Salt Lake Institute 2016 and a Baseball Note

The course descriptions are posted for the 2016 Salt Lake Institute. Here is the url: 
http://ugagenealogy.org/aem.php?lv=p&epg=87

Check it out, the SLIG is a great experience! Hope to see a few new faces there!

OK, this is not genealogy, but is interesting. My girlfriend and I attended the San Diego - Cincinnati game yesterday. It was our 3rd game. I am tossing out the "there's no sense of urgency" game from September 2013 vs. Milwaukee. [The Reds were in folding mode as the season wound down and the manager was fired in the off-season.] Last year vs. Marlins: Cueto starts and goes 8 innings, Devin Mesoraco hits a solo home run and a grand slam to lead the Reds to a 6-2 win. J.J. Hoover pitched a scoreless 9th. Yesterday: Cueto pitches 7 innings of shutout ball. Jay Bruce hit a solo home run and a three run homer to lead the Reds to a 4-0 win. Hoover pitched a scoreless 8th. [Chapman pitched the 9th to secure the win.] Footnote: Both games saw 11 strike outs by Reds pitching and free pizza for the crowd.

See the similarities? Maybe we should be should be put on the Reds' payroll! We also witnessed a very funny incident. In the 8th, 1B Votto and 2B Phillips barely avoided a collision on a pop fly caught by Votto. In the 9th, on another pop fly, Phillips emphatically waved Votto off as he caught the ball. A bit of humor late in the game!

Back to full genealogy mode tomorrow!

Family Photos: Introduction

I will be posting a few family photos and giving some background on them over the next few days. Unfortunately, neither side of the family had much of a selection stored up over the years. Most of my ancestral photo collection is set in stone - the types used for cemetery markers.

On the paternal side, one of my cousins e-mailed a handful of photos about 10-12 years ago. These photos ranged from about 1911 to the late 1930s. There are a couple of gems in the collection. Nothing earlier has survived.

My maternal side did a little better job on saving photos. I have one from the 1890s. There are a few pre-1930 photos. One recent find dates back to the 1850s. The photo that I have heard about, but has never been located, is of my great-great-grandfather, Aaron Crail, and his brother, John. They were in uniform and getting ready to serve in the Civil War. I would give my eye teeth to see that one!

Salt Lake Institute Registration Coming Soon

Registration for the 2016 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy opens in two weeks [June 20] at 9:00 AM Mountain Time [11:00 AM Eastern]. The first couple of hours can be hectic as folks try to sign up all at once. Strike early and be patient if you are interested in a course that looks like it might generate a lot of interest. Details: http://www.infouga.org/ Some information is also posted on the blog at http://ugagenealogy.blogspot.com/

A Possible Lead!!!

I came across a reference on World Vital Records to a book that offered some possible insight as to the parents of Frances Ann "Franky" Franklin, who married Enoch Gulley c1781. The Underwoods of Madison County, Virginia offers Sarah Underwood and Edward Franklin Jr. as candidates for Franky's parents. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Underwood and Elizabeth Anderson. The time frame and locales fit. More research is needed. A possible #7 option for SLIG Problem Solving!

Wrapping up Religion

Well, that about does it for the variety of religious beliefs that have made up my ancestral heritage. My maternal side has been dominated by the Church of England [Episcopal & Anglican] and the Catholic Church, with a little Lutheran stirred in for good measure. The Paternal side? Everything else in the pot! Dutch and French Reformed, Puritans & Pilgrims, Baptist, Mennonite, Presbyterian, Quaker, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist.

I would love to tell you what's up next, but I'm sure myself - so stay tuned! I'm thinking about early photographs, but those are lacking in my collection of memorabilia. Until tomorrow!

The Methodist Church

The Methodist Church has its roots in the teachings of Charles and John Wesley and George Whitefield within the Church of England. These three men began holding bible study groups at Oxford University. Their methodical and detailed approach led them to be called Methodists.

The Wesley brothers took their teachings to America in 1735, attempting to spread their gospel to the natives in Georgia, John Wesley returned to England and met with clergymen he respected to identify their basic foundations of the Christian faith:

1. People are all, by nature, "dead in sin," and, consequently, "children of wrath."
2. They are "justified by faith alone."
3. Faith produces inward and outward holiness.

The American Revolution effectively separated the Methodists from the Church of England. Methodism spread like wildfire in the American frontier. The Church employed circuit riders, many laymen, to spread the Gospel throughout the rural countryside. Before long, Methodist Churches were springing up in nearly every community.

If you are not sure about Methodist ancestors, check the family rolls for the names John Wesley and Charles Wesley. It's a safe bet when those names pop up that that family followed the Methodist faith, at least for awhile.

A couple of examples: Isaac R. & Ann Bethia [Rhodes] Prall named their 2nd eldest son Charles Wesley. Joseph & Rebecca [Hurin] Faucett named a son Joseph Wesley. I'd bet that middle name was significant. John & Eve [Fry] Faucett, and Joseph & Rebecca, as well as several other members of the 1st two generations of Faucetts to become Hoosiers are buried in what was originally the Shiloh Methodist Church burying ground in what is now Avon, Hendricks Co., Indiana.

The Church of England

The Church of England is the official Christian church of England. It was established by King Henry VIII when the Pope refused to allow the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that the king could marry Anne Boleyn. The Church of England follows practices of both the Catholic and Reformed churches.

The Episcopal Church was the outgrowth of the Church of England in the American colonies with the first church founded in Jamestown in 1607. The Anglican Church [CofE] dominated New England, New Jersey and New York during the Revolutionary Era. Anglican ministers had to swear allegiance to the Crown in order to keep their positions.

In at least one case, residents of Hunterdeon Co., NJ understood the minister's predicament. They had had their children baptized in the local Anglican Church while their Presbyterian Church was being rebuilt. They hung the the minister in effigy, but otherwise left him and his church alone.

Other than the handful of Puritans, Pilgrims and members of other denominations already discussed my New England ancestors were Anglican. Of note, the Simmons family of NYC attended Trinity Church in New York City and, to the best of my knowledge, the family continued to follow the Episcopal/Anglican faith into the 20th century.