Barbara Catherine Stanwyck

                              Barbara Catherine Stanwyck

Barbara Catherine Stanwyck(1),(2) born on the 16th of July in 1907(1),(2),(3) and passed away on the 20th of January in 1990(1)(3). Barbara's first marriage was on the 26th of August in 1928 to Frank Fay in St. Louis, Missouri. 

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Dion Anthony Fay, adopted by Barbara and Frank Fay, was born on the 5th of February, 1932(8). 

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It seems that Barbara and Frank Fay couldn't quite hold their marriage together and things were heading downhill according to this newspaper article on the 11th of December in 1935(11).

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It also appears that their Divorce was less than desirable according to this newspaper snippet from the 23rd of December in 1937(12). 

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After her divorce from Frank, Barbara married celebrity Robert Taylor in 1940. They resided in Hollywood, California, USA. and were married for 11 years before they divorced on the 21st of February, 1951(15). 

Robert Taylor

 An actress of extraordinary talent and eternal beauty she appeared in 83 movies and a host of TV appearances.

Barbara Stanwyck: An Easy-going Icon

January 22, 1990 | Daily News Wire Services

Barbara Stanwyck, who died during the weekend, made her last film in 1964, but she found a new generation of fans with her television roles, including her portrayal of the matriarch in the Western series "The Big Valley. " Although nominated four times for Academy Awards during her 36-year big screen career, Stanwyck never won an Oscar for her acting. She was awarded a special Oscar in 1982 for lifetime achievement, and she earned three TV Emmy awards. Stanwyck, whose films included "Double Indemnity," "Stella Dallas," "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "Ball of Fire," died Saturday of congestive heart failure at 81. The actress displayed a versatile talent in her 83 movies and was reputed to be one of the easiest stars to work with. (6)

Barbara's given name was Ruby Catherine Stevens(2),(3) she was born in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA.; her parent's were Byron E. Stevens and Catherine Ann  McPhee(2),(3). Barbara's Mother, Mrs. Catherine Stevens was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Kings, New York on the 1st of August in 1911(7,14). Barbara's Father, Byron left for Panama shortly after the death of Catherine. The fate of Byron is uncertain, all that is truly known is that he left and never returned(14).

During the summers of 1916 and 1917, Ruby toured with Mildred, and practiced her sister's routines backstage. Watching the movies of Pearl White, whom Ruby idolized, also influenced her drive to be a performer. At age 14, she dropped out of school to take a job wrapping packages at a department store in Brooklyn. Ruby never attended high school, "although early biographical thumbnail sketches had her attend Brooklyn's famous Erasmus Hall High School". Soon after, she took a job filing cards at the Brooklyn telephone office for a salary of $14 a week, a salary that allowed her to become financially independent. She disliked both jobs; her real interest was to enter show business even as her sister Mildred discouraged the idea. She next took a job cutting dress patterns for Vogue, but because customers complained about her work, she was fired. Her next job was as a typist for the Jerome H. Remick Music Company, a job she reportedly enjoyed. But her continuing ambition was to work in show business and her sister finally gave up trying to dissuade her(16).

Barbara Stanwyck aka Ruby Stevens was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907 to Byron Stevens and Catherine McGee Stevens. Her pregnant mother died when a drunk pushed her off a moving trolley, not long before her father abandoned the family. Ruby was now an orphan at age four, she was raised in foster homes and by her older showgirl sister. At 13, she began working as a fashion model and by the age of 15 was in the Broadway chorine, a Ziegfeld chorus girl. Struggling from an early age, Ruby grew up with a strength and courage that most people don't achieve in a lifetime. Her determination to win against the odds only strengthen her will to make it big(1,4,14).

Actress. She was a was a four time Academy Award -nominated motion picture actress whose career spanned from the 1920s beyond the 1980s, and was a forerunner of a long line of actors and singers born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York which at the time had many influencing live performance theatres and cultural centers which drew many with show business aspirations. Born Ruby Catherine Stevens, her childhood in Brooklyn was dismal. Her mother would be killed in a trolley accident when she was three and her father would simply vanish a few weeks after her mother's death while traveling to Panama to work on the canal construction. The family, Ruby the youngest, totaled five and would be split up. She and her brother Malcom were relegated to different foster families (Malcom would go on to Hollywood and also forge a successful show business career). At an early age, her older sister supported both children financially from earnings as a chorus girl while taking Ruby on the road three summers in a row, which sparked her interest in a show business career. Barely enrolled at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, she would be forced to quit and find work to support herself. A typing job with the Remick Music Company, with the help of the manager, landed her a job at a nightclub where she was taught to chorus dance. Bit parts led to Broadway Theater parts, with a debut in "The Noose." She became a major stage star in a subsequent show, "Burlesque" which brought her interest in Hollywood. She would go on to have a career that included over ninety motion pictures, four of which are considered many as classic films - "Stella Dallas" (Oscar nominated 1937), "Balls of Fire" (Oscar nominated 1941), "Double Indemnity" (Oscar nominated 1944), and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Oscar nominated 1948). She turned to television in the mid-1950s when her movie career stared to wane, and her "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" consisted of thirty segments of drama and garnered her an Emmy for "Outstanding Actress". From 1965 to 1969, she played the matriarch of a family of ranchers in "The Big Valley" for which she received two more Emmys during the series and the Screen Actors Guild Award while named Photoplay's "Most Popular Female Star." Even though her health was impaired by emphysema, she played the passionate matriarch in the television 19802 miniseries "The Thorn Birds", where her performance brought yet another Emmy. In 1982, the Academy presented her an Honorary Oscar for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting. Towards the end of the 1980s she had health complications, vision loss and spinal deterioration, but continued to perform, was presented the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986. Her final television appearance was in "The Colbys," a spin-off from the nighttime soap opera "Dynasty", and she died at 82 from congestive heart failure complicated by pneumonia and emphysema at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica. She did not want a funeral and was directly cremated with her ashes scattered over Lone Pine, California the location where many of her movies and television scenes were filmed. She was the recipient of a Lincoln Center Life Achievement Award in 1983 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was also inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973(17).

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1. Source Citation: Number: 568-12-2985; Issue State: California; Issue Date: Before 1951. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

2.California, Death Index, 1940-1997 about Barbara Catherine Stanwyck
Name: Barbara Catherine Stanwyck
[Barbara Catherine Stevens]
Social Security #: 568122985
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1907
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 20 Jan 1990
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: McFee
Father's Surname: Stevens
 Source Citation: Place: Los Angeles; Date: 20 Jan 1990; Social Security: 568122985. 
Source Information:Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

3.https://picasaweb.google.com/105355880062827031668/DropBox#5826665045283798722. Obtained from: Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 7, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_957; Page: 10B; Enumeration District0100;; FHL microfilm: 1374970. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

4.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CAQYxjM2q9cPXA8tRV4ECkUiY1ZCkwG5nf-w_TuXaaxza9H1kkG_7yzqIYLwFoWletjF3F7O8roQKoRRLS1LFn5S-SfqvJSywc4swvtwfE7VUEED30305YRNvD7n2s2rmRBbCr_ZqaQ/s720/1920UnitedStatesFederalCensus_249380075.jpg Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Troy Ward 4, Rensselaer, New York; Roll: T625_1257; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 677.Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

5. https://picasaweb.google.com/105355880062827031668/DropBox#5828232370116875682 Ancestry.com. Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original data:

• The New York Times. New York, NY, USA: The New York Times, 1851-2001.
• The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA, USA: The Los Angeles Times, 1881-1894.
• The Boston Globe. Boston, MA, USA: The Boston Globe, 1872-1922.
• The Chicago Defender. Chicago, IL, USA: The Chicago Defender, 1921-1975.
• The Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL, USA: The Chicago Tribune, 1850-1985.
• The Hartford Courant. Hartford, CT, USA: The Hartford Courant, 1791-1942.
• The Washington Post. Washington, D.C., USA: The Washington Post, 1877-1990.
• The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, GA, USA: The Atlanta Constitution, 1868-1929.

6. http://articles.philly.com/keyword/barbara-stanwyck

7.Last Name First Name   Burial Date              Lot               Section

    STEVENS CATHERINE 1911-08-01        1715                  87      http://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php

8. Source Citation: Birthdate: 5 Feb 1932; Birth County: Los Angeles. Source Information:Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

9. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYp2fTrmCYa_OjLJXYUelRmEI64yIYhS2Pe0djAARwERkFmRfTH6LendQNhIwJ40VTG_ZroKwrY3lAspoivKDoFkbOvTHywQ0e4rv8cOXAPVCLaknkXTj7MrSpvHZ30QBFJzZmoAvklg/s640/1930UnitedStatesFederalCensus_433974843.jpg  Source Citation:Year: 1930; Census Place:  Malibu,  Los Angeles,  California; Roll:  131; Page:  1A; Enumeration District:  1155; Image:  440.0; FHL microfilm:  2339866.. Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

10. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wTwQ9qblhY4/UOMuxCcCruI/AAAAAAAABMA/4L3ZgIyG14/s512/OaklandTribuneOaklandCalifornia_311626135.jpg
Ancestry.com. Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Oakland Tribune. Oakland, CA, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

11. Source Citation: 1935 > December > 11 > 1 Ancestry.com. Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data: Oakland Tribune. Oakland, CA, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

12. Source Citation:  1937 > December > 23 Ancestry.com. Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data: Oakland Tribune. Oakland, CA, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

13. Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_221; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 19-40.Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

14. http://www.tv.com/people/barbara-stanwyck/biography/

15. 1951 > February > 21 > 1, Daily Review (Hayward, California) Ancestry.com. Daily Review (Hayward, California) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Daily Review. Hayward, California, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck

17. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=1729&page=gr / 

Burial:
Cremated, Ashes scattered.
Specifically: Ashes scattered in Lone Pine, California

Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001 
Find A Grave Memorial# 1729                                    Source Author: Donald Greyfield 

"Decoded and Deciphered"

decodedpast participle, past tense of de·code (Verb)

Verb:

Convert (a coded message) into intelligible language. Analyze and interpret (a verbal or nonverbal communication or image): "a handbook to help parents decode street language".

More info »Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary

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decipheredpast participle, past tense of de·ci·pher (Verb)

Verb:

Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language. Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something).

More info »Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary

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Source of letter above:http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibits/mydearestfriend/hayden.html

In many forms of Genealogy their comes a time when we must take text provided and decode or decipher it into plain

written text that's easily understood.

Example:

Deciphering Old Handwriting - From a
genealogy course taught by Sabina J. Murray

Old handwriting in genealogy research

Not only have our words and their meanings changed throughout the years, the way we form the letters have too. In order to get the most information from the records that are available, we have to decipher these records and put meaning into the symbols we see on the old documents or papers that we find. As we read old Bible, census, courthouse, archive and Church records to obtain the names, places and dates, often we are unclear at the words before us. Also, the further back we go - the harder it is to read. An important note to remember is that much of the writing is "phonetic." They wrote the name the best that they could by how it sounded. This on-line tutorial will help you understand these old records better. The Leading "s" One of the most dramatic changes in letters has been the letter "s." Here is a regular lower case "s" and another "s" that looks like a backward lower case "f." Over 100 years ago the "s" was often written like a backward "f." This strange symbol for "s" was used very commonly in instances where there was a "double s." The unusual s first, called the "leading s." Then the regular s. Sabina came across this name, early in her research experience, in the U.S. Census. She interpreted this name to be "Jefse" (after all, there are some very unusual names on these records) Later on she found out about the correct translation and felt a little foolish. The true translation is "Jesse." Here's how the "leading s" looks in old genealogy documents Old Style Abbreviations Some of the writing looks like our modern day shorthand. To save paper and time, abbreviations were used often. Here are some of the things you will encounter: Lines were often used in abbreviations. They can be found over, under and through any given abbreviation. Smaller letters (both top and bottom) are common. Single and double dots are used in a variety of positions. Here are some great examples of abbreviations in old style lettering that you will find on the US Census and many other types of records: Proper Names | Places of Birth | Occupations Marks When we think about someone's mark, we usually think of an "x." But, there were many different kinds. Many of our ancestors could not write. Many of the signatures on wills and other legal documents were signed by a court clerk, while the person made his or her "mark." Even if they could write, many people still used marks. Look at some of these examples of marks: Marks in old handwriting Numbers were also different. Here is a good example of how an "8" can look much like the number "6." Are ready to try for yourself? Try to decipher these: Now you are ready to try to solve the old handwriting mystery that had Sabina stumped for many years? This is from the will of Doctor Jonathan Eammis from Montgomery County, Georgia in 1797. The good Doctor left his dear friend Sands Standle, his still (medicinal purposes only), a rifle, a barrel shotgun, his notes of hand, personal estate, and even his wearing apparel. He also left Sands Standle's wife a silver watch and... a horse named Clumse. Here is the big mystery... What is the name of Sands Standle's wife??? This old handwriting puzzle was presented to many experts in the genealogical field over a period of 4-5 years. No one could give Sabina an answer. This was the only record that Sabina had found that mentioned this person's name. She wondered why the letter "t" was in the name. And it seemed that there should be a CAPITAL "T" instead of the apparent lower case letter. How the Answer Was Found... Sabina deciphered many documents over the years. One day she saw the letter "A" in a document that looked just like the one in the mystery name. Here are some examples of CAPITAL "A's" that are all squished together. She immediately made the connection to her long time puzzle. The mystery was solved! Here is the name again. Can you tell now? Try to decipher this for a minute before going to the answer. Remember it took her years. The ANSWER About Sabina J. Murray: Sabina J. Murray is an accredited genealogist, teacher and expert researcher based in Northeast Florida. She is a former director of a Family History Center and her old handwriting course has been enjoyed by millions since it went on-line in 1995. She has additional tutorials published on the Treasure Maps genealogy Web site at http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/ - Your resource for genealogy, family tree and family history products, research tools and other genealogy search helps.
Copyright © 1995-2007 by Robert Ragan - All Rights Reserved.

Sourcelink:http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html

"The Most Unlikely of Places"

                 Throughout the researching process we may step into places we never would've expected to.
U.S. migrations are sketchy at best and complex in general.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm

The above link is a set of stories that will guide you through migratory channels of the United States. There are many stories here to assist in your Genealogy research of U.S. migratory routes.

Example: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/back0204.cfm

           

Back in Time

The Cumberland Gap

By Rickie Longfellow

The Cumberland Gap, which measures 1,304 feet in altitude, is Nature's passage through the Cumberland Mountains between Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. One of three natural breaks in the rugged Appalachian Mountain range, it served as a gateway in prehistoric times, when Native Americans used it as a footpath and buffalo used it to seek greener pastures.

In 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker, an English naturalist and scientist, led a small party of explorers to the Gap after hearing Native American descriptions of the pathway through, rather than over the mountains. Walker called it the Cave Gap, and named the river north of the pass the Cumberland River, after the Duke of Cumberland, son of Britain's King George II, who funded Walker and his group. In 1769, Daniel Boone explored the area and in 1775 he blazed the 200-mile trail known as Boone's Path or Boone's Road. The trail, beginning at the Gap, passed through Virginia to Kentucky's Bluegrass Region.

View of Cumberland Gap from the east. Photo from the Wilderness Road Company Web Site.

If the journey was not treacherous enough, there was also the occasional massacre by renegade natives. During the summer and fall of 1784, more than 100 travelers were killed on the Kentucky side of the gap. Like the ill-fated Donner Party, travelers had to abandon wagons full of household necessities in bad weather to travel the narrow gap by foot or horse. By 1796 it was known as the Wilderness Road having seen as many as 200,000 travelers, including Abraham Lincoln's parents and grandparents as they emigrated west. The Gap was then widened to allow Conestoga Wagons through to lands west.The Gap was used for commerce by 1800. Kentuckians drove long lines of horses and cattle through the Gap to the markets in the east. But by the 1830s, other east/west routes had been established, including the National Road, causing the Gap's popularity to decline.

During the Civil War both North and South held the Gap, prepared for an invasion that never happened. Both sides cleared and chopped the terrain. On September 9, 1863 a soldier from the 125th Ohio, O.G. Swingburg, wrote, "The trees, which had formerly covered the mountains were all cut down. Their trunks lie tangled and scattered in all directions to prevent rapid charges of infantry. Surely, a valley of death could not have been more skillfully constructed. All who walked that road today would agree that had the charge been made, it would have been the last road walked in eternity. It would have been murder to have ordered that assault." In 1866, the Federal Army abandoned the road after exchanging it several times with the Confederacy.

The Cumberland Gap Tunnel. This is the Tennessee portal where you can see the viaduct approach to the tunnel. Photo by H.B. Elkins. Photo from the Cumberland Gap Tunnel Web Site

Then the railroads came, but they bypassed the Gap after the Civil War, further easing east /west travel. The arrival of the automobile rekindled interest in using the Gap again. In 1908, the U.S. government built a "macadamized" road (layers of compacted broken stone) connecting Middlesboro, Kentucky to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, and called it the Government Pike. The new road passed by Soldier's Cave, which became a tourist attraction, bringing more automobiles to the area. In 1916, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee built a similar road connecting the Government Pike to the "Dixie Highway" system.

In 1920, Lincoln Memorial University bought the Gap and tourist attraction "Cudjo's Cave" and surrounding land. In 1925, the Gap was included in the planning of U.S. Highways, on U.S. 411's planned route from Bristol, Virginia, to Corbin, Kentucky. The Tennessee approach was not included, as it had been in the Dixie Highway. U.S. 25 had been assigned to much of the Dixie Highway. By 1926, U.S. 25 was split with an eastern leg passing through the Cumberland Gap. U.S. 58 replaced U.S. 411 in 1934.

In the 1940's, The Cumberland Gap National Historic Park was established to protect and control the 20,000 acres of forested mountain. The tourism of the Cave was booming and with electricity installed, accommodations for overnight lodging was provided. Tennessee shares Cumberland Gap National Historic Park with Kentucky and Virginia, where the famous mountain pass lies.

In the 1990s, the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, a four-lane twin-bore mountain tunnel 4,600 feet long, was built under the mountain to replace the dangerous Gap road. The Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division administered the tunnel project for the National Park Service. The tab was $280 million, more than twice the estimate, since the old mountain had some surprises for the engineers-a system of underground streams.

The old Gap road was closed, with an estimated 5 deaths per year attributed to it. The Federal Highway Administration spent about $5 million to remove all traces of the old road on the Kentucky-Virginia border and to restore the land to its original beauty. Talented work crews using descriptions from old journals and maps have recreated the terrain to the appearance Daniel Boone first saw. The Cumberland Gap has come full circle through time-the man-made road is gone and the ancient trails returned.

Web Sources:

• Old US 25E : Crossing the Cumberland Gap

"Paying it Forward" Genealogy etiquette

                 There are many people who conduct Genealogy research for personal or profitable reasons. Whether we are the big shiny Genealogist or the average working class Genealogist one thing combines them, "A natural love of Genealogy."
                 Let's face it, not everyone wakes up in the morning and says, "I can't wait to search those historic records." Genealogy isn't easy to do if someone lacks the passion it undoubtedly will demand. From my experience I'm probably an average working class Genealogist. This doesn't mean that I can't do the same thing big shiny Genealogist do, it only means they have more time to do it. I love Genealogy, I'll be doing this until they put my headstone on Find a Grave.com.
                 I enjoy reading the articles and looking at the links that are posted on media I explore, where are the human aspects I envision. I work with people who have the ooh look at me I'm important perspective. Assuredly, they might be important and who am I to call them out. I've been after pictures from someone for the better part of a year. I even offered they name their price and I'd pay them for the pictures. I didn't even get a response. Personally, I would have rather received a "NO" the kicker is that these pictures I'm requesting to purchase were donated by my Family no less. If only they had known and could have given them while retaining the rights.
                This post is slightly a ramble of aggravation and I apologize but the point is, "protect your Family Heritage" and watch big shiny people that have nothing better to do than give you a hard time. I would like to have these pictures for my first book I've been writing and I'm drawing to a close (hence the aggravation).

                I'm remembering a promise I made to a Genealogist not to long ago and I'm keeping it now.  Have a blessed evening to the withholding person of my Family History and I wish you the kindest regards by "paying it forward."

Time is the most irrecuperable for it can never be redeemed

While watching one of my favorite television series

 "The Tudor's"

 the following textwas spoken and it caught my interest....

Season 4 / Episode 10: - Death of a Monarchy

King Henry VIII: [Opening lines] In these last days I've been thinking a great deal about loss. What loss, your grace, is to man most irrecoverable?

Charles Brandon: His virtue.

King Henry VIII: No, for by his actions, he may redeem his virtue.

Charles Brandon: Then, his honor.

King Henry VIII: No, for again he may find the means to recover it, even as a man recovers some fortune he has lost.

Charles Brandon: Then I can't say, Your Majesty.

King Henry VIII: Time, your grace. Of all losses, time is the most irrecuperable for it can never be redeemed.

http://sharetv.org/shows/the_tudors/quotes

In order to conduct Genealogy research, it takes a lot of time. The slower and more factual you can be while conducting your research, the better you conserve your time. Time is wasted chasing dead ends. One of the fruits of time conservation is analyzing your facts as you obtain them.

an·a·lyze/ˈanlˌīz/

Verb:

Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, esp. information), typically for purposes of explanation... Discover or reveal (something) through such examination.

source:www.google.com

Example....

Photo Analysis Guide

This is the photo analysis guide from Bill Tally's workshop at the NDL Educators Institute (American Memory Fellows) held in Washington, D.C., July 28 - August 1, 1997. The Institute was sponsored by the Library of Congress and a grant provided by the Kellogg Foundation. The photo used for this workshop is from Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920 .

 

Close of a Career in New York
Click on the picture for a larger image.

Observation	Knowledge	Interpretation
Describe exactly what you see in the photo What people and objects are shown? How are they arranged? What is the physical setting? What other details can you see?	Summarize what you already know about the situation and time period shown, and the people and objects that appear.	Say what you conclude from what you see. What's going on in the picture? Who are the people & what are they doing? What might be the function of the objects? What can we conclude about the time period?
Further Research What questions has the photo raised? What are some sources I can use to find answers?

http://www.cyberbee.com/quicklessons/photo.html