Henrich Henrichsson Pöyskö (Cal 2 Jan 1724-3 Dec 1795) and Elin Markusdotter Leskelä (17 Nov 1721-29 Apr 1796) are two of my 5th great grandparents, and their daughter Lisa ( 23 Feb 1751-11 Dec 1805) is my 4th great grandfather. The lived in Ylikiiminki, Finland. I have had them in my list of ancestors for a while now, and tonight I decided to investigate HisKi project on this family group to see if Lisa had any brothers and sisters.
Nice! I discovered Lisa had seven siblings (with a couple more that probably are siblings). The seven I felt confident in adding to my list of blood relatives were all born in Ylikiiminki, Finland,between the years of 1753 and 1766.
It takes a while for me to put seven more family members into my Legacy family tree software, so I only set tonight's goal at inputting their names, birth dates, christening dates, religion, and farm residence at time of their birth.
I am really hoping that all these newfound relatives lived long lives, married, and had children.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Disappearing Ancestors
It is a pleasure to discover that an individual in Finland that I am directly descended from had sisters and brothers that I was unaware of.
Yet all too frequently I find out that they died in infancy. Wishing to document as much about their short lives as possible, if I am lucky I can discover their birth dates, christening date, death date, burial date, and cause of death. Some of my ancestors only had one child survive to adulthood, enabling the family line to continue.
Other relatives from many years ago simply don't have any other information available online (that I can discover) other than their name and perhaps their birth date. No matter how long and hard I search, their just isn't any more info on them!
Sometimes I will end up going back to research these missing relatives from years ago and have success, but that is rare.
Yet all too frequently I find out that they died in infancy. Wishing to document as much about their short lives as possible, if I am lucky I can discover their birth dates, christening date, death date, burial date, and cause of death. Some of my ancestors only had one child survive to adulthood, enabling the family line to continue.
Other relatives from many years ago simply don't have any other information available online (that I can discover) other than their name and perhaps their birth date. No matter how long and hard I search, their just isn't any more info on them!
Sometimes I will end up going back to research these missing relatives from years ago and have success, but that is rare.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Matts Carlsson Modig
My 4th great-grandfather Matts Carlson Modig (1747-1789) is one of my brick walls, or end of the line ancestors. I started out by only having his name, and haven't added as much to that as I wish I could.
I don't even know his complete birth name or birth place!
You see, Matts Modig was a soldier in Finland, and at that time soldiers were assigned names, and it definitely appears that he kept that name throughout the remainder of his life.
Tonight I decided to see if he had any children other than my 3rd great-grandmother Malin Mattsdotter Modig. She was also called Madelana.
I discovered that Matts Modig was married twice, and his first wife Maria died the day after giving birth to their only child together. Matts and his second wife had 9 children!
Tonight I've been busy adding those newly discovered family members to my Legacy software. Adding all I want to add about the first wife, their child, and the children with his second wife will take a long time, and hopefully will lead to more family information.
I've only entered partial information on these newly discovered family members from so many years ago. What basic information did I enter into my Legacy software on these individuals? I limited myself to their names, birth dates, christening dates, birth locations, and christening locations. That will give me a good solid start for researching further!
Yes, I documented my sources for all this information I gathered, and yes, I paused and backed up my files tonight.
Tonight was a productive night, and I am pleased.
I don't even know his complete birth name or birth place!
You see, Matts Modig was a soldier in Finland, and at that time soldiers were assigned names, and it definitely appears that he kept that name throughout the remainder of his life.
Tonight I decided to see if he had any children other than my 3rd great-grandmother Malin Mattsdotter Modig. She was also called Madelana.
I discovered that Matts Modig was married twice, and his first wife Maria died the day after giving birth to their only child together. Matts and his second wife had 9 children!
Tonight I've been busy adding those newly discovered family members to my Legacy software. Adding all I want to add about the first wife, their child, and the children with his second wife will take a long time, and hopefully will lead to more family information.
I've only entered partial information on these newly discovered family members from so many years ago. What basic information did I enter into my Legacy software on these individuals? I limited myself to their names, birth dates, christening dates, birth locations, and christening locations. That will give me a good solid start for researching further!
Yes, I documented my sources for all this information I gathered, and yes, I paused and backed up my files tonight.
Tonight was a productive night, and I am pleased.
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