I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, and relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial periods, 1565-1763 and 1784-1821. My work on St. Augustine's population during that latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and he wanted me to take charge of that portion of this project, to be called the Colonial Florida Digital History Institute. This will be a huge collection of data to be fed into a relational database that will be mounted online and available to the public. Teachers and students can use it for research; family historians and genealogists can use it, as well. The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with coverage of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La Florida in 1566. Other data sets covering other expeditions, settlements at St. Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), and other locations, will be mounted as the data are input and prepared for the site. This is an ongoing project. My part won't be mounted probably for another two years, at least. Participation in the project comes with a title, but without compensation of the economic sort. Oh, well. My participation will constitute publication for academic purposes, and will look really good on the curriculum vitae. The title is Principal Investigator for East Florida in the Second Spanish Period. Hey -- I'm a P.I.! I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well in this project, and he said that it would, indeed. Here is a way in which genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia. I'm all for that! The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents. There will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have gleaned from our researches in the original documents. I have a couple of highly amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine from 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine doctor. And there are more stories lurking in the documents. I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they are excited about the project. I'm excited, too. Karen Packard Rhodes Middleburg, Clay County, Florida

That is awesome, Karen! Keep us updated! Harold Harold Henderson, Certified Genealogist ® midwestroots.net Genealogical writing and editing Current research and writing: Mozley 1800-1950 England/PA/WI Lowe 1770-1950 England/NYC/IL Flint/Gedney 1800-1950 IL/MO Thrall 1792-1934 VT/OH/IL On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Karen Rhodes <bitbucket001@comcast.net> wrote: > > I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was > excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, and > relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial periods, > 1565-1763 and 1784-1821. My work on St. Augustine's population during that > latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and he wanted me to > take charge of that portion of this project, to be called the Colonial > Florida Digital History Institute. This will be a huge collection of data > to be fed into a relational database that will be mounted online and > available to the public. Teachers and students can use it for research; > family historians and genealogists can use it, as well. > > The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with coverage > of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La Florida in > 1566. Other data sets covering other expeditions, settlements at St. > Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), and other locations, > will be mounted as the data are input and prepared for the site. This is > an ongoing project. My part won't be mounted probably for another two > years, at least. > > Participation in the project comes with a title, but without compensation > of the economic sort. Oh, well. My participation will constitute > publication for academic purposes, and will look really good on the > curriculum vitae. The title is Principal Investigator for East Florida in > the Second Spanish Period. Hey -- I'm a P.I.! > > I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in > May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well in > this project, and he said that it would, indeed. Here is a way in which > genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia. I'm all for that! > > The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, > relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from > the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some > 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents. There > will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have gleaned > from our researches in the original documents. I have a couple of highly > amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine from > 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine > doctor. And there are more stories lurking in the documents. > > I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic > Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish > ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they are > excited about the project. > > I'm excited, too. > > Karen Packard Rhodes > > Middleburg, Clay County, Florida > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Congratulations Karen, this will be a valuable resource for academia as well as genealogists. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Rhodes Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 2:03 PM To: Transitional Genealogists Subject: [TGF] My work on St. Augustine, FL, is going big time I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, and relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial periods, 1565-1763 and 1784-1821. My work on St. Augustine's population during that latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and he wanted me to take charge of that portion of this project, to be called the Colonial Florida Digital History Institute. This will be a huge collection of data to be fed into a relational database that will be mounted online and available to the public. Teachers and students can use it for research; family historians and genealogists can use it, as well. The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with coverage of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La Florida in 1566. Other data sets covering other expeditions, settlements at St. Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), and other locations, will be mounted as the data are input and prepared for the site. This is an ongoing project. My part won't be mounted probably for another two years, at least. Participation in the project comes with a title, but without compensation of the economic sort. Oh, well. My participation will constitute publication for academic purposes, and will look really good on the curriculum vitae. The title is Principal Investigator for East Florida in the Second Spanish Period. Hey -- I'm a P.I.! I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well in this project, and he said that it would, indeed. Here is a way in which genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia. I'm all for that! The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents. There will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have gleaned from our researches in the original documents. I have a couple of highly amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine from 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine doctor. And there are more stories lurking in the documents. I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they are excited about the project. I'm excited, too. Karen Packard Rhodes Middleburg, Clay County, Florida ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Terrific. And a wonderful period to do work--and much needed. Jill On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Karen Rhodes <bitbucket001@comcast.net> wrote: > > I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was > excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, and > relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial periods, > 1565-1763 and 1784-1821. My work on St. Augustine's population during that > latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and he wanted me to > take charge of that portion of this project, to be called the Colonial > Florida Digital History Institute. This will be a huge collection of data > to be fed into a relational database that will be mounted online and > available to the public. Teachers and students can use it for research; > family historians and genealogists can use it, as well. > > The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with coverage > of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La Florida in > 1566. Other data sets covering other expeditions, settlements at St. > Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), and other locations, > will be mounted as the data are input and prepared for the site. This is > an ongoing project. My part won't be mounted probably for another two > years, at least. > > Participation in the project comes with a title, but without compensation > of the economic sort. Oh, well. My participation will constitute > publication for academic purposes, and will look really good on the > curriculum vitae. The title is Principal Investigator for East Florida in > the Second Spanish Period. Hey -- I'm a P.I.! > > I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in > May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well in > this project, and he said that it would, indeed. Here is a way in which > genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia. I'm all for that! > > The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, > relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from > the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some > 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents. There > will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have gleaned > from our researches in the original documents. I have a couple of highly > amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine from > 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine > doctor. And there are more stories lurking in the documents. > > I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic > Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish > ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they are > excited about the project. > > I'm excited, too. > > Karen Packard Rhodes > > Middleburg, Clay County, Florida > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

There is no one better qualified! Dee > On March 17, 2017 at 4:02 PM Karen Rhodes <bitbucket001@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was > excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, > and relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial > periods, 1565-1763 and 1784-1821. My work on St. Augustine's population > during that latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and > he wanted me to take charge of that portion of this project, to be > called the Colonial Florida Digital History Institute. This will be a > huge collection of data to be fed into a relational database that will > be mounted online and available to the public. Teachers and students > can use it for research; family historians and genealogists can use it, > as well. > > The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with > coverage of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La > Florida in 1566. Other data sets covering other expeditions, > settlements at St. Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), > and other locations, will be mounted as the data are input and prepared > for the site. This is an ongoing project. My part won't be mounted > probably for another two years, at least. > > Participation in the project comes with a title, but without > compensation of the economic sort. Oh, well. My participation will > constitute publication for academic purposes, and will look really good > on the curriculum vitae. The title is Principal Investigator for East > Florida in the Second Spanish Period. Hey -- I'm a P.I.! > > I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in > May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well > in this project, and he said that it would, indeed. Here is a way in > which genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia. I'm all > for that! > > The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, > relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from > the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some > 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents. There > will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have > gleaned from our researches in the original documents. I have a couple > of highly amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine > from 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine > doctor. And there are more stories lurking in the documents. > > I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic > Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish > ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they > are excited about the project. > > I'm excited, too. > > Karen Packard Rhodes > > Middleburg, Clay County, Florida > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist Forensic Genealogy Services LLC and Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty, POW/MIA Branch Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 www.forensicgenealogyservices.com www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist CG is a service mark and Certified Genealogist is a registered certification mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic competency evaluations, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.

Wonderful news! Denise On Mar 17, 2017 5:03 PM, "Karen Rhodes" <bitbucket001@comcast.net> wrote: > > I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was > excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, and > relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial periods, > 1565-1763 and 1784-1821. My work on St. Augustine's population during that > latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and he wanted me to > take charge of that portion of this project, to be called the Colonial > Florida Digital History Institute. This will be a huge collection of data > to be fed into a relational database that will be mounted online and > available to the public. Teachers and students can use it for research; > family historians and genealogists can use it, as well. > > The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with coverage > of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La Florida in > 1566. Other data sets covering other expeditions, settlements at St. > Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), and other locations, > will be mounted as the data are input and prepared for the site. This is > an ongoing project. My part won't be mounted probably for another two > years, at least. > > Participation in the project comes with a title, but without compensation > of the economic sort. Oh, well. My participation will constitute > publication for academic purposes, and will look really good on the > curriculum vitae. The title is Principal Investigator for East Florida in > the Second Spanish Period. Hey -- I'm a P.I.! > > I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in > May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well in > this project, and he said that it would, indeed. Here is a way in which > genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia. I'm all for that! > > The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, > relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from > the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some > 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents. There > will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have gleaned > from our researches in the original documents. I have a couple of highly > amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine from > 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine > doctor. And there are more stories lurking in the documents. > > I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic > Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish > ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they are > excited about the project. > > I'm excited, too. > > Karen Packard Rhodes > > Middleburg, Clay County, Florida > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

 Karen,I am so excited for your being involved in this project about St. Augustine.  Your work and encouragement from others must be a high like no other. When your heart is in any project, you will turn out superior work.Cheryl Proctor On Friday, March 17, 2017 5:03 PM, Karen Rhodes <bitbucket001@comcast.net> wrote: I received a phone call from my major professor last week, and he was excited about a project he is spearheading to gather data on, identify, and relate people who lived in Florida during the Spanish colonial periods, 1565-1763 and 1784-1821.  My work on St. Augustine's population during that latter period fits in like a hand in a glove, he said, and he wanted me to take charge of that portion of this project, to be called the Colonial Florida Digital History Institute.  This will be a huge collection of data to be fed into a relational database that will be mounted online and available to the public.  Teachers and students can use it for research; family historians and genealogists can use it, as well. The project will be launched on the web this fall, beginning with coverage of all the individuals who were part of an expedition to La Florida in 1566.  Other data sets covering other expeditions, settlements at St. Augustine, Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, SC), and other locations, will be mounted as the data are input and prepared for the site.  This is an ongoing project.  My part won't be mounted probably for another two years, at least. Participation in the project comes with a title, but without compensation of the economic sort.  Oh, well.  My participation will constitute publication for academic purposes, and will look really good on the curriculum vitae.  The title is Principal Investigator for East Florida in the Second Spanish Period.  Hey -- I'm a P.I.! I told my major professor, now my colleague (I got my master's degree in May of 2015), that I was sure my genealogical training would work well in this project, and he said that it would, indeed.  Here is a way in which genealogy is putting its foot in the door of academia.  I'm all for that! The website will have more than the aggregation of data in a searchable, relatable format. There will be digital scans of original documents from the diocesan archives of the Catholic cathedral at St. Augustine, some 6,000 baptism, marriage, and burial records, and other documents.  There will be stories -- tales that we research staff will glean or have gleaned from our researches in the original documents.  I have a couple of highly amusing stories from the marriage petitions in St. Augustine from 1784-1803, and one very sad story of the suicide of a St. Augustine doctor.  And there are more stories lurking in the documents. I've already talked to descendants of Minorcan (came from the Balearic Island of Minorca, just southeast of Spain) and Floridano (of Spanish ancestry born in Florida) who live in the north Florida area, and they are excited about the project. I'm excited, too. Karen Packard Rhodes Middleburg, Clay County, Florida ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message