Saturday Day Night Genealogy Fun – Your UGG

The Weekly Challenge from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings

Here is his message:

It’s Saturday Night again – are you ready for some Genealogy Fun? I thought so.

Here is your assignment if you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music):

1) Answer these questions:

* What is your UGG – your “Ultimate Genealogy Goal” for the genealogy research that you wish to leave to your heirs, descendants and the genealogy community?

• My UGG is to determine the Parents of Capt. John Worthington (1650 – 1701)
• To clear up the many versions of who his parents really are

* How long do you think you have have left to fulfill this ultimate goal?

• It is hoped that a family gathering in October 2009 will start to break down this brick wall
• Worthington researchers are meeting this fall to visit Worthington properties in the Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia area
• Researchers from England and the US will be present

* Are you prioritizing your time adequately in order to achieve this goal?

• If you call “Patiently waiting” adequate time, yes.
  

* If not, what should you do to achieve the goal?

• The next step would be DNA testing
• The Worthington Association has a DNA project underway now, so I am told

* Will you do what you need to do?

• Oh, Yeah !!! as long as I can afford it

2) Tell us about it in a blog post on your own blog, or in comments to this post or on Facebook.
Task completed.

Thank you Randy

Russ

New Worthington Query Information

Since Blogs are for the Blogger to share information, it does not lend itself to post and reply to a Reader’s Query. This blog has Queries, that have been around for a while. You are most welcome to reply to those Queries if you have information. But, it’s not easy for a reader to post a new Query.

As you may know, there are many places to post Queries for your Family History research. There is another opportunity for you to do so. The Genealogy Wise Social Network has been set up. There is also a Worthington Surname presence on Genealogy Wise.

http://www.genealogywise.com/group/worthingtonsurname

I thought it might be helpful if there was a standard Query format to use when posting a Query here. Organizing Query or your brick wall information:

Thanks to GeneJ at Genealogy Wise, the Most Wanted Ancestorrs Lost and Found Group.

There is a file, on the Worthington Surname Group page, this Discussion Topic

There is a like to a Text file that can be downloaded for you to complete.

Then using Select All (CTRL+A), Copy (CTRL+C) and Paste (CTRL+V) in the body of the message.

Composer for the structure of this note!

Please start a NEW Disussion for each Query. The Discussion Title should be in the format of:

SURNAME, Given Name (YYYY – YYYY) Location > Location

Example: Worthington, John (1650 – 1701) England > MD

Don’t forget to select FOLLOW at the bottom of the Discussion Page once it is posted so that you will receive and Email when someone replies. If you have a question about a brick wall ancestor, please consider the following questions to help us help you more quickly. Fill in what you know; don’t worry if you don’t know something. ________________________________________________________________________ Your Genealogy Wise Name:

What information do you want to find?

Person in question:
SURNAME, Given Middle “Nickname”:
Birth Date and location:
Death Date and location:

Father’s name:
Mother’s name:
Sibling names:
Marriage:
Marriage Date and location:

Spouse’s SURNAME, Given Middle “Nickname”:
Spouse Birthdate and Location:
Spouse Death date and location:
Spouse’s Father’s Name:
Mother’s name:
Children, census, or other pertinent details:

Please describe what you’ve tried and why you think you have not been able to crack the case? _________________________________________________________________________________

It is hoped that others will join our group and post replies to your question.

Thank you

Worthington Descendants – Vol 1, No 2, Page 6 – Worthington, Jacob

SKETCH OF JACOB WORTHINGTON: 1695 King’s Co. Ireland, died 1748 in Frederick Co., Va. mar. Abigail Borden. Issue: Esther Worthington; Rachel; Elizabeth

Worthington Descendants – Vol 1, No 2, Page 6 – Worthington, Sarah

SKETCH OF SARAH WORTHINGTON:  1719-1745 born in Delaware Co., Pa. died in Frederick Co., Va. mar Robert Hayes. Issue: Joseph Hayes

Worthington Descendants – Vol 1, No 2, Page 6 – Worthington, Robert

SKETCH OF ROBERT WORTHINGTON: 1740-1778 born in Frederick Co. Va. died in. Va. mar. Rachel D/O Thomas and Elizabeth Mason. Robert’s will was proved in Wesmoreland Co. Pa. in 1778, where he resided in Mount Pleasant Twp. His name appears on a list of Colonial soldiers from Augusta Co., at Virginia State Library. Issue: Joseph 1774 q.v.: Elizabeth Worthington mar. Lucas Smith Gibbs of Philadelphia.