{"id":2317,"date":"2021-09-04T06:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2021-09-04T06:12:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:12:27","slug":"repost-11-genealogy-tipsheet-dont-forget-the-potters-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/2021\/09\/04\/repost-11-genealogy-tipsheet-dont-forget-the-potters-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Repost #11 Genealogy TipSheet: Don&#8217;t forget the Potter&#8217;s fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a tough lick when one cannot locate a relative whom we know existed, yet is not &#8220;findable.&#8221; In genealogy research, we refer to such situations as brick walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One tool to help chip away at those walls are found in places that we may driven past a hundred times.  In my home state of Nebraska, and especially in Omaha, I turned to the Potter&#8217;s Field to locate the individuals who are missing from all final records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noiseomaha.com\/news-now\/2020\/10\/28\/potters-field-historical-marker-dedication-honors-those-laid-to-rest\">https:\/\/www.noiseomaha.com\/news-now\/2020\/10\/28\/potters-field-historical-marker-dedication-honors-those-laid-to-rest<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/potters-field-in-nebraska-willbrownrememberedoct2020byfredwolskiandgarykirkbrownbw12of13.jpg?w=1000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/potters-field-in-nebraska-willbrownrememberedoct2020byfredwolskiandgarykirkbrownbw12of13.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1848\" data-link=\"https:\/\/annwead.wordpress.com\/potters-field-in-nebraska-willbrownrememberedoct2020byfredwolskiandgarykirkbrownbw12of13\/\" class=\"wp-image-1848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/potters-field-in-nebraska-willbrownrememberedoct2020byfredwolskiandgarykirkbrownbw12of13.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/potters-field-in-nebraska-willbrownrememberedoct2020byfredwolskiandgarykirkbrownbw12of13-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/potters-field-in-nebraska-willbrownrememberedoct2020byfredwolskiandgarykirkbrownbw12of13-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers (left) and Organizer Nick Clawson<br><br>Photo courtesy of Fred Wolski and Gary Kirk Brown (c)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reference in the Bible to the Potter&#8217;s House <a href=\"https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/jeremiah-18\/\">https:\/\/enduringword.com\/bible-commentary\/jeremiah-18\/<\/a>has many meanings. In relation to the Potter&#8217;s Field in Nebraska and in many locations around the globe, the person working pottery never abandoned a lump of clay just because of its imperfections. Instead, it worked it via a wheel or by hand to mold it into something good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for a relative who may have been forgotten? Check your local and state records as more individuals are being identified and in some cases, relocated to different burial sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a tough lick when one cannot locate a relative whom we know existed, yet is not &#8220;findable.&#8221; In genealogy research, we refer to such situations as brick walls. One tool to help chip away at those walls are found in places that we may driven past a hundred times. In my home state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[397,770,811],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestral-historal","tag-cemetery-relocation","tag-omaha","tag-potters-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trustworthy-tan-chimpanzee.104-207-79-65.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}