Once Again, WHY?!?!?!

Can anyone find a reason for these?

Title: _
Uploaded: At least twice to 2 different profiles.
Thomas Hall (1445-1470)
Thomas Hall (1614-1665)
Attached to: One other tree

Television news screen capture: 
CHRISTOPHER GOINS
Wanted for grand theft, parole violation

There is no one in this tree with the Goins surname and no indication that the Halls were criminals.
The following photos are also attached to Thomas Hall (1614-1665) and have been uploaded a number of times to different profiles in this tree. They are all attached to other trees.

An incredibly poor quality photo that contains the gravestone for 
J.L. Price, Sergt. Co. B, Cutt's Battery, Aug. 12, 1843 - Nov. 24, 1908, G.S.A.
There are 4 profiles with the Price surname in this tree. All were born before 1770.

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Your Genealogy Library

Updated: 16 Jan 2015

Like the playlists on YouTube I'll be updating this periodically. Once the lists are larger I'll break them down into more categories. This list is for more recently published books but may include a few older books that have stood the test of time.

Books on internet research, especially those focused on a specific website, quickly become outdated.

"The company that purchased Ancestry Publishing’s business several years ago has published the second edition of The Official Guide to Ancestry.com in Kindle format and Nook format. That book was published in 2008 and is extremely outdated...George [the author] strongly recommends that you do not purchase either ebook version of this book." - The Genealogy Guys Podcast

So books dealing with a specific website or internet research in general will be kept to a minimum. The categories so far are: 

Fiction
Non-Fiction: DNA
Non-Fiction: Ethnic Research
Non-Fiction: Genealogy Reference
Non-Fiction: Personal & Historical Stories
Children's Books

If you have any suggestions for the list or an opinion on any book on the list please comment. Thanks!

 The main library in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1874.

FICTION

✿ Bonner, Brynn  Family History Mystery series

✿ Brown, James  A Promise to the Past

✿ Day, Patrick  Murders and Genealogy in Hennepin County

✿ Fishman, Stephanie Pitcher  Finding Eliza

✿ Fox, Jimmy  Genealogical Mystery series

✿ Goodwin, Nathan Dylan  Hiding the Past

✿ Hart, Hazel  Family History

✿ Havelin, Michael  The Ben Bones mystery series

✿ Hollingsworth, Gerelyn  The Janet Burney genealogy novellas

✿ Luben, Jacquelynn  Tainted Tree

✿ MacPherson, Rett  Torie O'Shea mystery series

✿ Mathieson, Gordon  The Family Tree

✿ Molyneux, Stephen  The Marriage Certificate

✿ Nixon, John  The Cuckoo Clock

✿ Nixon, John  Family Shadows

✿ Nixon, John  Stolen Futures

✿ O'Neary, Gearòld  Where's Merrill?

✿ Peartree, Cecilia  Reunited in Death

✿ Percival, Wendy  Blood-Tied

✿ Rawlings, Norma E.  It's in the Genes 

✿ Rawlings, Norma E. Malvern Murders

✿ Rawlings, Norma E.  Sleeping Dogs

✿ Rawlings, Norma E.  Sleeping Dogs II

✿ Robinson, Steve  Genealogical Crime Thriller series

✿ Sprinkle, Patricia Family Tree Mysteries series

✿ Vandagriff, G.G.  Alex and Briggie Genealogical mystery series

✿ Wiseman, D.J.  A Habit of Dying

NON-FICTION: DNA

✿ Kean, Sam

   The Violinist's Thumb and other lost tales of love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic code

✿ Smolenyak, Megan & Turner, Ann

   Trace Your Roots With DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree

✿ Sykes, Brian

   Adam's Curse

   Blood of the Isles

   DNA: USA

   Seven Daughters of Eve 

NON-FICTION: Ethnic Research

✿ Beidler, James

   The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe

✿ Bowen, Jeff [trans.]

   Applications for Enrollment of Chickasaw Newborn Act of 1905, Volumes 1-7

   Applications for Enrollment of Creek Newborn Act of 1905, Volumes 1-14

   More transcriptions

✿ Clifford, Karen
   Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor's Homeland
✿ Colletta, John Philip

   They Came In Ships

   Finding Italian Roots

✿ Melnyk, Marcia Iannizzi & Tedesco, Mary M.
   Tracing Your Italian Ancestors
✿ Ouimette, David S.

   Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide

✿ Phillips, Richard Hayes

   Without Indentures: Index to White Slave Children in Colonial Court Records

✿ Ryskamp, George R. & Ryskamp, Peggy Hill

   Finding Your Mexican Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide

NON-FICTION: Genealogy Reference

✿ Breland, Claudia

   Genealogy Offline: A beginner's guide to family history research records that are not online [Only available for Kindle]

✿ Clark, Gary W.

   19th Century Photos Kwik Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards

   Gravestone Photography and Documentation

✿ Clifford, Karen
   Becoming an Accredited Genealogist
   Complete Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy, the Internet, and Your Genealogy Computer Program (2012)
   Digging Deeper: Using Essential Pre-1850 Records
✿ Coleman, Ruby

   Genealogical Research in Nebraska

✿ Cooke, Lisa Louise

   How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers

   The Genealogist's Google Toolbox

   Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse 

✿ Hite, Richard

   Sustainable Genealogy: Separating Fact from Fiction in Family Legends

✿ Jones, Thomas W.

   Mastering Genealogical Proof

✿ Kemp, Thomas Jay

   International Vital Records Handbook

✿ Leclerc, Michael J.

   Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research

✿ Mills, Elizabeth Shown

   Evidence Explained

✿ Milner, Paul

   Discover English Parish Registers

✿ Morgan, George G.
   How to Do Everything Genealogy (4th ed., 2015)

✿ Morgan, George G. & Smith, Drew

   Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques

✿ Newman, John

   Uncle, We Are Ready! Registering America's Men, 1917-1918

✿ Rising, Marsha Hoffman

   The Family Tree Problem Solver: Tried-and-True Tactics for Tracing Elusive Ancestors

✿ Roberts, Gary Boyd

   Ancestors of American Presidents

✿ Rodda, Anne Patterson

   Trespassers in Time: Genealogists and Microhistorians

✿ Rose, Christine & Ingalls, Kay Germain

   The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy

✿ Smolenyak, Megan

   Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing

   Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History 

✿ Taylor, Maureen A.

   Family Photo Detective: Learn How to Find Genealogy Clues in Old Photos and Solve Family Photo Mysteries

Check out Family Tree Magazine's Shop for more.

NON-FICTION: Personal & Historical Stories

✿ Cohen, Rich

   The Avengers: A Jewish War Story

✿ Colletta, John Philip

   Only a Few Bones

✿ Fradin, Dennis Brindell

   Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves

✿ Gates, Henry Louis

   Faces of America: How 12 Extraordinary People Discovered Their Pasts

   Finding Oprah's Roots: Finding Your Own

   In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past

✿ Griswold, Mac

   The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island

✿ Hill, Richard

   Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA

✿ Jackson, Buzzy

  Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist

✿ Littrell, Ryan

   Reunion: A Search for Ancestors

✿ Luxenberg, Steve

   Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret

   - Interview with Steve Luxenberg Part 1 and Part 2.

✿ McThenia, Tal & Cutright, Margaret Dunbar

   A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping that Haunted a Nation

   - This American Life episode: The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar

✿ Miller, Edward A.

   Gullah Statesman: Robert Smalls from Slavery to Congress

✿ Roach, Marilynne

   Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials

✿ Scott, J. Richard  The Secrets of Jackson Glen

✿ Smolenyak, Megan

   In Search of Our Ancestors

✿ Wilson, Jennifer

   Running Away to Home 

   - Interview with Jennifer Wilson here.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

✿ Hovorka, Janet
    Zap the Grandma Gap

Disclaimer: Inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement or positive review.

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Strike one. Strike two. Strike three...

Baseball articles from the 1980s uploaded as a single photo.

Title: Ted Turner Article
Uploaded: 3 times to the same profile.

George Turner
Born 18 Mar 1673 in Antrim, Antrim, , Ireland
Died 6 Mar 1717 in St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, United States

One of the photos is attached to 19 other people in this tree.
All with the Turner surname.
All born between 1500 and 1730.
Attached: Each of the three uploads is attached to 177 other trees.

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No comments today, sorry. I'm on a gig right now that is keeping me really busy. If you see the show come down to the orchestra pit and say hi!
I'm sure you'll be able to pick out plenty of errors on your own ;-)

 Capt James Garner
 B: 1718 in Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States
 D: 1800 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States

 SPOUSE & CHILDREN
 Elizabeth Freeman (1721-1794)
 ✿ Bradley Garner (1741 - )
 ✿ Jepthia Garner (1743 - 1745)
 ✿ Peter GARNER (1743 - 1830)
 ✿ Henry G Garner (1745 - 1745)
 ✿ Elizabeth Garner (1747 - bet. 1767 & 1770)
 ✿ John Fouche Garner (25 Dec 1749 - 25 Nov 1839)
 ✿ Amos Garner (abt 1750 - )
 ✿ Lewis Garner (1750 - 1815)
 ✿ Mary Garner (1751 - )
 ✿ Mary Garner (1751 - 1749)
 ✿ Mary Polly Garner (abt 1751 - )
 ✿ Henry Garner (1753 - )
 ✿ Henry Garner (1753 - )
 ✿ Bradley Garner (1 Oct 1754 - 1838)
 ✿ Bradley Garner (1 Oct 1754 - Jun 1843)
 ✿ James Garner (1 Oct 1754 - Jun 1843)
 ✿ Barbara Andrews (Oct 1754 - ) Note: Male
 ✿ Barbara Andrews Garner (Oct 1754 - ) Note: Male
 ✿ Garner Garner (1756 - ) Note: Sex not indicated
 ✿ Joseph Garner (abt 1756 - )
 ✿ Raleigh Garner (abt 1756 - 1850)
 ✿ Rileigh Garner (1756 - 1745)
 ✿ William Garner (1756 - )
 ✿ William Garner (1756 - 1850)
 ✿ James Garner (1757 - )
 ✿ James Garner (1757 - )
 ✿ Peter Garner (1758 - )
 ✿ Joseph Garner (1759 - )
 ✿ Joseph Garner (1759 - )
 ✿ Joseph Garner (1759 - )
 ✿ Job Garner (1760 - 1800)
 ✿ Job GARNER (1760 - 1800)
 ✿ Henry Garner (1761 - FEB 1860)
 ✿ Henry Garner (1761 - 1745)
 ✿ Henry GARNER (1761 - )
 ✿ Jesse Garner (1762 - )
 ✿ Jesse Garner (1762 - )
 ✿ Jesse Garner (1762 - )
 ✿ Parish Garner (1763 - abt 1779)
 ✿ Jeptha Garner (1764 - )
 ✿ Jepthis Garner (1764 - )
 ✿ Elizabeth Garner (1765 - )
 ✿ Amos Garner (1766 - )
 ✿ Bradley Garner (1768 - 1848)

 A FEW OF THE RECORDS ATTACHED

 ✿ Family Data Collection - Births
    Vincent Garner born 1712
 ✿ Family Data Collection - Individual Records
    Capt James Garner born 1726, spouse Elizabeth Betty Freeman
 ✿ North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
    Dorothy Whittle, spouse John Garner, married in North Carolina
 ✿ U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
    James Garner, widow applied for pension Aug 1890
 ✿ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    James Garner born 1726
 ✿ Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
    Vincent Garner, VA Early Census Index, 1770

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Title: Ferguson, John
Uploaded to: John Ferguson
Born 23 Mar 1650 in Gargunnock, Stirlingshire, ,Scotland,
Died 19 Mar 1717 in Cherry Walk, Essex, Virginia, United States,
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Attached to: 65 other trees
Looking through the first 20 trees that had this photo attached 3 were private. Of the other 17 only one had a different John Ferguson who might actually be the person buried in this plot.

JNO. FERGUSON
CO. F
12TH ILL. INF.

What conflict prior to 1717 would warrant a U.S. military gravestone and an American flag?

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A Young Crabbe II

This is a continuation of last Monday's post. If you can't find at least ten errors in the green box you may want to consider a different hobby. The only option for this tree owner is to start over.
Unless otherwise noted the census records are for a white female.

 Blanche M Crabbe Young
 B: 29 Jul 1893 in Georgia, USA
 D: 20 Sep 1971 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA

 FATHER
 William H Crabb (1840-1925)
 MOTHER
 Sarina Hard-Crabb (1860-1943)

 RECORDS ATTACHED TO THIS PROFILE

 ✿ 1900 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Crabb, born Apr 1894 in Ohio, Charles & Sarah
 ✿ 1910 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Crabb, born abt 1894 in Ohio, parents Charles & Sarah
 ✿ 1910 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young, born abt 1895 in Missouri, parents D.C. & Ollie
 ✿ 1910 U.S. Federal Census: Beaula Young, born abt 1896 in Illinois, parents Wiley & Myrtle
 ✿ 1910 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young [mulatto], born abt 1890 in Ohio, married to William Young
 ✿ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young, born abt 1891 in Ohio, married to C.L. Young
 ✿ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Frances B Young, born abt 1896 in Illinois, married to Harold C Young
 ✿ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche M Young, born abt 1890 in Illinois, married to Oscar Young
 ✿ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young [mulatto], born abt 1894 in Ohio, married to William H Young
 ✿ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Eldred, born abt 1889 in Illinois, married to William S Eldred
 ✿ 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche M Burgess, born abt 1893 in Georgia, married to Alexander J Burgess
 ✿ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young, born abt 1895 in Ohio, married to Charles Young
 ✿ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: Frances Young, born abt 1896 in Illinois, married to Harold C Young
 ✿ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: N Blanche Young [black], born abt 1894 in Ohio, married to William H Young
 ✿ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche B Eldred, born abt 1889 in Illinois, married to William S Eldred
 ✿ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche M Burgess, born abt 1894 in Georgia, married to A.J. Burgess
 ✿ 1930 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young, born abt 1900 in New York, married to Harold Young
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanch Young, born abt 1900 in Ohio, married to Charles Young
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche L Young, born abt 1891 in Pennsylvania, married to Charles Young
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Francis Young, born abt 1896 in Illinois, widow
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Frances Young [male], born abt 1893 in Illnois, single
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young, born abt 1896 in Michigan, married to Charles Young
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche G Eldred, born abt 1889 in Illinois, married to William S Eldred
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche Young [black], born abt 1894 in Ohio, married to William H Young
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche M Burgess, born abt 1893 in Georgia, married to A.J. Burgess
 ✿ 1940 U.S. Federal Census: Blanche L Young, born at 1899 in New York, married to Harold W Young
 ✿ Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922: Blanche Young, born 26 Aug 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois to Mary J Crowley and Thomas W Young
 ✿ New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: Blanche Young, born 26 Aug 1894 in Illinois ✿ California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957: Frances B Burgess, born abt 1894 in Illinois
 ✿ Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974: Blanche Young Burgess, born abt 1893 to Annie Meire and H.V. Young, died 20 Sep 1971 in Montgomery, Alabama
 ✿ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current: Blanche Burgess, born 29 Jul 1893, died Sep 1971
 ✿ Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012 [link] Blanche Young Burgess, 29 Jul 1893 - 20 Sep 1971, parents are Henry G. Young and Anna J. Meiere Young
 ✿ Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012 [link] Blanche Clark Crabb, 15 Jun 1897 - 14 Apr 1975, parents are Thomas & Erma Clark
 ✿ Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012 [link] Blanche H Eldred, 1893-1980

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Social Disgrace III

In Social Disgrace II I said I wouldn't be doing anymore posts about Ancestry.com's social media team. I lied.
On October 15th one of the admins on the Ancestry.com Facebook page thought posting 16 (SIXTEEN!) photos one after the other was a good idea. Yeah, because taking over your fans' newsfeeds is never annoying or spammy. I managed to miss one but you get the idea.

Links to the original posts on Facebook are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. 

In response to someone who complained the admin essentially admitted the multiple posts were intentional and defended her decision.

Link to thread.

The next day an admin either thought the spamming had to be an accident or was trying to put the blame elsewhere. The comment is unsigned so it could be the same admin trying to deflect the negative remarks.

For those who don't know, on Facebook Pages it's possible to time delay posts. I would assume that any tools that allow you cross post across various social media have this ability as well. It would have taken the admin only a few minutes more to set these to post one per day for the remainder of Family History Month. It's not as if the social media team has so many posts that they can't fit them all in.

That's right, 36-48 hours with no posts at all but it was absolutely necessary to get all 16 photos posted at once.

In an unrelated incident...

Dear Ancestry.co.uk,
First, Leona didn't ask you for help. Second, she lives in the Pacific Northwest so why should she message the co.uk page when she's not asking about Ancestry.co.uk or the UK collections? And lastly, the "new FTM" hasn't even been released in the UK yet so how exactly are you going to help her? 


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