Learning Something New Everyday!!

 

Today I decided to jump onto my Family Tree Maker and look over all those little leaves.  Not too much new for me except a new record on my Great Grandfather.  He came to this country in 1908 from Italy.  His records have been sketchy at best most times.  Most of his records do not show him with his family.  On census records his wife and kids were always in one spot and he was in another.  He was a lumberman or construction worker so I never thought too much into except he would be where the work was.  That makes sense.

 

Well recently they have uploaded records from Sing Sing Prison and I was totally surprised when the little leaf lead me to a record for my great grandfather.  I clicked on it thinking it was a mistake, misspelling or someone else, but it was not.  It was my great grandfather.  I was extremely impressed with the amount of information on this record.  A lot of which I already knew, some I did not.  I thought he spent most of his time in extreme eastern NY (on the CT boarder) or in Connecticut.  But this record has him in Binghamton NY in 1931.  The total other direction. 

 

He apparently was sent there for abandoning his children under the age of 16 and willfully omitting to furnish necessary food, clothing and shelter.  He spent a year there for that from what I can gather.  I knew that he had 4 daughters.  I did not know that 2 children had passed away.  It tells me who his last employer was.  Also he address when he was arrested. 

 

This was a new find for me.  I hope not to find another one but at the same time I kind of do.  It is an interesting resource.

 

Has anyone else found something similar?

 

 

 

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Find My Past Free Preview

Have you heard of the website Find My Past??  Yes or No now is a great time to get to learn more about them.  From mid-day today til mid-day Monday they are letting you search their world records for free.  Now I am personally going to take advantage of this opportunity.  I have played around a little with this site but nothing major.  I want to see what they have to offer.  Are they similar to Ancestry.com?  Do they have the same records?  Will I be able to find more? 

http://www.findmypast.com/?ref=logo

 

This what it looks like.

So doing a search for my great grandfather who came to America from Italy produced the following results.

 

As you can see the first 3 results are extremely similar (the last name was spelled in correctly upon arrival and has been that way since.)  I already have these records and have had them for a long time.  The rest are just letters. 

I will keep searching and share with you my results.

Creating A Book

I started this blog to help others become interested and familiar with Genealogy.  As I wrote I felt it would be better served in book form.  So here I go.  I plan to publish myself.  I am going to put the book into a 3 ring binder form.  So you can add and subtract where needed.  Here is the page I created at Kickstarter to help me achieve this goal.  Please go ahead and check it out.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613188837/365-days-of-genealogy?ref=nav_search

I would love for you all to share this with everyone you know and encourage them to join my blog. 

I am finally (almost) officially settled into my new home.  Just waiting on the carpets to get done.  But my computer is up and running and while files are still in boxes (to make them easier to move until the carpets are done) I have access to what I need. 

I appreciate everyone who joins my journey.

Where have I been??

I apologize for not keeping my blog up for awhile.  Yeah a long while.  One reason is because I have been working on my 365 Days of genealogy book.  I decided to my blog into a book/workbook.  This is still a work in progress.  

Also I am a mom of 4 kids who keep me very busy.  Thankfully they don't all have social lives or I think I would be crazy by now.  But with school, doctor appointments, dance and anything else I am very busy.

So its time for me to be back.  It will not be everyday at first as we are now in the process of moving to a much bigger place where I will have a real office.  Woot Woot  That alone is so exciting for me.  I will be able to do more and keep things organized and basically go to work.  

I am hoping to get back on my theme without giving too much away.  I hope to add videos on current news and more.  I am also running my other businesses making crafts.  I make tutu's and t-shirts.  I am also a Perfectly Posh & Thirty-one consultant.  Those always keep me busy.  But I am excited to be back and really hope to be more engaging.