4 Ways to Make Genealogy Part of Your Kindle Library

I recently purchased an Amazon Kindle e-reader.  I've used the Kindle app on my phone and computer but I'm new to the Kindle e-reader and wondered how I might incorporate my genealogy research into my Kindle Library. These are the four ways I have found to do that so far. 

1. Public libraries may offer ebooks for checkout through an app such as Hoopla or Libby  Sometimes there are genealogical or historical ebooks available to borrow which allow reading via Kindle. Take advantage of this if your local library offers one of these services.
2. The ability to take notes and highlight as you read a book is a great feature.  The notes are saved to your device even if you remove the book.  You may also email these notes to the email address associated with your Kindle.
3. The most obvious way is by purchasing ebooks on the topic of genealogy.
4. Files or documents can be sent to the Kindle. This can be accomplished in several ways:  

• Using a USB Cable and file explorer on your computer to drag and drop files
• Emailing the files to your Kindle's email address(found on the device under all settings  or at your Amazon account under device management--Preferences and Personal Documents) There are size and document type restrictions   
• Using Send To Kindle from your account or the app 
  From the Send To Kindle page, the current size limit is 200 MB
  Supported File Types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, HTM/HTML, EPUB, and most image file types.  

Type of documents I send to my Kindle

• Genealogical Course Syllabi
• Family Tree Reports
• Ongoing Research Reports
• Genealogy Quarterlies
• Articles I've Written About My Research
• Timelines

F. F. Arnold Death Notice(1829-1899)

Death of F. F. Arnold
Frank Arnold is dead! He
died at Tullahoma Saturday
night last from paralysis aged
about 73 years. He was born
and raised in Bedford County
and was widely known as one of
worthiest and best of citizens. He
removed but a short while ago
from the 23rd district in which
he had resided from his youth
up. In the civil war he was a
gallant Confederate soldier and
his old companions in arms will
regret to hear of his death. In
all the relations of life whether
as husband, parent, neighbor or
friend he was as true as the
truest and news of his death will
be heard with sorrow. We join in
this regret and tender our sym-
pathies to his bereaved wife and
relatives. Mr. Arnold was a mem-
ber of the Masonic Order and
was buried with Masonic honors
at New Hope Church Sunday
last in the presence of a large
concourse of friends. Peace to
his ashes.

"Death of F. F. Arnold", Shelbyville Gazette(Tennessee), 30 November 1899, Vol 26 No 48, p 3 col 5; digital image, Familysearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-13T3-DDMX?i=176&cat=479415 : accessed 28 July 2024) IGN 8992019, image 177 of 655.

The widow of Francis Fieldon Arnold applied for a Widow's Confederate Pension.  She was residing in Hamilton Co TN at the time of her application(TN Confederate Pension Application W6421).

Find a Grave, database, and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19079966/francis_fieldon-arnold: accessed July 28, 2024), memorial for Francis Fieldon “Frank” Arnold (7 Feb 1829–25 Nov 1899), Memorial ID 19079966, citing New Hope Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Jones & Williams DNA cluster--PGF

A cluster of autosomal DNA matches shared with descendants of Wm C Cook & Elizabeth Putman is all descendants of John William Jones & his wife Lydia Williams.  As shown in the above image the DNA matches are from 4 children of this Jones & Williams couple.  The connection is at least a generation before John W or Lydia given their ages and from what I know with my research in the ancestry of my paternal great-grandfather, Wm Green Cook, where it most likely connects.  There are also descendants of Jabel Putman & wife Nancy in that cluster who have connections.  Putman and Tylers were from SC which is also the place of birth given for John W Jones in the 1850 Census  I've yet to figure out the connection between the two groups but do have a WATO tree ready at DNAPainter when I get the opportunity to explore things further.  In addition to writing notes on this cluster within the match list group, I have also charted some shared amounts between cluster members in my Google Sheets account. Ancestry recently added the ability to see shared matches of matches and their shared amounts as part of their ProTools Addon subscription.  This feature helped verify that my placement of those matches was correct within the Jones and William tree.

The amount of shared centiMorgans that my 2 siblings and I share with 20 of the Jones & Willems descendants ranges from 0-52 cMs.  A Cook/Putman cousin who is one generation further back shares in the range of 21-77 with the same 20 Jones and William descendants.

See the chart below made by inputting the range at DNA Painter.  It shows the relationship possibilities.

The 20 Jones and William descendants are through 4 children of John William Jones and Lydia Williams.  Oliver John Jones and his sister Leone Jones married Gafford siblings which would make their descendants double cousins to each other but shouldn't inflate the amount for the Cook & Putman connections. 

I would love to hear from any of the descendants of John & Lydia.

W C Cook & James P Cook Witnesses on Rutherfotd Co TN Deed(1860)

As happens pretty much every time that I publish an "everything I have so far" listing of events and sources for a family, I found W C Cook and James P Cook listed as witnesses to a deed.  Elisha W Hendrix is deeding land to William Pope in 1860 Rutherford County Tennessee.  It's almost like the process of writing and publishing causes new info to surface.  Or in this cause it is old info that I am just now finding thanks to the FamilySearch Full Text Search tool. I'm not complaining.

Below is my attempt at transcribing the deed.  Check the deed at the link in the source below.

[Notation in margin William Pope January 22 1861] 

pg 495
No 561 I, Elisha W Hendrix have this day bargained
and sold and do hereby transfer and convey
To William Pope and his heirs forever for the
consideration of four thousand nine hundred
and sixty one dollars to me in hand paid for
__ a tract of land in Rutherford County and State of Tennessee
and District No 10 containing by estimation two hundred and
forty eight acres and bounded as follows ( viz ) Beginning in
the county line of Rutherford and Bedford at Richard Nance
south west of the Little tract thence north with Richard
Nance line to the meeting house lot thence with the line of said
lot to said Nances line thence with said Nances line
to an elm and stake the north west corner of the
Little tract thence west with the south boundary of
the Fears tract to a stake the south west corner of said
tract thence north with the west boundary line of said
tract and Richard Nances to a stake said Popes
south east corner thence west with said Popes line
to an elm said Popes south west corner in Thomas
Lamb Junior east boundary line thence south with
said line to a _____ said Lambs south east corner
thence with said Lambs south boundary line to a
Locust said Lambs south west comer in Thomas
Lambs Jnr east boundary line thence south with
said Lambs line to a stake running eastwardly
in the center of the fence agreed upon between Elisha
W Hendrix and Thomas Lamb and to a stake Thomas
Lambs north east corner: thence south with said Lambs
east boundary line to a cedar and ash _____
Lambs south east corner thence west with said Lambs
south boundary line to a stake in --? Davis north east
corner, thence south with said Davis east boundary
line to a stake in said line; thence east to stake
thence north running through the center of a well to
a sweet gum in the county line, thence east with the
county line to a cedar thence south to a sweet gum
thence east with the county line to the beginning
containing by estimation two hundred and forty to

[page] 496

Eight acres be the same more or less to have
and to hold the same to the said William Pope
his heirs and assigns forever I do covenant with
the said William Pope that I am lawfully
seized of said land have a good right to
convey it and that the same is unencumbered
I further do bind myself my heirs and representatives
to warrant and forever defend the title to the
said land and any pact thereof to the said William
Pope his heirs and assigns against the lawful
claims of all persons whatever this October the 6th
1860 signed sealed in presence of us
[witnesses]
W C Cook                             Elisha W Hendrix(Seal)
James P Cook

Source:  

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Deed Book 11, pages 495-96, deed from E. W. Hendrix to William Pope; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-H3Q6-4 : accessed 4 July 2024), IGN 008332344, images 571-72 of 729.