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Geneolgy Forum?????

9 years ago

I wrote to GW and asked about starting a new forum. The person responded that she was doing history on her family and they would consider it. SO, my suggestion is to let them know if you are interested. I went to information about Posting, to Contact Us, to suggestions.\
Marie

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oldfixer
9 years ago
Did that a long time ago too, and got the same answer.
mboston_gw
9 years ago
I am big into genealogy but I don't know if I would use a forum here. I find lots of help by joining Facebook genealogy groups for the different areas I am researching. Plus using the message system on ancestry, gedmatch, and familytreedna.

If someone has a question, I would be happy to try to help out, though.

This post was edited by mboston on Mon, Oct 27, 14 at 19:18
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alisande
9 years ago
I seconded your request, Marie.
chisue
9 years ago
Maybe we could have an anecdotes section -- not digging up ancestors, but interesting stories we find along the way.

My family's emigrants from the French/Swiss border settled in Southern Illinois around 1835. They pined for good wine and ordered some from France. After waiting for months, the barrells finally arrived and were loaded into a buckboard for the trip to the farm. Driving up the incline to the house, the back of the buckboard gave way to the weight of the barrels, and all the casks fell out the back and burst. The 'rest of the story' was not set down. These were devout Christian men.
alisande
9 years ago
Oh, dear! I'm laughing, Chisue, but I think your story would cause great pain to some of my friends. :-)
maire_cate
9 years ago
You could start a thread on the Kitchen Table titled : Genealogy Part 1 and anyone who is interested could post there. It would be similar to the Lacanche Range conversations on the Appliance Forum - it's now up to Part 44.
kfca37
9 years ago
I've been trying to find a possible divorce circa 1950 for the State of Arizona, and possibly Maricopa County/Phoenix. Are there any sources out there?
Sue_va
9 years ago
If you are on Facebook, you can go there and start a group, like some KTers did back when.

I think a FB Group can be any topic. Might be worth looking into, if you are serious about it.
User
9 years ago
I would be in favor of a GW genealogy forum. I don't know how much use it would get. I won't join facebook. Perhaps for the time being we could stay on Kitchen table and subject it Genealogy: Topic/Name/Location.

kfca37m would you want to try it with your post?
oldfixer
9 years ago
kfca .... try the link

Here is a link that might be useful: AZ RECORDS
marie_ndcal
Original Author
9 years ago
I went to AZ Records, but they require sign up and a free trial (with) a CC for 7 days (free). I don't really like to do this and give a CC #. Is this connected with Ancestry or ??? It really does not clarify who is releasing the information. I am interested because I am trying to trace some relatives who lived in AZ for many years.
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Marie
User
9 years ago
marie, did you notice it is only for Maricopa County, AZ ? It is not associated with ancestry. Be sure to go in on day 6 and cancel.
marie_ndcal
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you, my relatives live in Gila County later in life, but my grandma had a boarding house while she raised her 2 boys.in a different area. I have very little records on my Dad's side because my mom did not like her MIL and probably destroyed a lot of information. My Dad worked in the Copper Smelters and took many many pictures, but these are all now in a museum in AZ. I am trying to work with names like Baker and Jackson without much information.
Lindsey_CA
9 years ago
You can find actual images for Arizona birth and death certificates online, for free (and not through Ancestry.com). Births must be at least 75 years ago, and deaths at least 50 years ago. Right now they have birth certificates for 1855-1938 and death certificates for 1870-1963.

Keyed in the surname BAKER and included both birth and death certificates, no date range. Came up with 1,792 results. It searches the name of the parents as well as the person for whom the certificate was issued.

Got 3,474 results on the search for JACKSON.

This post was edited by Lindsey_CA on Thu, Oct 30, 14 at 13:21
sheilajoyce_gw
9 years ago
The story in our family was that a great plus grandfather sailed his own ship to America from Ireland. He sold the ship and bought swamp acres in what is now downtown Chicago, and he sold that land for fifty cents an acre. We are not known for or business acumen.

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