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    Nance
    Location: North Jersey
    Surnames



    March, Dougherty, VanTassel,
    Parks, Sindle, and Springsteen
    betty boop



    Surname Locations New Jersey, New York State,and
    England
    Hobbies




    Of course, Genealogy is my number one thing...
    I also love gardening,counted crossstitch,photography,
    reading,all kinds of crafts and love to learn new things....
    Music EVA CASSIDY




    I love all kinds of music.
    My favorites currently are
    Coldplay,Eva Cassidy,Shinedown, Country music too....
    Books




    Fav books are all the Harry Potter books(yes i read them all), books by Nora Roberts,
    and The Notebook.
    TV



    I am addicted to reality TV.
    Can't help it. Love the Bachelorette,Survivor,Celeb.
    Rehab. Love Ghosthunters too..























    To Google or not to Google

    Friday, August 1, 2008, 8:26 PM [General]

    Hi Everyone,

    Hope you all are having a great weekend so far....

    I haven't blogged in a while but i am always working on my family tree.....

    In my neverending quest to find new family tree information....

    I decided to use the google search engine and do some searches on my  family names.

    I usually put the name in quotes(before and after the name) and their known location.

    For example, i googled my great-grandfather's name: "Elias Sindle", New Jersey.

    Sometimes you get information and alot of the time, you get nothing that relates to what you

     are looking for.

    I was lucky the last time i tried this. I accidentally spelled the Sindle name as Sindel.

    With this error, i found an article in the New York Times dated 1877 on my great-grandfather,

    Elias Sindle. What a find.....

    Once in a while, you luck out.

    Nance

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    it almost makes you wish google did a soundex search lol. Congrats on finding something

    Shannon
    August 1, 2008
    9:32 PM

    One trick I've used with Google is doing a search under the 'Google Books' tab. I've found several reference books which have been scanned in. Sample search parameters: "lalonde genealogy michigan", "saginaw michigan genealogy", etc. Just wanted to pass that along.

    Francis
    August 2, 2008
    2:20 PM
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    Inspiring messages

    Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 9:23 PM [General]

    I recently took a trip to a nearby cemetery called the Canfield-Doremus Cemetery(the old Cedar Grove Cemetery).in Northern New Jersey.  It is a relatively small cemetery and not affiliated with any religious group.This is a one acre plot that was on a farm  that belonged Thomas Doremus. It was used for 70 years as a burial ground. Other land was later added.

    It has some burials going back to the 1700's. Some of the older stones were made of red

    sandstone and i found some profound inscriptions on them.

    The photo above caught my attention: It states

    IN
    MEMORY OF
    JOHN W. WHITE
    WHO DIED. 9.TH APRIL. 1841
    AGED. 52 YEARS.
    Behold. me here. as. you. pass by
    As you. are now. so once was I.
    But as I am so. you must be.
    Prepare for ???

     

    Picture of the stone for Margaret-Caroline Delany

     

    Another read

    SACRED
    to the Memory
    of ROZIL DAVIS who
    died September 10th,
    1804, in the 40th Year of
    his age.

    to mortals and sure hope I bid a dieu
    And no more the riling sun will view
    ready remember thou must die
    and like me go into eternity

    Canfield Cemetery

    I did find a branch of my family also-Sindles

    FAMILY OF
    GEORGE SINDLE
    1821 -
    and
    SOPHIA, 1823 - 1895.
    MARGARET ANN 1846-1885
    ?ESTER 1848-1874
    RACHAEL 1850-1876
    ELIZABETH 1853-1874
    WILLIAM H 1855-1887
    REBECCA 1857-1883
    MARY 1863-1895
    ?HARLES 1865-1884
    SINDLE

    A very interesting day. I love reading the inscriptions on the old stones. They are always very

    touching.

     

    Nan 

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    Those are really interesting. Thanks for sharing. That's great you found some of your family too.

    Cyndy
    July 1, 2008
    10:27 PM

    Now that's speaking from the grave!

    Sandra
    July 2, 2008
    7:13 PM
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    Thanks. Yes I think it will be good. More specific to genealogy, and I like that it is similar to myspace. I hope it really catches on.

    Cindy
    July 11, 2008
    11:37 AM

    Hi Nance,

    Thanks for joining The Brick!

    Sandra
    July 2, 2008
    7:11 PM

    Hi Nance :) My Name is Melissa and parks was my Maiden name As far as I Know they were Mostly from OHIO Until you get overseas.

    any Connection ?

    Melissa
    June 25, 2008
    4:19 PM

    Sounds good to me

    Beth
    June 22, 2008
    10:59 PM