This is a “screenprint” of a “document” that required hours to prepare. Numerous people, lots of dates… (and I don’t want any errors). My tired old brain doesn’t know how to get the “document” into the records for these individuals.  When I insert into the Gallery for an Ancestry individual, the link sends the viewer to my email address and that is unacceptable. I’ll figure it out or my genealogy cousin will provide the answer. Explanation: Because of the way I “formatted,” it cannot be “copied” from A to B.

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Here’s the “back story”: Several days ago I found “Hettie” Deeter (1842-1870) attached to two different sets of parents. While researching the families, I stumbled on the marriages of siblings in one family to siblings in another family. ~~ The same surname but different branches of the tree.

Postscript and another screenprint. Unplanned, I saw that the recent research project added one-hundred seventeen individuals to my database. Remember, it has only been three days since I documented 55,555 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, forty-eight hours).  🙂

Lorraine is older than Social Security.

My retirement benefits from Los Angeles County allow me to live a comfortable life. I praise God, my Heavenly Father, for the gumption—in 1967—to drive sixty-five miles (from Lancaster to the Hall of Administration) to apply. Traffic terrifies me!! My Los Angeles County jobs were in Lancaster (praise the Lord). I would have starved to death long ago if I had to rely on Social Security.

How interesting!! (I’m older than Social Security; I didn’t know that.)

Lorraine,

On this day in 1935, FDR signed the Social Security Act into law. It changed life for millions of Americans. It gave retirees support to see them through their later years, and it made a promise to working people: that when their working years were done, they would have an income for life.

As America marks 86 years of Social Security, a new commissioner, appointed by President Biden, is about to take charge of the agency. And that new commissioner will have an impact on the retirement security of all public service retirees.

Now is a great time to stand up for Social Security, for ourselves and future generations. In honor of the anniversary today, will you add your name to our petition calling on the new commissioner to protect Social Security?

At the signing ceremony for the Social Security Act, FDR called it “a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means complete.” By standing up for Social Security today, we aren’t just defending retirees’ hard-earned benefits — we’re also honoring the vision FDR put forth 86 years ago.

Sign the petition to show the new Social Security commissioner that retirees aren’t backing down — it’s time to protect Social Security for the long haul.

Thanks for raising your voice with us!

In solidarity,

Ann Widger
Director, AFSCME Retirees

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Building my Ancestry  database is a good thing. Neglecting the humungous number of Gmail messages is inexcusable!! It’s too hot to work on outdoor downsizing projects so I’ll salve my conscience working on an indoor downsizing project.

Everything was normal!! I was in a Church and it was crowded with people. We went to a crowded restaurant for a delicious meal. I awakened but was still feeling “good” about the dream experience; I didn’t want to get up. I got out of bed but I’ve been weeping.

Postscript: Folks who know me and/or folks who have followed my blog know I have practiced health and nutrition for half my lifetime. I’ve chosen to NOT be vaccinated for the Coronavirus. Therefore I am a pariah (according to the TV news). Furthermore, according to the TV news (according to “the Left”), I am “the enemy”  because (in their words) “people in the suburbs flying the American flag are the enemy.”

A very good day!!

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…what does the number 3,105 mean?

In my Ancestry.com database:
Frantz……2,537
France……..550
Franz…………18

……………………………………………3,105

…and can’t let go.

Quite possibly, one hundred (or more) individuals added to my Ancestry database—and a thousand (or more) “sources.” I cannot ignore errors when they come to my attention!! I inadvertently made the same mistake (initially) because four individuals with almost identical birth and death dates. Yes, I caught my error but it has been time-consuming to research and document two marriages, two women named Martha Frantz and two men named Jacob Frantz (and fifteen children). ~~ Check my blog titled God’s gift.

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4:30 PM and I’ve still got that tiger by the tail. Here is the message (“comment” from four years ago) that I have with the father of one of my recent research project individuals:

Seriously, the Frantz/Brubaker/Blocher marriages were a nightmare to unravel. Somewhere in the past, I copied from another Ancestry Family Tree. It contained many errors so (recently) I spent days working with the **sources** for these several families. I believe my information is completely accurate. ~~ With time, I’ll add more references to Frantz Families–Kith & Kin with volume and page number. ~~ Suggestion to fellow researchers: Check and double-check dates. Don’t ascribe the birth of a child to a wife that is dead. Don’t have the same individual child listed two or three times under the parents. (Example: Two… named Noah, one name Elias and one named Eli but both Elias and Eli have the same birth date.) ~~ Forgive me for preaching but I get so frustrated with the errors!! ~~ My method of research: Only use “sources”; ignore the Ancestry Member Trees. Or, when all else fails, use the Ancestor Member Tree for reference information (write it on a piece of paper). Then search for birth, marriage, death, Census, etc. ~~ In my humble opinion, NEVER import Ancestry Member Tree data into your personal database. (Mine might be the exception? )

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It’s a conspiracy? I see obvious errors every time I compare “mine with theirs.” I “compare”  because I may see a name, or date, I want to explore. I scribble the information on ever–ready scratch paper. Then I use Ancestry’s  search features…

…and it required several hours to untangle.

I’m finding that Ancestry’s “hints” may not be accurate. It is requiring a lot more time to carefully examine records. Often the problem appears due to “same name, same location,” so the kids are listed with the wrong parents. I spend a lot more time than other “armchair researchers.” I look at the Census records, birth and death records, Find A Grave details, etc.

Question: Why don’t folks check their documentation?

This old lady would like an answer.