Help & Info
Cousins Removed
Do you wonder what the different degrees of cousins are, and what it means to be “removed”? Here’s an explanation from our friends at Genealogy.com
Confused?
Confused by all the conflicting, contradictory, and illogical information out there? Take a look at my confusion page for some help.
Wars
Not sure whether the French and Indian War was before or after the Revolution? See my wars and battles page.
How to read an Ahnentafel chart
An ahnentafel chart lists all the (known) ancestors of one person. It’s often just referred to as an acnestor chart. The starting person, whether male or female, is number 1. Multiply a person’s number by 2 and to get the number for that person’s father. Add one to the father’s number to find the same person’s mother. For example, the parents of #10 are #20 and #21.
Even numbers are men and odd numbers are women. Spouses appear in consecutively numbered pairs, with the husband listed first. For example, #19 is the wife of #18.
The ahnentafel number at the beginning of each generation is equal to the number of persons in that generation. That is, the 5th generation in the chart starts at number 32 and has 32 possible members.
Of all of the numbers in a single generation, the first half are on the paternal side (of the starting person) and the second half are on the maternal side. Where an ancestor is unknown, the number is either skipped or shown as a blank.
Newcomb Genealogy Links
- Newcomb or Newcombe Genealogy Page – Tons of information
- The Newcomb Family Home Page – Newcomb, Aldrich, Kemper
- An American Family – Cushman, Johnson, Avery, Newcomb
- The Newcombe Family Genealogy Home Page
- Newcomb Cemetery, Montgomery Co. AR
- Newcomb Family Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com
- Newcomb Mailing List at RootsWeb.com
- Newcomb Surname Resources
- Newcomb Genealogy at DistantCousin.com
- Newcomb Genealogy at GenealogyToday.com
- Newcomb Census Data
- A Newcomen Line of Descent
Online Genealogy Resources
- Ellis Island Online
- RootsWeb
- Ancestry Family Tree
- Surname Web
- DistantCousin.com
- Genealogy.com
- Martha’s Vineyard Genealogy
- Catherine’s connections
- Genealogical Publishing Company
Sharing Information
I’m happy to share my information with all my cousins! You are welcome to copy the names and dates I have collected. But please remember to be cautious! I haven’t verified everything here. Please read my disclaimer and proceed accordingly. And please, if you want to use any of my original articles or commentaries, ask me first.
I’m also very appreciative of the many people who have generously shared their family information with me. We are all using different programs to maintain our lists and print reports. Each of these programs uses its own special format for the files. And, of course, most programs will not read the formats used by other programs. But one thing they all have in common is the ability to create and use files in the standard gedcom format. Many of them will also create plain text or RTF files. I can use any of these formats: gedcom, text, rtf.
Our friends at Ancestry.com have a nice page that explains how
to convert your your files to gedcom so they can be shared with others. It’s very easy.
If you’re interested in knowing my sources of information, please take a look at the links listed on this page or look at the sources listed with individuals on my RootsWeb page.