Received my invitation last week to the upcoming family picnic on September 8, 2012 at my folks. Looking forward to seeing cousins again.
This will be Piper's introduction to the family reunion. I need to be sure to take plenty of pictures. Dad has been working on his notebooks of information on the family history to share, and I need to be sure to collect email address and phone numbers.
Will have my Flip-Pal scanner there as well to capture any photographs that are brought. Need to also remember to get the older generations' memories of relatives who have passed on to flesh out the details of the family history.
1637 - Anton SCHWARTZ born in Egenhausen, Württemberg. Anton was the son of Anton SCHWARTZ and Anna WACKENHUT. Anton was my 9x-great grandfather.
1758 - John MENDENHALL died in Chester County, Pennsylvania. John was the son of Thomas MENDENHALL and Joane STROADE. John was my 9x-great grandfather.
1764 - Jacob GROENENDYKE born in Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Jacob was the son of Petrus GROENENDYKE and Mayke VERKERK.
1797 - Bowater CANADAY married Mary RUSSELL. Bowater was the son of John CANADAY and Margaret THORNBURGH.
1816 - Martin BOYER married Anna BENNETT in Franklin County, Ohio. Martin was the son of Jacob BORROR and Magdalene STRADER. Anna was the daughter of Joseph BENNETT. They were Corinne's 5x-great grandparents.
1843 - Owen DAVIS born. Owen was the son of Ehud DAVIS and Catherine DAVIS.
1854 - John Winfield MAXON born in Pennsylvania. John was the son of Alexander Young MAXON and Margaret ROSE.
1858 - Nathan BEALS died in Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana. Nathan was the son of Bowater BEALS and Sarah Ann COOK.
1867 - Alvan MILLS born in Morgan County, Indiana. Alvan was the son of Aaron MILLS and Hannah MACY.
1872 - Charles Wesley HALEY born in Medina County, Ohio. Charles was the son of George Washington HALEY and Mary Jane SHERRICK.
1877 - Susannah STUMP died in Preble County, Ohio. Susannah was the daughter of George PETRY and Maria Catharina KALTREIDER.
1881 - George Albert ORCUTT born in Jay County, Indiana. George was the son of James ORCUTT and Samantha E. METZNER.
1888 - Effa Mae HIXENBAUGH born in Roscoe, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Effa was the daughter of Church HIXENBAUGH and Sarah A. MAXON.
1890 - Ora Vernon BRADLEY born. Ora was the son of Isaac M. BRADLEY and Manerva Lavonia SWAFFORD.
1895 - John CARTER died in Hendricks County, Indiana. John was the son of John CARTER and Sarah BEALS.
1901 - James Aaron SWAFFORD born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. James was the son of James Aaron SWAFFORD and Nancy Alice SHERRIL.
1907 - Allen F. SWOFFORD born. Allen was the son of Clinton Franklin SWOFFORD and Lucy F. STEVA.
1943 - Fred E. WILD died in Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana. Fred was the son of Johannes Heinrich WILD and Emilie DEUTSCH.
1962 - Carlton Elijah CHEW died. Carlton was the son of William Tatem CHEW and Lucretta VAN DEXTER.
2011 - Larry R. PIERCE died in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. Larry was the son of William McClellan PIERCE and Geneva Ruth ALDRIDGE.
Randy over at Genea-Musings has posted another Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge : determining your ancestral number. The challenge asks you to take a hard look at your ahnentafel and determine how complete your family tree really is. The challenge was based on a post by Christa Cowen entitled Family History All Done : What's Your Number?
The number of ancestors doubles each generation, and by 10 generations you have 1023 ancestors. By going back through the generations and counting how many ancestors have been identified in each generation you can get an idea of the completeness of your family tree.
After 25 years of amateur research, my number is 40.96%. I do really well until the 5th generation, where I have an illegitimacy. I hold my own for another generation at 93.75 percent, but start to fall off in the 7th and 8th generations.
Pedigree collapse becomes apparent by the 9th and 10th generation, particularly on my paternal side.
All in all, a fun exercise to see just how much more there is to research.
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