Where can i find info about my family?
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04-08-2014, 04:37 AM
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Where can i find info about my family?
I need to do a project on my family, My name is Christopher D Huntress, My dad is Glendon D Huntress , His dad is Glendon D Huntress SR, Can we atleast find immigration papers?
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04-08-2014, 04:43 AM
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Genealogy is about DEAD ancestors not living people and that is because living people have privacy rights and their records are not available to research unless/ until someone starts putting information like you have, then it is forever online and then liable for companies to collect and sell on, which they do as in phone/address data, electoral rolls and the mass of personal nformation people so easily give away on social media..........
All and any records you will find on living people ( and possibly some dead ones too) are in your own home and that is where you start http://familytimeline.webs.com/recordsinyourownhome.htm you would only start looking at passenger ship lists, once you know the name of the person you are looking for , their approx age, who they came with and which part of the world they came from.......... then you could look at Ellis Island, Castle Garden or one of many other ports ( and as you have not said I am assuming you are USA based) Ads |
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04-08-2014, 04:45 AM
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Either you misunderstood the assignment or your teacher is a fool. You may print this off for him/her, if you like. Tracing your family tree is like fishing. It takes skill and practice. Asking students who have never done it before to do it is like asking someone who has never fished before to head out into the mountains with a fly rod and come back with enough trout to feed 100 people.
If: 1) You are in the USA, 2) Most of your ancestors were here, 3) You are white, Then an experienced genealogist could probably trace most of your ancestors back to 1850 or their arrival, whichever came first, in 100 - 300 hours. (Only back to 1870 if you are black, sadly.) That is two and a half weeks of full-time work at a minimum, for an experienced person. Asking students to do it (unless that is your only assignment for the rest of the school year, and the school will pay for your census image subscription) is ridiculous. I have two suggestions: 1) Call your grandparents and ask who their parents and grandparents were; names, birth, marriage and death dates and places. If you get both parents and all four grandparents from them, you'll have a 5-generation tree. 2) Lie. Use the two biggest free genealogy sites around, http://www.familysearch.org - The Mormons. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com - Roots Web World Connect Find someone about the age of your great grandparents and claim them; then find someone who fits as their parents, then grandparents ... . Keep them moving west, if they move, not east. Make sure no one has a child when she is younger than 18 or older than 40. Have the husbands be 1 - 3 years older than the wives. That will make them seem normal. Your teacher will never check 30 kids' work. If you look at RWWC, be careful; the ads at the top sometimes ask for a name and lead you astray, to a pay site. Also, even if you DO enter the surname in the right box, not all of the data there is accurate. And, don't look for yourself or your parents; look for someone born at least 100 years ago. |
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04-08-2014, 04:46 AM
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You could start off with Ancestry.com. I just poked your dad's name in and this popped up:
Maine, Marriages, 1892-1996â–¼ Birth, Marriage & Death Name: Glendon D Huntress Spouse: Jacqueline J Boutilier Marriage: date - Maine, USA Residence: city, ME Residence: city, ME Maine, Marriages, 1892-1996 Birth, Marriage & Death Name: Glendon D Huntress Spouse: Sandra C Shane Marriage: date - Maine, USA Maine, Marriages, 1892-1996 Birth, Marriage & Death Name: Glendon D Huntress Spouse: Doreen F Moynihan Marriage: date - Maine, USA Residence: city, ME |
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04-08-2014, 04:54 AM
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Glendon D Huntress, "United States Public Records Index"
Name: Glendon D Huntress Titles and Terms (Original): SR Also Known As:Glendon Huntress 2nd Also Known As Namer Glendon Huntress 3rd Also Known As Name: Residence Date: 13 Nov 2000 Residence Place: Bridgton, Maine, United States Birth Date: 15 Jun 1935 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2QL5-GCP 1940 United States Federal Census about Glen Huntress Name:Glen Huntress Age:4 Estimated birth year:abt 1936 Gender:Male Race:White Birthplace:Maine Marital Status:Single Relation to Head of House:Son Home in 1940:Cornish, York, Maine Map of Home in 1940:View Map Street:Main Street Residence in 1935:Same House Sheet Number:4B Attended School or College:No Highest Grade Completed:None Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: NameAge Weston Huntress65 b Maine Grace Huntress46 b Maine Robert Huntress29 Lester Huntress11 Josephine Huntress7 Norman Huntress6 Glen Huntress4 Norman R. Huntress Sr., 77 SOUTH PARIS -- Norman R. Huntress Sr., 77, of Bridgton, died on Monday, July 11, 2011, at the Maine Veterans Home after a short illness. He was born in Hiram on March 10, 1934, the son of Weston and Grace Sargent Huntress. He served in the U.S. Army from July 1956 to July 1958. He married Jackie Boutilier on June 10, 1961. He was employed in previous years as a truck driver, then at Fryeburg Tree Nursery, Diamond National Wood Company and in recent years at J. R. Mains Company, Howell Laboratories and last of all, R. H. Reny's store in Bridgton. He is survived by his wife, Jackie Boutilier of Bridgton; sons, John and his wife Judy, Norman and his wife Carolyn and Mickey and his wife Pamela all of Bridgton, a daughter, Thelma Mitchell and her husband Dale of Gray; grandchildren, Jacob, Johanna, Mikkayla, Alexandrea, Kasey, Kristen and Hayley; and two brothers, Glenn of Bridgton and Lester of Standish. He was predeceased by a daughter, Paula Huntress Smith; four sisters, Ida, Emma, Mary and Josephine, and six brothers, George, John, Weston, Merle, Raymond and Robert. Graveside services will be held on Friday, July 15, at 3 p.m., at Forest Hills Annex Cemetery in Bridgton. Family and friends may attend visitation on Thursday, evening from 6 to 8 p.m., at Raymond-Wentworth/Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 8 Elm St., Bridgton. Online condolences may be shared with his family at http://www.chandlerfunerals.com. Norman R. Huntress Sr. 1900 United States Federal Census about Westen D Huntress Name:Westen D Huntress [Western D Huntress] Age:25 Birth Date:Mar 1875 Birthplace:Maine Home in 1900:Hiram, Oxford, Maine Race:White Gender:Male Relation to Head of House:Son Marital Status:Single Father's Name:John Huntress Father's Birthplace:Maine Mother's name:Sabrine Huntress Mother's Birthplace:Maine Occupation:View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: NameAge John Huntress61 Sabrine Huntress55 Westen D Huntress25 Emma J Huntress21 +++++++++++++++++ 1880 United States Federal Census about Weston B. Huntress Name:Weston B. Huntress Age:5 Birth Year:abt 1875 Birthplace:Maine Home in 1880:Hiram, Oxford, Maine Race:White Gender:Male Relation to Head of House:Son Marital Status:Single Father's Name:John L. Huntress Father's Birthplace:Maine Mother's name:Sabrina C. Huntress Mother's Birthplace:Maine Neighbors: View others on page Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and Dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane: View image Household Members: NameAge John L. Huntress41 Sabrina C. Huntress35 Weston B. Huntress5 Emma J. Huntress1 Emma Huntress73 ----------------------------- |
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