Friday, May 29, 2015

Evidentia and the Obituary of Joseph Haitz

My Genealogy Do-Over is going to take me forever!  I decided to concentrate on my maternal grandfather’s Haitz family in hopes that I will have a lot of it correctly cited, proven, and entered into Family Tree Maker Mac 3 before the reunion in the fall.  I would really like to be able to take a large chart of some sort, possibly a descendent chart, to show all the relationships between the children and grandchildren of Joseph and Henrietta (Koewler) Haitz, my great grandparents.  They were the parents of sixteen children so it gets a little confusing to someone like me who did not grow up in Ripley, Ohio where they lived all of their lives!  As an Army Brat, my family only visited Ripley about once a year when we were stateside and, even then, I don’t remember getting together with any of my great aunts, great uncles, and their children or grandchildren.  With the exception of my Great-Aunt Elizabeth, I only knew some of their names and I had no faces to go with most of those until pretty recently.  In the past couple of years, I have been fortunate to connect with some of my Haitz family members through social media and my husband and I have enjoyed going to a couple of the annual Haitz family reunions where I met some of them in person.  It’s a huge family to try and get to know!

Joseph Haitz Obituary
Death Claims Father of 16, The Ripley Bee, 18 February 1960,
page and column unknown;
copy in possession of Lynn Ann Wayson Koehler.
Today, I entered the information from Joseph Haitz’s obituary into Evidentia.  I was able to enter 28 claims and 97 subjects!  With sixteen children to document, it got rather tedious and I will admit that I was never so happy to hear my washer and dryer go off periodically so that I could take short breaks from all the data entering.  Now, granted, a lot of people probably would not have used Evidentia for an obituary for their great-grandfather whose information is already well known, but I kind of like the idea that all my sources, their citations, and the facts that are in the documents will be located and organized so neatly in one place!  

Evidentia Screen Shot of Joseph Haitz Obituary

Evidentia Screen Shot of Joseph Haitz Obituary
These are just two screen shots of what I entered into Evidentia from the obituary of Joseph Haitz

One of my to-do list additions is to go back to the Union Township Public Library, find the correct microfilm, and write down the page number of The Ripley Bee where the obituary was published.  It really bugs me that my citation is incomplete!  Oh well, the things I didn’t know enough to do back in the day is why I am now doing this Do-Over!   

4 comments:

Nancy said...

Welcome to GeneaBloggers! I'm an Ohio researcher, too, but in Jefferson and Trumbull Counties -- a ways away from your ancestors. I'm your newest follower and I'll be back to read more.

Lynn Wayson Koehler said...

Hi Nancy! Thank you for following my blog. I hope you enjoy reading it! My grandmother was born in Jefferson County, but they were originally from Brown County and only stayed in Steubenville for a while.

Magda said...

Hi, I ended up at your blog when I googled Evidentia. It looks like I missed the May 2016 sale. Downloaded the free trial and I can see where this is going to help me examine sources for my elusive cases. I also have a lot of Ohio research; mostly Lucas, Wood counties and greater Cleveland.

I am enjoying reading about your research this morning.

Magda said...

Hi, I ended up at your blog when I googled Evidentia. It looks like I missed the May 2016 sale. Downloaded the free trial and I can see where this is going to help me examine sources for my elusive cases. I also have a lot of Ohio research; mostly Lucas, Wood counties and greater Cleveland.

I am enjoying reading about your research this morning.