My last post didn't go through so I'll try again. Since there will be no collections for goodies at the next meeting, anyone wanting to bring a dozen cookies or brownies or, heck, something healthy is encouraged to do so. Coffee and some of the standard fare will be there but may come up short what with visitors and all. For Bonnie, Give it some thought and we can do anything you want during the 8 to 9 set up hour. I would imagine visitors would appreciate being able to navigate the site themselves with the webmaster there to answer their questions. I'd go with the chair located where visitors could mouse around to their heart's content. Jerry Bonnie Griffis Lewis wrote: If all goes as planned, I will have my laptop and using WI-FI, will be able to demonstrate the Escambia County FLGenWeb. I wonder if a chair on the outside of the table would be appropriate, so someone could actually sit down and "mouse around" the site? Doing it is so much more helpful than watching it. Bonnie

Lee, Thanks, ALWAYS, for your generous Website offerings. It's fair to say that everyone really appreciates them, and, no doubt, finds them extremely useful, if pertinent to them. I have kept a "Websites" folder in my emails going for quite sometime, JUST FOR THESE "website emails" that you have been sending for the last two or three years---at least! I have decided to make a Vertical File folder in the PPL for these Genealogical Websites that you have sent us over the years, and will print them out, and place them in this folder [the SUBJECT Vertical File for "Genealogical Websites"] in our PPL. Perhaps some one of us will eventually find a way to even ORGANIZE them after a while---States, ethnic, military, etc! ;=) Again, thanks to you, Lee, for your continued efforts to keep us all informed. And while I'm at it, can I ask if ANYONE else has some websites that they like personally, please send them to this Board. Let's share these things with each other. I feel this is one of the reason that we HAVE this Board---to share information with the members. Try making the SUBJECT of the email: "New Website/s for Filing," or something like that. C'mon, y'all, give us some of those favorite websites of yours---even the simpler ones---some of us may not know even the easy ones. And I'll start dropping them in a folder/s under "WEBSITES, Genealogical," in the PPL. Even the commercial ones, like < Footnote.com >, unless this would be "disallowed" by those in charge of our special Board [WFGS]. And, if you have other ideas like this, please let us know. Thanks. P.S. We are in serious need of more Volunteers in our Pensacola Public Library. Some of us a "walking wounded," have extended doctor appointments, chemo, etc. The time-slots for these positions are somewhat fixed, like Tuesdays 9:00AM to 12Noon, or, Fridays 12Noon to 3PM. We currently need someone to volunteer on Saturday mornings, and possibly Wednesday mornings. Plus a couple of other slots. There isn't a LOT to do, but we find little things to do like filing, tracking surnames, and mostly HELPING patrons with their OWN genealogy. The reward for helping folks is extremely satisfying, as you know. You don't have to KNOW where everything is, but we can help you feel comfortable about being there. Peggy, the civil servant there, told me that sooner or later [we hope in November] that this whole department WILL be going to the Tryone Library on 9th Ave, and we really should have a "presense" by that time---we don't want to let this opportunity get past us. Please, give us a couple of your hours a week. Or, tell us WHEN do you have some time. Talk to Ginny Deagan, Priscilla, JoAnn McKay, Evan, and the other names escape me. Thanks for listening. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.L. Scott" <[email protected]> To: "Liz Smith" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:03 AM Subject: [FL-WFGS] Digitized books - Illinois, etc >

If all goes as planned, I will have my laptop and using WI-FI, will be able to demonstrate the Escambia County FLGenWeb. I wonder if a chair on the outside of the table would be appropriate, so someone could actually sit down and "mouse around" the site? Doing it is so much more helpful than watching it. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Merritt" <[email protected]> To: "WFGS" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: [FL-WFGS] WFGS Family History Day > One more week until our next meeting and the big planned Family History > Day. > > We have had media coverage several times in the PNJ - The Neighbors > Section on 25 March, plus The Week Ender and Events sections are still > carrying the event. > > The Gulf Breeze News also ran an article on our event in some detail in > early March. > > We are listed in several TV Station Web Sites and numerous genealogy web > sites as well and we have passed out over 150 flyers. Several members > have spoken to various groups about this event, too. And that's just > the stuff I know about. > > Signs are ready to go for the various stations and everyone seems to be > ready to carry out their committee functions behind those signs. We > have the Center's library, a welcoming room, and the auditorium set > aside for our use so should be able to handle any size crowd that shows > up. I know a lot of effort has gone into getting ready for this > Saturday and those who show up expecting to find their local ancestors > should leave well pleased with their findings. Perhaps some will join > our Society and become longtime members. > > I will be running off copies of Pedigree Charts (4 and 5 generation) for > the Welcoming Committee. If any other committees need copies of these > charts, let me know and I will run copies for you at the same time. > > The Center's doors will open at 8:00 AM next Saturday so that we members > can get in and get set up. We should be ready to go by 9:00 AM when the > first visitors arrive. > > How many will show up? I guess we'll have to wait until next Saturday > morning to know for sure. I have my own personal guess but will keep it > to myself in case I'm wrong. That happens occasionally. > > Jerry Merritt > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I put flyers in the Pensacola FHC, Milton Library and Santa Rosa Archives. Ready and raring to go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Merritt" <[email protected]> To: "WFGS" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: [FL-WFGS] WFGS Family History Day > One more week until our next meeting and the big planned Family History > Day. > > We have had media coverage several times in the PNJ - The Neighbors > Section on 25 March, plus The Week Ender and Events sections are still > carrying the event. > > The Gulf Breeze News also ran an article on our event in some detail in > early March. > > We are listed in several TV Station Web Sites and numerous genealogy web > sites as well and we have passed out over 150 flyers. Several members > have spoken to various groups about this event, too. And that's just > the stuff I know about. > > Signs are ready to go for the various stations and everyone seems to be > ready to carry out their committee functions behind those signs. We > have the Center's library, a welcoming room, and the auditorium set > aside for our use so should be able to handle any size crowd that shows > up. I know a lot of effort has gone into getting ready for this > Saturday and those who show up expecting to find their local ancestors > should leave well pleased with their findings. Perhaps some will join > our Society and become longtime members. > > I will be running off copies of Pedigree Charts (4 and 5 generation) for > the Welcoming Committee. If any other committees need copies of these > charts, let me know and I will run copies for you at the same time. > > The Center's doors will open at 8:00 AM next Saturday so that we members > can get in and get set up. We should be ready to go by 9:00 AM when the > first visitors arrive. > > How many will show up? I guess we'll have to wait until next Saturday > morning to know for sure. I have my own personal guess but will keep it > to myself in case I'm wrong. That happens occasionally. > > Jerry Merritt > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

One more week until our next meeting and the big planned Family History Day. We have had media coverage several times in the PNJ - The Neighbors Section on 25 March, plus The Week Ender and Events sections are still carrying the event. The Gulf Breeze News also ran an article on our event in some detail in early March. We are listed in several TV Station Web Sites and numerous genealogy web sites as well and we have passed out over 150 flyers. Several members have spoken to various groups about this event, too. And that's just the stuff I know about. Signs are ready to go for the various stations and everyone seems to be ready to carry out their committee functions behind those signs. We have the Center's library, a welcoming room, and the auditorium set aside for our use so should be able to handle any size crowd that shows up. I know a lot of effort has gone into getting ready for this Saturday and those who show up expecting to find their local ancestors should leave well pleased with their findings. Perhaps some will join our Society and become longtime members. I will be running off copies of Pedigree Charts (4 and 5 generation) for the Welcoming Committee. If any other committees need copies of these charts, let me know and I will run copies for you at the same time. The Center's doors will open at 8:00 AM next Saturday so that we members can get in and get set up. We should be ready to go by 9:00 AM when the first visitors arrive. How many will show up? I guess we'll have to wait until next Saturday morning to know for sure. I have my own personal guess but will keep it to myself in case I'm wrong. That happens occasionally. Jerry Merritt

> For those who may be interested in the War of 1812 in Alabama, there is > a new website. It not only has information about battle and forts, but > also lists burial locations of some of the participants. > > <http://www.alabamatrailswar1812.com/index.htm> > >

> Four new categories on Cyndi's List: > > Free Stuff > http://www.cyndislist.com/freestuff.htm > > The Mayflower, Pilgrims & The Plymouth Colony > http://www.cyndislist.com/mayflower.htm > > U.S. - Presidents > http://www.cyndislist.com/us-presidents.htm > > U.S. - Puerto Rico > http://www.cyndislist.com/puertorico.htm

> Illinois Harvest, the ongoing digitization program at the library of the > University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has three Prairie Farmer > directories > available free on-line in your choice of PDF, TEXT, DejaVu, and FlipBook > formats: Champaign County (1917), Montgomery County (1918), and Shelby > County > (1918). Among other gems they include wives' birth surnames. > > http://illinoisharvest.grainger.uiuc.edu/digitized_books.asp >

> Use Caution When Accessing Newly Available Army Records > > By SHARON TATE MOODY > Tribune correspondent > Published: March 23, 2008 > > Finally, the enlistment records of nearly 9 million men and women who were > in the U.S. Army during World War II can be accessed online.That's good > news > for researchers who have long been frustrated by privacy laws and loss of > records in a fire at the National Military Personnel Records Center in St. > Louis. > > The digital enlistment records include the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps > and > are available through the National Archive's Web site. They can be a rich > source of information, showing an enlistee's serial number, place of > birth, > race, marital status, civilian occupation, education level and more. > > We genealogists welcome access to as many records as possible. But, as > usual > we have to question what we get and accept information with caution. This > seems especially true with these files. > > According to the government, more than a third of the digital enlistment > files contain a scanning error. This is mostly because of problems when > microfilm copies were made years ago. > > The digital records are the second reformatting of the original files. > During World War II, the Army created the original records on IBM punch > cards for each enlistee. After the war, it transferred the punch-card > records onto microfilm and destroyed the cards. > But the scanning mechanism used to move information from punch cards to > microfilm was imprecise. It wasn't able to read various characters on the > cards and replaced any unreadable character with a blank space. It also > incorrectly converted other characters, introducing more mistakes. > > About 13 percent of the punch cards - 1.5 million - couldn't even be > scanned > So be prepared not to find whoever you're looking for, even though they > were World War II Army veterans. > > The electronic records were created from the microfilm by the National > Archives in 1994. This was to support the reconstruction of military files > lost in the 1973 fire at the records center in St. Louis. > > On the archives site, you'll see pound (or number) symbols (#) in the > digital enlistment files. The symbols are substitutes for the blank spaces > put into the microfilm copies by the faulty scanning mechanism. > > I did a quick field test of the digital files by looking for my > father-in-law's record. He served as a radio operator with the 305th > Bombardment Group in the 8th Air Force of the Army Air Corps, stationed in > Chelveston, England. Now 85, he was seriously injured on a mission over > Magdeburg, Germany, in 1945. > > Dad was able to quickly spot what we believed was a mistake. His > occupation > is shown as "mail carrier," which he gruffly told me wasn't right and > brushed it off. I later gently guided the conversation back to his > occupation when he enlisted and found he had been giving it some thought. > Before enlisting, he worked for the railroad as a messenger. If you think > about the broad categories the government often casts us, it makes sense > that a "messenger" became a "mail carrier." It is an excellent example of > how genealogists need to question their preconceived notions. Dad and I > both > assumed the government files incorrectly said he worked for the postal > service. > > Because many World War II veterans have passed on, it's not always > possible > to directly confirm whether an enlistment file is correct. It's up to us > as > genealogists - knowing there are mistakes in these records - to find other > ways to verify the information. > > To view the digital records, go to the National Archives' Access to > Archival > Database section at aad.archives.gov/aad. Remember these are files of Army > veterans; servicemen and women who were in the Navy and Marine Corps > during > World War II aren't included.

> > USGenWeb Archives Mississippi marriage applications > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/marriages/mississippi/mississippi.htm

PLEASE TAKE MY NAME OFF YOUR MAILING LIST ---- "L.L. Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > A brief explanation > http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/03/17/usgenweb-where-are-they-moving.htm > > One excellent site that made the move > you will find more than 3500 data files for CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI > including over 400 will & probate files, 300 deeds & > over 300 gravestone photos from Middlesex Co., CT, > in the Reference Data section with additions being made weekly > http://dunhamwilcox.net/ > > Escambia Country, Florida GenWeb > http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/escindex.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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

A brief explanation http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/03/17/usgenweb-where-are-they-moving.htm One excellent site that made the move you will find more than 3500 data files for CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI including over 400 will & probate files, 300 deeds & over 300 gravestone photos from Middlesex Co., CT, in the Reference Data section with additions being made weekly http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Escambia Country, Florida GenWeb http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/escindex.htm

> Cemetery Records Orleans Parish Archives - LAGENWEB - USGENWEB > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans/cemetery.htm >

Just a quick note to let everyone know there are many new things to be found on the Escambia County FLGenWeb site: http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/escindex.htm If you haven't visited the site lately, please do, AND consider doing some county research and submitting it for publication on the web site! Thank you! Bonnie

She lives in Jay. Try 675-4928. Her address is P. O. Box 242, Jay, FL 32565-0242, unless she has moved since retiring from the school system. There are other Linda Nelsons listed in the phone directory in Milton. Jacqueline </HTML>

Doris, AMEN!! I noticed those statistics included in one of the letters to all members. Whoever wrote that was totally out of line, and I should have said something myself. My thoughts, prayers, and THANKS are with your grandsons, nephew, and all of our service men and women. If some flaming, spineless liberal wants a political discussion, bring it on. But not in a genealogy newsletter. Woody Barnes Proud Viet Nam Veteran -------------- Original message from "Doris Buffum" <[email protected]>: -------------- > I've sat back long enough and said nothing but now it's time to say that " I > don't think that Ones Political Opinion ", Quotes" or views belong in the posts > on the WFGS's website." > Everyone has a right to thier opinion, but for those of us that don't want it > expressed on our genealogy website , please do it privately..This is not the war > of 1812 , it's here and now > I have grandsons and nephews in Iraq. I could not be more proud of them for > doing what they think is thier duty to country. > Our family is in prayer daily for our young people in the military. > We can listen on the news , or read the paper. We don't need the body count or > how many are wounded posted on what should be a Website for genealogist. > Thank You > Doris Buffum > Ch member > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thank you, I had a request for an article she wrote for Footprints in 1995 and thought I would give him her address. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Linda Faye Nelson > She lives in Jay. Try 675-4928. > Her address is P. O. Box 242, Jay, FL 32565-0242, > unless she has moved since retiring from the > school system. > > There are other Linda Nelsons listed in the phone > directory in Milton. > > Jacqueline </HTML> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Does anyone know how to contact her?

I sent this at 9:50 and it shows up at 2:33. That's almost a good as snail mail :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.L. Scott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Poliitical Opinions > Hi Doris, I have no idea what you are refering to???? > As the webmaster of the WFGS site I don't know where there is anything > about > politics. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~flwfgs/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doris Buffum" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:58 AM > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Poliitical Opinions > > >> I've sat back long enough and said nothing but now it's time to say that >> " >> I don't think that Ones Political Opinion ", Quotes" or views belong in >> the posts on the WFGS's website." >> Everyone has a right to thier opinion, but for those of us that don't >> want >> it expressed on our genealogy website , please do it privately..This is >> not the war of 1812 , it's here and now >> I have grandsons and nephews in Iraq. I could not be more proud of them >> for doing what they think is thier duty to country. >> Our family is in prayer daily for our young people in the military. >> We can listen on the news , or read the paper. We don't need the body >> count or how many are wounded posted on what should be a Website for >> genealogist. >> Thank You >> Doris Buffum >> Ch member >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >