Roberts Roots & Branches

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Source:  http://www.wyonewspapers.org/ Source:  http://access.newspaperarchive.com/des-moines-daily-news/1920-05-26

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Just a reminder of the purpose of this blog and goals of the Roberts Roots & Branches Newsletter: Share & exchange information about the Roberts family Keep in touch with the Roberts family members Locate and find all living descendants of Hugh & Margaret Roberts Inspire & motivate others to become involved in the Roberts family research Share knowledge, resources and information about how to do genealogy

---- about Family Tree @ FamilySearch.org 1. The price—it’s free 2. Sources—not only can you source, you can hyperlink to the sources 3. Delete—you can delete incorrect information 4. Edit—you can change, standardize, and correct errors 5. Pictures—you can add photographs so everyone can have a copy 6. User friendly—the program is logical and easy to navigate. 7. Views—you can either view your family in pedigree or fan tree.  8. Discussions—you can leave notes or have discussions with other family members. 9. History button—lets you see where you have been and quickly go back to the same family member. 10. Duplicates—when you search for duplicates you can now leave a reason why it is NOT a duplicate! Someone bake those software designers some brownies….love the new Family Tree!

Peace Offers Memorial Day   John James Buxton (31) John Buxton was the first game warden in Wyoming killed in the line of duty. Born: 23 September 1888, Appanoose, Iowa Married: 19 March 1918, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Jane Roberts (30) Died:  14 Sep 1919, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming Parents:  John James Buxton (654) and Jennie Watson (655) For more information: see the Wyoming Game Wardens Association about the incident. see Jennie Roberts (30)

“Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well the positive contributions that they make to society.” (Source:  Wikipedia)   Here are some of our ancestor mother’s: Margaret Roberts(2) ---had 12 children, in 1910 7 of those children were still living Selina Parker(162) —11 children, in 1910 8 of those children were still living Janet Howie(16) —11 children, in 1910 8 of those children were still living Sarah Ann Roberts((11) —7 children, in 1910 6 of those children were still living Esther Clough(203) —1 child, in 1910 and 1 living Letitia Roberts(9) —1 child, in 1910 that child was still living Mary Elizabeth Roberts(14) —1 child, in 1910 1 child still living Jane Roberts(15) —6 children, in 1910 5 children still living. Alice Leese(459) —7 children (presumably since she still lived in England and on there are no census’ that...

Have you been on the Family Tree at FamilySearch.org ? Here is what you can find there for the Roberts family: A photograph for Margaret Roberts (2) [LHZ8-ZFB]* 11 Sources for Margaret Roberts (2) 4 Sources for Hugh Roberts (1) [L7P1-YHP]* You can search for Hugh and Margaret using their *identifying numbers listed above. Sign up sign in and go see what you can find! Leave me a message and tell me what YOU think of Family Tree.

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This was such a wonderful article I thought I would share it. The full article can be found in Family Tree Magazine, January 2012, pages 50-51. Go check out the article and go check out Family Tree Magazine either online or in print form. Character Development Excerpts from the article by: Desmond Walls Allen How to become a better genealogist by training your brain to take on these 12 key characteristics of roots research. Inquisitiveness. A keen inquiring mind and a sense of adventure are essential to putting together pieces of your family history. You can always nurture that inquisitive nature by always asking “Why?” Critical thinking. Learn to question the validity of the genealogical sources you uncover. Organization. You need to organize your discoveries so that you can find them again, or else why bother finding them in the first place. A love of reading. Everything from history books to mystery novels will increase your understand...