Migrated to Substack: see Gwynn's Genealogy Gleanings

 I am no longer maintaining this blogger site and have been posting to Substack as its more post friendly.

See: https://substack.com/@gwynnsocolich

2026 Update: Wikitree projects and Moved to Substack

 

Update for 2026:  

• Wikitree Riddell Name Study and Sankey Name Study and FreeSpace research project see my profile at Malcolm-2634
• I moved to Substack platform as "Gwynn's Genealogical Gleanings" https://gwynnsocolich.substack.com/ sometimes I cross post my substack post to the Riddell Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071791133521, 

Gwynn's Genealogical Gleanings on Substack will feature some of my personal Genealogy research highlights and some Genealogy research tips.  

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Wikitree progress in Riddle Name Study, Sankey Name Study, and John Leonard Riddell's profile and Webathon

March and April 2025

I have been working on the two name studies on Wikitree that I manage and the Profile for John Leonard Riddell (reformatting and adding sources)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Riddle_Name_Study

• added 6.7 Sarah (Riddell) Shafter (1823-1900) in the Notable Riddell Section, she was an abolitionist.
• Added and edited Collateral lines to the Riddell family section

and

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sankey_Name_Study
Sankey Families of England (sorted by location)

I also virtually attended the 24 hour webathon with Family Tree Webinars. I only missed four because I was sleeping. There were lots of great speakers with a variety of topics.  There seems to be more and more on Genealogy and AI as technology in this area is advancing rapidly.

 Today on Mondays with Myrt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMGpiq_Agw0 and today, we had a guest, Mitch Goldstone who talked about his company and the high speed digitization services they provide:  https//www.scanmyphotos.com  The company is located in Southern California. I have some digitization projects in mind that could be done with this company. 

Disclaimer: I am a guest panelist on Mondays with Myrt and not affiliated with scanmyphotos. 

Heirloom Plate from my Dad

This plate was owned by my dad who was from Findlay, Hancock, Ohio. I love the nautical theme. My step mom sent it to me. 

On my mom's side I have some Gates captains who lived in Mystic Seaport, New London, Connecticut.

 

Riddell Family: Scholary Publication for the de Ryedales in Yorkshire and the Scottish Roxburgshire Riddell family

                        

Dr. George Riddell, Findlay, Palmyra Wisconsin 

to Chippewa Falls, WI

Don't forget to look at scholarly publications such as thesis to help locate sources for your research.

My personal Riddell family favorite is https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/59664/1/59664.pdf Marritt, S. (2011) The Ridale papal letters and royal charter: a twelfthcentury Anglo-Scottish baronial family, the papacy, the law, and charter diplomatic. English Historical Review, CXXVI (523). pp. 1332-1354. ISSN 0013-8266 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/59664 (University of Glasgow)

You Tube Videos List for Ulster Scots

You Tube Videos on Ulster, Northern Ireland: I have watched all of these and they are all useful.

Maine State Library: Tracing Irish ancestors: an introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAovWL54Cj0...

Maine State Library: Scots Irish (Title given by presenter)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzEqnqAUxwE...

Irish Genealogy: Genealogy TV with Connie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXpEESFq1k

Irish Resource List: Genealogy TV with Connie, Pam Hollands’s links

https://genealogytv.org/.../Irish-Genealogy-Resource-List...

Beginning Research in Ireland - James Tanner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWpZYZVqHfw

https://youtu.be/9NFlJiGN54E

PRONI: Plantation Families: part 1 (2013)

PRONI - Plantation Families Part 2 (2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NuLP5MVrus&t=87s

PRONI | Researching farming ancestors in PRONI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moqFsZdwW9A&t=13s

PRONI | Key Sources for Genealogy - Title Deeds and the PRONI Land Registry Archive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKbGgbVh2-0&t=337s

Using

Survey Maps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMnrZGqn8E

PRONI | "Sheep stealers from the north of England” – the Riding Clans in Ulster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdVWgcvB0DM&t=10s ROBERT BELL (Surname Dictionary author)

PRONI | Researching Presbyterians in Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPlswuLuZSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAQbKdz_ezU&t=1s Life of Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh (father was Lord Londonderry)

PRONI | Key Sources for Genealogy The Tithe System & Tithe Applotment Books

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NMgLA50zOg

Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors (Allen County Public Library)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAhi9ihy8wY

The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the 19th Century - Professor James Stevens Curl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqStacdndBI&t=18s

Comber - The Ards Peninsula: An Ulster-Scots Heartland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItLdzqvLamw&t=45s

Newtownards - The Ards Peninsula: An Ulster-Scots Heartland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRJ-kqW15TY

The Siege Of Derry 1689( BBC Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYXPmYS9hPA

Ulster Surnames with author Robert Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEQsrgqujP0&t=14s

It can be confusing when Irish Gaelic names change into English. This also occurs with place names.

Williamite-Jacobite War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhndOo8zA1w&t=77s