Because of Him ~ Happy Easter!

On this beautiful Easter morning, I'd like to wish each of you a very Happy Easter. And I'd like to share this special video with you today. It's called "Because of Him." I hope you'll take a few moments to watch it.

May each of us remember the many blessings we've been given because of Him.

Happy Easter!

Jana

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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for April 18, 2014

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. Of Genealogy and UFOs. (It’s Not What You Think) by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small
2. Central City's Masonic Cemetery AND Twitter Coaching Available in 2014 by Jen Baldwin, author of Ancestral Breezes
3. Google Drive to the Rescue! by Deb Ruth, author of Adventures in Genealogy
4. I’m Lonely for My Missing Ancestors by mulberrygrrl, author of We're All Relative
5. Levy Brothers by Debi Austen, author of Who Knew?
6. Access the Civil War Collection by Trevor for Fold3 Blog
7. A celebration of siblings by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
8. Genea-Musings is 8 Years Old Today by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
9. Tuesday's Tip ~Tax Day Came For Our Ancestors Too! by Cheri Hudson Passey, author of Carolina Girl Genealogy
10. Win Ancestry.com Subscription, DNA Test, and Research Package by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
11. DNA Hints - Providing More Clarity To My DNA Results by Anna Swayne for Ancestry.com Blog
12. Post Conference Review -- RootsTech 2014 AND Beginning your search for your Swedish Roots with Rötter by James Tanner, author of Genealogy's Star
13. Using Footnotes with Blogger by Tony Proctor, author of Parallax View
14. Did You Turn the Page? by Kimberly Powell for About.com Genealogy
15. Researching Your Ancestors in Latin America—Part 1 by Deborah S. Gurtler for FamilySearch Blog
16. Tuesday's Tip/Digital Newspaper Search by Ellie, author of Ellie's Ancestors
17. Keeping my genealogy database in tip top shape by Michele Simmons Lewis, author of Ancestoring
18. Tips and Tricks: Writing a Good Reason Statement for Changing a Record by Sally Benedict for FamilySearch Blog
19. Connected Cousins is Launching! by Gwen Eads, author of Eads and Allied Families

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 15 Recap

New Blog Discoveries

• Genealogy Adventures
• The Allen Gazette
• RootStories
• Reflections
• THEGENEALOGYGIRL
• Remember Me - Heritage from the Past

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• 52 Ancestors: #15 ~ Rollin Waterman Webster – Such a Dapper Young Fellow

Grandpa's Postcards

• Jones Beach – Long Island, New York

Jana's Photo Journal

• Because of Him

Thanks for reading!


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52 Ancestors: #15 ~ Rollin Waterman Webster – Such a Dapper Young Fellow

This is part of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Challenge begun by Amy Johnson Crow, author of the blog No Story Too Small.



I love this picture of my maternal great-granduncle, Rollin Waterman Webster. Wasn't he dapper? I love his high starched collar and bowler hat. This photo was taken when Rollin was 25 years old, which would have been around 1895.

Rollin was a brother of my great-grandfather, Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster. My regular readers may already know that I affectionately refer to my great-grandfather, Watson, as "The Traveling Dentist" here on my blog.

Rollin and Frederick had another brother named Frank. This photo shows the three of them together. It was taken around 1884. On the back of the photo, my grandfather, Debs Webster, son of Watson (Frederick) and nephew of Rollin and Frank, wrote the following:

Webster Brothers

From Left To Right

Rollin  13 years                   Frank  18 years                   Emory (Fred)  20 years

Rollin was born on 21 October 1870 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa to his parents Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster and Cynthia Maria Waterman. He was the youngest of six children born to Ebenezer and Cynthia.

Unlike his brothers, Frederick and Frank, Rollin did not become a dentist. Instead, he spent years working for the railroad. But, that is a topic for a future post.

Rollin married twice. His first wife was named Cecelia A. Jennings. She was from Ireland. They were married on 1 June 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. They were the parents of four children. Sadly, she passed away on 7 May 1915.

Cecelia had a younger sister named Ellen who also emigrated from Ireland. And this is who Rollin married after Cecelia passed away. Rollin and Ellen were married on 26 June 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. They didn't have any children.

Rollin spent most of his life living in Chicago. He passed away on 9 October 1962 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He was just shy of his 92nd birthday. He is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

I will share more about Rollin's life in future posts.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for April 11, 2014

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. “Paying It Forward”: The Importance of Sharing the Slave History from your Family Trees Part Two AND Airing Your Dirty Laundry!! by Valerie, author of Genealogy With Valerie
2. All Aboard! by Debi Austen, author of Who Knew?
3. 2014: Most bang for DNA bucks AND Copyright, terms of use and Flipboard by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
4. How to Save and Print Images from Chronicling America by Miriam J. Robbins, author of AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors
5. Data Mining and Screen Scraping – Right or Wrong? by Roberta Estes, author of DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
6. Truth Revealed About African-American Undertaker Buried in Fairview Cemetery AND A Surprise Waiting Deep in Fairview Cemetery by Robin Foster, author of Saving Stories
7. Heritage Scrapbooking: Sneak Peak by Devon Lee, author of A Patient Genealogist
8. A Pressing Engagement by Sheri Fenley, author of THE EDUCATED GENEALOGIST
9. 4 Bonus Postcards – Sepia Saturday by Kristin Cleage Williams, author of Finding Eliza
10. Typhoid Falls on the Eggleston Home by Cynthia Mulcahy, author of We're All Relative
11. 3 Writing Lessons from a New Genealogy Blogger by Lynn Palermo, author of The Armchair Genealogist
12. More Ways to Use Evernote to Create Virtual Genealogy Binders by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, author of The Olive Tree Genealogy
13. More Ohio Newspapers Added to Chronicling America! by Ohio Historical Society Collections Blog
14. I’ve Moved…to www.LisaLisson.com by Lisa Lisson, author of Are You My Cousin?
15. Genealogical Information Gleaned From Photographs by Lisa Lisson, author of Lisa Lisson
16. Really? A Month? Yeah A Month! BUT....

"National Siblings Day" Blog Posts

1. National Siblings Day by Beth Gatlin, author of So Many Ancestors!
2. Really? There’s a National Siblings Day?! by Patricia Desmond Biallas, author of GeneaJourneys
3. National Siblings Day by Sally Knudsen, author of Sally Searches
4. National Siblings Day by Emily Kowalski Schroeder, author of The Spiraling Chains: Kowalski – Bellan Family Trees
5. "National Siblings Day" -? Okay - here's mine! by Celia Lewis, author of TWIGS and TREES

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 14 Recap

New Blog Discoveries

• Lewis Family Genealogy
• Digging For Ancestors
• So Many Ancestors!
• starryblackness
• Getting to Know You - A Journey into Ancestry
• Wandering Through My Roots
• The Stories Found Among the Leaves.
• Questions and Ancestors
• FamilyHistory4u

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• It's My 2nd Blogiversary!
• 52 Ancestors: #14 ~ Lura Elizabeth Webster - Daughter of a Civil War Veteran
• Happy National Siblings Day!

Grandpa's Postcards

• Great Salt Lake Cut-Off at Sunset, Great Salt Lake, Utah

Jana's Photo Journal

• Grandpa C's Peanut Clusters

Thanks for reading!

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Happy National Siblings Day!

Today is National Siblings Day. I saw something about it on Facebook and went to GeneaBloggers and sure enough, Thomas MacEntee, author of the GeneaBloggers website noted that today is in fact, National Siblings Day. He kindly included a link about it on his website. If you'd like to learn more about National Siblings Day, click HERE.

Patricia Biallas, author of the GeneaJourneys blog, wrote a blog post about National Siblings Day in which she shared several precious photos of herself and her siblings.

That inspired me to do the same thing here on my blog. So, I'll share a couple of photos of my brothers and myself.

This first photo was taken in Redwood City, California. I was probably about four or five years old.



I'm not sure where this photo was taken, but I think we were at a party.



I'm so grateful for my two brothers and I love them both very much.

Happy Siblings Day everyone!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jana

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