This day in History - Magna Carta is Sealed

                        
 15 June 1215:  King John, brother of King Richard the Lion-Hearted, puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta.

Image from Cassell's History of England

The 1215 Charter brought forward by the feudal barons required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary by explicitly accepting that no freeman could be punished except through the law of the land.

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World War II Army Enlistment Record for Larry Casteel of Ohio

               

-Clayton L. Casteel        

son of Creed C. & Rose (Welcheck) Casteel

Source: World War II Army Enlistment Records
National Archives and Records Administration
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Occupation: Burler

     

Elizabeth Warburton, wife, age 23, Burler

1851 UK Census: Wiltshire > Trowbridge > District 2k 

Burler or Spiler
Burling was women’s work. Any small pieces of vegetable matter (called spile) still left in the cloth were removed by hand. Women used burling irons which looked like small tweezers, to get rid of spile. Loose threads were also removed but that was generally done after fulling. By the 18th century, Master Burlers supervised the operation and paid women to do the work.
(source: http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/)

Civil War Veterans Pension Index listing for John N. Bacon

                
Civil War Veterans Pension Index listing for John N. Bacon of Macoupin County, Illinois:
   

http://www.footnote.com/image/#91124

John N. Bacon

b. Nov 1846 in Washington Co., TN

son of Jeremiah & Susan S. (King) Bacon

Private in Company "C" 133rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

m. Lucinda Ribble 1875 in Carlinville IL

d. July 1936 in Macoupin Co,. IL

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Free Webcasts from So. Cal Genealogy Society Jamboree

   

The Southern California Genealogical Society is providing five live-streamed sessions from their Jamboree. These live broadcasts take place on Saturday, June 11, 2011, and are being provided at No Cost to genealogists and family historians who are intested but unable to physically attend the conference this weekend in  Southern California.

You just need to register online for the class(es) you are interested in:
           Google Search Strategies for Genealogists

8:30 to 9:30 a.m. PDT

 Fingerprinting Our Families - Using Ancestral Origins as a Genealogical Research Key
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. PDT

 Researching Your Union Civil War Ancestors
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT

 But it Ain't Really the ORIGINAL Record!
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. PDT

The Many Facets of the National Archives Website (NARA)
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. PDT

I'll be there...via the net  :-)

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North Wiltshire Online Census Project

 UK 19th century census returns are being transcribed in order to create an online "free-for-view" searchable database. 

Current searchable years include 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1891.

This is part of an ongoing initiative to make records of relevance to UK genealogy freely available online. 

By using the 'find' box that appears with the command key Ctrl+F you can do keyword / surnames searches on the site.  I entered just the first part of Warburton and was able to locate our ancestor John H. Warburton with his family in the 1871 census:

as well as his father, James, a widower, aged 72:

(click images to enlarge)

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Wordless Wednesday: Husbands

                 
When husbands have too much time on their hands...

                                 you wake up to find a new screen saver!

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Remembering D-Day: The National D-Day Memorial

    

 "In Tribute to the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of Allied Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944"

 

The National D-Day Memorial
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This is the Face of Genealogy

     

 Rose (Welcheck) Casteel

Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, & Great-Grandmother

- one of the many faces of our genealogy

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HB Anderson Elementary School

      

   

H.B. Anderson Elementary School 

Garden Grove, California

1971-72 

Mrs. Huffman's 

6th Grade Class

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Marineland of the Pacific

    

Marineland of the Pacific (1954-1987)  

an aquatic theme park and popular tourist destination located in Rancho Palos Verdes, Southern California.

The Marineland of the Pacific Historical Society (MOTPHS) is dedicated to preserving the historical significance associated with the development, operation, promotion and education of the former California oceanarium.

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Wordless Wednesday: Need Relief from the Heat?

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