On 10 Nov 1998, Jochriss wrote: > From: Jochriss <Jochriss@wanadoo.fr> > > Abandonn(e) Casablanca ma naissance le 08/02/1948 je recherche mes > origines He was abandoned at birth at the Anfa Hospital in Casablanca and adopted by French parents who remained in Morocco until 1957. Seeks information on origins / birth parents. Sonia Family Pages- http://members.aol.com/scabbegen/family/ Abbeville Co, SC Enslavement Data-http://members.aol.com/scabbegen/index.html Unknown Co SCGenWeb- http://members.aol.com/scgenunk/index.html Buffalo Obits- http://members.aol.com/scabbegen/bgsad/

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Paul Exkano arrived in New Orleans Louisiana in the early 1900's from Honduras. If you have any info on that Surname, please contact me.

I am looking for information on Lee Edward Holmes, born in Bristow Oklahoma in 1920, to William and LilaBelle Holmes. He married Laura Mae Smith and resided in Kansas City MO. in 1943. Laura Mae and Lee Edward are the natural parents of a son born in 1943 in Kansas City who desperately wants to meet you. So do your grandchildren. Any help will be appreciated. Vicky

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> >============================================================== > >- Congress Passes Bill Detrimental to Genealogists > >The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have been working >for a while on a bill designed to extend the term of copyright >protection by 20 years. H.R. 2589, the House version of copyright >term extension and now named, "The Sonny Bono Copyright Term >Extension Act," was adopted by the full House or Representatives >on March 25, 1998. The bill was sent to the Senate, where it >languished for some time. In September the Senate passed a >slightly different bill. The two bodies then worked out a >compromise document. The House and the Senate passed S. 505 on >October 7, 1998. President Clinton signed the bill on October 27, >1998. > >Per our Constitution, our government, "to promote the science and >useful arts" ... secures "for limited times to authors and >inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and >discoveries." This balances the right of a person to make a >profit, with the right of the people to the work (so they can >freely make derivative works). > >Until 1979, the copyright term was 56 years: one 28 year term, >extendible for an additional 28 years. Hence, in 1978 all works >created in or before 1922 were in the public domain. In 1979, >Congress RETROACTIVELY extended copyright terms 19 years, so that >the material from 1923 has never entered the public domain. Now, >19 years later, at the urging of the Walt Disney Company, the >Gershwin heirs, and many others concerned with their rights to >keep exclusive ownership of intellectual property, Congress has >RETROACTIVELY extended copyright terms another 20 years, to 95 >years. > >This means that materials written in 1923, which would have >entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 1999, will now enter the >public domain on Jan 1, 2019. Materials written in 1924 will now >enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2020. And that, sir, is only >if Congress does not retroactively extend the term a third time. > >What impact does this have on genealogists? We all want >information. In this day and age, information usually is found >online or on CD-ROM disks. Yet the people who produce those online >databases and CD-ROM disks are now prohibited from reproducing >materials printed after 1922. > >Newspapers after 1922 (obituaries, especially) will now be in >copyright for another 20 years. You'll need to wait 20 more years >before they can be transcribed and put online for free. Old >genealogies, which might be useful if reprinted, cannot be freely >reprinted or placed online for an additional 20 years. Historical >materials cannot be reprinted or placed online for an additional >20 years. Likewise, obscure works whose copyright status is >uncertain or where the heirs cannot be tracked down, cannot be >placed online for an additional 20 years. > >For a much more detailed description of the impact, look at: >http://www.public.asu.edu/~dkarjala/ > >My thanks to Richard J. Yanco for his update on the issue. He was >quite helpful in describing the legal language of the bill to me. >If you would like to contact Richard, he is at: >rjyanco@unix.amherst.edu > > >============================================================== > >If you want to see the current issue as well as back issues of the >newsletter, look on the World Wide Web at: > > http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/index.htm > >Please feel free to copy this subscription information and pass it >on to anyone else who you think might be interested in obtaining a >free subscription. > > > > > >==== 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! > > > > > > > > > > > >

>The FCC has already taxed your long distance bill. You will find an >additional fee added for the last few months. It is slightly less than >two dollars; some bills label this fee as "contribution to schools and >libraries". Al Gore slipped this "tax" through when he was promoting >his school -aid bill. Be sure you write your congressman about this fee >that was never approved by Congress. That is almost $24.00 >tax per year already added in 1998. By the way, do you know who appointed >all the members of the FCC? Write your congressman. Elizabeth > > >==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== >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! > > > > > > > > > > >

Is there a FAQ for this news group. if there is, where can it be found.

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. Carl Farberger Stockholm, Sweden farberger@swipnet.se

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Can anyone assist. On checking the South African Archives we note a reference "Received by Thanjamma" what does this mean?. Roy at royallch@ihug.co.nz

>Diane: > >The Southern Claims Commission was organized to settle with Union sympathizers >who had supplied Northern forces without compensation. Case files included >depositions, affidavits, reports and receipts. Disallowed claims filed with >records of House of Representatives. 22,298 claims were submitted by >Southerners who swore they were loyal to the Union; 7,092 were allowed. I >believe the NARA may have the records of the approved claims. > >Terry Johnsen >tjohnsen@concentric.net > > >Diane Smith wrote: > >> Thought I would go right to the experts. One of my line was supposed to have >> applied for a claim with the Southern Claims Commission. Does anyone know >> what this is or how I would go about getting a copy of this claim? He lived >> in Alabama in 1880 when the claim was filed. >> Thanks, >> Diane >> dmsmith@peganet.com > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >Alabama-L archives, a great resource for new subscribers >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ALABAMA-L >

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Genealogical and historical links in the Netherlands http://members.tripod.com/~westland/index.htm http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/vermeer/2/index.html Links to Surname Indexes http://members.tripod.com/~westland/linksto.htm http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/vermeer/2/linksto.htm Dutch Home Pages by Familyname http://members.tripod.com/~Don_Arnoldus/index.html Dutch-Archives http://members.tripod.com/~westland/archives.htm Dutch Genweb "Roots to the Past" http://members.tripod.com/~westland/index.htm Surname Helper http://members.tripod.com/~westland/linksto.htm Post a query or view queries for the Netherlands http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index/Netherlands.html General http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/General Emigration http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Emigration Drenthe http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Drenthe Flevoland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Flevoland Friesland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Friesland Gelderland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Gelderland Groningen http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Groningen Limburg http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Limburg Noord-Brabant http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Noord-Brabant Noord-Holland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Noord-Holland Overijssel http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Overijssel Utrecht http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Utrecht Zeeland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Zeeland Zuid-Holland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Zuid-Holland Host of The Netherlands W.G.W. Theo Strik tstrik@caiw.nl

A New List: AfricaWorld Opportunities to explore: jobs, academic, study abroad, research, travel, conferences, volunteerism, internships, funding for projects and enterprise, etc. Discuss central issues impacting the African Diaspora ===================================================== RE: 2 steps to join Dear Friends, 1] If you would like to join the AfricaWorld list, please send any message (or even a blank message) to either: AfricaWorld@comports.com Or, AfricaWorld-subscribe@eGroups.com Within a few minutes, you will receive back a Confirmation Request. 2] Please reply to it. When the Listserv receives your reply, only then will you be added to the AfricaWorld list. After joining the AfricaWorld list, you will be able to send messages to the 200 AfricaWorld subscribers by sending your messages to: AfricaWorld@eGroups.com Please, do NOT send msgs to that address before joining; your msgs won't get posted & you will only GUM UP the works and make more difficult the job of the Moderators )-: PURPOSE - OPPORTUNITIES The purpose of this list is to share and exchange ideas and tips on opportunities in the African Diaspora (from Senegal to Brazil, from South Africa to the West Indies and the United States). Opportunities of interest to list subscribers include range from commercial to scholastic: jobs, academic, study abroad, research, travel, conferences, volunteerism, internships, funding for projects and enterprise, etc. FROM ART TO POLITICS TO DEVELOPMENT The list is also devoted to discussion of the range of issues -- from art and music and cultural to political and economic and historical -- that affect the African Diaspora. _________________________ MORE INFO ? Go to: http://www.eGroups.com/list/africaworld http://www.earthcorp.com/africacorp Find there among the posted messages to the AfricaWorld lists of, and pointers to, hundreds of organizations and programs in the US and worldwide which sponsor multi-disciplinary projects (from culture and music to the environment and wildlife; from community development and empowerment to distance learning and computer mediated training). To receive more information by E-mail about the list, please send a message to: AfricaWorld@comports.com with "Send More Info on AfricaWorld list" in the Subject Thank you Asst List Moderators ____________________ cc: Edward Ankumah Peter Kenya, PhD Rene Washington Dr. R. Westerfield

On 2 Nov 1998, Diane Y. Smith Royer wrote: > >I just read a post to the southern trails roots web that gave the address > >of a site with searchable newspapers. It includes African American > >Newspapers 19th Century > > > >http://204.170.102.11/cgi-bin/accessible/verify.pl Thanks so much for posting this! Here at the library where I work, one of the newspapers featured here resolved a question for us about an African-American entertainer in Buffalo in the 1850s. I highly recommend taking a look--the site is called "Accessible Archives." -=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=- Cynthia Van Ness, M.L.S. | Co-moderator, Buffalo NY USA genealogy page: af482@freenet.buffalo.edu | http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~roots If information were power, librarians would rule the world. (C. Stoll)

For those who are following this topic, it is being discussed on both soc.genealogy.african and soc.genealogy.misc. I invite folks to read both newsgroups. -=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=-+-=*=- Cynthia Van Ness, M.L.S. | Co-moderator, Buffalo NY USA genealogy page: af482@freenet.buffalo.edu | http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~roots If information were power, librarians would rule the world. (C. Stoll)

>In a message dated 11/2/98 9:27:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, btarter@vsla.edu >writes: > ><< Subj: Thomas Jefferson Again > Date: 11/2/98 9:27:22 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: btarter@vsla.edu (Brent Tarter) > Sender: va-hist@vsla.edu > Reply-to: va-hist@vsla.edu > To: va-hist@vlinsvr.vsla.edu (Multiple recipients of list) > > This weekend's wire service reports about the genetic > investigation of the allegations that Thomas Jefferson was > the father of at least some of the children of his slave > Sally Hemings were based on an article in the current issue > of NATURE magazine. > > No doubt may historians who subscribe to Va-Hist and many > genealogists who subscribe to Va-Roots (not to mention > those of us who subscribe to both) will find the article of > interest. > > The full text of the article with a display of the genetic > codes may be found on the NATURE magazine web site at > http://www.nature.com. Simply look for the headline > "Jefferson's genes," click it open, and then click the > "full text" version. > > Brent Tarter > The Library of Virginia > btarter@vsla.edu > > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >