By now, there are probably another or more kids and grand-kids born. I drew a chain of heavy links around the whole thing to signify that we were all linked together. The furthest back I got for my lineage was , in Prussia. My great-great-great grandfather, with the last name of Busz, was born there. They eventually moved to the Kingdom of Bohemia, which became Czechoslovakia. My daughter, on the other hand, through her mom, I could trace back through Stephen Austin, one of the founders of Texas, and then all the way back to Mary Queen of Scots.
As far as my family… they were refugees after WWII. They lost everything there, and both my father, and my mother came to America as Displaced Persons, although they came separately. My father alone, and my mother with her parents and 9 siblings. Greely, that was named after a US General, Polar explorer, and Medal of Honor winner:This ship was in service from , all the way to It had a pretty good run, and was an important ship, as it brought my family to America!
They all came here under the sponsorship of a farmer near Buffalo, NY who would house and feed them in return for a couple years of what was basically indentured servitude on his farm, picking lettuce, strawberries and all of that kind of stuff that many migrant workers from Mexico and Central America do today.
So… how far back do I have to go in my family tree before I get to someone whose first language was not English? Well… that would be me! We were a bi-lingual family. Actually, tri-lingual, unbeknownst to me.
You see, my grandmother only spoke Czech, while everyone else spoke Polish. Somehow, I spoke in Czech to my grandmother and Polish to everyone else, without even knowing it! That was kind of a weird revelation. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.
I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission. Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.
They also showed concern for your health and love for your family. They Requests money wire transfers and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.
The military does provide all the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed.
I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer.
And how to learn more about Romance Scams. Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.
Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Answers to frequently asked questions: - Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.
We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual. Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of , we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau if it involves a solicitation for money , or local law enforcement.
If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct; While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not. If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center SRDC by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees.
The check or money order must be made out to the U. It is not refundable. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately. Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www. Then call them to find out their hours and visit your local center to order the films. There will be a form to fill out where you enter the film number, title, etc.
Once they arrive at the center you will be notified by phone and you have a month to view the film at the center, which can be renewed for another month or permanently for an additional fee. Departments of education and school districts always have to make decisions about what to include in their curriculum. There are a lot of life skills that people need that aren't taught in school. The question is should those skills be taught in schools? I teach high school, so I'll talk about that.
The typical high school curriculum is supposed to give students a broad-based education that prepares them to be citizens in a democracy and to be able to think critically. For a democracy to work, we need educated, discerning citizens with the ability to make good decisions based on evidence and objective thought.
In theory, people who are well informed about history, culture, science, mathematics, etc. In addition to that, they should be learning how to be learners, how to do effective, basic research, and collaborate with other people. If that happens, figuring out how to do procedural tasks in real life should not provide much of a challenge.
We can't possibly teach every necessary life skill people need, but we can help students become better at knowing how to acquire the skills they need.
Should we teach them how to change a tire when they can easily consult a book or search the internet to find step by step instructions for that? Should we teach them how to balance a check book or teach them how to think mathematically and make sense of problems so that the simple task of balancing a check book which requires simple arithmetic and the ability to enter numbers and words in columns and rows in obvious ways is easy for them to figure out.
If we teach them to be good at critical thinking and have some problem solving skills they will be able to apply those overarching skills to all sorts of every day tasks that shouldn't be difficult for someone with decent cognitive ability to figure out.
It's analogous to asking why a culinary school didn't teach its students the steps and ingredients to a specific recipe. The school taught them about more general food preparation and food science skills so that they can figure out how to make a lot of specific recipes without much trouble. They're also able to create their own recipes. So, do we want citizens with very specific skill sets that they need to get through day to day life or do we want citizens with critical thinking, problem solving, and other overarching cognitive skills that will allow them to easily acquire ANY simple, procedural skill they may come to need at any point in their lives?
Years ago I worked at document management company. There is cool software that can automate aspects of hand-written forms. We had an airport as a customer - they scanned plenty and as I said before this was several years ago On your airport customs forms, the "boxes" that you 'need' to write on - are basically invisible to the scanner - but are used because then us humans will tend to write neater and clearer which make sit easier to recognize with a computer.
This way, you can rapidly go through most forms and output it to say - an SQL database, complete with link to original image of the form you filled in. If you see "black boxes" at three corners of the document - it is likely set up for scanning they help to identify and orient the page digitally.
If there is a unique barcode on the document somewhere I would theorize there is an even higher likelihood of it being scanned - the document is of enough value to be printed individually which costs more, which means it is likely going to be used on the capture side. I've noticed in the past in Bahamas and some other Caribbean islands they use these sorts of capture mechanisms, but they have far fewer people entering than the US does everyday The real answer is: it depends.
Depending on each country and its policies and procedures. Generally I would be surprised if they scanned and held onto the paper. In the US, they proably file those for a set period of time then destroy them, perhaps mining them for some data about travellers. You can add person, family, multimedia, repository, note, and source to a family tree. You can also edit existing information or delete an object.
Before that, you can configure Print Setup by selecting Microsoft Print to PDF printer and other settings like orientation, paper, etc. GeneaQuilts is a family tree visualization software for Windows. Now, you can select output format as PDF and also setup page layout, margin, info, etc.
You can also view the statistics including number of generations, families, individuals, and edges. Home Page. Download Page. There can be water damage, mold, and even insect damage.
I shudder thinking of some of the dead bugs I found when I was working as an archival intern. I have chosen to keep my digital data by Surname. The folders are labeled with the name, b to d dates if there is more than one with same name , and spouse name — like this: Webster, George Arnold Griffin, m. I found that this method helps me to determine whether the family from someone who has married into my research family, has married in to another branch of the family.
By having the married name, I always have an immediate reference to the other half of a couple by going to that Surname file. I found that this helps reduce the number of folders within folders which makes the computer run slower. I can sort, scan, file paper documents in small batches, or one at a time, depending on how long I set the timer—never more than 1 hour. I often set a timer when I need to get some focused work done.
Everyone in that family line will then end up alphabetically, really helpful when you go back many generations and names are less familiar. Plus their birth date or best guess. I love the suggestion of location in the naming — a big help when looking for Higgins in Iowa, but not in Kentucky. Jeanine is always so flexible in her blog, assures people that if a system works, use it.
In listening to this, her easy-going way shines. It may be better to acquire a better digital image, then dispose of the paper copy you have. Nothing has ever appealed to me more than a program like Family Tree Maker where everything is so organized and can be found in a second. No more of the paper jumble like my mother had. Nothing else compares. It would benefit many people to see an archive in action, and see how they organise, and then separately index their resources. Hi Tony. Yes, archives do arrange things by provenance and, as much as possible, keep the original arrangement.
In other words, the genealogist needs to create their own original arrangement. Our research files, on the other hand, are working files.
We as researchers create our own order from them as best suits our research needs. Not putting the material into some semblance of order that best fits how we work with the it hinders our ability to use it. That means that even genealogists can separate census scans from photo scans, from newspaper clippings, from parish records. What a great idea!! I am going to try this. Can we do 2 in a day to make up if we are away from home?
Now to decide which way I want to approach this. It seems as though my best ideas come when I am nowhere near my files or even a computer. I am always sending myself texts to place-mark what I was thinking and when, of course those texts can pile up as well! I am also attempting to enter the world of Evernote, but have yet to find the time to sit down and really work through it — to see how I can match it up to how my brain works. As for Google Drive, there is no need for USB drives which I always misplace or break and no more emailing files to — myself.
You can download PDFs, jpeg, zip. It also allows for separate folders, sub-folders, and color-coding. The best part is that I can always organize, rename, and arrange my bookmarks in whichever way works for me locations, families, records, etc…. This may sound crazy, but I have used Google Drive for years and just got to thinking about setting up an account strictly for genealogy work.
Since GDrive has such great searching capacity, is it possible that one folder and a simple, consistent naming format for all files in a family line is really all that is necessary?
Both these files could be searchable by any of the individual elements in the title—date, name, location, event…. If I am correct, does this make the need for many folders where documents may reside in more than one location obsolete?
Is it strictly necessary to have them in folders on Google Drive? Excellent tips, all. Thank you! One suggestion: Use archival boxes for bulky or large materials that might be damaged, creased, or lost in file folders. This post has been very helpful plus your 5 Strategies advice. Combined they stopped me in my tracks thankfully just 2 weeks into my ancestors research.
I had blasted my way back years but left devastation in my wake! Sat down for a few hours and mind mapped a strategy and structure for searches and storage. I always had a good combination of Notability app, Pocket app, Dropbox plus Box when I ran my own consultancy business ….. How do people organize, copy, preserve emails and text messages? For the text messages, there are various apps that you can get that will let you download them as a.
Preserving emails are a bit trickier. Organizing emails by surname can work. For searching, many email programs have a search feature that will let you search the contents of emails in a specific folder.
Something else you could do if it is an email that you definitely want to find again is to copy the contents including the to:, from:, subject: and date: info into your notes or research log.
My point was that if you are accessing your email only through a website or an app, you are dependent upon that website staying in operation. I am very happy to listen to this podcast again.
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