Growing Your Family Tree, One Leaf at a Time
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the next meeting of the Genealogy Club has been cancelled. However, we have set up a Facebook Group for the club and will be communicating online. Hopefully we can be active and talk with each other virtually since we can’t get together in person at this time.
If you are interested in joining our Genealogy Club, just send me a message at novygenealogy@gmail.com and I will send you an invite!
I’ve been thinking about why you would want to join the Genealogy Club and I came up with several reasons.
We held our first Genealogy Club meeting this past week and had a wonderful time. We had fourteen people in attendance. We introduced our selves shared stories, and talked about what the we would like to do.
The group set a regular meeting date and time. We will meet on the first Monday of each month, at 6:00 p.m. at the Montgomery Museum (300 S. Pepper St., Christiansburg)
Next month’s meeting will be on April 6th. Please bring a list of the surnames you are researching as well as their locations. We are hoping we can all help each other!
Whether you are a beginning genealogist or an expert, you are welcome. I hope to see you next month!
I ran across some information about a 24-hour genealogy webinar marathon this week and wanted to share it with others who might be interested. My Heritage is hosting the event and it will be featured on Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
The marathon will begin on Thursday, March 12 at 5 p.m. Eastern time and end on Friday, March 13 at 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Each of the 24 lectures will be 45 minutes long and will include another 10 minutes for questions at the end. The schedule of lectures can be found at https://abundantgenealogy.com/24-hour-genealogy-webinar-marathon/
I may not attend EVERY webinar, but at least 15 of them look like they will be of interest to me.
And one of the best things about it…it is FREE!
If you can’t make it on the 12th and 13th, all of the webinars will be available for free for a week after the event.
Register now at https://familytreewebinars.com/intermediate_page.php?diply_nm=24
Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m
Location: Blacksburg Public Library
Come join me as we go in-depth with a variety of strategies and tips to help you when research gets hard. You will learn methods for searching when your initial search comes up blank, ways to look at your existing research to create a new research plan, and strategies to help you break through your brick walls (or at least chip away at them).
Hope to see you there!
Would you like to join a group of people who are interested in genealogy?
First Meeting – TOMORROW!
When: Monday, March 2, 2020, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Montgomery Museum of Art and History, 300 S. Pepper St., Christiansburg, VA
Whether you are just starting to research your family history or are an expert researcher, you are welcome to join the club. Our goal is to share resources, help each other, and have fun with other genealogists in the community.
For more information contact:
Samuel and Julia’s eighth child, Susan Click, was born in Jackson Township, Stark County on December 2, 1855 (1) and married Aaron J. Stoner on January 3, 1877. (2) Aaron was born in September 1856 in Ohio. (3) On the 1900 Federal Census, Aaron J. Stoner is shown as a farmer. Susan had given birth to three children (Emma C., Corvin Robert and unknown), but only two were still living. (4) Susan died on Sept. 12, 1927. (5) Aaron was still living at the time of the 1930 census.
Samuel and Julia’s seventh child, Samuel Allen Click, was born May 27, 1851 (1) and was married to Mary Hanline on May 4, 1876 by Nathan Pattyguff, minister. (2) Mary was born in 1850 in Ohio. (3) The 1880 Federal Census for Stark County shows Samuel A. Click living in Jackson Township. Samuel Click (Jr.) and Julia, his wife are living with him. Also living in the household as a farm hand is Monroe Weaver, age 15, the son of Adeline and Daniel Weaver. In 1919 Samuel A. and Mary lived in Barberton, Coventry Township, Summit County, where he farmed. He owned 26 acres and rented 34 acres. They had a telephone. (4) Samuel and Mary had three children: Edward Sylvester, Hannah, and Elmer. (5, 6) Samuel died on May 31, 1931. (7) Mary died December 3, 1940. (8)
Samuel and Julia’s sixth child, Clarissa Click, was born in June 1849 according to the 1850 Census and married George Latimer McCoy, June 16, 1870 in Stark County. The minister who officiated was J.H. Bates who was licensed by the Evangelical Association in Stark County. (1) George was born in March 1842 in Ireland. (2) At the time of the 1900 census, George and Clarissa were in Summit County, OH. Living with them that year were their son, John and his daughter, their daughter Mary with her husband and twin boys, and their youngest son, Willie. Clara and George had four children: Jane/Jennie, John Wesley., Mary Etta and William S. (3, 4) George died before the 1920 census when Clara is listed as a widow, living with John L. R. McCoy, age 20, (probably a grandson) and his wife Velma.
Samuel and Julia’s fifth child, Maria Click, was born in September 1845, according to the 1850 Census, and married William Strausser, February 28, 1864 in Stark Co. The minister was D.S. Poling, who was licensed by the Evangelical Association in Summit County. (1) William was born in 1839 in Ohio. (2) William died before the 1900 census when Maria was listed as a widow, living with four of her children and three grandchildren in Stark Co. OH. She was listed as “Manager of farm” under occupation. William and Maria had at least five children: Alice S., Henry S., Aaron Rufus, Mary E. and Julia C.. (3, 4)
