fyi only, no comments please. Deborah Byrd ----- Original Message ----- From: <RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com> To: <RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 5:59 AM Subject: Good News, Bad News, Good News: The Merger of RootsWeb and MyFamily.com > Good News, Bad News, Good News: RootsWeb and MyFamily.com Merger > > Good news: You, our Donor and Donor Plus contributors, have played a > special role in creating RootsWeb, one of the largest and most popular > sites on the Internet. In May, we had over 149 million page views > (according to Nielsen NetRatings combined home and work statistics), > sent over 155 million e-mails, and handled over two million downloads > of files from the various archives hosted at RootsWeb. Everyone, take > a bow! This is an incredible community of genealogists, and the > advances we're all making in our research due to the sharing that > occurs here is unprecedented. > > Bad news: The more popular RootsWeb becomes, the more costly it is to > simply stay alive and online. Even with your very generous support, > expenses continue to exceed revenue. We ran up a truly scary loss > last year. Without outside help, it's not clear how long we'd be able > to go on like this. > > Good news: MyFamily.com (you may know them better as Ancestry.com) > recognizes the importance of the genealogical community that has grown > here at RootsWeb, and wants that community to continue to thrive. > They're excited to provide the financial stability we need to ensure > RootsWeb will be around for years to come. > > Brian and I are pleased by Ancestry.com's coming involvement with > RootsWeb. Now we can all focus on helping each other on the mailing > lists and message boards, uploading our GEDCOMs, and building Web > pages to share our research. > > Better news: As a special thank you to those of you at the Donor > and Donor Plus level, Ancestry.com is making the following offer: > > As a RootsWeb contributor, you are invited to visit Ancestry.com today > and sign up for a FREE ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION with no obligation. You'll > gain full access to all 600 million names in more than 2,500 databases. > Go to the following address to begin your free subscription now: > > http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BD > <http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BD> > > If you are already an Ancestry.com subscriber please call 1-800-595-1211 > to extend your current subscription. Select option #2 - Order Service. > > You must activate your FREE subscription by July 5, 2000. > > More good news: No one is going to charge you to use RootsWeb. You'll > still find RootsWeb at www.RootsWeb.com. Everything you're used to > using will still be here: the 19,000 mailing lists, the hundreds > of millions of names in free genealogy databases, the interactive > learning guides, the weekly RootsWeb Review and Missing Links, > the numerous tools for tracing your family history, the tens of thousands > of message boards, the thousands of independently authored web sites. > RootsWeb will still support worthy genealogy projects and societies, > such as the USGenWeb Project (www.USGenWeb.org), the Immigrant Ships > Transcribers Guild (ISTG.rootsweb.com) and the FreeBMD Project > (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com), and other groups that provide free > genealogical resources. > > You will of course still get all of services and benefits we promised > you, such as mailing lists, banner-free home pages, and access to PML, > the feature that scans all our mailing lists and message boards for > the surnames you specify. > > And don't worry, you won't be charged to access RootsWeb. No one > will put your data on CD without your permission. Our Privacy Policy > (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/pledge.html) and our Acceptable User > Policy (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html) are unchanged. > Other promises made over the years will continue to be honored. You'll > still deal with the same RootsWeb volunteers and employees. In > fact, most users won't notice any changes, except exciting new tools, > more content, and better genealogical resources. > > If you would like more information, please check out our > official press release at > > http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm > > Again, thank you for you loyal support. We hope you enjoy your free > Ancestry.com subscription, and we look forward to your continued > patronage. Now, let's go figure out where great-great-grandma really > came from, before that UFO deposited her in rural Kentucky in 1835... > > Karen >

Cecelia I use Generations 4.2. I have found it easy to use and like the reports, haven't found the CDs to be very useful. Probably should get around to upgrading or switching to FTM. Lynne

Along these same lines, are there any users of Generations Family Tree software? Is it comparable to Family Tree maker? It seems to have more CDs, but don't know if there's really more data. Cecelia -----Original Message----- From: GeneBug3@aol.com <GeneBug3@aol.com> To: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Family Tree Maker >If you're going to get FTM why not go ahead and get their latest version 7.5 >. It has some great added features. I haven't got mine yet, but it's ordered. >Lynn > > >In a message dated 6/19/00 12:45:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >jmstcomb@bellsouth.net writes: > >> I have it and I love it. You can use it for gedcoms for other programs and >> you can put pictures and notes in the files. >> Michelle >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Cynthia.Wallace@wachovia.com> >> To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 10:54 AM >> Subject: [GASCREVE] Family Tree Maker >> >> >> > >> > I am deciding whether to buy Family Tree Maker Version 7. Does anyone >> have >> > any experience with this product? Does anyone know if the files produced >> > with this product can be used by other software utilizing GEDCOM? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Cynthia >> > >> > > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Cecelia, I bought the Generations 15 cd set, I wasn't impressed. I like Family Tree Maker much better. I recently bought the 20 cd set with the 7.5 upgrade. Barb

http://genweb.net/~gen-cds/cdlist.html At this site if you follow the directions that are given, they will do free CD lookups I had forgotten about the site, but found reference to it on another list I belong to.

Thanks Harvey, Deborah and Michelle. There's a $20 rebate on Version 7 right now so I'm going to take advantage of that. I don't know if they're selling Vers. 7.5 in the stores yet. I didn't see it in any of the stores I went to yesterday. I saw info about it on their web-site though. HarvJK@aol.com on 06/19/2000 01:54:16 PM Please respond to GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com To: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com cc: Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Family Tree Maker Cynthia: I purchased version 7.5 when they had a special on it and I like it. GEDCOM was developed by the LDS Church and is the standard for all genealogical programs. In other words the anwer is yes. Harvey ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

If you're going to get FTM why not go ahead and get their latest version 7.5 . It has some great added features. I haven't got mine yet, but it's ordered. Lynn In a message dated 6/19/00 12:45:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jmstcomb@bellsouth.net writes: > I have it and I love it. You can use it for gedcoms for other programs and > you can put pictures and notes in the files. > Michelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cynthia.Wallace@wachovia.com> > To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 10:54 AM > Subject: [GASCREVE] Family Tree Maker > > > > > > I am deciding whether to buy Family Tree Maker Version 7. Does anyone > have > > any experience with this product? Does anyone know if the files produced > > with this product can be used by other software utilizing GEDCOM? > > > > Thanks, > > Cynthia > > > >

I have it and I love it. You can use it for gedcoms for other programs and you can put pictures and notes in the files. Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cynthia.Wallace@wachovia.com> To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: [GASCREVE] Family Tree Maker > > I am deciding whether to buy Family Tree Maker Version 7. Does anyone have > any experience with this product? Does anyone know if the files produced > with this product can be used by other software utilizing GEDCOM? > > Thanks, > Cynthia > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Dot: I don't show a Spooner in Little Horse Creek. The list is current to 1990 only. Sorry. Harv

I am deciding whether to buy Family Tree Maker Version 7. Does anyone have any experience with this product? Does anyone know if the files produced with this product can be used by other software utilizing GEDCOM? Thanks, Cynthia

Glad to see our Sleeping Beauty (GAScreven) is awake and well!! Does anyone have any doucementation of Zoath' s 1.2.or maybe ?3 wives? Does anyone know of any headstones/cemeteries used in Screven for the Spooners? Harv, would you check, plesae, you Little Horse Creek records for me, I believe I saw a Spooner stone of one wife, I know most of the family went to Decature, Thanks Dot

thanks Scottie

Cynthia: I purchased version 7.5 when they had a special on it and I like it. GEDCOM was developed by the LDS Church and is the standard for all genealogical programs. In other words the anwer is yes. Harvey

Barb, It's seems to me that the "E." in Georgia E. Mathews' name stands for Ellie. I know that there was a lot of women named Georgia Ella during this time frame (my maternal grandmother's name was Georgia Lessie, so I naturally noticed anyone named Georgia). Anyway, I recommend that you contact the Probate Court's office in Waynesboro (I believe that it is still Judge Herrington), and request that a marriage certificate be sent to you. These usually have the wife's maiden name on them, and if they don't have the certificate, there is no charge. Hope that this helps. Happy hunting! Scottie Scott

Howdy folks... I'm hopin someone can help me with a puzzle I have going. John Overstreet Mathews b 2-26-1860 d 5-1-1946 married Lula Marian Medlock b10-16-1866 d 8-18-1895 they had 2 daughters Mamie b1888 Mary b1890 Lula died in Aug of 1895... In the 1900 census for Screven county lists John O. and Georgia E. Mathews with the 2 daughters. Married 4 years, putting the marriage in 1896. easy enough so far.. 2 marriages right?? The death certificate for John Mathews lists Ellie Howard Mathews as his wife. I have 7 letter written in 1896 from John to Ellie. Joh was living in Sardis at the time. The letters talk of a impending wedding between the 2. I dont think John was that much of a cad. Ok, now after you read all of that... I think Georgia and Ellie are the same person. I just cant find any proof. I cannot find a grave or obit for Georgia. Does anyone have access to marriage records for april thru sept of 1896?? Can anyone find a reference of Georgia Howand marrying John Mathews??? I know that it is along shot that anyone can help. But the longer I sit here trying to decipher these letters the more curious I get. thanks bunches Barb Id472@aol.com

Hey Scottie Pleasure to meet you! Joe and Larry Evans are my first cousins too although I haven't seen them since I was about 7. Their Dad and my Mom are brother and sister. I am hoping to make a GA trip this summer. Too excited to hear about your book...knew there had to be one out there. This is GREAT!! And Bill, thanks for the info on FTM. Thanks y'all...Lynne

Lynne, I've done a book on this family for my cousins, Joe and Larry Evans, who are direct descendants of Kate and Buddy Evans also. Anyway, the book is at the Statesboro Regional Library and is in with the Zeigler Family. If you can't make it there, let me know, and I will make some copies for you and snail-mail them to you. Please keep in touch. Happy hunting! Scottie

Hi to all I am new to the list and have been delighted to see all the old familiar names and hope to find some new ones. My g grandparents are Israel Hezekiah EVANS (b.29 Mar 1868 d. 8 Feb 1955) and Kate LEE (b.22 Oct 1874 d.15 Apr 1939) both buried at Union Church. Would like some help with finding the parents/siblings of Kate. Thanks, Lynne

Bill, I'm not quite sure, but I believe that Sarah Mozelle Lee's maiden name was Mock. Hope that this helps. Please keep in touch. Happy hunting! Scottie

Would some confirm this for me. Did he also marry Anna Jean Howard? I merged my old and new file and have a little mess. Please help on Absalom Best. Dot Smith