My Old Dead Relatives

The documentation on cemeteries in TNG confuses me. I am currently using v13. After much experimentation and adjusting, I have settled on a way that I like to use cemeteries. My objectives are: I only want to track burial places of my direct ancestors, although others can get swept in. I don't want to showcase every cemetery from my database. I don't want to replace or replicate FindaGrave , BillionGraves , Internment.net , ObitsArchive , Obituary Daily Times , or any other like-minded website. While I often search these sites to find clues to my ancestors, they do a better job at what they do than I could ever hope for. They absolutely suppleement my research. The parts to Cemeteries in TNG are: Cemeteries  - of course People   - who is supposedly buried (or honored) at the cemetery. Media - photos of the cemetery uploaded to your server Headstones - media files attached to people Cemeteries The fun part. After you have imported people with burial places, you can create a ce

Sometimes my notes appear in Reunion for Mac under the wrong person. It's as if the information got shuffled around. I can tell because the information is obviously incorrect. I often can't tell where it belongs, so I often simply delete the note and hope for the best. It doesn't happen all the time, but enough to be frustrating. I don't know how it happens or how to fix it. I only know it happens until I come upon a record with the wrong data. Grrrr. So lately, I have been using Reunion's linking feature within my notes, so when I find an errant note, I will know where it goes. For example. I often simply list the children within the Mother's notes, instead of creating a record for each. My database is big enough. So a note would look like this: If the father is not namedd SMITH, then I would know something is wrong. It would take a lot of time and energy to find out where it goes. Usually my notes are more generic: How can I know it's in the correct place?

The main software I use to manage my genealogy site are: Reunion for Mac  - to enter my data and track my research. TNG to post on my website. I have used these for several years now, while continually testing other software for features I might need. Reunion and TNG give me everything I need. My workflow is to enter my research into Reunion, then upload my changes and new data into TNG. In the early days, I would use the Web feature in Reunion to generate static web pages.  When my database got too big (around 10,000 names), thismethod became a bit onerous. I had to completely upload the entire website (each entry was a separate page), which not only took some time to generate, but uploading to my web server would take hours. I often started the upload right before bedtime and hoped it didn't time out before morning. TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding) streamlines updates. My web pages are static, and I have a bunch of cool features that static pages can't pro

 My DNA analysis says that I am: 15% England & NW Europe 18% Germanic Europe 19% Norway 16% Sweden & Denmark 29% Scotland & N Ireland 3% Wales My great-grandparents were from Sweden and Norway, so I expected a higher percentage from the Scandanavian section. And there is a ton of research from England, so I spend most of my time on that bunch. But Scotland and Northern Ireland? Hmmm. My English ancestors came during the Puritan days, which makes me reflect on my Puritan heritage. Turns out, they weren't all Puritans. The non-religous, Congregationalists, and those who believed in God but didn't practice a religion were also among the settlers. Who knew? The Puritans tried to enforce mandatory church attendance, but there is plenty of evidence that not everyone went along. The Puritans were a contradictory lot; preaching one thing and practicing another. They believed, for example, that you were predestined to go to Heaven. Or where ever. Nothing you could do could g

William the Conqueror came to England and, among other things, established his presence by commandeering, building, and repairing many previously existing castle sites. The famous Tower of London is the site of one of his first fortifications. Pevensey Castle was in ruins when William came across it. He made a few repairs and used it as a temporary shelter. For more on William's castles, see  https://www.tripsavvy.com/castles-of-william-the-conqueror-4051210 . My genealogical link to William the Conqueror King William's and Queen Matilda's 4th son Henry, also known as Henry (BEAUCLERC) 1, was successor to the crown of England after his brother.

Robert de Brus (the 6th great-grandfather of the famous king of Scotland Robert 1 the Bruce), built the castle of Brus (now Brix) in the Cherbourg Peninsula. The Brus family occupied the castle for generations. Robert fought with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, and was rewarded with lands in France ( located between Cherbourg and Valognes) . The castle was eventually destroyed by the order of King Saint Louis, after hearing that Richard the Lionheart and John with Land had stayed there. Some stones of the castle were used to rebuild the local church and village houses. The Bruce family also had lands in England, living there and giving up its lands in France. Today, you can see ruins of the original castle, such as the foundation and the remains of a spiral staircase. Genealogy of the Bruce Family http://www.brucefamily.com/lineage.htm