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I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life?” From "The summer day"; New and Selected Poems 1992 -- Mary Oliver HOT TIP: How to Enter Census Data for Newbies Nutshell - start typing the county, state, united states and the source should pop up
FINDAGRAVE: use this format {{fgravemem|1075|George Washington}} in the record name box when you add Find a Grave as a source. Replace the number 1075 with the Find a Grave number. It will be the last thing written on their page. For Letitia Preston it is 5020133 and is written like this: Created by: Matthew Broyles Record added: Jul 11, 2000 Find A Grave Memorial # 5020133 Don't forget to replace George's name with your own subject! Use italics tags for a woman's maiden name. Letitia <i>Preston</i> Floyd Embedding Google Maps
Cemeteries - choose cemetery in drop down and be sure to add Category:Cemeteries of county, state, united states|name of cemetery (copy place from title of page you just created) Help:Guidelines for use of Wikipedia {{source-wikipedia|wikipedia page name}}
How We Are Using WeRelateOur 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 BooneThis 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
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Slavery and Servitude Washington D.C., Ex-Slave Pension Correspondence and Case Files, 1892-1922 Ancestry.com $ Cemeteries Message Boards & Mailing Lists Pay Sites $ LDS
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Books People who migrated New Jersey > Maryland > West Virginia
People who migrated Frederick, Maryland > West Virginia Person:Johann Hochwaerter (2) and then married into Person:Robert Johnson (131) family in west virginia
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