Understand the times and seasons. Town, county, state, country history

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1 360 Understand the times and seasons Town, county, state, country history

2 360 Understand the times and seasons Become familiar with the towns, counties, states, and countries where your ancestors lived

3 360 Understand the times and seasons Look for timelines of this period for Town County State Country

4 360 Understand the times and seasons Expand your knowledge of the place(s) where your ancestor lived

5 360 Understand the times and seasons Learn about he community, the everyday life during the time of your ancestor

6 360 Understand the times and seasons What is the ethnic makeup of the community?

7 360 Understand the times and seasons What are the surnames associated with the community? What is the history of the ethnic group in town, county, and state? Where did they come from? What is the influence of the ethnic group on the community? What is the primary location in the town?

8 360 Understand the times and seasons

9 360 Understand the times and seasons Millions of Immigrants per Year Jamestown Quakers Quakers Slavery Irish Potato Famine Germans Eastern Europe Many Cultures Puritans Scots-Irish Irish Catholics Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish Italians Asian

10 Rate of travel from New York in Years of Migration The Oregon Trail Orphan Trails Mail Systems Depression Railroads The California Gold Rush Homestead Act Dust Bowl

11 360 Understand the times and seasons Migration Pattern for the Dustbowl Center of dustbowl Severely windblown Major migration routes of displaced farmers

12 360 Understand the times and seasons What are the various congregations in the community? Where are the records of the church located? What are the locations of the congregations? Does the church have a history? Is there an ethnic connection to the church? Does the church have a newspaper?

13 360 Understand the times and seasons Record repositories

14 Village, town, city State, County Country

15 Personal records

16 Archives and other record repositories

17 Genealogical and historical societies

18 The mission of historical and genealogical societies is to nurture and promote awareness and appreciation of state, regional, and local history and culture Local, county, and state Level

19 Dozens of societies focus on Specific immigrant groups Early settlers of some locality Immigrant and early settler societies

20 Membership is limited to persons who can prove lineal, documented, descent from a qualifying ancestor Lineage/hereditary societies

21 Focus on an entire ethnic group Nationality or ethnic lineage societies

22 Focusing on specific areas of interest where generally large groups of individuals have interest Special interests societies

23 Membership focuses on ancestors who were notable long before the American colonies were established European Ancestry Societies

24 The LDS Family History Library and Family History Centers

25 Local, regional, and state libraries

26 Court house

27 Ethnic, church, and fraternal record collections

28 Census records Family Bible records Civil registrations (vital records)

29 Audio and video records Obituaries Tax records

30 Pension applications Passenger lists Church records

31 Writings of your ancestors Civil and court records Land and property records

32 Military records Newspapers Ephemera

33 Society publications Rare books Memorabilia

34 Wills and probates Photo collections Naturalization records

35 Directories Local, state, and regional histories Family histories

36 Successful search is depended on factors such as The local time period of search Literacy and economic status Preservation of records by government, church, and local

37 Ancestor 360 Example Otis, Rush County, Kansas Ancestor 360

38 What is the surname of my ancestor? Where did they live? What is their ethnic origin? What was their religion? When did they come to America? Wagner Otis, Kansas German Lutheran 1880 s???

39 Where is Otis, Kansas? Otis, Rush County, Kansas Otis Kansas Map

40 What are the main cities of Rush County, Kansas? McCracken Hays Liebenthal LaCrosse Alexander Nehoma Bison Tinken Otis Ness City Bend Rush County Kansas Map

41 German people who immigrated from Russia to Rush County, Kansas in the 1870's-80's What is the history of Otis, Kansas? Members of the Lutheran or Reformed Church Otis Kansas History

42 What is the history of Rush County There is a published history of Rush County for $40.00 Contact historical@rushcounty.org Rush County Historical Society Rush County History

43 The first two churches in Otis Trinity Lutheran Methodist The Lutheran Church Founded by settlers from Russia The June 1880 census lists these immigrant families who migrated from Russia in 1876 Methodist Church Lutheran Church

44 Are there any cemeteries in Otis? Given Google map showing city hall with address and contact information City hall Otis Kansas cemetery

45 Are there any cemeteries in Otis? Called city hall and found Lutheran cemetery Methodist cemetery Key contact for history of community City hall Methodist cemetery Lutheran cemetery Called Otis, Kansas City Hall

46 Found Germans from Russia Historical Society What information is there on Germans from Russia? Extensive information and links for Germans from Russia (Volga region) Utah Chapter (found contact information for president) Ms Wurst research librarian germans from russia

47 Otis, Kansas settled by immigrants from Schoenfeld Samara, Russia Has the Germans from Historical Society written anything on Otis, Kansas? Mr. Wilhelm expert and coordinator for all queries Schöndorf, Schoenfeld otis kansas

48 Schoenfeld (Pretty Field) was a Lutheran town located on the Jerusalen River 60 miles SE of Saratov Surnames in settlement Direct line name collateral lines Schoenfeld Have the Germans from Historical Society written anything on Otis, Kansas? Schneider Wittig Brack Wilhelm Popp Felker Ochs Haas Lamm (Lahm) Koch Kniss Rudy Wagner Ott Rupp Krutch Litzenberger Herdt Ackermann Leinweber Krom Schlegel Erschlett Richter Miller Fritz Nazarenus Heinz

49 Extensive links to Maps What does GenWeb have for Rush County? Historical societies Museums Libraries Histories And much more otis kansas genweb.org

50 Is there a map that shows the Volga region settlement of Germans? germans from russia volga map

51 Is there a map that shows what Schoenfeld, Samara looks like? Schoenfeld, Samara Russia Yagodnaya Polyana

52 What is estimated timeline for Wagner family? Leave Present Germany Schöndorf, Samara, Russia Otis, Rush County, Kansas

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