Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-17

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divldual enterprise. Many complete
" families embracing nll
branches That have descended from
common ancestor, have been compiled
ami printed. About nine hundred
volumes Of this character, containing
VI New England inmiIius,
have bean printed.
| use the word "ptlnted" rather
than the word "puhllshod' Tor tno
reason that, In great many instnncus,
the volumes have been prepared Tor
private distfitutiou, and not i1r public
sale; aud Il Ia frequently difficult, sud
foniutimus impossible, 10 purchase
copy. / once saw "a spirniidly printed
anu bound volume, as large ne n
family Bible, containing the genoa
lOgy % family which has had
several distinguished representatives.
In Utah, the preparation aut printing
VI whion must have cost Thousands Of
dollar, only TX copies Of which we're
printed, ~ was informed.
The remarkable interest which the
pcoplp " New England have taken
ia the subject OF gruealogy, has i'm.
PEELED en- u compile AuI print ~
much material relating tpit IN it IL
a comparatively easy matter 10 trace
almost any family that Il Iurished Ia
that part oi America, uulrps there
were more than one Ut tue same name
In the same vicinity, then tt may bB
difficult 10 separate the members Of
the respective famlllea. |, u nrcus.
cary, however, that the investigator
should be where he eau get access 10
the books containing tue data he
wants. The most CJmulclc collection
II books relating 10 American gunuai.
DRY ami local history Ia existence h.
c1nlained IN The library Of the Sew
England Historic Genealogical society,"
Is Somerset street, Boston, Mae, Tue
next best collection ~ IN the BOSTON
Public library. The Congressional lib.
raty at Washington contains o large
number Of such works, 20 does the
walkius1n library nj Hartford, Conn,
and l am also iuf rmed that the same
IN true OF the Astlr library in New
York city, aud " the Athoueum iu
Philadelphia, I mention these iustilu-
tlons, thinking " possible that persons
iniurralc1 may have relatives or cIt-
respondents within reach Of them,
VINO might be prevailed upon 10 trans
cribe from printed works, gcucniogi'
cal Information.
A pefson who desires to obtain the
gontulogy OF New England family
10y personal effort An1 searching,
should 20 first 90 one OF the hbmflu'
! I have named, preferably Uuu Oi tdust
M Boston, nud from works Of refer
ence and local histories he IA tolorably
certain 10 obtain information which
will nut him on track which he eau
| follow as Tar ~ lac Ghosts, Huu
gather material until lac has sufficient
| TOT his purpose. II no does not nui
In print the data he desires, lac viii
| learn what original sources ~ iuflfma
don be must resort 10, anu what towns
he must visit 10 get access TO them. Bul
II IA far cheaper, aud preferable in
every way, 10 employ some person
familiar with the work. SIcn "a per-
sou eau accomplish more IA QUO DAY
than novice could IN week. There
are number OF professional genealo
gifts IN Boston and other New EuE
land citivs, who compile family rec
oris 10 order.
In New York state, gonealogies are
| gathered from records similar ~ th0s,
named above. Some OF tue early pro
hatv records Mt Albany anu In New
York city, are written ia Dutch, and
90 procure the data they Afford, a per
sou who eau translate them must b
employed. To trace a NuickerUoCkeI
family "a very difficult, ~ the sou diu
not, IN earlier times, usually ad1pl
the surname by which the father wa
known; and Ia many instances mon
were distinguished Ia various doUu
ments aud records by their Christian
names only. Several experts have
laborsd to compile correct gcnealogivs
VI the early Ouch families ut n0fth'
ern New York; and have published
/ tho results.
similar difficulties attend the com,
pilation OF the gruealOglcs OF IA,
Dutch settlers Of New Jcrspy. Bu
In tnis state, Judging from persona
experience anu observation, the pfac'
| tiCu Of making wills was more prevail,
eut than In any other, during colonial
| times. The wills proved In that state
prior to 1905, and the probate ru1oris
! dating prior 10 that year, ate stored ia
| the office Of the secretary Of state al
| Trenton, OF In the office II tho sufrp
gate probate iudgcl at Newark,
| being divided between what wa,
formerly known ~ East jersey nuJ
| West Jersey. These records, with
those kept by churches, arc tbs malr
reliance OF the geneslOgiHt IN Thu
state, aud not much material VI yalut
| TO him has been put la priut. dguUa
| logies OF New jersey families ire
Quently LACK datea OF birth, o. there
h In many cases no rUcOfi from which
they can ba obtained.
Pennsylvania was not settled unit
long after the other states named, auu
consequently records there do not gC
as far back. There were not many
white people In that state prior e
| about 1900, ami the bulk Of the pOpu-
lRtlOn Is comparatively modern mlgra-
lion. But little material relating u
genealogy has been printed I'm lthi,
state, though the interest In the sub
| icCt has much increased within the
last few years. Land, probate and
| church records arc the main sources
Of information Tor the genealoyis
/ here.
Maryland and Virginia were colon
les that became populous early, aud
sent cut swatms OF settlers over the
/ regions south and west, embracing
/ what are now many southern and
western states, Tho following article
published IN tho New England His
torlchl and Genealogical Register fol
October, 1892, comprises some Of a.,
results 0f several weeks spent by mt
la travelling anu searching records In
the state 10 which II reierr;
"SOURoEs on GESEALoGIoAL In
| FORMATION Is MARYLAND. - Undo
the royal charter whlCn Lord B.lu
more received preparatory 10 f0uniin,
"a colony ia Maryland, Lhe fee OF al