> > My great grand mother was Sophia Frances Sutton B: Jul 29, 1871 > > married Jacob Barlett on Dec 06, 1891. > > > > I am looking for Sophia Frances's father. I know the name of her > > mother Sarah Jane (Jefferies) Sutton. I also know that her father > > was not in the family by her late teenage years as she is living > > with her grandmother and her mother is remarried. > > > > I have found one possibility for her father from the Civil War > > Pension records. > > > > John B. Sutton Sarah J. Sutton > > Indiana filed Dec 11, 1871 April 9 1894 > > > > Since Sophia was born in 1871, and the pension was filed a few > > months after her birth. Could that be an indication her father died > > about that time and her indigent mother file for the pension to > > support her and her new born daughter? > > > > Keith nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> > > I was able to find this information: > > 1870 Census - Indiana, Jay County, Wabash Township, P.O. New > Corydon, 16 June 1870 > > Series M593 - Roll 327 - Page 162 - Line 26 > > #11-12 > Sutton, Jonathan - 23 - Ohio - Blacksmith > Sutton, Sarah J. - 19 - Ohio > Sutton, Frank - 4/12 - Indiana [born February] > > 1880 Census - Unable to locate Jonathan, Sarah or Sophia > > 1900 Census - Indiana, Jay County, Bear Creek Twp., 26 June 1900 > > Series T623 - Roll 380 - Page 14 - E.D. 57, Sheet 14 B, Line 75 > > #297 > > Barlett, Jacob - Oct 1868 - 31 - PA - PA - PA - Farmer - [owns > mortgaged farm] > Barlett, Sophia F. - July 1872 - 28 - IN - OH - OH - Married 8 > years 2 born & living > Barlett, Charles - [?] 1892 - IN - PA - IN > Barlett, Chauncy V. - Feb 1897 - IN - PA - IN > White, Sarah J. - Dec 1849 - 50 - OH - OH - PA [married, 17 > years, six children born, 1 living] - Mother-in-law > > Gerry <MeetMe@Three.com> I found out about Jonathan during my "date" with Sarah Jane Sutton yesterday. The 1900 census was the first non family information that I found about Sarah Jane. Yesterday during my research on Sarah Jane, I was also able to track Jonathan to the family of Ephriam and Tabatha Sutton who were living in Butler, Darke, Ohio (1850 census ) and Marion, Mercer, Ohio (1860 census). ( I need confirmation documentation) Another person kindly provided information on this pension application that showed that John B Sutton was alive when I my Sarah Jane's first husband appears to have died. (I realize divorce was available but was not prevalent ) So it is beginning to look like I may have located Sarah Jane's husband as Sophia Frances her daughter was living with her grandmother Mary Jefferies in Fort Recovery when she married Jacob Barlett. Fort Recovery is about half way (12 miles) between Marion Twp Mercer county and Washington Twp Jay county If anyone is interested in the Jacob Barlett family I have traced the family back two generation into Pennsylvania and possibly to before the Revolutionary war. Thank you for your input. Keith Keith nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net>

=5B Laurie has forwarded permission from Renee Zamora to post her article, so here is a repost of Laurie's orginal article in its entirety ... - Mod =5D I received this email from Renee, who keeps tabs on what's going on with indexing of records that are going online at the LDS site. Currently millions of records worldwide are online and millions more will be added. If you haven't visited the site recently, you're in for a treat. I helped index records for a few months until going for radiation treatments daily got to me after 4-5 weeks. My other volunteer work has also taken a lot of time, too (rescuing cats). Now that I don't have to go so often for cancer treatments, I need to get back in the groove and donate my time again helping to index these census and other records. You can do a few minutes a day or a few minutes a week or month. You download just one sheet of a census at a time. If it's too hard, send it back and D/L another. Anyone can do it, so please help. (I was indexing the 1930 Mexico census, since I can read and write Spanish, although I don't speak it very well.) You don't have to do a lot of typing either. Only some of the fields are indexed, and many of the names, places, and other data can be easily selected. Laurie Nelson Here's Renee's blog. The last field is for the language the records is in. =22Renee's Genealogy Blog=22 FamilySearch Indexing Update Renee's Note: At the UGA Conference they mentioned that we are indexing 1= .5=20 million records per day. 12 September 2008 The table below shows the FamilySearch projects that are currently available for indexing this week online. Anyone can help. Individuals who would like to volunteer can begin immediately by registering and downloading the indexing software at www.familysearch.org or www.familysearchindexing.org. A typical batch takes about 30 minutes to complete and new batches are added regularly. Volunteers have seven (7) days to complete a downloaded batch. Completed indexes are free to the public and can be searched now at FamilySearch.org (go to Search Records and then Record Search pilot). We suggest using the Save to Server (Save Online) feature instead of saving your work-in-progress to your personal computer's hard drive. Saving your work online on the FamilySearch Indexing server means that any indexing work you are able to do on a batch-be it 5 minutes or 5 names-will not be lost.=20 If you are unable to complete the batch in seven (7) days, another indexer will be able to pick up wherever you left off=21 If you find a batch too difficult for whatever reason, no problem, choose another batch. FamilySearch offers very helpful online tutorials and quick Support for anyone just getting started. Imagine the impact of thousands of volunteers who might only be able to donate a few minutes of time a month to index=21 Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects Project Language 1Alabama - 1920 US Federal Census English 2Argentina Censo 1869 - Buenos Aires Spanish 3Brandenburg Kirchenb=FCcher, 1789-1875 German 4California - 1920 US Federal Census English 5Espa=F1a Lugo Registros Parroquiales, 1530-1930 Spanish 6Florida 1945 Census English 7France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche, 1792-1906 French 8Guanajuato Censo de Mexico de 1930 Spanish 9Guerrero - Censo de Mexico de 1930 Spanish 10Illinois - 1920 US Federal Census English 12Louisiana 1850-1954 Death Certificates English 13Massachusetts - 1920 US Federal Census English 14Minnesota - 1870 US Federal Census English 15Morelos - Censo de Mexico de 1930 Spanish 16New York - 1870 US Federal Census English 17Nicaragua, Managua Civil Records, 1879 - present Spanish 18North Carolina - 1870 US Federal Census English 19Pennsylvania - 1870 US Federal Census English 20Quintana Roo - Censo de Mexico de 1930 Spanish 21Trento Italy Baptism Records, 1784-1924 Italian 22UK - Cheshire - Poor Law, 1848 -1967 English 23Venezuela M=E9rida Registros Parroquiales, 1654 - 1992 Spanish (c) 2007 Renee M. Zamora All Rights Reserved =22Laurie Nelson=22 <lanenelson1=40msn.com>

> My great grand mother was Sophia Frances Sutton B: Jul 29, 1871 > married Jacob Barlett on Dec 06, 1891. > > I am looking for Sophia Frances's father. I know the name of her > mother Sarah Jane (Jefferies) Sutton. I also know that her father > was not in the family by her late teenage years as she is living > with her grandmother and her mother is remarried. > > I have found one possibility for her father from the Civil War > Pension records. > > John B. Sutton Sarah J. Sutton > Indiana filed Dec 11, 1871 April 9 1894 > > Since Sophia was born in 1871, and the pension was filed a few > months after her birth. Could that be an indication her father died > about that time and her indigent mother file for the pension to > support her and her new born daughter? > > Keith nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> I was able to find this information: 1870 Census - Indiana, Jay County, Wabash Township, P.O. New Corydon, 16 June 1870 Series M593 - Roll 327 - Page 162 - Line 26 #11-12 Sutton, Jonathan - 23 - Ohio - Blacksmith Sutton, Sarah J. - 19 - Ohio Sutton, Frank - 4/12 - Indiana [born February] 1880 Census - Unable to locate Jonathan, Sarah or Sophia 1900 Census - Indiana, Jay County, Bear Creek Twp., 26 June 1900 Series T623 - Roll 380 - Page 14 - E.D. 57, Sheet 14 B, Line 75 #297 Barlett, Jacob - Oct 1868 - 31 - PA - PA - PA - Farmer - [owns mortgaged farm] Barlett, Sophia F. - July 1872 - 28 - IN - OH - OH - Married 8 years 2 born & living Barlett, Charles - [?] 1892 - IN - PA - IN Barlett, Chauncy V. - Feb 1897 - IN - PA - IN White, Sarah J. - Dec 1849 - 50 - OH - OH - PA [married, 17 years, six children born, 1 living] - Mother-in-law Gerry <MeetMe@Three.com>

> How do you contact the LDS to volunteer to transcribe records ? > > Nancy <nposs1936@yahoo.com> try this: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/indexing/frameset_indexing.asp -- Regards, Bob F. "Bob F." <bob@abracadabra.com>

How do you contact the LDS to volunteer to transcribe records ? Nancy Nancy <nposs1936@yahoo.com>

My great grand mother was Sophia Frances Sutton B: Jul 29, 1871 married Jacob Barlett on Dec 06, 1891. I am looking for Sophia Frances's father. I know the name of her mother Sarah Jane (Jefferies) Sutton. I also know that her father was not in the family by her late teenage years as she is living with her grandmother and her mother is remarried. I have found one possibility for her father from the Civil War Pension records. John B. Sutton Sarah J. Sutton Indiana filed Dec 11, 1871 April 9 1894 Since Sophia was born in 1871, and the pension was filed a few months after her birth. Could that be an indication her father died about that time and her indigent mother file for the pension to support her and her new born daughter? Thank to all who respond Keith nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net>

> It is my understanding that no bounty land for Rev War service was > issued within the borders of present day NC. All bounty land was in > Washington Co (NC now TN) > > VaGreen100@aol.com According to Lloyd Bockstruck's book on Rev. War Bounty Lands, NC soldiers had to have served a minimum of 2 years to receive bounty lands. The lands were located "in that part of the country annexed to the state in 1776 which became Middle Tennessee south of the Kentucky border. This vast tract northeast of Nashville was reserved and laid out in 1783 for officers and soldiers of the North Carolina Continental Line." The book goes on to specify that most tracts were within Davidson and Sumner counties. You are correct that no Rev. War Bounty land was within present-day North Carolina. Joan JYoung6180@aol.com

> Was your guy a Rev. Vet? Where did NC vets get bounty land? Any > chance this land was Bounty land that got transferred before it was > patented and deeded? (Actually, now that I've thought of it, > that's really the explanation that covers all the facts without > hurting itself.) > > singhals@erols.com It is my understanding that no bounty land for Rev War service was issued within the borders of present day NC. All bounty land was in Washington Co (NC now TN) There are many state of NC land grants, but the grantee paid for those. Virginia Green VaGreen100@aol.com

I received this email from Renee, who keeps tabs on what's going on with indexing of records that are going online at the LDS site. Currently millions of records worldwide are online and millions more will be added. If you haven't visited the site recently, you're in for a treat. I helped index records for a few months until going for radiation treatments daily got to me after 4-5 weeks. My other volunteer work has also taken a lot of time, too (rescuing cats). Now that I don't have to go so often for cancer treatments, I need to get back in the groove and donate my time again helping to index these census and other records. You can do a few minutes a day or a few minutes a week or month. You download just one sheet of a census at a time. If it's too hard, send it back and D/L another. Anyone can do it, so please help. (I was indexing the 1930 Mexico census, since I can read and write Spanish, although I don't speak it very well.) You don't have to do a lot of typing either. Only some of the fields are indexed, and many of the names, places, and other data can be easily selected. Laurie Nelson Here's Renee's blog. The last field is for the language the records is in. > (c) 2007 Renee M. Zamora All Rights Reserved=20 =5B All, I just can't approve posting of copyrighted material, unless a note granting permission from the copyright holder is permitted. BUT, you can always publish a Web link to the source. Renee's blog is at: <http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/> It's worth visiting. ;) - Mod =5D =22Laurie Nelson=22 <lanenelson1=40msn.com>

> > In 1784, a man is taxed on 450 acres of land, but in the deed > > books, no record of his land ownership is found. How would I > > proceed to locate this parcel of land? > > > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> > > The 450 acres were located Sampson Co., NC and after that tax list of > 1784, that man was not found again (up to 1850) on any Sampson County > tax list. No deed has been found to either identify the land or for > sale of the land. Land records up to 1900 have been searched. > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> Where do you find him in the 1790 -1840 Census? From the Sampson county web site: SAMPSON COUNTY HISTORY > Sampson County was established in April of 1784 by the North Carolina > GeneralAssembly from an area taken from neighboring Duplin County. Land > from Wayne and New Hanover counties would be annexed later. Our early > settlers were Scotch-Irish immigrants from North Ireland, many of who > came to the colony of North Carolina under the protection and > inducements of Henry McCulloch, a wealthy London merchant. In 1745, > McCullough had obtained grants from the British Crown covering some > 71,160 acres of land "lying and situated on the branches of the North > East and Black River." The Scotch-Irish immigrants were soon joined by > descendants of the Swiss colony in New Bern, and sometime later, > pioneers from the northern states of New Jersey, Connecticut and > Massachusetts. Look in Duplin, Wayne and New Hanover county land records. bob gillis bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net>

> > In 1784, a man is taxed on 450 acres of land, but in the deed books, > > no record of his land ownership is found. How would I proceed to > > locate this parcel of land? > > > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> > > The 450 acres were located Sampson Co., NC and after that tax list > of 1784, that man was not found again (up to 1850) on any Sampson > County tax list. No deed has been found to either identify the land > or for sale of the land. Land records up to 1900 have been > searched. > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> Did Sampson co subdivide about then? Was your guy a Rev. Vet? Where did NC vets get bounty land? Any chance this land was Bounty land that got transferred before it was patented and deeded? (Actually, now that I've thought of it, that's really the explanation that covers all the facts without hurting itself.) How old was your guy in 1784? Was he listed under someone's else's name earlier? Is NC one of those no-deed states? Cheryl singhals <singhals@erols.com>

> In 1784, a man is taxed on 450 acres of land, but in the deed books, > no record of his land ownership is found. How would I proceed to > locate this parcel of land? > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> The 450 acres were located Sampson Co., NC and after that tax list of 1784, that man was not found again (up to 1850) on any Sampson County tax list. No deed has been found to either identify the land or for sale of the land. Land records up to 1900 have been searched. Thanks again for any guidance. Barbara Mac "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com>

>> He could have received the land via a will so no deed was made. >> >> As other have said without knowing the state and probably county >> no one can give you accurate advise on ways for locating the land. >> >> bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> > > I've never seen that situation. In every case where my ancestors > inherited property/land there was a deed as a result of the > inheritance. In fact, I was able to establish the lineage of one > female ancestor with a common maiden name (KING) solely because she > was listed among the heirs in the deed that transferred the land by > her MARRIED name. She was NOT named specifically in the will -- the > will just said "my daughters." > > JYoung6180@aol.com I have not personally seen land transferred by will but there have been mentions of this happening on several lists. AIR, the land was fully described and was left to a specific individual in the will. bob gillis bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net>

> > How can I make a one family GEDCOM, notes and all, using PAF 5? > > It's been a while since I did a Focus list and I can't remember how > > to create it after selecting the family. > > > > Joe > > Assuming that by "one family" you mean father, mother, and children > -- SEARCH/ADVANCED/ find the Father, select DESCENDANTS, 2 > generations; close. open FILE/EXPORT/ and chose PARTIAL and > SELECTED. > > If that's NOT what you really wanted ... > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> That IS what I wanted. Thanks Cheryl for the rescue. :-D

> How can I make a one family GEDCOM, notes and all, using PAF 5? > It's been a while since I did a Focus list and I can't remember how > to create it after selecting the family. > > Joe Assuming that by "one family" you mean father, mother, and children -- SEARCH/ADVANCED/ find the Father, select DESCENDANTS, 2 generations; close. open FILE/EXPORT/ and chose PARTIAL and SELECTED. If that's NOT what you really wanted ... Cheryl singhals <singhals@erols.com>

> I am using FTM 2006, and have sufficient information in the file > that my wife and I would like to share it with family. > > Because different parts of the family are interested in different > parts of the database I have already created four principal books > based on my four grandparents. Depending on the sibling, cousin, > etc. I have given them grand parent W's piece, since they are not > interested in X,Y and Z. > > Each of the books contain the standard genealogy reports, plus text > ramblings about the different families. > > Now I would like to create a book for my children by combining the > four grandparent books into one large book. I would prefer not to > have to go through 20 odd families creating the Genealogy reports, > recreate the text files, etc. to create the one book. > > I know I could combine the books in a PDF writer program but then > there would be four different tables of content, indexes, etc. I > would like one index and table of content for the four grandparent's > family. > > Is this possible in Family Tree Maker 2006? > > Keith nuttle I don't remember how earlier FTMs put the books together, and I didn't buy 2006 so, this is speculative. Other genie programs allow me to create Rich-Text Format (RTF) books. Once I've got that from each of the 4 databases, I can combine the 4 into one .doc or .wpd file, and create a single index at the end. Might be worth a shot, if no one has a better idea. Cheryl singhals <singhals@erols.com>

> He could have received the land via a will so no deed was made. > > As other have said without knowing the state and probably county no > one can give you accurate advise on ways for locating the land. > > bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> Bob- I've never seen that situation. In every case where my ancestors inherited property/land there was a deed as a result of the inheritance. In fact, I was able to establish the lineage of one female ancestor with a common maiden name (KING) solely because she was listed among the heirs in the deed that transferred the land by her MARRIED name. She was NOT named specifically in the will -- the will just said "my daughters." Joan JYoung6180@aol.com

How can I make a one family GEDCOM, notes and all, using PAF 5? It's been a while since I did a Focus list and I can't remember how to create it after selecting the family. Thanks, Joe Joe <user@example.net>

"Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> > > In 1784, a man is taxed on 450 acres of land, but in the deed > > books, no record of his land ownership is found. How would I > > proceed to locate this parcel of land? He could have received the land via a will so no deed was made. As other have said without knowing the state and probably county no one can give you accurate advise on ways for locating the land. bob gillis bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net>

> In 1784, a man is taxed on 450 acres of land, but in the deed books, > no record of his land ownership is found. How would I proceed to > locate this parcel of land? > > "Barbara McLeod" <1brown1blue@gmail.com> Where is the property? IN Virgina tax records after a certain date (roughly 1810, but I'm not sure of the transition date), began to include distance from the courthouse and direction. If the property is in Virginia, and remains in the family's hands that late, then you can get an approximate fix by checking these later tax records. These records sometimes specify other things, like "within XYZ watershed". Other states may have other characteristics of their tax records that might or might not help. Q <quolla6@gmail.com>