A
Free, Occasional, Online Summary of Items of Interest to Descendants of all
Families of Graves, Greaves, Grieves, Grave, and other spelling variations
Worldwide
Vol.
9, No. 3, March 7, 2007
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CONTENTS:
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General Comments
** Help
Still Needed for Important GFA Tasks
**
Help Needed Especially for
**
June 2007 Reunion in
**
Other Reunions
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** 1692
Will of John Graves of VA Needs Transcribing
**
Immigrants to
** Presentations
by Ken Graves at Family History Conference in
**
New Announcements from Family Tree DNA
**
To Submit Material to this Bulletin & Other Things
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GENERAL
COMMENTS
Our
time here in
Most
of the planning for the June reunion in Williamsburg is now complete, the
revised schedule with costs is now on the website, and (as part of the planning
for the tour in June) I will be stopping on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on
the way home to see the places where Capt. Thomas Graves lived and
worshipped. Other details about that
reunion, other reunions, and other exciting happenings are discussed in this
issue of the Bulletin.
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HELP
STILL NEEDED FOR IMPORTANT GFA TASKS
Website Design: As a result of this
announcement in the previous issue of this Bulletin, we did get one volunteer
to help. However, more help is needed if
the new features that are needed are to be added in the near future. I know some of you have some expertise in
this area, and there are others who have children or other relatives who are
expert web designers. Because I don’t
have all the knowledge needed and I am having difficulty finding satisfactory
professional assistance, I would appreciate help. The most important feature to be added to the
website is a “members only” section that would be password protected and would
contain databases and other information of special interest and benefit to
members. It would also allow members to
update their personal information and pay dues online.
Other
features to be added will include an online store where books, Graves/Greaves
products, etc. can be purchased.
If
you have the expertise and the willingness to assist with some of this, please
let me know.
Publicity and Promotion: Getting the goals and
activities of the Graves Family Association mentioned in magazines and
newspapers around the
Membership Recruitment: One of the tasks that
would be very helpful is contacting all genealogy and history societies in the
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HELP
NEEDED ESPECIALLY FOR
Musical entertainment at June
reunion
It would
be nice to have some musical entertainment at our June reunion in
Genealogies in Genealogy
Programs, and Large Family Charts
I
want to provide large wall charts of descendants for the families that will be
at the June reunion. These charts can
easily be generated from genealogies in any of the common genealogy programs
such as Family Tree Maker. The problem
is that all the many genealogies that are on my computer and on the GFA website
are in Microsoft Word rather than in a genealogy program. That is because when I started compiling
genealogies in the 1970’s there were no such programs in existence.
So
what I want to do now (especially for the Capt. Thomas Graves genealogy, but
also for all other genealogies) is to put all the information into a genealogy
program. I know some of you have entered
huge amounts of family information from your own research or have transferred
the information from a genealogy on the GFA website. If you have a very large and fairly complete
genealogy for any
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JUNE
2007 REUNION IN
There
is still time to register for the reunion in
If
you are thinking about attending, you may still be able to get a room at the
There
is now an updated registration form and schedule of events on the website. The new form has many more details of the
schedule and costs for the meals and tours.
Even if you have sent the preliminary registration form, you now need to
send the information on this final registration form and your payment to
reserve your place for the dinners and tours.
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OTHER
REUNIONS
Information
about the following GFA reunions is also on our website.
Saturday &
Sunday, June 23-24, 2007,
Anyone who would like to help with this or who might
like to attend, please contact Jim Graves
at jwgravesI@aol.com
or call 502-347-0967, or Mary Lou
Watkins at gwatk12085@aol.com or call
859-846-4087. They would especially appreciate your help in contacting your
cousins and other
Friday &
Saturday, July 27-28 2007, probably Waco, TX, for all
March 2008 - Reunion for all Graves and Greaves families,
probably in
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All
the following books are still available for purchase in hardcover format, as
described on the GFA website.
ROBERT GRAVES
of Anson Co., NC and Chesterfield Co., SC, Ancestors and Descendants
This book is about all known
descendants of Robert Graves, sixth generation descendant of Capt. Thomas
Graves, who arrived in
SAMUEL GRAVES
of
Born in
THOMAS GRAVES
of
Born before 1585 in
A summary of all
Graves/Greaves families everywhere. Contains a summary genealogy (at least the
first 2 generations) of 200 families, a brief description of 39 others with
insufficient information for a genealogy, and discussion of possible
connections between some of the families. Published in 1994, 509 pages, $41.00
+ $3.00 shipping.
REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS GRAVES of
Born 1605 at Ratcliff or
DEACON GEORGE GRAVES of
Born in
JOHN GRAVES
of
Born in
The following books are not
yet available. Announcements will be
made as soon as more is known.
CAPT. THOMAS GRAVES OF VA
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1692
WILL OF JOHN GRAVES OF VA NEEDS TRANSCRIBING
Karen Chilton Beverly,
descended from Capt. Thomas Graves of VA (genealogy 169), recently told me
about a reference to a will in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (
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IMMIGRANTS TO
I would like to develop a complete list of all immigrants
to
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PRESENTATIONS
BY KEN GRAVES AT FAMILY HISTORY CONFERENCE IN
Ken Graves will be making two presentations at the
2007 Franklin Family History Conference on Saturday, April 21, in
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NEW
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM FAMILY TREE DNA
The following announcements
were in the recent newsletter from our DNA testing company, Family Tree DNA,
but I thought they might be of broader interest to some of you who didn’t see
them.
Family Tree DNA now has over 132,000
records in its database. They have over 90,000 records of Y-DNA results, and
over 3,900 Surname Projects, which include over 60,000 surnames. Their mtDNA
database has over 41,000 results.
European Office
Family Tree DNA is pleased to
announce the opening of a European office in
"Opening this new office
is just the latest company expansion designed to improve services to our
customers," says Family Tree DNA President Bennett Greenspan. "It
solves the problem of our international clientele preferring to pay for our
products in their specific country's currency or in Euros and being able to
write an e-mail or pick up the phone to ask a question in their own
language."
To contact the European
office or to order products through the European office, use the link below:
http://europe.familytreedna.com/
Advanced Tests
Family Tree DNA is pleased to
announce that the Autosomal and X-STR testing panels are now available to new
customers. Customers can order Autosomal Makers Panel 1, Autosomal Markers
Panels 1 & 2, X-STR Markers Panel 1, or X-STR Markers Panels 1 & 2.
These are the same testing panels that are already available as Advanced Order
add-ons for existing customers. For more information about these tests, please
click on the link below:
http://www.familytreedna.com/description.html
The Genographic Project
The Genographic Project is a
real time effort to map how humankind populated the earth. It is a five-year
research partnership between National Geographic and IBM with support from the
Waitt Family Foundation, and public participation through Family Tree DNA.
If you have tested with
Family Tree DNA, you can join the Genographic Project and participate in this
real time research project.
If you haven't yet joined the
Genographic Project, go to your Personal Page at Family Tree DNA, and click the
tab labeled Genographic Project. There is a small fee of $15.00 USD (US Dollars)
to join the Genographic Project. Proceeds from this fee will be directed to the
Genographic Legacy Fund, which supports local education and cultural
preservation efforts to benefit the participating indigenous populations.
A Personal Page will be
created for you at the Genographic Project web site. This page will provide information
about your distant origins. In addition, there is an optional questionnaire,
where you can provide information about your family history and approve the
inclusion of your data in the research project to assist the Genographic
Project with achieving their goals.
To learn more about the
Genographic Project, click on the link below:
http://www.familytreeDNA.com/ftDNA_genographic.html
Sign up for the new email
newsletter from the Genographic Project. You will be kept informed about the
latest news on field research, Genographic stories and highlights from the
Genographic Project Web site. To subscribe to this new newsletter, click on the
link below, and page down until you see the Genographic Project.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/community/register.html
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