October 2, 2015 - 31 Days to Better Genealogy - Day 2

Day 2 - Timelines

Your To-Do 

Take one of the people you are working on and create a timeline for them. Make it as specific as you can and add as many points as you can. Then, take a look at what you have and brainstorm about things you should be looking for. 

http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/2015/07/21/sorting-dates-in-excel-for-your-genealogy-timelines/

Like to be able to find more about GM's father and mother ... and fill in the gaps between Nebraska and Kansas.

DATE	AGE	NAME	PLACE	SOURCE
5 Oct 65			Omaha, Nebraska	US. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. George Milton Rice. Father Jacob W. Rice, Mother Cornelia M. Reynolds.
1866		George Milton Rice Born		Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054971, George M. Rice (1866-1958), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield
1870				1870 United States Federal Census, Precinct No. Three, Merreck County, Nebraska, Page 3.Rice, Jacob (Head), Rice, Cornelia, (Wife), Rice, Marrarh (Daughter), Rice, Simon (Son), Rice, Henry (Son), Rice Milton (Son), Rice, Delilah (Daughter)
1877		Spouse, Edna Virena Rice, born		Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054946, Edna Virena Rice (1877-1933), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield
1880				1880 United States Federal Census, Cedron Township, Lincoln County, Rice, Jacob (Head) [Father birthplace Pennsylvania; Mother birthplace Ireland], Rice, Cornelia (Wife) [Father birthplace New York; Mother birthplace New York], Rice, Simon J. (Son), Rice, Henry S. (Son), Rice, Milton S. (Son), Rice, Delia, S. (Daughter), Rice, Annie (Daughter)
1910	43		Creswell Township, Cowley County, Kansas	1910 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, ED 52, SD 3, Sheet 12 B. Rice, Milton G. (Head), Rice, Virena (Wife), Rice, Beulah (Daughter), Rice, Nathalee (Daughter), Rice, Etta (Daughter).
1920	54		Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas	1920 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, ED 46m SD 103, Sheet 14A, Rice, George M. (Head), Rice, Virena (Wife), Rice, Buella A. (Daughter), Rice, Natheader W. (Daughter), Rice, Etta J. (Daughter),
1930	64		Arkansas City, Creswell, Cowley County, Kansas	1930 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, ED 18-4, SD 12, Sheet 12 B. Rice, George M. (Head) [Father, Pennsylvania; Mother, New York], Rice, Virena (Wife) [Father, United States; Mother, Indiana], Rice, E. Woodrow (Son), Roberts, Leslie L. (Son in law)
1933		Spouse, Edna Virena Rice, dies	Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas	Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054946, Edna Virena Rice (1877-1933), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield
1940	74		Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas	1940 United States Federal Census, WIDOWED, House 219, Family 420. 219 S 8th St. Rice, George M. (Head), Roberts, Leslie L. (Son in Law), Roberts, Nathalie (Daughter), Roberts, Rachel (Granddaughter), Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, Population Schedule, Sheet 17 A, SD 3, ED 18-5
1958		George Milton Rice Died	Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas	Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054971, George M. Rice (1866-1958), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield

October 1, 2015 - 31 Days to Better Genealogy - Day 1

October 1, 2015, Day 1 - Decide What You Want to Find - long term goals, short term goals, manageable and attainable. 

I need to know where George Milton and Edna Virena were from … who were their parents? their siblings? where were they born? and where are they buried? Both are buried in Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas

1. George Milton Rice (1865 - 1958), Father of 6, Son of 24 and 25 [#_4Gen 30 Sep 2015] … born 5 October 1866, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, died 9 March 1958, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, 9 March 1958 / Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma / buried Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, Find A Grave 43054971 [LK4C-WW5], parents, Jacob Rice born 23 March 1819, Pennsylvania, died 20 October 1897, Republic County, Kansas, buried 1897 in Scandia, Republic County, Kansas LK46-KCC and Cornelia Reynolds, born 10 November 1828 in New York State, died 14 May 1914 in Craig, Oklahoma, K6M1-W1H
2. Edna Virena Perkins, (1877-1933) Mother of 6, Daughter of 26 and 27 [#_4Gen 30 Sep 2015], born in 1827, in Missouri, Buried 1933 / Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, Find A Grave 43054946 to William Perkins, born 1827, LKLV-LQR

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/406579/21618301/1357948165947/FamilyCurator-GenCodicil.pdf?token=hu7XQpSgpGzL5EQfBe422Ayfzww%3D

http://www.genrootsorganizer.com/p/13-steps.html

http://stlgs.org/resources/on-this-site/citations-a-guide-to-creating-proper-source-citations

http://www.bagtheweb.com/b/PHbLG1

Your To-Do

Decide what it is you want to accomplish, either with a big project or some research you want to do this evening.