Matrilineal Monday - Agnes

Editor's note: Today's post was edited by Sandra Gardner-Benward & written by member Joan Conzatti




Again another special heirloom that has been passed down through many generations. Owner and Root Cellar SGS member Joan CONZATTI shared her doll with other Root Cellar SGS members at the February Show N Tell Meeting. Thank You for sharing Joan!

"AGNES"

The China Head (Porcelain) Doll

(as related by Joan Conzatti)

I am the 5th generation to care for this doll. Here is what I know about the doll as related to me by my mother the late Alice KREUTZER HOGAN:

The doll was first owned by my great, great grandmother (Martha WOODRUFF AMEN) who was born in Missouri in 1847. Her daughter (Iona AMEN BROWN, my great grandmother) was the next family member to inherit the doll. Iona carried the doll from Missouri to Oregon traveling by wagon train. Iona's daughter (Katherine AMEN BROWN, my grandmother), was the next family member to inherit the doll. When my mother was about 8 years of age she received the doll from my Grandmother Katherine.

During the 1950's and 1960's my mother loaned the doll to the Siskiyou County Historical Museum in Yreka. The doll was on display in a glass case in the Museum;s main lobby area.

I almost got into big trouble when I was about 10 years old and took the doll from my mother's bedroom because I had plans to take it to my fort in a big Walnut tree close to our farm house. I was not fast enough and my mother caught me before the doll and I made it to the fort. I recall getting a few good swats over that caper.

.......and here she is AGNES............

In researching this porcelain "China Doll", I found the name of "Agnes" imprinted on her chest just below the neckline and the words "Patent App For Germany" stamped on her back. The doll's clothing includes a printed calico cotton dress (circa 1950) which my mother made and the original white lace-trimmed dress and bloomers. Other that that, I have no other information on where Agnes was made in Germany or what it may have cost to purchase her in the 1850's-1860's.

I cherish this beautiful China Doll. She rests on a soft, fluffy pillow in my home in the guest bedroom., If only she could talk!

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Society Saturday - Digitalization Project Completed

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward


Root Cellar PRESERVES is the ROOT CELLAR Sacramento Genealogical  Society publication produced three times per year. We have published at least 3 issues each year since 1979. Of course the PRESERVES Publication is a benefit for our members and only available through our Members Only section. After major discussions and lots of reading through our past issues our board of directors has decided to place several issues -one from each decade- on the public side of the website so that guests can see and enjoy the great publication that we put out for our membership. You will be able to see how the publications have changed over the years with different editors and the availability of better tools to work with. Having some of the publication on the public side of our website will be coming soon. So keep checking back. We hope that you will enjoy this publications when available.

 Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society has had a major digitization project going on for quite some time. We are happy to report the Root Cellar PRESERVES digitization project is complete. On the Members Only Section of our website members will find a complete set of downloadable copies of the PRESERVES. The downloadable, fully searchable digitized copies range from January 1979 to the present.

This project is complete and we are all very thankful, but it will be continued as publications are created.        
Big thanks goes to John Jay for the scanning and Ron Setzer for the file preparation and posting............



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Thankful Thursday - MORE Online Records Available

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward

thru the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania ....... announces Ancestry.com now has the.....     

"initial batch of digitized Pennsylvania death certificates (from 1906-1924) are now accessible. Later years will be uploaded in the upcoming months. (PA death records become open after 50 years.)"

I have been, and, I have found three (count them 3) digitized death certificates from my DIETZ family in Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. AND there is information on each that is new. This is a good day. I am positively thrilled.

Good Luck to anyone that has ancestors during this time frame in Pennsylvania. 

What a great way to start off Root Cellar Ramblings Fourth Year in existence and continue to  be a part of GeneaBloggers. Thanks Thomas!
 

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THIRD BLOGIVERSARY

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner -Benward        (images from ClipArtOf.com  & they are free)


          HAPPY  
              3rd 
   BLOGIVERSARY 
                
Root Cellar Ramblings 

April 29, 2011 - 2014

  

Thank You GeneaBloggers

Good Three Years   

  

ROOT CELLAR Sacramento Genealogical Society BLOG

and still going strong

We have been a member of GeneaBloggers for three years now. Thank You Thomas. WOW, what a ride! As a genealogy blogger it is extremely beneficial to be picked up by GeneaBlogger. (GeneaBloggers is like an umbrella group where you can find other genealogy blogs, and help and much more- every night it's search engine with its many spidery legs goes out and finds the many genealogy blog posts and brings them back to Pinterest now) I am very thankful.  The benefit for Root Cellar SGS has been a wonderful thing. We have been able to have a higher visibility all over the country, share our Society and all its benefits to the outside world, and hear back from each of you through your comments -  thanks to GeneaBloggers and Thomas MacEntee its creator. 

You may or may not noticed that each days post has a what we in the GeneaBlogger world call a 'daily prompt'\. i.e.: Wordless Wednesday, Sunday's Obituary, Society Saturday etc. Using these daily prompts is what has gotten our posts picked up by GeneaBlogger search engines. The gathered posts can be viewed daily with dozens and dozens of other blog posts on the roll-out from GeneaBloggers. It now has also been put up on Pinterest Boards. Very Effective!! Quite a number of our posts have been captured and are up for viewing on GeneaBloggers and Pinterest.

Root Cellar SGS continues to grow, We continue to learn, We learn from each other and we learn from classes, events and activities in and around the area & far away, We learn from teaching each other, We learn from stepping up out of our comfort level and reaching out for knowledge, We continue to Research far and near, We continue to help new members, New Members continue to have questions, We continue to have lots of answers but not sure they often match the questions.

Root Cellar Ramblings Blog, I believe,  has come along way in the three years we have been up and running. We have had some wonderful talent throughout those three years...... Denise Richmond, Ron Setzer, and I originally formed the Tech Committee. We turned our attention to creating our Website [EasyNetSites], Blog [blogspot] and Facebook. We maintained a calendar of time slots so each person would have their time and then have some down time. This was a huge undertaking and of course we enlisted other volunteers to help with different tasks. Each person has added their own special twist to their blog posts and we appreciate all the long hours creating just one post no less a whole string of them.

Denise has remained a member but has moved to Southern California and she is busy with a new life. Rick Hanson joined Ron and I. Ron has had some surgeries and has stepped down from a lot of his tasks, especially the blog. (He is doing fine but it is just a long recovery) Thank You for all your efforts, sharing your expertise and long hours to get this up and running and running well.

Enjoy our  Second Blogiversary  &  First Blogiversary blog posts.

Let's offer a toast to a FOURTH successful year on GeneaBloggers! Thanks for bringing us all together.  

Give a loud and sincere round of applause to Thomas MacEntee, creator of GeneaBloggers, for his service to the blogging community and genealogical societies. Thank You!

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Society Saturday - May Happenings

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward


May is (almost) here and we (Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society) have a lot planned

Mark your calendars now and don't miss out on the fun

Thursday, May 1 Changed to MAY 8 
Root Cellar Board Meeting- Members Welcome!
10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Sylvan Community Center, 7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights

Thursday May 1 Legacy Family Tree software Special Interest Group (SIG) 1pm - 3pm with Marian Kile (first Thursday of Month) Family History Center, 2745 Eastern Ave, Sacramento, CA 95662

Friday May 2 Root Cellar SGS Extraction Committee
Root Cellar SGS Extraction AM
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, CA
9AM - Noon - extra hands are always welcome.
Contact: Marilyn Ulbricht

A lot going on with this committee. But we can always use more help. You know those records that you are looking for in another state, we'll as we are extracting those same records here, we hope someone in another state is doing the same. You can see why it is important to join in, it is not difficult, hand writting might be a challenge, but there is lots of support to help you. Find out if you would like to do this.

Thursday, May 8 Root Cellar Membership Meeting 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Avenue, Carmichael 6:15-7:00 PM 6:15 Pre-meeting open discussion – Each table will be dedicated to several U.S. states. Share tips, information, problems and solutions with people researching in the same region. 7:00 - 8:30 PM “The Story Behind the Story” Come hear the Who, What, Why and How about Root Cellar’s publication The Preserves. Visitors always welcome! Friday, May 9 Root Cellar SGS Extraction AM Center for Sacramento History Sacramento, CA 9AM - Noon - extra hands are always welcome. Contact: Marilyn Ulbricht A lot going on with this committee. But we can always use more help. You know those records that you are looking for in another state, we'll as we are extracting those same records here, we hope someone in another state is doing the same. You can see why it is important to join in, it is not difficult, hand writting might be a challenge, but there is lots of support to help you. Find out if you would like to do this. Wednesday, May 14 Root Cellar Workshop     1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Sylvan Community Center, 7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights Learn research tips. Share your successful finds and brickwalls. The session may include a webinar or a demo of a research tool. Guests welcome! Contact John Jay for more information.

 Friday, May 16
Root Cellar SGS Extraction AM
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, CA
9AM - Noon - extra hands are always welcome.
Contact: Marilyn Ulbricht

A lot going on with this committee. But we can always use more help. You know those records that you are looking for in another state, we'll as we are extracting those same records here, we hope someone in another state is doing the same. You can see why it is important to join in, it is not difficult, hand writting might be a challenge, but there is lots of support to help you. Find out if you would like to do this.

Wednesday, May 21

Rootsmagic User Group - 12:30pm

Family History Center

2745 Eastern Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95662

Friday, May 23
Root Cellar SGS Extraction AM
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, CA
9AM - Noon - extra hands are always welcome.
Contact: Marilyn Ulbricht

A lot going on with this committee. But we can always use more help. You know those records that you are looking for in another state, we'll as we are extracting those same records here, we hope someone in another state is doing the same. You can see why it is important to join in, it is not difficult, hand writting might be a challenge, but there is lots of support to help you. Find out if you would like to do this.

Wednesday, May 28 Reunion for the Mac Special Interest Group 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Family History Center 2745 Eastern Ave. Sacramento, CA 95662           Brainstorm solutions to users' problems, questions & explore ins/outs of the best Mac genealogy program. Contact Ron Setzer  to be added to our email list. All are welcome.

Friday, May 30
Root Cellar SGS Extraction AM
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, CA
9AM - Noon - extra hands are always welcome.
Contact: Marilyn Ulbricht

A lot going on with this committee. But we can always use more help. You know those records that you are looking for in another state, we'll as we are extracting those same records here, we hope someone in another state is doing the same. You can see why it is important to join in, it is not difficult, hand writting might be a challenge, but there is lots of support to help you. Find out if you would like to do this.

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Follow Friday: Jamboree APP is available

Editor's note: Today's post was written by  Sandra Gardner-Benward

Are you going to be attending Southern California Jamboree in June in Burbank? 

I am. Have you registered to receive their blog posts. They sure keep everyone up-to-date.

I have been registered for a while. I haven't looked over the class schedule for a while but I am starting to get a little anxious. Looking forward to the event after reading all the Jamboree blog posts........

BUT today in their blog post, I found the APP for the Jamboree is out and ready for download

.......and yes I downloaded it right away. I AM THRILLED! Now I am getting anxious to pick classes and other stuff...... fill out the APP with my information so I can begin some social time with the Jamboree peeps and get a little more organized.

You can download it directly from the Jamboree website OR you can go to the APP Store and download it from there. I love the apps for all the conferences, it sure helps me. As usual there is the Exhibitors Information, Speakers Information, Social Media and Sharing (Read Tweets with #scgs2014 hashtag, Tweet from within the app , Blog feeds, Photos,  Friend Links, Facebook), Session Information, & Maps.

Now I can start making some decisions. The APP makes it so much easier and easy to make changes too  It's time. How about you?


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Travel Tuesday - Ammon ?

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward


Sharon SWAIN brought a wonderful picture of a family home in Idaho built in 1893.

Isn't it fun to see all the different homesteads. How the looks have changed! ...and how they have not changed. It all depends on where you are in the world.  

Sharon brought the picture in her family binder and this family book to share with the other guests and members at the February 2014 Show & Tell Meeting for Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society. 


 

      Hostess Glenda Gardner LLOYD and Sharon SWAIN at February 2014 Show & Tell

This is a wonderful family book (you can read the entire book online) with lots of pictures of not just people but of the conditions of the day going generation by generation ........  including Sharon's ancestry home - the 'three story stone house' in Ammon, Idaho

A history of Orson Booker and Mary Elizabeth Owen Calkins, their children and grandchildren and many of their ancestors
compiled by Carolyn Calkins

Published 2009 by C. Calkins in Lehi, Utah .
Written in English.

..........exert from the book

William OWEN Stone House page 362

William Franklin OWEN Sr built the house in 1893 for his family. While living there the last four of their twelve children were born. It was the first house in the area to have a shingled roof rather than the customary dirt roof. When the well house was build in 1897 it was probably the first house in the area to have running water and an indoor bathroom. It worked by an ingenious system of a windmill pumping the water up to a second story tank. Gravity feed allowed the water to be piped into the house and even deliver water to a tank by the kitchen stove for heating before using. The date stone which was originally the lintel over the well house door was moved beside the back steps of the house when the well house was demolished. 

The Big Stone House on the corner of Ammon-Lincoln and Sunnyvale has been a geographical and social landmark to the people of Ammon for many years. Cattle and sheep together? Check out the water tank and windmill

Wonderful pictures of William Franklin OWEN and his wife Lucinda Elizabeth RAWSON and their three story rock home. This looks like it could be during the winter months.

.......and here is a current day  picture of the 'stone house' The water tank and windmill have been torn down. Alot of the of property has been sold off during the years and new homes built on the sold off property's.  



Where is Ammon? (taken from Wikipedia)  Ammon is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States.  It is a little over 7 square miles, located along the south east border of Idaho bordering the state of Wyoming. .Ammon was founded by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1888. It was originally called South Iona because it was the dependent branch in the south end of the Iona, Idaho ward. The area was made a ward in the church in 1889 with Arthur M. Rawson [Lucinda's father] as bishop, who renamed the town in honor of Ammon, a figure in the LDS book of scripture, the Book of Mormon. Since it was now independent of the Iona Ward, a new name seemed appropriate. On February 9, 1893, the name of the town was changed from South Iona Ward to Ammon.


MEET THE FAMILY .................. William Franklin Owen b:1854 son of James OWEN and Sariah RAWSON 
married (1877) 
Lucinda Elizabeth RAWSON b:1860 daughter of Arthur Morrison RAWSON and Margaret Angeline PACE

their children................. 
Mary Elizabeth b: 1877 married 1896  Orson Booker CALKINS (& so the book begins)
William Franklin Jr b: 1879
James Arthur b: 1881
Heber John b: 1883
Daniel Bert b: 1886
Margaret Sariah b: 1888
Joseph Leroy b: 1890
Horace Edward b: 1892
Lenora b:1894
Lucinda Ellen b: 1887
Eugene b: 1903
Loren (or Jack) b: 1905

.......and now meet most of the family in this wonderful family photo 

(no year but has to be at least 1903/04 because Eugene is included & he was born in 1903)

left to right 

back row: (Heber)John, (James)Arthur, (Daniel)Bert, Margaret

middle row: (Joseph Leroy)Roy, William F (father), Horace, Lucinda E (mother)

front row: Lucinda, (Lenora)Nora, Eugene

Missing: Mary Elizabeth, William Franklin & Loren (or Jack)

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