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Show f DAI I D2 AID H E It HOW MANY MARYS DID DAVID MERRY MARRY? A LaRae Free Kerr f John Dough's occupation census was baker and the 18K0 census shows two John Doughs, one a store keeper and the other a doctor, which of the 1880 John Doughs is most apt to be the same person as the 1870 1 in the 1870 , Ay .. It's All Relatives baker? If county records show three David Merry marriage licenses in three years, how many David Merry s married? ridAnd here is a real-lif- e dle: If Mary Utie is married to Anthony Drew and having his children, can she be the wife of Richard Perkins and having his children at the same I time? Step 5 in the genealogical cycle, Process the Collected Information, sheds light on these questions. Processing the information collected in previous, parts of the research cycle can be done in three steps analyze, evaluate and plan. Analyze each bit of information by asking, does this person match what I know of my ancestor? Keep in mind three genealogical absolutes, 1. A person can be in only one place at one time. If Mary Utie is living with Anthony Drew, she cannot be living 'fc MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Kelsea Mclnroy sings and plays the guitar in a band The Rock at The Rock Church in Provo on March Evenson said. A neatly groomed, h man wearing a dark green suit walked right up to him and "I thought he was going to ask me to leave. He grabbed my hand, shook my hand and told me his name was Ken. That night is when I 60-is- 7. them." as well as For the kids Jesus Christ. "We asked Jefor anyone else who needs it sus into our lives and asked there's coffee, cookies and him to please do something other treats at worship serabout our marriage," Jeanne vices. And if your wardrobe doesn't have anything in it that Mclnroy said. "It wasn't fixed literally became a Christian." The Rock Church wants to could be even generously deovernight, but we learned scribed as being your "Sunday good, Godly principles of what prpvide more, however, than a husband is supposed to look just a welcoming environment. best," well, don't let that hold like and what a wife should be "We aren't interested in doing you back. he changed everything." "We're pretty informal," things the way they've always The family lived in Colorado been done," Steve Mclnroy Steve Mclnroy said. "It's come for 12 years before moving to said. "We're all about changing as you are." Of course, it is still church. Utah in 1999 to help start The the way that people perceive Steve Mclnroy said that The Rock Church. Steve Mclnroy church and what they experiRock does baptisms once a ence when they go there." became a pastor in 2003, and the family moved again, in For starters, The Rock month, as well as offering Church meets on Fridays, at communion once a month. 2007, to get The Rock rolling 7:24 p.m. The unusual start in Prov The new kid on the And there's a sermon at every ministerial block said he hopes time correlates to Matthew service. 7:24 in the New Testament, The Rock Church, which bewhich records the followOf paint and pesticide gan holding weekly worship services in September, can be ing admonition from Christ: The message of acceptance a haven where people find God "Therefore whosoever heareth the same way that the Mcln-roy- s these sayings of mine and h at The Rock is at least someonce did. what reflected in its location. them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his "Jesus came to serve those Most people have certain house upon a rock." who were sick and lost and expectations of a church buildThere are greeters at the hurting, and the poor," Steve ing. Cleanliness, for example. The first time that she saw the door, and every service inMclnroy said. "We want evbuilding where The Rock now eryone to feel welcome at our cludes Christian rock music. church." The idea of guitars or drums meets, Jeanne Mclnroy was a in a church service might seem little repulsed. "I walked in and said, 'Wow, A different way of odd to some, but it's actually a common fixture of many it's so dirty,' ," she said. fairly doing things Her husband, on the other contemporary Christian conThe kind of reception that hand, saw an opportunity, gregations. The music "exalts the name of Christ, it glorifies visitors might expect at The albeit one that was, he admitRock is probably something him," said Shawn Peery. "It's ted, "in pretty sad shape." The similar to what once happened all directed to God." price was right, for one thing: retail to Lee Evenson. Evenson, 47 cheap. And the location, close Peery, a to downtown, a stone's throw and a married father of two, manager and father of four, from Center Street between regularly attends services at began attending The Rock Freedom Boulevard and 300 Church with his family even The Rock Church in Provo before there was a Provo conwith his family, but said that West, is more or less exactly he hasn't always been a religregation. As Peery sees it, the where Steve Mclnroy had gious person. He walked into churchgoers at The Rock "may hoped to be located. a church building for the first The church members power-washe- d worship differently, but it's sintime at age 22, wearing ragthe building inside and cere, it's real. "Maybe a little raw," he add- out, along with dousing it in gedy jeans and a "I had hair down to my ed, but not without purpose: pesticide Kills-I- t. shoulders and I was smelly," A little paint, a little "creative "There's a generation of kids Continued from Dl decorating," and presto! break out the electric guitars and bring in the Bibles. "If someone were to donate us a nice chapel, we could ' probably use that, too," Steve Mclnroy said. If not, then he's happy to stick with what The Rock already has. Besides which, the church doesn't need a building for all, or even most of its meetings. "We promote small groups as being an important part of our church," Steve Mclnroy said. "People will meet in their homes throughout the week." right now that we're going to lose, if we don't reach out to do-et- , -- with Richard Perkins at the same time, at least not publicly. By the same reasoning, there are probably at least two David Merrys, maybe three. 2. Work from the known to the unknown, If you do not start your research with a proven ancestor, you may be building the wrong family tree. Wise researchers start with themselves and prove they exist with certificates before going backward. No amount of analysis can get you into the right family, if the starting point is incorrect. 3. People tend to act in predictable and meaningful ways to them. If John Dough, the baker, changed his occupation, he was more apt to become a store keeper than a doctor. As you work your family, you begin to get a feel for the kind of people they were. You begin to sense what is totally out of character for them. Besides, you're related you have inner There are youth groups and Bible study groups, as well as groups organized to discuss ; special topics like parenting or finance.' As a result of the home meetings, church members "get to know each other more I intimately," Peery said. And, once in a while, The Rock meets with its sister congregations in Sandy and Salt Lake City. On one of those occasions, Evenson said, the pastors planned an evening especially to thank The Rock's congregants. "They served us all night," he said. "They served us dinner and waited on the tables." Steve Mclnroy said that both the city of Provo and the local religious community have been very welcoming. "The (LDS) ward where we purchased a home has just bent over backwards to be kind to us," he said. "We're united with other churches in the valley. I meet weekly with pastors from other churches for prayer." As long as there are people who don't have a church but might like to find one, Steve Mclnroy said, there's a mission for The Rock to fill. "We're not looking to steal sheep from other churches," he said. "We're here for the insight. Analyzing the information means matching and extending, matching and extending. Where possible match with at least four pieces of information, like this. If the new information matches at least four data bits from the old data, accept it until disproved (which sometimes happens). Let's say the name matches (though spelled differently), the death date matches, the marriage place matches and a child's name is the same. That's four matches, so it is probably the same person. The more . ' unchurched." Cody Clark can be reached at or cclark heraldextra.com. i 344-254- 2 s 1 1. matches of data bits, the more apt it is to be the same person. A matching name alone is not enough. When a match is found, add the additional new information to the family records. That is extending. Evaluate to discover the information you want next. If the name, marriage place, death date and a child match, you may want to find the death place, the marriage date and the names of additional children. Then you plan how to find that information. If the person died in the 20th century, you will want a death certificate. You may plan a trip to the courthouse to get the marriage license, and you may decide to check the 1930 census for additional children. Here's a brief example of how processing the records works. Thomas Terry, who is a proven ancestor, said his paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Terry. When searching court records, the Orphan Court Records and Administrations of Estates indicated his mother's name was Rebecca with more than four matches: the husband and three children, the place and time period. People act in predictable and unified ways. Thomas's grandmother Merkins was named Elizabeth. Maybe he had Elizabeth on his mind, and assigned that name to both grandmothers. When evaluating the results of the search, finding the marriage record became important. So Pearl Day, the great Terry researcher went looking. She found Newton Presbyterian Church Records and the Faires Family Bible, which included information on the family, but no marriage record. So she analyzed the records she had found by matching and extending; then evaluated the records to see what was needed next and planned ways to get the information she needed. . After processing the Though LaRae Free Kerr cannot solve individual genealogy problems, she can be reached at Low-E- j w f Includes , The Osmonds I r j Argon QualifiesforUtility f 50th Anniversary ( , Rebates f j; itsallrelativessfcn.org for JlSiJet general comments. 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