May Events Coming to the Archives

By , May 2, 2012

The North Carolina State Archives will be hosting two events in the Month of May at the auditorium of the Archives and Library building:

  • On May 5th, from 1-3 PM, there will be a retrospective film screening celebrating the legacy of North Carolina’s own educational film dynasty: the Klein family. The program features a selection of sponsored and educational films from the $25-million-dollar film and video archive donated to the UNC School of the Arts. This event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available. For more information, see this flyer (PDF) which is also available from the What’s New section of the Archives homepage.
  • On May 14th, from 10:30-11:30 AM, our Civil War Sesquicentennial lecture series (PDF) continues with a talk on “Sacred Bodies: Caring for the Dead During and After the War” by Bill Brown, Debbi Blake, Chris Meekins of the State Archives of North Carolina

To keep up with news from the North Carolina State Archives, access their blog, History For All the People.

eNews May 2012

By , April 30, 2012

The May newsletter has been published and shared with our members and is now posted to the website.  You can find updates on all D-OGS events including upcoming meetings and minutes from past meetings, tips and tricks for doing your family history research, events going on in North Carolina and throughout the United States, and queries that have been submitted by folks looking for ancestors in Durham and Orange County, just to name a few.

Check it out!

May Newsletter

Query: Hogan

By , April 26, 2012

4/25/2012 19:22:56

Deardra Green-Campbell

dgcatl@mindspring.com

 

“I appear to be the ggg-granddaughter of William Johnston HOGAN (son of Thomas Lloyd HOGAN). Ernest Dollar at the Preservation Society
has been assisting me with family history research and my husband and I recently traveled to Chapel Hill to meet with him.
My ggg-grandmother, Harriet HOGAN (b ca. 1826), was a slave owned by Thomas Lloyd HOGAN, so I am especially interested in documentation related to the household’s enslaved occupants. Ernest suggested that I contact the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society as you might have additional records that could help facilitate my research. Thank you in advance!!…Deardra”

If you have information on the above persons, or access to relevant records, feel free to leave a REPLY below.

 

D-OGS Program List for 2012 has been updated!

By , April 25, 2012

I have updated the D-OGS Program List (Monthly Meetings) on the website for the rest of 2012. You can see the updated file by clicking on the above link or by going to home page, click on the events link at the top of the page, then the drop down box, then on the programs link.

I have also added all program announcements to the D-OGS events calendar which you can access by going to the home page, then clicking on the events link at the top, then the drop down box, then clicking on the calendar link.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions for upcoming programs or anything you would like to see in future programs.

Ginger R. Smith, D-OGS Secretary and Webmaster

Surname List is now Available

By , April 19, 2012

Do you have ancestors in Durham or Orange County?

If so, check out our new SURNAME LIST!

The D-OGS surname list is now available on the website at the following link: Surname List

All D-OGS members can submit their surnames for inclusion in the Surname List. The list can be sorted by Surname or Member Name. Members can be contacted either by joining the D-OGS society and becoming a member or by submitting a query through the website.

 

eNews April 2012

By , April 2, 2012

DOGS News

The April newsletter is now posted to the website. Check it out! April Newsletter

Query: Nelson

By , March 31, 2012

3/30/2012 20:22:32
Heather Summers
2613 Fairfield Street
Eureka ,CA 95501
Email Contact: hmasottisummers@gmail.com

 

“I am researching he Thomas NELSON family of Olde Orange. I am searching for verification of his birth, marriage and death.
The information I have states that he was born 1710, died 1736 married Judith Pierce b. 1708. His only child that I am aware of was Abraham NELSON b. 1736 d. 1784 both in orange. He married a Toby or Tabby PATTERSON. They had a son named THOMAS BURTON NELSON who emigrated to Illinois.

Any information that can be provided would be extremely helpful. ”

 

If you have information on the above persons, or access to relevant records, feel free to leave a REPLY below.

Query: Assistance Needed

By , March 31, 2012

3/31/2012 6:44:14
tom murray
3823 westchester rd
durham, nc 27707
Email Contact: t.murray32@frontier.com

 

I’m looking for someone who might be interested in interviewing my wife in Durham about her family’s history and write up a report for us.  She has a fair amount of family history documentation but needs assistance in getting it organized and written down.  We would of course expect to pay for this assistance.  Please contact me by email.  Thanks

 

If you have information on the above persons, or access to relevant records, feel free to leave a REPLY below.

1940 Census Event at UNC-CH

By , March 28, 2012

The 1940 Census as Digital Data
Presented by the Digital Innovation Lab

Tuesday, April 10
University Room, Hyde Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill

On April 2nd, the National Archives will release the full 1940 U.S. Census to the public, following the required 72-year restriction of access to enumeration data. This census will provide a window into the lives of ordinary Americans, immigrants, and refugees during the Great Depression /the eve of the country’s entry into World War II. For the first time, these records will be released solely in digital format. Though the records will be freely accessible, they will not be fully searchable until indexing is complete.

The Digital Innovation Lab at UNC-CH will host two events to mark the occasion of the release, and to explore the implications and applications of this digital dataset for librarians and archivists, historians, population researchers and genealogists, and those interested in “big data.” In addition to discussing the 1940 census as a historical document, additional topics to be covered will include applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to the handwritten enumerations, and expanding accessibility through the development of indexing, crowdsourcing, and search tools and platforms.

The 1940 Census: A Public Roundtable Discussion
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
University Room, Hyde Hall

Join us for this lively discussion of the uses of the 1940 census from the perspective of genealogists, historians, and computer scientists. We’ll explore the challenges of handling millions of digital records, and how those records can be used with other types of historical data.

Panelists:
Constance Potter, National Archives and Records Administration
Kenton McHenry, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Stephen Robertson, University of Sydney and co-author of “Digital Harlem”
Emily Stanford Schultz, FamilySearch.com

Using the 1940 Census: A Hands-On Workshop
3:00 – 4:30 pm
University Room, Hyde Hall

Constance Potter, National Archives and Records Administration
Emily Stanford Schultz, FamilySearch.com
Robert Allen, American Studies, UNC

In this afternoon workshop we’ll explore different approaches to accessing and using the 1940 census. Constance Potter will provide historical and interpretive context about the census, and Robert Allen will share some pedagogical applications for using census data alongside other sorts of historical data. Participants will also have the opportunity to try out FamilySearch’s crowdsourcing tool for indexing and transcribing census enumeration files (laptops encouraged).

For questions visit http://digitalinnovation.unc.edu or email Pam Lach: plach@email.unc.edu.

To access the census after April 2nd visit http://1940census.archives.gov/.

See also http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/index.html.

March Meeting Minutes

By , March 18, 2012

D-OGS Meeting, 7 March 2012

 

Location: Christ Church Meeting Room, Chapel Hill, NC

Speaker: Mark Chilton

Topic: Land Grants in North Carolina – Their Impact on Genealogy Research

Meeting Minutes taken by Ginger R. Smith, D-OGS Secretary

 

7:00 Fred opened the meeting as we waited for the speaker to arrive. He asked for visitors to introduce themselves. We had 2 visitors and 2 members joining us for the first time.

Cyndi Evoy, has family in VA and PA, visiting with us tonight

David Southern, visiting with us tonight

Mary Whittier, member, first meeting attended in 30 years; Family came through NC from VA

James Ward, member of several years, family from old Orange and Chatham counties

Fred named the 5 new members that joined recently

 

Ginny Thomas, the Treasurer, is not here due to the operation she had. Beginning of Feb we had $4428.89. Expenses were $114.00 and and deposits were $220 for a final balance on 2/29/12 of $4640.89.

Budget has been completed. Most goes into publications and meeting hall rentals.

Holt asked how does one know if your dues are delinquent and Peg answered that you receive an email saying so and 5 months later you get another one, then you get a termination message. Peg’s email is ncdogsmembership@gmail.com

 

Secretary report is published (Fred) and accepted

Richard says we have 22 people who receive paper copies of newsletter (mostly orgs)

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MJ Hall, VP of Programs,  introduced the speaker Mark Chilton, mayor of Carborro

 

Has done a lot of research of land grants near the Orange Co line

Hopes to publish 4 volumes on Olde Orange Co deeds and land grants – Orange, Durham, & Alamance Co’s

Disclaimer: learned he is descended from Marmaduke Victory from Randolph Co;

Orange Co in 1752 was huge with Hillsborough the center, from that Guilford, Randolph, Chatham, etc.

Particular interest in Saxaphahaw Oldfields or Hawfields, community of Oaks, Orange-Alamance Co lines.

He unveiled 3 maps side by side.

Oldfields – land already cleared and planted by the Indians prior to Europeans’ arrival.

1728 – surveyors surveyed along the VA and NC line from the coast west

William Little (Attorney General) was in the group of surveyors going West, but he led his group southward and surveyed the available land for himself and his party instead of continuing on to map the boundary of NC and VA. They ended up in the Old Trading Paths in Saxaphahaw In 1728.

1729 and the 8 proprietors sold the land back to the King.

“Land grant atlas of Orange County” – will be the book he plans to publish

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