Hard and Soft Genealogy

I got an email pointing out a fault in the "Ancestry of Maria del Carmen Hill" that is linked to in the items at the top right column of the blog (#6.)

The death of John Palmer (#162) in 1661 would have made him 117 years old when he died. Yes, it is unlikely that he was that old. Maybe the year was 1616 and there was a transposition error or there was another John Palmer who died in 1661.

This above ancestry is an ahnentafel that someone had shared, and I have lost the identity of the good person who shared their work. The best way to find our errors is to have them pointed out, we are otherwise blind to our own errors otherwise.

Some of you Bloggers want to cross from soft genealogy where people collect names of people suggested as ancestors to carefully listing ancestors, their siblings, parents, birth-marriage-death dates and places, and a record of where all of the information came from. Many of us are in the genealogy area in-between soft and hard.

One problem has been online space to store this information that would be shared. The items in the upper right column are stored on the 10 megabytes that Verizon allows me the create a webpage. However, there are now other places to store the information.

• Scribd at http://www.scribd.com/ allow you to store documents for free that anyone can read (that is after they register (and they have not sold me to the junk email dealers.))
• Google Documents at http://www.google.com/ allows you to store documents for free, but to share them you need to list everyone you want to allow access to them. You will have to register here as well.
• Microsoft Windows Live at http://login.live.com/ has a similar free service as well. You will have to register here as well.
• There are likely other such resources.

The blog is not designed for sources, footnotes, and references. But it is great for "soft" genealogy.

Some of you have a great deal of research that you want to share. You are not going to make a financial profit from it. Most genealogies are self-published and breaking even becomes a lot of work too. Please, share your work with us. Use one of these above services or even another that the readers can access.

Some of you have collected family stories and tales. These are treasures that might be lost if they are not shared. I have heard two stories about diamond rings and glass panes as their canvas. I think more people would like to hear or read these tales that have been handed down. Please, share these tales with us and tell us who you heard them from. The blog, Orlando Stone Soup, is a continuing collections of tales and stories about people and places in Orlando, WV. There are no "Sanchez" in these stories, it is just a great example of what is possible. Check out: http://orlandostonesoup.blogspot.com/

If you are just a name collector of possible ancestors, you can share your speculations with us as well. Continue to share with us.

We also have historical fiction writers among us. They to are welcome please with the caveat of labeling their work as historical fiction. Consider sharing with us.

If you don't have the privileges to post to this blog, just write me at tomsantacruz@gmail.com and I will have an invitation sent to you (this blog is a free service of Google.)

These rest of you, I hope you change you mind and step-up with your opinions, insights, tales, and such. You can still comment on any of the postings. If you send SPAM, it will disappear.

Marker Unveiled to Large Gathering

There were about 50 to 60 Los Floridanos present at the unveiling of the marker which is on the route from the Visitor Center to the Town or the Castillo.

A link to some pictures of the unveiling are at: http://spotted.staugustine.com/photos/index.php?id=1971758&page=1

The reception that followed was welcomed on another hot day in St. Augustine. But it was nice with a view of the renovated Bridge of Lions and a brief presentation by Don Crichlow, City Commissioner, on the significance of the Los Floridanos ancestors and their descendants on the city. The City of St. Augustine is preparing to celebrate 450 years of continuous occupation in just few years.

Update on Marker Unveiling

If you cannot read the announcement, click HERE to view a larger image.

Los Floridanos Heritage Plaque

This email arrived today, May 17th:

The Los Floridanos Historical Society cordially invites all members to attend the dedication of the Los Floridanos Heritage Plaque. The event, sponsored by the City of St. Augustine and hosted by the Los Floridanos Society, is part of the City's historical marker program.

The dedication ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at 10:30am on the Northeast corner of Cordova and Orange Streets on the grounds of the visitor Center and City Parking Garage Complex. The plaque honors the historical heritage of the descendants of the first Spanish settlers, the Los Floridanos, who were sent to colonize "La Florida".

A reception will follow the dedication at the A1A Ale House on the Bayfront. Please let me know if you plan to attend the dedication and reception. Thanks.

The email came from Thomas T. Rogero

New Info on Alexander Bonaparte Sanchez' Descendants

Some of you may have notice an additional listing in the Bibliographies and Descendant Charts . . . section in the right-hand column. That would be item: 7. Alexander Bonaparte Sanchez, Jr.'s Descendants.

Cousin, Ed Whitehead ewhitehead@triad.rr.com has contributed this information. It brings this part of the family tree up-to-date.

Please add any comments or corrections or email directly to Ed.

Is this St. Augustine Sanchez one of our family?

Recently, there was a posting on another blog, My Florida History, that featured the Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House at 52 St. George Street in St. Augustine

But who is this Juan Sanchez who died in 1801? He isn't in the records that I have collected. Is he from another Sanchez family?

Please comment. Correct me if I am wrong.