Thanks for the warning about Version 9. I was considering an upgrade and now I am glad I didnt. I am new to your list......and have not posted as message do I will do so now. I am looking for my great grandparents Burt & Jennie Coombs Rhea. My grandfather Bertrand Leon Rhea was born September 1894 in New Haven, CT. According to his birth certificate his father Burt was born in England, 1870, his mother Jennie was born in Illinois, 1873. The both appear on the 1900 census in Ward 5 New Haven Town. I have not yet located them on the 1910 census. Family history passes along that Jennie died in childbirth with 2nd child, now I know it was after 1900. Any information would be appreciated, since what I have written here is all I have. Sandy Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 2:33 AM Subject: [CTNEWHAV] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > Hi everyone, > > No, you don't normally get the Sunday Coffees, nor will this become a > weekly thing. However, today is different. There are two subjects of > interest covered in this one that you might be interested in reading, so > I'm forwarding the Coffee intact. > > Colleen > > [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]~ > > ) > ( ( > ) Good Morning All! ( \ > .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) > \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. > \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| > | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | > \ / _|___|_ > ------ (_______) > > > Today's topics include: > > 1. Welcome to new list members > 2. Family Discovery is at it again > 3. Family Tree Maker, v. 9: a warning > 4. Did you know ...? > > > TO OUR NEWEST LIST MEMBERS ~~ > > On behalf of the entire list, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome > to those of you who joined the list this past week. We are very glad to > have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online > family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send > in your list-surname lines so we can all see how we're related to you. > We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the > list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with our > list-surname ancestors that might help someone, please feel free to post > it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. > > FAMILY DISCOVERY IS AT IT AGAIN > > These people just don't give up, do they? It seems they've begun a new > campaign, this time under their GenRelated pseudonym. Please pass the > word so we can thwart yet another of their attempts. > > Newbies, those of us who are experienced Web genealogists, know already > to steer clear, far and wide, from anything sent by Family Discovery or > their sister sites, one being GenRelated. Now, you need to know it, > too. These people are scammers. Are you new to the family? Please > send a message to me <[email protected]> and I'll send a copy of > my all-too-familiar messages regarding these people. > > Should you receive a message from <FamilyDiscovery.com> or > <[email protected]>, please forward it to me with the headers. > Although it's over a year-old now, an ongoing effort is being done to > get them shut down. (Actually, as a combined force, we've been more > successful at getting them kicked off from their various ISPs than > anything else. At least when they're offline, they can't rip anyone > off!) > > FAMILY TREE MAKER, VERSION 9: A WARNING > > It has come to my attention that Family Tree Maker may be up to no good > with the latest version (9) of their genealogy program. Since I don't > use FTM with any degree of proficiency (I use PAF), I'm passing along > this warning by way of copy and paste. Those of you who use FTM will > want to read this carefully: > > "Mattel, the parent company of FTM has included tracking software in > Version 9 which keeps track of everything you do on the internet and > sends a log of your surfing habits to Mattel every time you log on. The > log file is called "aqueduct" and can be found in the root directory of > your C drive. I have deleted the file and gone back to version 8. > > "I discovered {this] quite by accident. In an unrelated attempt to fix > one of my screwups on my hardrive, I discovered the file called > "aqueduct" and opened it as I didn't know what it was. I discovered that > it was a log of all my surfing habits and I now know, it covered the > period from when I installed the FTM 9 upgrade to the date I discovered > it and deleted it. I didn't realize it was a FTM by product until I > tried to open FTM (after deleting aqueduct) and I got an error message > saying "Aqueduct" was missing -- it seems that without the file, FTM > version 9 will not run at all. Since I detest tracking software of any > kind, I uninstalled FTM version 9 and reinstalled FTM version 8. Note: > You will have to open and rename your database backup copy as any > database file that you opened and stored in version 9 will be useless." > > I won't mention the person's name here since our messages go into public > archives. However, if you use FTM and want to know who has issued this > warning, please write me offline and I'll pass the address along to > you. Or, if there are many of you wanting the name and email addy, will > send your names and addies to the person so s/he can post to you. One > way or another, you will be put in contact, if that's your desire. :) > > DID YOU KNOW ...? > > ... turkeys originated in North and Central America, and evidence > indicates that they have been around for over 10 million years? > > ... that out of the 102 Pilgrims who came to America in the Mayflower, > just 51 survived to participate in the "First Thanksgiving?" Ninety > Wampanoag Indians were at that first feast. > > ... that the first Thanksgiving lasted for three days and was called a > "harvest feast" by Massasoit, the Wampanoag Indian chief? > > ... that the Pilgrims didn't use forks at the first feast (Thanksgiving) > in 1621? They used a knife, a spoon, a large napkin and their fingers, > and might have shared plates and drinking vessels. > > ... that according to the Guiness Book of World Records, the largest > dressed weight (cooked, with dressing) recorded for a turkey is 39.09 kg > (86 lb.) on December 12, 1989? (I wonder how long it took to cook?) > > ... more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten during > Thanksgiving? > > ... that nobody knows for certain that turkeys were eaten at the first > feast? Then how *did* the turkey become the main course? One story > tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on > roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her > that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved > England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to > celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at > harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from > England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine > because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese. > > ... that it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "I wish the Bald Eagle had > not been chosen as the representation of our country... the turkey is a > much more respectable bird and a true original native of America?" > > ... that George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in > 1789, but it was President Lincoln who, in 1863, made the day official > by proclaiming the last Thursday in November as a national day of > "Thanksgiving?" > > ... that "Jingle Bells," the popular Christmas song, was actually > written for Thanksgiving? The song was composed in 1857, by James > Pierpont, and was originally called "One Horse Open Sleigh." > > Family ... it's what we're all about. > > Thank you for allowing me to spend this time with you today. I wish > each of you a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all, > filled with love and inner peace. Happy Thanksgiving! :) > > > ) > ( > ) > _.-~~-. > (@\'--'/. Colleen > ('``.__.'`) > `..____.' > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > > > ============================== > 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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

Sandy I would be interest in getting in touch with the person who discovered the Aquaduct file. I just recently installed FTM V.9.0, and I have the Aquaduct file on my C drive. Thanks for the warning. Blanche Connolly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2001 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > Thanks for the warning about Version 9. I was considering an upgrade and > now I am glad I didnt. I am new to your list......and have not posted as > message do I will do so now. > > I am looking for my great grandparents Burt & Jennie Coombs Rhea. My > grandfather Bertrand Leon Rhea was born September 1894 in New Haven, CT. > According to his birth certificate his father Burt was born in England, > 1870, his mother Jennie was born in Illinois, 1873. The both appear on the > 1900 census in Ward 5 New Haven Town. I have not yet located them on the > 1910 census. Family history passes along that Jennie died in childbirth > with 2nd child, now I know it was after 1900. Any information would be > appreciated, since what I have written here is all I have. > Sandy Smith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 2:33 AM > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > No, you don't normally get the Sunday Coffees, nor will this become a > > weekly thing. However, today is different. There are two subjects of > > interest covered in this one that you might be interested in reading, so > > I'm forwarding the Coffee intact. > > > > Colleen > > > > [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]~ > > > > ) > > ( ( > > ) Good Morning All! ( \ > > .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) > > \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. > > \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| > > | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | > > \ / _|___|_ > > ------ (_______) > > > > > > Today's topics include: > > > > 1. Welcome to new list members > > 2. Family Discovery is at it again > > 3. Family Tree Maker, v. 9: a warning > > 4. Did you know ...? > > > > > > TO OUR NEWEST LIST MEMBERS ~~ > > > > On behalf of the entire list, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome > > to those of you who joined the list this past week. We are very glad to > > have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online > > family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send > > in your list-surname lines so we can all see how we're related to you. > > We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the > > list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with our > > list-surname ancestors that might help someone, please feel free to post > > it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. > > > > FAMILY DISCOVERY IS AT IT AGAIN > > > > These people just don't give up, do they? It seems they've begun a new > > campaign, this time under their GenRelated pseudonym. Please pass the > > word so we can thwart yet another of their attempts. > > > > Newbies, those of us who are experienced Web genealogists, know already > > to steer clear, far and wide, from anything sent by Family Discovery or > > their sister sites, one being GenRelated. Now, you need to know it, > > too. These people are scammers. Are you new to the family? Please > > send a message to me <[email protected]> and I'll send a copy of > > my all-too-familiar messages regarding these people. > > > > Should you receive a message from <FamilyDiscovery.com> or > > <[email protected]>, please forward it to me with the headers. > > Although it's over a year-old now, an ongoing effort is being done to > > get them shut down. (Actually, as a combined force, we've been more > > successful at getting them kicked off from their various ISPs than > > anything else. At least when they're offline, they can't rip anyone > > off!) > > > > FAMILY TREE MAKER, VERSION 9: A WARNING > > > > It has come to my attention that Family Tree Maker may be up to no good > > with the latest version (9) of their genealogy program. Since I don't > > use FTM with any degree of proficiency (I use PAF), I'm passing along > > this warning by way of copy and paste. Those of you who use FTM will > > want to read this carefully: > > > > "Mattel, the parent company of FTM has included tracking software in > > Version 9 which keeps track of everything you do on the internet and > > sends a log of your surfing habits to Mattel every time you log on. The > > log file is called "aqueduct" and can be found in the root directory of > > your C drive. I have deleted the file and gone back to version 8. > > > > "I discovered {this] quite by accident. In an unrelated attempt to fix > > one of my screwups on my hardrive, I discovered the file called > > "aqueduct" and opened it as I didn't know what it was. I discovered that > > it was a log of all my surfing habits and I now know, it covered the > > period from when I installed the FTM 9 upgrade to the date I discovered > > it and deleted it. I didn't realize it was a FTM by product until I > > tried to open FTM (after deleting aqueduct) and I got an error message > > saying "Aqueduct" was missing -- it seems that without the file, FTM > > version 9 will not run at all. Since I detest tracking software of any > > kind, I uninstalled FTM version 9 and reinstalled FTM version 8. Note: > > You will have to open and rename your database backup copy as any > > database file that you opened and stored in version 9 will be useless." > > > > I won't mention the person's name here since our messages go into public > > archives. However, if you use FTM and want to know who has issued this > > warning, please write me offline and I'll pass the address along to > > you. Or, if there are many of you wanting the name and email addy, will > > send your names and addies to the person so s/he can post to you. One > > way or another, you will be put in contact, if that's your desire. :) > > > > DID YOU KNOW ...? > > > > ... turkeys originated in North and Central America, and evidence > > indicates that they have been around for over 10 million years? > > > > ... that out of the 102 Pilgrims who came to America in the Mayflower, > > just 51 survived to participate in the "First Thanksgiving?" Ninety > > Wampanoag Indians were at that first feast. > > > > ... that the first Thanksgiving lasted for three days and was called a > > "harvest feast" by Massasoit, the Wampanoag Indian chief? > > > > ... that the Pilgrims didn't use forks at the first feast (Thanksgiving) > > in 1621? They used a knife, a spoon, a large napkin and their fingers, > > and might have shared plates and drinking vessels. > > > > ... that according to the Guiness Book of World Records, the largest > > dressed weight (cooked, with dressing) recorded for a turkey is 39.09 kg > > (86 lb.) on December 12, 1989? (I wonder how long it took to cook?) > > > > ... more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten during > > Thanksgiving? > > > > ... that nobody knows for certain that turkeys were eaten at the first > > feast? Then how *did* the turkey become the main course? One story > > tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on > > roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her > > that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved > > England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to > > celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at > > harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from > > England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine > > because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese. > > > > ... that it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "I wish the Bald Eagle had > > not been chosen as the representation of our country... the turkey is a > > much more respectable bird and a true original native of America?" > > > > ... that George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in > > 1789, but it was President Lincoln who, in 1863, made the day official > > by proclaiming the last Thursday in November as a national day of > > "Thanksgiving?" > > > > ... that "Jingle Bells," the popular Christmas song, was actually > > written for Thanksgiving? The song was composed in 1857, by James > > Pierpont, and was originally called "One Horse Open Sleigh." > > > > Family ... it's what we're all about. > > > > Thank you for allowing me to spend this time with you today. I wish > > each of you a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all, > > filled with love and inner peace. Happy Thanksgiving! :) > > > > > > ) > > ( > > ) > > _.-~~-. > > (@\'--'/. Colleen > > ('``.__.'`) > > `..____.' > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > 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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <[email protected]>. > > > ============================== > 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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >