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Jerry E. Jones, MD, MS, The Jones Genealogist, Library of Congress No. 6192-01064476.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Friday, November 8, 2013
How To Use This Blog
"Just the facts, ma'am...just the facts" so states Sgt. Joe Friday from the TV series Dragnet 1951 - 1959.
Having just started my genealogy adventures in 1959, this statement would echo in my memory.
This blog contains an outline of just the facts. It is a topical listing of the readings, research, analysis, documentation, and results of more than 50 years of JONES surname tree climbing. It list the collection of this work containing the subjects grouped by notebooks. They are presented as "research notebooks" (RN). They are numbered from RN #1 through, RN #247. They cover a multitude of subjects that have been important in my own tree climbing experience. With the surname JONES, you can imagine what a number of topics this might include.
To use this blog, just put in a topic/subject in the "search this blog" option to the upper right. The subject/topic that it contains will appear along the top of the page. You can then go to the notebook by clicking on the title of the RN # that comes to the list you have searched. The notebook will outline the documents/topics that have been researched for this subject. A broad general subject list is as follows:
Welsh history, language, culture...etc. type in Wales.
English history, language, culture, society, etc...would contain Anglo-Saxon, Norman, etc...
Colonial Virginia history and settlement...
Early Virginia counties and settlement...
Revolutionary War...
Associated surnames that are linked...(have to type in a surname)
Early Kentucky settlement and migration
Early religious groups, and settlements
The Jones surname in Wales, England, Ireland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina...etc.
My Jones family research by individual generations, groups, topics, chronology, etc.
My Jones family DNA
Cultural and social factors that are important.
Military records and documents
Census records
British archive records
Special collections researched and many other topics you might consider when researching the surname JONES.
Wow...you might say...just the facts. Give it a try.
Having just started my genealogy adventures in 1959, this statement would echo in my memory.
This blog contains an outline of just the facts. It is a topical listing of the readings, research, analysis, documentation, and results of more than 50 years of JONES surname tree climbing. It list the collection of this work containing the subjects grouped by notebooks. They are presented as "research notebooks" (RN). They are numbered from RN #1 through, RN #247. They cover a multitude of subjects that have been important in my own tree climbing experience. With the surname JONES, you can imagine what a number of topics this might include.
To use this blog, just put in a topic/subject in the "search this blog" option to the upper right. The subject/topic that it contains will appear along the top of the page. You can then go to the notebook by clicking on the title of the RN # that comes to the list you have searched. The notebook will outline the documents/topics that have been researched for this subject. A broad general subject list is as follows:
Welsh history, language, culture...etc. type in Wales.
English history, language, culture, society, etc...would contain Anglo-Saxon, Norman, etc...
Colonial Virginia history and settlement...
Early Virginia counties and settlement...
Revolutionary War...
Associated surnames that are linked...(have to type in a surname)
Early Kentucky settlement and migration
Early religious groups, and settlements
The Jones surname in Wales, England, Ireland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina...etc.
My Jones family research by individual generations, groups, topics, chronology, etc.
My Jones family DNA
Cultural and social factors that are important.
Military records and documents
Census records
British archive records
Special collections researched and many other topics you might consider when researching the surname JONES.
Wow...you might say...just the facts. Give it a try.
Monday, October 21, 2013
RN #247 Retrospective Analysis Jones Surname 1656 - 1692
Detailed chronology seems to be a basic method used during my many Jones surname tree climbing adventures. This notebook contains my research into the Jones surname from (Old) Rappahannock County 1656 - 1692. It was some of my early work, so it is called "retrospective" analysis as compared to "regression" analysis [notebooks 245, 246 ], but it is basically the same process. Using dates on one side, squares and circles in the middle, and associated surnames, it shows a method which has over the years been very helpful.
The following three pages show the method, and represents the dates 1692 - 1689. Color coding was also used to keep the folks identified and separated.
Edward Jones, John Jones, Roderick Jones, and Richard Jones all come into play in the first pages shown.
Connecting points to associated surnames and certain topics are included.
A method which may help connect the dots is contained within the pages of this notebook.
The following three pages show the method, and represents the dates 1692 - 1689. Color coding was also used to keep the folks identified and separated.
Edward Jones, John Jones, Roderick Jones, and Richard Jones all come into play in the first pages shown.
Connecting points to associated surnames and certain topics are included.
A method which may help connect the dots is contained within the pages of this notebook.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
RN #246 Regression Analysis - Related Surnames (Vol. II)
This notebook continues my work on the associated family names which followed the family tree along the many, many branches. The following shows a page from this notebook for the name Smyth (Smith)...
Regression meaning looking backward in time from a fixed point. In this case it is 1691 in Old Rappahanock County, VA. The associated surnames included in this notebook are: 1) Blomfield, 2) Rowzey, 3) Smyth, 4) Sallis, 5) Thatcher , 6) Munro, 7) Fantleroy, 8) Butler, 9) Allen, 10) Washington, 11) Savage, 12) Lawson, 13) Mott, 14) Corbin, 15) Baldwin, 16) Prosser, 17) Paine/Payne, 18) Wilson, and 19) Fleming.
Regression meaning looking backward in time from a fixed point. In this case it is 1691 in Old Rappahanock County, VA. The associated surnames included in this notebook are: 1) Blomfield, 2) Rowzey, 3) Smyth, 4) Sallis, 5) Thatcher , 6) Munro, 7) Fantleroy, 8) Butler, 9) Allen, 10) Washington, 11) Savage, 12) Lawson, 13) Mott, 14) Corbin, 15) Baldwin, 16) Prosser, 17) Paine/Payne, 18) Wilson, and 19) Fleming.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
RN #245 Regression Analysis - Related Surnames (Vol. I)
(Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia deed/will abstracts, and the order book abstracts from 1656 to 1692 give a record of my early JONES family in Virginia. The associated brick walls are numerous trying to climb the many branches. This notebook contains my attempts by a method I call "Regression Analysis". That is, starting with a date, and going in "regression" (backward in time) in a detailed account, placing associated family surnames in order of their occurrence. An example is given below:
The Catlett family had a large role in connecting my JONES family to the county of Kent. The figure above shows one page from the analysis for this surname. William Catlett, John Smyth, and Ralph Rowzee are connected in a record of 18 Sept. 1690. Going back in time (regression) each record that contains the surname "Catlett" is placed in order. Associated surnames are then analyzed.
This notebook (Vol. I) contains the following surnames:
1. Jones, 2. Slaughter, 3. Lightfoot, 4. Taliaferro, 5. Catlett, 6. Thornton, 7. Lee, 8, Townsend, 9. Underwood, 10. Mosley, 11. Booth, 12. Hawkins, 13. Lucas, 14. Upton, 15. Williamson, 16. Nicholas/Nicholls, 17. Whitman, 18. Battaile, 19. Williams, and 20. Jefferys.
The Catlett family had a large role in connecting my JONES family to the county of Kent. The figure above shows one page from the analysis for this surname. William Catlett, John Smyth, and Ralph Rowzee are connected in a record of 18 Sept. 1690. Going back in time (regression) each record that contains the surname "Catlett" is placed in order. Associated surnames are then analyzed.
This notebook (Vol. I) contains the following surnames:
1. Jones, 2. Slaughter, 3. Lightfoot, 4. Taliaferro, 5. Catlett, 6. Thornton, 7. Lee, 8, Townsend, 9. Underwood, 10. Mosley, 11. Booth, 12. Hawkins, 13. Lucas, 14. Upton, 15. Williamson, 16. Nicholas/Nicholls, 17. Whitman, 18. Battaile, 19. Williams, and 20. Jefferys.
Monday, August 19, 2013
RN #244 Virginia Colonial Militia From 1656
Military organizations played an important role in early American history. For the genealogist this history plays an important role in many family tree exploits. This notebook contains my research into the early military organization of Virginia. In 1651, seven military districts were formed. Muster list can be an important record of individuals living in these areas. The following content is contained:
Northampton Co. 1651 [formed 1642/43]
Charles City Co. 1655
Rappahannock Co. 1656
Lancaster Co. 1656
Middlesex Co. 1676
Northumberland Co. 1676
Surry Co. 1687
Virginia Officers in 1680
Virginia Militia Officers 1699
Various notes on county militia 1656 - 1754
An important reference is: "Virginia Colonial Militia 1651 - 1776", edited by William Armstrong Crozier, Southern Book Co., 1954.
Northampton Co. 1651 [formed 1642/43]
Charles City Co. 1655
Rappahannock Co. 1656
Lancaster Co. 1656
Middlesex Co. 1676
Northumberland Co. 1676
Surry Co. 1687
Virginia Officers in 1680
Virginia Militia Officers 1699
Various notes on county militia 1656 - 1754
An important reference is: "Virginia Colonial Militia 1651 - 1776", edited by William Armstrong Crozier, Southern Book Co., 1954.
Monday, July 22, 2013
RN #243 The Jones Surname : A Genealogical Classification System
This notebook contains reprints from The Jones Genealogist that group a number of articles that deal with my research into the Jones surname. A Jones Classification System is what it attempts to develop based upon the historical use of the coat of arms associated with the various family groups.
The original research is contained in RN # 89 and RN #90. Beginning Vol VI, No. 5, Jan/Feb 1995, this research was published in a series of articles. They are grouped in this notebook.
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