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GRIVA . . . to promote, foster, and encourage serious and accurate genealogical and historical
research by all means possible, including instruction, seminars, workshops, and field trips.
Serving the Genealogical Community since 1981
GRIVA News & Notes Honored by NGS in 2015 and 2016
Fall 2020 Volume XLI, Number 1
nnette Burke Lyttle is a
consummate storyteller who
encourages her audiences to
uncover and share their family stories.
She will share her enthusiasm,
methods, and sources when she
presents GRIVA’s Virtual Fall
Conference, Ancestors on the Move
and How to Find Them,
on Saturday, 3 October
2020.
“Colonial American
Migration Routes and
Modes of Travel” gets
the program rolling.
Arriving on the shores of
North America in the
1600s and 1700s, many
of our Colonial ancestors
very quickly began migrating west.
They followed rivers and created roads
into the wilderness to found new
settlements on the frontier. We will
learn about where they traveled, how
they got there, and how to uncover the
stories of their lives as they traveled
west.
Our ancestors kept moving when
they arrived on the east coast. In “How
Advertising Brought Our Ancestors to
the Midwest,” Annette will discuss
how the many business owners, land
speculators, and communities wishing
to grow all turned to various forms of
advertising to entice people to migrate
to Midwestern territories and states.
Newspaper advertising, pamphlets,
gazetteers, and books were aimed at
prospective migrants from the eastern
parts of the U.S. and prospective
immigrants from Europe to get them to
come and work, buy land, and settle in
these sparsely-populated frontier areas.
Special attention will be paid to the
kinds of messages these ads used in
order to make hard work and pioneer
living seem attractive.
Once our ancestors
got settled, many began
farming. It’s a rare
family tree that doesn’t
contain at least some
farm families, since until
the latter part of the 19th
century farmers made up
a majority of workers in
America. It may be hard
for us to envision what daily life was
like for our farming ancestors. As we
try to recover their stories, we may be
tempted to say our ancestors were “just
farmers.” But farm families were
remarkable people. With genealogical
records and social history resources,
we can begin “Reconstructing the
Lives of Our Farming Ancestors.”
FamilySearch.org has billions of
records, but only a limited percentage
are indexed. Wrapping up the day, we
will “Dig Deeper into FamilySearch.”
Beyond the search box, there are
hundreds of unindexed collections and
other digital materials that will never
show up in a general search. Learn
how to dive deeply into record
See Fall Conference, page 4
A Ancestors
on the Move
and How to
Find Them featuring
Annette Burke
Lyttle
GRIVA Virtual Fall Conference
3 October 2020
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In This Issue
Features Ancestors on the Move and How to Find Them ..................1
Newspapers aren’t just for obituaries anymore! ..................5
Thank you, Donors!!!...........................................................7
Blast from the Past: Dixon—Galt—Cullen—Deed .............9
GRIVA News & Notes Index ..............................................13
Columns President’s Corner ................................................................3
Queries ...............................................................................19
Calendar .............................................................................20
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GRIVA 2020 Virtual Fall Conference featuring
Annette Burke Lyttle
3 October 2020
Ancestors on the Move and How to Find Them
Colonial American Migration Routes and Modes of Travel
How Advertising Brought Our Ancestors to the Midwest
Reconstructing the Lives of Our Farming Ancestors
Dig Deeper into FamilySearch
Registration forms will be mailed by 1 September and posted on GRIVA.org.
President’s Corner
know we are all anxious to meet in person again but for
the near future GRIVA will continue to have our programs
and meetings virtually. Watch your email for information
and how to register for the upcoming DNA and German SIGs,
regular monthly programs, and the Virtual Fall Conference
featuring Annette Burke Lyttle.
GRIVA is excited to be able to reach many more members
with our virtual meetings and welcome all who can join us
online. Many of our members are not local and until now have
been unable to take advantage of our programs. One of the
perks of a virtual world! Another perk is being able to provide
a wider variety of speakers for our monthly programs. The
program committee has been hard at work getting speakers set
up for the coming months.
So sit back in your comfy chair, fuzzy slippers and pj’s,
and enjoy all that GRIVA has to offer for the coming months.
Aggie Gallagher, President
Coming Programs
For the foreseeable future, all GRIVA
events are being presented online. Watch for
more information in GRIVA.Notes, on
Facebook or Twitter, or check out
GRIVA.org.
22 September 2020 – 7:30 p.m.
Using Maps in Your Genealogical Research
Dory Klein, Community History Librarian,
Boston Public Library
27 October 2020 – 7:30 p.m.
Quaker Records and Migration
Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
1 December 2020 – 1:45 p.m.
The Central Rappahannock Heritage Center
Beth Daly, Outreach Coordinator
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Fall Conference — from page 1
collections at FamilySearch and come
up with amazing finds.
After researching her family since
high school, Annette became a full-
time genealogist in 2012. She earned a
bachelor’s degree in journalism from
Northern Illinois University and her
master’s degree in English from the
University of Michigan. Annette has
taught research, analysis, and writing
to college students at the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point; Schiller
International University in Heidelberg,
Germany; the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas; and Pikes Peak
Community College in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Annette is well versed on a
number of subjects and eras:
African-American, Civil War,
Colonial, Migration, Military, and
Quakers. When not lecturing on
one of these topics at national,
state, regional, or local genealogical
societies, she assists others through
Heritage Detective, LLC, where she
provides clients with research services,
coaching, problem solving, and writing
their stories to share with others.
Annette serves as an editorial
assistant for the National Genealogical
Society Quarterly. She is a member of
the board of directors of the
Association of Professional
Genealogists and subscribes to their
code of ethics. She is also a member of
the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the
New England Historic Genealogical
Society and a number of local, state,
and regional societies. Her articles
have been published in the Illinois
State Genealogical Society Quarterly,
NGS Magazine, and FGS Forum.
Annette was a faculty member for
“Exploring Quaker Records in
America” at the Genealogical Research
Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) in June
2020 and will be course coordinator
for “From Sea to Shining Sea:
Researching Our Ancestors’
Migrations in America” for the
(virtual) Salt Lake Institute of
Genealogy in January 2021. Not only
is Annette the webinar host for the
Florida State Genealogical Society, she
served admirably as Zoom Master for
courses at GRIP and the Institute for
Genealogical and Historical Research,
2020.
“I love researching and uncovering
facts, relationships, and the stories of
our ancestors’ lives. We all have
wonderful people and stories in our
family trees. It will be my privilege to
help you uncover and share your
family’s stories.”
Registration for the conference is
required. A registration confirmation
will be sent by email. Additionally,
you will receive a link to the virtual
(ZOOM) conference a few days before
the event. Registration for GRIVA
members is $35; non-GRIVA
members, $45. Not a GRIVA member?
Include $20 ($25 for a couple) for the
2020-2021 membership year and
register as a member! Registration
forms have been mailed, but are also
available for download at GRIVA.org.
PayPal registration is available at
PayPal.Me/GenResVA.
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 5
Newspapers aren’t just for obituaries anymore!
enealogists are advised to consult
newspapers for obituaries when death
records are not available. That’s good
advice, but newspapers offer far more than death
notices! And with so many newspapers digitized
and available online, there is a great deal to be
learned about newspaper research and from the
newspapers researched!
GRIVA’s abbreviated programming this spring
(due to Covid-19 restrictions) brought to light the
use of newspapers in genealogical and historical
research. Several presenters at April’s “Tell Me a
Story” used newspapers to pin down dates, to
follow an ancestor’s life, and to put those lives in
context. In May, our speaker, author of two Civil
War era books before newspapers became readily
available online, pointed out how useful they have
been in advancing her further research.
Newspapers vary in content from place to place
and era to era. Newspapers vary in publication
frequency and availability. Newspapers may be
ethnic, political, religious, occupational, military,
community, fraternal, or academic. But whenever,
wherever, for whomever, they provide context for
our ancestors’ lives. Look to newspapers to find...
Vital records: Engagement and marriage notices
Marriage licenses issued
Anniversary celebrations
Divorces filed and granted
Birth announcements
Birthday celebrations and attendees
Funeral reports
Visitors attending an event; visitors traveling to
attend an event
Social Notice: Clubs and organizations, social, civic, or religious
Parties, reunions, and holiday celebrations
Visits (who’s visiting here, who’s gone visiting)
School activities
Community events, county fairs
Relocations
Retirements
Occupations
Religious notes
Gossip
Nostalgia
Sports reports
Military service
Noteworthy occurrences and eye witness
accounts: Accidents – train, wagon, car, etc.
Fires, explosions
Disasters, floods, or droughts
Illnesses and hospitalizations
Crimes
Business reports: Advertising
Business openings or dissolutions
Shipping news (passengers named)
Hotel arrivals
Classified notices
Political and economic climate
Legal notices: Bankruptcies
Advertisements of sheriffs’ sales
Estate settlements and sales
Court decisions on civil or criminal cases
Political campaigns and elections
Delinquent tax lists
Post Office lists
An increasing number of newspapers have been
digitized and are available online or in person at a
repository. Some are free; some are for-a-fee. Each
service has different criteria for its newspaper
collection. It is useful to determine the scope and
date range of a title before spending time
researching for something that isn’t available. For
instance, if searching for an 1850 event, there is no
need to search a paper that is only available for
1875-1878!
See Newspapers, page 6
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Newspapers — from page 5
Several well-known go-to newspaper sites offer free or for-a-fee images. Some
for-a-fee collections allow a free search, but require membership to view the
newspaper image.
* NewspaperArchive.com ($$, but free remote access at LVA.virginia.gov
with a valid Library card)
* ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
* VirginiaChronicle.com
* FultonHistory.com (formerly Fulton Postcards)
* GenealogyBank.com $$
* Newspapers.com $$
* Ancestry.com $$
Additional sites to explore when seeking your ancestor’s news:
* Virginia Gazette
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/
(Issues from 1736-1780 to browse; additional links)
* https://elephind.com/
(Search more than 4,000 titles from the U.S. and beyond, or search individual
titles.)
* https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/elephind
(Elephind’s parent company; see detailed information on select projects)
* ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
(US Newspaper Directory, 1690-present; list of all Digitized Newspapers,
1777-1963)
* http://www.theancestorhunt.com/newspaper-research-
links.html#.XSeRWuhKjIV
(State-by-state listing of newspapers, online and off, and where to find them;
beware of advertisements for off-site searches)
* https://ldsgenealogy.com/newspapers-obituaries/
(State-by-state listing of newspapers, online and off, and where to find them)
* https://vimeo.com/channels/newspapers
(Interactive map of Journalism’s Voyage West: Visualizing US Newspapers,
1690-2011)
* https://archive.org/details/newspapers
(A pilot project from Internet Archive)
See Newspapers, page 8
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 7
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Newspapers — from page 6
*CyndisList.com/newspapers/
(Links to digitized newspapers, newspaper indexes, and articles about newspaper
research)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
* http://www.xooxleanswers.com/free-newspaper-archives/
(Links to U.S. and International newspaper archives; Bonus: Links to College and
Student newspapers and Historical Magazines)
* FamilySearch.org
(Search obituary collections by ancestor’s name; search abstract or index books
by keyword ‘newspapers’ or location)
But wait, there are more places to look!
Check state and local archives, libraries, or historical societies as well as
university libraries. You might find digitized newspapers that cover the service
area at a local library. The Marshall County, Illinois, Public Library offers free,
searchable, online access to thousands of pages of newspapers from dozens of
local publications. Few of these are available elsewhere online. Conversely, the
Nelson County, Kentucky, Public Library, holds a collection of
digitized local newspapers dating from 1900-current, available in the
Genealogy Room only.
Virginia Chronicle, a project of the Library of Virginia, includes
many Virginia newspapers not available elsewhere. It is powered by
Veridan, as is the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection, managed by
the University of Illinois, which includes entries not only from Illinois, but also
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and New York.
Because you haven’t found a newspaper for a specific area doesn’t mean one
wasn’t published! Perhaps it just hasn’t been posted online. To check if an area had
a newspaper, check the Non-Population Social Schedule of the census. (See
GRIVA News & Notes, June 2020, for more information on the non-population
schedules.) While not all-inclusive, Wikipedia’s list of defunct newspapers may
direct you to a long-ago newspaper for your ancestor’s area. American
Newspapers, 1821-1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and
Canada (Winifred Gregory Gerould, 1937, reprint 1967; available at major
libraries and for hourly loan at Archive.org) provides a geographically arranged
survey of newspapers preserved in county courthouses, newspaper offices, and
private collections, as of 1936.
Newspaper research is more than typing a name into a search form. With
perseverance and dedication, you may be richly rewarded. These hints might help!
* Small town or village newspapers will be ‘chattier’ than large city papers, which
will provide more context.
See Newspapers, page 12
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 9
Blast from the Past
n the June 2020 issue of GRIVA News & Notes
(see “Ask Genie: Courthouse Research”), we
talked about how to prepare for a trip to a
courthouse. Is it worth all the bother? Yes! Deed
and will book entries can provide an amazing
amount of information and can unravel family
mysteries!
These articles, which were originally published
in the December 2003 issue of GRIVA News &
Notes, seem to focus on strays. And strays are very
important, especially if your ancestor lived in a
county whose records have been lost! But look
deeper into these articles and learn how valuable a
courthouse document can be to your research!
When the term ‘stray’ enters a genealogical
conversation, it usually refers to an individual who
shows up in a document in a wholly unexpected
location. For instance, many Virginia-born folks
seemed to disappear from their homes and then
appeared unexpectedly in the 1850 California
census. Additionally, several Virginia deeds have
been recorded in Shelby County (KY) Deed books
as landowners left Virginia behind and headed west.
But a stray can take on a new dimension when
family information travels across both space and
time! Paraphrased from the original recorded in
Richmond’s Hustings Court Deed Book 36, pages
316-317, the deed below provides a wealth of
genealogical information on the relationships of a
family whose name appears in neither the grantor
nor the grantee index for this document!
Editor’s note: PERSI, the PERiodical Source Index,
which is referenced in article on page 11, is no
longer available at Ancestry.com. It can be searched
for free at FindMyPast.com. To view image or
transcription, access FindMyPast.com at a Family
History Center or affiliate library.
Dixon–Galt–Cullen Deed
See Blast from the Past, page 10
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Blast from the Past — from page 9
See Blast from the Past, page 11
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 11
Blast from the Past — from page 10
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Newspapers — from page 8
* Read newspapers from nearby towns and the county seat...news traveled,
publication dates varied, accessibility varies.
* Become familiar with the paper’s layout. Is there a regular column for various
communities? Is there a Personals and Briefs column?
* Read every paper for the time/place as coverage may vary. (The evening paper
may have more information than the snippet in the morning edition.)
* Read beyond the event date; remember anniversary dates; history columns (e.g.
10 years ago on this date).
* Read the newspapers! Do not rely on indices! When possible, use limiters “ ”,
wildcards ?, *.
* Read newspapers in distant relatives hometowns.
* Read newspapers from previous residences.
* Remember, folks had many names: Abner James Jones, Abner Jones, Abner J
Jones, A J Jones, A James Jones, Ab Jones, Jimmy Jones, and Bubba Jones!
* If he’s listed with his “brothers, Abner, Tom, and William Jones,” only William
Jones will be indexed with a surname. Abner will not be indexed!!!! Search every
family member’s name!
* Which issues of the paper are available? Check back regularly...papers are
always being added.
* Beware OCR!!! See Optical Character Recognition in box below. Consider
correcting the errors.
Reprinted from GRIVA News & Notes, September 2014, page 8
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 13
GRIVA News & Notes Index
Fall/Winter 2011 - June 2020
RIVA News & Notes has appeared in a
variety of formats since 1981 when the
organization was founded. For years it was
delivered monthly, quarterly, or biannually to
members’ snail mail boxes. In 2012 the publication
went digital, thus delivering quarterly issues
directly to members’ email boxes. The real bonus of
the digital version is that these digital issues are
now available for review from your home (no need
to go to a library) at GRIVA.org, Members Only
section. To improve access to these eight years of
past issues, a subject-only index has been prepared.
Some subject headings are very general, but
well worth perusing. Of particular interest should be
reports of GRIVA’s January and June luncheons,
which often highlight book reviews and research
tips. The GRIVA GenChat articles have a primary
topic, but again, offer lots of clues to use.
Please note F/W refers to a Fall/Winter issue.
S/S refers to a Spring/Summer issue.
The following issues are not available online
nor are they included in this index: December 2016;
June, September, December 2017; and June 2019.
Index
Ancestry.com, Mar 18: 49
British Research, Sep 13: 1; Dec 13: 29, 33
Conferences, Workshops, and Tours
Blaine Bettinger, Sep 18: 1
Dr Michael D Lacopo, Sep 16: 1
Mark Lowe, Sep 15: 1; Jun 16: 67
Paul Milner, S/S 13: 21; Dec 13: 33
Diane L Richard, Sep 19: 1
Judy Russell, Sep 14: 1
Maureen Taylor, S/S 12: 21; F/W 12: 5
GRIVA at the Library of Virginia, Mar 20: 54
GRIVA at the Virginia Museum of History and
Culture, Dec 18: 34; Mar 19: 48
Meet the Past, Mar 19: 43; Dec 19: 25, 39; Mar
20: 57
Tell Me a Story, Mar 20: 51
WordPress Workshop, Jun 18: 79
Digital Genealogy (See also GRIVA GenChat)
Backing up, Jun 16: 70
Cloud Storage, Jun 16: 71
Finding Duplicate Photos, Mar 20: 45
Optical Character Recognition, Sep 14: 8
Software to Expedite Scanning, Mar 19: 49
Work Smarter with PDFs, Sep 19: 5
Educational Opportunities
Continuing Education Events, Dec 14: 29
Fall for Family Historians, Sep 19: 13
Gen-Fed, Sep 16: 5
Institutes, Dec 13: 21
NGSQ Study Group, Dec 19: 29
Webinars, Dec 14: 27
FamilySearch.org
Browsing FamilySearch.org, Dec 15: 31
Family History Center, Mar 19: 55
FamilySearch.org Family Tree, Dec 13: 36
Navigating FamilySearch.org, Sep 15: 13
Success with FamilySearch, Sep 15: 15
Genetic Genealogy
DNA SIG, Mar 18: 49
Genographic Project Results to Date, Dec 18: 27
Understanding Genetic Genealogy, Dec 13: 38
Y-DNA and the Leigh Project, Dec 18: 21
GRIVA Activities
Drew Hogwood Memorial Scholarship, Sep
14: 8; Jun 15: 61; Jun 16: 61; Mar 18: 57
Conservation & Preservation Fund: Richard
Young 1817 Richmond Map, Jun 15: 72
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GRIVA Activities (cont’d)
Conservation & Preservation Fund: Deeds, Jun
16: 65
Conservation & Preservation Fund: Independent
Order of St. Luke, Dec 18: 33
Conservation & Preservation Fund: War of 1812
Records, Mar 19: 47
GRIVA and the Goats, Jun 18: 61; Dec 19: 30,
31
January Luncheon, Mar 14: 53; Mar 15: 55; Mar
16: 55; Mar 19: 51; Mar 20: 49
June Luncheon, Sep 15: 17; Jun 16: 75; Sep 18:
8; Sep 19: 9; Jun 20: 77
GRIVA GenChat
Backing Up Files, Jun 16: 70
Brick Wall Strategies, Dec 14: 34
Cloud Storage, Jun 16: 71
Death Records, Jun 16: 73
Evernote, Jun 16: 76
Favorite “Go To” Tools, Mar 16: 49
FamilySearch.org Family Tree, Dec 13: 36
Finding Elusive Females, Mar 18: 53
Maps, Mar 14: 46; Mar 15: 56
Miscellaneous Topics, Sep 13: 17
Newspapers, Mar 14: 55; Jun 15: 71
Photorganize, Mar 16: 53; Mar 17: 49
Potpourri, Jun 18: 73
Research Guides, Jun 18: 75
Software, Mar 14: 55
Technology, Sep 13: 15
Timelines, Mar 16: 51
GRIVA Past & Future
GRIVA Celebrates 30 Years of Research, F/W:
8
GRIVA Conferences, Mar 17: 47
GRIVA Donors, Sep 15: 18; Sep 18: 18; Sep 19:
7
GRIVA’s Emblem, Sep 19: 10
GRIVA Power, Sep 16: 12
GRIVA at Thirty-five, Jun 16: 64
GRIVA Volunteer Power, Dec 18: 29
Jean Knight Childs, Sep 19: 3
Keeping GRIVA Moving, Mar 19: 45
News from the GRIVA Board, Sep 14: 7
Officers, 2016-2017, Jun 16: 79
Officers, 2018-2019, Jun 18: 72
Officers, 2020-2021, Jun 20: 75
Legislative Matters
Legislative Update, Mar 17: 51
Memorandum (Vital Records), F/W 11: 5
New Legislation (Vital Records), S/S 12: 25
Records Preservation and Access, Mar 18: 55
Library of Virginia
Broadside: The Magazine of the Library of
Virginia, Dec 19: 26
Collection Discovery System, Sep 19: 11
Library of Virginia Card, Dec 18: 37
Online Resources, Dec 13: 30; Mar 14: 56
Using the Library of Virginia’s Website, Mar
16: 47
Members Write
A Civil War Diary: Refugee at Hanover Tavern,
Mar 14: 45
A Family’s Brush with Greatness, F/W 11: 7
A Walk in the Country, S/S 13: 25
A Well Planned Research Trip, Mar 14: 41
Bonnie’s Cousin, Jun 16: 77
Dudley Family Bible, Sep 18: 13
Family Stories, S/S 12: 33
Ffan Club, Mar 19: 57
Finding Aunt Jane, Mar 20: 41
Gregg Family, Sep 19: 19
Grandma’s Party Line, S/S 13: 30
Honoring the Memory of Pvt William D. Lowe,
Mar 17: 45
Letters Home to Baughn Mountain, NC, from
the Civil War, F/W 11: 6; S/S 12: 26
Lost and Found... and Recovered, Dec 15: 25
Maine’s First Ship: The Virginia, Dec 19: 21;
Jun 20: 67
Newton Family Bible, Sep 18: 10
Our Name Change, S/S 13: 24
Powhatan [Baseball] Champions, ‘03, Sep 18:
19
Success with FamilySearch, Sep 15: 15
Website votes, Mar 14: 48; Sep 14: 14; Mar 15:
42; Sep 15: 3, 15; Mar 16: 43; Sep 16: 15;
Mar 17: 42; Mar 18: 42; Mar 19: 59
What are the Chances?, Dec 15: 26
Why I Write My Memoirs, F/W 12: 1
Y-DNA and the Leigh Project, Dec 18: 21
Miscellaneous
17th
Century Medicine, Dec 19: 35
Bluegrass Music, Dec 14: 32
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Miscellaneous (cont’d)
Book Review: Season of ‘42: Joe D, Teddy
Ballgame, and Baseball’s Fight to Survive
a Turbulent First Year of War, S/S 13: 27
Family Reunions and Letters, S/S 13: 28
History of Pencils, Jun 20: 69
Uncovering Roots through Archeology, F/W 11:
15
Washington, D.C. Tourism, Dec 13: 35
Weather History, Jun 18: 70
Online Research
Blogs, Dec 14: 21
Deep Internet, Mar 15: 53
Digital Portals to State History, Dec 13: 36
DPLA or Archives Grid, Jun 18: 67
Facebook for Genealogists, Dec 14: 25
German and Irish Websites, Sep 14: 13
Google Searches, Jun 14: 77; Mar 15: 53;
Mar 18: 45
JSTOR, Jun 15: 73
Library of Virginia, Dec 13: 30; Mar 14: 56
Navigating FamilySearch.org, Sep 15: 13
Newspaper Research, Sep 13: 6; Dec 13: 31;
Mar 14: 55; Jun 14: 15; Jun 15: 75
Social Media, S/S 12: 28
Social Media Icons, Mar 17: 53
Virginia (and Beyond) Websites, Sep 13: 11
Virginia Heritage, Sep 15: 18
Webinars, Dec 14: 27
YouTube, Jun 14: 77
Organization
Organizing files, Dec 15: 21
Photorganizing, Mar 14: 49; Jun 14: 71;
Mar 16: 53; Mar 17: 49
Photogenealogy
Benchmark Photo Files, F/W 12: 11
Celebrations in Family Photos, Dec 13: 27
Facial Recognition Using Picasa, F/W 11: 1, 16
Finding Duplicate Photos, Mar 20: 45
Photography During World War II, F/W 12: 14
Photorganizing, Mar 14: 49; Jun 14: 71;
Mar 16: 53; Mar 17: 49
Software to Expedite Scanning, Mar 19: 49
Preservation
Care and Interpretation of Heirloom Textiles,
Jun 18: 71
Care and Interpretation of Family Heirlooms,
Dec 14: 31
Creating Family Archives, Dec 19: 26
Disaster Preparedness, Sep 18: 7
Problem Solving
Are you Stuck? Problem solving, Dec 19: 27
Are you Still Stuck? Mar 20: 47
Brick Wall Strategies, Dec 14: 34
Missing Persons, Sep 13: 7
Resolving Conflicting Information, Dec 14: 27
Record Categories
Bible Records, Sep 18: 5
Cemetery Records
Diuguid Digital Archive, Lynchburg,
Virginia, Dec 13: 25; Mar 19: 53
Research, Jun 15: 76
Census Records
1940 Census Release, S/S 12: 24, 35
Beyond the Census, Jun 16: 69
Non-Population Schedules, Jun 20: 65
Pre-1850 Census Form, Jun 16: 68
Church Research
Church Archives, Mar 15: 41
Evangelical and Reformed Historical
Society, Sep 13: 17
First English Lutheran Church, Mar 15: 48;
Jun 15: 67; Dec 15: 29; Mar 16: 45
Finding Quaker Family History, Sep 13: 9
County Histories, Jun 14: 77; Sep 14: 11
Court House Research, Jun 20: 61
Employment Records, Sep 15: 5
Indexes
NUCMC & WorldCat, Jun 14: 67
Overcome Index Errors, Sep 13: 7
Using Indexes, Sep 16: 9
Land Records, Mar 14: 46; Mar 15: 55
Manuscript Research, Jun 15: 71
NUCMC & WorldCat, Jun 14: 67
Virginia Heritage, Sep 15: 18
Washington & Lee University, Dec 14: 36
Military Records
Compiled Military Service Records, Mar 17:
41
Researching Civil War Ancestors, S/S 12:
30
Revolutionary War Records, Jun 14: 73
SAR Applications, Sep 13: 17
The Great War, Jun 18: 68
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Record Categories (cont’d)
They’re Coming Home: World War II, Sep
13: 13
Virginia’s Forgotten Revolutionary War
Records, Dec 15: 33
World War II V-mail, Mar 14: 47
World War II French Award, F/W 12: 12
Newspaper Research, Sep 13: 6; Dec 13: 31;
Mar 14: 55; Jun 14: 15; Jun 15: 75
Obscure Microfilmed Civilian Records, Jun 20:
70
School Resources, Jun 14: 61; Sep 14: 15
Social Security
Social Security Death Index, Sep 15: 7; Mar
19: 43
Numbers, S/S 13: 32
Tax Records, Mar 16: 41
Vital Records
Death Records, Jun 16: 73
Marriage Records, Jun 15: 69
Obituaries from California Newspapers, Jun
14: 69; Sep 14: 9
Observations on Obituaries, Mar 18: 41
Repositories (see also, Library of Virginia)
Allen County Public Library, Sep 15: 9
Kentucky Archives and Beyond, Sep 16: 7
King William Courthouse, Sep 15: 11
Leyburn Library, Washington & Lee University,
Dec 14: 36
Louisa County Historical Society, Sep 15: 11
Middlesex County Museum, Sep 15: 12
Piedmont Virginia History, Sep 15: 11
Powhatan County, Sep 15: 12
Prince William Public Library, RELIC, F/W 12:
8
Where to, How to: Quick Guide, Sep 18: 15
Research Strategies, Tools, Topics
Abbreviations, Mar 14: 51
Citations, Sep 16: 11
Checklist for a Successful Research Trip, Mar
14: 44
Creating a Research Plan, Jun 18: 69
Dates, Dec 19: 37
Calendars, Mar 16: 43; Mar 18: 47
Definitions for Genealogists, Mar 20: 53
Descendancy Research, Jun 16: 69
Favorite tools, Mar 16: 47
Finding Elusive Females, Mar 18: 53
Genealogical Proof Standard, Mar 15: 45
GPS Source Citation, Dec 15: 27
How many names can a man have?, Mar 18: 56
Library or Archives?, Mar 19: 41
Lost and Found, Jun 15: 65
Managing a Genealogical Project, Jun 18: 65
North Carolina, Sep 13: 16
Names, Sep 19: 15
Our Name Change, S/S 13: 24
Optical Character Recognition, Sep 14: 8
Oral History
A Parent Talk, Before It’s Too Late, Jun 20:
73
Collecting Oral History, Dec 19: 33
Privacy and Our Ancestors, S/S 13: 26
Research Guides, Jun 18: 75
Rule of Gs, Sep 18: 9
Timelines, Mar 16: 51
Where to, How to: Quick Guide, Sep 18: 15
Who was Douglas and What Did He Register?,
Dec 18: 30
Who was Swem and What Did He Index?, Dec
18: 31
Software, Sep 13: 15
Speakers
Linnea Ash, S/S 12: 23; F/W 12: 3: Writing
Philip Boyce, F/W 11: 15: Archeology
John Boyer, Mar 18: 43; Jun 18: 70: Weather
history
Douglas Brown, Jun 16: 63: North Carolina
Archives
Colleen Callahan, Mar 18: 43; Jun 18: 71:
Textile preservation
Thomas E Camden, Jun 14: 63; Sep 14: 3; Dec
14: 36: Manuscript research
Sonja Coleman, Dec 18: 25: LVA Transcribe!
Leslie Courtois, Dec 18: 23: Richard Young
1817 Map
Greg Crawford, S/S 12: 23; S/S 13: 23; Sep 13:
4: Western Virginia Pioneers; LVA Online
Bevin J Creel, Sep 15: 3; Dec 15: 33:
Revolutionary War records
Tom Crew, Mar 17: 43: Virginia Military
records
Beth Daly, Dec 19: 23; Jun 20: 63: Central
Rappahannock Heritage Center
Carolyn Eastman, Dec 18: 23: Women’s history
Bibb Edwards, Mar 17: 43: Littlepage Diaries
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 17
Speakers (cont’d)
Cassandra Farrell, Dec 18: 23: Richard Young
1817 Map
Betty German, Dec 15: 23; Mar 16: 43; Jun 16:
69: Beyond the Census
Michael Gorman, Jun 16: 63: Photo Forensics
Kathy Jordan, Sep 15: 3; Mar 16: 47: LVA
Website
Nicole Kappatos, Mar 19: 43: Richmond Times
Dispatch Archives
Bernard Kempinski, S/S 12: 23: Civil War
Trains
Debora Kerr, F/W 11: 3; S/S 12: 28; F/W 12: 3:
Social Networking; Civilian Conservation
Corps
Dory Klein, Jun 20: 63: Maps
Betty Kot, Dec 14: 23; Mar 15: 43; Jun 15: 76:
Cemetery research
Connie Lapollo, S/S 12: 27; Sep 15: 3; Dec 15:
35: Writing
Barbara Vines Little, Dec 14: 23; Mar 15: 43;
Jun 15: 71: Manuscript research
Jim Logan, Sep 13: 4; Dec 13: 38: Genetic
Genealogy
Greg McQuade, Sep 19: 3; Dec 19: 33: Oral
history
Terry Marr, Sep 19: 3; Dec 19: 35: 17th
Century
Medicine
Betty Owensbey, Dec 19: 23: Research On and
Off the Internet
Mark Person, Mar 17: 43: Nat Turner’s Bible
Anne Price, F/W 12: 3; Sep 13: 16: North
Carolina research
Lori Purcell, Dec 18: 23: Chesterfield research
Mike Rucker, Sep 19: 2: Col Edmund Rucker
Emily Rusk, Dec 14: 23; Mar 15: 43; Sep 15:
13: FamilySearch.org
Dale Sayers, Jun 16: 63: Germanna Colonies
Paulette Schwarting, Jun 14: 63; Sep 14: 3; Dec
14: 31: Preserving Heirlooms
Craig Scott, Jun 20: 63: Quakers
Rachel Stanton, Mar 19: 43; Dec 19: 25: Meet
the Past
Michael Strauss, F/W 11: 3; S/S 12: 30; Dec 15:
23; Mar 16: 43; Jun 16: 69; Mar 18: 43; Jun
18: 68: Civil War research; Descendancy
research; World War I research
Mark Summers, S/S 13: 23; Sep 13: 4; Dec 13:
32: Jamestown
Barbara Teague, Mar 16: 43; Sep 16: 7:
Kentucky research
Dr Miguel Vilar, Dec 18:27: Genographic
project
Greg Waehner, Dec 13: 23; Mar 14: 43; Jun 14:
76: Creating family books
Angela Wilderman, Dec 18: 23: Chesterfield
research
David Williams, S/S 12: 23; F/W 12: 17; S/S
13: 29: John Smith’s Maps
Sig Williams, Jun 14: 63; Sep 14: 3; Dec 14: 32:
Bluegrass Music
Tony Williams, Dec 13: 23; Mar 14: 43; Jun 14:
75: Bruton Parish Church
Strays
Henry Banks, Mar 17: 55
Virginia Research
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Jun 14:75
Fort James: Rediscovering our Jamestown Past,
Dec 13:32
Virginia (and Beyond) Genealogy Research,
Sep 13: 11
Virginia Heritage, Sep 15: 18
Volunteer Opportunities, Sep 14: 5
Giving, Sep 16: 13
GRIVA Transcribes, Sep 19: 18
GRIVA Volunteer Power, Dec 18: 29
Help Wanted!, Mar 20: 55
Indexing the 1940 Census, S/S 12: 35
Keeping GRIVA Moving, Mar 19: 45
Making History: Transcribe, Dec 18: 25
Writing, Jun 14: 65; Sep 14: 15
A Parent Talk, Before It’s Too Late, Jun 20: 73
Creating Books with My Canvas, Jun 14: 76
Oral History, Dec 19: 33, 34
Using your Family Tree to Create Historical
Fiction, Dec 15: 35
When the Moon Has No More Silver, S/S 12: 27
Why I Write My Memoirs, F/W 12: 1
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Used with permission
Tip of the Iceberg image was created by the California Genealogical Society & Library, Oakland, CA, www.californiaancestors.org.
Fall 2020 GRIVA News & Notes Page 19
Queries
Query Abbreviations
abt=about
aft=after
ancs=ancestor(s)
b=born
bef=before
bpl=birthplace
bro-brother(s)
bur=buried
ca=circa
ch=children
d=died
dau=daughter
desc=descendant(s)
d/o=daughter of
fath=father
g=grand
gg=great-grand
h/o=husband of
m=married
moth=mother
pars=parents
poss=possibly
prob=probably
sibs=siblings
sis=sister(s)
s/o=son of
wid=widow
w/o=wife of
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2020 CALENDAR September 8 (7 p.m.) – GRIVA DNA SIG
Virtual Zoom Meeting
September 22
7:30 p.m. – GRIVA Program Meeting
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Using Maps in Your Genealogical Research
Dory Klein, Community History Librarian,
Boston Public Library
October 3 – Virtual GRIVA Fall Conference
Ancestors on the Move and How to Find them
featuring Annette Burke Lyttle
October 6 (7 p.m.) – GRIVA German SIG
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Quaker Records and Migration
Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
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