Thursday, August 25, 2011
Amanda Young was married to William H. Van Valkenburg
My family history search has lead me to some great finds about Amanda Young, the wife of William H. Van Valkenburg, who was the son of Edward Van Valkenburg. Amanda Young was the daughter of Michael and Margaret Young. She married William Van Valkenburg and they had a son, Edward W. Van Valkenburg. After William died during the Battle of Gettysburg, Amanda married George S. Ferner. They lived in Tioga County, New York. I have discovered several census records for George and Amanda Ferner, and an annoucement in the Binghampton Press Newspaper about a bridal shower given by Mrs. George S. Ferner in July of 1910. George and Amanda Ferner had two children, Alice V. and Elias Ferner. Click here to see more info.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
National Archives Genealogy Fair Offers Tips on Tracing Family Histories
National Archives Genealogy Fair Offers Tips on Tracing Family Histories
This is an article from washingtonian.com by Debra Bruno and in it she mentions her ancestor (and ours) Lambert Van Valkenburg.
This is an article from washingtonian.com by Debra Bruno and in it she mentions her ancestor (and ours) Lambert Van Valkenburg.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Richard Jeptha Van Valkenburg Appointed as Notary Public
Link to the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration: Historical Records Index Search
http://accipiter.state.co.us/archive/publicrecordsearch.do
I found several records for Van Valkenburg:
Record Type: Probate
Name: Van Valkenburg, Galen B.
County: Boulder
Year: 1896 Month: Day:
Origin: Boulder County
Case No.: 1032
Record Type: Governor Appointments
Name: Van Valkenburg, R.J.
County:
Year: 1880 Month: May Day: 15
Origin: Governor
Governor: Pitkin
Kind of Appt: Notary Public
Book: 3; Page: 394
Access to these is through email to the department and includes a fee. I have not yet tried to get copies.
http://accipiter.state.co.us/archive/publicrecordsearch.do
I found several records for Van Valkenburg:
Record Type: Probate
Name: Van Valkenburg, Galen B.
County: Boulder
Year: 1896 Month: Day:
Origin: Boulder County
Case No.: 1032
Record Type: Governor Appointments
Name: Van Valkenburg, R.J.
County:
Year: 1880 Month: May Day: 15
Origin: Governor
Governor: Pitkin
Kind of Appt: Notary Public
Book: 3; Page: 394
Access to these is through email to the department and includes a fee. I have not yet tried to get copies.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Family Search
New version of familysearch.org. Cool!
Future of FamilySearch.org Explained at Seminar
Friday, September 17, 2010
The Importance of Family History Work
"...names are important in genealogical research. Knowledge of the historic context in which our ancestors lived, the details of their lives, and the experiences that shaped their personalities are essential to our understanding of ourselves."
"The plan of salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ are the very backbone of genealogical research. What about our ancestors who lived and loved and filled their lives with good things to the extent of the knowledge they may have had? Is there any hope for them? Each individual must have the right and privvilege of accepting or rejecting the saving ordinances and principles. The identification of our ancestors and the performance of sacred ordinances on their behalf provide a way for them to make this very decision."
"By the third or fourth generation our ancestors live in obscurity. They are lost from memory. But the obscurity of which Malachi speaks is much more. It is a spiritual obscurity, a spiritual wasteland in which one stands alone, disconnected from ancestors and posterity alike. Family history is the saving of one's ancestors from the spiritual obscurity in which they reside."
"Does not family history reach as easily to future generations as to past ones? The quality of life is affected by knowledge of one's ancestors because it gives one a sense of identity and personal responsibility that, really, can come only in that way. If this is true, is it not also true that our posterity will be so influenced by our lives?"
**** "If we do not create records that document our lives, or that of our families, knowledge of who we are is lost within a generation or two, and we become those who are lost in obscurity. Without that knowledge, our posterity becomes disconnected from their roots and from the nourishment those roots provide."
Elder Neuenschwander
July 27, 2010
Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU
"The plan of salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ are the very backbone of genealogical research. What about our ancestors who lived and loved and filled their lives with good things to the extent of the knowledge they may have had? Is there any hope for them? Each individual must have the right and privvilege of accepting or rejecting the saving ordinances and principles. The identification of our ancestors and the performance of sacred ordinances on their behalf provide a way for them to make this very decision."
"By the third or fourth generation our ancestors live in obscurity. They are lost from memory. But the obscurity of which Malachi speaks is much more. It is a spiritual obscurity, a spiritual wasteland in which one stands alone, disconnected from ancestors and posterity alike. Family history is the saving of one's ancestors from the spiritual obscurity in which they reside."
"Does not family history reach as easily to future generations as to past ones? The quality of life is affected by knowledge of one's ancestors because it gives one a sense of identity and personal responsibility that, really, can come only in that way. If this is true, is it not also true that our posterity will be so influenced by our lives?"
**** "If we do not create records that document our lives, or that of our families, knowledge of who we are is lost within a generation or two, and we become those who are lost in obscurity. Without that knowledge, our posterity becomes disconnected from their roots and from the nourishment those roots provide."
Elder Neuenschwander
July 27, 2010
Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU
Monday, February 15, 2010
Mary Rebecca Crouch Van Valkenburg 1900 U.S. Census
1900 US Census with Mary Crouch Van Valkenburg and her children, Richard, Edward, William, Mattie, Joseph, and Galen.
Edward Van Valkenburg 1850 U.S. Census
1850 Census Record with Edward Van Valkenburg and Alice Van Valkenburg, Richard and Cordelia Van Valkenburg with their children Martha Jane, Alice, and Galen.
