My Family Tree

RAGAGELES

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:45:58 GMT

Hi!, If you are looking for the name Ragageles, you have just found one XD I'm looking for others with the same name and I'm doing the family tree, you can find information on my BLOG, there is a portuguese version too.
Every thing I found I post there, sone I will post the names I have there.

new around the family trre

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:57:59 GMT

hi! my name is Liliana, and I'm from Portugal, I'm looking for other people with the weird name Ragageles : D or any information about it! thanks!

Civil War / Transcription

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:14:47 GMT

The following transcription is on my great great grandfather's headstone and I was wondering if someone could help me decipher it as I cannot find any record besides his obit that he was even in the war...

Michael Weyer
O.F. 3 REG F.A. N.Y. V.

Ancestry.com free trials warning

Sun, 04 May 2008 06:23:27 GMT

Please remember to keep track of when your free trial runs out.. Ancestry WILL bill your bank account without warning. They did this to me Friday night and over drew my account. I had no warning that my free trial was up and that a bill was coming, just the aftermath of 155.40 vanishing from my bank account and not knowing where it went until driving the 45 mins to my bank to speak with a live person. I had not accessed the free trial in 6-8 months(it was a year trial that came with the family tree maker program.

Lost bird

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:57:12 GMT

I'm not really involved with genealogy for its own sake, but I have been trying to track down my grandmother, Shirley Mae Barnes (or that was her name when she had my father). I did not know who my father was until I was 14, and having heard the bad things that happened to her before she ran away from my grandfather, I haven't had the nerve to try and find her until now. She was ndn, born May 5,1926, adopted into a white family (Prince) in Milwaukee, and I have no idea how to go about finding out more about her or her family. Any suggestions or even just encouragement would be helpful....

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:04:41 GMT

I love genealogy! It is one of the Coolest things ever... I am a Fourth Generation Genealogist. My mother, her mother and her mother (my Great Grandmother) were/are all genealogists. But I must say I have made the most progress thanks to the internet. I have found through the17th Century on a couple branches.

What I wanted to post about is, I am a member of a site called Photomax. And what this site does is scan and archives your photos. I went though my photos and found pictures I had of my Grandmother and Grandfather. As far as I know I am the only one with a copy. I was always afraid that I might lose them, or my house might burn, or more likely where I live a flood (I'm from Oregon where is rains a lot ;) So what i did when I found this site was send them my photos and they scanned them and archived them. I then payed a little more and the made a Movie out of them... Where my family photos fly around and it played great music...

Anyways I thought that I should pass this on to the people that would love it most, fellow Geneologists.

The site is www.photomax.com. If you sign up you get 20 free photo prints. Its a members tells members only site, so you have to have a referral... So you have to put my Email address... which is jamesleekelley@yahoo.com and then the rest of the info is yours... I hope some of your find this fun! I would love to post a copy of my DVD but I haven;t figured out how yet lol... but I will once I figure it out.

James Lee kelley

Family Names ~ Kelley, Belletto, Jacobson/sen, Goss, Peterson, Struthers, Baird, Hoover

So I need help

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:22:13 GMT

I've been looking all over the net for this. Hopefully someone here can help me somewhat.

I have problems with finding my German ancestors.

The first one: Alfred Orthmann, Born 1913, Dead (or MIA): 1944. He was a flight engineer for Germany during the World War 2.
Second one: His wife (I think), Erika Neuman, Born 1913, Dead sometime in the 80's I think. They lived in Hamburg during 30-40's. She was born in Danzig (or Gdansk as it is called now). Also Alfred's mother was Alma Orthmann - Giese.

Any help? :)

Adoption ...

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:17:34 GMT

Hello.

My name is Kristina Hall and I am adopted. I am trying to make a basic family tree for my doctor and to track medical issues throughout the family and because I am curious.

My birth mothers name is Patricia Nixon, born 01/01/62 and my birth fathers first name was some variation of Steven and last name was a variation of Combs or Coombs.

They were not married, or anything like that. I can get and very information for the Nixon side of the family but cannot for the other side since I don't have any such information.

Is there a way to build a tress with this information? How would I go about doing it for free?

1940 United States Census Records

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:11:55 GMT

The United States census records are slated to be released in 2012, which is only four years away. I'm really excited about that as it holds the potential of helping me with a couple of my brick walls.
Does anyone know if this happens in January of that year? Or does anyone happen to be able to shed any details of how this release of these documents happens?

Social Security death index (I think)

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:31:13 GMT

Aboyut a year ago, I found this website where I entered in someone's name and information came up about the person's relatives, like their parents, spouse and children.

I was wondering if anyone knows about a site like that? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

incredibly nice people on Ancestry.com!!

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:32:47 GMT

A great story..

So yesterday, I got an email from someone on Ancestry.com who pointed me in the direction of a Civil War Solidier's bible that was written in by my great-great grandfather and carried throughout the war by him. I guess she found him listed on my family tree.

She's not selling the item, nor does she know who is... she just thought things like that should stay in the family. As they should!

After researching it, I found out the bible went to my great-grandfather's brother and his branch has apparently died out/lost the bible along the way.

if your curious, they were Union soliders :)

fingers crossed, nails biting, I need to get this for my father as an Xmas gift!

Ancestry

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:04:21 GMT

What sites do you use?
Do you use your family for information?
How do you get new information.
I have a tree on ancestry that is growing, but I would like it to keep growing and seeing who else I am related to.
Thanks for your help

Any Suggestions?

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:33:54 GMT

Does any one have any suggestions on how to search people who weren't really married. Is the best way just to go back to the person's maiden name and try and work forward that way? I only ask as my grandparents were never married but had children.

Saying that I can't find my grandfather either, he seems to be somewhat of a mystery.....

Bit of a long shot but I don't suppose there's anyone on here that knew Mary Jane Freer or possibly Frere from Yorkshire England or George Elliott who apparently came from Guildford England?

Civil War Cavalry Question

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:20:02 GMT

I don't really know how to phrase this question. So I'll just wing it.

Was every "class" represented in the US Cavalry during the War Between The States? Basically, did you have to come from money to be in the USA Cavalry?

Bradens? Wombles? House? Arkansas connections... Need help!

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:10:04 GMT

I'm doing okay with the mom's side of my family, but my dad's has been largely a mystery until recently. I finally got some names to work with, but I'm not really getting much info on them. Can anyone help me out here? Specifically, I'm trying to work with the following:

Jesse William Braden (m. about 1927 to Laura Augusta Webb) - would love more info on their children or on Jesse himself as I know nothing past him. Laura's family is pretty easy thanks to all the Webb info out there.

Coy Lee Braden who is my grandfather, though I never met him, and know nothing about him as he was not a part of my father's life.

Geneva (Fannie?) O'Bryan-Womble or Tommy Womble she was born in 1905, but i'm not sure about Tommy. I think they might have had a son named Tommy as well, born in 1946 or so.

Oather Miles House whose father I believe was Lee House.

I've been grasping at straws and making almost NO connections anywhere. ANY help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

My family history

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:33:37 GMT

Ive always been very fascinated in my family history and in geneaology. My greatgrandma came here from Lithuania in 1896. My greatgrandpa came from Latvia a few years later. My greatgrandma came from a shtetl called Balkamuntz. Ive been interested in finding out more about my roots for a while now.

CLARK

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:25:11 GMT

basically, here is the story... my grandfather's biological father was Leslie E. Clark. he & my great grandmother were married, then separated- but not divorced- when he was sent overseas. he enlisted in the military (Army) not long after my grandfather was born (1943), & died serving overseas (September of 1944).

as far as i can tell (from his military enlistment papers)- he was born April 4th, 1913. he died September 1944. he is buried in Burlington County, New Jersey. on his papers it mentioned Philadelphia/Philadelphia County, i'm unsure of if that is where he was born, or where his family is... but seeing as to how he is buried in Burlington Co., NJ, i'd imagine that some of his family is there.

my great grandmother ceased all contact with his family shortly after their separation, & while she was alive, never spoke about them. she remarried when my grandfather was fairly young, so he knew that man as his father (he did know about his bio. father when he got older). my grandfather is the type to just not care who else is out there, basically. so he has no interest whatsoever in finding other family... while my grandmother & i are very interested, she just never knew where to look.

any help/tips would be greatly appreciated!!!

Can anyone help?

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:04:15 GMT

My mother is an avid geneologist, and I have recently become interested in it as well.

I've traced one side of my family back to the 13th century, but I still cannot seem to figure out what my last name means.

It's Feitz.

The farthest we can trace it back is the mid 19th century, in Switzerland. It belonged to my great-great grandfather, Christian, who we think came from the French part of the country. But it doesn't sound particularly French to me. It sounds more German.

Another theory we have is that he changed it when he came to America- that it was originally "Feuz" or "Feutz."

But it's there that we run into a problem, because nobody knows who his parents were; whether he ran away from, or was illegitimate, orphaned, abandoned, etc, we have no idea. He never even told his kids who his parents were. He obviously wanted to keep it a secret. Which is very interesting in itself, but it obviously doesn't help us out any.

I'm planning a trip to Europe, Switzerland included, for the summer after I graduate. Are there any places I could go that would possibly have information? Or has this line of the family reached a dead-end?

Please help me?

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:18:43 GMT

I'm so desperate. I cannot find the origins of my last name... I am beginning to think that some random person decided to make it up or something. My last name is Ephraim; I already know that the name maybe from the son of Joseph... the Ephraim tribe which is one of the twelve tribes of Israel... but I highly doubt that. Ten of the tribes pretty much disappeared after the Assyrian exile so... forget that. The only person that I can find with that last name is Ephrem of Syria from the 4th century. Thanks.

Book Research

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:51:50 GMT

Hello, I'm new and glad I found this community. I'm just starting to lay down the beginning of family research for both sides of my family.

Here's my story:
While going through boxes a few months or so ago, my dad and I came across a book with my mum's maiden name on the cover. The certificate and receipt inside said it was from Halbert's in Toronto, Ontario (where she lived at the time) and the cost a mere $36.83. I haven't read it through yet, just the bits about my actual family name. The book itself is actually kind of devoid of alot of information specifically geared towards the name, just gives a general history of last names, coats of arms, etc. It's also got a directory of all her family members in Canada at that point in time (1986).

Anyway, I'm kind of sad the name's meaning isn't very interesting, although it confirms a theory that the family wasn't actually from Scotland but Ireland beforehand (this theory brought you to by probably-wrong internet giant wikipedia). It's suppose to mean "one who came from, or lived near the Roe River in Derry, Ireland (red-swamp)."

Under the cut is just some pictures of what the book looks like and the family's coat of arms.

the coat of arms and the meaning.

the cover.

cover detail.

I'm also wondering if this came with a plaque of the coat of arms. My boyfriend's family recently found a plaque of their own with their family name at the top, the coat, and a latin statement at the bottom (something about fortitude) that was purchased by the grandfather back in the day. It must had been advertized in a paper or magazine or something because my boyfriend's mum's side also has one of their name, and they think they were ordered at around the same time.

Anyway, although the book doesn't give as much information as I desire of the history/name, it is nice to have it. My father wants to have one done of our name. I could just look it up (i've found the meaning already) but he would rather have it in a book that's bound similarly to the one my mum got (he's computer illiterate, so my internet research would be uselss unless I wasted alot of paper printing it all out myself). The problem is, while trying to find a website for Halbert's I've discovered that it's gone out of business. My question (finally!) is: does anyone know of a company that will research our name and compile the information in a book for us?

Thanks alot!

Ancestry access

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:11:00 GMT

If anyone needs some quick ancestry access Let me know. I have a trial subscription.

Frustrated with FTM/Ancestry.com

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:35:04 GMT

I'm trying to find information on one of my g-grandmothers, and use Family Tree Maker. When I use their "search the web" feature, they give me a list of potential matches from databases (like the SS death index)...none of which are, apparently, available to me unless I sign up for a "free 14-day trail" with Ancestry.com.

I thought quite a bit of this information was now public domain and available for free? Any advice appreciated - I'm feeling like this is a rip off.

Indentured servant's contract - how to read, preserve, and possibly return to family?

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:19:44 GMT

My husband has an actual indentured servant's contract from 1684. It's written on parchment, and the writing is so small and flowery (and the parchment somewhat molded and even missing in places) that even with a magnifying glass, a flexible imagination, and a good sense for context, I can barely read it. It's definitely for a RICHARD SPICER aka SPISOR/SPISER. It's a large document, and the writing continues on the other side, including the remains of a red seal in wax. It's still folded the way it was originally - I know that's not good, either. I've been trying to write a transcript of the text, but as I've mentioned it's been extremely rough going.

I think it would be an incredible thing to have this preserved and then actually find this man's ancestors in the U.S. and give it to them, if they're interested. I have an indentured ancestor myself, and would flip out if someone turned up with his actual indenture papers.

I wonder where I'd even go to have it read properly?? Find someone who specializes in such documents, or documents from that period? Sounds expensive already...gulp. Preservation and archival mounting will be a pretty penny, too, I imagine.

Anyway, just thought I'd throw this out if anyone has any ideas.

family tree printing?

Tue, 29 May 2007 16:41:07 GMT

Hi all - I'm a new member and I have a question.

I've been able to build my family tree due to Ancestry.com -- I've been searching through the years, it was relatively painless because my family had married into mayflower families and have been in the US since 1650's, so most of it was already written about in historical societies/libraries.

But I would like to get it printed out and framed. Since I've gotten back to the 1500's, its pretty darn big. Anyone have any ideas? I cancelled by Ancestry account a few months ago after getting most of the research done.

Also, do you use any software to help you manage the files offline?

Thanks. I'm relatively new to this.