I've had a very busy summer this year and have not been posting to the blogs or groups lately. (I have three children at home and one will be two years old this week ... so you can understand why I'm so busy!)

I have also been frought with computer issues. In the past month I've lost the graphics card and a power supply and a surge protector. I'm barely, "hanging in there" with this puter that I've patched togather... anyway....if you are new to this group, thanks for joining! You will find that the Yahoo Group is STILL having search issues. I keep emailing support at Yahoo hoping that someone will finally fix the problem and I try to send messages in duplicate to the Google Group, too. There is a link from the Yahoo Group to the Google group in case you would rather view messages at Google. This group is rather quiet with only 8 or 10 members and that's nice if you like small groups. (I know I do!)

I try to import all of my Blog...

You may enter your Louisiana based surnames to the database here.

Over 5,000 visits and 10,000 blog views in the past year really does impress me. You all have been great. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday. Merry Christmas!

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Please contact the original author, Charles W. Sanders cmsanders@citlink.net, if you have additional information or sources.

From Find A Grave: Originally Posted By: sanders
My 3rd Great Grandfather, David Sanders, is most likely buried in the New Orleans area in an unmarked or common grave. Possibly in St. Louis Cemetery. Does anyone in that area know of any records source to try and establish as closely as possible, his burial place?

Born: 1775 North Carolina, USA
Death:Feb. 25, 1815 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA


Died either at New Orleans, or back home in Tennessee as a result of wounds received at the Battle of New Orleans on Jan,8th 1815. Burial location unkown, but probably in New Orleans.

"The following is found page 178 of the book entitled War of the 1812
Soldiers of Maury County Tennessee (lib number 976.859 M2G) "David Sanders, service not determined . died at N. Orleans under Maj. General Carroll Division in the service of the United States against the Tories of Great Britain"

Eldon Hurst quotes from the March 1815 minutes of the Rock Creek Church in Bedford County Tennessee that "Brothers Michael Sholfer and David Sanders died at N. Orleans and states that Moses Martin Sanders gave his father's death date of January 11. 1815 ,whereas the "National Archives states his death as 25 Jan ,1815. Not sure if the 25 Jan is a misprint and Feb 25 is intended: The Feb date would be closer to the three months and fifteen days that David was paid for his service . conclusion he did not die at the Battle of New Orleans but after the battle was over , possibly from wounds or an infection.

David Sanders died intestate and in April 1815 a Bedford Co Tenn issued
letters of administration to Mary Sanders and James Allred. David's son
(David James Sanders) was born posthumously June 14,1815".

Burial:
Unknown


Record added: Apr 14 2008 (Copy of Muster Roll on Find A Grave)
By: Charles W. Sanders cmsanders@citlink.net

His Find A Grave memorial has all the details at:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=48238&GRid=26027267&

This was cross posted to LAORLEAN, Louisiana Roots L, Yahoo! group Louisiana Genealogy Blogs, Our Story - Louisiana, and to the Louisiana Genealogy Blog @ Blogger - http://louisianagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/searching-for-burial-location-david.html

I've been using WebApps for my genealogy news, calendar, surname lists, add a link and the blog forum. You can view those here.

WebApps switched over in the past year to "yourwebapps" without trouble, at least I didn't encounter any trouble, yet. The applications allow you and your visitors to add links, surnames, calendar events and more. It also doubles as a mailing list. They uses a double opt in, so you must confirm your subscriptions.

I just created the forum and had a lots of fun with it.

I've had to edit this page several times due to html errors. Initially, the page is fine, but when it is saved html errors appear. Here is a link to the original page.

I will attempt yet another edit!

Here is the list of the 50 Most Popular Genealogy Web Sites from World Vital Records Blog, who blogged about the compiler, Kory Meyerink. Here's a little bit about him.

"About the Presenter

Kory Meyerink, BS, MLS, AG®, FUGA, has been involved in nearly every aspect of genealogy and family history for the past 20 years. Kory is an accredited genealogist in four geographic areas (Germany, Midwestern U.S., Eastern U.S. and New England U.S.). He specializes in tracing the origins of German and Dutch immigrants."


I found that I use 14 of these 50 and would rank USGenWeb over many of the others listed here. There are also a few resources that I utilize in searching that are not listed here.

The first thing that I would use is a dictionary. I'm not familiar enough with professional genealogist to understand exactly what criteria they must have in order to be accredited. Hence the on-line dictionary for the acronymns. FUGA? Huh? What?

In my humble opinion, I feel that there are so many free genealogy sites available that actually paying for information is a SIN. Yes, a SIN. Go to a free look up, message board, list or chat room first! There was no ranking of the genealogy message boards; and there are quite a few, which I utilize frequently for more lead generation. Ancestry, RootsWeb, GenCircles, Tribal Pages, My Heritage, Genealogy.com (GenForum), Find A Grave, and free web site pages on all of the major web sites like Yahoo! Geocities, MSN homepages, Lycos, Angelfire and as many as you can think of generate so many leads already that it is mind bending. No one mentioned alternative search engines to the major players on the web, either. There are more search engines than just Google, Yahoo, and AOL.


1. Ancestry.com $ - Ancestry.com is the leading genealogical data site, with some articles, instruction, and reference help.
2. RootsWeb.com - Rootsweb is a major data site, with free instruction and reference help.
3. MyHeritage.com - MyHeritage focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
4. Genealogy.com $ - This is major data site, with instruction and reference help.
5. FamilySearch.org - This is a major data website sponsored by the LDS Church and includes with instruction and reference help.
6. MyFamily.com - Hosts family websites for sharing photos, genealogy, and more.
7. FindAGrave.com - A database of cemetery inscriptions and photos.
8. Footnote.com $ - In conjunction with the U.S. National Archives, Footnote offers data, original records images, and more.
9. OneGreatFamily.com $ - This is primarily a family trees sharing and collaboration website.
10. WorldVitalRecords.com $ - WVR is also known as Family Link, and represents a major data website, with instruction and reference help.
11. GenealogyToday.com - Genealogy Today includes instruction, reference articles, and includes some unique data collections.
12. AncestorHunt.com - A site consisting of collected genealogy links.
13. AccessGenealogy.com - A website that includes references to helpful articles, especially for Native American information, and some data.
14. EllisIsland.org - Database of passenger lists that is free to search. Actual passenger list images can be purchased.
15. CyndisList.com - A huge website dedicated to cataloguing genealogy website links.
16. Interment.net - Transcribed and indexed cemetery inscriptions.
17. USGennet.org - Historical and genealogical web hosting service.
18. Geni.com - Web 2.0 and focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
19. KindredKonnections.com $ - Grassroots created data site with compiled family Trees, and some extracted records.
20. FamilyTreeMaker.com - Homepage for Ancestry.com’s genealogical software.
21. SearchForAncestors.com - Interactive directory of free genealogy websites and data.
22. DistantCousin.com - An online archive of genealogy records and images of historical documents.
23. CousinConnect.com - A large free queries website.
24. GeneBase.com - A DNA ancestry cataloguing project
25. TribalPages.com - Family trees hosting and charting program.
26. SurnameWeb.org - A collection of surname website links; online since 1996.
27. FamilyTreeDNA.com - DNA testing service focused upon family history test types.
28. JewishGen.org $ - Jewish, reference, instruction, coordination, and databases.
29. ObitCentral.com - Obituary database for finding obituaries and performing cemetery searches.
30. GenCircles.com - Upload and share your family trees.
31. DeathIndexes.com - Lists of links to United States death records, by state.
32. Genuki.org.uk - Large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
33. Daddezio.com - Website focused upon Italian research, with instruction, information and more.
34. PoliticalGraveyard.com - Comprehensive source of U.S. political biography that tells where many dead politicians are buried.
35. Linkpendium.com - A collection of genealogy links categorized by region and surname.
36. Geneanet.org - A collection of family trees, community, and submitted records.
37. US-Census.org - Census abstracts (U.S. GenWeb Census Project)
38. AncientFaces.com - Share genealogy research, community pages, family photos & records more for free.
39. HeritageQuestOnline.com $ - Census, PERSI (the periodical index), books.
40. CensusFinder.com - Links to free census records.
41. GenealogyBank.com $ - Database with index of newspapers and early books.
42. GenWed.com - Online marriage records, where to order, some indexes, and more.
43. GenealogyLinks.net - Links to free sites, arranged by state and county.
44. WorldRoots.com - European nobility and German reference material.
45. ProGenealogists.com - Website created by professional genealogists with links, instruction, data, and reference aids.
46. Census-Online.com - Links to censuses and census abstracts.
47. FamilyTreeMagazine.com - Website for magazine publisher that includes shopping, links, and research tools.
48. KindredTrails.com - Links to genealogy and data websites.
49. USGenWeb.com - A group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
50. FindMyPast.com $ - Indexes to British records of many types.

http://www.ancestry.com/
http://www.rootsweb.com/
http://www.myheritage.com/
http://www.genealogy.com/
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.myfamily.com/
http://www.findagrave.com/
http://www.footnote.com/
http://www.onegreatfamily.com/
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/
http://www.genealogytoday.com/
http://www.ancestorhunt.com/
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/
http://www.ellisisland.org/
http://www.cyndislist.com/
http://www.interment.net/
http://www.usgennet.org/
http://www.geni.com/
http://www.kindredkonnections.com/
http://www.familytreemaker.com/
http://www.searchforancestors.com/
http://www.distantcousin.com/
http://www.cousinconnect.com/
http://www.genebase.com/
http://www.tribalpages.com/
http://www.surnameweb.org/
http://www.familytreedna.com/
http://www.jewishgen.org/
http://www.obitcentral.com/
http://www.gencircles.com/
http://www.deathindexes.com/
http://www.genuki.org.uk/
http://www.daddezio.com/
http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/
http://www.linkpendium.com/
http://www.geneanet.org/
http://www.us-census.org/
http://www.ancientfaces.com/
http://www.heritagequestonline.com/
http://www.censusfinder.com/
http://www.genealogybank.com/
http://www.genwed.com/
http://www.genealogylinks.net/
http://www.worldroots.com/
http://www.progenealogists.com/
http://www.census-online.com/
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
http://www.kindredtrails.com/
http://www.usgenweb.com/
http://www.findmypast.com/

Johnston Family Tribal Pages

JOHNSTON - Georgia to Louisiana
HOFFMAN - Germany to Louisiana, USA
KEISSEL - Germany to Louisiana, USA
ZWEIFEL - Switzerland to Louisiana, USA
HOERNER - Germany to Louisiana, USA
DOCLAR - Louisiana, USA
HUCKINS - Maine to Louisiana, USA