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Nicholas Sparks Ottawa 200
Sparks AND more sparks
Presented by Julia Hoffman 11 June 2016Slide2
Sparks and More Sparks: Introduction
Background
Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusion
The
FutureSlide3
Background
1960s Genesis of
Looking Back
Dyson's interest
Who are Slater/Sparks relatives?
Who are Stewart/Pinhey relatives?Slide4
Background
1972-1980
Correspondence – family and anyone who might just possibly help
Travel – all over the British Isles, Canada and Australia
Research - her own meticulous and persistent work and the services of professional researchers in the spread of locations already mentioned.
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Background
1980 Publication of
Looking Back
Written in Australia
Published in Canada
Distributed widely
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Background
1981 -1986 Second volume,
Sparks and More Sparks
, underway
This
magnum opus
was to cover
The Sparks Ancestry in Ireland
The siblings of Nicholas SparksAbraham, Elizabeth, Frederick, Roger and George of Bells Corners
George Sparks of Gloucester (second cousin of Nicholas)
His brothers, Robert, Frederick and Abraham who also came to Canada
His 12 Children
SPARKS AND MORE SPARKS
By Naomi Slater HeydonSlide8
Background
2010-2016 Updating the family charts in
Looking Back
Blue Sea Lake 2010Slide9
Aims of the project
To
update the charts in
Looking
Back;
the intention being
to document the additions, and subtractions, from the family over the past 35 years.
To
circulate the updated charts to all those who are interested especially those who assisted by providing the informationSlide10
Methods
Direct
contact; usually by
email
Judicious
use of the internet
Google
searching
Genealogy sites such as Ancestry.comCensus records
Births
, Death and marriage records from church or government
sources
Family
bible informationSlide11
Methods - 40 years ago
No email
No internet
research
Filing
and storage of
information
Production
of chartsSlide12
Where
does a family start and end?
Every
genealogist probably handles this differently.
Should offspring of former partners
or
spouses be included?
How
far back, and how wide, should you document the family of those who marry into a family?
Intermarrying
within and across branches of a family is always interesting. Slide13
Results
Unexpected
extra dimensions to the project have
been
Extensive
information on the
genealogy of
George
Sparks (b1801) of Gloucester
George
Sparks (b1803) of Bells
Corners
This table and chart show how the database has grown since 2010.Slide14
Date
Individuals
Families
Note
1999
2000
678
from Looking Back 1980Nov-122609
881Start of Looking Back updatesDec-133422
1179
Looking Back updates
Aug-14
3966
1411
Updated with George Sparks of Gloucester
Nov-14
4985
1787
Updated with George Sparks of Bells Corners
Jan-16
5199
1810
Mar-16
5327
1869
June 2016 updatesSlide15
Results: chart updates
Family
charts
in
Looking Back
which have
been updated:
SPARKS
branch
PINHEY
branch
Olmstead
Townley
Tasker
Nicholas Sparks
Pinhey
DrummondSlater Hill GreeneTomlinson Ross StewartAlso available, charts for
George Sparks (b1803) of Bells Corners
George Sparks (b1801) of
GloucesterSlide16
Results: distribution of updates
Emailed
to all those for whom I have email
addresses
Printouts here for inspection
Sign-up
list at this
Reunion
Download
from the Sparks Family website
http
://
sparks.family-search.ca/Slide17
The Future
How do we sustain the updating process?
Cajoling relatives
Spreading the word including via social media
Please take a form with you; complete it, share it.Slide18
The Future – long-term
TransitionSlide19
The Future – long-term
Role
of family
websites whose features may include
biographical details
genealogy
photographs
maps showing location of significant events
variety of methods to chart branches of the family
facility for people to advise of additions or corrections to family
detailsSlide20
The Future – long-term
Family websites of relevance to the attendees at this reunion:
Sparks Family: Our Sparks
Family History
http
://sparks.family-search.ca
/
Wright Family: Wright Genealogy Pages
http://
www.wrightfamily.ca/genealogy/index.php
Both of the above sites have been built using
The
Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding
©
("TNG")
A Pinhey site?Slide21
What lies ahead?
Sparks and More Sparks
Correspondence and research papers returned to Canada
More and more family information to share
This weekend: family, fun and friendship