Tools For The Dig: State Focused Research | Michigan

State Focused Research | Michigan

Some of my favorite research sites are slightly off-radar by today's definition.

First I'd like to talk about Genealogy Trails. From their homepage: "Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We are all about adding data for you to use in researching your family lines!!!We know that what you're looking for is data -- and we have LOTS of it right here. 
Our hosts work continuously to bring you fresh, interesting and NEW data (well.... as new as hundred year old data can be!!!)" Pretty much everything you need to know to begin your Michigan research is contained within the pages of  Michigan Genealogy Trails. This is a thorough, well thought out site - and they are always looking for volunteers!

Companion Yahoo! Group: Genealogy Trails/Upper_Midwest

Next up, RAOGK. Another volunteer site. A treasure trove of links, well organized and easy to understand. From this site you can request look-ups from a team of Michigan volunteers. Or add you name to the volunteer list if Michigan is your home-base.

MIGenWeb is an oldie but a goody! Volunteer based also, this database was founded in 1996! From their home page: "MIGenWeb isn’t an ordinary genealogy website. Ordinary websites are those where text and sometimes pretty pictures are present, but trying to get in touch with a real person to help you with your research… impossible. The strength of MIGenWeb is its many volunteers, some of whom have spent over a decade assisting others with their Michigan research. Using our county page visit the Michigan county your ancestors lived in and first try and find any information the county may freely provide on their pages (most have some sort of search built in). If the particular fact isn’t available online, then reach out to the county coordinator (cc) and they will try and assist you as best they can. Most county coordinators have their email address available on their website, though some will use contact forms."

Linkpendium is another all around resource hub. So What is Linkpendium, Anyway? "Linkpendium is a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states and counties. We cover both free and subscription sites, with a strong emphasis upon free resources provided by libraries, other government agencies, genealogical and historical societies, and individuals. We are particularly proud of our unique indexes to online biographies."

Check Michigan Family History Network  "Data For Every County in Michigan!" From their homepage: "The Michigan Family History Network was created in 1999 to house data that we had and wanted to share with other researchers."


FamilySearch:
Michigan State Wiki
Michigan State Catalog
Michigan Online Genealogy Records


State societies and archives include:
Michigan Genealogical Council
Historical Society of Michigan
Seeking Michigan


A comprehensive list of newspapers can be found at The Ancestor Hunt's Michigan page.


For social context look at LOC Michigan Collection,  DPLA Michigan Hub and Seeking Michigan


As I discover more resources I'll update this post. Do you have any Michigan favorites that I've missed? Please share!


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Video Of The Week: Autosomal DNA - a step-by-step approach to analysing your atDNA matches ...

We watch a lot of videos in the Cave. Webinars, instructional videos, continuing education videos, you name it! If it helps with our genealogical pursuit we are all over it!

Each week we thought we'd share one we've enjoyed.

Hope you enjoy it too!





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Frasers Of Fife: Generation Four | Jessie Fraser and David Wightman Cargill

42. Jessie Fraser (John - 11, William - 3, Duncan - 1) born February 16th 1846


married June 25th 1867



David Wightman Cargill born January 11th 1838 in Arbroath

Shipmaster



children of this union:

i. David Jameson Cargill b. August 6th 1868

ii. John Fraser Cargill b. May 6th 1870

iii. Robert Cargill b. March 22nd 1872

iv. Ann Brown Cargill b. November 7th 1873

v. Jessie Cargill b. September 1875 d. March 1877

vi. Elizabeth Cargill b. September 28th 1877

vii. Mary Jane Cargill b. August 6th 1879

viii. Florence Susannah Cargill b. September 4th 1881

note: Generation Four was (mostly) still living when the Original Tree was created.

~ all information provided here has been taken directly from the John Fraser family tree compiled in 1880 and as such is the only source for these writings - the objective being to record his work for further study and documentation ~ 

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Thomas E Faulkner {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Thomas E Faulkner (Joseph, James, William OR Priscilla, William, William) was born about 1809 in Orange Co, New York to parents (and first cousins) Joseph Faulkner and Priscilla Faulkner.

Thomas married Susan Van Voorhis (born about 1810) on April 9th 1828 at the Presbyterian Church in Hamptonburgh, Orange Co, New York.

The couple had at least one child:

• Sarah Ann Faulkner b. 1829 d. 25 Feb 1907 m. (1)Isaac McCord (2)Charles Manson

Thomas may have served in the Civil War. According to the Bull Book (which has a full sub-listing of Faulkner history) Thomas, it states, was a colonel. I have found no definitive proof that this Thomas served. His middle initial was given on his daughter's death certificate (I have only seen a transcript). I found a Thomas G Faulkner that mustered in as a private and mustered out as a corporal. The pension index states that he was an invalid.

Dates of death and places of burial are unknown at this time for both Thomas and his wife Susan.

~This particular family line is proving to be very challenging, as you will see in the coming weeks. The family of Joseph and Priscilla Faulkner are showing to be elusive and vague. I intend to supply what I know, maybe something will ring a bell with someone.~

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Notes From My Grandmother | Busby Lineage and Genealogy, Part 2

Somehow, much of my grandmother's hand written and (badly) typed notes and research wound up in my possession. Traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles and back to Chicago again. It sat, in the dark of my mother's closet, until my dad passed and my mom decided to begin her great purge. Knowing I had picked up the torch, the next generation to pursue the Greatest Hobby on Earth, the papers came to live with me. Unsure for many years on just what to do with them, I have decided to bring them out and share them with you - transcribed, of course - no one can read my grandmother's handwriting! But in her own words; mistakes, rambling sentences, and all. I think she will be pleased her work and her writing are once again out in the light.

The Name and Family of Busby

History: cont.

Of the family of the name early resident at London, Richard Bushebie or Busby married the widow Mary Fenton about the year 1582; Edward Busby, of Oxfordshire, married the widow Margaret Baldwin, of Gloucester, at London in 1660; Robert Busby, "Gentleman", was married in 1662 or 1663 to Grace, daughter of Sir Henry Cary; Christopher Busbee or Busby married Frances Williams in 1666; and William Busby, "Gentleman", a native of Loughborough, in the county of Leicester, was married at London in 1675 or 1676 to the widow Anne Tomlinson. While the records of these branches of the family are not complete, it is evident that they belonged to the landed and educated classes.

Nicholas Busby or Busbee appears in the "List of Persons who went to New England with William Andrews, of Ipswich, master of the John and Dorothy of Ipswich, and with William Andrews, his son, master of the Rose of Yarmouth", in the early seventeenth century. He was probably a native of Norwich, county Norfolk, and a weaver by trade. In 1637 the examination of Nicholas "Busbie" aged fifty years, was made at Norwich. At that time he stated that his wife Bridget was fifty-three years of age and that they had four children, Nicholas, John, Abraham, and Sarah. He also stated that he was "desirous to go to Boston, in New England, to inhabit". Nicholas Busby and his family were resident at Newbury, Mass., in October of the year 1637. He later removed to Watertown, in the same colony, and died in 1657.

His eldest son, Nicholas, died before him, leaving issue by his wife, previously the widow Martha (nee Cheney) Sadler, whom he married in 1652, of at least one son, named Joseph.

John Busby, the second son of the immigrant Nicholas, returned to England and was living at Norwich, county Norfolk, in the year 1661.

Abraham Busby or Busbey, the youngest son of the immigrant Nicholas, followed the trade of weaver and was married in 1659 to the widow Abigail (nee Compton) Briscoe. He had at least two children, Abigail and Elizabeth, born at Boston, and he may have had other progeny as well.

The first of the name to settle in the South were Ann Busby, who came over as a servant to Robert Bennett of Virginia, in 1635; Thomas Busby, who settled in Henrico County, Va., in 1637; Waller or Walter Busby, who settled in Northumberland Co, Va., in 1651; and Eliza Busby, of Northumberland Co, Va., in 1652. Nothing further is known concerning the immediate families or descendants of these early emigrants.

In 1682 one John Busby or Bushby, a Quaker, settled at Philadelphia, Pa. John left issue by his wife Marie of eight children, John, Edward, William, Richard, Nicholas, (no further record), Marie, Elizabeth, and Sarah, of whom the first died in 1699, leaving a share of his estate to his parents and the rest to his wife, Mary Taylor, whom he married in 1690.

William, the second son of the elder John of Philadelphia, married the widow Sarah Seary in 1685 and died in 1716, leaving only two children, John and Elizabeth Busby.

Edward, the second [third?] son of the elder John of Philadelphia, was married in 1796 [1696?] to Susanna Adams. His children were Mary, Edward, Joseph, Rebecca, and Mercy.

Richard Buzby, son of the elder John of Philadelphia, resided at Oxford in Philadelphia Co., Pa., and also owned one hundred acres of land at Dublin, Pa. He died in 1747, leaving five children, Thomas, Jane, Rebecca, Sara, and John Buzby or Busby; but the name of his wife is not available.

In general an energetic, courageous, progressive, and idealistic race, the Busbys in America have contributed largely to the growth and development of the nation.

Records of the Colonial forces in the Revolutionary War mention Robert Busby of Medford, Mass.; John Bushby or Bushbe, of Danvers, Mass.; Robert Bushby of Billerica, Mass.; William Busby, of New York; James Busby, of Virginia and Kentucky; John Busby, of Virginia; Robert Busby, of Virginia and Kentucky; Israel and John Busbey, of Penn.; and Benjamin, George, Israel, James, and John Busby, of Penn., of whom Israel and James are probably identical with the Busbeys mentioned above.

William, Richard, Robert, John, Edmund, Henry, Geoffrey, Thomas, Nicholas, Edward, Charles, George, James and Joseph are some of the names (masculine Christian) that are favored by the Busbys for their progeny.

.......... to be continued ..........

 ***editor's note: this is a transcript of research completed in 1982 based on information available at that time. I have not yet researched this family further, but suspect there is more information/clarification available to us today. I will follow up at a future date with fresh data. ***

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