If We Were a Tree In The Forest...

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This is my entry for the 110th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. "What tree best represents your family’s history?"
The Quercus alba L or White Oak is a great match for my Langley Tree. The White oak grows throughout most of the Eastern United States. It is found from southwestern Maine and extreme southern Quebec, west to southern Ontario, central Michigan, to southeastern Minnesota; south to western Iowa, eastern Kansas,  Oklahoma, and Texas; east to northern Florida and Georgia. The tree is generally absent in the high Appalachians, in the Delta region of the lower Mississippi, and in the coastal areas of Texas and Louisiana.
The west slopes of the Appalachian Mountains and the Ohio and central Mississippi River Valleys have optimum conditions for white oak, but the largest trees have been found in Delaware and Maryland on the Eastern Shore.
My wonderful family is 100% US grown.  I know that once I get back to the early 1600's it will be different, but for now they go back to the late 1600's in the US. They are as the Oak tree.  Deep roots that thrive anywhere but in shallow soil.  The family profession was farmers and planters, not city folk at all.
The Oak is long lived. Many of our family members lived to be 90 to 100.  
The tree is characterized by a short trunk with a wide crown. It is the tree on our farm that has beautiful character developed from resilience from storms, adverse growing conditions, and time weathering.  Just as our family has developed as it moved from the east to the central area of the US.  
The Langleys came from North Carolina, to Kentucky, to Missouri and ended up in Oklahoma where I was born. This family is still growing on my genealogy tree making tangled and interesting branches.
The Carriers, Kemps, and Hankins came from Virginia to Tennessee, to Missouri and then to Oklahoma. They had loss of family members from wars, illness, and anger, but survived and thrived.
Just as the oak has a large crop of acorns in adverse times to continue, so did this family have a fine bumper crop of children. 
The Gildons and Sellicks came from Connecticut to Georgia, to Texas, and then to Oklahoma where I was born (oh I said that already).This family is an object of my second submission for DAR.  
The resemblance of this tree and my family is so close, that I think it is the perfect match.

FamilySearch Indexing Update

I received an email from Paul Nauta of FamilySearch Indexing on the update of the new Indexing projects.  Oh wow, we are going to need some help!  By joining us the research material can become available to you sooner.  We will need some with language skills too! 

It was such a long list I decided to share with you on here.  If you are not an indexer yet,  click here to join us at  IndexingFamilySearch

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New Projects Added

·      Argentina, Córdoba, Bell Ville—Registros Parroquiales, 1759–1946
(Argentina, Cordoba, Bell Ville—Parish Registers, 1759–1946)

·      Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Cartões de Imigração, 1900–1965 [Part C]
(Brazil, Rio de Janeiro—Immigration Cards, 1900–1965 [Part C])

·      Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Cartões de Imigração, 1900–1965 [Parte D]
(Brazil, Rio de Janeiro—Immigration Cards, 1900–1965 [Part D])

·      Canada, Ontario—Births, 1869–1912 [Part B]

·      Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1920 [Parte 3]
(Chile, Concepción—Civil Registration, 1885–1920 [Part 3])

·      Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg, Emmendingen—Kirchenbücher, 1810–1869
(Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Emmendingen—Church Books, 1810–1869)

·      Deutschland, Brandenburg, Posen—Kirchenbücher, 1794–1874
(Germany, Brandenburg, Posen—Church Books, 1794–1874)

·      Deutschland, Mecklenburg, Schwerin—1867 Volkszählung
(Germany, Mecklenburg, Schwerin—1867 Census)

·      España, Sevilla—Nacimientos Civiles, 1844–1874
(Spain, Sevilla—Civil Births, 1844–1874)
In partnership with GenSevilla

·      Estonia—Lutheran Church Books, 1603–1940 [Part B]

·      France, Coutances—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907 [Part 2]
(France, Coutances—Parish Registers, 1802–1907 [Part 2])

·      France, Quimper et Leon, Brest, Notre Dame des Carmes—RegistresParoissiaux, 1771– 1909
(France, Quimper et Leon, Brest, Notre Dame des Carmes—Parish Registers, 1771–1909)
In partnership with Cercle Généalogique du Finistere

·      Guatemala—Registros Civiles, 1800–1900 [Parte B]
(Guatemala—Civil Registration, 1800–1900 [Part B])

·      Honduras, Tegucigalpa—Registros Parroquiales, 1684–1930
(Honduras, Tegucigalpa—Parish Registers, 1684–1930)

·      Italia, Mantova—Registri Civili, 1806-1815
(Italy, Mantova—Civil Registration, 1806–1815)

·      Italia, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia—Atti di Nascita, 1809–1885 [Part 1]
(Italy, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia—Birth Records, 1809–1885 [Part 1])

·      Italia, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia—Atti di Morte, 1889–1924 [Part 2]
(Italy, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia—Death Records, 1809–1885 [Part 2])

·      Italia, Torino, Torre Pellice—Atti di sepoltura, 1692–1969
(Italy, Torina, Torre Pellice—Burial records, 1692–1969)

·      Italie, Turin, Torre Pellice—Registres paroissiaux 1692–1969 [Partie1A]
(Italy, Turin, Torre Pellice—Parish Registers, 1692–1969 [Part 1A])
In partnership with Cercle Généalogique du Finistere

·      Mexico, Aguascalientes—Nacimientos 1860-1921
(Mexico, Aguascalientes—Birth Records, 1860–1921)

·      Philippines, Lingayen-Dagupanâ—Registros Parroquiales, 1615–1982 [Part 2]
(Philippines, Lingayen-Dagupanâ—Parish Registers, 1615–1982 [Part 2])

·      Polska, Diecezja Lublin—Księgi Metrykalne, 1864–1948 [Część 2]
(Poland, Diocese of Lublin—Church Books, 1864–1948 [Część 2])
In partnership with Lubelskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne

·      Sverige, Södermanland—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 2]
(Sweden, Sodermanland—Church Records, to 1860 [Part 2])

·      Sverige, Uppsala—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 2]
(Sweden, Uppsala—Church Records, to 1860 [Part 2])

·      Sverige, Örebro—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 2]
(Sweden, Örebro—Church Records, to 1860 [Part 2])

·      U.S., Alabama—County Marriages, 1809–1950 [Part B]

·      U.S., Alaska—1930 Federal Census

·      U.S., American Samoa and Guam—1930 Federal Census

·      US, Illinois—Northern District Naturalization Index Cards, 1840–1950

·      U.S., Indiana, Fountain County—Marriages, 1811–1959
In partnership with Indiana Genealogical Society

·      U.S., Indiana, Fulton County—Marriages 1811–1959
In partnership with Indiana Genealogical Society

·      U.S., Iowa—County Marriages, 1838–1992 [Part B]

·      U.S., Nevada—1930 Federal Census

·      U.S., North Carolina—County Marriages, 1762–1959 [Part C]

·      U.S., Ohio, Franklin County—Marriage Records, 1929–1951

·      U.S., Oregon—County Marriages, 1851–1975 [Part A]

·      U.S., Vermont—Vital Records, 1760–1954 [Part C]

·      U.S., Virgin Islands—1930 Federal Census

·      U.S., West Virginia—Naturalization Records, 1814–1991
In partnership with West Virginia State Archives

·      U.S.—Registers of Enlistment in the U.S. Army, 1798–1913

·      Česká Republika (Tschechien), Litoměřice—Matriky, 1552–1905 [část 1C]
(Czech Republic, Litomerice—Church Books, 1552–1905 [Part 1C])

·      Österreich, Oberösterreich, Steyr—Kirchenbücher, 1601–1906
(Austria, Upper Austria, Steyr—Church Books, 1601–1906)