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THE BAYTOWN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Newsletter is
Dedicated to
Trevia Wooster
Beverly for Her
Next BGS Meting:
NEXT BGS MEETING WILL BE
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1010 Birdsong Dr., Baytown, TX
December 10, 2018 10:00 AM
Special Guest Speaker: Laurie Jensen
The Baytown Genealogy Research Library is in
transition. The current facility on Decker Drive is
closed! Everything is being put into storage until a
new facility is available. It was felt that the
continued risk at the Decker Drive location was too
great. Repair costs were estimated at over $13,000.
Tax deductible donations are welcomed to help
defray the cost of boxes (approx. 200+) and the cost
of having the file cabinets moved. Our member,
Mark David Sherron has graciously offered his facility
for our storage needs. A huge THANK YOU David!!
Senior Bus Trip Info
Contacts: Elly Pollock elly67@sbcglobal.net
Mary Roesler punkinlam95@gmail.com
An upcoming trip to the Clayton Research Library is
planned – watch for the announcement.
Scots-Irish
The term "Scots-Irish" refers to the descendants
of Scottish people who emigrated to Ulster in the
seventeenth century to take advantage of
economic opportunities. By the beginning of the
eighteenth century, an estimated one-third of
Ulster's population was Scottish.
December 2018 Vol 93 Issue 56
Pres: Jim Winston Vice Pres: Elly Pollock Secy: Mary Roesler
Treas Peggy Koenig : Librarian: Vacant
Baytown Sun Liaison: Melanie Ferguson
BGS Website: www.baytowngenealogylibrary.weebly.com
BGS E-Mail: www.bgslibrary@hotmail.com
Ancestry.com Research
Try using their filters even try reversing the names.
The Card Catalog not only lets you search within a
specific collection; you can also learn about the
overall records. Some even offer search tips inside
the collection. Hints are a great place to start but
you must research them to ensure they apply to your
ancestors.
German Words Handy Guide
Family Roots Publishing is now printing Unlock
the Past publications in the USA. One of the
latest to come off the press is Eric and Rosemary
Kopittke’s German words for family historians
Handy Guide – a helpful new (2018) and
inexpensive product. On sale for just $3.50
(Reg. $5). Purchase $25 in product and get free
shipping through December 1!
Handy Guide: German words for family
historians; by Eric & Rosemary Kopittke; 2018; 4
pp; 8.25×11.75; card stock, folded; b&w photos,
further reading; ISBN: 9781925781229; Item #:
UTPH0202
Researching a German ancestor will
undoubtedly lead you at some point to needing
to read German records.
Having access to a list of German words that
may be found in documents will help you to
identify and understand the records.
This Handy Guide lists several hundred German
words together with their English translation.
Divided into categories of Relationships,
Occupations, Religious and Church terms,
Jurisdictions or political terms, Months and days,
and Assorted words.
Also included are references (and samples) of
the “old style” German writing, and you’ll also
find links to various websites and suggestions
for further reading.
faiths. The OPR’s are available on Scotland People
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. This is a pay-as-you-
go site, but you can access FamilySearch index which
is free. Use the FamilySearch catalog and search for
“Old parochial registers.” You will likely need to view
the images at a local Family History Center or at an
affiliate library.

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING ABOUT THE 2019 Did you know that on a birth or baptism record you
TAXES – HERE IS A LITTLE INFO may see that the child was a “natural” child? That
means that the child was born out of wedlock. A
Tax Brackets and Rates, 2019 “lawful” child is one whose parents were married.

For Married Did Your Ancestor Serve?

For Be sure to check the 1930 census. Scroll all the way
Individuals
Unmarried For Heads of over to the columns 30 and 31. If he answered “yes,”
Filing Joint
Individuals, Households, look for “WW” (World War) or “GW” (Great War).
Rate Returns,
Taxable Taxable You may also see “Sp.AM” for Spanish-American
Taxable
Income Income Over War; “Civ” for Civil War; and “Phil: for Philippine
Income
Over Insurrection. If you find a ‘hit” check with the state’s
Over
Adjutant General’s office. The fire at the National
10% $0 $0 $0
Archives in 1973 destroyed much of the Army
12% $9,700 $19,400 $13,850
records; however, the records for the Marines and
22% $39,475 $78,950 $52,850
Navy survived. The U.S. Navy logbooks are at the
24% $84,200 $168,400 $84,200 National Archives but not digitized. If you know the
32% $160,725 $321,450 $160,700 ship you can check special List 44
35% $204,100 $408,200 $204,100 http://genealogycenter.info/nara/speciallists/searc
37% $510,300 $612,350 $510,300 h_narasl44.php
2019 Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption to see what is available and then contact NARA for
copies. The American Battle Monuments
Filing Status Deduction Amount Commission’s online database includes more than
Single $12,200 30,000 Americans who died in WWI.
Married Filing Jointly $24,400
https://abmc.gov/database-search
Head of Household $18,350
You can also check FindAGrave
https://www.findagrave.com/
Internal Revenue Service, “Revenue Procedure
and Interment.net
2018-57,” https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-
http://www.interment.net/Default.htm
drop/rp-18-57.pdf. Also, look for Honor Roll listings.
Old Parochial Registers
During World War I there were three registrations.
Before Scotland began civil registration in 1855, the
The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between
recording of births, marriages, and deaths fell to the
the ages of 21 and 31. The second, on June 5, 1918,
church. These are known as the Old Parish Registers
registered those who attained age 21 after June 5,
(OPR). They also recorded deaths of those of other
1917. (A supplemental registration was held on
August 24, 1918, for those becoming 21 years old http://archivegrid.org/
after June 5, 1918. This was included in the second
registration.) The third registration was held on FamilySearch Updated Databases
September 12, 1918, for men age 18 through 45 West Virginia Marriages 1780-1970
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/14
Looking for Slave records or 08729
Other Important folks in the
Connecticut Deaths and Burials 1772-1934
South?
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/16
74748
Many plantation records could contain slave
registers, information about the plantation family or
Connecticut Marriages 1640-1939
other members of the community. They may also be
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/24
helpful in researching burned county records. You
48940
may have to check local libraries or university
libraries in that area of the South. Check WorldCat
Maryland County Marriages 1658-1940
for more information on Ante-bellum Southern
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/25
Plantation records.
23377
Free UK Genealogy
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl North Dakota County Marriages 1872-1958
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/25
Archive Libraries 50852
The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
Michigan County Marriages Index 1820-1937
https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/24
/state-archives.html of the U.S. National Archives
73289
has a list of each of the state archives with links to
their websites. There are also many private and
Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934
even some commercial archives. Harvard University
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
has a web page entitled, “Library Research Guide
05551
for Finding Manuscripts and Archival Collections,”
https://guides.library.harvard.edu/archives/us
Texas County Marriages 1837-1965
that will be a help in locating other archival
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
repositories. The Society of American Archivists also
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has a web page entitled, “Directory of Corporate
Archives in the United States and Canada -
Texas County Marriages 1837-1977
Introduction,”
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
https://www2.archivists.org/groups/business-
03987
archives-section/directory-of-corporate-archives-
in-the-united-states-and-canada-introduction that
California County Marriages 1850-1952
has links to privately maintained archives. You
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18
should also be familiar with WorldCat,
04002
http://worldcat.org/ Maine Vital Records 1670-1921
Also, its companion website, ArchiveGrid.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18039
78
Nicaragua Civil Registration 1809-2013
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/16012
10
US Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian
Reservation Rolls 1848-1970
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/27968
18
Alabama Deaths 1908-1974
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/13078
88
Michigan Mortality Schedules 1850-1880
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/26320
78
Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive) 1866-
1901
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19867
89
South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages 1870-1930
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/27271
34
Ireland Census 1901
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/16261
80
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records
1843-1998
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/18654
81
Ontario, District Marriage Registers 1801-1858
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/25691
51
Texas Cooke County Deeds 1895-1924
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/28049
74
New York County Naturalization Records 1791-1980
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19991
77
England and Wales Census 1911
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19215
47
Oregon Baker County Records 1861-1905
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/19215
47
Minnesota County Deaths 1850-2001
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/21859
53
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
1500-1971
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/30156
26
Germans to America 1850-1897
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_
Germans_to_America_Index_(FamilySearch_Historical_
Records)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/21108
01
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/content/aad_docs/dmg_ci
r_immigrant_german_faqs.pdf
Persons with Irish ancestors will appreciate the
directory of Irish genealogy web sites
https://sable.madmimi.com/c/24897?id=1298296.2
4199.1.c4817ada970d2faff081277d1f4d78e0
If you think your ancestor homestead in the United states
and completed their application process, an image of the
patent should be on the Bureau of Land Management
website. https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
There is more on Federal Land records on the National
Archives website.
https://www.archives.gov/research/land
A variety of newspapers from Cass County, Illinois
are online at the Beardstown Houston Memorial
Library.
http://beardstown.advantage-preservation.com/
What Do We Know About the Mayflower?
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed
under CC BY-ND
According to the Mayflower Passenger list, just over a
third of the passengers were Puritan Separatists who
sought to break away from the established Church of
England and create a society along the lines of their
religious ideals. Others were hired hands, servants, or
farmers recruited by London merchants, all originally
destined for the Colony of Virginia. Four of this latter
group of passengers were small children given into the
care of Mayflower pilgrims as indentured servants.
Though the Pilgrims (a separate group from the
Puritans who came just after them) were all about
establishing a religious community in the New
World, they were forced to take on non-religious
passengers to pay for the voyage. This was
something they agreed to only very reluctantly, as
they did not want their community corrupted. The elders
of the church, who had led England some years previously
to set up a community in the much more religiously
accommodating Leyden, Holland, discussed at length
whether they should allow passengers from outside their
community on the ship. They were already concerned
that the liberal, and what they considered hedonistic,
atmosphere in Leyden was having a detrimental effect on
their children. Therefore, they were so eager to go to the
New World. They couldn’t go back to England, and
Leyden was too permissive and secular in its nature,
though it was more than willing to allow the Pilgrims to
live there.
Why Did Non-Believers Join the Mayflower Voyage?
Ultimately, the Pilgrims decided that, as much as they
were loath to do it, they had to let non-believers board
the Mayflower in order to raise enough money to finance
the voyage. There were plenty of non-Pilgrims who were
willing and eager to join the voyage, too. Non-believers
wanted to get to the new world for a variety of reasons.
Among these reasons were:
• Access to new land, which was in short supply in
England
• A chance to build a better economic future for their
families
• Being out from under what they saw as repressive
laws and gaining the individual freedom they craved
• Escaping a criminal conviction
• Starting over again after economic or personal
setbacks in England, where no one knew them or
had preconceived notions of who they were
• The opportunity to earn money by working in the
New World for a few years, then returning to
England as rich people
• Getting away from their families and familiar
expectations
• Adventure (this was especially true with young men)
So, just because your ancestor came over on the
Mayflower does not mean that person was a Pilgrim. He
or she could very well have been one of the many
“strangers” (the Pilgrim word for non-Pilgrims on the
Mayflower) who came along to the New World with
them.
Excerpt: Mayflower Passengers, AncestralFindings.com
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