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!!!!!

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!)

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