Shared Ancestors is proud to announce a new addition to the web site: Memorials.
Here members can light a candle and leave a message in remembrance of those who have gone before us or for those cherished friends or family members that may need our thoughts or prayers, a “Thank you”, or some words of encouragement. Please feel free to add your message(s) and enjoy!
Hello Everyone!
Family Trees
There will not be a “traditional” newsletter this month. This will allow us to make a major upgrade in our Family Tree pages. This is an extensive core upgrade and will take some time so access to the new Family Trees pages (formerly the Genealogy Pages) will be intermittent. Please bear with us during this upgrade.
Coming Soon: Video Tutorials
Video tutorials will be added to the web site in the near future. These video tutorials are an adjunct to the text tutorials already on the web site. The videos will concentrate on the use of the Family Trees pages, i.e. how to add your own tree, upload a gedcom, manually add people, photos, documents, etc. These video will be a great help to those members starting their own family tree on the web site! Keep a lookout for them!
Several of the family trees have been updated—check them out!
We plan several more upgrades and additions to the web site in the coming months so keep checking back!
We are now taking member contributions for our July newsletter so please start thinking of what you’d like to submit, i.e. an old family recipe, a story, a mystery photo or brick wall, feature an ancestor, give us an update on what you have been doing, etc. Any and all contributions are welcomed! Please try to have your contributions in by June 28th although we have taken them up until the wire!
The Staff
I am currently working on uploading all 40 volumes, with an index included, of The New Hampshire Papers to the web site. This is an invaluable resource and will be available for members to view and/or download soon!
This month in honor of all mothers, past and present, Shared Ancestors’ monthly contest is a Mother’s Day quiz. Test your knowledge and enter to win!
1. The earliest recorded history of a day honoring mothers was the annual spring festival celebrated in ancient Greece dedicated to the Mother of the Gods. What was her name?
2. What country was the first to set aside a day to recognize mothers?
3. What was the day that household servants returned home to be with their mothers called?
4. In 1910 one state issued a proclamation for a day honoring mothers. What state was it?
5. On what date (mm,dd,yy) did the U.S. President sign the proclamation designating Mother’s Day an official holiday in the United States?
6. What U.S. President signed the order making Mother’s Day a national holiday?
7. When is Mother’s Day celebrated every year in the United States?
This month’s prize is the book ― “Understanding Colonial Writing” by Harriet Stryker-Rodda. After years of experience searching through colonial records, the author has developed a simple technique for reading colonial handwriting. In this handy little book, Ms. Stryker-Rodda presents examples of colonial letter forms and script, showing the letter forms in the process of development and marking the ways in which they differ from later letter forms. A wonderful prize — Good Luck!
Send your solution to: CONTEST. There was not a winning entry for last month’s contest.
RULES
Each issue of the newsletter features a monthly contest for members to complete and submit for a chance to win a prize. The rules are pretty simple:
1. You must be a member of Shared Ancestors and/or GeneaBlogs to participate. No purchase necessary.
2. Complete that month’s contest and email your solution to the Admin. The first correct solution received will be the winner of that month’s prize. Regardless, entries must be received by the 25th of each month.
3. That month’s winner, along with the solution, will be announced in the next month’s newsletter. The winner will be notified by email that they have won. The winner will then need to email their address to: SOLUTION so that their prize can be mailed to them. If none of the entries received have a correct solution the prize will not be awarded that month.
We have added 5 new downloads to the web site:
1. Field Genealogy
2. Genealogical Memoir Of The Newcomb Family
3. A History Of Pioneer Families Of Missouri
4. History Of Sangamon County, Illinois
5. Thomas Levet Of Exeter and Hampton
1. Proceedings of the Bi-Centennial Gathering of the Descendants of Henry Hayes – book – digital copy. Contributed by Duke. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames
2. Addendum – The Hayes Family, 1981 – addendum to the Henry Hayes book above; the 77th annual Hayes Family Reunion. Contributed by sharedan. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames
3. The Hayes Family – by J. Montgomery Seaver, 1929. Contributed by lotstodo. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames
4. The Hayes Family: Origin, History and Genealogy – by Royal S. Hayes, 1928. Contributed by lotstodo. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames
5. April 2010 Newsletter – with the April contest, this month’s prize and rules! In the Downloads section under Newsletters
6. Memoirs Of The Miami Valley – edited by Various, 1920; focuses on people in Butler County, Ohio. Contributed by Duke. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>People/Places
7. Old Times In West Tennessee – by A Descendant, 1873; reminiscences of life of the early settlers in the Big Hatchie country. Contributed by sharedan. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>People/Places
8. Pioneers Of Illinois – by N. Matson, 1882; sketches and events previous to 1813. Contributed by sharedan. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>People/Places
To view and/or download these new additions then go to the Main Menu to the left and under Genealogy click the Downloads link.
This week, Mr. & Mrs. Allman and four other couples are second-honeymooning at the Tie the Knot Lodge, with each couple staying in the same cottage in which they honeymooned when they first got married, including one couple in the garishly red-and-pink Valentine Cottage. Each of the couples, including Michelle and her husband, is also celebrating a wedding anniversary, with no two couples having been wed the same number of years. Given the clues below, can you find each second honeymoon couple’s full names, the cottage in which they are celebrating, and the number of years they have been husband-and-wife?
1. The couples have been married from a high of 50 years to a low of 15 years; the couple married the shortest time isn’t Karen and her spouse.
2. Mr. & Mrs. Epstein have been married twice as long as Will and his wife; neither is the couple second-honeymooning in the Bridal Veil Cottage.
3. Steve and Mr. Bronson enjoy a daily round of golf together while their wives play tennis.
4. For Leah Dixon and her husband, it is their first return to Tie the Knot Lodge since their original honeymoon.
5. Rick and his wife have been wed 10 years longer than the Chandlers.
6. Jasmine and her spouse have been husband-and-wife twice as long as the couple staying in the Rose Cottage.
7. Nina and her mate have been married 10 years longer than Paul and his wife and 20 years longer than the couple second-honeymooning in Cupid’s Cottage.
8. Ted and his wife have been wed 10 fewer years than the couple who are staying in True Love Cottage; the latter are not Mr. & Mrs. Bronson.
9. Will and his wife aren’t lodging in Cupid’s Cottage or in Rose Cottage.
10. The couple staying in Bridal Veil Cottage is neither Jasmine and her husband nor Nina and her spouse.
This month’s prize is the “How To Use The New FamilySearch Correctly” by George W. Scott and, a full set of blank census forms, 1790 – 1930!
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Each issue of the newsletter features a monthly contest for members to complete and submit for a chance to win a prize. The rules are pretty simple:
1. You must be a member of Shared Ancestors and/or GeneaBlogs to participate. No purchase necessary.
2. Complete that month’s contest and email your solution to the Admin. The first correct solution received will be the winner of that month’s prize. Regardless, entries must be received by the 25th of each month.
3. That month’s winner, along with the solution, will be announced in the next month’s newsletter. The winner will be notified by email that they have won. The winner will then need to email their address to: Contest so that their prize can be mailed to them. If none of the entries received have a correct solution the prize will not be awarded that month.
There was not a winning entry for last month’s contest.
Starting this issue, each newsletter will feature a monthly contest for members to complete and submit for a chance to win a prize.
The rules are pretty simple:
1. You must be a member of Shared Ancestors and/or GeneaBlogs to participate. No purchase necessary.
2. Complete that month’s contest and email your solution to the Admin. The first correct solution received will be the winner of that month’s prize. Regardless, entries must be received by the 25th of each month.
3. That month’s winner, along with the solution, will be announced in the next month’s newsletter. The winner will be notified by email that they have won. The winner will then need to email their address to the Admin so that their prize can be mailed to them. If none of the entries received have a correct solution the prize will not be awarded that month.
Enjoy and Good Luck!
Hello Everyone!
We have a great newsletter for you. It includes our monthly regulars such as the Mystery Photo and old family recipes as well as our newest members. We have added some interesting “tidbits” as well as Irish roots genealogy in keeping with the St. Patrick’s Day spirit – we hope you enjoy it. And when you’re done please pass it on to your family and friends!
This month we are very excited to be kicking off our new monthly “Contest & Prizes”. Each month the Shared Ancestors newsletter will feature a contest with some type of “puzzle” for members to solve and then submit. The first correct solution received will be the winner and the winning member will receive that month’s prize. Any member of Shared Ancestors and/or GeneaBlogs can participate; only the Admin will have access to the solution so all other members can participate, including Moderators, etc. There is no purchase necessary nor any strings attached – so get started and be the first to get your correct solution in so you can win this month’s great prize!
We are now taking member contributions for our April newsletter so please start thinking of what you’d like to submit. We ask that you have your submissions emailed to the Admin by Mar. 27th so they can be included in the April edition.
We would like to wish you and yours a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
The Staff
Well here it is, February already! Soon it will be Spring and if you are like the staff here at Shared Ancestors you are more than ready for it!
The February 2010 newsletter has been email to our members and is also posted online. We have a great newsletter for you. It includes our monthly regulars such as the Mystery Photo and old family recipes as well as our newest members. We have added some interesting historical “tidbits” in keeping with the Valentine’s Day spirit – we hope you enjoy it. And when you’re done please pass it on to your family and friends!
We are now taking member contributions for our March newsletter so please start thinking of what you’d like to submit. We ask that you have your submissions emailed to the Admin by Feb. 26th so they can be included in the March edition.
We would like to wish you and yours a Happy Valentine’s Day!
The Staff
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