FamilySearch Find Of The Day: 1803 Will of Levi Long

Winton County Barnwell District
In the Name of God Amen, I Levi Long of the Distrct & County aforesd. being in a low state of health tho sound of memory do constitute and order this my last will and testament, first I desire I may have a decent burial, after that I desire that all my just debts be paid and the residue of my property I leave as follows: to Israel Andres five children Harriot, James, Juliot, Nancy and Sidney, I give three hundred acres of land lying on Toomers bay to be equally divided between them, also I give and bequeath to the above mentioned five children five cows and calves to be equally divided between them & to my son Fashaw I give and bequeath ten cows & calves also one hundred acres of land next adjoining the land where I now live and to my daughter Fanny I give and bequeath one negroe girl named Patt, also one hundred acres of land including the house and plantation where I now live, also ten cows & calves and to my son Nathaniel Long I give and bequeath one hundred acres of land joining the above mentioned land and ten cows & calves and to my daughter Sara I give and bequeath ten cows & calves and one hundred acres of land adjoining the above mentioned lands also I give unto James, Levi, Valentine, Jonas, David and Alford Rowel two hundred and ninety acres of land to be equally divided amongst them the land adjoining the above mentioned land also I give and bequeath to the above mentioned James, levi, Valentine, David, Jonas & Alford Rowel six cows & calves each or the value in breeding cattle. Also, I give to my daughter Sarah Long's two children Mahala and Mark Lazarus two cows & calves each and to Hardin Blalock wife Mason I give and bequeath one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on Cypress Creek and to Richard Blalock wife Martha I give and bequeath one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on Cypress Creek adjoining the above land on said Creek. Also I give and bequeath my daughters Mason Blalock and Martha Blalock six cows and calves each and to my son Lewis I give and bequeath one hundred acres of land lying on Cypress Creek and one hundred acres of land laying in the south side of Coosawhatchie also on hundred acres of land lying on the ** (page crease; illegible) ** wife I give and bequeath all the residue of my property to her lifes end _____. I leave as my last will that all that part of my property that is left to my beloved wife be equally divided between my own four children Sarah, Nathaniel, Fashaw & Fanny Long & the six sons of Elizabeth Rowel deceased, James, Levi, Valentine, David & Alford Rowel, except my negro boy named Jack him I leave to be equally divided between my four children Sara, Nathaniel, Fashaw & Fanny at the decease of my beloved wife Sarah Long and I doe nominate and appoint my wife Sarah Long Executor and Thomas Long Senr. & Thomas Long Junr. Executors to execute this my last will and testament. Given under my hand this 16th day of March, 1803.

Levi Long, his mark

Signed & Sealed in the presence of us
Simon Bryan
Frederick Bryan
Mary Parmer, her mark

Source

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Bohemian 1717 Reichenbach-Möltzer Marriage

I've been doing more and more research into my Bohemian lines lately (they're ethnic Germans), and I'm finding more and more information. Thanks to FamilySearch initially for adding these records online, however I'm finding that the actual Litoměřice archives has digitized their collections and put them online themselves. Which I am extremely grateful for, because FamilySearch's collections seem to be missing a few register books here and there. You can also search for an exact town/community within the Litoměřice archives records, whereas you can only browse via FamilySearch. Both have their pros and cons, but I'm finding I prefer the Litoměřice archives much better. Faster loading images, also. Here is the record I found today:

Entry Number 2

Married on 31 January 1717; bachelor Johann Michäel Reichenbach of Waltersdorf and
virgin Elisabeth, deceased Christoph Möltzer gardener (farmer) in Waltersdorf' daughter.
Witness: Georg Wiesner, cottar in Nieder Politz and Christoph Hahnel, farmer in Waltersdorf.

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Naturalization Card of Amelia (Stec) Bogusz

The other day, I was pretty excited to see the addition/update of the FamilySearch database "Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977"! I was able to locate the index card for my 2nd-great-grandmother's naturalization papers. I'll be heading to the National Archives sometime next week, after the holidays are over, to retrieve copies of her naturalization papers. I'm kind of excited to see what's listed on them, even though I know everything that they'll state. But you never know!


Date Recorded: 17 November 1953
Office Number: 187417
Name: (Mrs.) Amilia Bogusz
Address: 9003 Leisy Ave.
City: Cleveland
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio
Subject of: Poland
Date Naturalized: 21 November 1952
Court: U.S. District
Remarks: Naturalized Herself
Born: 05 June 1887
Age When Naturalized: 66
Age When Recorded: 66
Certificate Number: 7080201
Vol. ~
Number: 114648
Official Attestor: C. B. Watkins, Clerk
Wife's Name: ~
Minor Children: ~
Signature or Holder: Amilia Bogusz (her signature)
In State: 32 years
In County: 32 years
In City: 32 years

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Marriage License of Jacob Blum & Helena Huber

Jacob Blum is my 3rd-great-grand-uncle. He was born on 27 Apr 1868, in Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany. He is the son of Georg Blum and his 3rd wife, Katharina Schneider. I descend through Georg Blum's 2nd wife, Barbara Schneider (2nd cousin of Katharina).


Page 297
Number 996
Marriage License

State of California
County of Sonoma
These Presents are to authorize and license any Justice of the Supreme Court, or Superior Judge, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Priest or Minister of the Gospel of any denomination, to solemnize within said County the Marriage of Jacob Blum, native of Germany, age 30 years, resident of Butte, County of Silver Bow, State of Montana, and Miss Helena Huber, native of Germany, age 27 years, resident of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, State of California. Said parties being of sufficient age to be capable of contracting marriage.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Court, this Twenty Fourth day of November, A.D. 1899.
Somers B. Fulton, County Clerk
By M. g. Hall, Deputy Clerk

State of California
County of Sonoma
I Hereby Certify, that I believe the facts stated in the above license to be true, and that upon due inquiry there appears to be no impediment to the Marriage of said Jacob Blum and Helena Huber, that said parties were joined in Marriage by me the Thirtieth day of November A.D. 1899 at Santa Rosa, in said County and State. That, John Wistuba a resident of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, State of California, and Emila Huber, a resident of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, State of California, were present as witnesses of said ceremony.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this Thirtieth day of November A.D. 1899
J. M. Cassin, Catholic Priest, Santa Rosa, Cal.

Recorded at the request of J. M. Cassin this 8 day of Dec. A.D. 1899, at 30 min. past 2 o'clock P.M.
F. L. Wright, County Recorded
By Vernon Goodwin, Deputy Recorded

Surname Saturday #25: Kasper

Up until about 2 or 3 years ago, I knew absolutely nothing on this branch of my family. This was partially due to the Catholic parish records not being readily available on microfilm. But thanks to FamilySearch, the records are now digitized and freely browsable on their website. Woo hoo! Here's what I know:

1. Maria Anna Kasper
b. 11 Feb 1834, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 1914, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
m. Joseph Weishaupt; 25 Feb 1862, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Joseph Weishaupt, b. 18 Dec 1859, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Theresia Weishaupt, b. 06 Nov 1861, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*August Weishaupt, b. 30 Oct 1863, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Xaver Weishaupt, b. 24 Feb 1865, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anna Weishaupt, 06 May 1868, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Emma Gertrude Weishaupt, b. 02 Feb 1871, Wisconsin
*Mary Weishaupt, b. Aug 1873, Wisconsin
*Willie Weishaupt, b. 09 Aug 1875, Wisconsin
*Otto Weishaupt, b. 04 Oct 1876, Wisconsin

2. Franz Joseph Kasper, feldgärtner
b. 04 Nov 1803, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 22 Apr 1846, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Maria Anna Reichenbach; 01 Feb 1827, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Karl Kasper, b. 23 Jul 1828, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Joseph Kasper, b. 18 Nov 1829, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Ignaz Kasper, b. 13 Jul 1832, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Maria Anna Kasper, (above)
*Theresia Kasper, b. 16 Feb 1839, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Stillborn Daughter Kasper, b. & d. 16 Apr 1842, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Augustin Kasper, b. 22 Oct 1843, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia

3. Joseph Kasper
b. unknown (for now)
d. bef. 12 Jul 1832, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Rosalia Wenzel
*Joseph Kasper, b. 28 Jan 1792, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Theresia Kasper, b. 17 Jan 1794, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Theresia Kasper, b. 03 Jun 1796, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Rosalia Kasper, b. 11 Mar 1799, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Joseph, (above)
*Theresia Kasper, b. 05 Mar 1812, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia

4. Joseph Kasper
b. 04 Nov 1733, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 12 Dec 1764, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Maria Elisabeth Vogel; 23 Dec 1756, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Joseph Kasper, (above)
*Wenzel Joseph Kasper, b. 09 Nov 1757, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Joseph Kasper, b. 25 Jun 1759, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Maria Elisabeth Kasper, b. 19 Jun 1761, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Kasper, b. 31 Oct 1762, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Rosalia Kasper, b. 19 Dec 1764, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia

Wenzel Kasper
b. & d. unknown
m. Elisabeth Habel; 21 Nov 1719, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anna Rosalia Kasper, b. 25 Jan 1729, Graber, Auscha District, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Joseph Kasper, (above)

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: The 1790 Marriage Record of James Rodgers & Ely Hays

This is the marriage of my 5th-great-grandparents, on my maternal side. I had known about this marriage in Greene County, Tennessee, not long after starting my genealogy research, but it was up until today that I had never actually seen the document. I knew the bondsmen to the marriage usually gave their seal, but I was surprised to see what looks like the signatures of James Rodgers and Samuel Hays! Here is an extract of the document:

Know all Men by these presents that we James Rodgers & Samuel Hays .... ?? are bound to his excellency William Blount, Esq. and to his successors in office in the sum of five hundred pounds to be void on condition if there be no just cause or lawful impediment to obstruct the Marriage of James Rodgers & Ely Hays...Given under our hands and seal the 20th Day of December 1790

   Signed, sealed, and acknowledged before D. Kennedy, County Clerk

   James Rodgers, seal

   Samuel Hays, seal

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Hiram Howell's Estate Probate Court Minutes

I had originally found this record several years ago, via microfilm through the LDS at my local FHC. It's located on microfilm number #0895813. Reading over the document, there may be a clue to another possible minutes entry, nine months after this one. Here is an image and extract of what is now available, freely online:


State of Mississippi
Tippah County
Be it remembered at a cession of the Probate court begun and held in said county on the third Monday and 16th day of January 1854 present and presiding the Hon. James Rogan judge of said court and the following proceedings were held to wit:

Hiram Howell, Dec'd.
        It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that widow and next of kin of Hiram Howell deceased destins administering his estate.
        It is therefore ordered by the court that letters of administration of the goods chattels and personal estate of Hiram Howell dec'd be granted to Milton McKay on his taking the oath prescribed by law and willing into bond in the sum of four thousand dollars with J. B. Selles and B. D. Nabers as securities and the said Milton McKay thereupon appeared in open court and took said oath and together with said securities signed sealed and delivered said bond.
        Said letters are now granted and ordered to be issued and recorded according to the statute.
        It is ordered by the court that William Robinson, B. D. Nabers, Thomas Bibb be appointed appraisers to stalcre? and appraise the good  chattels and personal estate of Hiram Howell deceased and that a warrant issue.
        It is also ordered by the court that the said William Robinson, B. D. Nabers, Thomas Bibb copy off and set apart to the widow and children of Hiram Howell dec'd one year provisions.
        It is also ordered that the said William Robinson, B. D. Nabers and Thomas Bibb do lay off and set apart to the widow of Hiram Howell dec'd the property exempmt from execution and which descends to said widow.
        It is ordered by the court that Milton McKay administrator of the Estate of Hiram howell deceased sell the goods, chattels and personal estate of his intestates estate upon a credit of nine months that be first advertise the time and place of sale as directed by the statute and take approved security for the purchase money.

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: 1848 Tippah County Land Deed for Hiram Howell

Tippah County, Deed Book H, pages 197-198

Hiram Howell, Deed from, David Howell
SW 1/4, Sec. 7, T5, R2E

This Indenture made and entered into this the 3rd day of April, eighteen hundred and forty eight between David Howell and his wife Parthena Howell of the first part witnesseth and Hiram Howell of the second part the for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars in hand paid the first party by the second party the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said first party has bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain sell and convey unto the said party of the second party his heirs and assignes the following piece of land lying and being in said County of Tippah and known in the plan of the Chickasaw survey in the State of Mississippi as the South West qr. of section (7) seven of Township (5) five Range (2) two East with all the improvements thereon to have and to hold to him the said party of the second part his heirs and assignes forever and the said party of the first part do for themselves heirs and legal representatives forever warrant and defend the right title interest and claim in and to the above described land against the lawful claim or claims of any or all persons whatsoever. In witness whereof the first party has hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year above written.
David Howell (seal)
Parthena Howell (seal)

State of Mississippi, Tippah County
Personally appeared before us, A. Aynes a Justice of the Peace for said County the written named David Howell who acknowledged that the signed sealed and delivered the foregoing deed on the day and year therein mentioned as his act and deed also personally appeared before us Parthena Howell the wife of the said David Howell who on a private examination by us separate and apart from her husband acknowledged that she signed sealed and delivered the foregoing deed on the day and year therein mentioned as her act and deed freely without any fear thereas or compulsion of her husband. Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of April 1848.
A. Ayns (seal), Justice of the Peace
The foregoing deed was filed for record the 11th day of May 1848 and recorded the 30th day of May 1848.
Daniel Hunt, clerk

Surname Saturday #15: Weishaupt

Weishaupt is the surname of my 2nd-great-grandmother, who is of German-Bohemian ancestry; her nationality was Bohemian, yet her ethnicity was German. I've been able to make a lot of progress on this family over the years, with a lot of thanks to FamilySearch. The Roman Catholic church records for Kravaře, Litoměřice, Czech Republic (formerly Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia) were not previously available on microfilm or online up until a couple years ago. This town has an astounding 31 microfilms! That's HUGE compared to the usual 1 or 2 for the Hungarian parishes! Anyway.. thank you FamilySearch! This is what I know on the Weishaupt family:

1. Anna Weishaupt (photo to the right)
b. 06 May 1868, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 11 Jan 1951, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
m. Johann Philipp Julius "John" Stuempges; 28 Sep 1887, Newburgh's Corner, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
*Lewis Carl Stuempges, b. 16 Jul 1888, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Susanna Stuempges, b. 11 Nov 1890, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Ida Stuempges, b. 29 Sep 1891, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Adolf Julius Stuempges, b. 06 Nov 1893, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Eddie Willie Stuempges, b. 07 Sep 1894, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Arthur A. Stuempges, b. 26 Jul 1898, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Walter John Stuempges, b. 10 Jun 1899, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Agnes Stuempges, b. 02 Apr 1902, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Herman Frank Stuempges, b. 08 Oct 1904, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Irvin Albert Stuempges, b. 19 Sep 1906, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin
*Bernice Stuempges, b. 22 Nov 1911, Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin

2. Joseph Weishaupt
b. 29 Nov 1827, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 20 Sep 1914, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
m. Maria Anna Kasper; 25 Feb 1862, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Joseph Weishaupt, b. 18 Dec 1859, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Theresia Weishaupt, b. 06 Nov 1861, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*August Weishaupt, b. 30 Oct 1863, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Xaver Weishaupt, b. 24 Feb 1865, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anna Weishaupt, (above)
*Emma Gertrude Weishaupt, b. 02 Feb 1871, Wisconsin
*Mary Weishaupt, b. Aug 1873, Wisconsin
*Willie Weishaupt, b. 09 Aug 1875, Wisconsin
*Otto Weishaupt, b. 04 Oct 1876, Wisconsin

3. Franz Joseph Weishaupt
b. 23 Nov 1799, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 01 Dec 1860, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Anna Maria Müller; 06 Feb 1827, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Joseph Weishaupt, (above)
*Stillborn, b. & d. 28 Aug 1829
*Ignatz Weishaupt, b. 27 Apr 1831, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Augustin Weishaupt, b. 05 Aug 1834, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Theresia Wesiahtup, b. 06 Aug 1838, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Wenzel Weishaupt, b. 08 May 1842, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Maria Anna Weishaupt, b. 26 Jan 1845, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia

4. Franz Weishaupt
b. unknown, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. after 1831, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Anna Dorothea Tietze; date unknown, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franciska Weishaupt, b. 02 May 1798, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Joseph Weishaupt, (above)
*Benedikt Weishaupt, b. 18 Mar 1802, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Anton Weishaupt, b. 24 Mar 1804, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Veronika Weishaupt, b. 05 Jun 1807, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Katharina Weishaupt, b. 12 Sep 1809, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Theresia Weishaupt, b. 14 Oct 1813, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anna Dorothea Weishaupt, b. 13 Jan 1818, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia

5. Anton Weishaupt
b. about 1722, Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
d. 02 Jan 1801, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Anna Maria Sandrich; 14 May 1753, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Johann Joseph Weishaupt, b. 23 Oct 1754, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Maria Elisabeth Weishaupt, b. 15 Apr 1756, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anton Weishaupt, b. about 1762, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Ignatz Weishaupt, b. 08 Jun 1765, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Johann Wenzel Weishaupt, b. 27 Sep 1766, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Rosalia Weishaupt, b. 08 Jun 1768, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Benedikt Joseph Weishaupt, b. 13 Oct 1770, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anna Dorothea Weishaupt, b. 07 Mar 1775, Graber, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Franz Weishaupt, (above)

6. Christoph Weishaupt
b. unknown
d. probably Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
m. Dorothea; date unknown
*Johann Joseph Weishaupt, b. May 1716, Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Johann Christoph Weishaupt, b. Jun 1718, Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Johann Franz Weishaupt, b. Aug 1721, Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Anton Weishaupt, (above)
*Jacob Weishaupt, b. Mar 1724, Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
*Johann Franz Weishaupt, b. Jan 1727, Schönau, Leitmeritz, Bohemia

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Zsa Zsa Gabor's Maternal Aunt

Today while browsing through the Budapest marriage records in district VIII, I stumbled upon the marriage record for one of Zsa Zsa Gabor's maternal aunts: Rozália Tillemann.

Zsa Zsa Gabor was the daughter of Vilmos Gábor and Jancsi Tillemann, a family of Jewish origin who are from Budapest, Hungary. Below you'll find the document and extract of Jancsi Tillemann's sister's marriage in 1923. You'll notice that Zsa Zsa's father was actually a witness to the marriage!



Entry: 1334
Place of Marriage: Budapest, District VIII
Date of Marriage: 07 October 1923

Groom: Rein Manó
Occupation: nagykereskedő (wholesaler)
Religion: Izr. (Izraelita; Jewish)
Place of Birth: Budapest
Date of Birth: 26 October 1895
Residence: Budapest District VIII, Ér street 2
Father: Rein Schnierl
Mother: Marcusson Breine

Bride: Tillemann Rozália, elvált (divorced)
Religion: Izr. (Izraelita; Jewish)
Place of Birth: Budapest
Date of Birth: 05 October 1898
Father: deceased Tillemann Jóna (Jósza) Hersch
Mother: Reinharcz Chave Feige

Witness: Heltai Simon, Budapest District VI, Rózsa street 71
Witness: Gábor Vilmos, Budapest District IV, Muzeum boulevard 31

FamilySearch Find Of The Day: Anna Weishaupt's Baptism in 1868

With the recent update to the FamilySearch database "Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1935", I was able to obtain a copy of my 2nd-great-grandmother's baptism record. The following are an image and extract of that record:

Date of Birth: 06 May 1868, 9a.m.

Date of Baptism: 07 May 1868

Place and House Number: Graber, Number 64

Name of Child: Anna

Religion: Catholic

Gender: Female

Legitimacy: Legitimate

Father: Weishaupt Josef, häusler in Graber N. 64; son of the deceased Franz Weishaupt, häusler in Graber N. 64 and the deceased Anna Maria, daughter of the deceased Josef Müller, häusler in Johnsdorf N. 28.

Mother: Maria Anna, daughter of the deceased Franz Kasper, feldgärtner in Graber N. 90 and Maria Anna, tocther of the deceased Josef Reichenbach, gärtner in Graber N. 4.

Sponsor: Anna Hesse, daughter of Anton Hesse, (occuptation unknown) in Graber N. 6.

Sponsor: Anna Weishaupt, daughter of the deceased Franz Weishaupt, häusler in Graber N. 64.

Sponsor: JOhanna Hackel, daughter of Josef Hackel, (occupation unknown) in Hermsdorf N. 33.

Sponsor: Josef Führich, son of Franz Anton Führich, (occupation unknown) in Graber N. 22.

Sponsor: Josef Petters, son of Ignaz Petters, feldgärtner in Johnsdorf N. 22.

My Christmas Genealogy Wish-List

Dear Santa & his Elves at FamilySearch,

I've been a good boy this year, giving aid to researchers left-and-right; from strangers to fellow geneabloggers. I know this to only be a wish-list, but please consider my list and hopefully some will come true and appear on your website, in the year-to-come! For each request, I will describe one good genealogy deed I have done in the past year. I will only request three specific things... because i'm not greedy, of course! :-p

1. Hungarian Church Records
I have helped countless fellow Hungarians who contacted me by email, find out more about their Hungarian heritage. I helped them to determine where in Hungary their family was from and the next proper steps to successful research.

2. German Church Records
I had stumbled upon a blog post by fellow geneablogger, Randy Seaver, and was able to quickly find out information to aid him in his search. He even made a post about it here, and a subsequent post here.


3. Polish Church Records for Barycz and Osobnica; even on microfilm!
I helped a member of the Society of Genealogists (SOG) based in the UK, to create a course on Eastern European research. The course will begin in January.

The Family Tree of French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy is the son of a Hungarian father and a French and Greek mother. His father was born a Hungarian nobleman, named Pál István Ernő Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa (in Hungarian: nagybócsai Sárközy). This post will highlight on the information I was able to find on Nicolas Sárközy's family tree, beginning with his father Pál.

The marriage record of György Sándor Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa and wife Katalin Ilona Anna Tóth de Csáford. They were married on 20 Sep 1921, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. It states that Dr. György Sándor Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa was born on 16 Mar 1896, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. He was the son of György Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa and Róza Juhász. The bride was Katalin Ilona Anna Tamás Tóth de Csáford. She was born on 13 Jan 1902 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary and was the daughter of Imre Tóth de Csáford and Adél Jeney de Boros-Jenő.


The birth record of György Sándor Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa. He was born on 16 Mar 1896, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. György Sándor's father is listed as György Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa, a 33 year old who was born in Ér-Mihályfalva, Bihar, Hungary. He was of the Evanglical Reformed religion and resided in Szolnok at Number 4 Magyar Street. His occupation was a city councillor. György Sándor's mother is listed as Róza Juhász. She was 25 years old, born in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun, Szolnok, Hungary and of the Roman Catholic religion. She resided at the same residence as her husband, György, and her occupation is listed as the wife of the city councillor.

The birth record of Katalin Ilona Anna Tóth de Csáford. She was born on 13 Jan 1902, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. Katalin's father is listed as Imre Tóth de Csáford, a 28 year old who was born in Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, Hungary. He was of the Roman Catholic religion and resided in Szolnok at Number 12 Szapáry Street. His occupation was a private official. Katalin's mother is listed as Adél Jeney de Boros-Jenő. She was 24 years old, also born in Budapest and of the Roman Catholic religion. She resided at the same residence as her husband, Imre, and she has no occupation listed.



The death record of György Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa. György died on 26 Sep 1933 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. He is listed as being the city councillor and living at Number 7 Magyar Street, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. He was of the Reformed religion and 71 years old. His wife is listed as Róza Juhász. The parents of György are listed as well: the deceased Ferencz Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa and the deceased Johanna Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa. His cause of death was myocardial degeneration.

The death record of Róza Juhász. Róza died on 02 Aug 1934 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. She is listed as being the wife of the late György Sárközy and living at Number 7 Magyar Street, in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. She was of the Roman Catholic religion and 67 years old. Her husband is listed as the deceased György Sárközy. The parents of Róza are listed as well: the deceased Ignácz Juhász and the deceased Erzsébet Maráz. Her cause of death was myocardial degeneration.

My Wish List For FamilySearch

With the massive undertaking of the digitization project by FamilySearch, researchers have been able to conduct more and more research at home with less need for the "big-box" genealogy websites, such as Ancestry.com. It was only back in March of last year that FamilySearch really began adding substantial amounts of new databases to their new website.. and a lot of them having indexes, as well.

FamilySearch has been adding new databases almost daily, and I'm constantly checking back (almost daily!) to see what new databases they have uploaded. I thought it would be fun to create a post containing my wish list of what records I would like to appear on FamilySearch. I know in due time that (most of) these records will appear online, whether it be days, months or even years from now.. but it's still fun to talk and think about.

Doing this wish list Genie style (you only get three wishes!), here is my wish list of records I'm hoping for on FamilySearch!

*1. Hungarian Church records
FamilySearch has done an amazing job with uploading two seperate databases for Slovakian Church records (areas that had previous belonged to Hungary, prior to the Treaty of Trianon). I was told by FamilySearch that they eventually plan on combining these two databases after they fix a few bugs. Although I haven't been able to find anything for my direct line in these records, I have actually found information pertaining to distant cousins.

*2. Polish Church records
Looking at my family tree, I'm mostly Polish. My father being 3/4 Polish! I have high hopes for this database, very very high hopes. They're high hopes, because nearly half of the areas that my Polish ancestors came from, do not have church records preserved on microfilm. I doubt these records will be preserved on microfilm or digitized and put online at FamilySearch.. but I can hope! The priests at these towns are very notorious for being extremely uncooperative with researchers. Even researchers who come in person.

*3. Land Deeds
It would be fantastic for the land deeds we all need for research, to become available online in one location. These records are what we use to track down where our family lived and moved to. They're essential to our research!

What kind of databases or specific records are on your Wish List for FamilySearch? And remember.. only three! Make sure to leave a comment on this post with a link to yours, I'd love to see what your Wish List contains!

Aaron Rodgers - Green Bay Packers Quarterback and His Connection to the Chicago Bears & Pittsburgh Steelers

While watching the big playoff game today, I became interested in the Green Bay Packer's quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. He shares the same surname with my mother's family.. and it's spelled the same way with the "D" too! I come across Rogers often, but not Rodgers. So, I became intrigued and wanted to know more about Aaron Rodgers' family tree.

A simple Google search brings up his name is Aaron Charles Rodgers and was born 02 Dec 1983 in Chico, Butte County, California. Knowing that Ancestry.com has database for birth, marriage and death records for California, I immediately head over there to do some simple searches.

I navigate to the database "California Birth Index, 1905-1995" and I find him with his full name and birthdate and the database also contains his mother's maiden name, Pittman. I then go to the sister database "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985" and search for a marriage between a groom Rodgers and bride Pittman. Bingo! His parent's names are Edward W. Rodgers (born about 1955) and Darla L. Pittman (born about 1958). They were married on 05 Apr 1980 in Mendocino County, California.

Going back to my trusted friend, Google, I search for Edward W. Rodgers in Chico, California. Up pops a bagillion results for a Chiropractor named Edward W. Rodgers, (JR!) in Chico, California. We now know he's a Junior! I also take note that he comes up as Edward Wesley Rodgers, Jr. I immediately go back to Ancestry.com and do an Advanced Search for an Edward Rodgers in Chico. I find what I believe to be Aaron's grandfather in the "Social Security Death Index" and also "U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002". Both name him as Edward W. Rodgers with the same birth date of 07 Nov 1917 and either living or died in Chico, Butte County, California. Noticing on the "Social Security Death Index" that he passed away in 1996, he should appear in the Ancestry.com database "California Death Index, 1940-1997". He shows up stating that he was born in Illinois and his mother's maiden name was Larrick.

This is when the fun really starts! I head over to the new FamilySearch.org and do an Advanced Search for Parent's surnames of Rodgers and Larrick. I find three definite results. The first two are a birth certificate for a Louis Alexander Rodgers and also a death certificate for him. The third result is what I'm looking for.. a birth certificate for Edward Wesley Rodgers, born 07 Nov 1917... in CHICAGO! As in the Chicago Bears?! So these documents state that the parents names are (with variations like abbreviations) Alexander John Rodgers and Cora Larrick. The birth certificates state that Alexander John was born in Pennsylvania and that Cora was born in Illinois.

I was then able to locate the family in the 1920 census, although they weren't living in Chicago anymore. They were living in Rock Island Township, Rock Island County, Illinois. It's definitely the right family, as you'll be able to see from the names and places of birth in the household.

According to the birth certificates of Alexander John's two children, he was born about 1892 or 1893.. prime age for the WWI draft! I find his WWI Draft Registration Card with him having registered in Jun 1917 in Chicago. It states that he was married, although unfortunately it doesn't state the wife's name. His place of birth more than makes up for the fact of a lack of his wife's name. It states he was born on 25/28 (hard to make out) Jan 1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.. as in the Pittsburgh Steelers! I sure wish these dang WWI Draft Registration Cards were much more clearer and easier to read. I've never seen a single clear image. Anyway..

Well considering we know his birth date and place of birth, we should look for him in the 1900 census in Pittsburgh.. and he's easily found.. maybe too easily. He is listed as Alexander J. Rodgers, born Jan 1893. He is with his widowed mother, Louisa Rodgers, born Mar 1870 in Germany. They're both living in the household of Louisa's parents (Alexander's grandparents), William and Sophia C. Houseberg.. natives of Germany. Them being from Germany leads me to believe their surname would've been Haasberg or something similar back in the old country. Haas is the German word for House.. they wouldn't have used "House" in Germany. The family is living at 646 Herron Ave, in Pittsburgh.

At this point, I'm now stuck in a rut. I'm not aware of any resources online for Pittsburgh vital records or even a state census for 1895 (does it even exist?). I then remember this awesome website that has tons of old Pittsburgh city directories digitized online, so I head over to DonsList.net to see what they have available. I find a directory for Pittsburgh 1900, so I decide to take a look.. considering I know Louisa Rodgers (widowed) was living with her parents are 646 Herron Ave. I'm surprised to locate Louisa and she's living at 648 Herron Ave.. and she's listed as the widow of Archibald! What are the odds?

As for Archibald, I did find one result in the Pittsburgh 1880 census for an Archibald that would be roughly 2 years older than Louisa; but I can't be positive it's him, I would need more proof. This Archibald is the son of Alexander (Archibald's only child's name!) and Mary Ann Rodgers, both born about 1837 in Ireland. Interestingly enough, Alexander's occupation is listed as a "puddler", which according to Wikipedia (horrible source, I know...), "puddling was an improved process to convert pig iron into wrought iron with the use of a reverberating furnace"

We now have Aaron Rodgers' connection to the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers! Now I wonder if he has a connection to New York (New York Jets!).. other than immigrations, of course.

János Cserpák, Part 2

Three months ago, I found a headstone for a fellow Hungarian. His name was János Cserpák, and I explained my find in this entry here. I've been able to find more information on this young man, and his family. I hope that one of his very distant nieces or nephews finds these blog entries one day and finds them useful. :)

As I already know from János's headstone and immigration manifest, he was born on 22 Jul 1903 in Vencsellő. I do know that he was the son of Jakab and Mária Cserpák. Well, thankfully for FamilySearch and their wonderful uploading of digitized records, I was able to find his birth record! FamilySearch has a database for Hungarian civil registration records for various counties. I love these records! I just wish they had them available for my towns of Tiszadob and Büdszentmihály/Tiszavasvári. But anyway, back to my story!

I was able to find János's birth record and here is the wonderful information I was able to find out:


János was born on 22 Jul 1903 at 284 Kápolna street in Vencsellő, to parents Jakab Cserpák and Mária Türk. His parents are both listed as being born and residing in Vencsellő, and both of the Roman Catholic faith. His father's occupation is listed as "igás kocsis" which translates out to be draft-carter or draft-teamster. Not sure what kind of occupation is. Any ideas? It lists his father is 24 years old and his mother is 22 years old.

Well noting that both parents, Jakab and Mária, were born in Vencsellő, I figured their marriage record would be here too. And I was right!


They were married on 12 Jan 1902 in Vencsellő, and this document lists their parents names, birth dates and places.

Jakab Cserpák was born on 22 Dec 1878 in Vencsellő. His parents are the late János Cserpák, a day laborer and Mária Bereznai, both were residents of Vencsellő. Mária Türk was born on 28 Jan 1882 in Vencsellő. Her parents are the late Ignácz Türk, a day laborer as well, and Anna Héri, both were also residents of Vencsellő.

Noticing the Héri surname, I can make the assumption that the "Jacob Iheri" living with the Jakab and Mária Cserpák family in Chicago, in the 1920 census.. is a relative to Mária somehow.

Interestingly enough, I have a friend who's trying to research his surname of Bereznai, the same surname as Jakab Cserpák's mother. I may have found a new lead for him!

Tombstone Tuesday - János Cserpák

I was at the Mount Olivet Catholic cemetery yesterday, which is on the south side of Chicago. I was originally looking for my half-uncle's great-grandmother, Anna Felton nee Vearon or Vieron. I found her lot easily enough and she unfortunately didn't have headstone or marker. Neither did the random three other people completely unrelated to her, that were around her. Quite sad.

While walking back to my car I stumbled upon a headstone of a fellow Hungarian: János Cserpák. His headstone stated he was born on 22 Jul 1903 and he died on 20 Mar 1922 at the age of 18 years old. I snapped two pictures of his headstone; one of the headstone and one of the picture on the top. You can see them below:





During the car ride home I got to wondering what he could have died from so young. I got home and went onto FamilySearch's Record Search and searched for him in the Cook County, Illinois Deaths, 1878-1922. I found his death certificate listed under John Cherpak. In Hungarian, "CS" is pronounced "CH" as in 'chug'. The Americanized spelling of his name makes perfect sense.

John died at his home, 916 East 92nd Place in Chicago, on 20 Mar 1922. He was buried two days later in Mount Olivet cemetery on 22 Mar 1922. The cause of death is listed as "Lobar pneumonia" for the duration of 4 days and the secondary contributor was "cardiac failure". It's sad to think that something as common as pneumonia is so easily cured with today's medicine. He was listed as 18 years old and was a machinist at the "Nickle Plate R.R." His parents are listed as Jacob Cherpak and Mary Turk. John and his parents were listed as being born in "Austria". His father was the informant for the death certificate.



I found the Cherpak family in the 1920 census living at 916 East 92nd Place in Chicago, Illinois:
Cherpak, Jacob, Head, 52, married, immigrated 1911, alien, Hungary
Cherpak, Mary, Wife, 41, married, immigrated 1913, alien, Hungary
Cherpak, John, Son, 16, single, immigrated 1913, alien, Hungary
Cherpak, Anna, Daughter, 14, single, immigreated 1913, alien, Hungary
Iheri, Jacob, Boarder, 48, married, immigrated 1912, alien, Hungary

Jacob was a carpenter for the railroad shop and John (2 years before his death) was an apprentice at the railroad shop. Looking at the whole census page, every single family was Hungarian.. it must've been a predominantly Hungarian area that they lived in.

I was then able to locate John with his mother and sister in the Ellis Island passenger manifests. They were listed as Cserpak Mária (30), Cserpak János (9) and Cserpak Anna (7). They were of both Hungarian nationality and race. Their last residence, which happened to also be their place of birth, is a town called Vencsellő. They were residing with Mária's mother Anna Turk. (John's death record stated his mother's maiden name was Turk!) They were traveling to their husband and father Cserpak Jakab in Chicago. Vencsellő was in Szabolcs county of Hungary and was actually not too far from where my family came from. Vencsellő is roughly an hour North-East of Tiszadob and Büdszentmihály (now Tiszvasvári). Today, Vencsellő is combined with the town of Gáva and called Gávavencsellő (how original, huh?).

I've actually been researching in the Reformed church records of Gáva with my friend Sharon for her noble Bakó family, for the past few weeks. What are the odds? :)

A Few Hungarian Resources

There's a great Hungarian resource I need to share with everyone. János Bogárdi has created some amazing gazetteers for the Austria-Hungary empire. He has one for 1877 and now he's created one for the early 1900's. Here are the links:

http://www.radixhub.com/radixhub/gazetteers/1877/

http://www.austriahungary.info/en/gazetteer1900

The 1877 gazetteer is a very important resource to me, I use it for all my Hungarian research. János has it organized by counties (megye), and then sorted alphabetically by district and then place name. He then gives the church parishes in which the town residents would've belonged. And the best part.. he links directly to the Family History Library Catalog, if microfilms are available for the parish.

The 1900 gazetteer is new, but looks promising as well. With this project coming from János, it'll no doubt end up just as great as the 1877 gazetteer.

FamilySearch is at it again.. now it's Budapest Civil Registration Records!!

FamilySearch Record Search has now uploaded and made viewable the Budapest Civil Registration records from 1895-1972. This is a vast amount of records, and it will no doubt come to use to MANY researchers, including myself! I can't wait to see what Hungarian records they add next! :)

Go check it out here:

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/

Researching Chicago Family Trees

I'm becoming quite the whiz at researching families from Chicago and the Chicago area. There are so many resources available online now, that it just makes it so much easier to do. Here are some great links I use on a regular basis with my research:

Cook County, Clerk of the Circuit Court

Index to Naturalizations-Declarations of Intention, 1871-1929

http://198.173.15.34/NR/

Cook Count Clerk's Office - Genealogy Online

http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/

Databases at the Illinois State Archives

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html

A Look At Cook

Street and ED Guide for Census for Cook County

http://alookatcook.com/

Polish Genealogical Society of America

http://www.pgsa.org/

FamilySearch & RecordSearch

http://www.familysearch.org/