<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Need to unsubscribe? <a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/tip-of-the-day_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank" style="">Do so here</a>. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">16 January 2026</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Near to Moberly--Good Enough?</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** NotebookLM for Genealogy</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Ancestral Marriage Locations</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Genealogy Tip of the Day on Kindle Unlimited</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Full Text Search at FamilySearch</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Common Name Full-Text Search Webinar</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Unsubscribing</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Near to Moberly--Good Enough?</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------</font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Nancy Rampley fought repeatedly for a pension based upon her husband Riley\u2019s service in Company D of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. That was bad for her, but good for her descendants in that a special examiner was sent out to obtain testimony from Nancy and several of her neighbors.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Nancy\u2019s sixteen-page testimony, given on 14 August 1902, provided several direct genealogical statements including the following:</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;border-width:2px;border-color:rgb(0,115,170);color:rgb(23,37,42)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">\u201cI was born near Milroy, Rush County, Indiana. My maiden name was Nancy J. Newman. My father\u2019s name was William Newman. My mother\u2019s name was Rebecca Newman. Her maiden name was Rebecca Tinsley. My father and mother are both dead. They died near to Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri.</font></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">There is nothing more specific bout the Newmans in Nancy\u2019s pension file. All that can be inferred from Nancy\u2019s statement is that her parents were dead as of the date her statement was made: 14 August 1902. William and Rebecca have not been located in the 1880 census. They are enumerated in the 1870 census in Hancock County, Illinois, where they had moved in the 1860s from White County, Indiana.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Census records, pension records, and vital records on their children allow the researcher to establish a list of the known children of William and Rebecca.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">What\u2019s missing is a precise date of death and a precise place of death.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">And that may never be found. If William and Rebecca owned no real property at their death, then it is not surprising that there is no probate file. Missouri death records in the 1880s are incomplete. None of William and Rebecca\u2019s other children lived in the immediate Moberly area\u2013it is possible they are buried in an unmarked grave or one that received little attention or care after the stone was erected. I may not find any good record of their death or burials.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Of course they are deceased-that\u2019s not really the question. There are sites and compilations that have a death year for them\u2013but something with a source is what I\u2019m after.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The question is how much time do I want to spending trying to get at an exact date and place of death.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Or do I just go with what great-great-grandma Rampley said and move on (citing her testimony as the source)?</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I\u2019m tempted.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">It\u2019s a decision we all have to make, balancing time, money, and other research interests.</font></p><div style=""><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------</font></div><div style=""><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">NotebookLM for Genealogy Released</font></div><div style=""><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------</font></div><div style=""><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style=""><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Now released for immediate download: NotebookLM for Genealogy</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Ever wanted to create graphics, mind maps, and other graphics for your genealogy research easily? 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The only one I \u201cknow\u201d was in a church was my parents\u2019 wedding. The others who were married by a minister probably had it done at the parsonage or in the church, but I\u2019m not certain. The only reason I know where a set of my great-great-grandparents married is that it\u2019s mentioned in their Civil War pension papers. Marriage records don\u2019t often provide the precise location of the ceremony. Newspaper accounts of a marriage may provide additional details.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I\u2019m not a big fan of writing prompts, but reviewing these locations records to see if I have more precise information might be a good idea. One never knows what one might discover.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">My parents:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013in church (local)</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">My grandparents</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois\u2013eloped (minister)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013eloped (minister)</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">My great-grandparents</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Breckenridge, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">near Basco, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local) at parsonage</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">My great-great-grandparents</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">St. John, New Brunswick, Canada</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Walker Township, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local) at bride\u2019s home</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Soap Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa\u2013justice of peace (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">near Basco, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Golden, Adams County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Prairie Township, Hancock County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Coatsburg, Adams County, Illinois\u2013minister (local)</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">All the marriage locations were local to where the couples were living\u2013except for both sets of my grandparents. My paternal grandparents drove several counties away to get married\u2013they were well beyond legal age (32 for grandpa and 25 for grandma). My maternal grandparents got married in a town about fifteen miles from where they were living, but still within the county limits as my grandmother was under age and had to get consent.</font></p><div style=""><div><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">January 2026 Full-Text Search at FamilySearch Webinar</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Intro price ENDING--regularly $37.50--save $30</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------</font></p><div><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">We\u2019re excited to offer this revised presentation on the full-text searching at <em>FamilySearch</em>--reflecting changes made to the site since this was recorded in August 2025. 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