Tombstone Tuesday - Ann Dugdale Worth





Ann Dugdale was born 14 June 1822 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England, to George and Grace (Angel) Dugdale. She married John Worth on 5 May 1845 in Harberton, Devon, England. John and Ann sailed for America on the ship St. James and arrived in New York on 27 March 1846. They had with them a son, William, age 1.

Ann died 20 May 1884. Ann and John Worth are buried in the Almeria Cemetery, Loup County, Nebraska. The stone commemorates the lives of Ann and John, as well as several of their grandchildren who died young. I will post those photos and write about John Worth in another post.

Pedigree Charts

Here are pedigree charts for the family trees I'm working on. They are a work in progress. I am experimenting with different layouts so they may be on the left the next time you look...who knows! To view them in a readable format, click in the rectangle in the upper right corner, on the same line as the word Scribd. Rolling your cursor over the down arrow on the same line brings up different options, including a zoom. It's kind of annoying so just click on the rectangle to open the document. Once it is open, roll over iPaper on the top left and you have several options, including print. Hope this helps.

So much for resolutions!

Ok, no comments about not posting weekly like I said I would. Real life intervenes and now that mom is settled(?) in her new apartment, no more excuses.

What I will be working on this weekend is a way to put PDFs of pedigree charts on this blog. I've found a way, now I just need to do it.

Someone needs to hold me accountable!

2009 Goals

I'm keeping my goals modest this year, to leave room for "real" life.

1. Blog once a week.
2. Finish re-filing of Family History files; the Russell and Jones sides of the family tree are done, now to do Ferguson; then Mayfield and Hollowell.
3. Put all old family pictures in one place, scan each of them and file in a safe place.
4. Find John Jones' parents.
5. Discover where in Wales the Davis and Jones families came from and when.
6. Travel to Leavenworth and take photo of John Jones' grave.

2008

As the old year ends, I want to mention a few exciting family history related things that happened in 2008. The countdown...

3. The switch to Legacy software was a great decision. It works the way my brain works and adding sources is so easy there's no excuse not to. Love the help disks that came with it. And the people who created it all seem like a really nice bunch of people, too. A real bonus in this age of people who feel entitled to be grumpy all the time.

2. Adding the Davis branch to the family tree. I will post sometime in the future about how you should always listen to your mother, even when (or especially when) it comes to little tiny family history clues.

1. A tie. When you have an ancestor named John Jones, any information you can find out about him is wonderful. I've known he died at the old soldiers home in Leavenworth, Kansas, for many years. But this year I found the possible location of his grave on the Internet. I got on the phone and talked to a young man named Mike, probably a volunteer, and when he confirmed that this was indeed John's final resting place, I got goosebumps. Another story for another day. But probably the most wonderful thing was finding more information on his wife, Alvina Davis Jones. She died when she was about 51 years old, in 1896. I don't think her death was probably recorded in any official way. But thanks to old newspapers, I was able to find out when she died and why. Yet another story for another day.

I'm looking forward to many more family history adventures in 2009. I have a whole list of goals...maybe I'll post them tomorrow.

New software

I made the switch to Legacy Family Tree version 7 in May and I really like it. I got 4 or 5 cds with it explaining how to use it which has been really helpful. I've recently started climbing a new branch of the family tree on mom's side and I've entered all the info into Legacy. I especially like the SourceWriter feature which makes adding sources so much easier. There's no excuse NOT to include a source for every fact and event now. There are all kinds of reports you can print and also books, calendars, address labels (to make family reunion planning easier) and quite a few other things.

I haven't moved my entire family tree over to Legacy yet. I wanted to get acquainted with it first. Then we had the whole water-in-the-basement thing and I'm almost able to see the light at the end of the tunnel with that. So when that's finally done I'll be able to concentrate on getting the rest of the tree moved.

Hmmm. Why was it, when I was writing about getting the basement done and planning to work on family history, that the old quote strolled through my mind, "If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans!