Roberts Roots & Branches

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Not EVERY immigrant changed their name upon immigration.  More often it was just misspelled!

"Fifteen more boys from Sweetwater county will be called to the colors this week and will leave for Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sept. 18 th , 1918.  They are: James H. Roberts"  (20 September 1918, Rock Springs Miner) "Jim writes from Colorado Springs and he is greatly pleased with the camp.  He says they have fine meals, with chicken and ice cream and cake for Sunday dinner.  He has been laid up with grip since arriving at the camp but is now better."  (4 October 1918, Rock Springs Miner)

Source:  Rock Springs Miner, 4 October 1918, page 1, Wyoming Newspaper Project online

The Value of the local Family History Center Do you have a local Family History Center by you? There is a great valuable resource for family history enthusiasts, hidden in the local Family History Centers throughout the world.   According to FamilySearch.org, “As of April 2011, there were more than 4,600 FSCs in 134 countries.”(1)   The Centers are free and most are located in LDS Church houses, but you do not have to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to use the centers.      You may find a local center here:   https://familysearch.org/locations/   “Family History Centers are locally operated and supervised. The facilities and resources of the centers differ by location, and range from small, ‘Computer-only’ facilities that do not circulate film and are open only a few hours a week, to large centers open typical business hours with dozens of volunteers, computers, digital film readers, scanners, and printers to support the patrons’ use of exten

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Percy Roberts, enlisted on 17 March 1918 and served with the 108th Ammunition Train, in the 33rd Infantry, 91 Division. From Percy:   “I have not much to tell you, but I have gone through a little and I wouldn’t give anything for my experience over here, but I know I can’t tell you in my letter, but I think I can keep it in my head. " (6 Dec 1918, Rock Springs Miner.)    “I can call myself lucky for pulling through three drives without a scratch. " (3 January 1919, Rock Springs Miner.)       “I will write a few lines to let you know I am well and still alive and hope that the rest of the family are the same. "  (9 May 1919, Rock Springs Miner.) Thank you Percy for all of the letters you sent home.  Thank you Janet Howie for sharing with  the Rock Springs  Miner those letters.  Thank you Rock Springs Miner for printing excerpts and letters from the local soldiers in WWI.    

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, for every person in our genealogy database, we had the following documents: 1.      birth certificate or christening record 2.      marriage certificate 3.      death certificate 4.      census records for their entire life span An added bonus would be if we had the various accompanying documents: ·        passenger records for those who immigrated ·        naturalization certificates for those who became citizens ·        military records for veterans ·        probate records for everyone who owned land ·        and a will for everyone who died In the land of genealogy-make-believe all of these documents would not only be available, but there would be a copy online, or at the very least, a copy available at the Family History Library.             However, we live in the real world, where fires and floods have destroyed records and where not every event was written down.    When searching for specific records there are a few thi