Monday Musings

After finishing my project of naming, labeling, cropping & linking all my scanned images I took a day or two and pondered what to work on next. 

I've got all my images sorted and stored in folders on my hard drive.  Most are sorted by surname (direct line from pedigree charts), with the exception of Vital Records (sorted under that by state & county), Newspapers and headstones (sorted by cemetery name).  

When I first started to gather images I had everything just stored under the surname header it belonged to.  I decided that perhaps that needed to be modified.  So now everything is being moved so that it fits more into the patterns I want.  So ALL vital records (birth/death/marr) are all stored under vital records.  All newspapers (obits/news stories/ marriage columns) are now in one place.  The headstones have ALWAYS been under headstones.  No discussion even needed on that one.  With them all filed under the cemetery they are buried in it makes it very easy to find.  And I like it that way. 

I was sort of seriously dreading this task until I did a handful and found out that the software is intuitive enough that it knows when I move the items and it goes ahead and puts the new link in place!  WOWSERS!  Worry gone! 

Should be done with all the moving around by the end of this week!  Already pondering next project....

Tombstone Tuesday

Fuls, Jacob, born near New Lebanon, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1946, died May 19, 1922.  Feb. 28, 1872, he married Mahala Boomershine.  About thirty-two years ago he united with the Church of the Brethren and died in that faith.  A few weeks before hsi death he was anointed.  Several years after his marriage he moved to a farm near Greenville, Ohio, later to Pitsburg, and in 1906 to Dayton, where he resided until his death.  He leaves his wife, three daughters, four grandchildren, two brothers and four sisters.  Services at the Abbotsville church by the write, assisted by Dr. Bell.  Burial in the cemetery near by. -- D. M. Garver, Trotwood, Ohio.

Fuls, Mahala Boomershine, was born Aug. 16, 1853, in Montgomery County, near Johnsville, Ohio, and departed this life Feb. 20, 1932, aged 78 years, 6 months, and 4 days.  She was left motherless at the age of twelve years, after which time she made her home with her uncle Philip Priser until her marriage with Jacob Fuls Feb. 28, 1872.  Surviving are two daughters, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  Fifty years ago Sister Fuls accepted Christ as her Saviour and had always lived a faithful and devoted Christian life, finding her greatest happiness in serving others.  She enjoyed the work of the church, and was a faithful worker in the Dayton Aid Society during the sixteen years she resided in that city.  Funeral services by the writer in the Greenville church.  Burial in the Abbottsville cemetery.  -- Paul E. Wingerd, Greenville, Ohio.

**Both obits published in the Brethren Newspaper, The Gospel Messenger. 

Tombstone Tuesday

All too often I see this - usually located in the very back of the cemetery. Lawnmowers, careless caretakers & vandals are making this more common than I care to see. If this doesn't bother you & you are a genealogist then there is a problem somewhere.

Just breaks my heart. This is from BearCreek Cemetery, Madison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.

Karen

Tombstone Tuesday - Union Cemetery, Nebo, Kentucky

Headstone of William B. Payne, who married at one time my husband Mark's great great aunt, Florence Eudaley. She is buried near by. The interesting thing about this stone, is that he has the burial location for his twin brother on his headstone along with his dates as well.

I've often wondered but never pursued the answer to the question - did his brother put William's info on his stone?

Don't see this very often - so when I find "oddities" like this they are worth the effort to get the photograph!

Happy Researching!

Karen

Monday Madness...

I thought for a few minutes about calling today's blog Monday Moaning rather than Monday Madness but... oh well.... onward....

As many of you who read my blog know, we've been spending alot of time working on re-organization & re-evaluating how we do things in my genealogy software. This includes the handling of images & documentation. WHEW! What a chore I've taken on.

I've discussed the documentation issues and the dismantle of all my notebooks in previous posts. Today the issue is photo's. Specifically the headstone photo's.

All of my headstone photo's are filed in a large file called "headstones" - appropriate eh? Anyway, under that heading it is broken down by cemetery names, arranged alphabetically. The cemeteries are named like this:

Springboro WarrenCo OH - which translates to Springboro Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio - now personally I know exactly where this cemetery is, including township etc., so this works for me. Under the cemetery name area you'll find the pictures. The photo's that are named are linked, if it is unlinked it is not named.

Each cemetery file has headstone photo's from each cemetery as well as an image of the cemetery gates or entrance and for those we have visited in the past few years an image of the GPS coordinates.

So when I find something that states that so & so is buried in this cemetery, in such & such town I can go to that cemetery, look for burials and see if I already have that headstone.

This system works for me - maybe not for everyone. But every now & then I try to go back and clean things up, make sure I have no broken links, everything is properly named and linked. Meanwhile, Mark spent the evenings chasing census. With the 1940 federal census being released in less than three years its important that we get on top of the census we are missing as well. But that's another blog eh??

Its a challenge making sure that its all organized, linked & named - sometimes a bit overwhelming, but when it all works great it sure is nice! Sometimes its enough to drive you mad...

How do you organize your headstone/tombstone photo's for your genealogy? It's always interesting to see how others handle this. Drop a comment & share. Who knows maybe someone else could use your help!

Happy Researching!
Karen