Barbara and John will be happy to autograph your copy of their book, "A Ship By Any Other Name". They will be at the May 24th meeting of the PCGS. Look for their table near the entrance. You might want to purchase extra copies for your friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Ship By Any Other Name Chapter 3: The Conclusion Every story has a moral. This one is: Join PCGS and participate on CA-PCGS-L@rootsweb.com [The End]

A Ship By Any Other Name Chapter 2: The Lessons These three lessons are embodied in The Exchange: 1. "The name alone isn't enough." This applies to people as well as to ships. You can not assume that it's the same ship just because the name is the same and the shipping line is the same. You have to consider the date and learn the ship's history. Likewise, you cannot assume it's the same man just because the name is the same. You have to consider other identifying factors and study his history too. 2. "I didn't realize that they re-used ship names." One thing about genealogy, the more you know, the more you appreciate how much you don't know. Part of our job as researchers is to make the effort to learn those inconsequential little bits of trivia that are unimportant until they apply to our research, at which time they become of utmost significance. 3. "I'm a new member of PIGS [and] have been addicted to genealogy since August 2000." In Chapter 1, Barbara, a genealogist of 15 years, learned something from John, who's been at it for 9 months We all have knowledge that is useful, or of interest, to others. Number of years (or months) of genealogy experience is irrelevant. Share your knowledge with others.

[The following is a condensed version of a true-life exchange of e-mail messages. Any similarity to actual persons or events is purely because the messages were written by actual persons discussing actual persons and events.] A Ship By Any Other Name Chapter 1: The Exchange John: I'm a new member of PCGS [and] have been addicted to genealogy since August 2000. My late mother often told me as a youngster that my Irish grandparents met and fell in love on the ship to America. Well, thanks to the Ellis Island website, I verified that story. I have sent for an 8 X 10 glossy photograph of the "Love Boat" (aka SS Furnessia). The Steamship Historical Society of America has an extensive collection of steamship photos for sale. I bought my German grandfather`s ship`s photo ( SS Zeeland ) from them already. Barbara: Congratulations, John! It's a small world. My great-grandfather's brother immigrated on the SS ZEELAND. John: My grandfather was on the SS Zeeland (Red Star Line) that arrived in NY on 28 July 1902. The ship was built in 1901. What year did your great-uncle come to America on the SS Zeeland ? Barbara: Built in 1901? Interesting! My gr-grandfather's brother immigrated on the SS Zeeland, Red Star Line, in 1879. They sailed from Antwerp to Philadelphia. The Red Star Line must have retired the "old" Zeeland, and christened a new one in 1901. I didn't realize that they re-used ship names. John: Ships change owners and often get name changes. The SS Java was purchased by Red Star Line in 1878 and renamed SS Zeeland. It sailed for Red Star until 1889. Then it was sold to France and renamed the SS Electrique. The first SS Zeeland was only 2,866 tons. A brand-new SS Zeeland was launched in 1901. It was 11,905 tons ! A much larger ship. That`s why when people order ship`s photographs it is very important to include the year that an ancestor sailed on that ship. The name alone isn`t enough.

A Ship By Any Other Name Preface Hello PCGSers, A couple days ago John Bohnert and I posted messages to this list regarding the Ellis Island website. Those postings led to a private exchange from which a story emerged that we can all learn from. The story is titled "A Ship By Any Other Name." It is being posted in four parts: 1) Preface (which you are now reading) 2) Chapter 1: The Exchange 3) Chapter 2: The Lessons 4) Chapter 3: The Conclusion I hope you enjoy this educational little story. If not, hit DELETE. Barbara Leak

Congratulations, John! What fun to confirm the "Love Boat" story. I too found someone on the Ellis Island website. My great-grandfather is listed as arriving from Germany in 1922. That was a surprise because he had immigrated 40 years earlier! There's an important lesson here: Information in the Ellis Island database comes from the New York ship passenger arrival records, not from the Ellis Island immigrant processing records. Names in the database are not limited to immigrants. After 40 years in America, my great-grandfather went back to Europe on a tour in 1922. He appears on the passenger lists - and the Ellis Island database - on his return home from his "vacation." One of my favorite research sayings is "you don't know what you'll find until you look." So to anyone out there who thinks you don't need to look at the Ellis Island website because you don't have anyone who immigrated through Ellis Island -- well, if you don't look, you'll never know what you didn't find. :-) Barbara Leak Loomis P.S. to John: It's a small world. My great-grandfather's brother immigrated on the SS ZEELAND. ----- Original Message ----- From: John J. Bohnert <bohnertjj@webtv.net> > The Steamship Historical Society of America has an extensive collection > of steamship photos for sale. [ I bought my German grandfather`s ship`s > photo ( SS Zeeland ) from them already.] > > Their website is: www.ubalt.edu/archives/ship/ship.htm

Hi, I`m a new member of PCGS (#602) and I really enjoyed the March brainstorming meeting. [ I didn`t attend in April as all my grandparents were born in Europe. So, I don`t have any relatives who fought in the Civil War.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The LOVE BOAT My late mother often told me as a youngster that my Irish grandparents met and fell in love on the ship to America. Well, thanks to the Ellis Island website, I verified that story. This is what I found: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Grandpa ] Name: James MULLEN Age: 19 years old British-Irish Single Resided: Wishaw, Scotland Ship: SS Furnessia (Anchor) Departure Port: Glasgow, Scotland Arrival Port: New York Date: 18 April 1910 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Grandma ] Name: Rose FARRELLY Age: 18 years old British-Irish Single Resided: Belfast. Ireland Ship: SS Furnessia (Anchor) Arrival Port: New York Date: 18 April 1910 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have sent for an 8 X 10 glossy photograph of the "Love Boat" (aka SS Furnessia). The Steamship Historical Society of America has an extensive collection of steamship photos for sale. [ I bought my German grandfather`s ship`s photo ( SS Zeeland ) from them already.] Their website is: www.ubalt.edu/archives/ship/ship.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live in Grass Valley and have been addicted to genealogy since August 2000. I`m amazed at how much information and documents I have gathered in so short a time. I went from one binder to start with and now have spread out to seven binders! Hope to hear other stories soon. John J. Bohnert Grass Valley

In the March issue of Placer Trails, we printed information regarding the molecular (DNA) genealogy study being done at BYU. Sessions for donating DNA samples for the study were scheduled for JUNE 8 & 9. The June sessions have been CANCELLED. The sessions scheduled for MAY 11 & 12 are still ON. If you wish to participate in this study and have not yet registered, please do so ASAP. This coming Friday and Saturday will be your only chance to participate. Registration information is available on the Sacramento Family History Center's website at <sites.netscape.net/sacramentofhc/homepage> Barbara Leak kin2barb@pacbell.net

May 24, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY General Meeting at Auburn Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn. Speaker: Anne Mason, Conservation Specialist, California State Archives. Presentation on: "Preservation and Storage of Documents, Photos, Negatives, and Books"

To let those of you on line that I'm on. I'm experienced and willing to help anyone on Azores research, and reading Portuguese documents. Joyce House Researching: HOUSE, MILLS, DAVISON, SITTON in Missouri, BUTTERFIELD, WILCOX, TROTTER, MARTIN in Massachusetts JACINTO, FARIA, FREITAS, BOTELHO, RODRIGUES in the Azores

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