User:Cthrnvl

If anyone is wondering where I am: my partner had a small stroke. He is OK but we are moving him to a vacation cabin we have (because it is very accessible). I should be back here by the last weeks in March. Genealogy is my stress reliever and I really need it now! But it has to wait til we get settled in the cabin. : ) thanks for stopping by Catherine --cthrnvl 11:31, 14 March 2012 (EDT)

Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life. -- Mary Oliver

Hi, my name is Catherine dee Auvil, I live in the Pacific Northwest. Right now, I am mostly interested in the people who lived at Indian Creek, (now Tazewell) Virginia because I think I got my love of a river-side life from my 5th great-grandfather Thomas Bailey Christian, Indian Creek, and my grandfather Oscar (Entiat River). I have a study group for the people who lived at Indian Creek so contact me if you are interested in joining.

WeRelate's Genealogy Contest is now live!! Please join us: )

HOT TIP: How to Enter Census Data for Newbies Nutshell - start typing the county, state, united states and the source should pop up

And for pros - if the source is not there (and it probably won't be) add it like this example Jefferson, Alabama, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule

FINDAGRAVE: use this format {{fgravemem|1075|George Washington}}

Cemeteries - choose cemetery in drop down and be sure to add Category:Cemeteries of county, state, united states|name of cemetery (copy place from tile of page you just created)

My other projects - sorting out the Abel Able Aubel Auble Auvil family.

1 How We Are Using WeRelate
2 Daniel Boone
3 Current Keyser Questions
4 Resources

How We Are Using WeRelate

Our Indian Creek, Virginia study group has two projects going. 1. Catherine dee Auvil makes watercolor maps of important places to families or groups to better visualize the interaction between people and place. You can read about the map she made for the Indian Creek group, Important Places to Southeast Indians, at this blog post. She uses the "What links here?" option when reading about a location on WeRelate to find out who was born or married or passed on at each location in order to determine whether to include the place on a map. 2. Jo Spencer is working on producing a full-length feature film set in 1690 Virginia titled "Roots as Red as Blood" based on our research. She uses WeRelate to look up individuals and learn more about the details of their lives that she may include in her film. You can read more about her work at this blog.

Daniel Boone

This is an example of how I use WeRelate to enrich my hobby of reading history books. I have been reading books about Longhunter Daniel Boone. I went to his WeRelate page and clicked "What links here." I noticed that Enoch Smith links to Daniel Boone. I click on Enoch Smith. There is a reference that says that Enoch was a close friend of Daniel Boone. I look at Enoch's family. Oh, I see, he is the brother of Tennessee Senator Daniel Smith. I know who Daniel Smith is. He lived at Indian Creek, Virginia before moving to Tennessee. He was a close friend of Thomas Mastin of Indian Creek. They were neighbors. They were so close that they moved to Tennessee together and Thomas left his Tennessee estate to Daniel. I know who Thomas Mastin is because he adopted my 5th great grandfather Thomas Bailey Christian when his father was murdered. Reading about these connections enriches my life.

Current Keyser Questions

Person:Henry Keiser (5) born Philippi, WV son of Daniel Keiser and Elizabeth Auvil moved to Montana married Carrie Medicine Singer (AKA Carrie Spys on the Enemy) who were his parents?
Person:Elizabeth Keyser (3) wife of Person:Daniel Auvil (3) was she the daughter of Person:Henrich Keyser (1)?