Hi Everyone, Thanks, Bruce, for giving leadership to the ink cartridge project. And thanks to those who've responded so generously. We can purchase a $12.00 box of 100 sheet protectors for $3.00, and that will help tremendously in processing new collections (like Ginny's World War II obituary project) and upgrading some of our existing collections. In addition, we can purchase file folders, paper, labels, and other items that will make our department become much more professional in appearance. What a good thing! Thanks, Clint, for moving Kentucky and Louisiana on Friday morning. We just didn't know how we'd make room for the new Georgia donations. And you quickly took care of it and were gone before we could acknowledge your help! Wlhat a good thing! Thanks, all you volunteers. My, you are so faithful every single day and make such an important contribution. You have different interests and different gifts and you gladly share your time and talent. What a good thing! The genealogy department is a happy place to be. So many researchers come and go, and all notice the user-friendly arrangement and extras (how-to sheets, pedigree charts, family group sheets, etc.) provided by WFGS and the volunteer army. Lots of donations still come in - from individuals and societies. What a good thing! We still face some space issues but are working to make sure every single item will have an appropriate place in the department. PPL continues to have the best genealogy department in this region. And it gets better every day. What a good thing! Judy Jolly, Genealogy Volunteer Pensacola Public Library

Yes, you should only take three cartridges to be recycled per visit to Office Depot, and use those three coupons you get for those three cartridges on that visit. So, every time a PPL Genealogy volunteer or the PPL Genealogy Section Librarian goes to Office Depot for a supplies purchase, they should take three of the donated cartridges and they will save $9 on that visit's purchase. [And yes, any individual that has their own HP, Lexmark or office Depot brand used cartridges can also use up to three of them per visit to earn a total of $9 credit on that day's purchase. It is for any Office Depot customer, not just organizations.] Bruce Rova -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Cynthia Dean Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Possible note for the Newsletter... Isn't it true that you can only use 3 of those credit coupons for one purchase? Some of them have an expiration date. Last time I went, a few weeks ago, Office Depot let me use 3 that had an expired dates. I had been saving them up and didn't realize they were expired. But, he said I could only use 3 for one purchase. Cynthia Attention Laura Lee Scott- Info to all others on the list... The only ink cartridges that Office Depot accepts for the $3 off credit for recycling are: HP, Lexmark, and Office Depot brands. So those are the only three brands we are collecting as donations for use by the PPL volunteers in the genealogy section to use to offset the cost of their needed supplies. So far, in just our first couple of months of collections, we have provided 57 of those brand cartridges - a value in credits of $171! Bruce Rova ------------------------------- 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

Isn't it true that you can only use 3 of those credit coupons for one purchase? Some of them have an expiration date. Last time I went, a few weeks ago, Office Depot let me use 3 that had an expired dates. I had been saving them up and didn't realize they were expired. But, he said I could only use 3 for one purchase. Cynthia Attention Laura Lee Scott- Info to all others on the list... The only ink cartridges that Office Depot accepts for the $3 off credit for recycling are: HP, Lexmark, and Office Depot brands. So those are the only three brands we are collecting as donations for use by the PPL volunteers in the genealogy section to use to offset the cost of their needed supplies. So far, in just our first couple of months of collections, we have provided 57 of those brand cartridges - a value in credits of $171! Bruce Rova

Attention Laura Lee Scott- Info to all others on the list... The only ink cartridges that Office Depot accepts for the $3 off credit for recycling are: HP, Lexmark, and Office Depot brands. So those are the only three brands we are collecting as donations for use by the PPL volunteers in the genealogy section to use to offset the cost of their needed supplies. So far, in just our first couple of months of collections, we have provided 57 of those brand cartridges - a value in credits of $171! Bruce Rova -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of L.L. Scott Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 10:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FL-WFGS] Megan Smolenyak from Ancestry.com is coming toTallahassee! > Mark Your Calendar > > Tallahassee Genealogy Society, Inc. Spring Seminar > > Megan Smolenyak Guest Speaker > > March 1, 2008 > > * Trace Your Roots with DNA > * Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options > * Cases That Made My Brain Hurt > * Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for finding Lost Loved Ones > * Remembering Our Ancestors > > Megan Smolenyak is the Chief Family Historian and North American > spokesperson for Ancestry.com,, plus a DNA expert. She corrected history > by > revealing the true story of the first immigrant through Ellis Island. > Megan > also made news when she discovered a startling connection when requested > to > research the roots of Rev. Al Sharpton. Much to her astonishment, she > learned that Strom Thurmond's relatives owned Rev. Sharpton's great > grandfather. > > www.talgen.org > > Friday, February 29, 2008 > Research Day 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. > Florida State Archives, R.A. Gray Bldg > 500 S. Bronough, Tallahassee, FL > > "Remembering Our Ancestors" Friday Dinner 6:30 pm Ramada Inn North 2900 N. > Monroe, Tallahassee, FL $30 > > Saturday, March 1, 2008 > > Seminar 8:30 am Registration 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. > > Ramada Inn North > 2900 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL > > Topics: > --Trace Your Roots with DNA > --Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic genealogy Options > --Cases That Made My Brain Hurt > --Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones. > > A registration form is available at www.talgen.org > > Payment before January 29, 2008 $65 > Payment after January 29, 2008 $75 > > For more information contact: > Melody Porter [email protected] (229) 226-9860 > Melissa Corson (850) 893-9764 > ------------------------------- 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

Connie and I have attended these fine workshops conducted in Monroeville on the first Saturday in February for the last 4-5 years and always found Elizabeth Wells to be an engaging and informative speaker on a wide range of genealogy subjects. There usually are about 35-40 attendees. You also get the benefit of meeting and going to lunch with other genealogy folks from mid-to-southern Alabama and NW Florida that you might otherwise not see other than in an occasional Alabama courthouse encounter... We have attended this specific topic workshop by her about four years ago and it was what awoke us to the wide range of church documents that are available to help break down that brick wall or to flesh out an ancestor's character. $20 registration is a good deal. While we won't be attending this year's workshop due to reasons not related to genealogy, we can recommend it. It is held in the Old Monroe County Courthouse courtroom that was the inspiration for the court scenes in "To Kill a Mockingbird", and the Monroeville folks are good hosts. We have traditionally enjoyed staying the night before at the Holiday Inn Express south of town and ALWAYS leave time that night before to have a GREAT catfish dinner at Dave's Catfish House restaurant about a block away from the motel. Bruce Rova Gulf Breeze, FL -----Original Message----- From: Monroe County Heritage Museums [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:44 AM To: Claire Stallworth; Linda Linan; Getrude Stephen; Debra Aswock; Ann Biggs Williams; Pauline Barnett; Melinda Wood; Susan Crowson; Ted Urquhart; Diann Daniels; Lynda Spann; Bob Steward; Charlotte Parham; Phyllis Armstrong; Betty Gaines; Mirian McKinley; Dawn Henderson; Bruce & Connie Rova; Kathryn Weatherford; Janie Johnston; Rachel Clinkscale; Judy Osborne; Nancy Rice; Patricia McCullers; Allen Powell; Joyce Sentell; Al Nettles; Ken Prestridge; Betsy Waggoner; Robert Glenn Nivens; Stuart Richeson; Sherry Johnston Subject: Genealogy Workshop in Monroeville Feb. 2, 2008 Genealogy Workshop “From Old Leaves to New Trees: Using church records in historical and genealogical research” MONROEVILLE- The Monroe County Heritage Museums will host the seventh annual genealogy seminar featuring Elizabeth Wells, special collections librarian at Samford University. Topics will include preservation of church records, learning other sources that contain church data and the importance of church records for the organization and the researcher. The seminar will be held at the Old Courthouse Museum on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Registration begins at 8:30 and the program is from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Admission is $20 per person. Following the program, guests will have an opportunity to purchase many genealogical research items from the museum gift shop located on the first floor of the Old Courthouse Museum. For more information, please contact Shannon Hall Jones at the Monroe County Heritage Museums at (251) 575-7433. Location: Old Courthouse Museum Date: February 2, 2008 Time: Registration 8:30 a.m. Program: 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Admission: $20 per person Please pass this information along. We hope to have the largest participation to date! Thanks, Stephanie Rogers Monroe County Heritage Museums Post Office Box 1637 Monroeville, AL 36461 (251) 575-7433 [email protected] www.tokillamockingbird.com

> Mark Your Calendar > > Tallahassee Genealogy Society, Inc. Spring Seminar > > Megan Smolenyak Guest Speaker > > March 1, 2008 > > * Trace Your Roots with DNA > * Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options > * Cases That Made My Brain Hurt > * Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for finding Lost Loved Ones > * Remembering Our Ancestors > > Megan Smolenyak is the Chief Family Historian and North American > spokesperson for Ancestry.com,, plus a DNA expert. She corrected history > by > revealing the true story of the first immigrant through Ellis Island. > Megan > also made news when she discovered a startling connection when requested > to > research the roots of Rev. Al Sharpton. Much to her astonishment, she > learned that Strom Thurmond's relatives owned Rev. Sharpton's great > grandfather. > > www.talgen.org > > Friday, February 29, 2008 > Research Day 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. > Florida State Archives, R.A. Gray Bldg > 500 S. Bronough, Tallahassee, FL > > "Remembering Our Ancestors" Friday Dinner 6:30 pm Ramada Inn North 2900 N. > Monroe, Tallahassee, FL $30 > > Saturday, March 1, 2008 > > Seminar 8:30 am Registration 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. > > Ramada Inn North > 2900 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL > > Topics: > --Trace Your Roots with DNA > --Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic genealogy Options > --Cases That Made My Brain Hurt > --Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones. > > A registration form is available at www.talgen.org > > Payment before January 29, 2008 $65 > Payment after January 29, 2008 $75 > > For more information contact: > Melody Porter [email protected] (229) 226-9860 > Melissa Corson (850) 893-9764 >

Judy, you might want to post this at Okaloosa and Santa Rosa rootsweb messageboards. Have you tried Special Collections? I know of someone who researches McLeod in the tri-county area, but am trying to remember his name. Lawson E Jolly wrote: > Does anyone in our membership research the McLeod family? If so, would > anyone happen to have Neal McLeod: Emigrant from the Isle of Skye, > Scotland, His Genealogy? It was published in 1962 and is out of print. > > > It is available in the LDS online catalog and at the Mobile Public > Library, but I thought someone just might have a copy locally. > > Thanks. > > Judy Jolly > > ------------------------------- > 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 in our membership research the McLeod family? If so, would anyone happen to have Neal McLeod: Emigrant from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, His Genealogy? It was published in 1962 and is out of print. It is available in the LDS online catalog and at the Mobile Public Library, but I thought someone just might have a copy locally. Thanks. Judy Jolly

Sorry, Sent to the group by mistake. Janet

Jerry, We had a question. Most of the time when a church is mentioned in the records, it does not indicate that they were actually married in that church. An Example would be: ________, pastor of the St. Michael's Catholic Church...... or married in the form of the Roman Catholic Church. married in the form of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In these cases, they were probably married in the church, but it does not say that they were. How do we indicate this? List the church under "place of marriage" or under miscellaneous? Also, The later records list that F. E. de la Rua was the Clerk of Circuit Court on EVERY record. Do you want to indicate this under miscellaneous? Thanks, Janet

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > December 28, 2007 > > NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUDGET INCREASED FOR FY08 > > Washington, DC. . . The National Archives and Records Administration > (NARA) will receive $411.1 million in funding for the current fiscal > year under the omnibus appropriations bill signed by President George W. > Bush on December 26. > > The funding level represents an increase of 20.5 percent over the > Fiscal Year 2007 level of $341.1 million, which was a continuation of > the FY 2006 funding because of the absence of a regular appropriation > for NARA. The FY 2007 funding level also did not include any monies for > the larger construction projects for the Presidential libraries. > > NARA's funding is part of the $555 billion Consolidation > Appropriations Act of 2007, which funds the parts of the U.S. government > that have not received regular appropriations. > > The legislation provides $2.1 million to restore important customer > services: $1.3 million to return to the public research hours that were > reduced in October 2006 and $800,000 to hire more staff archivists to > replace those who have left the agency in the past few years. The agency > has 30 days to report to Congress on its progress in these two areas. > > "I am very pleased that the Congress and the President have > recognized the importance of the work of the National Archives and the > urgency of our needs for increased staffing and greater public > access," said Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States. > "We will restore our regular research hours and bring on more > trained archivists as soon as possible." > > Professor Weinstein added, "The resources being provided to us > reflect a recognition of the dedicated and professional work of > Archives' staff during this period of fiscal austerity. They not only > have worked to maintain access to records of our democracy, but they > also have expanded that access." > > The new budget provides $315 million in operating expenses for the > National Archives, up from last year's operating expense level of > $279.3 million. Operating expenses include energy, security, and staff > costs for operating Archives' facilities around the country. > > For continued work on the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), the > legislation also provides full funding of $58 million, compared to last > year's funding level of $45.2 million. However, the spending measure > requires the agency to submit to Congress a spending plan before any > multi-year funds are obligated. > > The ERA is being built by the Archives to preserve and make accessible > all the electronic records being produced by the federal government now > and in the future. It is to allow access to these records to anyone, > anywhere at any time. > > The legislation also provides $28.6 million for repairs and > restorations at NARA facilities, including $8.6 million for general > repairs at NARA facilities. This also includes $7.4 million for > construction of an archival addition to the Richard M. Nixon > Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA. The Nixon facility was turned > over to the National Archives in July by the private foundation that had > operated it since 1990. > > Also included is $3.7 million to complete the repairs and restoration > of the plaza at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, > TX; $8 million for the first steps of acquiring land for and building a > new addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston; and > $750,000 for design work on renovations at the Franklin D. Roosevelt > Library at Hyde Park, NY. > > The National Historical Publications and Records Commission, which > makes grants to non-federal entities to preserve and provide access to > important and significant non-federal historical records, will receive > $7.5 million for grants under the spending bill. > > Also, the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation will receive, in the Department > of Education budget, a $718,000 grant for the Presidential Timeline, an > interactive Internet feature that allows visitors to explore each of the > modern Presidents' lives and administrations. This foundation > provides support for the Johnson Library. > > The National Archives and Records Administration is the record keeper > for the federal government and operates not only major facilities in > downtown Washington, DC, and College Park, MD, but also at locations in > 17 states and an additional facility in the District of Columbia. It > also publishes the Federal Register and other official government > publications and has on permanent display the nation's founding > documents and many other records of importance to the history of the > nation. > > # # # > > For press information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs > Staff at 202-357-5300. > > 08-41 > >

Christmases past in Florida Article published on Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 The beauty of a Florida sandman is the sun won't melt it. The only danger is high tide. Cactus-fruit pies, jousting competitions, contraband bottles of whisky washing ashore have made for some memorable Christmases past in Florida. Over the years, despite frontier hardships, wars and storms, folks have found distinctive ways to celebrate the religious holiday in Florida. The first Christmas celebration on Florida soil is thought to have been the very first in North America. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his entourage of more than 600 men landed on the Gulf Coast in 1539 and camped for the winter about a half-mile from the present-day location of Tallahassee. Since 12 priests accompanied them, it is probable that they held a Christmas Mass in the woods of North Florida, historians say. A state plaque now marks the site. A different kind of celebration was held a couple of centuries later on the other side of the peninsula, in St. Augustine. Townspeople and soldiers huddled inside the fort during a British raid on Christmas Day. As the British artillery roared outside, soldiers played guitars and mouth harps to make the hours as jolly as possible. The settlement's governor announced a Christmas bonus for the soldiers, even though the hard-pressed colony couldn't afford it. The governor believed, however, that the gesture was important to lift morale. Some years later, a soldier in St. Augustine described a Christmas celebration like this: "A very good dinner, roasted turkey and pig, corned beef, ham, plum pudding and pumpkin tarts.'' He added that about 30 companions spent the evening singing. In the middle of the state in 1850, Orlando was a frontier town. As such, a typical holiday meal was reported to include bear and deer meat, sweet potatoes, homemade cheese and cornbread with lots of syrup made from sugar cane. A host might barbecue a hog or a steer. At the 1870 southern outposts in Florida, far-flung neighbors would trek through the swamp to a centrally located home. They would sit down to a feast of 'possum, fattened for a month on a sweet potato diet. A prickly pear pie, made with the fruit of a cactus sometimes called Indian figs, often was served for dessert. Floridians, especially those in smaller towns, began to celebrate with fireworks in the late 19th century. In towns like Tampa, "jousting" contests grew popular. Married men and boys under age 16 were not allowed to compete. Eligible "knights" rode on horseback, wearing colorful costumes and carrying lances 8 feet long. They charged at a structure and attempted to spear a ring hanging from it. The practice continued into the 20th century. In 1925, during the peak of Prohibition, a winter storm off Daytona Beach resulted in a surprise gift of contraband whisky for coastal dwellers. After a storm-tossed schooner sank, its illegal cargo washed up for several weeks. Over the years as new Floridians arrived from all over the world, ethnic foods spiced up the holiday flavor. Such savory dishes as Finnish rutabaga casserole, Minorcan bread pudding, and African romaine salad with oranges became familiar to the wider community. In recent decades, even NASA joined in the holiday spirit. When the Melbourne area became home to the space shuttle, officials announced they would keep the landing pad open on Christmas Eve - in case Santa Claus was forced to make an emergency landing. This story is provided by the Florida Humanities Council www.flahum.org, a nonprofit organization that sponsors public programs exploring Florida's history and cultural heritage. Article published on Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 _http://www.tbnweekly.com/content_articles/122107_fpg-04.txt

NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following announcement was made by our > friends at Ancestry.com late yesterday afternoon bypassing the radar > of most genealogy bloggers. This requires the URGENT attention of > those of us who created Online Family Trees at Ancestry many years > ago using the old system which will be replaced "about March 2008" > according to Ancestry's official blog. All inquiries should be made > to [email protected] . > > > Online Family Tree Announcement > Posted by kfreestone > December 19, 2007 (3:16pm) > > Since 1999, our Online Family Tree system has helped almost 2 > million people build family trees, upload GEDCOM files and add their > trees to Ancestry World Tree. We've maintained this system for some > time, but the it's finally become outdated and will soon be replaced > with the Ancestry Member Tree system introduced in July 2006. We > realize this is a bitter disappointment for some of you who have > worked in our Online Family Tree system for years. > > This is an important step for us that lets us focus all our > ability on creating one great system for everyone to use. At nearly > 8 years old, Online Family Tree is an ancient product (in internet > years anyway), and we feel it is important to move everyone to the > new system while this one is still running. If we prolonged this, > it would be much more difficult to do this while the OFT system is > on life-support. > > What does this mean for you? > > For those that have a file in the old Online Family Tree > system, you'll be able to access your tree in that system through > about March 2008. Between now and then you can easily transition > your family tree file to the Ancestry Member Tree system and get > used to it before the Online Family Tree system expires. [Color > emphasis added.] > > We know how much time and energy you've put into your tree and > we've done our best to make sure you don't lose a bit of it as you > change systems. There are basically two phases to this transition > period for Online Family Tree: > > Phase 1 Trial and transition. > > Between now and March 2008 you can move your family tree file > to the Ancestry Member Tree system and get familiar with it. Your > file in the old Online Family Tree system will remain intact so you > can double-check everything. However, once you've transitioned your > tree to the Ancestry Member Tree system, any new information added > or edits made will not be reflected in your Online Family Tree file. > Do nothing during this time frame and nothing will change in your > Online Family Tree file. If you make changes to your Online Family > Tree file after you've transitioned to Ancestry Member Trees, you'll > have the option to send the updated file to the new system once > again. > > Phase 2 Tree expiration. > > At the end of March 2008 we'll send you another reminder to > transition your tree. At this point, your tree will no longer be > accessible in the Online Family Tree system, but the file itself > WILL remain on our servers and in the system for as long as we can > maintain it. When you come to view your Online Family Tree file, > you'll see only a link to move your family tree file to the Ancestry > Member Tree system. > > After March 2008 we plan to remove the old feature set > surrounding your file. This means that all Online Family Tree files > previously submitted to Ancestry World Tree will remain there > permanently, unless you take steps to remove it. > > About Ancestry Member Trees > > The Ancestry Member Tree system will give you most of the same > features as the Online Family Tree system. That includes integrated > record search, the ability to invite family members to edit and > contribute, GEDCOM import and export and much more. The Ancestry > Member Tree system will also offer many new and exciting features. > > [See the original Online Family Tree Announcement for a > comparison chart to show which features from the Online Family Tree > system are available in the Ancestry Member Trees system.] > > We believe you will find much to enjoy about Ancestry Member > Trees, and we hope to continue to add features and make you excited > about the product. Already more than 3 million people have created > trees using the Ancestry Member Tree system, and we've been amazed > at the work that has been done: > > * 4.2 million family trees created > * 378 million names added > * 937,000 family members invited > * 48 million Ancestry Hints accepted > * 4 million photos uploaded

SOURCES/ORIGINS/TRADITION/PSYCHIC ROOTS The Alabama Genealogical Society will host its' spring seminar again on Saturday, May 3, 2008. 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The seminar will be held in the Brock Forum Auditorium / Dwight Beeson Business Building, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Henry Z. "Hank" Jones, Jr., is a graduate of Stanford Univeristy; an author, genealogist and former actor. Jones will present the following topics: · When Sources are Wrong · Tracing the Origins of Early 18th Century Palatine & Other Emigrants · Family Tradition: How to Separate Fact from Fiction In Genealogical Research · How Psychic Roots Became An Unsolved Mystery Additional information along with the AGS registration form can be downloaded from www.algensoc.org Hope to see you then ! Charlotte Tucker ------------------------------- 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

Sorry. I didn't realize my message to Jerry went to the list. Not paying attention again. cd

Jerry, I might could help with publicity, but I don't have a clue what this is all about. I suspect others who don't attend meetings regularly might not either. If you have told me about it, my excuse is that my short term memory is zero these days. cd

In an effort to get a little ahead in planning for the WFGS Open House, here is a list of the committees needed to pull off the Open House and the 23 members who have already signed up for one or more committees. The sign-up list didn't make it all the way around during the December meeting so we will continue with sign-up during the January meeting. We will need a minimum of about 30 volunteers so we have a good start. This e-mail lists the committee descriptions and those already signed up. So you can review the sign-up sheet here rather than in the meeting to speed things along in January. We also need several people who are knowledgeable (or dedicated and persistent) in working with news media to begin getting word out on the Open House about a month before we do it in April. If anyone has an idea for a catchier, more descriptive name than Open House, let us know. "Escambia County Free Genealogy and Family History Day" or "Local Ancestor Hunt" just aren't getting it done. This first effort is a learning and testing effort so we are keeping it scaled down to local genealogy to see what kind of response we get and to test our ability to pull this off without getting in over our heads. The next time we do this the intention is to open it up to world-wide family history searches. That will take more resources than we have tested so far. But I, personally, think WFGS can go world-wide after this first local effort. Getting numerous computers on line and communicating reliably using the Bay View Community Center's WiFi is the biggest unknown at the moment. After getting a good suggestion, I have added a committee that wasn't on the initial sign-up sheet: American Indian and African American research. This committee will help track and give advice on research to Open House guests working these two areas. I am hoping that by using this WFGS List we can get information out better and faster between meetings and trade ideas among committees as we go so that committee meetings during our regularly scheduled WFGS meeting will be shorter and more productive. Keep in mind, too, that committees can come in early to meet before a WFGS regular meeting rather than meeting after the main meeting. We now have three WFGS meetings to go before Open House. Jerry Merritt WFGS Public Family History Day Sign-up Sheet Showing Members Already Signed Up 1. Steering Committee Coordinates activities of all other committees and is made up of the chairmen of those committees plus a few others. Members of this committee will also step in where needed to help other committees get things done in time. Jerry Merritt Ron Parks 2. Materiel Committee Gets all materials needed to hold the event – census lookup station signs, blank family group sheets, blank ancestral charts, handouts, coffee, doughnuts, etc. David Reinhardt Ellen Roston Rebecca Black Sherry Glorioso 3. Publicity Committee Gets the word out to TV, newspapers, Libraries, Internet about the event. Sets up TV interviews, writes letters to the newspapers, makes flyers for libraries, arranges interviews with news media on the day of the open house. No Sign-ups yet We really need some help in this area. 4. Welcoming and Documentation Committee Greets visitors, goes over what they have brought, and gets them started in filling out ancestral charts, etc. based on what they brought then takes them to the proper starting point for further research. Jennie Merritt Kathryn Wilkinson Barbara Ann Dean Pete Young 5. Census Lookup Committee Gathers together published census books, sets up the lookup area and helps visitors find their ancestors in our transcribed census books. Shows visitors how and what data to enter into their family group sheets and ancestral charts. Billye Cutchen Audrey Hall Sue Harper 6. Internet Lookup Committee Sets up computers to connect with on line research sites to find post 1885 census data. Works with visitors who don’t have info back to 1885 to find their ancestors in Heritage Quest, World Connect, LDS, etc. to get enough data to use the census lookup function. Bruce Rove (will help with refreshments too) Janet Myers Sharon Mosley 7. WFGS Member Research Contact Point (This is an optional function) Organizes an effort to get names of ancestors of WFGS members into an alphabetical listing to put visitors into contact with members researching their same families. Suzanne Weathers Ron Parks Ginny Deagan 8. Membership Committee (Another optional committee) Explains membership benefits and signs up visitors who want to join. Yolanda Falzone Pat Kerr Benny Klock Sharon Livingston 9. Additional Research Source Committee (Another optional committee) Puts together handouts listing further research sources and hands them out to visitors as they depart. Answers any final questions visitors might have. Yolanda Falzone Pat Kerr Sherry Glorioso Sharon Lucas 10. Ombudsman Committee (Another optional committee) Roams throughout the area answering questions, directing visitors to further research areas in the Open House area and filling in where needed to keep lines short. These people need to have a good understanding of the whole process. Jerry Merritt Ginny Deagan 11. American Indian and African American Research Newly added committee - no sign-ups yet

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT ON BEHALF OF THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY, ALABAMA, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Society Administration > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:55 AM > Subject: HOLIDAY CELEBRATION HONORING WORLD WAR II VETERANS > > > Please run this advertisement for the Escambia County Genealogy Society of > Escambia County, Alabama. We are a non-profit family history organization > devoted to preserving and publishing the histories of our Escambia County > citizenry. Thank you for your help. > > W.T. Williams > > > Heroes of World War II Celebration > > On Saturday, December 15, 2007 from 9 am 'til 12 noon, our Escambia County > Genealogy Society will hold its Annual Heroes of World War II Holiday > Celebration. This event is being held each year, during the Holiday Season > to honor the brave men and women who served America in that Great War. > Friends are welcome,too. > > Our event will be held at the Atmore Public Library Conference Room, > located > on 700 Church Street in Atmore, Alabama. Refreshments will be served and > an > exciting surprise documentary DVD will be shown about World War II! If you > are a veteran of World War II or a friend, please come and celebrate with > us > this Holiday Season. > > There will be a surprise speaker and the showing of a documentary dvd > about > World War II! Please contact a member of our organization at 867-3155 if > you have any questions or need more help. Thank you. > > Hope to see you there....... > >

Was wondreing if someone could do this lookup for this lady. We would but are just too busy at this time. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:23 AM Subject: OBITUARY Hello, I am trying to locate an obituary for Henry A. Bippus whose date of death was 20 OCT 1989 in Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida. Do you have obituaries on microfilm? If so, what is the charge? Thank you. Karen Nance P.O. Box 603 Chandler, Indiana 47610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter.