I received the following email but didn't find Ruby King on our current membership list. Does anyone know her or of her? Maybe she is a FHC patron. Cindy Dear Cindy, I do not see a membership chairman listed on your website, so I will start at the top with my question. I'm sure you will know where to direct my request. I am trying to locate Ruby Earl King, last known address P.O. Box 1093, Foresthill, CA 95631-1093. I find that town listed as being in Placer Co, CA. I wondered if she was, or had been, a member of your society. Ruby submitted information on a line on which I am also working. I wrote to her, but my letter was returned. I found a Michael King listed, through online directory, in Foresthill, sent an email and it bounced back. I do not find a Ruby King who died in Placer Co, CA for online CA death index, unless she died very recently. I have posted queries looking for her on websites for the surnames on which she is working (Yates and Wright). I am so in hopes she has just moved, and you might know where(?) If you should have a new address for her, and do not feel free to give it out, I would be glad to mail a letter to you, for her, with a stamped envelope which you could then forward. Any help appreciated, Joan E. Rambo KinKatcher@aol.com

Placer County Genealogical Society General Meeting Presents Taffy Couts speaking on "Native American Research" Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints 1255 Bell Road Auburn, California

Placer County Genealogical Society General Meeting Presents Taffy Couts speaking on "Native American Research" Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints 350 Bell Road Auburn, California

Placer County Genealogical Society's General Meeting August 23, at 7:00 pm at the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn, CA Fantastic Flea Market of Genealogical Items Newsletters, Magazines, Peridiocals, and more

Hello PCGS members - Sierra On-line has sold Heritage Quest to ProQuest. Sierra also owns Generations software and sponsors Cyndi's List. I wonder how they will be affected by this? For those of you who are interested, the press release is below. Barbara Leak ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Kemp <TomK@HeritageQuest.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:51 PM Subject: News: ProQuest is Going Live with Heritage Quest 1790-1920 CensusImages & Indexes > CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE > RELEASE > Thomas Jay Kemp > 800-760-2455 x1570 > Tkemp@HeritageQuest.com > > > "ProQuest Going Live with Heritage Quest 1790-1920 Census Images & Indexes!" > > ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 16 -- ProQuest Company's (NYSE:PQE) Information and > Learning unit announced today that it has acquired Heritage Quest > <www.HeritageQuest.com>, the North Salt Lake City-based genealogical > information company, from Sierra On-Line, Inc., a division of Vivendi > Universal Publishing. With holdings of more than 250,000 publications and > titles, Heritage Quest is the largest genealogical information provider in > the United States. > > The Heritage Quest product line -- which includes the popular Heritage Quest > Web-based information service, as well as microfilm, CD-ROMs, and print > products (Heritage Quest magazine, Genealogy Bulletin, more than 400 books, > and more than 100 indexes) -- will be added to ProQuest's genealogical > resources, including the Genealogy and Local History Online > <http://www.umi.com/cgi-bin/ShowItem?PID=P0099&market=cu> database and > Sanborn Maps Online <http://www.umi.com/special/Sanborn/>. To date, Heritage > Quest information comprises more than 3 terabytes of digitized data, with > more digitization planned. Having the entire US Federal Census online, > 1790-1920, will make it much easier for genealogists to research their > families. > > "Genealogical research is a top-ranked hobby in the United States, with over > 70 million active participants," said Joe Reynolds, president and chief > executive officer of ProQuest Information and Learning. "Most people rely on > local libraries to help them find the information they need. With the > addition of Heritage Quest information to our own collection of some 7 > million pages of content, we'll be able to provide libraries and their users > with the most comprehensive collection of genealogical information available > anywhere designed specifically for use in libraries. > "Previously, genealogists had to consult multiple sources to find the > information that will be integrated into a single source," said Reynolds. > > Unique census data > > "Of particular value are the complete historical United States census > records dating from 1790 to 1920, which are hand-written," added Reynolds. > "Census records are the most uniquely valuable research tool for > genealogical researchers, because they provides specifics: which family > members were alive at that time; where they lived; their occupations, ages; > and other important information. When added to the thousands of family > records and local history files that we already offer online and those that > we are acquiring, researchers will be able to gain a more complete picture > of their heritage. The Heritage Quest census data provides names and > statistics; our Genealogy & Local History Online collection puts those names > in context. The combination is powerful." > These online census records will be fully indexed to extremely high > standards and offered in full page image, so users can view documents in > their original format. > > In addition to the census records, ProQuest will expand its offerings with > other unique content from Heritage Quest: military records, ship passenger > lists, county records, selected state censuses, Native American records, > marriage records, local and family histories, African-American family > records, city directories, and more. > ProQuest will begin to integrate the Heritage Quest data into its > genealogical databases immediately. Current subscribers to Genealogy and > Local History Online, ProQuest's Web-based genealogy database for libraries, > will have access to census data by late fall 2001. The ProQuest product will > support remote access, a key benefit for patrons who use library resources > offsite. > The Heritage Quest name will be extended as a brand name for all of > ProQuest's genealogical resources, including online databases, microform, > and print products. > > Founded in 1983 by Bradley and Raeone Steuart, Heritage Quest is a leading > purveyor of genealogical data, products, supplies, and equipment to > consumers and institutions. The company has been known for its high-use > data, landmark publications, general-reference books, and informative > periodicals for genealogy enthusiasts. In September 1999, the company was > acquired by Sierra On-Line, Inc. ProQuest plans to maintain the Salt Lake > City office and operations. > > Safe Harbor Statement > Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, > statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking > statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform > Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and > other factors, including without limitation, the cost and availability of > intellectual property from third parties, decreases in the ability to > attract and retain employees for the existing ProQuest Company, obtain > capital, including interest rate risks, unexpected merger-related effects, > and any necessary regulatory approvals, decreases in funding for Internet > access as well as overall acceptance and usage of the Internet in the > education and library markets, including effects of and rate of acceptance > of Internet-based solutions, including the automotive business, changes in > the business services market, changes in the automotive industry, and > general economic conditions, all of which could cause actual results to > differ materially, and such other risks as discussed in the Company's > filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. > > About ProQuest Company > ProQuest Company (NYSE:PQE) was born of Bell & Howell Company's two highly > respected information access businesses. Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., ProQuest > Company is a leader in e-learning and e-publishing. For its customers in the > academic, library, automotive, and powersports industries, the company > provides access to a body of content that is unmatched in breadth and depth. > Additional information on ProQuest Company can be found at > www.proquestcompany.com . > > ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, > organizing, and distributing information worldwide to researchers, faculty, > and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in > business and economics, general-reference, humanities, social sciences, and > STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, > newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly > information from more than 8,500 publishers worldwide. Users access the > information through the ProQuest(R) Web-based online information system, > Chadwyck- Healey(TM) electronic and microform resources, UMI(R) microform > and print reference products, and XanEdu(TM) online faculty and student > resources. For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, > visit www.il.proquest.com > > # # # > > ______________________________ >

Tony Burroughs to appear on "CBS Sunday Morning" NEHGS trustee and noted genealogical author Tony Burroughs will be making an appearance on "CBS Sunday Morning" on Sunday, August 12, 2001. The program will air at 9 a.m. EST and the genealogy segment featuring Burroughs is expected to air at the top of the hour. Burroughs is most recently the author of Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree.

Hello everyone, For those of you who attended last night's meeting, there is an error on the handout. The wrong URL is listed for item 19 on the bibliography: "Tackle Your Genealogical Documents" by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens. The correct address for the article is: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/together/583.asp Barbara

Genealogical Flea Market August 23, 2001 at 7p.m. in Beecher Room Auburn-Placer County Library Genealogical Publications, Newsletters, Periodicals, and more. Do you have some Genealogical Publications you would like to get rid of? Donations will be Accepted. Please Call Joyce House at 530-889-2970 or e-mail at pjhouse@bigfoot.com for details.

At the board meeting today I brought this up, and so I decided to share this everyone who is researching PA. Sometime soon, millions of digitalized records, ranging from the 19th century county birth, death, marriage dockets to the collections of photographs illustrating every aspect of the PA experience will be added to the PA Powerport site for us to use. No date set yet, but the site is www.phmc.state.pa.us They have very little on it right now, of some war records, but more is promised, eventually, as they put it. So keep it in mind, I know I will. >>Roni Dillon

Hello again Bobette, The National Genealogical Society's library has *The Genealogist*. They will loan out to NGS members. Looks like the shipping is $10 for 2 books (plus return posteage). PCGS belongs to NGS, so you might be able to have PCGS borrow it for you, or I personally am willing to get it for you as I am an NGS member. Or you can use the NGS photocopying service. It costs $1.25, plus 25 cents per page for NGS members. There is an extra $5 surcharge for non-members, but again I can get it for you at the member rate. They probably will not photocopy the entire artice due to copyright, but they probably can do a few pages. You can check out the NGS library catalog and copy services at www.ngsgenealogy.org Barbara

----- Original Message ----- > There are more than one genealogy program that is currently "free". Two of > these that come to mind are: > PAF available at the LDS site http://www.familysearch.org and > Legacy available at http://www.legacy.com There is a "Legacy" genealogy site at the address given above. But the free download of the Legacy software is at www.legacyfamilytree.com Barbara

Thanks for the information about "The Genealogist". I was at the FHC today, and Joyce House suggested that I look on PERSI. Cindy Tofflemeir came in and we tried to find the article, couldn't even find a periodical (newsletter) called "the genealogist". I entered key words from the title of the article,but no luck. (Cindy I found the complete title after you left.) Does anyone have the most recent PERSI disk? The one at the FHC is not the latest one, although you would think it would have something from 1985.. I was just curious to see what a model genealogy would look like. Gerry, I went to Cyndi's List and found that page your referred me to and several others. I also found that Dollarhides Ahnentafel System (http://www.genealogybulletin.com/archives/HTML/current11.html ) is different than Rory's Ahnentafel System(http://free.prohosting.com/~roryc/arts/num.htm ), they number collaterals completely differently. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Leak <kin2barb@pacbell.net> To: Bobette McClellan <mamabobi@foothill.net>; CA-PCGS-L@rootsweb.com <CA-PCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [CA-PCGS] Re: Numbering Your Genealogy Bobette, "The Genealogist" is a periodical -- one of the "scholarly journals" -- edited by Charles Hansen, FASG, and Gale Ion Harris, PhD, FASG. It is currently being published by the American Society of Genealogists, although I think the ASG acquired it fairly recently. You might check PERSI to see if a copy of the article is available from the Allen County Public Library. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Bobette McClellan <mamabobi@foothill.net> > > What is "The Genealogist", is it still being published?

Roni, There are more than one genealogy program that is currently "free". Two of these that come to mind are: PAF available at the LDS site http://www.familysearch.org and Legacy available at http://www.legacy.com These are not shareware where you download, try and then pay if you like the program. These are truly "free". Legacy wants you to like the program and upgrade to their "Plus" version or whatever they call it. Of course both of these programs are not like FTM but they are free. None of the programs are identical but they do allow you to enter information and print it out in different forms and trees. Jerry At 11:52 AM 7/3/01 -0700, Roni Dillon wrote: >My sister in law wrote me today about getting that genealogy program >that I can't recall the name of, but you can download it for free and >use it to input your pedigree into it?? Does anyone know what I am >talking about?? It's like FTM just free. > >>Thanks, Roni > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

My sister in law wrote me today about getting that genealogy program that I can't recall the name of, but you can download it for free and use it to input your pedigree into it?? Does anyone know what I am talking about?? It's like FTM just free. >>Thanks, Roni

Bobette, "The Genealogist" is a periodical -- one of the "scholarly journals" -- edited by Charles Hansen, FASG, and Gale Ion Harris, PhD, FASG. It is currently being published by the American Society of Genealogists, although I think the ASG acquired it fairly recently. You might check PERSI to see if a copy of the article is available from the Allen County Public Library. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Bobette McClellan <mamabobi@foothill.net> > > What is "The Genealogist", is it still being published?

Service from NARA is improving. A couple of months ago I reported that a pension file I ordered took six months to arrive. I just received another one that only took four months. Sometimes the records we find are not the ones we expect. Here is my latest story: My gr-gr-gr-grandmother's brother, William McIntosh, died in the Civil War (Union). He was only about 20 years old. No wife or kids. His mother applied for and received a pension based on William's military service. Nothing unusual in that -- mothers who were dependant on their sons for support were eligible for pensions. Usually these dependant mothers were widows. What is unusual is that in this particular case William's mother was not a widow. Her husband was still alive. However, her husband had a disability and they were able to prove that the disability predated William's enlistment in the army. The parents were dependent on William to work the farm for their support. When William died, his parents fell into very sorry financial circumstances. William's father was not eligible for a pension, but his mother was. What makes this situation even more interesting is the probate records. William's father died owning nothing, not even his home. And so there are no probate records, as he had no estate to be probated. But there are probate records for William's mother. There was only one item of value in her estate, "a draft for pension money amounting to $24.00." Who would have thought that a soldier's mother -- one who had a husband and five other children still living -- would receive a dependent's pension? Who would have thought that a widow would have a probated estate, when her husband didn't? Who would have thought that anyone would have a probated estate, when that person was nearly destitute? It just goes to show. . . you don't know what you'll find until you look. Barbara Leak

Bobette, You can find some information on the Sosa-Stradonitz (Ahnentafel) at: http://www.genealogy.org/~st-clair/numbers/numahn.html It is probably everything you are looking for but it's a start. Jerry At 01:30 PM 7/2/01 -0700, Bobette McClellan wrote: >I have just finished reading a phamphlet Joyce House loaned me, "Numbering >Your Genealogy" by Curran, Crane & Wray. On the back cover they list model >genealogies under the suggested reading. I have tried to find one of their >models by searching on the web, no luck. > >Can anyone help me find the Sosa-Stradonitz (Ahnentafel) genealogy they >recommended?. > >Mills, Elizabeth Shown. "(De) Mezieres-Trichel-Grappe: A Study of Tri-caste >Lineages in the Old South," The Genealogist 6 (Spring 1985): 3-84. > >What is "The Genealogist", is it still being published? > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

I have just finished reading a phamphlet Joyce House loaned me, "Numbering Your Genealogy" by Curran, Crane & Wray. On the back cover they list model genealogies under the suggested reading. I have tried to find one of their models by searching on the web, no luck. Can anyone help me find the Sosa-Stradonitz (Ahnentafel) genealogy they recommended?. Mills, Elizabeth Shown. "(De) Mezieres-Trichel-Grappe: A Study of Tri-caste Lineages in the Old South," The Genealogist 6 (Spring 1985): 3-84. What is "The Genealogist", is it still being published?

Thank you Barbara Leak for your comments at the meeting last night about the price changes for the SS-5 letters!! You saved me $60 and if I waited to mail it on July 1st, I never would've sent them at that price of $27.50. >>So if anyone has those letters on their relatives SS applications, do it by mail tomorrow, and postmarked as June 30th, or else, it'll be $20 more if you procrastinate. >>Thanks again, Barbara!! Roni Dillon

Not to be a doom-sayer, but you may have to wait a little longer than April before you get to see the 1930 census. The National Archives will be the first to have it available. And the regional archives, such as the one in San Bruno, will probably get it right away. But as I recall, when the 1920 census was released it took the Family History Library a few months to get it all processed into their system. And it was a couple of years before Sutro Library found the money to purchase it. Barbara Leak