More on Grandma Huskonen’s Alien Registration

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As I posted yesterday, my grandmother, Ida Maria Huskonen, was required to register as an alien during WWII. As it turned out, she was one of more than 4.7 million people living in America who registered as aliens. In my grandmother’s case, I’m sure that my father, Walfrid, took Grandma to Jefferson, the Ashtabula County seat, for her original registration on 21 Sep 1940 to fill out a two-page Alien Registration Form. The Form is filled out with a typewriter and signed by Carrie Knapp, registering official.

In yesterday’s post, I outlined the process I followed to obtain her alien file (A file) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency (https://www.uscis.gov/). It yielded a photostatic copy of the filled-in Alien Registration Form (see below), plus one copy of an Address Report Card dated 24 Jan 1951 (also below).  Apparently, Grandma had to report her address every year until 1951. The handwriting on this card suggests to me that it was filled out by my father (at least it looks like other handwriting samples I have from him). Since only one card remained in her file, I assume that as she submitted new card, the previous year’s card was discarded. Also interesting is that the back of the card is stamped with Andover, O, which probably indicates that it was turned in at the post office in Andover.

Both documents included her registration number: 1994788, which probably was assigned to her when she filled out the Alien Registration Form in Jefferson.

I was struck by the fact that the typewritten name on the Form was Ida Maria Huskonen, but she signed her name very clearly as Ida Mari Huskonen. The spelling of Mari apparently is the more traditional Finnish spelling for Maria (see http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/finnish).

Most of the information requested (required) by the Alien Registration Form I already knew before obtaining Grandma’s file, including such data as her birth date and birthplace in Finland, the date she arrived in American, and the ship she arrived on.

Because of her role as housewife in 1940, many of the questions didn’t yield anything new and or interesting, but for other registrants, occupation and employer data would be valuable. Other lines of questioning involved activities over the previous five years (clubs and other organizations), military service, citizenship applications, and criminal records, For most of these, she answered “none.” She did provide answers for how many relatives were living in America (husband and 6 children).

Images of the Form (front and back) and the Address Report Card are provided below:

Alien Registration-Form p1-Huskonen, Ida Maria Alien Registration-Form p 2-Huskonen, Ida Maria Alien Registration card--Huskonen, Ida Maria

 

 

Grandma Was An Alien!

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The Alien Registration Act of 1940 (aka the Smith Act) was enacted by the 76th U. S. Congress on 29 Jun 1940. It required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government (It also set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government).

Registrations began on 27 Aug 1940, and the newly created Alien Registration Division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service planned to register between three and three and a half million people at 45,000 post offices by 26 Dec 1940, after which those not registered became subject to penalties of the Smith Act.

The Division advanced the view that registration benefited the alien, who “is now safeguarded from bigoted persecution.” The alien was to bring a completed form to a post office and be fingerprinted. Registration cards would be delivered by mail and would serve “in the nature of protection if the alien later runs afoul of the police.” The details required for registration were expanded since the passage of the Act to include race, employer’s name and address, relatives in the U.S., organization memberships, application for citizenship, and military service record for the U.S. or any other country.

The government encouraged registration by asking citizens to participate with this rationale:

“The Immigration and Naturalization Service asks for the cooperation of all citizens in carrying out the Alien Registration program in a friendly manner so that our large foreign population is not antagonized. Citizens may be of great help to their non-citizen neighbors or relatives by explaining to those who do not speak English well what the registration is, where aliens go to register, and what information they must give.”

The number registered passed 4.7 million by January 1941. In the following WWII years, even more aliens were registered.

What Are Alien Files?
The result of all this activity was a large collection of records called Alien Files, or “A-Files.” They are individual files identified by subject’s Alien Registration Number (“A-number”). An A-number is a unique personal identifier assigned to a non-citizen. A-Files became the official file for all immigration and naturalization records created or consolidated since April 1, 1944.

A-Files can be a rich source of biographical information. A-files contain relatively modern immigration documents collected together in one file. The United States collected increasing amounts of information from immigrants through the 20th century. A-Files from mid-century can hold a wealth of data, including visas, photographs, applications, affidavits, correspondence, and more.

Just as each immigrant received a singular A-number, each immigrant’s A-File is special. A-File content depends on the history of interaction between the immigrant and the agency. Some A-Files are only a few pages. Others contain scores or hundreds of pages in multiple folders.

More Background

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) started issuing each non-citizen a unique A-number in 1940 as part of the Alien Registration Program (see Alien Registration Forms). On April 1, 1944, INS started using A-numbers to create individual files, called A-Files. INS opened or consolidated A-Files for every immigrant who arrived after April 1, 1944 or naturalized after April 1, 1956, and for immigration law enforcement matters.

Before A-Files, many aliens had more than one file with the agency. For example, an immigrant might have a Visa File, an AR-2, and a C-File. Accessing all agency records for an alien often required INS personnel to search multiple records systems and indexes. INS introduced A-Files to streamline its record keeping. Issuing each immigrant an A-number allowed INS to create one file for each immigrant containing all the agency’s records for the subject.

From April 1, 1944 to March 31, 1956, A-Files contained all INS records of any active case of an immigrant not yet naturalized. When the agency opened an A-File for a non-citizen with previous agency records, INS consolidated its other records for the subject into the new A-File. Upon naturalization, INS consolidated (refiled) all agency records of the new citizen in his or her Certificate File (“C-File”) and the A-File ceased to exist. Beginning April 1, 1956, INS started filing all agency records for active cases, including naturalization records, in the subject’s A-File. USCIS continues this practice today.

If the immigrant later naturalized between ca. 1942 and 1956, you may find the A-number at the bottom of the naturalization index card maintained by the naturalization court. If that A-number is below approximately 5.6 million, there should be a corresponding Form AR-2 (see C-Files). If the immigrant did not later naturalize, you may find the number on or among the immigrant’s personal papers.

This all seems a bit complicated, and, to some extent, it is. However, the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is the repository for A-files and its website has an orderly way to seek out the file material for an ancestor who might have been required to register during WWII. Be advised, however, that it does require payment of search and retrieval fees.

This diagram from the USCIS website (https://www.uscis.gov/historyandgenealogy ) shows the process for searching and retrieving a file (if any).USCIS Flow Chart

The receipt reproduced a the end of this post shows the information that I provided in my online search request.

After about 30 days, I received a letter confirming that indeed my grandmother did have an A-File and that for $35 I could request that it be retrieved and sent to me.

I filled out Form G-1041A, Genealogy Records Request online and paid my $35. Then more wating!

Finally, after about 100 days, I received the requested file for Ida Maria Huuskonen.

In this case, there wasn’t much I didn’t already know about Grandma in this file. I knew when she emigrated from Finland and where from, and I knew who her family members were in this country. But if somebody does not know all this information, then the alien registration form can be provide valuable additional information.

Was receiving the file worth the $55 I spent for searching and retrieving it? From an information standpoint, probably not. But I did derive satisfaction from seeking out and obtaining one additional record set for my paternal grandmother.

The Genealogy Program established by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is described in a brochure. To view it and download it, go here:
http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/History%20and%20Genealogy/Genealogy/genealogy_brochure.pdf

USCIS brochure cover

My Receipt for the original search request for Grandma’s file:

Search Request Case ID: GEN-10115019
The total charge $20.00 has been paid on line.
Below is a summary of your request. Print this page as your confirmation.
Requester Information:
Name: Mr. Wallace D Huskonen
Address: 9240 Meadow Lane Brecksville, OH 44141 USA
Phone: 440-526-1238
Email: whuskonen@gmail.com
Immigrant Information:
Name: Ida Maria Huskonen
Date of Birth: 03/17/1869 (Actual Date of Birth)
Country of Birth: Finland
Immigrant Information Additional:
Immigrant Place of Residence: Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Period of Residence: abt 1903 to abt 1920
Immigrant Place of Residence: Williamsfield Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Period of Residence: abt 1920 to abt 1950
Immigrant Place of Residence: Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Period of Residence: abt 1950 to 1958
Immigrant Arrival Date: 08/12/1903
Immigrant Information Optional:
Maiden Name: Ida Maria Hytonen
Spouse’s Name: Evert Huuskonen
Other Nam e: Ida Maria Huuskonen
Other Information: Married in Finland Oct 20, 1893
Case Opened Date: 1/17/2014 2:40:40 P M

 

Doing Catholic Cemetery Research in Cleveland Area

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We just learned of a very important research tool for genealogists searching for information about Catholic ancestors (and non-Catholic family members buried with them) in the Cleveland area. The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland has been putting online a database of all burials in the cemeteries of its Catholic Cemeteries Association.

The association started out with smaller cemeteries. Recently, it uploaded data for Calvary Cemetery, which is big news. According to Wikipedia, Calvary is the largest Catholic cemetery in greater Cleveland and one of the largest in Ohio. According to the Wikipedia entry, there are more than 305,000 interments in the cemetery.

Calvary Cemetery sign

To read more about Calvary, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary_Cemetery_(Cleveland)

Here is how the Association website describes work on this very important research resource (http://www.clecem.org/Services/BurialSearch.aspx) :

Over the past two years the Catholic Cemeteries Association [serving the Diocese of Cleveland] has embarked upon the consolidation of all burial records into a centralized database. The online burial search and shopping cart are only available at this current point in time for the following cemeteries:

All Saints, Northfield
All Souls, Chardon
Calvary, Cleveland
Holy Cross, Akron
Holy Cross, Brook Park
Resurrection, Valley City
St. Joseph, Avon
Calvary, Lorain
St. Mary, Cuyahoga Heights
St. Mary, Elyria
St. Mary of the Falls, Berea
Elmhurst Park, Avon
Holy Trinity, Avon
Work is currently ongoing on the following cemeteries:
St. John, Cleveland
St. Joseph, Cleveland
Assumption of Mary, Brook Park
St. Paul, Euclid.

To search our database for names and burial locations, you will need to create an account using the link below. https://www.clecem.org/Account/Register.aspx

I am not Catholic, but I frequently do research for friends and clients who are. I was able to create an account by entering a user name, my email address, a password, and a security question.

Once I had created an account, I was able to log in and search for names. The process is very user friendly and I easily found the information that I was looking for.

When visiting this website, you might want to check out the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) at https://www.clecem.org/Information/FAQ.aspx.

One important FAQ for researchers:

Do cemeteries keep accurate records?
The Catholic Cemeteries Association has always had expert record keeping. Records dating back more than 150 years are kept at the cemetery offices and are updated daily.

Daniel S Vancourt Leaves Large Family but Who Were His Parents

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Daniel S Vancourt was born in 1804 in Montgomery County, New York. I have been researching him because he is my wife’s great great grandfather. Of interest to me is the fact that he lived in and may have been born in the same county in New York as my maternal great great grandfather Jacob Dingman.

Daniel married Amanda Miranda Stephens in about 1838 when he was 34 years old, probably in New York state, although I have found no record of the marriage.

Daniel and Amanda had 10 children in 25 years. Their first child was Julia A, burn in Jan 1840 in Slippery Rock, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Daughter Amanda Melvina followed on 6 Sep 1841, also in Slippery Rock.

Daniel and Amanda were migrating with Amanda’s parents, Truman and Roena Kibbee Stephens, from New York state and they eventually traveled to Ritchie County, Virginia. arriving late in 1841. (Ritchie County would later become part of West Virginia, after 39 counties seceded from western Virginia in October 1861 after the start of the Civil War).

Waterways probably were important in this migration. The Erie Canal was in full swing when they began their journey, and the might have used the Genesee Canal to travel south from Rochester, New York, to connect with the Alleghany River near the New York-Pennsylvania border. From there they might have traveled down to Pittsburgh, where they could have traveled down the Ohio River before disembarking in Pleasants or Wood Counties, and traveling overland to Richie County.

West Virginia map

Daniel established a farm on Hushers Run near Ellenboro. Hushers Run is the name for the land along a stream in Ritchie County, named for an early settler in the area.Hushers Run WV

Son Truman Daniel was born in Apr 1946 in Ellenboro, Virginia. He would later serve the Union Cause in the 6th West Virginia Infantry.

More children followed: Phoebe Lucretia in 1950; Mary Matilda in 1853; Roena Catherine on 20 Jan 1955, Margaret A on 10 Jun 1956, Ellen M in Dec 1959, David A in Dec 1962, and Electa Jane in Dec 1865.

Amanda passed away in 1881 in Ellenboro at the age of 60 after 43 years of marriage.

Daniel died on February 28, 1894, in Ellenboro, West Virginia, at the impressive age of 90. He was buried on the family farm.

Daniel had many grandchildren as follow: Julia: 4 children; Amanda Melvina: 11; Truman: 11; Phoebe: 5; Roena: 9; Ellen: 11; David: 4. Current research leads to the conclusion that Mary Matilda, Margaret, and Electa were spinsters.

While much information exists about the offspring of Daniel (and there is data on Amanda’s mother) I have found nothing about Daniel’s parents. This is disappointing because I would like to know 1) if he is connected to Elizabeth Vancourt who is in my maternal ancestry, and 2) if he is descended from Elias Vancourt, who immigrated from the Isle of Guernsey in about 1715 to Piscataway Township , Middlesex County, New Jersey, and is considered to be the original Vancourt/Van Court immigrant ancestor.

Finland’s Marimekko Is Bringing Style to USA at Target

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I was watching television the other day and a commerical from Target came on with a bold title that appeared to be to be in Finnish. I was immediately intrigued, being a good Finnish-American. Finally today, I was able to do some online research and found that the title was Pöytä Juhlavaksi, which apparently is translated loosely as “Serving It.” Anyway, the commercial featured a great number of brightly colored picnic dishes and serving plates, so that commercial title is appropriate.

Marimekko Serving It

It turns out that Target has made a deal with Marimekko, the Finnish design and lifestyle company, to supply a variety of items for American consumers beginning on April 17, offering them online and in stores. A Google search turned up a lot of buzz about the deal — and some advice for potential buyers: Shop early because the products probably will fly off the shelves quickly.

Target has a series of four commercials about the Marimekko promotion under the banner of It’s Finnish, Target Style. They include Surf’s Up, House Party, and Go Fly A Kite, in addition to the one titled Serving It.

To view the four commercials go here: It’s Finnish, Target Style.

The Target.com page featuring all the products in the Finnish, Target Style collection is at Target Marimekko Brand Shop.

Target also provides these helpful FAQs regarding the collection:

When will the collection be available?
Marimekko for Target will be available on April 17, 2016. Target will carry the collection online and in all stores, through May 8, 2016, or while supplies last.

What time will the collection be available on Target.com?
The Marimekko for Target collection will be available in the early morning on April 17, 2016.

Will all stores have the collection?
A selection of the Marimekko for Target collection will be available in all Target stores, with the full collection available on Target.com.

Will all stores have the same items?
All stores will have Marimekko for Target items. The collection will vary by store. Please note that we expect this collection to be popular, so it’s possible that availability at a store may quickly change.

What time will the stores open?
All stores will open at their regular posted time.

Will stores allow guests to put items on hold?
Per our store policies, guests will not be allowed to put items on hold.

What are the online-exclusive items?
There are 26 online exclusive items that will only be available online, but all store items will be available on Target.com. Plus sizes for women are available online only.

Return policy
There is a 14-day return policy for the Marimekko for Target collection at Target stores and on Target.com.

Will there be a limit on the purchase quantities for the collection?
There will be no purchase limits in Target stores and standard limit restrictions will apply on Target.com. Target.com purchases are limited to five of the same item. We encourage people to shop early if there are specific items they are hoping to purchase.

Finally, if you want to learn more about Marimekko and its products, go here Marimekko.com. It is in English.

Learning About My Seventh Great Grandmother from Holland

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This is a followup from my post of yesterday: Ancestry.com Providing Thousands of Hints for My Research .

My maternal seventh great grandmother was  Eva Albertssen Bratt, b 9 Jan 1633 in Amsterdam, Holland. When I reviewed my entry for her on my Huskonen-Dingman-Van Court-Scheppelmann Ancestry tree, I found that I only had a paltry two sources and 1 record.  Her entry showed, however, that Ancestry.com had found 27 “green leaf hints.”

One of the hints pointed to 29 other Public Ancestry Member trees the included a listing for my Eva. Most of these appear to be derivative, but a few present the results of considerable research. For example, one tree claimed 33 sources and 32 records. Needless to say, it will take me some time to evaluate each of these sources and records and decide which I want add to Eva’s facts on my tree.

One takeaway from looking at entries for Eva in this research is that the colonial Dutch were very determined to record the major developments in their lives as both civil and church records.

Also, I am grateful for the dedicated genealogists who transcribed these nearly 400-year-old records and published them for researchers like me. In many cases, the records were created in Dutch, so the transcribers also had to translate them into English.

One of the resources cited in the trees I have looked at is Web: Netherlands Genealogical Online Trees, 1000-2015, a project by Ancestry.com. We’ll see how useful this turns out to be.

Ancestry.com Providing Thousands of Hints for My Research

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Today, I checked my Ancestry.com account and learned that my favorite subscription database provider has found 17,987 “hints” for my research. Many of these are for my Huskonen-Dingman-Van Court-Scheppelmann family tree. But many others are for the some 50 trees that I have created for ancillary research projects, including some for myself and others for friends and students of my various genealogy classes. FYI, my four-part family tree covers me and my wife and will benefit our children and grandchildren, as well as collateral relatives.

In looking at some of the hints recently, I have been very impressed with the quality and scope of what Ancestry.com has found for me. Many are ones that I would not have looked for even if I had access to the respective collections, libraries, or repositories — simply because I had not idea that the records existed.

I will be spending more time in the coming weeks and months looking at these hints and selectively adding them to my main tree. I will be adding facts to other trees that I have created to explore relevant surnames in America and in Finland, the latter being the birth country of my paternal grandparents.

Ancestry.com has made a very  important addition to each hint listing: If the person of potential interest is related to me, Ancestry.com calculates and provides the relationship to me. I don’t know when this feature was added, but I think it is really great! It helps me focus on those hints of most interest, even if I don’t have the person’s family name “top of mind.”

Hats off to Ancestry.com for adding this feature to its Hints listing!

Now, I’m going to get to work sifting through those thousands of outstanding hints!

Life and Times of Jennie Morley

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Most people in Andover, Ohio, knew her as Jennie Morley, but her real name was Sarah Jane Howlett. Jennie Morley was important to our family as she raised Grace Green as her daughter. There probably was no formal adoption. It is worth noting that Jennie Morley “adopted” other children over the years.

Jennie was born 18 Dec 1846, in Reynoldsville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA

1850 Census Washington, Jefferson, Pennsylvania Age: 3. Residing in household of George (age 24) and Laura Howlett (age 28).

1860 Census Winslow, Jefferson, Pennsylvania Age: 13. In household of George (age 32) and Mary Ann Howlett (age 22), second wife of George.

1861 Her father, George Howlett, was killed while serving with the Union Army in the Civil War.

1866 (about) Age: 19. Marriage to James M Perkins. Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio. James was a Civil War veteran, having served with the 29th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. He was a farmer in West Andover.

1870 Census Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio. Age: 22. Living with husband, James Perkins, in West Andover.

7 May 1880 James Perkins dies in West Andover at a reported age of 35 of apoplexy.

1880 Census Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio Age: 33. Living in Andover as head of household. Also in household, Edwin, age 12, adopted son (this is Edwin Green, older brother of Grace Green); Julia A Green, Jennie’s sister (not sure if Green is her correct surname); and Milo D Sumner, age 18, boarder, working on farm. Milo would be Edwin’s uncle, younger brother of Grace’s mother, Mary (nee Sumner) Green, who was living as a widow in Conneaut at the time, with daughter Grace.

1880 (sometime after) Marriage to James Selby Morley.

1890 No census survives.

1900 Census Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio Age: 53. Living in household of husband, James Morley. Also in household, Grace Morley (age not recorded), daughter.

6 Jun 1900. Death of Husband James S Morley. Jennie inherits the “Morley House” on West Main St, Andover.

1905 Andover Village, Ashtabula, Ohio. Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918. Map shows that Jennie Morley was owner of the house and farm land on West Main St.

1910 Census Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio. Jennie Morley, age 63, is head of household. Living with her is Frank M Green, age 14, listed as “ward”. The FMG initials in the basement evidently were carved about this time.

1920 Census Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio Age: 73. Listed as head of household. Occupation: farmer. Living in the household were Frank M Green, age 23, and Persis E Green, age 22, husband and wife. Frank’s occupation: Clothing salesman.

1927 20 May Age: 80. Death Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio. Jennie’s will stipulated that Grace would inherit the West Main property.

BYUtv to Debut Series Premiere of “Relative Race,” First Family History-Based Reality

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BYUtv recently sent out this news release:

BYUtv will debut its all-new original, unscripted competition reality show, Relative Race, on
Sunday, February 28 at 8pm ET/6pm MT. Relative Race follows four married couples on a
10-day journey across the country as they complete challenges, meet unknown relatives traced
through DNA and compete for a $25,000 grand prize. Driven by the science and technology of
AncestryDNA, the reality series takes viewers alongside the teams as they test their emotional
and physical endurance while simultaneously discovering more about themselves and
establishing connections with family they didn’t know they had.Participants in Relative Race 2016

Armed with only paper maps, rental cars, burner flip phones and a $25 per diem, the couples
receive instructions via text message to complete challenges that lead them to their long lost
relatives. The last team to finish each day receives a strike, and after three strikes, teams are
eliminated. Relative Race will culminate in a dramatic finale, as all remaining couples race 4,500 miles from San Francisco to the finish in New York City.

BYUtv teamed up with reality TV production company Lenzworks and the largest provider of
family history and personal DNA testing services, Ancestry, to create Relative Race, a
competition show that can be described as Amazing Race meets Who Do You Think You Are.
AncestryDNA combines advanced science with the world’s largest genealogy resource to help
people reveal their ethnic roots and discover new family connections. A veteran of reality and
documentary-based shows, Utah-based Lenzworks recently produced United Sharks of America, which kicked off Nat Geo Wild’s SharkFest this past summer.

“Family history is a powerful subject that virtually everyone engages in at some point in their
lives, yet it is most often done on paper or PC and by looking into the past,” says Derek Marquis, managing director of BYUtv. “We approached Lenzworks about developing a series around this subject matter, while pushing the envelope in a way that would connect the living through ties from the past. We combined these ingredients with couples traveling across America based on DNA research, and the idea for Relative Race was born. Immediately, we knew we had to tap into Ancestry’s renowned and extensive capabilities, as well as their professional family research experience, to identify the contestants’ relatives throughout the country.”

Relative Race is hosted by former ESPN anchor Dan J. Debenham, who has been working in the television and production industry for 28 years as an anchor, reporter, writer, producer and
executive producer. The four dynamic couples racing across the country are Anthony and Brooke Brown from Las Vegas, NV; Patrick and Janice Wright from Anchorage, AK; Bradley and Heather Randall from Sun City, AZ; and Margo and Doug Engberg from Kirkland, WA.

“The landscape of reality TV has shifted drastically over the past 15 years into seemingly more
contrived and ‘scripted’ programming, ” says Debenham, who is also Lenzworks’ Principal and
Executive Producer. “We were excited to bring reality TV back to its roots by offering viewers
an authentic, unscripted and emotional experience, as the teams on Relative Race embark upon a variety of adventures traveling to unknown destinations, tackling challenges that will lead them to their relatives – some famous, some infamous – all while racing against the clock.”

The first season will consist of 10 episodes, followed by a “Where Are They Now” episode
during which the couples discuss their experience racing across the country and establishing
relationships with relatives they never knew existed before the show.

In addition to Relative Race, BYUtv’s original programming slate includes the criticallyacclaimed drama series Granite Flats, which featured guest stars Christopher Lloyd, Parker Posey, Cary Elwes and George Newbern; and the long-running sketch comedy series Studio C, which has a strong following on YouTube. BYUtv is available in every state of the country via cable, satellite and multiple digital media platforms including byutv.org and on all of BYUtv’s digital platforms, including Roku, Xbox360, Amazon FireTV, iOS and Android.

About BYUtv
Owned by Brigham Young University and based in Provo, Utah, BYUtv is a groundbreaking
High Definition cable television network that has created a breadth of original “see the good in
the world” programming that fills a void in entertainment the entire family can enjoy together,
including sketch comedy, history, music and documentary offerings. The cable television
network continues to build steady momentum, drawing new viewers to its shows from every
state of the country. The non-commercial station is available in more than 55 million households in every state of the country on Dish Network, DirecTV and over 800 cable systems, and offers approximately 1,000 hours of original programming annually, including 500 hours of live HD
collegiate sports.

Watch the official trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWpm3F-fWk

Learn more about Relative Race: http://www.relativerace.com

Stream BYUtv online: http://www.byutv.org

Download our apps on Roku, Xbox, iPhone/iPad or Android: http://www.byutv.org/apps

Follow Relative Race on Social Media
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/RelativeRace

Vote By Mail Ballot Accepted by Cuyahoga County Board of Election

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My vote by mail ballot for the March 15, 2016 primary has been accepted by the Cuyahoga County Board of Election. It is so easy to do that I don’t understand why more people don’t take advantage of it. The request for a vote by mail ballot can be performed online on the CCBE website. The CCBE mails out the ballot and you simple fill it in just like you wold showing up in person at your polling place–and maybe waiting in line. Once you have filled in the ballot, you place it in a security envelope after filling in some questions, then you place that envelope in the mailing envelope. It does cost $0.71 in postage to mail in the ballot. I mailed in my ballot on Friday, Feb 19.

Below is an image of the online tracking result for my ballot. As you can see, it was received and accepted for counting on the next business day, Monday, Feb 22.

WDH Vote by Mail tracking