Finding cousins: Wainwright

See previous posts.  The entire Wainwright line is now on the Ancestry family tree, waiting for your to find spouses, children, and cousins to take to the temple!

Finding Cousins: Crowley

See previous post.  The Crowley family is another example of where we could find cousins to take to the temple. 

I only have record of Dennis Crowley and Elizabeth Parsons having one child, our direct ancestor Elizabeth Ann Crowley.  Does Elizabeth Ann have siblings? Has their work been done?  Who knows ... but you could find out!  You better watch out, though, cause once I get all of this stuff on our Ancestry.com tree, you best believe I'm gonna' be all up in dat bizness.

Finding Cousins: Carr

See previous post.  The Carr family is a perfect example of where we could find cousins to take to the temple.

Thomas and Louisa had eight children.  We descend through Elizabeth Carr (married to William Bean), and that line is pretty well documented.  However, I have five of Elizabeth's siblings that have no spouses and the other two with spouses, but no documented children.  All of these people were born in England from 1826-1855.  There are a lot of good records around that time and at least one of these people have to have a descendant line, perhaps one that needs work done! Call me if you have questions!

Finding Cousins: Beans

With families that have a lot of work down, the new challenge is filling in your family tree.  This is done by going to the end of your line and tracing it forward, attempting to find cousins that need work done.  For example, all of the work has been done for our grandparents back at least six generations on the Bean side.  However, there could be any number of branches that split off that were either never members of the Church or their descendants left the Church, leaving work undone.

This is a link to a family tree I am creating on ancestry that shows all the people I can fit into my tree with verifiable data (Family Tree).  Start by going to the very end of the line: William Bean.  Then, click on "Family" right next to "Pedigree."  This will show you all of William's descendants.  You can see that there are stoppages in the line with Louisa Bean, Jane Bean, Sarah Bean, George C. Bean, and Mary Bean in the third generation and even more on the fourth.

These are where we find potential names for the temple.  These are people that I have no record of either getting married or having children with their spouse.  The research will be determining if that person was married and if they had children for however many generations to present, and if all the work has been done.

NOTE:  I have not checked these names on FamilySearch, so you may look there and say, "Hey, here's a spouse and children and all their work is done.  Greg must not know what he is talking about."  I just don't have time to check them all right now.  But that's the point.  See if their work is done, and if it is, go on to another.

Please download copies of all records you locate (or screen shots of you can't download) to send to me.  FamilySearch is the best place to start, but remember, not all FamilySearch information is accurate! It needs corroborating primary documents!!!!  Call me! We can talk about it!!!!!

Collaborative Family History

I had some discussions with Alisha during the family reunion regarding family history, and as she was talking to Josh, they had an idea that revolved around collaborative family history work.  She mentioned that it was difficult for her to start family history because she felt like she didn't have the information at her fingertips.

So, I have uploaded my entire genealogy file from my computer to Google drive (sans personal information for those still living, i.e. all of you birth certificates).  I am going to be sending you all e-mails so that you can have access to the files (hopefully I have all of the right e-mail addresses for you.

Also, within the folder I have created folders for each of the immediate family members.  The idea is that, when one of you does some research, you can upload the photos or information you find to your fold for all to see, then I can log it away in the master catalog of Bean/Petersen family history.

It will also make it easier for anyone who wants to participate in the construction of the Ultimate Research Log.  In each of your folders, I have put a template for the Log.  If anyone wants, they can pull a photo from anywhere in any of the folders, transcribe the information, save your work, re-upload the template and the photo you worked on to your folder, and inform me and I will incorporate your work into the Ultimate Log.  This likely requires more explanation, and if anyone wants to help, they can give me a call or shoot me an e-mail.

Let me know what you think of this (Josh and Alisha's) idea and how we can make it better! Thanks.

William and Sarah - Someone thinks we're married ...

William Bean and Sarah Wallage are my fourth great grandparents on the Bean side of the family.  I found information that their marriage record was extracted way back when by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  However, I don't have copies of the original.  I have found that looking at the original Marriage records and searching through the entire film can produce a wealth of additional information.  This is the printout of the extraction:

This is the information you will use to locate him on the film. Now, this one is confusing, because there appears to be no film for 1832 ....  However, after a little research, I think 0254576 is the way to go.  I literally have no primary documents on these two, so this record would be awesome.

Oh, and if you're interested, this is the sweet church they got married in.

Project:

1) Order the film number 0254576 from the family history library (use this link) (the films cost $7.50 to rent on a short term basis)

2) Find a Family History Center with a film reader

3) Search the film for the name "Bean" or "Wallage"

4) If your Center has the capability (and let's pray they do), capture each image that could potentially be related to the Bean and Wallage families; otherwise just write down all the information

5) Rejoice in your discovery!

William Bean - I've been Christened!

William Bean is my second great grandfather on the Bean side of the family.  I found information that his Christening record was extracted way back when by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  However, I don't have copies of the original.  I have found that looking at the original Christening records and searching through the entire film can produce a wealth of additional information.  This is the printout of the extraction:

This is the information you will use to locate him on the film. 

Project:

1) Order the film number 025462 from the family history library (use this link) (the films cost $7.50 to rent on a short term basis)

2) Find a Family History Center with a film reader

3) Search the film for the name "Bean"

4) If your Center has the capability (and let's pray they do), capture each image that could potentially be related to the Bean family; otherwise just write down all the information

5) Rejoice in your discovery!

Digitize your own records

Take all of your vital records (Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Ordination Certificates, etc.) and digitize them.  It makes family history at least a billion times easier in the future.

Interview Parental Units

My Mother and Father have fantastic stories.  One of my biggest regrets is that we never recorded an interview with my Grandpa and Grandma Bean before they died.  However, we did does so with my Petersen Grandparents and that recording is like gold.

Let's face it, my parents aren't getting any younger, but their minds are still sharp and they remember a great deal about their youth and growing up.  This information needs to be recorded and transcribed soon so that it can be preserved for generations to come.

Project:

1) Interview Lee and Julie Bean (for question ideas click here)
2) Make sure you record the interview (this can be easily done with nearly any phone)
3) If you have time, transcribe the interview (or pass that project on to someone else!)

William Aspey - Christening Records

William Aspey is my third great grand uncle coming out of the Bean/Wainwright side of the family.  I found information that his Christening record was extracted way back when by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  However, I don't have copies of the original.  I have found that looking at the original Christening records and searching through the entire film can produce a wealth of additional information.  The extraction says that he was Christened on May 29, 1829, In Wigan, Lacashire, England.  This is the information you will use to locate him on the film.  Who knows, you may even find my direct ancestor, my third great grandmother Margaret Aspey, born 20 Nov. 1833 in the same place!

Project:

1) Order the film number 94033 from the family history library (use this link) (the films cost $7.50 to rent on a short term basis)

2) Find a Family History Center with a film reader

3) Search the film for the name "Aspey"

4) If your Center has the capability (and let's pray they do), capture each image that could potentially be related to the Aspey family; otherwise just write down all the information

5) Rejoice in your discovery!

Peter Aspey and His Two Sara Sisters - Christening Record

Peter Aspey was my third great grand uncle coming out of the Bean/Wainwright side of the family. I had two Sara Aspey's, sisters of Peter.  One of them died 8 days after birth, and three years later, another Sara was born.  I found information that each of their Christening records were extracted way back when by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  However, I don't have copies of the originals.  I have found that looking at the original Christening records and searching through the entire film can produce a wealth of additional information.  This are the printouts for each of the extractions:

This is the information you will use to locate him on the film.  Who knows, you may even find my direct ancestor, my third great grandmother Margaret Aspey, born 20 Nov. 1833 in the same place!

Project:

1) Order the film number 94034 from the family history library (use this link) (the films cost $7.50 to rent on a short term basis)

2) Find a Family History Center with a film reader

3) Search the film for the name "Aspey"

4) If your Center has the capability (and let's pray they do), capture each image that could potentially be related to the Aspey family; otherwise just write down all the information

5) Rejoice in your discovery!

John Aspey - Christening Record

John Aspey is my third great grand uncle coming out of the Bean/Wainwright side of the family.  I found information that his Christening record was extracted way back when by the Church.  However, I don't have copies of the original.  I have found that looking at the original Christening records and searching through the entire film can produce a wealth of additional information.  This is the printout of the extraction:

This is the information you will use to locate him on the film.  Who knows, you may even find my direct ancestor, my third great grandmother Margaret Aspey, born 20 Nov. 1833 in the same place!

Project:

1) Order the film number 94032 from the family history library (use this link) (the films cost $7.50 to rent on a short term basis)

2) Find a Family History Center with a film reader

3) Search the film for the name "Aspey"

4) If your Center has the capability (and let's pray they do), capture each image that could potentially be related to the Aspey family; otherwise just write down all the information

5) Rejoice in your discovery!

Harry Asmussen - Who is this guy?

I found this photograph while searching through my grandmother's old photographs:

William is my great grand uncle and Alice was his wife, but I have no idea who Harry is!  I have records of one of William's brothers named Henry, but he was born in 1887.  It is unlikely (although not impossible) that Harry is Alice and William's son, as Alice would have been 18 and William would have been 16.  Additionally, I have no idea where this headstone is located.  I don't think we need to re-photograph it, but visiting and noting gravestones close by may reveal other family members!

Project 1:

1) Find out who Harry is

2) Capture and document any evidence

Possible Resources:

1) 1900 US Census

2) 1920 US Census

3) 1930 US Census

4) Denver, Colorado Death Records (from familysearch.org or ancestry.com)

Project 2:

1) Find out where this headstone lies (use Denver, Colorado death or cemetery records as indicated above)

2) Visit the graveyard, search for any close by family graves

3) Take pictures of other graves

Old Homes in Denver

My great-great grandfather, John Asmussen (along with a good number of other of my ancestors) lived in Denver, Colorado.  I inherited a number of old photos of the residences John lived in in Denver.

The addresses are as follows:

3555 Franklin, Denver, Colorado (1913, residence at time of death)
3721 Marrion, Denver, Colorado
3421 Williams, Denver, Colorado (residence of my great-granduncle, Bill Asmussen, in 1915)
3421 Hombolt, Denver, Colorado (residence of my great-granduncle, Bill Asmussen, in 1913)

Here are photos of the residences (I don't know when they were taken)

The project:

Go to the homes and take photographs