I have to agree, I don't like the changes. I liked the old way, where you looked up a name and could see what databases were connected. Then if you say that you want an exact search, everything from then on for all names is listed as exact. PLEASE Ancestry bring back the old way. They tried this once before. Pat Morano > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2006/09/05 Tue AM 03:08:21 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: CASANFRA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 18 > > > > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ancestry.com feedback (Donna Madrid) > 2. Re: CASANFRA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 17 ([email protected]) > 3. Re: CASANFRA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 17 (Judie Cook) > 4. DYER - MILLAR Family Photographs and BLAUER Bible > (Shelley Cardiel) > 5. NORCAL Genealogy Index (Yvonne Bowers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 11:09:36 -0700 > From: "Donna Madrid" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] ancestry.com feedback > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I agree with Ancestry's changes in the search template......not very good at > all! Aside from that I love the site! > > Donna Fremont, CA > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Thiele Fobian" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:40 PM > Subject: [CASANFRA] ancestry.com feedback > > > Hi, Sue. > > I rely heavily on ancestry for both my personal and professional research. > I don't pay much attention to the trees posted there by other users (because > I can't depend on the information being accurate/documented), but I do use > the source materials (censuses, historical newspapers, WWI draft cards, > etc., etc.) all day long every working day of my life. I also subscribe to > genealogy.com, and it is useless by comparison. As far as I'm concerned, > ancestry is worth every penny. > > Having said that, it's also true that ancestry.com is currently > overhauling their organization of data and I am NOT pleased with the changes > in their search template. I hope that the change is temporary. > > I don't post any family tree information at ancestry.com. I maintain all > of my own and my clients' records in Family Tree Maker databases on my own > computer. I don't want to proliferate any of my unproven guesses. > Occasionally I'll privatize one of my own files, generate a descendant > report, and post the information at one of the message boards. > > > Sue O'Donnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello SF list, > > I'm thinking of subscribing to ancestry.com. I assume that others on this > list are subscribed to it as well. Does anyone have any thoughts and > interactions with ancestry.com to share ? > > Someone called me the other day from ancestry.com and I think they had > already looked at my file(s) I have stored on their site given what the > person said to me. I have also noted that there are a lot of mistakes on > the census records they have transcribed which makes them rather useless > unless you actually pull the full record up and read the whole thing. > > Being a large portion of my tree is guess work, I don't care to make it > public, that is for certain. How safe is my information? > > I'd appreciate any feedback before I make a commitments. I've heard in the > past that getting rid of them one you have decided you've had enough of > their service can be difficult (?). Is this still the case? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Sue > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Spaces is here! It's easy to create your own personal Web site. > http://spaces.live.com/signup.aspx > > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ========================== > Mary Thiele Fobian > Genealogical & Historical Research > Pacific Grove, California > > > > > > > > > > > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:08:40 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] CASANFRA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 17 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Thank you, Judie--I will try using just his last name to get his military > records --a great suggestion. Kathy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:21:25 -0400 > From: Judie Cook <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] CASANFRA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 17 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Good luck!!! > > > On Sep 4, 2006, at 7:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Thank you, Judie--I will try using just his last name to get his > > military > > records --a great suggestion. Kathy > > ************************** > > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA- > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 17:17:48 -0700 > From: "Shelley Cardiel" <[email protected]> > Subject: [CASANFRA] DYER - MILLAR Family Photographs and BLAUER Bible > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I've "rescued" a group of items belonging to the BLAUER, DYER, and MILLAR > Family including the following: > > > > * W. Johann BLAUER Family Bible (written in old script and a foreign > language, probably German which is nearly impossible to read) imprint on > front cover and inside script Johannes BLAUER and date 1864 includes a > photograph of three young men > > o Family Information > > o Christian BLAUER born 1805 > > o Elisebeth INVERMUHLE born 1813 > > o Children: > > o Christian Gottlieb BLAUER born 1835 > > o Anna Elisebeth BLAUER born 1837 > > o Carl Gottfried BLAUER born 1838 > > o John Friedrich BLAUER born 1839 > > o Johann Albrecht BLAUER born 1841 > > o Marie Rosina Elisabeth BLAUER born 1843 and died 1849 > > o Abraham Puroff BLAUER born 1844 > > o Johann Wilhelm BLAUER born 1845 > > o Maria Magdalena BLAUER born 1847 > > o Anna Margritha BLAUER born 1849 and died 1849 > > o Robert Wilhelm BLAUER born 1850 and died 1862 > > o Emma Rosina BLAUER born 1852 and died 1853 > > o Anna Margaretha BLAUER born 1854 > > o Roselie Wilhelmina BLAUER born 1855 > > > > * BLAUER Family Hymn book dated 1826 > > * Photograph of Margaret "Maggie" DYER MILLAR, taken at the New York > Gallery in San Francisco, CA, 1860's or 1870's, girl of about 6 years > > * Margaret DYER, taken at the Anderson Studio in San Francisco, > 1880's, woman in her teens, two copies of this same photograph one notes age > as 15 years, dated 1875, and notes that she is also "Grandma MILLAR" > > * Unidentified Woman, taken at the Burnett & Slattery Studio in San > Francisco, 1880's, woman in her 20's or 30's > > * Margaret DYER, taken at the Taber Studio in San Francisco, dated 31 > Dec 1881, woman in her 20's > > * Margaret DYER MILLAR and daughter Etoile Ann MILLAR BLAUER, taken > at the F. O. Staussler Studio in Oakland, CA, 1900's, woman in her 40's and > child of about 8-10 years, note "John M. BLAUER's Mother and Grandmother" > > * Margaret DYER MILLAR, taken at the Sunbeam Studio in Austin, NV, > 1880's, woman in her teens or 20's, note "born Independence, Missouri 9 Oct > 1860, died 17 Jul 1941, married George E. MILLAR" > > * Margaret DYER MILLAR, taken at the Dames & Hayes Studio in San > Francisco, CA, 1870's, teens > > * Letter from the Whitehouse, addressed to Mrs. Margaret DYER MILLAR > at 883 39th Ave, San Francisco, CA, dated Dec 1840, signed by Stephen Early, > Sec to Pres, thanking her for her letter to the President > > * Postcard of Chicago Central Depot, sent to Mrs. Emma BLAUER at 361 > Vine Street, San Jose, CA in 1909 by M. SIEBER > > * Postcard of Mont St-Michel, sent to Walter M. BLAUER at 883 39th > Ave, San Francisco, CA in what appears to be 1950 from Emma who was > traveling and staying at the place shown in the photograph > > > > Based on limited research I believe that Margaret DYER was the daughter of > William F. or S. & Julia DYER. The family can be located in various census > records as follows: > > > > 1860 census of Independence, MO: > > > > William F. DYER, age 38, a Merchant, born in VA > > Julia DYER, age 33, born in KY > > William B. DYER, age 13, born in MO > > Harry F. DYER, age 11, born in MO > > Charles A. DYER, age 9, born in MO > > Mary L. DYER, age 4, born in MO > > > > 1880 census of Austin City, NV > > > > William S. DYER, age 58, born VA, a Grocery Merchant, parents born VA > > Julia A. DYER, wife, age 54, born KY, Keeping House, parents born KY > > Henry F. DYER, son, age 31, born MO, a Telegraph Operator, > > Margret E. DYER, dau, age 19, born MO > > Jane E. DYER, dau, age 17, born UT, at School > > > > 1920 census of San Francisco, CA > > > > Margaret MILLAR, age 58, a widow, born MO, parents born VA/KY, a Boarding > Housewife > > Eloile HARRIS, dau, age 21, married, born NV, parents born Canada/MO > > Margaret HARRIS, granddau, age 3 months, born CA, parents born NY/NV > > Charles HARRIS, boarder, age 38, born NY, parents born NY/KY, a Broker > > Wilber WALKER, boarder, age 19, born CA, parents born CA/OH, a Drug Store > Clerk > > George WEAVER, boarder, age 42, born OR, parents born PA/ME, a Lawyer > > ? BLANK, boarder, age 35, born CA, parents born Switzerland, a Watchmaker > > > > I also was able to find record of Walter M. BLAUER b. 29 June 1886 in CA, > Mother's maiden name was LOGETER and he died in San Francisco on 2 Jan 1959. > Also find record of Emma E. BLAUER b. 14 Oct 1881 in CA, Mother's maiden > name is listed as LAAGER and she died 9 July 1964 in Santa Clara County, CA. > Etoile BLAUER was born 13 Jan 1888 and died in San Francisco, CA in January > 1973. > > > > I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that these wonderful old > treasures can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of > this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. > > > > Thanks, > > Shelley > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:37:53 -0700 > From: Yvonne Bowers <[email protected]> > Subject: [CASANFRA] NORCAL Genealogy Index > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected][10.0.1.2]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > The NORCAL Genealogy Index created by our own Ken Tessendorff before > 1996 and adopted by me at that time has now moved and become part of > the wonderful San Francisco Genealogy web site hosted by Pamela Storm > Wolfskill and Ron Filion - both staunch members of NORCAL. There is > an updated link in the NORCAL Library however the new URL is: > > NORCAL Genealogy Resource Center > > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/norcal/resourcecenter/toc.htm > > Please visit and remind yourself of the excellent information and > hard work contributed by Ken, Sandra Harris, Dan Mosier, Jim Smith > and many others. > > > -- > Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. > Listmom, WebMom > NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH > NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CASANFRA list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the CASANFRA mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of CASANFRA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 18 > *************************************** >