Permian Basin Genealogical Society News
| July 24th 2000 | Past Programs |
7:00 PM 3rd floor Ector County Lib. |
| Round table discussion on Problems, Failures and Success. Each member allocated 5 minutes to speak. |
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| July 22nd 2000 |
Free Intermediate Workshop |
9:30 - 12:00AM 3rd floor Ector County Lib. |
Jean Heggemeier |
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14 Ways to find a Maiden Name |
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| The lady's death certificate. | Divorce records. |
| Child's death certificate. | Newspaper indexes |
| Look for father's or brother's name. | County Histories |
| Marriage Record | Widow's military pensions |
| Printed Church records. | Spouse's genealogy |
| Unpublished church records of marriage. | Wills and Probate records |
| IGI at FHS library | Genealogical Inquiries. |
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Scotland County Genealogical Society Newsletter |
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England Research: |
What does it mean? |
| When researching in England it may be helpful to know that a "hamlet" has no Episcopal church. |
a.a.s Died in the year of his/her age, ie a.a.s (Anno setatis suae) |
| A "village" has a Church; | d.s.p Died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima) |
| A "town" has a Royal Charter to hold markets; | d.s.p.l Died without legitmate issue. (decessit sine prole mascula) |
| A "city" has an Angelical Bishop. | d.s.p.m.s Died without surviving male issue (decessit sine prole mascula superstita) |
| d.s.p.s Died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole supersita) | |
| s.unm Died unmarried. | |
| d.v.p Died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris) | |
| d.v.m Died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris) |
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| et al And others (et alia) | |
| inst Present month or time (instans) | |
| liber Book or volume courtesy: A Lot of Bunkum |
Tombstones |
| One way to figure out the era your ancestor was buried is to examine the material the tombstone is made from. |
| If your ancestor had a stone made of common fieldstone chances are the stone dates from 1796-1830. |
| If the stone is flat topped hard marble the dates are about 1830-1849. |
| If your mystery stone is round or pointed soft marble with cursive inscriptions look
for a date of 1845-1868. |
| Masonic 4 sided stones began in 1850 and are still in use today. |
| Pylons, columns and all exotic-style monuments are usually dated 1860-1900. |
| Granite, now common, came into use about 1900. courtesy: Rocky Mountain Buckeye |
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