Rick Dondo's Family Tree
What's New (past 30 days)
Date of Last GEDCOM Import: 21 Mar 2023 12:35:07
2023/03/21
This is the forty-fifth full refresh of this site which uses a specialized website building application and it is based on data taken from your host's Ancestry tree on 2023/03/20 starting at 11:25 CDT.
As will be the case for the foreseeable future, that data was transformed considerably to ensure that more information pertaining to sources and citations is available to demonstrate why I believe what I have published.
Think I'm wrong? Bring your evidence and we will discuss your suggestions!
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*** My Main Tree:
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This is one of the lowest-key updates performed in recent months. This is largely due to the fact your host became engaged in a project with members of the Manitoba Genealogical Society's Cemetery Committee. This work is intended to develop a complete list of locations and contacts for cemeteries in Manitoba. Given the fact there are on the order of 1,300 such places in the province, we have much work ahead of us. Visitors here will benefit from the fact your host has already begun using the available processes to update the descriptions of cemeteries across the province.
Your host also proceeded with further refinement of the utilities (i.e. the now 22 independent scripts) I use to add value to the data I receive from Ancestry every time I prepare to update this site. I trust the differences in the way the content has been prepared for presentation and consumption here will be telling and provide additional value to your own appreciation of the stories told of the people whose lives this site documents. In particular, these latest upgrades provide clearer descriptions of the public sources and repositories your host has leveraged to good effect in telling stories. Of note in this update: I reenabled the part of my transformation utility that reduces the fragmentation of the references to articles found on Newspapers.com, resulting in a significant reduction in the raw number of sources inventories on the site.
I also made a significant privacy policy change not so long ago that seriously increased the number of people on the tree considered to be living. If this is interfering with your use of the site, please get in touch and we can discuss specific people's status to ensure the right information can be shared about those who have gone ahead.
*** Locations ***
This update reflects somewhat the effects of my continued efforts to normalize place names used in people's stories in order to leverage best the powerful feature of this website that relates to the map-based display of information about them.
As a reminder: this feature is the basis for the "Heat Map" option on many lists, a map that highlights the number of places mentioned in the stories of the people or places on a list. It also means it is possible on many displays to see pins placed where events took place and thus visualize how a person might have moved about during the course of their lives.
In the time since the last update, your host's focus has been to reduce the variety of spellings of some of the names of places in key Rural Municipalities in Manitoba. This is complicated by several factors, not the least of which are source usage of federal election ridings as a way to group locations in the province and the fact boundaries of many if not all of the RM's have changed over time, with some being absorbed and amalgamated. This process will take time to complete. For now, the results are beginning to be seen on the main "Places" page for Manitoba.
There is certainly work left to do.
As a bonus to all of us, this process of reviewing place names results in feedback resulting in changes to the profiles of the people whose lives or some portion of them are associated with the place(s) being reviewed. Thus, this update also includes some changes and additions to the information pertaining to various people and families that were already on my tree AND the addition of new ones.
Your host will continue to apply effort to improve both the accuracy of the place names and the assignment of appropriate GPS codes and level indicators to them (e.g., country, state / province, county / region, city / town, etc.). The statistics below now reflect the existing gap at the time the data was captured. Your host expects the NUMBER of unique place names to decrease for the next while, as redundant spellings of the same name are identified and eliminated.
*** Ongoing ***
This update also reflects changes to a variety of profiles on my tree that really centre around six ongoing activities:
- capture of current events observed by your host
- extension of the heritage my tree records for selected people based on expressed interest
- rendering visible more details from certain sources to enhance the understanding of why my tree reflects certain events and people
- rendering visible more of the citations my tree holds to support the events it reports (including other Ancestry Family Trees)
- adding more entries in the "Media" section, especially links to the "local history books" that are part of the University of Manitoba's Digital Collection and pertinent to the families on the tree
- an ongoing low-level effort to "normalize" place names for events that happened prior to Canadian Confederation in places that were NOT to become Manitoba
*** Cemeteries ***
As has been for some time and will continue to be the case: My work to catalogue graves and other final dispositions represents my contribution to bringing closure to as many people as possible by ensuring access to the virtual versions of the tributes made to those who have gone ahead. In my opinion, these efforts may assist many in planning visits to the physical locations in which the physical tributes persist. I expect to continuously improve this asset as I uncover misalignments between the best definitions of those places and many profiles on my tree. Correcting them will always improve the records offered here, and to Ancestry offering me new information about the affected people and their families. The tree is better for it. I invite you to browse the available list of cemetery definitions.
*** Public Sources ***
My work includes an interest in making available to all, selected information from my Ancestry tree that can be readily accessed via free and public resources. This is especially true of the links to memorials on the Find a Grave service, but extends to some of the Government of Canada resources organized by its "Library and Archives" department, in particular, and other departments.
I invite all visitors to seek out and read carefully the descriptions of those resources here. These are wonderful places to start your OWN research!
*** Subscription Sources ***
Also -- Still the case and expected to be this way for a long time:
Many of the records (items) specifically cited, regrettably, are stored in databases as part of the Ancestry service; to view them, an active Ancestry account is required. However, as part of my efforts to transform the data provided to me by Ancestry, an effort is made to make much more of the "descriptive" information about them available on this site.
That being the case: should you identify a SPECIFIC document or record cited to be of high value to you in remembering and honouring your ancestors, please feel free to get in touch. I will very likely be both willing and able to provide you with a digital copy of some kind.
*** Current Status ***
My research continues and new information and connections are revealed on nearly a daily basis. For the foreseeable future, as was the case for the past many months, I plan to continue to update this site on an irregular basis; one that I expect to be no less than once a month.
The site allows anyone to see all of the information I have recorded about deceased people. Without an account and specific privileges assigned to it, access to information about living people other than their name on this tree is restricted. Even with such privileges, at your host's discretion, they may give you access to only information about people with whom you share direct ancestors. In the event you want to see more, please get in touch.
The main tree now contains (versus version forty-four from 2023/02/13):
- Information about 21,076 people in 7,905 families (versus 21,049 people in 7,887 families)
- Of those people, 5,723 are known or believed to be alive (versus 5,729)
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------ *** Your access to details about these people is most likely limited
- 6,608 unique surnames (versus 6,602)
- information about events that happened in 11,927 different places (versus 11,879)
------ of which 857 have yet to be assigned appropriate GPS coordinates (versus 810)
- 75,450 "Notes" that help tell people's stories (versus 75,061)
- 324,443 citations to support the facts and events I am reporting (versus 322,996)
- an inventory of graves located in 738 cemeteries around the world (versus 738)
------ N.B., these cemeteries and MANY MORE are readily accessible via the "Places" feature
- a collection of 258 "Media" items (versus 248)
------ these are essentially "bookmarks" that provide access to deeper and generally online background material about the history surrounding the lives profiled on my tree
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*** Collaboration ***
By way of making visible to the visitor the collaborative nature of the work your host is doing, this version contains:
- 8,906 profiles on my tree now show links to 50,270 various profiles maintained on Ancestry by other researchers (versus 8,885 and 49,710)
------ an average of ~5.6 such links per connected profile (versus ~5.6)
------ these references involve 49,844 personal profiles on 7,777 family trees maintained by other researcher (versus 49,302 and 7,718)
- 2,102 citations of GENEANET profiles (versus 1,050)
Your host makes EVERY attempt to provide information that is WELL supported by documentation and has observed that is not always the case for everyone doing this work. This is taken to the point of actively trying to EXCLUDE other trees and profiles that CLEARLY conflict with his own well-formed and supported results. Just the same, considering the value of knowing ABOUT other people's interest, your host will, at times, connect to other researchers work that contains "minor" differences. Such differences are left to the visitor to resolve based on the level of their own interest
Your host strongly suggests that while research done by others has value to anyone looking to understand their family stories, not all researchers achieve reliable results. As a result, these results must be validated before being accepted. The people behind the Ancestry and Geneanet services (and all other similar services, as well!) make no effort to hide the fact these results are not always reliable. So... CHECK for sources and make your own decisions.
Also: Please read the guidance that is contained in the descriptions of these important information repositories.
You will find the one for the subscription-only Ancestry service here.
Geneanet offers a UNIQUE collaborative, colaborative, "FREEMIUM" business model, allowing ANYONE to see the results, but a subscription is required for access to advanced faetures and facilities, and more can be learned here.
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You can check much of this out along with other details on the Statistics page.
This is all based on my main Ancestry tree, which, at the time, contained:
- 21,076 people (versus 21,049)
- 18,093 photos (versus 18,010)
- 1,267 stories (versus 1,267)
- 52,293 records (versus 51,660)
And at that time, there were 61,454 unprocessed "Hints" about 12,001 of the above people that have yet to be processed (versus 61,311 and 11,946).
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Quests:
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As has been noted in previous updates to the "What's New?" section here, I undertook some special research into families with names similar to those of my great-grandparents Russin, Burdij, and Shmigelski. While those results have not led to any breakthroughs that reveal to me any previously unknown family connections between myself and these families who had a presence in Manitoba in the early decades of the 20th century, I have learned a bit more about the lives of the early colonialists in the region.
I have added links to the header / banner on this site to the additional "trees" that resulted from that work on Ancestry which can now also be inspected here. You can see the same results by following these links:
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*** My Invitation ***
I invite everyone to explore the features of this site. From the Home Page, access to them begins at the top of the page with the links to the four sets of great-grandparents who are the "roots" of my quest and at the bottom of the page, where various features are identified and links are available. Alternately. you can use the Search (basic and advanced) functions to see pieces of information about the people and places of most interest to you.
Watch this space for more news as I find more to tell you and the site is updated.
Documents
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
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 | Manitoba Cemeteries on MyMaps (Google Maps) A use by your host of the MyMaps feature of Google Maps in an effort to represent the locations of and other information about all of the roughly 1300 cemeteries in Manitoba in one place (A work in progress!) | 28 Mar 2023 | |
| Canada Lands surveys: Maps The maps listed on this page geographically illustrate Canada Lands by province and territory, and are accompanied by metadata about each map. A print shop can use a PDF to generate a large-sized print for you. | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Louis Riel Sr. Route Part of the portolio of historical local trails maintained and promoted by the Winnipeg Trails Association. This Route is under the stewardship of the "Save OUr Seine" group. This short pathway runs along the Seine River adjacent to the residential community of Royalwood. It is named in honour of Louis Riel Sr, the father of Louis Riel, … | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Map of Canada by Dioceses Showing Indian Boarding Schools also Missions to Indian and Eskimo. (19--) Residential | 27 Mar 2023 | |
 | Dominion Land Survey (Wikipedia) The Dominion Land Survey (DLS; French: arpentage des terres fédérales, ATF) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile (2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences. The DLS is the dominant… | 27 Mar 2023 | |
 | Funeral Service Association of Canada FSAC is the voice, the face, and the future of Canada’s funeral services profession. The Funeral Service Association of Canada (FSAC) is the leading national funeral service association that represents funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoriums, bereavement sector suppliers and other funeral service professionals. An essential ally and advocate… | 11 Mar 2023 | |
 | Manitoba Funeral Service Association The Manitoba Funeral Service Association is a non-profit association which serves Funeral Directors and funeral homes across the Province of Manitoba. The Manitoba Funeral Service Association is dedicated to the advancement of funeral service through support to the public, as well as to our individual members. | 11 Mar 2023 | |
 | What is Taphophilia? Exploring the fascinating subject of grave hunting An English term born of two ancient Greek words, “taphos”, which applies to matters such as funerals, wakes, tombs, burials, and graves, plus “philia”, which means love/fondness, taphophilia quite literally means a love of graveyards, death and related subject matter. Taphophiles may… | 9 Mar 2023 | |
 | MAO Manitoba Property Search The property search feature provides several methods to help you find the roll number and assessment details for properties in Manitoba. Rural Municipality roll number civic address certificate title number legal description parish section township range section meridian | 2 Mar 2023 |
Histories
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
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 | Germans from Russia Settlement Locations Google Maps of Ancestral German Colonies (1700-1939) This is the home of the Google maps of the locations of German settlements in the Imperial Russian and Austria-Hungary empires that began in the 1700s and continued into the early 20th century just prior to WWII. The locations are based on numerous historical maps, translated to GPS… | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Red River Settlement Parish Boundaries In this recounting of the story of Canadian Confederation, The Red River Métis Resistance, and Manitoba becoming a Province, all in the period of 1867 to 1870, there is a map depicting the English and French parishes of the settlement. Part of the stories of JOSEPH BERTHELET (1835-1916) and his wife FRANCOISE CARON (1838-1916) | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Canada Lands surveys: Maps The maps listed on this page geographically illustrate Canada Lands by province and territory, and are accompanied by metadata about each map. A print shop can use a PDF to generate a large-sized print for you. | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Historic Sites of Manitoba; Map Search A service referenced by the Manitoba Historical Society. Includes the ability to target a building, cemetery, featured site, location, monument, museum, or archive with special filters for sites designation as being of national, provincial, or municipal significance | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Canada Lands Survey System (CLSS) Map Browser The Map Browser allows users to browse cadastral data to search and visualize related survey parcels and plans maintained by the Surveyor General Branch (SGB). Users can navigate within the map using a mouse or keyboard and query the data using attribute searches. | 27 Mar 2023 | |
 | Dominion Lands Survey System The first marker of the Dominion Lands Survey was placed 10 July, 1871, on the Principal Meridian, about half a mile south of this site. The system, then inaugurated by Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Dennis, Surveyor-General, extends across the prairies and to the Pacific coast, embracing more than 200 million acres of surveyed lands in Manitoba,… | 27 Mar 2023 | |
 | Beneath the Long Grass A book published for the centenary of the village of Glenboro and its surrounding villages as both a chronicle of events along major theme lines and as a collection of family stories during its first one hundred years of history. It contains many stories which name the townspeople involved, providing much colour and detail about the lives lived in… | 26 Mar 2023 | |
 | Footsteps in the sand - A history of the Sidney District A book published for the centenary of the Sideny District and the nearby villages as both a chronicle of events along major theme lines and as a collection of family stories during its first one hundred years of history. It contains many stories which name the townspeople involved, providing much colour and detail about the lives lived in the… | 25 Mar 2023 | |
| Shellmouth - Our Century A book published for the centenary of Shellmouth and surrounding villages as both a chronicle of events along major theme lines and as a collection of family stories during its first one hundred years of history. It contains many stories which name the townspeople involved, providing much colour and detail about the lives lived in the area.… | 25 Mar 2023 | |
| History of the RM of Dauphin (1896 - circa 1987) A book published for the centenary of the area of the Rural Municipality of Dauphin as both a chronicle of events along major theme lines and as a collection of family stories during its first one hundred years of history. It contains many stories which name the townspeople involved, providing much colour and detail about the lives lived in the… | 25 Mar 2023 |
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
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| I402038624413 |
 Abecia, N.R. |
Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | ||
| I402038624530 |
Abecia-Cam, H.S. |
Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | ||
| I402143041844 |
Abiven, Marie-Jeanne |
b. 12 Jul 1870 | Guissény, Finistere, Bretagne, France  | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |
| I402382354513 |
Abrams, Margaret Joyce |
b. 28 Jan 1919 | Iowa, USA | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |
| I402248857803 |
Abramski "Obramski", Marta "Martha" "Marion" |
b. Abt. 1891 | Russia | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |
| I402424655559 |
Abuchan, W.B. |
Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | ||
| I402158849333 |
Adam, Agnes Marie |
b. 3 Apr 1913 | Essex County, Ontario, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |
| I402054249956 |
Adam, Corona |
b. 1903 | Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |
| I402054250466 |
Adam, N. |
Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | ||
| I402239420120 |
Adamiak, K. |
Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |
Families
| ID | Father ID | Father's Name | Mother ID | Mother's Name | Married | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
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| F7881 | I402051169314 | Bachman-Andrews, Sina L | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7889 | I402127441341 | Balez, Marie-Louise | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7849 | I402038310745 | Bernard, Marie Louise | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7809 | I402047360220 | Burge, Annie Florence Amelia | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7875 | I402056992543 | Chaput-Johnson, Leona | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7830 | I402154718159 | Conan, Marie | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7850 | I402058723770 | Czukau, R. | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7811 | I402052146802 | Destaler, C. | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7904 | I400016985517 | Dondo, T.E. | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 | |||
| F7893 | I402059197683 | Egilson, H. | Rick Dondo's Family | 21 Mar 2023 |