Tracy Ashley Crocker, TRS Genealogist

WELCOME !!!!!!
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September 6, 2008
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By: Tracy Ashley Crocker
My Credentials-Member of:
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Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America –[Founded
[Founded 1939] Registrar
General ~ Webmaster
Order Founders and Patriots in America – [ Founded 1896 ]
Baronial Order of the Magna Charta – [Founded 1898] Past Member of the Board ~ Webmaster
National Society of Americans of Royal Descent [Founded 1908]
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry [Founded 1903]
Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors [Founded 1896]
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty [ Founded 2004] Founding Member ~Registrar General ~
Webmaster
Jamestowne Society [Founded 1936]
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Mayflower
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Descendants
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Mayflower Society of Hawai`i – [Founded 1951] Past Editor
Mayflower Society of Minnesota
Thomas Rogers Society (Mayflower Pilgrim) – [Founded 1974] President ~Genealogist, 6th & 7th
Gen. Project, and Webmaster
John Howland Society (Mayflower Pilgrim)
General Society of Colonial Wars [Founded 1893]
Order Colonial Lords of Manors in America [Founded 1911]
The National Gavel Society
Sons of the Revolution New York
York, (Founded 1890) Genealogist
Sons of the American Revolution [Founded 1889]
The Military Order of the Crusades [Founded 1934] Past Member of the Board ~ Webmaster
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861 [Founded 1994]
Flagon and Trencher [Founded 1963]
War of 1812 New York (Founded 1826)
The Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of New York (established 1790)
Have acquired a significant personal library of books on Genealogy and Historical Events
The Passion
Hi t i l Fi
Historical
Figures
Places
Historical Relics
History
Historical Events
• Genealogy possesses a value which
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increases
materially
t i ll with
ith
each succeeding
g yyear and
generation.
• In America we have been so busyy in
developing a new way of life ~ the
pursuit of establishing our
independence and current well being
that many of us neglected to maintain
our family history.
• How better to honor our fore
fathers and mothers than to
perpetuate their memories and
accomplishments.
How do we build on the
future if we do not know
our past?
• The endeavor becomes a labor of
love, the pursuit of the puzzle of
life and the success of putting all
the pieces together.
The Thrill of the Search
and
What you will discover and what
you will
ill llearn?
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“To be born is to be
I know off no individual who is responsible for
f their
lineage…but we are all responsible for the future of that
lineage”
Seven Generations of Crocker’s
Your Immediate Family
Family Military History
Ancestors Who Fought
IN:
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World War II
Civil War
War of 1812
American Revolution
C l i lW
Colonial
Wars
Crusades
Major Historical Events
What was taught in History Classes, but has more
meaning when it is part of your family history
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Defeat of Attila the Hun by
y the Merovingians
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((448~471))
The Carolingian Dynasty and Charlemagne (8th to early 11th c. A.D.)
Rollo King of the Vikings 870-927
William the Conqueror and the defeat of the English 1027-1087
The Crusades 1099-1192
The Barons of Runnemede ~ The Signing of the Magna Charta
1215
Jamestowne 1606
Mayflower and other ships that arrived in the New World 1620 ~
1660
Colonial Wars 1620~1776
American Revolution 1776
Colonial Lords of Manors 1600~1776
The Great Migrations 1776~1900
W ld W
World
War II 1942
They Immigrated
They Migrated
The fun of plowing through Wonderful and Unique Records
Revolutionary War &
Military Records
Wills, Deeds,
Land Records
Original Family Journals,
Journals Books
Books, Cemetery,Obituaries
Cemetery Obituaries
and Documented Lineages
and Death Records
Church and Bible
Records
Census and Civil
Records
Family
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Letters
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and Manuscripts
Old Documents
Mayflower Compact
– Magna Carta
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Civil War
Signing the Mayflower Compact
American Revolution
Henry I
Crusaders
William the Conqueror
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Rolo King of the Vikings
Alfred the Great
Charlemagne
Barons of the Magna Carta
Childeric King of the Merovingians
Some Fun and Unique
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John I, King of England
Forced to sign the Magna Carta
Faulk V – King of Jerusalem
Lady Godiva
Colonial Clergy
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Bench and Bar
First Tavern Owners
Westminster Abbey and other
Historical European churches and castles
Places
Manors and Homes
IN Europe
American Revolution and other major battles in America
Government and
Historical Buildings
Manor Homes
In America
Homes of our
Founding
Fathers
Crests & Heraldry
DNA
The New Horizon in Genealogy
How to Do Genealogy Properly
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In filling out the application, lineage data should be as complete as possible to the best knowledge
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proving
g each g
generation. Names of all p
persons should be in full ((not initials).
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of the applicant
(John Henry Jones). Dates are to be shown with the day of the month, then the month, then the
year (6 March 1945).
REFERENCES:
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References are to be cited which will PROVE the applicant’s claim for each generation. Proof of
parentage for each generation, including the applicant, is essential, i.e. that the person named first
in a generation was the child of the couple named in the following generation.
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proof is found in unpublished
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‘PRIMARY” records,, such as birth,, baptism,
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, marriage
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Where p
death records in family Bibles, wills, deeds, census records, sworn statements of parents,
grandparents, or other vital records, etc. each shall be listed in the references for the generation to
which it pertains with the note “copy supplied” and photo or photo copies of them provided by the
applicant. On each such photocopy the name(s), date(s), etc. and the generation(s) for which it is
submitted as proof shown as “Gen#___. When a record is from a family Bible submit photocopy
of title page attached to the record
record.
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Published “SECONDARY” records are to be described by the full title in quotes, date of
publication, author, volume and page for dates and places of birth, marriage, and death for the
applicant and for the child. Photocopies of the publication along with the title page are required.
UNACCEPTED REFERENCES:
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References to Membership in other societies are not acceptable as
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proof
LDS
Group Sheets
Internet genealogies or family genealogies that do not reflect
primary
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Unaccepted Publications:
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Publications that are not supported by primary sources
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“Compendium
Compendium of American Genealogy”
Genealogy by Virkus
Thank You!
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