United States of America....City, town, and other types of maps.. could be very helpful. Glory Bee http://www.mapathon.com/ http://www.mapathon.com/az.html

Another sharing and passing along. again thanks to Sally.. So much knowledge to share and pass along. Glory Bee Until the thirteenth century, most people in England were known only by their first names. They did not have last names (surnames) at all. A few members of England's upper class of society started using an extra name, or surname, to identify the family members. Little by little, the practice of using surnames propagated downward though English society. By the end of the sixteenth century, almost everyone in England had adopted a surname. These surnames were passed down from father to sons and to daughters, indicating family members. Many of the early surnames were based on a person's relationship with another, their trade, where they lived, or even their appearance or character. For example: Johnson normally means "John's son." Nottingham is the name given to many who lived in Nottingham, England. Smith was applied to blacksmiths, tinsmiths or other tradesmen. Ford would be a name given to someone who lived near a shallow river crossing. Black might indicate someone with black hair or a swarthy complexion. Indeed, it is quite possible that your name came from England of the late Middle Ages. To be sure, there have been tens of thousands of name changes since then. Your family may not be from England at all, even if you do now carry an English-sounding surname. Yet, it can be interesting to find the original meaning of your surname as it was originally used in England. Family Chronicle Magazine has compiled a list of the more common surnames and their original meanings. Try one of the links below to discover the origin of your surname. A-E Surnames http://www.familychronicle.com/namesae.htm F-L Surnames http://www.familychronicle.com/namesfl.htm M-R Surnames http://www.familychronicle.com/namesmr.htm S-Z Surnames http://www.familychronicle.com/namessz.htm Please note that there is no insinuation that this applies to your earliest ancestors. These surname meanings simply indicate that someone was given that surname for the reason listed. That "someone" may or may not be your ancestor. Indeed, the names mentioned above (Johnson, Nottingham, Ford and Black) are common and were given to many unrelated families. The same may be true of your surname. How common is your surname in America? Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones, and Brown are the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States today. Find out how common or unique your surname is at the PBS Web site at http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/thesweetestsound/popularityindex.html . (This is a fun one.) If you have an interest in this topic, you might also enjoy these Web sites: U.S. Census Bureau Distribution of Last Names: http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith: http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/18_smith.html (The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2004 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com) Sally Rolls Pavia

Bill of the nebraska Heritage writes some of the most informative columns. I would like to share this one and pass it along ... Do You remember this..........................................aprons.. Good Evening Nebraskans and all Ships at Sea, Fifty years ago last Thursday, 29 January 1954, I caught the "brass ring" when Barb and I were married in our then Church. She was an excellent domesticated person with a great sense of family, etc. As we lived together we developed a much more equal partnership type of relationship. We went through the "usual" rocky periods, ups, downs and tragedies. None to be relived, traded or sorry for, as they have all contributed to who we are today. However, I noticed in one of our local libraries this week a display soliciting for a historic presentation and display of "aprons". Having a very acute sense of humor it didn't take long for a thought to cross my mind. In the 1960s, women proclaimed freedom from domestication and began burning some bras. In that process, this question formed in my mind: In burning their bras, what did women shed? Yep, you got it!! APRONS!! This brought me to articles and editorials of recent days about "candidates wives", even though having a separate and independent" persona from their husbands, they are being forced "politically" back into the role of "housewives" ... using their "married" name rather than their maiden or business names. Thus, I decided to do this article on the history and place of the "apron" in American culture. However, I am not alone with this idea. As mentioned above, one of my local libraries is having an historic presentation about aprons. There will be styles as well as famous aprons included. Aprons to be displayed, among others, at the Way Library in Perrysburg, Ohio will be aprons belonging to Mamie Eisenhower, Lucy Hayes, and Hope Taft. Mamie everyone knows, Lucy most folks know to be the "First Lady" of Rutherford B Hayes, and Ohioans will recognize Hope, the wife of the present Governor of Ohio, Robert Taft. Growing up in the 1930s, my Grandmothers, all their sisters and daughters[-in-laws], wore aprons. There were aprons to cook in, and aprons to meet guests in, and aprons to serve food in. And, now that I think about it, there were aprons to do "housework". I guess the place to start the history of aprons is with the idea that aprons were the "practical" side of wearing clothing. Women didn't have "wash and wear" fabrics or extensive wardrobes. Extensive washing of dresses wore them out much more quickly than was practical. Before my time clothes were washed in large tubs with the use of "scrubbing" boards quite common. Well, even as I was growing up these items were still "common". During the late 1930s and beyond, "wringer" washers were becoming popular, but clothes were hung outside on lines to dry. Every piece of clothing had to be "ironed", there was not yet permanent press and "dryers".. Thus, aprons served a very practical purpose ... that of covering and protecting the dress beneath. This did save on washing, for dresses were washed once a week, while aprons could be washed two or even three time a week. Aprons were not restricted to the domestic duties of housewives, for school teachers, children, shop- keepers, and secretaries wore various styles of aprons over other clothing. One should not forget that men also wore aprons ... just picture the blacksmith as an example, or shopkeepers. Every re-enactor in historic pageants wears an apron, usually a full apron reaching nearly to the floor. Along the way, the ingenuity of folks began to decorate these garments for seasons and purposes. For some reason, the word Victorian pinafore associates with decorative aprons in my mind. I remember ruffles on the shoulder straps [No, not potato chips.] which buttoned at the waist in the back. Ties fastened in the back to form a bow and pockets in front were added. Further decorations were along the bottom or borders. As the purpose for wearing the apron progressed from the kitchen to receiving guests aprons became more fanciful and less "full". Lighter material and laces were often used. As far as the true history of aprons go, one has to but read the first book of the Bible, Genesis, in Chapter three, where it says that they "sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons". All dirty and dangerous work has utilized aprons for protection. Still in use today by butchers, waiters and welders. Aprons became so much a part of our culture that during the 1950s one hardly saw women in newspaper, magazine, television ads, or television shows not wearing one. >From Biblical mention to the middle ages aprons were not used seriously. Metalsmithing and blacksmithing utilized leather aprons for protection. Also, by then fishermen learned that they could protect their clothing from much of the "fishy" smell if they used wool aprons. Women began using aprons to protect their clothing in the early 1700s; maybe earlier. Aprons not only served as protection, but could be used as a tool also. For example, it could become a gathering basket for produce, eggs, etc and used as a cleaning cloth to wipe up things. Also, I watch my Grandmother use her apron as protection for her hands when taking hot things out of the oven or off the stove. Color developed as an identifying instrument. For example stonemasons wore white aprons, which traditionally are still used in the Masonic fraternal society. British barbers wore checked aprons and were known as "checkered" men. Blue has been used for gardeners, spinners, weavers and garbage men. Butlers wore green; butchers wore blue stripes; cobblers wore black. Masons were not the only ones to use white to identify their use, for don't we associate white with maids and servants? Service industries, such as servants and maids, wore long aprons, the upper panel was pinned to the dress. This of course has gone out of style and only the "half" apron is now used. For the today's macho [male], there are genderless and simple aprons for barbecues, etc. Though I have seen some imprinted with "humour". Most modern worker aprons are canvas style, with pockets for pens and pads. >From Victorian times the apron took on ornateness with the addition of lace and embroidery. These were used by "proper house matrons", not to protect their underclothing, but as to distinguish themselves from servants and maids. Since most women in those days made their own lace, etc, these aprons became a true craft that were worn with pride. As we move historically into the 1920s, following the World War, women began to move outside the home for work and/or social causes. The apron became less used for symbolic purposes and remained only for its practical use. I found mention of a "Hooverette" style which must have been the loose, wrap around apron of the late twenties. During the great depression of the 1930s, due to the lack of funds and materials, aprons were being made from scraps of clothing material and food sacks. How about those flour sack aprons with the advertising? From here the new freedom of design and materials led to aprons of calico. In addition, with the advent of home sewing machines the apron again took on the aura of symbolic pride. At the end of World War II, there was a return to the more traditional role for women as homemakers. Men returned to their jobs, and the home was promoted as paramount, fostered heavily by early televison. You might remember "Ozzie and Harriet", "Leave it to Beaver", and "Father Knows Best". Oh, Yeah, that last one!! "Gone are the days"!!! e-la-Di-e-das-Di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill

Thanks Sally... Glory bee Sticky Notes banned! The California State Library system has Banned Post-it-Notes because testing by the National Archives has shown that they leave a residue, which can damage books. In addition, the narrow ones sold in sets of five colors can pull the printed word right off the page. So, if you choose to use them in your personal books, be sure that the sticky part does not cover any ink. Never use sticky notes in library books to mark your place- take along some strips of paper or use blank call slips at the library. Thanks to Bureau County Genealogical Society, PO Box 402, Princeton, IL 61356-0402. Sally Rolls Pavia

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------59616A7CB49804C8CBD22910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------59616A7CB49804C8CBD22910 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <FHSA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Delivered-To: richhart@kingmanaz.net Received: (qmail 24509 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2004 23:24:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ASSP-nospam) (127.0.0.1) by kingserv.kingmanaz.net with SMTP; 7 Jan 2004 23:24:41 -0000 Received: from 207.40.200.41 ([207.40.200.41] helo=lists5.rootsweb.com) by ASSP-nospam ; 7 Jan 04 23:24:41 -0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id i07N6fep009941; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:06:41 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:06:41 -0700 X-Original-Sender: slw02@sprynet.com Wed Jan 7 16:06:41 2004 Message-ID: <001b01c3d572$e725ad60$5e1c4bab@sprynet.com> From: "Susan Williams" <slw02@sprynet.com> Old-To: "Glory Bee" <richhart@kingmanaz.net> Old-Cc: <FHSA-L@rootsweb.com> References: <3FFC51D2.ABDAE8EA@kingmanaz.net> Subject: Re: [FHSA] important enough to share/pass along Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:06:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <L7Wl7.A.4aC.BEJ__@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: FHSA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FHSA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FHSA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/942 X-Loop: FHSA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FHSA-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Assp-Spam-Prob: 0.00000 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 One of the best sites covering the Abodeely scam is to be found at: http://pub50.ezboard.com/bgensuck. Unfortunately, there is no news on the outcome of his arrest, trial, etc. The above site is devoted to ALL news in the Genealogy world, and is usually fascinating. Newcomers to the site are encouraged to read back on threads, since a lot of items are discussed. Susan Bidwell Williams ==== FHSA Mailing List ==== Mark your calendars: FHSA Annual meeting on March 27th, 2004 at the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W Brown Street, Glendale, AZ from noon until 5:00 pm. --------------59616A7CB49804C8CBD22910--

Good morning, >From our home to your home, my family and I wish you all a very Happy Holiday season. May your door be open to welcome family and friends... May your hearts be open to the special gifts of the season... Hoping that your Holiday season is filled with love and joy... Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy safe New Year... Jack & Addie Morrissey

http://www.mamarocks.com/if_i_were_santa.htm for the ladies! http://www.mamarocks.com/sleighride.htm for the men... http://198.30.217.62/2001admission/ for you all........................ Happy Holidays glorybee

Good early morning, I would like to take this time to thank all of our Armed Forces for everything they do for our country, and to thank all the Veterans who did their tours and served our country at all levels. I am very proud of you all. Have a great Veteran's Day, Addie

This is from another list and I musg share it with you is this not true???? glory bee I received this recently on one of my Scotland lists. Dear Ancestor: Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone. The name and date are chiseled out on polished, marble stone. It reaches out to all who care it is too late to mourn. You did not know that I exist. You died and I was born. Yet each of us are cells of you in flesh, in blood, in bone. Our blood contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own. Dear Ancestor, the place you filled one hundred years ago spreads out among the ones you left who would have loved you so. I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew that someday I would find this spot, and come to visit you. Having returned from Scotland and England recently, I wish I had this sooner, as we visited many ancestors in their place of rest, hope they knew that someday we would find them. Jocelyn K. Clark

Good afternoon, To all concerned in the N.E. area's. Please be careful and safe. Even though this hurricane is losing strength, it is still packing strong winds and the combination of winds and tons of rain on the NE side can be deceiving. We wish you all the best safety possible. Please feel free to contact me if there is anything I can do for you. Be safe & strong, Addie (List Admin.)

Thank you all very much for your suggestions and leads. Happy searching! William "Bill" Barff

I'm interested in the following surnames Barclay Williams Barff Adams Chilton Darnell/Darnall Dodson/Dotson Haney/Heaney Duvall Evans Francois Grover Hanthron Heatherington Inman Keane/Kane/King Mann Larsen Lovelace/Loveless Merrill Nickens Pace Moss Powell Pruitt Ramsdell Tripp Wiggin(s) Tingler Pincock I would appreciate hearing from anyone with similar interest. And thank you for your time. William "Bill" Barff

http://www.searchsystems.net/index.php search data base by nation, state, territories, canada and canada per providence, world wide and <<G>> outer space! and much more.. I did arizona and found births, marriages, land, courts, and......... per counties... few counties some info is not available.. .. but it may help you. glory bee

Common Nicknames Please don't limit yourself to this source for nicknames; there are lots of sites out there with additional nicknames. http://www.usgenweb.com/researchers/nicknames.html [URL might be 2-lines] Here is a sample of the nicknames you can find on this site: MALE GIVEN NAMES Aaron .. Erin, Ron, Ronnie Abel .. Ab, Abe, Eb, Ebbie Abiah/Abijah .. A.B., Ab, Biah Abiel .. Biel, Ab Abraham/Abram .. Abe Abner .. Ab FEMALE GIVEN NAMES Abigail .. Abby, Nabby, Gail Adaline/Adeline .. Ada, Addy, Dell, Delia, Lena Adelaide .. Addy, Adele, Dell, Della, Heidi Adelphia .. Adele, Addy, Dell, Delphia, Philly Agatha .. Aggy Agnes .. Aggy, Inez, Nessa Aileen .. Allie, Lena

-----Original Message----- From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:25 AM To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Post 1901 Census -- 1906 Census records released today Greetings All. "Genealogists, historians, and researchers across the country won a major victory today as Industry Minister Allan Rock announced the immediate release of the nominal records from the 1906 census. Ontario Senator Lorna Milne (Liberal -- Peel Region) welcomed the news." So reads the opening paragraph of a News Release issued today, 24 January 2003, by Senator Lorna Milne. The full text of Senator Milne's News Release, and other pertinent News Releases, can be found on the Post 1901 Census Project website at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census The announced release of the 1906 Special Census of the Western Provinces is indeed a major victory for genealogists and historians who have been actively campaigning for this for the past five years. It is felt that release of the 1906 Census will lead the way for the eventual release of the 1911 and subsequent Censuses of Canada. We are grateful to Industry Minister Allan Rock for recognizing what is right and proper, and doing what legally should have been done in 1998. We are pleased that the Minister has released the 1906 records in full, and without restrictions, on the same basis as 1901 and earlier records have been available. We are grateful also to MP Murray Calder, and especially to Senator Lorna Milne for the effort they have put in for us to reach this point in our campaign. We have won a major battle, but the war is not yet over. We have yet to deal with expected legislation that must ensure the orderly and continued release of Historic Census records, after the legislated period of closure. We expect that legislation to be brought down shortly after Parliament resumes sitting at the end of January. We trust Minister Rock, in drafting the legislation, to remember that what we seek is the same unrestricted access to records after, now 1906, that is currently available for records up to then. Check my latest column giving more details at http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce89.htm Happy Hunting. http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Researcher, I'm dealing with the mountainous headache of reclaiming my life. Proving who I am is harder than one can imagine. A year later and I am no closer straightening out this mess. Lawyers fees have pushed me into bankruptcy. As this article mentions. This person lost their identity through a genealogy web site. The same with me. Please be careful! WW This is just one example of many i have found. http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/george/5828.asp http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/12/eveningnews/main503584.shtml Identity Thieves Get Online SALEM, Ore., March 12, 2002 (AP) "It's something you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do." Stephen Massey, convicted identity thief ID THEFT ON THE RISE (CBS) Identity theft has become an epidemic, with thieves surfing the Internet for public records and rifling through the garbage for names, records and receipts. CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen reports an estimated 750,000 victims a year are affected by the crime. The practice is as common in the newspaper police blotter now as old fashioned burglary, and no one is immune. Ben and Tracy Bales' 16-month-old son Tyler's identity was stolen after the boy died. Ben explains someone claimed Tyler as a dependent to get a $1,500 tax credit. The Baleses learned of the fraud only when the Internal Revenue Service rejected their tax return. It angers Ben that the Salem, Ore. couple had to bring a death certificate and other documents to the IRS as proof when, "The person that stole his identity didn't have to prove anything. But we had to prove that he was our child." The Baleses believe the thief got Tyler's information from a genealogy Web site, where he is still listed. Ironically, they still don't know who the person is, because the IRS protects the thief's identity. And then there's the story of Seattle resident Dawn Whitaker. Identity theft made her life a living hell. "I lost my life," she says. "I lost who I am because somebody else became me." As she has worked through piles of paperwork trying to clear her credit record, so far the thief has rung up about $5,000 in fraudulent checks and credit card charges. Along the way Whitaker made an amazing find: there was video from a record store of the person using her stolen credit card, twice in 20 minutes. But without a name for the face caught on tape, she says the police won't even look at it. "If I knew a name, we wouldn't be going through all this," she explains. Identity theft is a low priority for many police departments, and that's a big advantage for identity thief Stephen Massey. Though he is now in federal prison, he maintains, "it's something you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do." Massey ran up $400,000 in fraudulent credit card charges on the stolen identities of 800 victims. He says he got help from the credit card companies. He sees Web sites that allow you to apply for and receive credit card accounts online as "free money." "It's better than robbing a bank," he says. "But you're robbing a bank." © MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.

>From another list--informative, timely, worthwhile.. so sharing with fellow genealogists on other lists.. Glory Bee This is long, but I think worthwhile to have in the archives for anyone looking shopping for a genealogy program. Before you pay out money for a genealogy program, be sure to thoroughly check them all out, based on _your_ wants and needs. The information through the links below can help. It includes a very detailed report card cited by PC Magazine, giving the rating for each program rated in each of the various areas considered. A genealogy program can and should be chosen based on the features a particular buyer feels are most important to him/her. You'll also see that these programs are becoming truly competitive and that the reviews of the latest versions of any given program (including the leading competitors) may not have been published yet. You should be sure to click on the Reviews button found at the first link below to access the actual full reviews and see what is yet to come. You should also be sure to click on all the buttons across the top of the page of the second link below, in order to see the ratings for each and every detail of the ratings. By the time you're done, you'll see that the first link is actually the home page for the second, but I didn't want people to miss the actual report card. http://www.mumford.ca/reportcard/index.htm http://www.mumford.ca/reportcard/rcardfrm.htm To me, it's noteworthy that in the evaluation cited by PC Magazine, that TMG still outshines Legacy overall by a total of 7.84, and it outshines Ultimate Family Tree by 6.65% overall (UFT outscoring Legacy). In particular, Legacy scored almost a full 2% higher than TMG and 1.1% lower than UFT in Source Documentation... something that is (or should be) very important to most researchers. On analytical functions and on convenience, TMG respectively scored 1.4% and only 0.9% higher than Legacy and 1.7% and 2.2% higher than UFT; while on the merge function (found under "Additional Tools"), TMG and Legacy were an equal 1.0% while UFT scored 0.0.% All three programs were judged the same regarding Experience Level (presumably including level of difficulty). As for price comparisons, although at first Legacy appears to be much less than TMG, Earl has confirmed that the biggest difference is, apparently, the fact that you purchase Legacy's manual separately, while TMG includes it in the cost. I know TMG's manual is pretty hefty and very useful, but I can't comment on Legacy's. My personal spending rule for everything important to me in life has always been to get the best quality and completeness I can afford at the outset, thereby eliminating the overall greater expense and trouble associated with later dissatisfaction and replacement, or difficulties from not having everything necessary. Others may prefer a different approach. For me, the $100 I spent when I first bought my TMG in 1996 (the price has gone down a lot) has saved me a great deal in the long run. TMG was rated the best then, and it still is; and I haven't had the extra expense of time, bad experiences, and money of starting with lesser programs and working my way up over the years to reach that conclusion. As for it's difficulty in use (an issue brought up by some for both TMG and Legacy), I honestly don't think anyone capable of handling the analysis we do for genealogical research would have much difficulty understanding how to use TMG (or Legacy, since reviews say their book is as good). My observations tell me that the only real use problems come from our over-enthusiasm and lack of patience leading us to jump in too quickly without wanting to take time to carefully read the directions. The two best things today are: (1) Both Legacy and TMG have sample programs available to try before putting out the money, in combination with the ratings information available. You have the Legacy link. Information and a trial TMG program can be downloaded at http://www.whollygenes.com/ (2) TMG (and I'm told Legacy, too) has great, free, technical support and updates, not only through mailing lists, but direct from the company technical people, even after many years of ownership. I once developed some corruption problems in my TMG program after years of use. (I never was sure of the cause because my computer was hit by a power surge and a virus was going around at about the same time, resulting in a new computer.) Anyway, I couldn't readily diagnose or resolve my problem through email with tech support myself or with my son, the house computer science major talking to them; so Wholly Genes simply had me email my entire program as an email attachment to them, and they diagnosed, fixed and returned it within 24 hours without losing a single tidbit of info for any of my 4000+ names. All that having been said, and despite my complete satisfaction with my TMG experiences, keep in mind that there may have been updates to some of the programs and even updated evaluations to find since the date of evaluation given on the link above. TMG was originally created specifically for the use of professional genealogists, long before genealogy became such a popular pasttime. It's features and price were developed with professional needs in mind; and it was so far above the rest for so long that it wasn't difficult for Family Tree to do very well with aggressive marketing in the non-professional market when compared to the limited free and other programs. Family Tree Maker came into the market with a much lower starting price ideal for beginners, but users then found out they had to constantly buy updates, etc., in order to make it do what they wanted and what TMG did all along. (Granted Family Tree developed it's "SuperTools", which Wholly Genes now also sells for some of the advantageous features that will work with TMG, rather than develop their own.) Anyway, with the tremendous increase in the popularity of genealogy as a hobby, the education of the masses regarding good research standards, and the appearance of Legacy on the market now filling the gap between TMG and UFT, the marketplace has apparently, _finally,_ made the companies truly competitive, both in terms of price and quality. The bottom line is that you'll find staunch supporters of all three programs. It pays to do all the homework and test trials of the latest versions available yourself, in order to choose _the right program for you_. If you compare the dates of evaluation and scores of the industry leaders, and then look to see what's been done with the versions since then, you'll probably end up as happy as almost anyone else now recommending either TMG, Legacy, UFT. or any other program carefully chosen by doing all the homework. Diane

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Good morning, From our home to yours, we would like to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. Have a great day, Addie

Good evening all, I was going through email and see where RootsWeb has new links to area's / regions. To utilize the pages you would click on the hyperlink(s) listed below. Once the page loads, scroll towards the bottom and type in the surname your researching. It will pull up anything that has been submitted. Some of these sites are set up so you can really narrow down your search. Have fun and GOOD LUCK to all! These are free sites for you to look through... 1. United Kingdom & Ireland Records - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/uki/ 2. SCHOOL ALUMNI LISTS - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ 3. Cemetery Records - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ 4. Death Records database - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ 5. MARRIAGE RECORDS - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/ 6. City Directories Database - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/citydir/ Best wishes & Happy Thanksgiving, Addie - Your List Admin.