Shannon M. Thomas | Mostly Genealogy

Sarah M. L. Everitt Welsh Relationship  : Jason's 3rd Great-grandmother DOB  : 3 May 1821 -- Orange Township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania MD  : Abt. 1842 DOD  : 4 June 1893 -- Unknown Burial  :  McHenry Cemetery, Orangeville, Columbia county, Pennsylvania Parents  : James Everitt and Mary Arnold Everitt Siblings  : Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, Asa, Susan, Joseph, Moses, Archa, William, Elijah, Andrew Jackson, Enos, Enoch, Hiram and Lucy Ann Husband  : John Henry Welsh Children  :  Sarah K., Mary Susan, Elizabeth, Margaret, Alvernon, Lucy A., Lavina, Anjaline, James W., Isaac B, Francis M., Elmira, and Orville Urbanus

In old newspapers there are many social outings mentioned.  You never know what you might find while reading them. The Democratic Sentinel was a paper from Bloomsburg(Pennsylvania) and the surrounding area. While looking for an obituary or even mention of the death of John Henry Welsh I found this : "Miss Lillian Everett and Mrs Effie Jane Remley, of Watsontown, drove over to Greenwood Thursday to attend the funeral of John Welsh.  From there they came to this town, where they were entertained by relatives until Sunday morning." From the information above I was able to figure out his burial date.  I have also added two new people to my database, although I do not know who they are. It is recorded in my database under John Henry Welsh as a newspaper event / fact. I noticed that I have not shared this event so I will share it with Effie Jane Remley and Lillian Everett. Look at old newspapers; you never know what clues you may find! Stay tu...

I'm finally getting around to doing this. On Saturday March 22, 2014 Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings posted Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- How Many Surnames in Your Database. Randy's mission: 1)  Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database. 2)  Tell us which GMP you're using and how you did this task. 3)  Tell us how many surnames are in your database and, if possible, which Surname has the most entries.  If this excites you, tell us which surnames are in the top 5!  Or 10!!  Or 20!!! 4)  Write about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, in a status or comment on Facebook, or in Google Plus Stream post. This is one of my favorites; I like looking at statistics about my database.  I use Legacy 8 and there is a new button that says statistics and gives you a lot of gre...

Family Search has added images of Wills to their Columbia County Pennsylvania records.  It does take some time to get through them since they are not searchable but persistence pays off.  I was able to locate the will for James Everitt.  James had a daughter named Sarah M. L. Everitt who married John Welsh.  (Sarah and John are my husband Jason's 3rd great grandparents).  I was having a hard time connecting Sarah to her parents.  I thought they were James and Mary Everitt but I did not have any concrete evidence. Once I found out about the wills being online I took a chance and looked for James' will and there it was! In his will he states that his wife, Mary, may have whatever she wants to allow her a comfortable living as long as she remains his widow.  His daughter Elizabeth (wife of Henry Delong) gets $250.00.  His son Asa gets $250.00.  He leaves to the heirs of his daughter Susan (wife of John Auten) he leaves Casper Newton...