More importantly...does anyone have the e-mail address of all the board members from Matel (FTM) so that we can all bombard them with e-mails about the invasion of our privacy? > -----Original Message----- > From: Blanche Connolly [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 19 November 2001 12:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > > 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? 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