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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: vesta111 on March 11, 2014, 01:20:54 PM
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He emigrated to Kansas with the party of Dr. Calvin Cutter, of Worcester, in 1856. He joined John Brown's party at Tabor, in 1857, and thereafter, in Canada and elsewhere, was one of Brown's closest associates, returning to Kansas in 1858 as a follower of "Shubel Morgan." He took part in the raid into Missouri. He and Cook were particularly warm friends. Tidd opposed the attack on Harper's Ferry. After his escape from Virginia, he visited Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Canada, and was freely consulted in the plans for rescue of Stevens and Hazlett. "Tidd," wrote Mrs. Annie Brown Adams, "had not much education, but good common sense. After the raid he began to study, and tried to repair his deficiencies. He was by no means handsome. He had a quick temper, but was kind-hearted. His rages soon passed and then he tried all he could to repair dam- ages. He was a fine singer and of strong family affections."
He died of fever, on the transport Northerner, as a first sergeant of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, on February 8, 1862, with the roar of the battle of Roanoke Island in his ears. This he had particularly wished to take part in, for ex-Governor Henry A. Wise was in com- mand of the Confederates, his son, O. Jennings Wise, being killed in the engagement. Tidd had enlisted July 19, 1861, as a private. His grave is No. 40 in the New Berne, N. C., National Cemetery.
Looking into husbands family from the past I found this. Darn what else can we find in the past of our family's that may pop up a hundreds years later into our familys. ?
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Genieology
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Its New Bern, not Berne.
I pass that cemetery a minimum of once a week.
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Looking into husbands family from the past I found this. Darn what else can we find in the past of our family's that may pop up a hundreds years later into our familys. ?
I've been working on family genealogy for years. it can become addictive. You have to be a little bit of a detective and not give up.
More and more information gets posted to the internet every year.
There are paid sites, but there is a lot of information you can find on your own if you have names, dates and locations.
Something I enjoy looking up are the histories of towns and counties where ancestors were living when they were formed.
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I have a sister and cousin who are into that crap.
I don't want to rain on your Cheerios but really? It changes not a whit in your life.
I specifically lied to my cousin so now her family tree is all screwed up. Forever.
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I don't want to rain on your Cheerios but really? It changes not a whit in your life.
Gosh. Genealogy is a hobby. Most hobbies won't change your life either.
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My father-in-law got into Ancestry.com a couple of years ago. He found out that his ancestors fought on both sides of the Battle of Oriskany in 1777--a direct ancestor was the next oldest sibling of the commander of the Patriot forces--Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer, who died 10 or so days after the battle, from a botched amputation of his leg. His lines of ancestry went back further, to the time of St. Edward the Confessor in Olde England.
I've wondered if I should start an account and go looking for my ancestors . . . :???:
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My father-in-law got into Ancestry.com a couple of years ago. He found out that his ancestors fought on both sides of the Battle of Oriskany in 1777--a direct ancestor was the next oldest sibling of the commander of the Patriot forces--Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer, who died 10 or so days after the battle, from a botched amputation of his leg. His lines of ancestry went back further, to the time of St. Edward the Confessor in Olde England.
I've wondered if I should start an account and go looking for my ancestors . . . :???:
Sometimes you can get a free two week subscription to Ancestry, but if you don't notify them, they will ding your credit card. Their subscriptions aren't cheap.
Have you tried the Mormon one called familysearch? They have quite a bit of free stuff.
Also Genforum. Finding a family connection to someone who has already done the research is a plus.
Be flexible with name spellings and dates. There is a lot of misinformation out there. I've found simple family names spelled all different ways. A lot of transcribing from old handwritten documents is pure guesswork.