The Searing Family Blog

Ouch…a whole month without an entry!  I wondered about that and sat down to do a quick entry so I would have a July archive entry, but got sidetracked.  Perhaps that’s the story of July 2010.  Not that I haven’t accumulated material for entry:  eBay results and postings, lots of entries on health care by our Adam Searing, some notes about Searing athletes, some Facebook and Twitter entries.  But, hey, it’s summer, it’s HOT out here in the East, lots of other things to think about besides Searings on the internet.  But now it’s August…the Dog Days (of searing heat? perfect for searing food on the grill? cf my page on Searing as a Part of Speech).  Time to catalog some of my saved entries and share them with you.

In follow up to my May 24 entry,  re our blog being listed in Geneabloggers    http://www.geneabloggers.com/   special mention was made of the Searing Family Blog in the list of new genealogy blogs at  http://www.geneabloggers.com/genealogy-blogs-29-2010/.   Thank you very much Thomas MacEntee, who authors High-Definition Genealogy (see his comment to the May 24th entry below)….again, this is a direct result of exploring Twitter.  Tom is ‘hidefgen’ and there are lots of other genealogy folks on Twitter, most of whom I have not had a chance to explore.  But I certainly can recommend Tom.  I continue to believe that Twitter is a very young resource whose possibilities we have yet to even start exploiting.  Our mention in Geneabloggers has already resulted in a nice note from Sand Dune Books about their offerings.  (Google for their info)   I realize there may be more advertising contacts than Searing information from these mentions, but ‘bring’em on’.  I am happy with any additional word on the blog.

Remember!  A fitting word and theme for our Americans in military service to their country – us – on this Memorial Day, 2010.   Time and again over the years it’s clear that regardless of our political views, we support our troops.  More eloquent writers than myself have expressed that viewpoint….  So I add my own “Remember!”  in honor of those who have served.   But…I would like to add some genealogical touches in the coming few weeks by adding information to my Searings in the Military section, and making a list of past and present Searings who have/are serving.  See that section for additional information.

Today I added this blog to the list available on Geneabloggers:   http://www.geneabloggers.com/This is a resource I have followed on Twitter for a while.  They have a index for finding family names.  Unfortunately ‘Searing‘ doesn’t come up much, but perhaps that will change as more of you explore this resource.  And..please start your own blog for your branch of the Searing family….we need more exposure!!  Join in the fun!  Geneabloggers has lots of resources and activities, and they are highly integrated into other social network sites.  More info can be found on the home page linked above.  As I have a chance to explore what they offer I will put more information on here.

Here’s a real ‘keep it in the family’, a foreclosed property for sale on Searing Street in Hempstead, NY 11550, (our old family home)   the link: http://bit.ly/aBjssT, for only $380,000.  You have to register for more info, but it was built in 1930…the illustration shows a lot of homes on the street.                       Other updates..Dennis Searing’s pool cue had no takers at $6000…no surprise in this economy.

Dennis Searing, cue maker of renown, is featured again in AZBilliards Forums:   http://bit.ly/c32x1s  with one of his cues for sale.  Anyone with information on Dennis please let me know.  He is one of the foremost Searing ‘makers’ of tangible objects, certain to go down in history (see Searing Planes, elsewhere in the blog).  I would love to have his story in the blog!             Adam Searing, NC health advocate,  is mentioned none to favorably in a post in Randy’s Right, a blog: http://bit.ly/brZWED    Also featured is a video of Adam. Hmm, Adam, you must be doing something ‘right’ to generate this kind of publicity?

Erica Voolich, a fellow genealogist, and Searing cousin (aren’t we all), has started a fascinating blog in her search for Ursula Wright, wife of Nathaniel Searing, ‘born 17 February 1814 in Saratoga Springs NY.’, Erica states: “I am searching for the wife of Nathaniel SEARING’s family.  As you know I went to Saratoga County NY last year to try to find any clues as to her parentage.   So, for anyone who has any clues as to who one of the SEARING wives might be, I’d love to hear from them…” The blog can be found at http://ursulawright.blogspot.com/  and I urge you to give it a good read, and give Erica a hand if you have any suggestions!  The blog lays out all the available ‘clues’ and contains a name listing for not only Searing, but also Worthington and Wright (if any of you are out there listening!)

Did you know the 15th of May is also the Ides, not just the ‘beware the ides of March?’  And some other months as well..(thank you Wiki   http://bit.ly/dt8uwe.  A good time to do some updates..really I did start this on the 15th!  Adam Searing is posting again, for example: http://bit.ly/9TZhEs, and: http://bit.ly/9MkbLN, and : http://bit.ly/dcoA4K.   His stuff on health care in North Carolina is always educational.    On the recreational side, eBay has just listed a Dennis Searing pool cue for…..$6,000.00.  Ouch, but his cues are highly valued for their craftsmanship!  Search for Dennis Searing on eBay.   Nancy Searing (a yoga instructor) in Canada shows up in a nice story about an member of the community from India: http://bit.ly/clTLlc  Give us a shout out Nancy, we would like to hear from you for our family blog!        And don’t forget to join other Searings on Twitter and My Name is Searing group on Facebook.  We would love to have all of you…..

An impressive 102+ Searings now on Twitter!!  I have tried to follow all of them, and hopefully some with follow me upon see the notifications and my name (DanSearingSr).  Of course, most of them are not major posters, but its still interesting to see what you all are talking about…and there are some very interesting posts…I will try to do a compilation of my favs for you to check out.  Keep posting!!

Just time for one last entry to make the January archives.  The end of January has seen another snow storm lashing (searing?) the mid-South and mid-Atlantic region.  Gives a good excuse to get some blogging done.  This month we have seen Adam Searing doing some videos on health care..check him out on YouTube.  He does so many for his job in NC it’s hard to keep an accurate list.  Several Searing planes have come up on eBay.  It’s funny how I consider these family artifacts and want them ‘back’ in the family…although no doubt the maker Searing supported himself and his family by selling them.  I think he would be fascinated that well over 100 years later they were still being marketed.  How many did they make?  I would like to do an inventory of those in existence…but that would require the cooperation of tool collectors.  Would they be willing to share their numbers with us?  Your thoughts?  Also another copy of my great-grandfather’s Aeneid came up for auction, but it went for more than I wanted to pay.  I don’t feel quite as motivated about getting all existing copies of his book back in the family..:).Jim Searing, the founder of the Facebook group My Name is Searing changed the group name to delete “last”, since we are trying to be inclusive to all Searings.  The group also was joined this month by Seirings, who pointed out the name variations.  There is quite a list of variations on the discussion boards, but we haven’t turned up many actual individuals.   Jim is also on Twitter as ‘treestrategist’  I highly recommend a ‘follow’ as he is turning up some amazing stuff on trees.   And also on Twitter ‘haikusearing’ continues to do fascinating work, including a custom haiku I ordered: I am but a leaf – but my tree branches spread wide – my name is Searing.  I am going to make that an unofficial slogan of at least the blog!  Thanks, haiku!   February is upon us. More blog updates planned!