Comments for StartingRoots http://startingroots.com The Self Education Of One Beginning Genealogist Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Tell Thursday: Henry P. and W.H. “DeGraaf and Taylor Furniture” receipt by Brian DeGraaf http://startingroots.com/2009/08/06/tell-thursday/#comment-52 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:47:43 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=91#comment-52 Thanks for your input, Roger !

]]> Comment on Tell Thursday: Henry P. and W.H. “DeGraaf and Taylor Furniture” receipt by Roger Moffat http://startingroots.com/2009/08/06/tell-thursday/#comment-51 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:06:02 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=91#comment-51 I believe that the back is referring to “Series” and the 3 numbers could well be the item or model numbers from the catalogue. The first word might be an abbreviation for “Requisition” – remember it’s apparently written by a Doctor, so abbreviations and illegibility are required.

]]> Comment on Tell Thursday: Henry P. and W.H. “DeGraaf and Taylor Furniture” receipt by Brian DeGraaf http://startingroots.com/2009/08/06/tell-thursday/#comment-50 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:41:00 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=91#comment-50 Thanks, Janet, for your help !

]]> Comment on Tell Thursday: Henry P. and W.H. “DeGraaf and Taylor Furniture” receipt by Janet Iles http://startingroots.com/2009/08/06/tell-thursday/#comment-49 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:31:07 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=91#comment-49 I believe the items are
walnut extension table
walnut chamber chairs
wood top carved knob washstand

I don’t know what the numbers would refer to unless reference to model numbers from a catalog?

]]> Comment on Week 1 – What I learned by Cheryle Hoover Davis http://startingroots.com/2009/07/10/week-1-what-i-learned/#comment-18 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:43:51 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=50#comment-18 Nice blogging, Brian! You are inspiring me to get back to mine, after a hiatus at vending at faires this summer!

]]> Comment on Week 1 – What I learned by Karen Rhodes http://startingroots.com/2009/07/10/week-1-what-i-learned/#comment-17 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:05:03 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=50#comment-17 Welcome to genealogy, Brian! It looks like you have discovered that genealogy is a journey, not a destination. It is a journey not only of discovering and knowing your family, but also of discovering and knowing yourself.

You may also discover MORE family through your blog: for instance, I had posted just one blog about my paternal family line (Packard in Massachusetts) when Bill West of West in New England (http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/) made the connection and told me that he and I are cousins through that Packard line!

I look forward to following your blog and your progress in genealogy.

]]> Comment on First Post – part 1 by Gini Webb http://startingroots.com/2009/06/30/first-post-part-1/#comment-16 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:50:42 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=15#comment-16 Welcome Brian, and you are doing an incredible job. I look forward to your posts and learning from you, I am somewhat of a beginner too, and I agree, sourcing is key, I wish I had realized the importance of sourcing from the beginning but I was on my own and didn’t know a darn thing I was doing?

]]> Comment on Week 1 – What I learned by Thomas MacEntee http://startingroots.com/2009/07/10/week-1-what-i-learned/#comment-15 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:29:03 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=50#comment-15 Congrats on your first week – wow! You’ve learned quite a bit. Welcome to the wonderful (and sometimes wacky) world of genealogy blogging.

Thomas MacEntee
GeneaBloggers

]]> Comment on part 1: WILLIAM H. DeGRAAF, A BICYCLE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, and MURDER by part 2: WILLIAM H. DeGRAAF, A BICYCLE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, and MURDER « Starting Roots http://startingroots.com/2009/07/07/part-1-william-h-degraaf-a-bicycle-trip-around-the-world-and-murder/#comment-13 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:40:17 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=62#comment-13 [...] part 2: WILLIAM H. DeGRAAF, A BICYCLE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, and MURDER 2009 July 9 by Brian DeGraaf This is a continuation of part 1:  WILLIAM H. DeGRAAF, A BICYCLE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, and MURDER [...]

]]> Comment on First Post – part 2 by Judith Richards Shubert http://startingroots.com/2009/07/01/first-post-part-2/#comment-12 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:34:57 +0000 http://startingroots.com/?p=28#comment-12 Hi Brian. Thanks so much for following my blog, Genealogy Traces. I have read your posts with interest. I have used FTM for many years now but have never used the online connection they have to Ancestry.com. I used to have a subscription to Ancestry but got totally discouraged with them when I tried to close my account because of financial reasons. They did not have at that time (at least 5 or 6 years ago, maybe even 10 now) a way to cancel on-line. It was telephone only. And they would NOT let you go ~ anyway, after a long hassle there I was without their great resources for a long time. I have just recently subscribed to Ancestry again and am finding it a lot easier to deal with. I have found a large number of digital files of death certificates and draft registrations for members of my family line. I think now I’ll use that connection from FTM and see what turns up!

Keep up the good work.
Judy

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