Sat, Aug 1, 2020, at 7:50 AM
Beth,
I just took a close look at the Purinton Family Tree, and you are using Ancestry HINT’s to capture sources.
Wonderful!
I feel I can relax now. ?
I can appreciate not having the time to apply the technique everywhere. I was concerned you didn’t know how to use HINT’s
You do. I’m happy.
John, IV
Sat 8/1/2020 8:11 AM
J.P. & Michelle,
Courtesy of my brother Jeff, this is a picture of your Great-Grandfather Elcik in 1951, one year before I was born.
Dad
Sat 8/1/2020 4:47 PM
John,
The more we dig, the more confusing it gets. I have a message from my friend, Pam Lizotte. Her father is George Karkos, and her grandmother Annie Elcik. She has:
She does not have death dates.
CHILDREN
According to her, John P. Elcik Sr. was married to Mary Pelcarsky, whose name I’ve seen before.
I don’t know what to think at this point. Could there possibly be “another” John Elcik that we don’t yet know??
Beth
Sat 8/1/2020 4:53 PM
John,
Yes, that was the first thing I learned to do when I joined Ancestry. I’m assuming you can see all my family trees because of your reference to my Purinton family tree. I also saw some Puringtons in one of your family trees. My maiden name is confusing because my ancestors are from England and the original spelling was Puddington. It changed from that to Purrington, Purington, and Purinton. It’s all the same family.
Beth
Sat, Aug 1, 2020, at 5:03 PM
Beth,
I could see them all, but my initial interest was the Elcik and Gamache trees. In both of those, you did not use sources, and that worried me. ?
Seeing that you have used them in the Purinton family tree was a relief for me. It explains a lot of my email, where I questioned you about using sources and HINTs. With what I was looking at, I was concerned that there are no sources. Again, there are only so many hours in a day. I understand you had to prioritize. ?
Thanks for the heads up on your surname. That will become very useful.
John, IV
Sat 8/1/2020 5:12 PM
Jeff,
While you now have 100% access to the Family tree, that will change in 10 days.
I’m canceling my monthly subscription (too expensive) and moving offline using Family Tree Maker 2019.
I’m able to sync the two. Now, when I subscribe again in a year or so, both trees will get updated. Easy to do.
I picked Family Tree Maker as it also syncs all the documents and images between the two programs, something that using a traditional GED file export/import doesn’t do.
If you wish to branch off on your own, I will provide you with a backup of my data.
John, IV
Sat 8/1/2020 10:23 PM
YES, I saw this video. The video was taken at our house. Tom & Diana Gardner brought your dad and Wanda to Maine, and we had them at our home for lobster. Jack’s father and Uncle Richard were here for a wonderful visit. I remember it well as I loved your dad and Uncle Richard. The video brought tears to my eyes and lots of emotions. WOW, thank you for this…..
On Sat, Aug 1, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Dr. John Elcik <johnelcik@msn.com> wrote:
Beth,
It is my Dad and Uncle Richard singing Slovak songs, nursery, I think.
John, IV
