Roberts Roots & Branches

photo from here . . .riding in a train backward; it shows you where you came from, but not where you’re going.

image from here • The Grinch stole my family tree. • My family tree is not a real one; it’s artificial! • Christmas morning, under my family tree Santa left me: Census records, marriage certificates, christening records and a map to the cemetery. • This year I’m not decorating my tree, I’m just going to appreciate the simplicity of my family. • At the Christmas tree lot do they also sell family trees? • Can I put my Christmas tree and family tree on the same timer? • Flock the Christmas tree; flog the family tree--just to see who falls out! • Christmas tree: It didn’t look that big outside! Family tree: It looked bigger on the computer screen! • Christmas tree lights and public pedigrees: a tangled mess! • For Christmas you don’t want to decorate and light a banana tree; likewise source and document your family tree so you don’t end up the wrong tree! (by jrobertslott)

Yep, I am still not done.  I have just a few more things to add.  It is really coming along and after doing some adjusting I believe it will be easier to navigate! If you browse it, leave me a comment or email me and tell me what you think. I have updated the links and added tabs under the heading. All of the miners have been added to NewFamilySearch with all of the information I have on them and their families.

 image from here  Dear Family, Happy Thanksgiving I am thankful for: FamilySearch digital images my mission at the FHL continual training I receive at the FHL my new IPad to assist with my research all of you who placate my passion notes, letters, emails and phone calls from my readers my Roberts family who came before me working with my Dad at the FHL so we can discuss research questions this season of my life to be able to devote my time to this research living in Wyoming in 1999 to 2002 so I could research Have a wonderful turkey day spending it with loved ones. Janet

Favorite links as featured in the October 2011 newsletter. CLWYD Family History Society Cyndi's List Dear Myrtle  Deseret News Historic Archive FamilySearch.org Find a Grave Frontier Mine No. 1 Disaster GenDisasters GENUKI Lincoln County Historical Society The Potteries  Rock Springs Cemetery Index Tributes Western States Marriage Index WIKI

go check out the Roberts pedigree chart on Ancestry.com picture from here If you have a subscription to Ancestry.com check out the Roberts-Beazer Family Tree  OR   if you  are at a Family History Library click here : Great job Adam!

New blog post for : Isaac (65) Roberts ,  son of John Richard Roberts (8) and Selina Parker (162) grandson of Hugh (1) Roberts & Margaret (2) Roberts Isaac (65) was born  27 June 1886, Fenton, Staffordshire, England. He was killed in the Frontier Mine No. 1 disaster on 14 August 1923, Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming To visit this new post click  here .

Here's a link to a coal mining glossary I've added to the Frontier Mine No. 1 disaster blog: http://fronterminedisaster.blogspot.com/search/label/glossary Go check it out! image from here The October Newsletter is late getting out, look for it next week.