>The monthly meeting of the African American Genealogical Society of >Northern California will be held: > > Saturday, November 21, 1998 > 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. > Dimond Branch Library - Upstairs Meeting Room > 3565 Fruitvale Avenue > Oakland, California > >Program topics will be: >- Report on Research Trip to Family History Library in Salt Lake City >- Open Workshop - Receive assistance with your research problems > >All are welcome to attend! > >=== >African American Genealogical Society of Northern California >P. O. Box 27485 >Oakland, CA 94602-0985 >E-mail: baobabtree@rocketmail.com >Web Site: http://www.afamgen.com/aagsnc > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>Hi, several people e-mailed me with interest in the MIME Translation problem. > >Here are the replies I got. Hope this helps. > >1. go to www.winzip.com and download. the winzip 6.1 or 7.0 program.. it will > extract and open the files for you. Mime files are compressed files. a form > of zipping. > >2. The following message from the SCOTT list is an explanation of why AOL >users > cannot convert MIME files. > Lynda (Tatum) Veal > > Those of you who aren't subscribing to this list in Digest form with >America > Online email addresses probably aren't suffering from this problem but >could >be affected by the solution. > > A small handful of subscribers mentioned to me recently that some of the > digests have been arriving in MIME format. MIME is one method of taking a > binary file and converting it to text for tranmsittal as email. Internet >Email really doesn't know how to handle program and data files, only text. >MIME is a way of getting around that limitation. > > A bit of investigative work found that the subscribers with the problem >were > subscribing in Digest mode and had AOL addresses. This is about 6% of our > subscriber list. It turns out that AOL does not like long email messages >and > some Digests exceed some arbitrary limit AOL sets. (I cannot find out what >the character limit may be - it doesn't seem to be published) When a long >message > arrives at AOL, their email system assumes that it has an attachment and >tries to convert it. Of course, this is incorrect in our case and >paradoxally the Digest gets converted into MIME format whether we like it or >not. AOL isn't going to > change their ways. To their mind, they don't have a problem! > > To try to combat this problem, I have adjusted the maximum size of any >SCOTT > digest one "notch" smaller. Since I don't know what AOL's threshold may >be, > this is just a shot in the dark. I don't know if it will cure the problem. >It may > only result in more issues of the Digest! > > If you are an AOL subscriber who receives this list in Digest form and >still >get your email from this list in MIME format, please let me know. I'll keep >making adjustments as needed so long as I have "notches" left. > David Scott > >3. I think that you have to save it as a text document and then get a reader. >I just read on this same subject. Remember I don't know how to do, I just >bought Eudora Pro and haven't loaded yet. See below > > Manually Decoding Attachments. > > If you send an attachment and your recipient's e-mail program dose not > automatically decode it, it will probably be included in the body of the > message in the chosen attachment format(MIME, BinHex, or Unencode). > If you receive a large message consisting largely of indepeciperable text, > it is probably an attachment that was not automatically decoded. Usually > this is because the attachment headers are formatted incorrectly. > > To decode an attachment that was not automatically decoded, open the > message >and select Save AS...from the File menu to save the message as a text file. >Then run the decoding utility appropriate for the encoding method that the >sender used. Decoding utilities can be found at various shareware sites on > the Internet. > >4. I use a program callec Xfer Pro 32, Information Transfer Professional. > I have attached a copy of the program. Install it and it should convert the >MIME files. Note, I had to attach quite a few files. You should download >to a >seperate > folder or floppy to keep the fils together. If you have a problem, let me > know and I will send a zip file. > >5. There is a Shareware translator (encoder & Decoder) called "Wincode". I > think you may be able to get (download) it at http://www.Tucows.com or > http://www.shareware.com. Wincode will do UUE also. What is important >when > decoding MME or UUE is to make sure you get the header information included > in the translator (Decoder). The header should describe what type of file >it' > ultimately suppose to be. > > Also, I believe the "full version" (ie. sold in stores) of Eudora email >has a > translator built in. I am told it is pretty seamless. I haven't had to >decode or encode for awhile. > > Hope that I was some help. If you need more detail, pls. feel free to give >me > another "shout". > >6. Cut from the message the part you wish to decipher and paste it into >Notepad. Save as a text file and open that file in Microsoft Explorer. If >that doesn't work forward me a copy of the message and I'll see if I can open >it for you. > >7. Andrea, bet you need Acrobat Reader 3.6 to read a PDF document! > >8. Sometimes you can open things with Word Pad - if you are running windows go > to start and then to accessories and then click on word pad. Also, if they >are MIME records, try email, because most email programs are mime. If you >want forward them to me and I'll try to open for you. > Brenda Pierce > >9. It isn't possible to read them. I have that straight from the experts. > AOL has a flaw in that it turns any mail over a certain length into a MIME > file. Regular MIME files can be opened but not these from AOL. > The solution is to ask the sender to send the document as an attachment > instead of in the message of the email. > Julia > >10. Since you are on AOL, go to keyword "mime" and this will point you to a >MIME > viewer you can download. This explains MIME encoding and decoding. Hope >this > helps. > Barney > >11. Andrea -- AOL no longer automatically converts MIME docs. You probably >need > to download a MIME converter. There are several available online to >download > for free -- of course, I can't remember the URLs, but if you do a keyword > search, I suspect you can find something. > Judy > >12. You need a decoder to open a .mim file. One thing you can do is go to > http://www.shareware.com and download WinCode. It's a decoding program, > and free. > That's what I use - can't beat it for free! > Nancy > >13. Have you tried a program called "Wincode"? It decodes MIME files. It is > downloadable for free on the internet. just do a search for Wincode and >you > should be able to find it. > Hope this helps. > Anne > mwise@prodigy.net > >14. AOL does something with mime formats and it often cant be read. 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>Found online! > > <A HREF="http://www.abest.com/~cklose/aawar.htm">African American Warriors ></A> > >http://www.abest.com/~cklose/aawar.htm > >Good Luck in your Research > >Lorraine >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>for many maps of Georgia and other states go to > >http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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>Hello, > >In response to your query about the AGS (Akansas Genealogical Society) and the >ARKANSAS-ROOTS-L mailing list I have included some links that should help. I >recentely joined the mailing list and the society and think they are both good >additions to your list of resources. > >Good Luck with your reasearch and Happy Hunting!! > >Anita > > >********************************Links************************ > > ><A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/">Arkansas Genealogical Society-Main >Page</A> This has information on joining AGS and about AGS. The cost is >$15/year and includes four issues of the "Arkansas Family Historian" which >is published quarterly. > ><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/gfsjohnf/gen_mail_states-ar.html">Genealogy >Resources on the Internet</A> This has links to other online resources for >research in AR > > >ARKANSAS-ROOTS-L. Discussions of genealogical and historical research in >Arkansas Mailing address for postings is arkansas-roots- >l@listserv.indiana.edu. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. To >subscribe send the following to listserv@listserv.indiana.edu: SUB ARKANSAS- >ROOTS-L firstname lastname >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>Louisiana Land Records -- Interactive Search >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/laland/laland.pl >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>huge site with Alabama links > >http://member.aol.com/genweblisa/tyralachart.htm >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>Born Feburary 21, 1936 from the book "Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman" by >Linda Carlson Johnson published by Blackbirch Press in conjunction with >The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., New York., 1990. > >-Alvin- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>Hello, >This information is from the National Archives in Washington, DC. A small >article from the newspaper dated Jan 26th 1899. I thought the information >included was interesting: > Notice for Publication > Land Office at Natchitoches, La. > Jan. 26th 1899 > Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of >his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof >will be made before Clerk District Court, at Minden, La., on > March 11th, 1899, >viz: Homestead Entry No. 5767, Henry Jackson, for the north half southwest >quarter and west half northwest quarter, section 30, township 21 north, range >9 west, La. Mer. > He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, >and cultivation of said land, viz: Henry N. Mims, Henry Dickson, Joe Holmon, >Dan Amos, all of Minden, La. > Edwd. Phillips, > [feb3-99] Register. > >One of the witnesses a Mr. Dan Amos was a Minister that married several of my >ancestors also a neighbor. >The cost for the entire Homestead record which is 15 pages was ten dollars. > >Included in the file is date that the homestead begin Jan. 1893. The fact that >Henry Jackson had a wife and six children. Located on the land is a log >dwelling and some out houses and about 35 acres of land cleared and cultivated >worth about $75.00. >I have also noted some homestead recorded in conveyance indexes these could be >ordered directly from the courthouse in northern Louisiana. >Carolyn Washington >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>This item is listed at the end of: >OTHER LIBRARY SOURCES at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archive2.htm#sources >It is identified as: >WWW Interface to Manuscript files in RLIN/Eureka: >The Library of Congress has made available this web site of >approximately 400,000 records from archival collections in >libraries, museums, state archives and historical societies >throughout North America. This is a significant resource for >genealogical and family history researchers. Use the >RLIN AMC File Easy Search Form (word list) >for words in name, title and subject fields. > >There is also the Libraries and Museums site at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/media.htm >Different links that are relevant to genealogical research >world wide, as well as the Library of Congress >Classification System. A complete listing of the >Library code for major Libraries. There is a special >section called: Classifying a Personal or Small Library >at: http://geography.miningco.com/library/congress/bllc.htm > >Archives and Library Resources at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm >has a Legal section at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Legal >It includes Counsel Quest. >This site is a premier Internet legal research web tool. >Designed to guide its guests to the vast amount of >legal and governmental resources available on the >Internet in a quick, concise and easy to use format. >It includes: > Archaic Laws, Documents and Tribunals > Archaic Laws > Code of Lipit-Ishtar - circa 1868 B.C. > Code of Hammurabi - circa 1792 B.C. > Roman Law - circa 50 B.C. > Laws of William the Conqueror - > circa 1066 > Archaic Documents ~ > Magna Carta - circa 1215 > Mayflower Compact - circa 1620 > Declaration of Independence - circa 1776 > > Articles of Confederation - circa 1781 > U.S. Constitution - circa 1786 > Federalist Papers - circa 1787 > Search Historical Documents > >This same site has a Government section at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Government >One of the subsections listed is: >Foreign Governments Comprehensive Web Site Listings, >which has a vast amount of data worldwide on all nations, >as well as the useful genealogy research resource called: >International Chamber of Commerce Directory. Search >chambers of commerce by city, province/state, or country. >Links to web sites and provides e-mail addresses. > >COMPUTER, INTERNET and SOFTWARE >SUPPORT at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/computer.htm >now has: >No Wonder Computer Support >Email this technical support site with a question about: >Macintosh, Windows, Unix, OS/2, BeOS or >Web/HTML; you will have a personal reply sent to >you via email in about 24 hours. Also, on this site >are other helps such as: Group support, Live Chat, >Links, Mail Lists, Feedback. > >HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/history.htm >now has: History Timelines on the Web. This is >listed next to HyperHistory Online. >HyperHistory presents 3000 years of world >history with a combination of colorful graphics, >lifelines, timelines, and maps. > >These are but a few of the comprehensive links >that have been added to favorite URL sites at the >Tinney Genealogy and Family History Home Page: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/homepage.htm > > >==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== >To Search the Archives for this List: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >Listowner: kee46@msn.com Adrianne Hopkins > >Please send your Census records, vital records and families to the GAGenWeb Archives >Carla Cegielski cegielski@ncweb.com > >Items For Sale pertaining to GA ONLY --- can be posted! > > > > > > > > > > > >

>This item is listed at the end of: >OTHER LIBRARY SOURCES at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archive2.htm#sources >It is identified as: >WWW Interface to Manuscript files in RLIN/Eureka: >The Library of Congress has made available this web site of >approximately 400,000 records from archival collections in >libraries, museums, state archives and historical societies >throughout North America. This is a significant resource for >genealogical and family history researchers. Use the >RLIN AMC File Easy Search Form (word list) >for words in name, title and subject fields. > >There is also the Libraries and Museums site at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/media.htm >Different links that are relevant to genealogical research >world wide, as well as the Library of Congress >Classification System. A complete listing of the >Library code for major Libraries. There is a special >section called: Classifying a Personal or Small Library >at: http://geography.miningco.com/library/congress/bllc.htm > >Archives and Library Resources at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm >has a Legal section at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Legal >It includes Counsel Quest. >This site is a premier Internet legal research web tool. >Designed to guide its guests to the vast amount of >legal and governmental resources available on the >Internet in a quick, concise and easy to use format. >It includes: > Archaic Laws, Documents and Tribunals > Archaic Laws > Code of Lipit-Ishtar - circa 1868 B.C. > Code of Hammurabi - circa 1792 B.C. > Roman Law - circa 50 B.C. > Laws of William the Conqueror - > circa 1066 > Archaic Documents ~ > Magna Carta - circa 1215 > Mayflower Compact - circa 1620 > Declaration of Independence - circa 1776 > > Articles of Confederation - circa 1781 > U.S. Constitution - circa 1786 > Federalist Papers - circa 1787 > Search Historical Documents > >This same site has a Government section at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Government >One of the subsections listed is: >Foreign Governments Comprehensive Web Site Listings, >which has a vast amount of data worldwide on all nations, >as well as the useful genealogy research resource called: >International Chamber of Commerce Directory. Search >chambers of commerce by city, province/state, or country. >Links to web sites and provides e-mail addresses. > >COMPUTER, INTERNET and SOFTWARE >SUPPORT at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/computer.htm >now has: >No Wonder Computer Support >Email this technical support site with a question about: >Macintosh, Windows, Unix, OS/2, BeOS or >Web/HTML; you will have a personal reply sent to >you via email in about 24 hours. Also, on this site >are other helps such as: Group support, Live Chat, >Links, Mail Lists, Feedback. > >HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES at: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/history.htm >now has: History Timelines on the Web. This is >listed next to HyperHistory Online. >HyperHistory presents 3000 years of world >history with a combination of colorful graphics, >lifelines, timelines, and maps. > >These are but a few of the comprehensive links >that have been added to favorite URL sites at the >Tinney Genealogy and Family History Home Page: >http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/homepage.htm > > >==== MDGEN Mailing List ==== >Listowner: Adrianne kee46@msn.com >

>Hello, >I ordered the microfiche of Who's Who In Colored Louisiana the cost was >fifteen cents a fiche. > Chapter 3 > Civil and Social Status of Colored Louisiana > The Slave and the Free Man of Color >Slavery progressed rapidly in Louisiana as aggressive farming supplanted >haphazard "cropping" methods, and the abandonment of the all but profitless >production of indigo for the production of sugar cane and cotton on a vast >scale. In 1700 there were not more than 3300 slaves in the territory according >to various writers of the period. By 1800 there were some 60,000; and by 1860 >approximately 332,000. > >There were three classes of colored people, the free mulattos, free blacks, >and the slaves. The mulattos, or "blanc," were nearest the whites in their >social and civil rating; the free blacks, and the slaves, the lowest down, of >course. Many of the "free mulatto" class had had advantages. Some were >wealthy, educated, refined, and owed large plantations, fine residences, >coaches, horses, servants, and slaves. The free blacks also formed a social >group; but the number of free blacks were small, and while some possessed >property and refinement, they were not regarded as the social and economic >equals of the mulatto class. Many free mulattos were engaged in profitable >lines of business, as merchandise, brokerage, exporting, and importing, >contracting, and planting. > >In 1800 the free colored population numbered 18,047, and they owned some 6,000 >slaves. The Meytoies, several families, who resided in Ascension Parish, owned >a total of 304 slaves. Lois Meytoier alone owned 66: Augustine Meytoier owned >60, Madam Cyprian Riccard of Iberville Parish owned 40 slaves. George Alces, a >cigar maker in Charles Street, worked over 200 men. It is estimated the free >men of color paid taxes on $15,000,000 worth of property in New Orleans in >1860. About 1840 when the, "free colored people" were in the "hayday," of >their fortunes, they owned, as shown by parish registrations, 3,938 slaves. >They constituted 10% of the colored population. But by 1860 a relative drop in >their increase is seen, as they then constituted but little over 5% of the >total colored population. The reason for this relative drop will be apparent >as the subject develops here. > >In the early history of the State we find clearly drawn legal and social >distinctions between and the free mulattos and the free blacks. Much of this >sentiment had been transferred from the West Indies and from France, from >where a majority of the early settlers had emigrated. As slavery increased its >grip and power on the State the legal and social status of free people became >more and more restricted. Nevertheless, as already stated, the free mulatto >class enjoyed a general distinction in law and society not accorded the free >blacks. They were, as it were, "ne blanc, ni negre." > >No mulatto class in the United States, not including South Carolina, where >along the "Coast Line" they formed themselves into an exclusive society, were >such "hard and fast" color lines drawn against the darker colored group as did >the mulattos of Louisiana. And within the mulatto group itself, there were >still further distinctions, not so clearly defined and recognized, however, as >in the case of the blacks; There were the "griffes", or brown-skins; the >"briques" or light browns; the "mulattoes" or half whites; the "quadroons" or >three-fourths white; and the "octoroons", as white as Madame Laussat herself >or Monsieur de la Chaise. Out of these several shades came the "mulatto >aristocracy," came the "tip top" of the free population. The two groups, black >and mulatto, might meet on common ground where there was mutual economic, >civil, or industrial interest; but on any accepted social plane, never. > >If we should extend this social classification a little further so as to >better define the whites and their relation to the colored groups, we should >find the poorer whites, the tenants, vendors, servants, day laborers, and >small "calibered business men." The education wealth, and sometimes genuine >culture of the free class, gave them influence with the aristocracy and made >them rivals of the poor class of whites. It was this class that was later used >by the aristocracy to overthrow and make null and void Negro suffrage during >the last years of "Reconstruction." > >The book is excellent. I will post the author 's name as soon as possible. > >Carolyn Washington >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>>From another listserv I'm on (Librairians Index to the Internet): > > Oregon Trail - http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html > Historical information on the Oregon Trail from the time of the >British presence in the 1700's through the influx of settlers in the >mid-1800's; includes short biographies of some black settlers, a diagram >of a prairie schooner, maps, and historical essays. - sjs >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

Hi I am looking up my paternal ancestors, I have only been able to get as far as my great-grandfather, John Morton, wife Nanny, birth dates unknown. I know they began to have children in 1899. Their children included Jenny Morton 1899-1990, Daisy Morton, Leora Morton and William Morton. If anyone knows anything about this family please email me

CARL & MONICA FARBERGER wrote: > I would greatly appreciate information of links to further information > about a South African relative of mine. Erik Moller (M=96ller) was born in > South Africa, son of a Swedish immigrant Georg M=96ller and Alice Farmer, an= > d > served in the South African army. Erik was killed in action in North Africa > in 1943. Any hints on how to get more information would be greatly > appreciated. > There's a great deal in information on the how-to and where-to of S.African genealogy on http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ Lesley Robertson

Have information to share on the family of Ulysses Buckner born about 1875 in El Dorado, Ark. to Richard and Victoria Bucker. Please write if this is a connection.

Archive-name: genealogy/new_user Posting-Frequency: 15th of the month Last-Modified: 1997/04/21 Version: 1.7 URL: http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/new_user.htm Getting Started --------------- Summary ~~~~~~~ This regular posting contains a list of pointers and suggestions to help somebody who is approaching the subject of Genealogy for the first time. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the soc.genealogy.* newsgroup hierarchy. This document is part of a regular series of postings which are sent to all appropriate groups and mailing lists. This particular document is posted on the 15th of every month. The latest version of this document is available from the following locations * Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/new_user.htm * Via email by sending the following message: =20 To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get new_user end =20 If you have any comments or changes, or any suggestions for new topics to be included, or you would like to write a note for inclusion in the archive, then please contact John Woodgate, (john@meertech.demon.co.uk) Contributions by: William Mills, Wes Plouff, Jeff Thompson, Cynthia Van Ness, Doni Wright =20 Changes For This Version (1.7 - 1997/04/21) Minor changes to some of the text Copyright and Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (c) 1996,1997 by John Woodgate. All rights reserved. This document may be freely redistributed in its entirety without modification provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Permission is expressly granted for this document to be made available for file transfer from installations offering unrestricted anonymous file transfer on the Internet. This document is provided AS IS without any express or implied warranty. The author may be contacted at 50 Great Meadow Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS12 8DA, England. I am new to Genealogy and would like some help. *********************************************** =46or those just starting to research their family history, these short notes might help: * Visit your local library and read a basic book or two on genealogy. This should give you some basic guidance on the methods to use, and where the information is held. There are many useful introductory books on Genealogy and family history, which will provide you with more complete and coherent guidance as how to get started than you could expect to get merely by posting a series of questions to the newsgroup or mailing list. In many cases specific questions can be answered by library reference materials. =20 * Develop a plan. Think about which lines to follow. You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. You have to draw the line somewhere. You can use your time better if you develop a plan to guide you. Start with talking with and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions, (while they are still alive), and do it soon. =20 * Start by talking with, and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions, (while they are still alive), and do it soon. Overly general questions such as "What do you know about the family's history?" may overwelm your relatives. Asking specific questions (when did you get married? Who were your parents? grandparents? brothers and sisters? Where did you aunts and uncles live?) may get you more information. Use photographs and old family possessions to help get the conversation started. Remember to start this before the last of that generation passes on and takes all that valuable information with them. =20 * Visit your nearest Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormon) Family History Center. You can find them in the phone directory. The family History Library catalog, on CD-ROM and microfiche, is your key to accessing millions of original records and published genealogical works kept by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Microfilms can be rented for research in the local Family History Center for a nominal fee. The local centers have two excellent indexes on CD-ROM: the Ancestral File and the International Genealogical Index (IGI). Neither of these are available via the internet. =20 * Document. You may need to review your sources again, someone may want to verify your research, your work may imply something to someone who will need to access the same records, or someone may need to pick up where you left off. Too many people underestimate, or never consider, the importance of documentation. If you have found information in a reference book, make sure you keep enough reference material to enable you to walk back into the same place five years later, locate the book and find the reference again. =20 * Keep a careful record of what searches you have done so far, even if you found nothing. It may well save you from searching the same record or source again in the future. =20 * Don't sell your project short. You might start this with the idea of just finding a handful of people just for your own interest, only to find it blossom into a lifelong study. If you begin with some planning, some learning, and good documentation, then nothing is lost if it stays a small project, but you will reap great dividends if your little project turns into a big one. Remember that it is not uncommon to drop the project for 5 or 10 years and then go back to it again. =20 * Be prepared to step back and catch your breath. When you look at the ambitions for your project and think about the effort involved, or when you are faced with dozens of trails that you want to follow, it may seem like trying to move a mountain with a teaspoon. When that happens, take some time to remind yourself that this is supposed to be fun, then do some more planning to get back on track. =20 * Watch for all the FAQs which are posted to the various newsgroups and mailing lists. These Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) should answer most of your initial problems. A good place to start is the Meta-FAQ. This lists all the FAQs and other regular postings and you can get the latest version from the following locations =20 + Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/meta-faq.htm + Via email by sending the following message: =20 To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get meta-faq end =20 * Don't expect too much from online resources. Usenet, mailing lists and other online discussion forums work best when someone needs to overcome a stumbling block or an arcane problem. other online resources include name matching and query services, software and files describing topics in genealogy from the very general, to the very specific. However, they offer scattered coverage and are often unfocused. A good rule of thumb is that newsgroups, etc., only become useful after you start having difficultly finding your ancestors by conventional means. =20 * Many people learn of a certain index or book that may be useful to their research and immediately jump on the Net and plead for someone to do a look-up for them. These same folks are often unaware that their friendly neighbourhood public or academic librarian can issue a formal interlibrary loan request for the wanted item. =20 Since librarians have access to OCLC, the International Bibliographic Database, and the average researcher does not, they can quickly identify another owning library and send out the request over their networks. It's standard, everyday stuff for the librarians. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- new_user / V1.7 - 1997/04/21 / john@meertech.demon.co.uk

Hello, I'am looking for the grand,grand parents of Frans Grazell(Grizell etc.) I think that he was a Huguenot.He married in 1734 in Tiel (Holland).Can anyone me given information about this man and his family in French or Schweiz.In South-Africa is perhaps family with the name Gries(z)el.Who can help me? Many thanks, Annie Grisel

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