Your Pennsylvania Ancestors

Hundreds of classes within three days means we need to set priorities and stay organized. Here's the mistakes I made and how I'm using Artificial Intelligence to help me take notes and summarize sessions.

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Write about your ancestors with my 10 Days of Chronicles Challenge https://10daysofchronicles.com

Learn about your Pennsylvania ancestors https://www.paancestors.com

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:17 Minefield #1: Timezones

03:58 Minefield #2: App vs. Website

04:57 Minefield #3: Topic Searches

07:44 Using AI to summarize sessions

Make the most of RootsTech 2024 with this advice from Cheri Daniels, who has attended RootsTech since the beginning. In her roles as RootsTech Speaker, Media, and Attendee, she has seen it all and will help you get in the mindset for a successful conference. Make the most of the conference!

Download my RootsTech 2024 Guide here: https://paancestors.ck.page/rootstech

Write about your ancestors with my 10 Days of Chronicles Challenge https://10daysofchronicles.com

Learn about your Pennsylvania ancestors https://www.paancestors.com

Let's get ready for RootsTech 2024 together! Genealogy's biggest event of the year is just 40 days away and I'm starting my plans now. Join me in making this event the best ever.

Watch this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/C7WF1O6gaE0 

Download my RootsTech 2024 Guide here: https://paancestors.ck.page/rootstech

Write about your ancestors with my 10 Days of Chronicles Challenge https://10daysofchronicles.com

Learn about your Pennsylvania ancestors https://www.paancestors.com 

One of the largest ethnic groups in early Pennsylvania spoke German. But today we call their language Pennsylvania Dutch. My guest, Professor of Germanic Linguistics Mark Louden calls Pennsylvania Dutch a truly American language. Learn why he says that and learn a little PA Dutch to share with family and friends.

Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language, by Mark L. Louden

Don’t miss Mark’s website https://padutch.net

What is the history of the Lenape who lived across much of Pennsylvania? How were they impacted by the waves of immigration to the colony? And what is their future? Meet Adam Waterbearer DePaul, Tribal Storykeeper of the Lenape of Pennsylvania who fills in a big gap in our shared history here and provides hope through the Prophecy of the Four Crows.

Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania https://www.lenape-nation.org

Fulfilling a Prophecy Exhibit https://www.penn.museum/sites/fap/index.shtml

Enduring Presence: Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Art https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/enduringpresence/exhibits/show/about

The Walking Purchase document with transcription

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/documents/1681-1776/walking-purchase.html

Treaty Negotiations with Native Americans https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/treaty-negotiations-with-native-americans/

AncestryDNA has the largest DNA database in the world for genealogy. Their data on genetic communities can help you target your research if you take an extra step with it. I explain that step in this episode.

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Chapters: 

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:11 AncestryDNA Genetic Communities
• 03:38 Walkthrough of Map Overlays
• 06:13 Furthering Your Research

Resources mentioned in video: 

AncestryDNA https://www.ancestry.com/dna/

County biography and history collection digitized by the Allen County Public Library https://archive.org/details/allen_county

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If you have ancestors in Pennsylvania in the 17th & 18th century, knowing these four things will help your understanding of our records (and our history!).

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00:00 Intro 

01:48 Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War

05:16 The landless in Pennsylvania

07:46 Religions in Pennsylvania

09:35 Pennsylvania and the Book of Revelation

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E6to8YkpSVk 

Books mentioned:

• Beyond Philadelphia: The American Revolution in the Pennsylvania Hinterland, editted by John B. Frantz and William Pencak, Penn State University Press, 1998.
• The Disaffected: Britain's Occupation of Philadelphia During the American Revolution, by Aaron Sullivan, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
• Aaron Sullivan presentation at The Athenaeum Philadelphia https://youtu.be/EUSR4a6IJMo

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Did you hear about the new things coming to genealogy in 2023? Here's the announcements of what's rolling out in 2023 from Ancestry and FamilySearch. 

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00:00 Intro
04:00 Innovation & Tech Forum
05:45 What's New at Ancestry
11:29 What's New at FamilySearch

Links mentioned in the video:

Watch this episode on YouTube 

Previous podcast episode #75 "Get the Most Out of RootsTech" - check it out

Innovation & Tech Forum 

Ancestry's Full Video

AncestryDNA Updates

Ancestry's Recent Collections Page

FamilySearch's Full Video

Volunteer to Index Records

RootsTech is the largest family history conference in the world. You can attend virtually again in 2023. Here's how to make the most of everything RootsTech offers.

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Register for RootsTech https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/

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What if I told you that in the 1700’s and 1800’s in Pennsylvania, there were unique and beautiful birth records created? These are not official government records and not church records. It is what we call fraktur and I explain what it is and where to find it in this episode.

Links:

My Inner Circle Members get a resource sheet with links to digital collections of fraktur.

The example shown is “Birth and Marriage Record (Geburts und Trauschein) for Catharina Stutzmann and Daniel Esch,” hosted at the Free Library of Philadelphia website https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/5808

Two other websites with digital images of fraktur are the National Archives nara.gov and Winterthur Museum in Delaware winterthur.org

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Sometimes we can't find birth certificates, death certificates, or marriage licenses on our ancestors. These are the 10 records I look for as a substitute for vital records for my ancestors.

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If you've tried and tried to find a vital record in Pennsylvania, and keep running into a brick wall, this episode is for  you. Here's 4 search strategies you can use to find birth, death, and marriage records - or really any record - in PA.

Ancestry's tips to use wild cards in searches https://support.ancestry.com/s/topic/0TO150000004cAdGAI/search-records

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Pennsylvania had a few attempts at birth records and death records that didn't work out as expected. Some failed, and some.....well, I explain what happened in this episode. Genealogists can use these record attempts to find their ancestors in PA.

Pennsylvania Archives Series (books) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Archives 

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Genealogists get to research in a variety of records. But I have one absolute favorite record, and its a hard-to-find vital record. Listen in to what it is and where to find it.

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The 19th Century was a time of change and vital records were tried, failed, and tried again in various ways. It's confusing and and I'll clear it up in this episode.

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Genealogists don't need to order certified copies or pay monthly subscription fees to get the records they want. Here are three ways to get birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage licenses for free.

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Make a discovery about your ancestors? I’d love to hear about it!

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There are three vital records family historians need for each ancestor. What are they and where do you find them?

Free access to public Pennsylvania birth and death certificates for PA residents

PA Department of Health to order non-public vital records

9/11 hijackers used fake identification

Ancestry. com and FamilySearch.org to search for marriage licenses

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New to genealogy research in Pennsylvania? Here’s three ways to get started the right way on your family history.

Links:
Free access to public Pennsylvania birth and death certificates for PA residents

PA Department of Health to order non-public vital records

Subscribe to PA Ancestors Discoveries Newsletter

Make a discovery about your ancestors? I’d love to hear about it!

Have a question on how research in PA? Submit it here for the Research Q & A

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Catch-up on all the past episodes

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So excited to be back with a new season. This season is all about vital records of Pennsylvania from 1682 to present day. Join in and discover more about your Pennsylvania ancestors.

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Make a discovery about your ancestors? I’d love to hear about it!

Have a question on how research in PA? Submit it here for the Research Q & A

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Catch-up on all the past episodes

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