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Genealogy tip for today: Cluster Theory – Godparents
and Collateral Lines
Yesterday we looked at
friends who move and people who will co-sign contracts, or sign as witnesses on
documents. These are virtually always people that were important in someone’s
life. It would be advantageous to track these folks when tracking the original
person isn’t so beneficial.
There are some other folks we
can look at as well. The ancestor that you are working on, but wants to play
hide and seek, may have attended a church that does infant baptisms. It would
be helpful of course if you can find out what church they were affiliated with.
This once again can be easy or it can be hard.
If you are successful in finding some kind of church association, check
and see if the church or denomination baptizes their babies.
If you are lucky, or maybe I
should say, fortunate – you may find baptismal or christening records. The
people that stand as witness to the event are also close and trusted friends,
or family members. If you find this kind of a document start working on these
people and see if, in the end, your ancestor pops up in other places where the
witnesses may have been at one time.
Another ‘cluster theory’
possibility is to track collateral lines of the ancestor. This may be siblings,
or they may be cousins, or they could be anyone who is related to them. Some
times you may find a lot more on the cousin, or sibling than on your own
person. If you can find Uncle Bob in Virginia
Throw your net a little wider
and see who else you can catch, and who along with them that will open up
here-to-fore locked doors and solve the mystery you have been banging at
‘forever’!
“History – it’s who
we are; Genealogy – it’s who I am” sg
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to you is helpful in anyway.
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| Henry II of England |
1154
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Henry II is crowned king of England.
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1562
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The French Wars of Religion between the Huguenots and the
Catholics begins with the Battle of Dreux.
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1793
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French troops recapture Toulon from the British.
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1862
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Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest begins tearing up
the railroads in Union generals Grant and Rosecrans rear, causing
considerable delays in the movement of Union supplies.
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1900
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The French Parliament votes amnesty for everyone involved
in the Dreyfus Affair.
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1909
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American socialist women denounce suffrage as a movement
of the middle class.
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1941
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Japanese land on Hong Kong and clash with British troops.
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1941
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Adolf Hitler assumes the position of commander in chief of
the German army.
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1942
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The British advance 40 miles into Burma in a drive to oust
the Japanese from the colony.
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1944
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During the Battle
of the Bulge, American troops begin pulling back from the twin Belgian
cities of Krinkelt and Rocherath in front of the advancing German Army.
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1945
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Congress confirms Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. delegate to
the United Nations.
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1950
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The North Atlantic Council names General Dwight
D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of Western European defense forces.
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1959
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Reputed to be the last civil war veteran, Walter Williams,
dies at 117 in Houston.
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1974
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Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as vice president of the
United states after a House of Representatives vote.
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1982
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Four bombs explode at South Africa's only nuclear power
station in Johannesburg.
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1984
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese
Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement that committed Britain to return Hong
Kong to China in 1997 in return for terms guaranteeing a 50-year extension of
its capitalist system. Hong Kong was leased by China to Great Britain in 1898
for 99 years.
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1998
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President Bill Clinton is impeached. The House of
Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President
Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and
obstructing justice. Clinton was the second president in American history to
be impeached.
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2001
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The highest barometric pressure ever recorded (1085.6 hPa,
32.06 inHg) occurs at Tosontsengel, Khovsgol, Mongolia.
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2001
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Rioting begins in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the
country's economic crisis.
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2012
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Park Geun-hye elected President of South Korea, the
nation's first female chief executive.
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| Philip V of Spain |
1683
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Philip V, the first Bourbon King of Spain.
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1820
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Mary Ashton Livermore, a temperance worker, women's rights
activist, lecturer, and writer. Founded her own suffrage paper, the Agitator,
in 1869.
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1906
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Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet General Secretary of the Communist
party and President of the Supreme Soviet from 1964 until 1982.
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1915
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Edith Piaf, internationally famous French cabaret singer,
best remembered for her songs "La Vie en rose" and "Non, je ne
regrette rein."
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1933
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Cicely Tyson, actress, best remembered for her role in The
Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman.
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1940
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Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter, producer; best known for
his protest songs of the 1960s.
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1941
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Maurice White, singer, songwriter, musician, producer;
founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire; member of Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
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1943
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US Marine Corps four-star general James L. Jones Jr.;
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (2003–2006); Commandant of the Marine
Corps (1999–2003); National Security Advisor (2009–2010).
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importune
PRONUNCIATION:
(im-pawr-TOON,
im-pawr-TYOON, im-PAWR-chuhn)
MEANING:
verb
tr.:
To ask someone, repeatedly or annoyingly, to do something.
ETYMOLOGY:
From
Latin importunus, from in- (not) + portus (port, refuge). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over), which also gave us support,
comport, petroleum, sport, passport, petrify, colporteur (a peddler of
religious books), Swedish fartlek
(a training technique), Norwegian fjord (bay), and Sanskrit
parvat (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1530.
USAGE:
"José
Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, has cast dignity aside and
importuned all and sundry with a request to be invited to a conference."
After the Fiesta; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 6, 2008.
After the Fiesta; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 6, 2008.
Love
truth, but pardon error. -Voltaire, philosopher and writer (1694-1778)
Today’s
Recipe
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
2/3 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45
degrees C)
1 large egg
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 1/2 cups bread flour
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1/3 cup currants
1/3 cup sultana raisins
1/3 cup red candied cherries, quartered
2/3 cup diced candied citron
6 ounces marzipan
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Directions:
1.
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In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Let stand until
creamy, about 10 minutes.
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2.
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In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the egg, white
sugar, salt, butter, and 2 cups bread flour; beat well. Add the remaining
flour, 1/4 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough
has begun to pull together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and
knead in the currants, raisins, dried cherries, and citrus peel. Continue
kneading until smooth, about 8 minutes.
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3.
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Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and
turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place
until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
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4.
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Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Deflate the dough and turn it
out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the marzipan into a rope and place
it in the center of the dough. Fold the dough over to cover it; pinch the
seams together to seal. Place the loaf, seam side down, on the prepared
baking sheet. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume,
about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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5.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to
300 degrees F (150 degrees C), and bake for a further 30 to 40 minutes, or
until golden brown. Allow loaf to cool on a wire rack. Dust the cooled loaf
with confectioners' sugar, and sprinkle with the cinnamon.
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ENJOY!
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