We Will Remember the Children!

The past few days have not been

the time to blog. 

It is a time to grieve.  And a 

time to mourn for those who have lost

family, mostly children, in the Connecticut shooting.

I hope you will join me in Love, in Prayer and in Remembering the families during this time. 

Seeking John W. Festervan or Andrew Jack Festervan descendants

We continue to be on a brick road with our 

ancestor John W. FESTERVAN, born Holland in ca. 1818, a/k/a Festervand, Festebaun and a jillion other ways you can think to spell his name. 

Son: Andrew Jackson FESTERVAN

born 1839-MS, died aft 1910-Claiborne LA.

Below, my Great-great-grandmother

Martha Ann FESTERVAN MARTIN BEASLEY

with her husband that my dad and others 

called "Grandpa Ike" (Isaac Elijah BEASLEY)  He was not dad's "real" Grandpa as we descend from her William W.MARTIN husband.

Grandpa Ike Beasley and Martha Ann 

Festervan Martin Beasley

Because after years of searching for John W.'s parents 

and we have no clues, I am seeking a Festervan

male cousin who has the "Festervan" or other variation 

name to do the Y-DNA testing while it's on sale.

I attending the Family Tree DNA conference a week or so ago.  
On November 11, 2012, as the 8th Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference 

was coming to a close, FTDNA announced that several 

conference participants had asked when there would be a year-end sale.

In answer to that question, FTDNA announced "immediately".
See prices below. 

As we ended our 8th Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference, several conference participants asked us to start our year-end sale as soon as possible. In answer to those requests we decided to start it immediately:

New Kits Current Price SALE PRICE Y-DNA 37 $169 $119 Y-DNA 67 $268 $199 mtDNAPlus $159 $139 mtFullSequence (FMS) $299 $199 SuperDNA (Y-DNA 67 and mtFullSequence) $548 $398 Family Finder $289 $199 Family Finder + mtDNAPlus $438 $318 Family Finder + mtFullSequence $559 $398 Family Finder + Y-DNA 37 $438 $318 Comprehensive (FF + FMS + Y-67) $837 $597 Upgrades Current Price SALE PRICE Y-Refine 12-25 Marker $59 $35 Y-Refine 12-37 Marker $109 $69 Y-Refine 12-67 Marker $199 $148 Y-Refine 25-37 Marker $59 $35 Y-Refine 25-67 Marker $159 $114 Y-Refine 37-67 Marker $109 $79 Y-Refine 37-111 Marker $220 $188 Y-Refine 67-111 Marker $129 $109 mtHVR1toMega $269 $179 mtHVR2toMega $239 $179 mtFullSequence Add-on $289 $199

To order this special offer, log in to your personal page and click on the Order An Upgrade button in the upper right corner. A link to the login page is provided below. ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED AND PAID FOR BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2012 11:59:00 PM CST TO RECEIVE THE SALE PRICES.

If you're a Festervan researcher and have a male relative that will test, please contact me.  
Always Happy Hunting, 
Revis 

It's Election Day! VOTE!

V O T E 

Blessing to You and Yours on election 
day - voice your freedom and Vote! 

Revis 

Julus/Julius Ziegenfuss to America 1893

As I continue the search for my gr-gr-grandfather Gottlieb Ziegenfuss and wife Fredrika Sophia Louise/Louisa Trenkman/Frankman's parents, 

I am also on a quest to identify one young man by the name of JULIUS ZIEGENFUSS. 

Julius and family arrived in America (New York) on 8 Sep 1893 on the ship Normannia.  Departure Port: Hamburg via Southampton.  Julius was age 24, Male, born about 1869 in Germany, and the ship's manifest lists him as a Merchant, able to read and write, and his native city Blanbenern.

His Transit Code states he was "staying in the USA" and 

his destination "Arlington, TX", Travel Compartment: Steerage.

Traveling with Julius are his wife and young child: 

Henriette Ziegenfuss, age 20 (b. ca. 1873), Female, German; 

and daughter Juliane Ziegenfuss, age 9m, Female, German.

This record can be found at Ancestry.com and here:

(1) Ellis Island records

and is Batch Number: P00283-7

Page Ref: 1401

Page Line No.: 0030

(2) German Immigrants 1890's

Record id: 1275428

Now, as to why I am interested in Julius Ziegenfuss.

Stories in my "Z" family stated that Gottlieb had a

"brother named Julius who came to America, but 

didn't come to Texas".  So I started my search to find

a Julius Ziegenfuss coming to America.  And so I found

young Julius and family.  Too young to be old Gottlieb's brother.

But what caught my attention about Julius was WHERE his destination was.  Arlington, TX.  That's where Gottlieb brought his family when they came to Texas.  And Gottlieb died and is buried at Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas (Find A Grave link).

Coincidence?  
As a person who has been doing genealogy for about 10 years, I am a stickler for having "proof" and "documentation".
But something about this "coincidence" has me thinking it very well could be something (such as Julius being an older son or nephew of Gottlieb's).

For now, though, I'll continue to look for Julius, Henriette and Juliane Ziegenfuss on a census after coming to America in 1893. 

Happy Hunting, 

Revis 

Reposting Roberta Estes' blog on the X chromosome

This is a great blog posted by Roberta Estes on the X chromosome.  

Worth reading if you have X chrom. matches at 23andMe or at GedMatch. 

Roberta Estes' blog on the X chromosome

Hope you are having a great weekend!
It is raining in Texas!

Revis

Their Name Was Ziegenfuss - Part 2

I got a few tips on the Trenkmann's and Ziegenfuss' in Prussia after I posted about my Z's not long ago.  I found out there are some families with these names that live near where my family lived before they came to the United States.  The search continues! 

Today I am going to post some more photos of the Ziegenfuss'.  The pictures include my great-grandmother, Helena Olivia Ziegenfuss Cauble and some of her siblings.  

My great-grandparents, Helena "Lena" Z. and Pa Jim Cauble

Some of the "Z" siblings: Ernest, Helena, Rose, Hugo

Bruno Hugo Ziegenfuss had a nursery in Oklahoma.  
Wine, anyone?

Otto Ziegenfuss

Otto and wife Dora A. Ziegenfuss (b. Lampasas Co., TX., daughter of Americus Sidney Dial and Andrew Williams)

Harvey Ziegenfuss

Happy Research and Thankful Thursday to you!

Revis 

Remembering Sept 11, 2001

                                                Sept. 11, 2001

Do you remember where

you were the day it happened?

I do. 

I could let you know what I was

doing, where I was, who called me, what my 

co-workers thought, etc., but

today I just  feel -  like -  being - SILENT! 

Won't you join me in a time of silence for

those that lost their lives (and for their families),

                                         and for our leaders and our Nation? 

Revis