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Entitled, '''"Who's That Sitting in our Family Tree?"'''<ref>Narrator: Gertrude [Webber] Lawrie; private pub. 1988; in private collections, 250 pp., illustrated</ref>, it is a family history book, a collection of stories and family tales, a compendium of family descendant charts, and a lot more. In private collections today, the book covers the known origins of the family line of Acheson from Northern Ireland and the Webber line from Alsace, France. For privacy purposes, any information on living descendants is hidden from public view. | Entitled, '''"Who's That Sitting in our Family Tree?"'''<ref>Narrator: Gertrude [Webber] Lawrie; private pub. 1988; in private collections, 250 pp., illustrated</ref>, it is a family history book, a collection of stories and family tales, a compendium of family descendant charts, and a lot more. In private collections today, the book covers the known origins of the family line of Acheson from Northern Ireland and the Webber line from Alsace, France. For privacy purposes, any information on living descendants is hidden from public view. | ||
| − | The wiki author also used a professional genealogist to research original documents in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. This helped with the Acheson story in County Tyrone and includes maps, land titles, region descriptions, birth, marriage and death records, wills and probates, hearth money rolls and more.<ref>Original research booklet compiled by Robert J. Williams; October 2015, 32 pp., plus photocopies of original documents, in private collection.</ref> | + | The wiki author also used a professional genealogist to research original documents in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. This helped with the Acheson story in County Tyrone and includes maps, land titles, region descriptions, birth, marriage and death records, wills and probates, hearth money rolls and more.<ref>Original research booklet compiled by Robert J. Williams of Londonderry, N. Ireland; October 2015, 32 pp., plus photocopies of original documents, in private collection.</ref> |
You can also visit the family tree at [http://acheson.familygenes.ca/ Acheson Ancestors and Families]. | You can also visit the family tree at [http://acheson.familygenes.ca/ Acheson Ancestors and Families]. | ||
===The Wiki author=== | ===The Wiki author=== | ||
| − | [[File:author Jim Benedict.jpg|left|150px | + | [[File:author Jim Benedict.jpg|left|150px]]Jim Benedict is a nephew of the author of the book "Who's That Sitting in our Family Tree?" and a grandson of Sadie Acheson Weber, pictured on the book cover, above. He has been researching the family lines since 1988, when the book was first published. Jim lives in Calgary, Alberta. He is a member of the local genealogy association, the Alberta Family Histories Society and is their webmaster, and is also a member of the global surname society, the Guild of One-Name Studies. |
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| + | The Webber descendants and a few of the Acheson descendants meet every three years in Calgary for a family reunion on the August long weekend. Attendance is growing to around a hundred nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Visit the [http://acheson.familygenes.ca/showalbum.php?albumID=4 Webber Reunion] album page for photos. | ||
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Revision as of 14:52, 6 July 2018
A DAY unrecorded is a day only half lived.
A LIFE recorded is doubly lived.
A FAMILY chronicled becomes part of its nation's written history, fossilizing its footprints, yet ensuring that it will live again and again as each new generation learns of its past and is inspired to add its own story to the family saga.
- quote from author of original book: Gertrude Webber Lawrie - 1988
The Book: "Who's That Sitting in our Family Tree?"
This is a story of the Achesons and the Webbers, coming from County Tyrone, Ireland to Canada, and from Alsace, France to Alberta. The prime reference is a book published in 1988 by our aunt Gert [Webber] Lawrie, a daughter of Sarah Isabelle Acheson, pictured above.
Entitled, "Who's That Sitting in our Family Tree?"[1], it is a family history book, a collection of stories and family tales, a compendium of family descendant charts, and a lot more. In private collections today, the book covers the known origins of the family line of Acheson from Northern Ireland and the Webber line from Alsace, France. For privacy purposes, any information on living descendants is hidden from public view.
The wiki author also used a professional genealogist to research original documents in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. This helped with the Acheson story in County Tyrone and includes maps, land titles, region descriptions, birth, marriage and death records, wills and probates, hearth money rolls and more.[2]
You can also visit the family tree at Acheson Ancestors and Families.
The Wiki author
Jim Benedict is a nephew of the author of the book "Who's That Sitting in our Family Tree?" and a grandson of Sadie Acheson Weber, pictured on the book cover, above. He has been researching the family lines since 1988, when the book was first published. Jim lives in Calgary, Alberta. He is a member of the local genealogy association, the Alberta Family Histories Society and is their webmaster, and is also a member of the global surname society, the Guild of One-Name Studies.
The Webber descendants and a few of the Acheson descendants meet every three years in Calgary for a family reunion on the August long weekend. Attendance is growing to around a hundred nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Visit the Webber Reunion album page for photos.
