An Unlikely Place to Discover Genealogy Notes

In a recent book acquisition from PaperBackSwap.com, I was surprised and intrigued by genealogy notes inscribed on the back inside cover.  The book is the Scottish Clans & Tartans by Ian Grimble, circa 1973, and upon inquiry to the sender, the information did not belong to their family.  
There is no other indication of the prior owner; only the deft, neat hand describing the immigrant ancestors.  I reproduce them here in the hopes of finding someone for whom this information might be of use, assuming the original inscriber is no longer around.

Back cover overview

(10 mins later...)
Well, there are at least two family trees on Ancestry.com with the great, great grandparents listed with references and a quick Google search has those same ancestors well researched in the History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, Vol. 2.  So, perhaps this is just an interesting artifact of traveling possessions.  It also serves as a reminder that we can find genealogy gems any where, not just family bibles!

Transcription

James Henry McCracken
1200

Great Grandfather Stockdale's
(Grandma Hanna's father)
Mother was a Ferguson

Great
Grandmother Stockdale was
a Latham and her mother
was a Davidson

Grandma Hanna's grandfather
and grandmother Stockdale
came fr/ Ireland when
about 6 years of age,
Robert Albert + Susan Davidson Latham
Susan Davidson was the
daughter of Lewis and Mary Davidson

(Webster ancestors)
Thomas Gore - came fr/ Ireland (1700's)
Laurence Richardson - " " " (1728)







Was this book previously in your family and now you want it back?  Shoot me an email make arrangements.

Small Break

ABQ SEWING CONVENTION

It may be another week or two before I can get back to anything AncestryFiles related, as I am trying to complete two dresses before the end of next week.  I am hoping to wear them to ------------------->

There is a coupon for half off admission price, so it is only $5 for all three days!  I could use getting out of the apartment a bit.  Plus, it is only $2 for an all day bus pass.  Now I just need to figure out how to rein in spending habits at this place.  I guess with no money that shouldn't be too tricky...  Patterns and good fabric will be my weakness.




Oh, and did you hear the wonderful news?  Not only is the OUTLANDER series by Diana Gabaldon being televised and aired this year, but filming has started this spring on the remake of the POLDARK series by Winston Graham!  I am super excited about the cast, with the exception of my namesake...just check out the IMBD site for the listing and you will understand.  I love the original series, even if it is dated and I can only watch it on VHS (yes, I have a working VHS player; it is actually built into my TV that I have had since the start of college...I won't say when that was), but am looking forward to this new adaptation.  Just look at who they cast as Ross Poldark: the lovely Aidan Turner!

POLDARK INFO HERE

If you have not seen his work, go watch the first two seasons of Being Human (UK original version), it is on Netflix streaming.  He will not be a disappointment.  What is there not to love about this dark Irish cutie?  (Other than his being a year younger than myself and living/working in the UK?)

Take a look at all these production stills and info about the filming here.

Did You Hear the News?!

The UK website for online genealogy research (findmypast.co.uk) has just announced the best thing to happen to genealogy since the release of the 1940 US Federal Census:

findmypast.co.uk article

Just look at what they have to say about the new records:

The National Archives of Ireland: Surviving census records 

But few realise that the destruction was not total. A great deal survived. We now know that records concerning more than 600,000 people in the 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851 census records survive at the National Archives of Ireland. This is because for the first time they have all been digitally imaged, transcribed and published online. This is a free resource, available to all.

FREE!!  ....FREE!    ALL of these records are online ... digital images, transcribed ... it is all FREE!

Can you tell I am excited?!

findmypast.co.uk article

Most of my Irish ancestors came to the States around or before 1850 which means that now I can have a better chance of catching and tracing ancestors who previously were a stalled end.  This is particularly true for the northern Irish Campbell family and the southern Irish Holahans.

I am so eager to dive into this that I am staying up late without the aid of caffeine!

(An hour later...)

Wow! I am finding some good things, interesting points and if certain records are true, there are new facts to add to the family tree.  ...Sadly there is only the 1831 census for county Derry/Londonderry, where most of the Campbell family branch comes from.