, and they both had articles on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA is the focus of FTM's web guides series, and DFH had an article on NARA field branches.
In an earlier post this week, I mentioned how my uncle had arrived from Western Michigan for a surprise 65th birthday party for my mother last weekend. He brought two packages of photos and documents, one for me and one for Mom. I am scanning Mom's stuff now to return to her when we visit for the annual Robbins' Fourth of July barbecue. It's been a challenge, since my main computer has been down for a month, I can't get my scanner's software to load on my daughter's fast laptop with lots of hard drive space, and my own sluggish laptop is almost out of room (I had to go through and do a lot of deleting of unnecessary files and cropping of .tif photo files to allow enough hard drive space to finish scanning).
The photos are mostly formal ones of Mom, her mother, and her grandmother, although there are many snapshots. There are also my grandparents' senior yearbooks, my grandmother's high school diploma, and some snapshots of my own childhood. There are also some photos from my (step) grandfather's family, and I'm honored that they are passing into my hands. I look forward to eventually highlighting a lot of these photos on some Wordless Wednesday posts.
I also heard from a HOLST relative (my paternal grandmother's adoptive surname) I've corresponded with in the past who may have some copies of photos to pass on to me. Also, a descendant of Silas YORK got back in touch with me. There's a possibility that my brick wall ancestor Jeremiah F. YORK is related and we've been knocking on this wall for many years. Last, I heard from a distant DICKINSON relative who told me of a family reunion in June 2010 in Massachusetts.
There's been a lot of news from genealogy websites this past week, and I just haven't had time to get the press releases on my blog. Many of them have to be reformatted to fit the post, which is time-consuming. I wish they'd get e-mailed to me in .txt format instead of HTML!
One of my favorite non-genealogy blogs is Scribbit: A Blog about Motherhood in Alaska. Anyone who's read my blog for any amount of time is sure to understand why I'm a fan: the child from Alaska enjoys reading the work of the mother from Alaska. Even though I never lived in Anchorage like Michelle Mitchell does, there is just something about living in Alaska that is an automatic bond between people (not unlike being a geneablogger!). Michelle is a very well known Mom Blogger, and if you know anything about blogs beyond genealogy, you'll know that Mom Bloggers are huge in the social networking/technology world. Oh, yes, and here's a fact that's sure to interest a number of you genealogy fans: she used to work for a Nobel laureate at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. doing research on the Civil War!
Today Michelle wrote an interesting post entitled "Things I've Learned About Blogging." I thought it fascinating, not only from the perspective of a blogger myself, but also in retrospect to all that happened with the geneabloggers at Southern California Genealogical Society's 2009 Jamboree last weekend. Her eight things she's learned is sure to touch off a spark of knowing nods and "A-ha's" from those of us who've been blogging awhile. And if you're new to blogging, well, it's good know what to expect down the road. Savor her reflections!
Overview
Indexers waiting for projects from the Czech Republic, Baden, Germany, or South Africa can now get busy. New indexing projects added this week are:
Czech Republic, Litomerice Kirchenbücher, 1552–1905 [Part 1]
Deutschland, Baden—Kirchenbücher, 1810-1869
Mexico DF Registros Parroquiales, 1886–1933 [Part 1]
South Africa, Cape Province Dutch Reformed Church, 1660–1970
U.S., Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1916–1922 [Part 2]
U.S., Massachusetts Marriages, 1896–1897
U.S., Minnesota 1885 State Census
Recently Completed Projects
(Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication.)
Mexico, Censo de 1930—Tamaulipas
South Carolina—1920 U.S. Federal Census
Utah—1920 U.S. Federal Census
Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion
Argentina, Buenos Aires 1855 Census; Spanish; 44%
Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman; Spanish; 46%
Argentina Censo 1869—Santiago y Santa Fe; Spanish; 12%
Australia, Greenwich—Genealogical Records, 1776–1980; English; 65%
Austria, Wiener Meldezettel, 1890–1925; German; 1%
Belgium, Antwerp Foreigners Index, 1840–1930; Dutch, Flemish; 41%
Czech Republic, Litomerice Kirchenbücher, 1552–1905 [Part 1]; German; (New)
France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 1]; French; 81%
France Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part 2]; French; 2%
France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche, 1792–1906; French; 89%
France, Paroisses de Cherbourg, 1802–1907; French; 1%
France, Paroisses de Coutances, 1802–1907; French; 1%
France, Paroisses de Saint-Lo, 1802–1907; French; 2%
Germany, Baden—Kirchenbücher, 1810-1869; German; (New)
Germany, Brandenburg Kirchenbücher, 1789–1875; German; 65%*
Germany, Mecklenburg 1890 Volkszählung, Div 24–38; German; 45%
Italy, Trento Baptism Records, 1784–1924; Italian; 87%
Jamaica, Trelawny Births, 1878–1930; English; 25%
Mexico, Censo de 1930—Mexico; Spanish; 10%
Mexico, Censo de 1930—Yucatan; Spanish; 35%
Mexico DF Registros Parroquiales, 1886–1933 [Part 1]; Spanish; (New)
Nicaragua, Managua Civil Records, 1879–Present; Spanish; 55%*
Peru, Lima—Registros Civiles, 1910–1930; Spanish; 34%
Russia, St Petersburg Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1833–1885; German; 1%
South Africa, Cape Province Dutch Reformed Church, 1660–1970; English; (New)
Spain, Avila, Moraleja de Matacabras, 1540–1904; Spanish; 46%
Spain, Lugo—Registros Parroquiales [Part 1], 1530–1930; Spanish; 19%
U.K., Cheshire Parish Records [Part 2], 1538-1850; English; 15%
U.K., Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1538–Present; English; 2%
U.S., Arkansas County Marriages VI, 1837–1957; English; 51%
U.S., Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1916–1922 [Part 2]; English; (New)
U.S., Indiana, Adams County Marriages, 1811–1959; English; 50%
U.S., Indiana, Allen County Marriages, 1811–1959; English; 16%
U.S., Indiana, Blackford County Marriages 1811–1959; English; 90%
U.S., Massachusetts Marriages, 1896–1897; English; (New)
U.S., Minnesota 1885 State Census; English; (New)
U.S., New York 1905 State Census; English; 48%
U.S., Pennsylvania—1920 U.S. Federal Census; English; 35%
U.S., Washington—County Marriages, 1858–1950; English; (New)
Ukraine, Kyiv, 1840–1842; Russian; 21%
Venezuela, Mérida Registros Parroquiales. 1654–1992; Spanish; 25%
(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)
Current FamilySearch Partner Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion
Belgique—Registres Des Décès—Charleroi, 1851–1900; French; 39%
Belgique—Registres Des Décès—En Français, 1796–1910; French; 22%*
België—Overlijdens Registers—In het Nederlands, 1796–1910; Dutch, Flemish; 91%*
België—Overlijdens Registers—Kalmthout, 1851–1900; Dutch, Flemish; 92%
België—Overlijdens Registers—Mechelen, 1851–1900; Dutch, Flemish; 9%
Deutschland, Bremer Schifflisten, 1904–1914; German; 59%
Flanders Death Registration, 1796–1900; French, Dutch, Flemish; 79%*
Norway 1875 Census [Part 1]; Norwegian; 40%
Canada, Nova Scotia—Antigonish Church Records, 1823–1905; English; 87%
U.S., Arkansas Marriages IV, 1837–1957; English; 38%
U.S., Indiana Marriages, 1882 to April 1905; English; 93%
U.S., Ohio Tax Records—2 of 4, Post 1825; English; 78%
U.S., Ohio Tax Records—3 of 4, Post 1825; English; 1%
U.S., Vermont Militia Records, 1861–1867; English; 45%
(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)
Current FamilySearch Regional Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion
(These projects are being indexed by volunteers in specific areas of the world.)
Australia, NSW—Bounty Immigrants, 1824–1842; English; 8%
Australia, Sydney Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800–1960; English; 9%
Australia, Victoria Probate Records, 1853–1989; English; 66%
Canada, British Columbia Marriages, 1859–1932; English; 9%
Canada, Quebec—Trois-Rivières IC, 1800–1900; French; 54%
Twelve new collections were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week. International collections were added for Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. New United States collections were added for Delaware, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Utah. Happy searching!
These collections can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot).
Special thanks to the growing number of online volunteers who help make these collections freely available by donating their time and talents to the FamilySearch Indexing program.
Collection Name: Argentina, Resistencia Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1882–1921
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 9,814
Comments: New
Collection Name: Australia, New South Wales, alphabetical index to newspaper cuttings 1841–1987
Indexed Records: 50,488
Digital Images: 47,519
Comments: New
Collection Name: Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627–1978
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 301,339
Comments: New
Collection Name: Mexico, Colima, Catholic Church Records, 1707–1969
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 172,930
Comments: New
Collection Name: Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records, 1638–1944
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 167,931
Comments: New
Collection Name: Netherlands, Limburg Parish Register Transcripts, 1600–1822
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 50,449
Comments: New. Additional images will be added later this year.
Collection Name: Spain, Gerona Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1339–1930
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 861,185
Comments: New. Additional images will be added later this year.
Collection Name: U.S., Delaware State Birth Records, 1861–1908
Indexed Records: 45,983
Digital Images: 23,624
Comments: New. Additional records will be added later this year.
Collection Name: U.S., Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841–1915
Indexed Records: 597,610
Digital Images: 601,355
Comments: New. Additional records will be added later this year
Collection Name: U.S., New Mexico Deaths, 1889–1945
Indexed Records: 167,925
Digital Images: ---
Comments: New
Collection Name: U.S., Rhode Island State Census, 1915
Indexed Records: 540,589
Digital Images: ---
Comments: New. Images will be added later.
Collection Name: U.S., Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah
Indexed Records: 18,924
Digital Images: 19,808
Comments: New
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The Washington State Genealogical Society's 2009 state conference will be upon us before you know it. September 11 through 13 is the weekend, the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington is the location, and the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society is proud to play host for this event. My co-bloggers over at the EWGS blog, Donna Potter Phillips and Charles Hansen, have been busy researching and writing about all the events, speakers, activities, transportation, facilities, etc. surrounding the conference, and I'll be adding information about the great vendors that will be in attendance, as well.
Here's a wrap up of some recent posts that will be of interest to you:
Washington State Genealogical Society 2009 State Conference to Be Held in Spokane
Benefits of Attending Genealogical Societies
WSGS 2009 Conference Update
Online Registration Now Available for 2009 WSGS State Conference
WSGS: Other Activities
Getting to Spokane for the WSGS Conference
September...and the Conference...Be A-Comin'
To keep up-to-date on all the conference posts, be sure to bookmark the 2009 State Conference label on the blog. You can also add the EWGS blog to your daily reads at Bloglines, Google Reader, or any of your favorite feed readers here. If you prefer to read your blogs via e-mail, you can sign up to receive them through FeedBlitz.
P.S. There will be a number of Geneabloggers (genealogy bloggers) in attendance at the conference, and we are looking to meet for a GB event. Please contact me if you are interested.
Although I'm sorry I'm missing the Southern California Genealogical Society's Jamboree (and all the great Geneablogger gatherings!), I have my own celebrations this weekend that I wouldn't have missed for all the world!
Among the MANY family birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations this month...among the MANY special family birthdays occurring this month, (1st, 18th, 50th, 60th, and 65th--two of the latter!) is my mother's 65th birthday today.
That in itself is pretty special. Additionally, her brother/my uncle decided to make it extra special by taking some time off work at his job for a railroad in Western Michigan to be here as a surprise for her. He arrived early yesterday morning and we spent quite a bit of time visiting all day long. He brought with him two packages from my grandparents' estates, one for me and one for Mom, full of documents and photos from my mother's, grandmother's, and great-grandmother's childhoods. There are photos of my Great-great-grandparents HOEKSTRA, and another of my Great-great-grandmother DeVRIES, treasures because I'd never before seen photos of them. There are also photos of siblings and cousins of ancestors which now give me faces to go with the many names I've researched over the years.
It's been a priceless weekend: seeing the look on my mother's face as she walked into my home and saw my uncle ("there's a package from Michigan in the living room for you, Mom!"); and seeing the my ancestors' faces gazing back at me from vintage photo albums.
Tomorrow morning, I'll begin scanning the treasured photos of my ancestors. I hope you'll join me from 11 AM to 2 PM, Pacific Daylight Time for Scanfest.
My name is Miriam Robbins Midkiff, and I live in Spokane, Washington, USA, about 15 miles west of the Idaho border, the largest urban area between Seattle and Minneapolis. I've been married for 22 years, and we have two good-looking, intelligent, and compassionate teens (one of each), a high-school graduate and an incoming sophomore. By turns we are adored or ignored by our frisky middle-aged tabby, Tessa. I've been a special education paraeducator with my local school district for nine years, where I work with developmentally impaired teens at the middle-school level. I also teach online genealogy classes (basic and intermediate) through the local community college district and the county library district. I'm a member of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, am active on several committees--including co-authoring their blog--and teach and speak at both EWGS and other societies in the Inland Northwest. I'm a co-administrator at Facebook's Genea-Bloggers Group, and have several other blogs I (try to) maintain!
I also recently started a new website, the Online City, County, and Rural Directory website. Have you ever wished you could find links to all the online city directories in one place? A place where they were listed by location and in date order? This is the purpose of the Online City, County, and Rural Directories Website. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers. My goal is to have a complete listing for city, county, rural, business, and other types of directories for the United States and Canada, and then go on to add directories for other countries. I also have lists of resources, articles, and ideas of where to find offline city directories. And there is an accompanying blog (of course!) where you can see the latest updates and new pages on the site.
Although I can't attend Jamboree this year, I will be attending the Washington State Genealogical Society 2009 State Conference in Spokane on September 11 - 13 at the world-famous Davenport Hotel. I'm on the conference committee and we have a wonderful lineup of speakers and vendors including Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Bruce Buzbee. I hope you can attend!
As you can see, genealogy is a huge part of my life. I began this blog as an outlet for the need to write about something--anything--on a regular basis. I can't not write! "AnceStories" was a word I coined when I created a website years ago to write the stories of my ancestors. I discovered blogging was a lot quicker and easier than creating web pages. Series are especially interesting for me to write, but I admit that I'm not always good at wrapping them up! The first day of every month, I post a Calendar of Events. I also will post press releases for genealogy-related companies, but rarely do reviews of products (non-fiction books seem to be my main exception to that rule). It's through this blog that I explain, announce, and invite others to participate with me in Scanfest. We will be having a Scanfest this weekend here at AnceStories, so if you get a chance between sessions, please drop by and join the chat!
My brightest article was originally submitted for a military-themed genealogy writing contest and was a first-prize winner: A Polar Bear in North Russia. It's about my great-grandfather's service in the U.S. Army in Russia, of all places. It's a little-known fact in American history that we sent troops there to fight against communist forces.
My breeziest ones were about Alice Teddy, the Rollerskating Bear. I got some surprising media attention for these!
Not all my articles are about bears! My most beautiful article was "One Woman: Barbara Dorothy Valk, Missionary to Central Africa, which I wrote for the 20th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy and Women's History Month 2007. In researching and interviewing relatives for background for this mini-biography, I was rewarded by discovering she was so much more than the elderly spinster aunt of my mother that I recalled meeting only twice.
I enjoy receiving comments from my readers, and try to follow up on them regularly. Now that summer vacation is here, I plan to be spending more time blogging on a regular basis. Please know that I read all comments before publishing them, as well as any e-mails I receive. The best way to get to know me within the framework of this blog is to become a regular reader by bookmarking this blog or subscribing via e-mail or a feed reader (see upper right-hand margin to enable any of those features). Visiting my profile will also tell you a bit about what motivates me to write. While I mainly write for my own pleasure and to record my family's history, it always encourages me when I receive "fan e-mail," too! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to get to know me and AnceStories a little better!
My maiden name is ROBBINS, and I have been able to trace this line definitely back seven generations (not counting my own) to two 5th-great-grandfathers, both of whom were ROBBINSes. My 4th great-grandparents were Joseph Josiah ROBBINS (1820 - 1905) and Marinda ROBBINS (1824 - 1912), and whether or not they were related to each other is not known to me. Joseph was the son of George ROBBINS of Otsego County, New York (some records indicate he was born in New Jersey, Massachusetts, or Connecticut) and Marinda was the daughter of convicted murdered Uzza ROBBINS (b. c. 1792 in Vermont or New York) of New York and Pennsylvania, who was hung in 1850 for his crime.
Stories and History:
The ROBBINS Family History on my website.
Ahnentafel #128: I have seen information that gives the possibility that my George ROBBINS may be the George Washington ROBBINS of Connecticut who married Abigail HICKS and died in Chautauqua County, New York by 1854, but I have not yet found evidence to satisfy me.
Ahnentafel #130: Uzza ROBBINS' story of his crimes (he murdered his second wife and attempted to murder his step-daughter; later it was determined he murdered his son in another incident) and his beheading after his execution (the first in McKean County, Pennsylvania) and three disinterments are fascinating and can be read here at the Painted Hills Genealogical Society website.
#64: Joseph Josiah ROBBINS was a Civil War veteran and his story was written in the history of Oceana County, Michigan. It can be read here. Three of his sons were named a variation of Ben!
#32: Joseph and Marinda ROBBINS' oldest son Charles H. ROBBINS (1844 - 1934) was my ancestor. He also was a Civil War veteran who fought in many of the famous battles, and I have told his story here.
#16: Charles' son Angelo Merrick ROBBINS (1874 - 1923) was a schoolteacher who died young due to a ruptured appendix. You can read his story here.
#8: Angelo's son, William Bryan ROBBINS (1896 - 1972), served during WWI in North Russia as a Polar Bear. Read more here. I've also written extensively about his experiences in North Russia on this blog.
#4: My beloved paternal grandfather, Robert Lewis ROBBINS (1920 - 2003), was a WWII veteran, and you can read all about him here. I remember how well he could ride a unicycle!
More about the ROBBINS family:
1. Online database (I update this at least once a month): ROBBINS ancestors and relatives (no info on living persons available)
2. Some ROBBINS obituaries
3. Posts about ROBBINS ancestors and relatives on this blog
4. Some scanned ROBBINS documents
5. Some scanned ROBBINS photos
6. My ROBBINS Virtual Cemetery on Find A Grave
The ROBBINS immigration trail:
George ROBBINS' line: Otsego Co., NY > Chautauqua Co., NY?
Uzza ROBBINS' line: Broome Co., NY > Susquehanna Co., PA > Potter Co., PA > McKean Co., PA
Joseph ROBBINS and descendants to myself: Otsego Co., NY > Chautauqua Co., NY > Tioga Co., PA > McKean Co., PA > Oceana Co., MI > Cottonwood Co., MN > Oceana Co., MI > Newaygo Co., MI > Muskegon Co., MI > Ottawa Co., MI > AK > Stevens Co., WA > Spokane Co., WA
