<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif">Need to </span><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank" style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif">unsubscribe</a><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif">?</span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4">Genealogy Update 13 Sept 2026</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent">** Do You Know Shorthand?</span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent">** Full-Text Search Class Registration Ends 14 Sept--today</span></font></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">** FamilySearch Library Trip 2027</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">** Where is the Connection to the Hired Man?</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">** Recorded Webinars</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">------------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Do You Know Shorthand?</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" style="" size="4">Can you read shorthand? I certainly cannot.</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">Shorthand testimony was taken in regards to the naturalization of Jane Alice Donald in Adams County, Illinois, in 1921. The material appears with other loose naturalization-related documents from Adams County, Illinois.</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 not often I discover this much shorthand in a record\u2013let alone an entire record written in shorthand. It serves as a reminder that we can easily encounter handwriting we cannot read in virtually any record\u2013even when most of other materials are written in a script with which we are familiar.</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 related to Jane. I merely stumbled across this item while searching for something else. It is located in \u201cNaturalization related papers, cases 1-414, ca. 1830-1918\u201d from Adams County, Illinois, as micofilmed by <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">FamilySearch.</em></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">Information about this item:</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%"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS97-RSY4-P?i=510&amp;cat=620678" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(3,169,244);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">direct link to first image on <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">FamilySearch</em></font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/620678?availability=Family%20History%20Library" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(3,169,244);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">catalog entry for the entries from which this item was located on <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">FamilySearch</em></font></a></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%"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-wp-image-6529" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/record-image_3Q9M-CS97-RS5V-1-209x300.jpg" alt="" width="422" height="606" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: block; text-align: initial; clear: both; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s;"></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%"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-wp-image-6528" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/record-image_3Q9M-CS97-RSYC-N-210x300.jpg" alt="" width="424" height="606" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: block; text-align: initial; clear: both; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s;"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-wp-image-6527" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/record-image_3Q9M-CS97-RSYZ-3-210x300.jpg" alt="" width="457" height="653" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: block; text-align: initial; font-family: inherit; clear: both; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s;"></p></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Might be worth the time to see if AI can read it. </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%"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:initial;background-color:transparent">------------------------------</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;text-align:initial;background-color:transparent">-</span></p><p style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">5-Week Class on Using Full-Text Search--Don&#39;t Miss It!</font></p><p style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Registration ends 14 Sept</font></p><p style="text-align:initial;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------------</font></p><div><span id="m_4072296304290629632m_-949900133089845140m_-1753384749045891168m_-2076257757265676263m_4412663047998418651m_-4464144110890700989m_6283228538835991755m_-453526851107018526gmail-docs-internal-guid-6dc966b1-7fff-5a7e-5462-4e7c16f2e83a"><font face="georgia, serif"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="6"><b>5-week class on Using FamilySearch\u2019s Full-Text Search</b></font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With Michael John Neill</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you getting the most from FamilySearch\u2019s Full-Text Search? Our five session class on FamilySearch\u2019s full-text search will help you to get the very most from this truly paradigm-shift way of searching. Presentation and discussion is practical and down-to-earth. Students will receive practical and easy-to-implement search strategies and will be encouraged to share successes and failures with other class members via an online group and discussion sessions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Week 1</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Overview of FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will provide an overview of full-text search methodology, discuss how full-text search is different from typical searches, discuss workarounds for transcription errors, searching specific sets of images, and search organization.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Week 2</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sourcing and Determining what has been found with FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will discuss determining what has actually been located, downloading all information and images for a complete source citation, and creating a completion citation. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Week 3</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Common Name Searching at FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will discuss some specific strategies for searching for common names in full-text search. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Week 4</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Problem-Solving with FamilySearch full-text search.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will discuss search formulation, tracking, and problem-solving when specific items have not been located. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Week 5</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wrap up</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Structure</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lectures will be available for downloading the week before the discussion session. Students will view presentation and do optional homework the week before the discussion. Each week\u2019s discussion will review the lecture, discuss homework assignment, and have time for student questions and group discussion. Homework is optional, but will help students to understand concepts and get more from discussion sessions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Discussion sessions will be held:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">15, 22, 29 September and 6 and 13 October at 7:30 pm central time. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Class meetings will be via Zoom. Class communication will be via a Google group. </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=BKU7EFP9P55C4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration for class is $70</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Purchasers of one of Michael\u2019s previous FamilySearch\u2019s full-text webinars can order class for $20 less\u2013contact Michael to request special discount registration link. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is limited and can be </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=BKU7EFP9P55C4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">processed here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Confirmation of registration will be made within 24 hours of receipt. Contact Michael at </span><a href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.comm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mjnrootdig@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with questions. </span></p></font></span></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%"><br></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%"><br></p></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="6"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="6"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="6">Special Announcement</font></div><br><p style="text-align:center;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="6">Join Michael at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah\u2013the nation\u2019s largest genealogical library.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">Our trip dates are 12 May through 19 May 2027.</p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-weight:300;font-size:2.625em;line-height:1.143;color:rgb(23,37,42)">Dates of our trip are:</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px"><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">12 May</strong>\u2013arrive in Salt Lake City. Orientation and meet and greet at 6:30 p.m. in Salt Lake City Crystal Inn and Suites. Library closes at 8 pm.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">13 May.</strong> Morning presentation in hotel 8:00 am until 8:50 am (topic to be determined\u2013an hour long). Shuttle to Library afterwards. Library closes at 8 p.m. Consultations with Michael in library during open hours.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">14 May.</strong> Morning presentation in hotel 8:00 am until 8:50 am (topic to be determined\u2013an hour long). Shuttle to Library afterwards. Library closes at 6 p.m. Consultations with Michael in library during open hours.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">15 May.</strong> Morning presentation in hotel 8:00 am until 8:50 am (topic to be determined\u2013an hour long). Shuttle to Library afterwards. Library closes at 6 p.m. Consultations with Michael in library during open hours.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">16 May</strong>. Library is closed on Sunday. Consultations with Michael (as needed) on Sunday afternoon in hotel.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">17 May </strong>Morning presentation in hotel 8:00 am until 8:50 am(topic to be determined\u2013an hour long). Shuttle to Library afterwards. Library closes at 6 p.m. Consultations with Michael in library during open hours.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">18 May.</strong> Morning presentation in hotel 8:00 am until 8:50 am (topic to be determined\u2013an hour long). Shuttle to Library afterwards. Library closes at 8 p.m. Consultations with Michael in library during open hours..</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">19 May.</strong> No morning presentation. Shuttle to library to arrive at library by 9. Consultations with Michael in Library until 12 noon. Library closes at 8 p.m.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">Presentations are 40 minutes will include\u2013specific days and times will be announced later:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px"><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">Full-Text Searching at FamilySearch</strong>\u2014<em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">done before trip</em>.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">Fee-based databases and subscription services at the FamilySearch Library</strong>\u2014<em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">done before trip</em>.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-weight:300;font-size:2.625em;line-height:1.143;color:rgb(23,37,42)">Trip includes:</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px"><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px">assistance with pre-trip planning via a group email list\u2013<em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">place to ask questions, get help before we leave, etc. </em></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px">pre-trip planning session via Zoom\u2013date to be determined.</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px">on-site consultations with Michael\u2013<em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">multiple ones if necessary\u2013I\u2019m usually available for onsite consultations at least six/seven hours every day the library is open</em></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px">morning presentations\u2013<em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px">topics decided based on participant interest</em></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px">Travel, meals, lodging, research expenses, etc. are not covered</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-weight:300;font-size:2.625em;line-height:1.143;color:rgb(23,37,42)">Other details:</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">Participants are responsible for their own travel, lodging, meals, etc. This is not a \u201cpart of the herd\u201d trip where everyone does everything together every day. We have a short presentation every morning when the library opens at 9 (and occasionally some people choose not to attend one or so of these if there\u2019s a \u201cburning research\u201d issue they just can\u2019t wait to get at). Participants can have multiple research consultations during the trip\u2013our limitation is trying to make certain that everyone gets ample opportunity to ask questions. Our trip atmosphere is laid back.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">There will be two online meetings to discuss trip preparation. Day and time of these to be determined. They will be recorded. Participants are encouraged to communicate with Michael about their problem as soon as practical.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">Our group is kept small (no more than 25) to ensure everyone gets the assistance they want and need. We don\u2019t have a full day of \u201cscheduled group social activities\u201d because I simply am not a big fan of them (other than optional group meals\u2013not included in registration).  People with a variety of research skill levels join us on our trip\u2013some because they want some guidance their first time at the library, some want some help with their research, and others want the structure of being part of a group. We are flexible.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">Participants are encouraged to communicate their problems with me as much before the trip as possible. Pre-planning helps.</p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-weight:300;font-size:2.625em;line-height:1.143;color:rgb(23,37,42)">Lodging:</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">We have a group rate at the Crystal Inn and Suites in Salt Lake with pre-tax rates of $139.</p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-weight:300;font-size:2.625em;line-height:1.143;color:rgb(23,37,42)">Registration:</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(70,112,127)">Total registration is $375. No cancellation fee for cancellations before 15 February 2027. Cancellations between 15 February 2027 and 1 March are subject to a $75 cancellation fee. No cancellation fee if someone else takes your place.</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px"><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/N7NZ68VHTDZHE" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(3,169,244);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5">complete fee of $375</a></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/SSLXVMDDF66ZW" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(3,169,244);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:1em;line-height:1.5">save your place with a $125 deposit</a></li></ul><div><font color="#46707f" face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Where is the Connection to the Hired Man?</font></div><div><font color="#46707f" 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"><br></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 always the connections that we do not know that can confuse us beyond belief.</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">In 1860, the household of farmers Charles and Rachel Cox in Montebello Township, Hancock County, included several of their children a farm laborer, George Kraft. The Coxes were Kentucky natives (aged 64 and 56 respectively) and comparatively well-off with Charles indicating he had $10,000 in real property and $1500 in personal property.</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">Based upon the ages of the Cox\u2019s apparent children, they had been in Illinois for approximately twenty years\u2013possibly longer.</font></p><div id="gmail-attachment_6451" class="gmail-wp-caption gmail-aligncenter" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:5px 3px 10px;outline:0px;text-align:center;max-width:96%;clear:both;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:1px solid rgb(240,240,240);color:rgb(23,37,42);width:712px"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6451" class="gmail-wp-image-6451" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1860-george-craft-montebello-hancock-illinois-300x88.jpg" alt="" width="702" height="206" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 98.5%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; text-align: initial; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s; border: 0px; width: auto;"></font><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-6451" class="gmail-wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 4px 5px;outline:0px;line-height:14.4px;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">1860 US Census, Hancock County, Illinois, Montebello Township, page 323</font></p></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">One may be tempted to think that the young farm laborer living with them was a relative. The 15-year old was a Kentucky native and one could easily weave a reasonable tale that he was a nephew or some such relative who was living with the family.</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">That\u2019s not necessarily true.</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 not necessarily false.</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 is known is that Craft was the son of German immigrants who spent a short time in Campbell County, Kentucky.</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 is also known is that Craft\u2019s step-mother\u2019s brother (Henry Trautvetter) was living a few households away in the same township in 1860. Craft\u2019s father, George Craft, and step-mother, were living north of Montebello Township in the city of Nauvoo.</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">How did George Craft end up at the Coxes working as a young hired man?</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" style="" size="4">I\u2019m not certain. But it is possible that it had more to do with Craft\u2019s step-mother\u2019s brother living nearby than the fact that the Coxes were originally from Kentucky. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Note: A superficial search into Charles Cox suggests that he left Kentucky by 1820 and moved to Indiana and later into Illinois</em>. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">At that point in time, the Craft and extended families were still in Germany. Based upon this information, it seems more likely that the George Kraft the hired man</em> <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">was \u201cconnected\u201d to the Coxes through their geographic proximity in Illinois\u2013probably with George\u2019s father\u2019s brother-in-law. </em></font></p></div><div><font color="#46707f" face="Open Sans"><span style="font-size:16px">--------------------</span></font></div><div><font color="#46707f" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Webinars</font></div><div><font color="#46707f" face="Open Sans"><span style="font-size:16px">--------------------</span></font></div><div><font color="#46707f" face="Open Sans"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(23,37,42);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ready-to-Go Webinars from Michael\u2013download immediate:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(23,37,42);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-childrens-stories-from-genealogy-information/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Creating Children\u2019s Stories from Genealogy Events</span></a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/creating-families-from-pre-1850-census-records/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Creating Families from pre-1850 Census Records</span></a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/deedmapper-intro-and-more-deedmapper-webinars/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">DeedMapper webinars</span></a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/19/using-the-familysearch-catalog-webinar/" target="_blank">FamilySearch Catalog</a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/rooting-around-for-farmers-and-tenants-and-laborers/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Farming Ancestor webinars\u2013landowner and non-landowner versions</span></a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/08/05/updated-familysearch-full-text-search-webinar/" target="_blank">Full-Text Search at FamilySearch </a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025/11/04/common-names-at-familysearch-full-text-webinar/" target="_blank">Full-Text Search at FamilySearch with Common Names</a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/how-errors-get-in-records-webinar/" target="_blank">How Errors Get in Records</a></p></li><li style="margi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