KING WILLIAM, VIRGINIA … An interesting downloadable digital book to have on your bookshelf. Printed in 1897 and actually does have information about families not available elsewhere. GoldenGenealogy.com — Family history and genealogy for surnames of Golden, Golding, Goulding, Goldman, Gouldman, Goleman, Golman, Golmon and other similar families.
FYI – North Carolina libraries, museums, newspapers, genealogy and history resources.
Requesting Military Records – What is Available? Finding a photo of a loved one that served in the US military … Can their official photo be requested? SIMPLE ANSWER: Yes. US Military takes a photo of each service member within the week after they receive their first uniforms. If you can prove kinship then you … Read more
Notes to Self — Links with Interesting Info Dear Self, when you have time then revisit these links … … Awbreys and Aubreys, a gazillion interesting links … Keeling? Gouldman? … 1572 — Awbreys in Wales … 1680 — Pierce Vaubel: Gouldman … 1680 — Public Officers in Virginia, 1680 (PDF Downloadable // in Lib) … … Read more
Personal Identification of Ancestors Who are you? Really? How did we know? ??? Someone just asked: … before driver licenses, social security cards (1930s), medicare cards (1930s), and birth certificates (1915-1925 in most places), how could someone prove that they were actually themself? ??? How did our ancestors prove their identification? Before 1920s-1930s, forms of identification when needed: — … Read more
Ancestry – How to Share Your DNA for Analysis Taken an Ancestry DNA Test? This is how to share your DNA so someone can help find matches and compare trees for relationships. Official Ancestry.com Instructions: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Sharing-AncestryDNA-Results
Families of Great Interest in My Genealogy Search … Raines, William Raines, c1692/1710 Brandon, Prince George, Virginia, passing 14 Feb 1763 at Granville, North Carolina. Married to Angelica Wynne 1711–1750 and then Elizabeth LNU 17??–1773. —— A William Raines made an ‘agreement’ of some kind with Francis Gouldman in 1716 with the unusual price of … Read more
Facebook Genealogy Resources These are genealogy resources and groups that I participate within online. Have found them to be of value. Know of a group that I should be following? Bill Golden, Norfolk1956@gmail.com … Georgia … North Carolina … South Carolina … Ninety Six Historical Society … https://www.facebook.com/ninetysixhistoricalsociety/ … … The South Carolina Historical Society … Read more
Jobs That No Longer Exist, or New Names Ever run across reference to ‘William was a ___ for 20 years’ and you have no clue what that was? Someone has compiled a list of those jobs with an explanation. Some examples: BATMAN – officers servant in the army BILLIER / BILLYMAN – operated a Billy … Read more
DNA SNP Tracker Gold/Gould yDNA Projects Resources to compare your yDNA: … FamilyTreeDNA: Gold and Gould Project … … FamilyTreeDNA: Golden Golding Goulden et al … … WikiTree Golden DNA Group Project … yDNA Groups of Interest … Cumberland Gap Y-Line DNA Project … has results for Ballard, Bennett, Buckner, Carpenter, Carter, Catlett, Compton, Cooper, … Read more