Bobbie (Madison) Hall

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Biography

Bobbie was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!

Bobbie (Madison) Hall is a Massachusettsan.

Descendant of PGM migrant Nathaniel Fish.

Descendant of PGM migrant John Jackson, and 300+ others.

Descendant of Susannah (North) Martin - Accused Witch.

Bobbie (Madison) Hall is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Stephen Hopkins.

Bobbie (Madison) Hall is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Thomas Rogers and son John.

Bobbie (Madison) Hall is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Francis Cooke.

Bobbie (Madison) Hall is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Edward Doty.

Bobbie has written and improved ten profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.

Bobbie (Madison) Hall survived Hurricane Ian on 29 Sep 2022

Bobbie (Madison) Hall is is a member of the Vermont Project..

Current work:

• Co-leading the Mayflower Project
• Co-leading the Puritan Migration Project
• Regional Coordinator for the Scottish Southern and Borders Region
• Working diligently to clean up my own database, focus on pre-1700's profiles

Bobbie spends way too much time on WikiTree.

Scottish Lines of my Spouse

Scottish research is also a passion of mine, since I married a born & bred Ayrshire lad. His lineage can be seen here:

• Hall Family Tree
• Nisbet Family Tree

The Web Is An Amazing Thing!

Consider this to be less a biography and more an Editorial.

I'm passionate about genealogy. Searching for family history is more than a hobby for me, it's an obsession. I've enjoyed the hunt of finding that elusive bit of information that makes a "possible connection" into a definite ancestor for 25 years and counting.

I liken genealogy to treasure hunting, with puzzle solving and sleuthing mixed in. What some find tedious though, the careful citation of sources, I enjoy. Being able to take all those little bits of data, lay them out carefully, linking them together into the logical and chronological picture of a person's life, is what genealogy is all about. And proving the conclusions is what makes you a true genealogist.

I'm one of those strange people who reads the NEHGR from cover to cover, every quarter, in the old-fashioned paper version. It's educational to read how others have solved genealogical problems, or attempt to prove what for years has been unproven.

I'm constantly amazed at the advance in technology in my lifetime and how it has become such a huge tool for genealogists. In 1980, a P.C. was unknown. Am I the only one who remembers CompuServe’s Genealogy Forum in the early days of green screens? By 1987, Rootsweb was underway, and I was one of the first subscribers. Is there a single genealogist that hasn't used Rootsweb? In the early 1990s, I took my first trip to the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. A genealogist's dream. Back then, if you wanted to copy something, you printed it out on paper, 25 cents a page. They were early adopters of technology, and before long you could "print" a digital version onto a CD, then a thumb drive, etc. Now they're working on digitizing everything and having it available online. 24/7/365. And the number of sites online that we have available now with original records is absolutely astounding. I was looking for a picture of my long-deceased grandmother. A cousin mentioned she'd gone to a particular school. Googled the school, find the yearbook,

Mary G. Keene

Caroline Jackson's needlework at Susanna Rawson's school

Something I say on a daily basis: The Web Is An Amazing Thing!

What worries me most is the way many people will "harvest" their data from gigantic databases, slap their name on it, and call it their own. That's like taking a novel, tearing off the cover, and making yourself the author of a story. True genealogists take pride in their work, they research as best they can in original and secondary sources, and then cite those sources to prove their work. Grabbing a tree from (insert whichever database used here) and turning around and calling it yours, well, that used to be called plagiarism, but since those databases aren't the work of a single person, I suppose it's just a work of fiction.

Genealogy with out source citation is FICTION. I'll get off my soap box now, and get back to reading old microfilmed records. On the web :)

Happy hunting. May the Source be with you :)

Bobbie

Actual Biography

I'm a native New Englander, from the suburbs of Boston, and a Red Sox fan through and through. After marrying a wonderful man as he stepped off the boat from Scotland, (well, just about :) we moved to the Midwest and spent far too long there, but used our time to produce two brilliant and gorgeous children, who are now providing us with adorable grandchildren.

We moved to the Sunshine State when my tollerance for snow and bitter temperatures dissolved, and my desire to be back by the ocean crested.

I'm a retired airline employee, who worked in customer service for 35 years, and never had a single boring day, and made friends who live the world over.

I've spent countless hours (too many, my family would say) researching our ancestry, and still love doing it. Something about it being a never-ending puzzle keeps me at it.

Sources

• Memories, as poor as they might be, of the subject.

Advance Directive

As my generation begins to pass away, it is prudent to make provision for the work I have done on our family tree. In the case of my demise, I hereby give permission for management of all of my private profiles to be transferred to any of my Family Members active at that time on WikiTree, whether or not they are on the Trusted Lists, in the order listed as follows: spouse & children, my children's spouses, grandchildren, nieces & nephews by blood or by marriage, first and second cousins of any degree. I also authorize the Leaders of any WikiTree projects to manage any and all of my profiles that aren't already in an open status.