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Digging up my roots!
Stories from an addicted genealogist
From Colonial New England to Minnesota, Norway to the United States..
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Ernest Loren Simpson
Ernest Loren Simpson – my grandmother’s father and my namesake (Well, his middle name at least!)
Susan Belle Stanwood
Susan (Stanwood) Clark Simpson was my grandmother’s mother, and the person whose roots I’ve spent my life searching!
Julia Christine Veland
Julia (Veland) Uphouse provides me with opportunities to research my Norwegian heritage! Her mother, Lisbet (Gravdahl),
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Gloucester, Ancient Seaport and Stanwood Home!
Gloucester, Massachusetts is a charming seaport village, and was the home to my oldest colonial ancestors, including Philip Stainwood (selectman of the town and resident as early as 1654), and Rev. Benjamin Bradstreet, who was the first pastor of the Third Parish Church, now known as Annisquam Village Church.
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New England 2011! Here we are!
After tons of planning and preparing for visits to multiple libraries and other repositories of ancient genealogical (and other!) records, WE’RE HERE IN NEW ENGLAND!!! 🙂 I absolutely LOVE the East coast, and would love to spend time here even if it wasn’t the region that my colonial ancestors lived! Our trip has been rather…
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Grandparents make the world a better place – a tribute to my Grandmother, Goldie Simpson Edwards
In the era when families are spread through the U.S., I suppose my family was quite an anomaly. So much so that in later years my grandmother would often remark, “I must have done something wrong – I just can’t rid of you kids!” Of course, all of us “kids,” now well into adulthood with…
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Why Genealogy? And the pictures that started it all!
Last night I went to the Family History Center just long enough to order the microfilms I needed for Somerset County, PA – taxes, naturalization records, church records, etc. Yup, just a brief stop and then I’d head home and start my after-work chores. Well, lucky for me, two of the eight films I’d planned…
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The Gene Bug that keeps biting!
It’s hard to believe that last year this time I was just putting together a sketch of my Uphouse family in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Using the censuses, I came up with some hypotheses on relationships – and most have proved correct! When Henry Uphouse died, his kids seemed to be spread abroad throughout Somerset and…
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In the cloud – FINALLY!
My husband claims I’m a techno junkie. While I banter back with mock shock and surprise and pretend his statements are outlandish, I of course know I’m completely and totally obsessed with almost anything that’s electronic. Software, laptops, smartphones (iPhone, course!), and any new gadget that comes on the market are eyed by eager me. …
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Pennsylvania research – oh the value of research trips!
My husband and I just returned from a five-day research trip in Pennsylvania. It was a whirlwind trip, and as I had limited time, I had to focus my priorities and not allow myself to get distracted. What wonderful results! I could easily have spent the entire time at the wonderful Somerset County Historical Society! …
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In Memory of My Daddy, James Ennis
Webster’s dictionary defines “father” as “a man that has begotten a child.” I disagree. A father is a man who has loved, raised and cared for a child. A man who has cared for and raised a child he has not “begotten” is even more to be cherished, and is even more of a father. …
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New Site, New Stuff!
After only two weeks, the Stanwood Family History site has been remodeled! The html pages have been replaced with a MySQL database, allowing the posting of a substantial amount of documents, reports and other data. I am thrilled to have discovered The Next Generation (TNG) genealogy software, which has simplified the process of using a…
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Genealogy – Old Fashioned Style
In my last post I discussed how the use of the internet has expedited some of my research. However, I’ve also learned that sometimes we can become too reliant on databases, web searches and other online tools. Sometimes we just need to go back to basics. Such is the case in my search for a…
Lauren Rogers
Addicted Genealogist
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