Obituary for Marion Gosnell 

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Transcribed from Fayetteville Daily Democrat (Fayetteville, Arkansas) – October 20, 1931

M. T. Gosnell Dies at His Home

Marion Franklin Gosnell, 75, dies at 9:30 p. m. Monday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Porter, 306 South Gregg street.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 at the Assembly of God church with Rev. Norman Drank in charge assisted by Rev. Noel Dodd. Burial was in Shady Grove cemetery near Springdale.

Mr. Gosnell was born Aug. 23, 1856 in Newton county. Besides the daughter here he leaves a daughter in California. His wife died a number of years ago.

(Marion Gosnell was my 2nd great uncle)

Genealogy News and Interesting Links – 7/17/15

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FamilySearch International Appoints New CEO

BYU to host family history, genealogy conferences

Clarksville Library Adds Access to Fold3 Military Database

News about the Freedmen’s Bureau Project

Upcoming Genealogy Events – 7/16/15

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This is a rolling listing of upcoming family history and genealogy events. These are heavily focused on those happening in the Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana area. (If you’d like for me to list your event on next week’s list, please email it to me at sreed1234@gmail.com.)

Tennessee 

Genealogy Workshop with Dorothy Williams Potter:  Tracing Your Ancestor on the Southern Frontier – Nashville, Tennessee – July 25, 2015 – http://mtgs.org/calendar/FrontierWorkshop.pdf (PDF Flyer)

Tennessee Genealogical Society Fall Seminar (Featuring D. Joshua Taylor) – Germantown, Tennessee – November 7, 2015 – http://tngsbookstore.weebly.com/seminar.html

Kentucky

40th Annual Kentucky Genealogical Society Seminar – Frankfort, Kentucky – August 1, 2015 – http://kygs.org/cpage.php?pt=42

Illinois 

2015 Family History Conference and Book Fair – Carterville, Illinois – August 8, 2015 – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/conf2015.html

Washington 

Northwest Genealogy Conference – Arlington, Washington – August 13-15, 2015 – http://www.nwgc.org/

 

The Berryman Family

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My first connection to the Berryman family is via my mother. Berryman is her maiden name.

I’ve traced the family back to 1836 when my 3rd great-grandfather was born in Guildford, England.

My 2nd great-grandfather emigrated to the United States and lived in Illinois. My great grandfather moved to California, and my grandfather was born here. Aside from the time he served in World War II, my grandfather lived in California for his entire life.

There are several members of the Berryman family that are veterans. They include:

Richard Berryman – World War II

The direct ancestors I know:

JoAnne Berryman (Mother)

Richard Elwyn Berryman (Grandfather)

Bevan P Berryman (Great Grandfather)

Richard Berryman (2nd Great Grandfather)

John Berryman (3rd Great Grandfather)

Obituary for Franklin Baron Phillips 

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Published in Spring Valley – Saturday, Feb. 11, 1911

Phillips, Franklin Baron – Franklin Baron Phillips died at his home near Spring Valley. Deceased was a native of North Carolina and was in his 77th year.

Mr. Phillips was an early settler in North-West Arkansas and was one of her prosperous and most respected citizens.

Seven children and wife are left to mourn the loss of a father and husband while the community deplore the removal from its midst of a valuable citizen, neighbor and friend.

The bereaved family have the sympathy of all in this hour of sorrow.

(Franklin Baron Phillips was my 2nd great grandfather)

Genealogy News and Interesting Links – 7/10/2015

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TLC Announces Lineup for Who Do You Think You Are 

The season looks pretty good with Bryan Cranston, Ginnifer Goodwin and others. The show will also air the British episode featuring J.K. Rowling.

National Library of Ireland launches huge collection of Catholic parish registries

Over 370,000 records covering 300 years are now available online at http://registers.nli.ie/.

 

 

Upcoming Genealogy Events – 7/9/2015

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This is a rolling listing of upcoming family history and genealogy events. These are heavily focused on those happening in the Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana area. (If you’d like for me to list your event on next week’s list, please email it to me at sreed1234@gmail.com.)

Tennessee 

Genealogy Workshop with Dorothy Williams Potter:  Tracing Your Ancestor on the Southern Frontier – Nashville, Tennessee – July 25, 2015 – http://mtgs.org/calendar/FrontierWorkshop.pdf (PDF Flyer)

Tennessee Genealogical Society Fall Seminar (Featuring D. Joshua Taylor) – Germantown, Tennessee – November 7, 2015 – http://tngsbookstore.weebly.com/seminar.html

Kentucky

40th Annual Kentucky Genealogical Society Seminar – Frankfort, Kentucky – August 1, 2015 – http://kygs.org/cpage.php?pt=42

Illinois

MCIGS 2015 Summer Conference – Crystal Lake, Illinois – July 11, 2015 – http://www.mcigs.org/conference.html

Using the census information available online

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To be honest, I don’t know if I’d be as interested in genealogy & finding my family’s history if it weren’t for the online tools.

I know many people who have spent hours looking at microfiche trying to find the answers, and that isn’t all that appealing to me.

I would definitely not be where I’m at in regards to my research if it weren’t for the online databases and indices of things that are available online.

If you had asked me years ago about how much I would come to rely on census information, I would have never believed you. I recently used census records from both here and in Canada to sort out a big puzzle that had resulted in some conflicting information. Turns out, that in the mid-1800s, two men named Peter McGregor immigrated from roughly the same area in Scotland to the Quebec area. Both had wives named Elizabeth and both were married about the same time.

One of the Peter McGregors had a son named Robert and a daughter named Jane and moved from Quebec to the United States and settled in Wisconsin. This Peter McGregor is my 3rd great grandfather. (Jane is my 2nd great grandmother.) The other is not directly related to me (as far as I know so far).

But, some online “trees” had these two men all mixed up.

It wasn’t until I was able to take a closer look at census records, specifically the 1860 US Census and the 1861 census (and a few others like that) and determine that these really were two different individuals.

I wish more of the census images were available free online. Thankfully, a lot of the indices are now available, but many of the images are still behind subscription paywalls.

The Phillips Family

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I was born a Phillips, so my connection to the Phillips surname is pretty strong.

I’ve currently traced the family back to the 1740s in Surry, Virginia.

The family lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California.

My father lived in California for the first half of his life and then moved to Utah.

There are several members of the Phillips family that are veterans. They include:

  • Vernon Lee Benton Phillips – Korean War
  • Thomas Phillips – Revolutionary War

The direct ancestors I know:

  • Vernon Lee Benton Phillips (Father)
  • Vernon Benton Phillips (Grandfather)
  • Amos William Phillips (Great Grandfather)
  • Franklin Barron Phillips (2nd Great Grandfather)
  • Barham Phillips (3rd Great Grandfather)
  • Francis Holt Phillips (4th Great Grandfather)
  • Thomas Phillips (5th Great Grandfather)

Other members of the Phillips family: