tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7499450700224519770..comments2024-03-28T13:20:41.312-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Genealogy Tips for Beginners--S.C. PerkinsJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82691290068093881932019-03-22T10:32:42.848-04:002019-03-22T10:32:42.848-04:00Thank you! I was lucky to find a copy of your boo...Thank you! I was lucky to find a copy of your book at the local bookstore. I often find books mentioned in Jungle Reds in the bookstore :-)<br /><br />Look forward to reading your book in hardcover. I received a digital ARC of your novel. Often when I am lucky enough to get a digital ARC from NetGalley, I buy a hardcover or paperback.<br /><br />Yes, genealogy is fascinating. One relative was nice enough to submit a DNA test and we discovered the Irish DNA to our surprise! Most of my relatives ARE not interested in genealogy, Another relative said she is interested in family stories, NOT in the abstract facts like family trees. She was not interested in taking a DNA test. <br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59455948676993769362019-03-20T16:58:02.515-04:002019-03-20T16:58:02.515-04:00Hi, Willetta! That’s what I thought about the 72-y...Hi, Willetta! That’s what I thought about the 72-year rule on censuses, but since I couldn’t remember where I’d read it, I wasn’t 100% sure. Thanks so much for letting me know! S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4031146967604281582019-03-20T16:56:55.755-04:002019-03-20T16:56:55.755-04:00Hi, Beth! The oh-so-interesting things we find out...Hi, Beth! The oh-so-interesting things we find out when we do our genealogy, am I right? ;) We’ve found some surprising things in our family, too, but it all makes it that much more fascinating — though I do wish I knew more of the reasons why on some of them. It’d be interesting to find out!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34947163081780592912019-03-20T16:53:58.083-04:002019-03-20T16:53:58.083-04:00Hi, Beth! His 2x great-grandmother sounds incredib...Hi, Beth! His 2x great-grandmother sounds incredible. Definitely a story there! Have you ever read Edith Maxwell’s Quaker Midwife mysteries? They might be up your alley after that story. But I think it’s just wonderful you got in touch with your distant cousin and exchanged those stories. She no doubt loved it too! And I agree about the LDS churches! That’s a great tip for anyone, and they have such good information. Thanks so much!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17377695897208124842019-03-20T16:44:27.822-04:002019-03-20T16:44:27.822-04:00Hi, Melanie! Thank you so much! Wow, how cool to s...Hi, Melanie! Thank you so much! Wow, how cool to see her mother’s signature at Ellis Island! That would give me the best kind of chills. I haven’t been to Ellis Island yet, but it’s on my bucket list for sure! S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46336303196963091372019-03-20T16:42:50.316-04:002019-03-20T16:42:50.316-04:00Hi, Jana! Me too! All those stories I’ve heard ove...Hi, Jana! Me too! All those stories I’ve heard over the years were always so fun. S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72760120494760640322019-03-20T16:42:17.283-04:002019-03-20T16:42:17.283-04:00Hi, David! I, too, have enjoyed all the comments t...Hi, David! I, too, have enjoyed all the comments today! And the LDS bank is the absolute tops for genealogy. It’s a place I’d love to visit. I also like Henry Louis Gates PBS program, and Who Do You Think You Are?, just for sheer entertainment. But thanks for the YouTube channel tip! I’ll have to look up Family History Fanatics.S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66031325353165566082019-03-20T16:38:40.218-04:002019-03-20T16:38:40.218-04:00Hi, Sally! Your family sounds like my friend’s, wh...Hi, Sally! Your family sounds like my friend’s, who once went on a hilarious tirade about how many Michaels were in his family. (There were A LOT.) I hope you’ll keep looking, if only for the fun of it!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34741121917763161962019-03-20T16:35:30.189-04:002019-03-20T16:35:30.189-04:00The evolution of some names fascinates me! I know ...The evolution of some names fascinates me! I know it was usually because of a lack of formal education that made them not know how to best spell their names, or because their writing was terrible and someone misread it, or just because others kept butchering the spelling and they gave up and changed it, but it’s still interesting!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87946239337829715012019-03-20T16:25:15.934-04:002019-03-20T16:25:15.934-04:00Oooh, I don’t know that I’ve got any New Hampshire...Oooh, I don’t know that I’ve got any New Hampshire Perkins in the family, but it’s possible. My tree has been in America since 1633, so you never know! S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72398160327451460422019-03-20T16:24:10.093-04:002019-03-20T16:24:10.093-04:00Hi, Pat! The Clayton library is wonderful and real...Hi, Pat! The Clayton library is wonderful and really helpful. I’m so glad your family wrote down some of the stories! It’s so important to preserve that history. You sound like you’ve got a lot of interesting people in your family tree AND they were smart enough to write it down. Kudos to your family!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91089287372576827212019-03-20T16:14:20.291-04:002019-03-20T16:14:20.291-04:00Hi, Mark! I’m glad and I hope you’ll enjoy reading...Hi, Mark! I’m glad and I hope you’ll enjoy reading it!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60902848546282893242019-03-20T16:13:49.372-04:002019-03-20T16:13:49.372-04:00Nearly forgot — yes, in my mind, Lucy has taken al...Nearly forgot — yes, in my mind, Lucy has taken all the DNA tests she can and is still searching for an elusive ancestor or two. I plan to have a book dealing with her ancestry in the future, so fingers crossed! S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9042226263034342292019-03-20T16:12:29.791-04:002019-03-20T16:12:29.791-04:00Hi, Celia! I’m glad you aren’t giving up. No doubt...Hi, Celia! I’m glad you aren’t giving up. No doubt your maternal great-grandparents and beyond are out there, just waiting for you to find them. (At least, that’s how I feel about it!) And thank you so much! I hope you’ll enjoy it!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87498724856899258172019-03-20T16:10:07.461-04:002019-03-20T16:10:07.461-04:00Hi, Diana! Thank you so much! Isn’t the DAR librar...Hi, Diana! Thank you so much! Isn’t the DAR library in Washington, DC, amazing? It’s gorgeous, too. And the Archives — love! They are so knowledgeable there, and so helpful. I didn’t know about the Workers Progress Administration, though — thanks for that tip! And I’ve got some Dutch Huguenots in my line too! Genealogy is just fascinating. S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36091648915164480842019-03-20T15:58:59.463-04:002019-03-20T15:58:59.463-04:00Hi, Debs! Thank you so, so much! My pub day was FA...Hi, Debs! Thank you so, so much! My pub day was FANTASTIC — I got to launch at Murder by the Book — and my day was made even better by getting to be on Jungle Reds. We’ll have to compare notes once we get our DNA tests back. I’ve heard the two tests often differ because of the way the tests are run (or something like that), but that they’re generally correct. <br /><br />As for Austin rather than Houston — as much as I love my hometown, Austin is like a very large small town in many ways. There’s never a dull moment in Austin, and I thought it would be such a fun place to set a mystery. There’s also so many research facilities there. Lucy is in research hog heaven, for sure!<br /><br />Thank you so much again for everything! xS.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69165072604842918992019-03-20T15:51:44.334-04:002019-03-20T15:51:44.334-04:00Hi, Jenn! Big fan of your books! All the amateur g...Hi, Jenn! Big fan of your books! All the amateur genealogists in my family have done all the heavy lifting for me, too, but the stories are fabulous. The more colorful the stock the better, I say! And thank you so much for passing it along to your mom. I hope she’ll enjoy it! Librarians are the best.S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35356095864560193852019-03-20T15:47:57.954-04:002019-03-20T15:47:57.954-04:00Hi, Gigi! Thank you so much! Yes, what a rabbit ho...Hi, Gigi! Thank you so much! Yes, what a rabbit hole it can be! But such a fascinating one. And maybe even more so once one realizes their ancestors definitely weren’t saints, right? I think it makes them all the more interesting!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14714995385606994972019-03-20T15:42:05.445-04:002019-03-20T15:42:05.445-04:00Hi, Ann! WOW. That’s amazing! Your cousin once rem...Hi, Ann! WOW. That’s amazing! Your cousin once removed has done a lot of work and that’s wonderful y’all have forged a relationship through it. Don’t you find it fascinating how the family traits show through? Its just the neatest thing to me.S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62622834839975155152019-03-20T15:36:39.597-04:002019-03-20T15:36:39.597-04:00Hi! Thank you so much! I agree it’s important to k...Hi! Thank you so much! I agree it’s important to know where we came from, and I, too, loved knowing about my ancestry from a young age. It’s fascinating!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36093415091475567142019-03-20T15:34:16.342-04:002019-03-20T15:34:16.342-04:00Hi and thank you! A subscription is indeed a great...Hi and thank you! A subscription is indeed a great gift idea! I’m so glad your son got it for you and you’re enjoying it!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88752461031258130832019-03-20T15:31:33.490-04:002019-03-20T15:31:33.490-04:00Hi, Karen! How wonderful that you’ve found your gr...Hi, Karen! How wonderful that you’ve found your grandfather’s lineage! (And how fun was it to go to Paris to find it?) My paternal grandmother’s maiden name was Runyon, which also originated in France as Roignon or similar. Probably around the same time as yours. I need to do as you did and go to France to check it out in person!S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69141696609069754372019-03-20T15:28:55.123-04:002019-03-20T15:28:55.123-04:00Hi, Marla! Thank you! Researching would have defin...Hi, Marla! Thank you! Researching would have definitely been harder without the internet, for sure! But I was lucky to have such a wonderful genealogy library to go to. I’ve noticed a lot of local libraries doing introductory genealogy courses, and I think it’s great because there’s so many like you and me who are just starting out and need to know where and how to look. S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46419879314004087952019-03-20T15:26:32.520-04:002019-03-20T15:26:32.520-04:00Hi, Flora! My apologies for the late reply. Yester...Hi, Flora! My apologies for the late reply. Yesterday was a glorious whilrwind! Yes, perserverence is absolutely the key. And how wonderful that your grandfather’s vouchers hadn’t been entered yet and were saved from the St. Louis fire! That was a tragedy for many a genealogist, no doubt. What your grandfather must have seen! It makes my heart ache to think of the things our soldiers saw in war to make them never want to speak of it. We owe them so much. I’m glad you’re keeping the memory of his service alive in your family! S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29953174091344120052019-03-20T15:15:44.524-04:002019-03-20T15:15:44.524-04:00Deb — I’m planning on it for sure! Maybe I’ll post...Deb — I’m planning on it for sure! Maybe I’ll post my findings once I get it done.S.C. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12766953125928563658noreply@blogger.com