Heartland Genealogy

Monday, August 19, 2019

Don't Miss the Code - Read / Photocopy Preface

Do you ever get in such a hurry doing research that you miss something important? That is usually my issue. I am trying to make myself slow down and record all of the information needed for a citation. However, during a recent research trip, I didn't follow one of Michael John Neill's tips: Read the Preface.

Because I didn't read the preface or truly study one of the sources I used, I did not realize that the entries incorporated a code for the bibliography citations. As a result, I didn't photocopy the introductory pages that decoded the citations.

Early Settlers of Gentry County, Missouri
Biographical Data
Researched Material Relative to Early Settlers of Gentry County, Missouri
1876 to early 1888

Researched by Carmeta Pierce obertson
Ancestor Lore
Ozark MO
997

Publisher
Carmeta (Pierce) Robertson
Ozark, Mo 65721-7518

Page 50

Creath Marriages

My trip to the Midwest Genealogical Library this past week led me to several Creath marriage records.

Ripley county Indiana
Early Marriage records 1818-1839

compiled by Alice Ridlen
2160 Mann Drive
Beech Grove, Indiana
Copyright Colleen Alice Ridlen 1980

page 7
Creath, Margaret - William Phelp - February 16, 1837 - 2-104
Creth, Ann - John B Roberts - Dec 25, 1834 - 2-22
Creth, Cinthy - Reuben Hodges - Oct 30, 1825 -1-51
Creth, Polly - William Grimes - August 19, 1823 - 1-28
Creth, Rebecca - Joseph Shannon - September 5, 1822 1-23
Creth william - Levisa Martin - March 15, 1827 1-74

Since the Midwest Genealogical Library is a FamilySearch affiliate, I used the information from the book to locate and download five of the original marriage records.

Ripley County, Indiana

Marriage Records, 1818-1922

Joseph Shannon - Rebecca Creth

Record of Marriages v. 1, July 1818-Nov 1834

Family Search Film 1311944 DGS 7730338

Vol. 1 page 23

Little Clue

My husband and I recently returned from a two-day research trip to the Midwest Genealogical Library in Independence, Missouri.

This was a chance to immerse ourselves in a large collection of books related to genealogy and history. During this trip, I was hoping to find little clues buried in what are often called 'mug books'. These 'mug books' are county histories that also contain biographies. Many genealogists are cautious about the use of these biographies since the families sometimes 'glorified' the information they submitted to these histories.

Even though I'm aware of their common name, I've often found 'little clues' in these county histories. Thus, I was hoping to find such histories for several counties in Missouri and Indiana so I could gleam tidbits to help with my Crawford research.

Putting Trello to Work

Do you sometimes hear about a new genealogical tool but just can't seem to adapt it to your workflow? For me, that tool was Trello.

I first heard of Trello on a 'Wacky Wednesday' about Adobe Spark. During that episode, they highlighted an Adobe Spark video by Becky Jamison's: Sharing My Family History on Trello. I likely also watched Cousin Russ' interview with Becky Jamison where she demonstrated her use of Trello. However, I think I missed seeing Hilary Gadsby's blog where she included two videos demonstrating her use of Trello: "Trello, Another Tool for Genealogy".

That was three years ago! I tried tried following Becky's example to create several boards.

This FOSTER board indicates that I was fairly successful in creating a genealogy board. Unfortunately, I did not remember this board and obviously have never used it to assist with my research.

Since I keep hearing from Dear Myrtle about using Trello for planning, I decided to give it another chance. Thus, in June, I did another Google search for Trello and genealogy. One of the posts that caught my attention was Trello Inspiration - How I Use Trello to Organize my Genealogy on A. C. Ivory's Find My Ancestor blog.

Using Ivory's Trello Inspiration as a guide, I started creating a new Trello Board for my 'to do' list. At the time I was wanting to keep track of FamilySearch records that I needed to go to my local library or a Family History Center to access.