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BGS Newsletter
December 2018 Vol 93 Issue 56
This Month’s Pres: Jim Winston Vice Pres: Elly Pollock Secy: Mary Roesler
THE BAYTOWN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Newsletter is Treas Peggy Koenig : Librarian: Vacant
Dedicated to Baytown Sun Liaison: Melanie Ferguson
Trevia Wooster BGS Website: www.baytowngenealogylibrary.weebly.com
Beverly for Her BGS E-Mail: [email protected]
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NEXT BGS MEETING WILL BE Ancestry.com Research

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1010 Birdsong Dr., Baytown, TX
December 10, 2018 10:00 AM Try using their filters even try reversing the names.
The Card Catalog not only lets you search within a
Special Guest Speaker: Laurie Jensen specific collection; you can also learn about the
overall records. Some even offer search tips inside
The Baytown Genealogy Research Library is in the collection. Hints are a great place to start but
transition. The current facility on Decker Drive is you must research them to ensure they apply to your
closed! Everything is being put into storage until a ancestors.
new facility is available. It was felt that the German Words Handy Guide
continued risk at the Decker Drive location was too
great. Repair costs were estimated at over $13,000. Family Roots Publishing is now printing Unlock
Tax deductible donations are welcomed to help the Past publications in the USA. One of the
defray the cost of boxes (approx. 200+) and the cost latest to come off the press is Eric and Rosemary
of having the file cabinets moved. Our member, Kopittke’s German words for family historians
Mark David Sherron has graciously offered his facility Handy Guide – a helpful new (2018) and
for our storage needs. A huge THANK YOU David!! inexpensive product. On sale for just $3.50
(Reg. $5). Purchase $25 in product and get free
shipping through December 1!
Senior Bus Trip Info Handy Guide: German words for family
historians; by Eric & Rosemary Kopittke; 2018; 4
Contacts: Elly Pollock [email protected] pp; 8.25×11.75; card stock, folded; b&w photos,
Mary Roesler [email protected] further reading; ISBN: 9781925781229; Item #:
UTPH0202
An upcoming trip to the Clayton Research Library is
Researching a German ancestor will
planned – watch for the announcement. undoubtedly lead you at some point to needing
to read German records.
Scots-Irish
The term "Scots-Irish" refers to the descendants Having access to a list of German words that
of Scottish people who emigrated to Ulster in the may be found in documents will help you to
seventeenth century to take advantage of identify and understand the records.
economic opportunities. By the beginning of the
This Handy Guide lists several hundred German
eighteenth century, an estimated one-third of
words together with their English translation.
Ulster's population was Scottish.
Divided into categories of Relationships,
Occupations, Religious and Church terms, faiths. The OPR’s are available on Scotland People
Jurisdictions or political terms, Months and days, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. This is a pay-as-you-
and Assorted words. go site, but you can access FamilySearch index which
is free. Use the FamilySearch catalog and search for
Also included are references (and samples) of
“Old parochial registers.” You will likely need to view
the “old style” German writing, and you’ll also
the images at a local Family History Center or at an
find links to various websites and suggestions
for further reading. affiliate library.

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING ABOUT THE 2019 Did you know that on a birth or baptism record you
TAXES – HERE IS A LITTLE INFO may see that the child was a “natural” child? That
means that the child was born out of wedlock. A
Tax Brackets and Rates, 2019 “lawful” child is one whose parents were married.

For Married Did Your Ancestor Serve?

For Be sure to check the 1930 census. Scroll all the way
Individuals
Unmarried For Heads of over to the columns 30 and 31. If he answered “yes,”
Filing Joint
Individuals, Households, look for “WW” (World War) or “GW” (Great War).
Rate Returns,
Taxable Taxable You may also see “Sp.AM” for Spanish-American
Taxable
Income Income Over War; “Civ” for Civil War; and “Phil: for Philippine
Income
Over Insurrection. If you find a ‘hit” check with the state’s
Over
Adjutant General’s office. The fire at the National
10% $0 $0 $0
Archives in 1973 destroyed much of the Army
12% $9,700 $19,400 $13,850
records; however, the records for the Marines and
22% $39,475 $78,950 $52,850
Navy survived. The U.S. Navy logbooks are at the
24% $84,200 $168,400 $84,200 National Archives but not digitized. If you know the
32% $160,725 $321,450 $160,700 ship you can check special List 44
35% $204,100 $408,200 $204,100 http://genealogycenter.info/nara/speciallists/searc
37% $510,300 $612,350 $510,300 h_narasl44.php
2019 Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption to see what is available and then contact NARA for
copies. The American Battle Monuments
Filing Status Deduction Amount Commission’s online database includes more than
Single $12,200 30,000 Americans who died in WWI.
Married Filing Jointly $24,400
https://abmc.gov/database-search
Head of Household $18,350
You can also check FindAGrave
https://www.findagrave.com/
Internal Revenue Service, “Revenue Procedure
and Interment.net
2018-57,” https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-
http://www.interment.net/Default.htm
drop/rp-18-57.pdf. Also, look for Honor Roll listings.
Old Parochial Registers
During World War I there were three registrations.
Before Scotland began civil registration in 1855, the
The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between
recording of births, marriages, and deaths fell to the
the ages of 21 and 31. The second, on June 5, 1918,
church. These are known as the Old Parish Registers
registered those who attained age 21 after June 5,
(OPR). They also recorded deaths of those of other
1917. (A supplemental registration was held on
August 24, 1918, for those becoming 21 years old http://archivegrid.org/
after June 5, 1918. This was included in the second
registration.) The third registration was held on FamilySearch Updated Databases
September 12, 1918, for men age 18 through 45 West Virginia Marriages 1780-1970
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/14
Looking for Slave records or 08729
Other Important folks in the
Connecticut Deaths and Burials 1772-1934
South?
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/16
74748
Many plantation records could contain slave
registers, information about the plantation family or
Connecticut Marriages 1640-1939
other members of the community. They may also be
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/24
helpful in researching burned county records. You
48940
may have to check local libraries or university
libraries in that area of the South. Check WorldCat
Maryland County Marriages 1658-1940
for more information on Ante-bellum Southern
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/25
Plantation records.
23377
Free UK Genealogy
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl North Dakota County Marriages 1872-1958
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/25
Archive Libraries 50852
The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
Michigan County Marriages Index 1820-1937
https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/24
/state-archives.html of the U.S. National Archives
73289
has a list of each of the state archives with links to
their websites. There are also many private and
Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934
even some commercial archives. Harvard University
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
has a web page entitled, “Library Research Guide
05551
for Finding Manuscripts and Archival Collections,”
https://guides.library.harvard.edu/archives/us
Texas County Marriages 1837-1965
that will be a help in locating other archival
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
repositories. The Society of American Archivists also
03985
has a web page entitled, “Directory of Corporate
Archives in the United States and Canada -
Texas County Marriages 1837-1977
Introduction,”
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
https://www2.archivists.org/groups/business-
03987
archives-section/directory-of-corporate-archives-
in-the-united-states-and-canada-introduction that
California County Marriages 1850-1952
has links to privately maintained archives. You
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
should also be familiar with WorldCat,
04002
http://worldcat.org/ Maine Vital Records 1670-1921
Also, its companion website, ArchiveGrid.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18039 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19991
78 77

Nicaragua Civil Registration 1809-2013 England and Wales Census 1911

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/16012 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19215
10 47

US Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Oregon Baker County Records 1861-1905
Reservation Rolls 1848-1970 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19215
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/27968 47
18
Minnesota County Deaths 1850-2001
Alabama Deaths 1908-1974 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/21859
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/13078 53
88
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
Michigan Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 1500-1971
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/26320 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/30156
78 26

Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive) 1866- Germans to America 1850-1897
1901 https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19867 Germans_to_America_Index_(FamilySearch_Historical_
89 Records)

South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages 1870-1930 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/21108

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/27271 01
34
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/content/aad_docs/dmg_ci
Ireland Census 1901 r_immigrant_german_faqs.pdf
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/16261
80
Persons with Irish ancestors will appreciate the
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records directory of Irish genealogy web sites
1843-1998
https://sable.madmimi.com/c/24897?id=1298296.2
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18654
4199.1.c4817ada970d2faff081277d1f4d78e0
81

Ontario, District Marriage Registers 1801-1858 If you think your ancestor homestead in the United states
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/25691 and completed their application process, an image of the
51 patent should be on the Bureau of Land Management
website. https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
There is more on Federal Land records on the National
Texas Cooke County Deeds 1895-1924 Archives website.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/28049 https://www.archives.gov/research/land
74

New York County Naturalization Records 1791-1980

A variety of newspapers from Cass County, Illinois they did not want their community corrupted. The elders
are online at the Beardstown Houston Memorial of the church, who had led England some years previously
Library. to set up a community in the much more religiously
accommodating Leyden, Holland, discussed at length
http://beardstown.advantage-preservation.com/
whether they should allow passengers from outside their
community on the ship. They were already concerned
What Do We Know About the Mayflower? that the liberal, and what they considered hedonistic,
atmosphere in Leyden was having a detrimental effect on
their children. Therefore, they were so eager to go to the
New World. They couldn’t go back to England, and
Leyden was too permissive and secular in its nature,
though it was more than willing to allow the Pilgrims to
live there.
Why Did Non-Believers Join the Mayflower Voyage?
Ultimately, the Pilgrims decided that, as much as they
were loath to do it, they had to let non-believers board
the Mayflower in order to raise enough money to finance
the voyage. There were plenty of non-Pilgrims who were
willing and eager to join the voyage, too. Non-believers
wanted to get to the new world for a variety of reasons.
Among these reasons were:
• Access to new land, which was in short supply in
England
• A chance to build a better economic future for their
families
• Being out from under what they saw as repressive
laws and gaining the individual freedom they craved
• Escaping a criminal conviction
• Starting over again after economic or personal
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed
under CC BY-ND setbacks in England, where no one knew them or
had preconceived notions of who they were
According to the Mayflower Passenger list, just over a • The opportunity to earn money by working in the
third of the passengers were Puritan Separatists who New World for a few years, then returning to
sought to break away from the established Church of England as rich people
England and create a society along the lines of their • Getting away from their families and familiar
religious ideals. Others were hired hands, servants, or expectations
farmers recruited by London merchants, all originally • Adventure (this was especially true with young men)
destined for the Colony of Virginia. Four of this latter So, just because your ancestor came over on the
group of passengers were small children given into the Mayflower does not mean that person was a Pilgrim. He
care of Mayflower pilgrims as indentured servants. or she could very well have been one of the many
“strangers” (the Pilgrim word for non-Pilgrims on the
Though the Pilgrims (a separate group from the Mayflower) who came along to the New World with
Puritans who came just after them) were all about them.
establishing a religious community in the New Excerpt: Mayflower Passengers, AncestralFindings.com
World, they were forced to take on non-religious
passengers to pay for the voyage. This was
something they agreed to only very reluctantly, as
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