> <mailto:alxremo@club-internet.fr > >HELLO, > >I AM A FRENCH JOURNALIST WORKING FOR BLACK TV CHANEL IN PARIS/FRANCE. > >THIS YEAR FRANCE CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF SLAVERY ABOLITION. > >PLEASE HELP ME IN FOUNDING ORGANISATION WHO WORKS ON THE QUESTION OF >SLAVERY IN THE USA, BASED IN WHASHINGTON OR IN GEORGIA. > >WE WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON A FAMILY OF BLACK PEOPLES WHO HAVE SUFFERED >OF SLAVERY IN THE PAST AND NOW WORKS "NOT TO FORGET" THIS DRAMA. > >THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. > >BYE >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

I am searching for information about Elling Erikson Svingesaeter Erdal and his family. He was born in Norway in 1825 and emigrated to Durban, Natal, SA after 1865. Married to: Brite Toresdtr Hovden (or Eide), she was born 1834 in Norway. I would apreciate any info. about this family. mvh Marianne Sulesund Norway

>Conference: The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, >October 16-18, 1998 > > The program in the Carolina Low Country and the Atlantic World at the >College and University of Charleston, SC will host an international >conference focused on the impact of the Haitian Revolution outside Haiti, >an event funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the >Humanities, an independent Federal agency. > The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 was unique, the only example of an >enslaved population successfully seizing its freedom and creating an >independent state. Throughout the Americas, the destruction of the French >colony of Saint Domingue was an inspiration to slaves and a warning to >slave owners. In a period when both libertarian ideology was spreading and >ideas of racial hierarchy were gaining legitimacy, when the future of >colonies was being discussed and the anti-slavery movement began to >mobilize, the creation of an independent Haiti, the first black republic in >the world, was a matter of intense interest and controversy throughout the >Atlantic World. > The conference will open Friday morning at 9:00 am and continue through >Sunday morning at the Leightsey Conference Center at the College of >Charleston. Unlike most conferences, papers will be circulated in advance. > Presenters will not read their papers, but will give brief summaries of >five minutes in length. Each one and one-half hour session will be devoted >primarily to discussion and questions from the floor. Conference >registrants will be receive the papers in advance on diskette (or in >printed form for an additional charge). > Our guest convener for the conference is Professor David Geggus of the >University of Florida, the author of Slavery, War and Revolution: The >British Occupation of Saint Domingue, 1793-98 (1982) and co-editor, with >David B. Gaspar author of A Turbulent Time: The French Revolution and the >Greater Caribbean (1997). > The program is subject to change. For a conference or registration >information contact, Ms. Amelia Spatz at the Department of History, College >of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424 (note Haiti Conference on the >envelope). Phone 843-953-1420 (Fax -6349), or email: spatzl@cofc.edu. >For information on the accommodations available in the Charleston area, >contact the Visitors Center at 843-853-8000 or 800-868-8118. > >REGISTRATION FORM: > >Name: >Street: >City/Zip: >Telephone: Fax: Email: >Affiliation: > >REGISTRATION FEE: postmarked before 1 October: $40 after 1 October: $50 >Please make checks payable to The College of Charleston Foundation > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>It's countdown time to the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society's >annual conference, "UNVEILING THE PAST TO CONNECT THE FUTURE: CENSUS 2000." >We have a little over 4 weeks to go. > >The conference has over 30 conference presenters discussing a wide range of >genealogical topics, research methods, genealogy software demonstrations, >preservation of research materials, and booksignings (to name just a few). > >Thursday evening, October 29th, attend the State of the Society Meeting and >meet Yaphet Kotto, star on the NBC show, Homicide: Life on the Streets. > >Friday morning, James Holmes, Acting Director of the US Bureau of the Census, >will discuss "Eliminating the Historical Undercount of African Americans in >Census 2000. (Got questions you want to ask about Census 2000? Submit them >in writing to spburriss@aol.com) > >Ambassador Courtney Blackman, Embassy of Barbados, is the Saturday Banquet >Speaker. > >Vendors and Exhibitors: Purchase books, Afro-centric gifts, pictures, and >clothes. Want to know if ULTIMATE FAMILY TREE is the software program for you >- visit the software demonstrations by Palladium Interactive. Two software >programs will be given to two lucky ticket holders. > >Conference registrations can be paid via check, MC or VISA. > > >Check out the conference schedule at: > http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/aahgs_cf.htm > >Session only registration rate: $140 (attendance at sessions only - no meals >included) This selection must be written in on the registration form. > >Complete your registration form and mail it today. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

The new book by Margaret "Peggy" Diacetis is out! The Zeigler's/Seigler's/Sigler's/ Zeagler's and so on in America. Come to my homepage and scroll and click on the ad for details. http://www.cris.com/~7101/JACGEN.htm

>I have copied the accompanying text for the 1890 census program available >from the Genealogy Forum on Compuserve. It appears (hadn't read that >closely before) that the information is available on disk for purchase. > > >Edda R. Pittman >Looking for Towns/Townes', Bookers, and of course, Pittmans! >Yalobusha and LeFlore Counties, Mississippi >9:03 PM 09/23/1998 > > > > Wright Electronic Publishing > announces > Index to 1890 Census on Disk for Windows* > > A 1921 fire destroyed most of the 1890 Census records. However, >schedules for approximately 1200 households (just over 6000 individuals) >remain and have been transferred to microfilm (available from the National >Archives or possibly your local genealogy library). > >Most of the surviving schedules pertain to Perry County, Alabama and >Washington, DC. Schedules for the following locations survive: > > Alabama Perry County: Perryville Beat No. > 11 and Severe Beat No. 8 > > District of Columbia Q, 13th, 14th, R, Q, Corcoran, 15th, > S, R, and Riggs Streets; and Johnson > Avenue > > Georgia Muscogee County (Columbus) > > Illinois McDonough County (Mound Township) > > Minnesota Wright County (Rockford) > > New Jersey Hudson County (Jersey City) > > New York Westchester County, Eastchester and > Suffolk County (Brookhaven Township) > > North Carolina Gaston County (South Point Township > and River Bend Township); Cleveland > County (Township No. 2) > > Ohio Hamilton County (Cincinnati) and > Clinton County (Wayne Township); > > South Dakota Union County (Jefferson Township) > > Texas Ellis County (J.P. No. 6, Mountain > Peak and Ovilla Precinct); Hood > County (Precinct No. 5); Rusk County > (No. 6 and J.P. No. 7); Trinity > County (Trinity Town and Precinct > No. 2) and Kaufman County (Kaufman) > > The Index to 1890 Census program lists the name, age, birthplace, >race, sex, relation to head of household, enumeration location and >microfilm index number for each individual. For example, the Davis >household of Trinity Co., Texas: > >Last Name First Name Age Birth Race/Sex Relation Enumerated Index > >Davis Noah 38 TX _ M head Trinity TX 1206 >Davis Lu 23 TX B F wife 5/4 Trinity TX 1206 >Davis Oscar 7 TX B M son Trinity TX 1206 >Davis Charles 4 TX B M son Trinity TX 1206 >Davis Minor 2 TX B M son Trinity TX 1206 >Davis Samuel 7m TX B M son Trinity TX 1206 > > >The index can be displayed alphabetically, by index number (equivalent to >viewing the entire household) or by county of enumeration. A surname >search >feature is also available. You must have Windows* to run this program. > >The index is available on 1.4MB 3.5" diskette for only $9.95 plus $3.00 >shipping/handling (check/money order only). Texas residents must add >7.25% sales tax ($.72 per diskette). It is available from > > Wright Electronic Publishing > P.O. Box 692446 > Houston, TX 77269-2446 > >*Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>In this posting I hope to accomplish three things: >1st: To provide a little insight into the Cohabitation Records. >2nd: To provide information on where you might acquire these > records. >3rd: To inform you of which Cohab Records I have access to and am > willing to do lookups. > >FIRST: > >The following information was taken from the published abstracted book: >Rowan County, North Carolina Cohabitation Bonds, by June C. Watson. > >"The material in this book has been taken from microfilm at the Edith M. >Clark Historical Room of the Rowan (County) Public LIbrary. THe originals >are found in the Register of Deeds Office of Rowan County, North Carolina >and are available for all to see...In 1866 the General Assembly (of North >Carolina) passed 'An act concerning Negroes and Persons of Color or mixed >Blood) that they appear before the Clerk of the County Court or a Justice >of a Peace to have this fact (their cohabitation and marriage) recorded, >prior to September 1, 1866.'" (The date was later extended to the >January 1, 1868.) > >Rowan County, North Carolina Cohabitation Bonds, June C. Watson; (Call #: >NC 929.3756 R877W). > >>From this information we gather again that the North Carolina State >Legislature made an act which required that all blacks (most of whom had >just been freed) appear before the Clerk of Court and legally register >their marriage. Another reading suggested that in one county (and >possibly all) the Clerk was paid twenty-five cents for the recording of >all of these marriages. Whether this twenty-five cents was paid by the >couple or the state, one can not say; however it is a definite incentive >to the Clerk to be thorough in his recordings. One reading indicates that >it appears that in one county there were two ledger books: one that was >used as a portable (temporary) ledger and the other was the permanent >ledger in which all of the information was transcribed. IT was suggested >that the Clerk may have rode on horseback throughout thecounty and >recorded the information. Nonetheless, the law was enacted and one >supposes that most if not all complied. > The cohab records provide the date of the record and the names of >the husband and wife and how long they have been cohabitating. The Rowan >Records and according to another source the Forsyth County Records contain >the names ofthe slave owners (whether this is a statewide practice or >local phenomenon - I can't say; that is the inclusion of the former >owner's name.) > >SECOND: >Today there appear to be two or three different types of copies of these >records: The originals, microfilm, and published abstracts. According to >the information in the above mentioned book the originals are stored at >the Office of the Register of Deeds of the County in which they were >recorded (thus if the Record or Bond was recorded in Rowan County the >orignials are located in the Rowan County Office of Register of Deeds if >they were recorded in Wake County then the originals are in the Office of >the Register of Deeds of Wake County). As for the microfilms, I honestly >can not say whether all of the counties have microfilmed their cohab >records or not. If it has been done on a county by county basis, then of >course the Office of the Register of Deeds and the History Room of the >County Library probably has a copy. (As to who else may have a copy I can >not say.) Now for the published abstracts, these are the form of the >records that I am most familiar with. A number of local genealogists >possibly at the encouragement of the county genealogical societies have >abstracted the records and published them in book forms. These books are >usually located in the history rooms of the county libraries. Whether all >counties have been published and abstracted - I'm not for sure. In the >published abstracts that I have worked with all provide the husband and >wife's name, the date, and how long they had been cohabitating together. >(Only one of the three published abstracts provides the owner's names, >so in some cases you may have to go to the originals to get that >information.) And all were indexed. > >(In a previous posting or in replies I may have mentioned that the >originals were located in the County Courthouse, in an attempt to be most >accurate I have revereted to the Office of the Register of Deeds. This >was used in the Rowan Book and is more accurate as while hte Office of >Register of Deeds has historically been associated with the Court House's >a number of counties have built separate Administrative Buildings and >often the Office of Register of Deeds (while culturally connected to the >Court House) might no longer be housed in the courthouse. > >THIRD: > >I have access to the following county cohab records and I am willing to >do lookups in these counties; (please note that I will be using the >published abstracted versions): > >-Marriage, COHABITATION, Divorce, and Bastardy Records of WAYNE COUNTY, >NORTH CAROLINA. >-ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA COHABITATION BONDS >-DAVIE CUONTY, NORTH CAROLINA COHABITATION BONDS >-I may have access to FORSYTH COUNTY NORH CAROLINA COHABITATION BONDS. > > >I apologize for being very "wordy" and highly detailed, but I like to be >as accurate as possible and I don't want to unknowingly provide the least >bit of erroneous information which might cause someone not to find that >prized piece of information. > >I hope this information is of use to someone. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>SelInVa@aol.com wrote: >> >> I had the pleasure of attending the TransAtlantic Slaving and the African >> Diaspora: Using the W.E.B. DuBois Dataset of Slaving Voyages Conference held >> in Wiliamsburg, Va. Sept 11-13 > >An article in the September 21 edition of The Washington Post entitled >ìCharting the Voyages Of Africans as Slaves,î announces the "new CD-Rom >database about the pervasive marketing of African people as slaves, >simplifying access to little-known records that cover four centuries of >trade in Europe." The complete article can be found at >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-09/21/123l-092198-idx.html .> >Carole > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >A People Without Knowledge Of Their Past Is Like A Tree Without Roots! >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- 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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Hi all, Sharing some information from another mail list. Cherryl =========================================== Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:41:41 -0500 (CDT) From: SelInVa@aol.com Subject: I had the pleasure of attending the "TRANSATLANTIC SLAVING AND AND AFRICAN DIASPORA: Using the W.E.B. DUBOIS Dataset of Slaving Voyages" held in Williamsburg, Va. this past weekend (I will be posting information about that dataset which includes information on over 27,000 slaving voyages to the Americas - not just the U.S. which accounted for less than 10% of the slave trade). On Saturday Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall (history professor Rutgers University, emeritus) gave a wonderful presentation on the Relational Database, Louisiana Slaves, 1723-1820. DATABASES FOR THE STUDY OF LOUISIANA HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (Louisiana State University Press) - available in CD ROM format, for which she served as editor, which will be available in Jan. 1999 at a cost of less than $50.00. It will include the following info: Spreadsheet by Patrick Manning -Births, Marriages, and Deaths from the Sacremental Records of the Catholic Church of Louisiana 1720-1820; Gwen Midlo Hall - Louisiana Slave Manumissions 1720-1820, 3,898 records, 92 fields, Shipping Data Through the Port of New Orleans through 1820, and the New Orleans Census of 1778. It contains 90,330 records, each representing a slave, 123 fields (consisting of comparable info) entered almost entirely from original manuscript sources in French, Spanish, and English. Complete source information with exact date and location is included. A sampling of specific fields. Names of Slaves: 82, 491 legible names, 5,647 different African names, 10,044 total African names, 9, 229 names which could be African or European; 8,308 missing or illegible. First and last names of deceased, sellers or owners and buyers of slaves. Gender of slaves: males 49,045; females 38,454; unidentified 2,829. Race of Slaves: black: 77,34; mulatto: 4,999; quadroon; 252; octoroon = 1; Indian 201; grif 850; other 26; total unidentified 83, 960; unidentified 6370. Age of slaves Numeric age: 73,380, by age categories: child - 2931, young and adult -8481; old -303; total age categories - 11,715. Birthplace identified: 30,007; Africans whose ethnicities are identified: 10256; Africans whose ethnicities is not given or remains unidentified; 6,148 ; Birthplace unidentified 60,323; Slave trade voyage on which slaves arrived: about 250 distinct ships, many making several voyages, coming from ports in Africa, The Caribbean and the US. A must for anyone researching Louisianna...I will keep you posted when I get specific info when it will be available. Selma - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion - - To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu - - In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas - - - - Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/

Emigrants from Holland, Immigrants to you! Hello, As "Historisch Genootschap Oud Soetermeer" we are looking for people out of Zoetermeer and Zegwaart in the province Zuid Holland in the Netherlands. We try to trace our emigrated inhabitants and their children and grand-children etc. This year our society celebrates the 50th anniversery, and that is the reason for this project. If you, or your family is coming from Zegwaart or Zoetermeer, please contact me, Marjolijne Vijverberg-Kalkema email: kalkema@stad.dsl.nl or write to: E.W. van den Burg, Fr. Hendriklaan 32, 2712 EE Zoetermeer, Netherland Homepage: http://stad.dsl.nl/~dyngeman Met vriendelijke groet, Marjolijne E. Vijverberg Kalkema kalkema@stad.dsl.nl GWZ Homepage : http://come.to/gwz

Michelle, I don't have a whole lot of info for you but can point you in the right direction. Firstly, I strongly suggest you repost your message to the South Africa list on roostweb. Go to www.rootsweb.com, locate the SA list and subscribe. The people there are very helpful. Next check out these websites: http://home.global.co.za/%7Emercon/ http://www.islandnet.com/~lkool/ Lastly, the Union-CastleLine operated the Cape stemship run and mail service from Liverpool. There was a recent post stating that the passenger lists are available at the PRO in Kew Gardens but they are filed by departure date and not indexed. So, you would have to be able to narrow the date to a very short span. There were sailings weekly! I see you are researching Baragwaneth. Is it only in Australia? I have one Baragwaneth in South Africa who was born there about 1925. I really haven't done any work on this family but always aske when I see the name!! Hope this helps you. Jean Campbell, Phoenix, Arizona USA

In the (19)60-ies or 70ies a woman with a maiden name Sieverdink emigrated from Great Britain (I believe from London) to South-Africa. Can anyone give me information abouit this woman ? I would be very obliged if you could help Thanx in advance Albert Sieverdink

>From: Roots Web Review >CENSUS PROJECT UPLOADS (DURING THE PAST WEEK) TO THE USGENWEB >ARCHIVES (DIGITAL LIBRARY) <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb> > >Shoshone County, Idaho 1870 (partial) transcribed by Jack Murray > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/id/shoshone/census/1870/> >Pickens County, Alabama 1880 transcribed by Charlie Ward > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/pickens/census/1880/> >Baltimore, Maryland 1850 (partial) transcribed by Pauline Leitner > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/baltimore/census/1850/> >Tishomingo County, Mississippi 1840 > transcribed by Bobbie Brewer Wilson > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/tishomingo/census/> >Hockley County, Texas 1920 transcribed by Joy Peacock Waggoner > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/hockley/census/1920/> >Lawrence County, Missouri 1850 (partial) > transcribed by Rickie Sue Riggs > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/lawrence/census/1850/> >Opelousas Parish, Louisiana 1810 transcribed by Carol Walker > <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/stlandry/census/1810/> > > > >PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from ROOTSWEB REVIEW is granted >unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint >is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; (2) full credit >is given to RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative and the author >involved, in a notice crediting RootsWeb Review (volume, number, >publication date, and the address of RootsWeb's main Web page at ><http://www.rootsweb.com>) and the author (name, e-mail address, >and URL, if applicable). AUTHORS MUST ADVISE THE EDITORS AT THE >TIME OF SUBMISSION OF AN ARTICLE for consideration for >publication in ROOTSWEB REVIEW if their special permission to >reprint is required. > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>A Crosspost From: "peabody@vancouver.wsu.edu" "Sue Peabody" >To The Slavery List moderated by Steven Mintz, U. Houston" <SMintz@UH.EDU> > >MAKING HISTORY, CONSTRUCTING 'RACE' >Situating 'Race' in Time, Space and Theory > >An multidisciplinary conference at the University of Victoria >October 23-25, 1998 >Victoria, BC, Canada ><http://web.uvic.ca/~pahonen/MHCR.html> > >EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1998. >Please register now! > >INVITED SPEAKERS include Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan Nation), Roy Miki >(Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada), Roxanna Ng (OISE/University >of Toronto, Toronto, Canada), Ali Rattansi (City University, London, UK), >Ann Laura Stoler (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA) and Sunera >Thobani (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada). > >The conference has over 70 presenters from nine different countries around >the world. Among the scheduled SESSIONS are: > >- Strange Fruit: 'Race' and Violence, Past and Present >- National Identities, Transnational Processes: Racial Constructions in >Twentieth Century US-Mexican Interactions >Race, Space and Citizenship >- Constructing Historical Identities: Race, Nation and Class >- 'Race' and War: Constructing the 'Other' in Wartime >- Racialized Identities in Modern Japan: Construction, Transformation and >Opposition >- International Emblems: Constructions of Race in Republican China, 1933-1947 >- A Critical Analysis of the Assimilation of Chicanas and Chicanos in the >Southwest 150 Years After the Treaty of - Guadeloupe Hidalgo: A Legal >Perspective >- Cultivating Conflict, Race and the Construction of Enmity >- Analysing Hybridities in Historical and Contemporary Contexts >- Bloodlines: 'Racial' Heritage and National Identity >- Configurations of 'Race' in South Africa >- Disorder, Desire and Deviance in Colonial India >- 'Race', Policy and the State >- Countering Racialisms in Academia and Education >- In Theory: Race in Popular and Academic Thought >- Race, Gender and Representation > >In addition, there are five social justice-oriented workshops >(preregistration required), literary readings, performances, video >presentations, etc. Please see the conference programme for more details at ><http://web.uvic.ca/~pahonen/MHCR.html>. > >For REGISTRATION and other information, please visit the CONFERENCE WEBSITE >at <http://web.uvic.ca/~pahonen/MHCR.html> or contact the Confence >Coordinator by >email at <mailto:racecon@uvic.ca> >fax at 1+ (250) 721-8772 >or by mail at >Making History, Constructing 'Race' Conference >Department of History >University of Victoria >P.O. Box 3045 >Victoria, B.C. >V8W 3P4 >Canada > >The conference is organised by University of Victoria faculty members and >graduate students together with Camosun College and a number of Victoria >area community groups. The aim of the conference is to bring together >scholars, students and activists to discuss issues relating to 'race', >racialisation and racisms, to strategize for the future and to generally >create closer links between people involved with these issues. The >organising committee will put a special emphasis on creating an informal >atmosphere to encourage exchange of ideas, constructive discussion, and >friendly interaction among the conference participants. That way, perhaps, >we will be able to facilitate the creation of stronger and more permanent >links and networks among the participants. Further, we hope the conference >will work as a vehicle to address issues relating to 'race' and racism in >the university. > >The conference is generously sponsored by the Canadian Race Relations >Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, >Multiculturalism British Columbia and the University of Victoria Faculty of >Humanities, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities Centre, >Department of History, Department of Political Science, Department of >Sociology, Department of Women's Studies, Office of Equity Issues and >President David Strong. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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

>Greetings, > >Below is the final listing, Company K, of Civil War pension recipients from >the 104th Infantry Regiment - USCT, South Carolina. To view the entire listing >consisting of more than 700 names, logon to: >www.blackcamisards.com/pen104th.html. > >The listing I have posted to the internet consists of all applicants >(including recipients), regardless of whether they were actually granted a >pension. Thus, the accuracy of the data is diminished because quite often >false applications were submitted and the reliability of information in those >(bogus) records are subject to question. > >However, you are welcome to peruse the list as you so desire. If you questions >about a particular indivual I might be able to help you out, so drop me a >line, at GourdinR@aol.com > >Rank FullName FullAlias >Pvt Ellis Bennett Ellison Frierson K >Pvt Toby Brisbone >Pvt Elias J. Brown >Pvt James Canty >Pvt Thomas Crain >Pvt Isaac Cummings Isaac Cormick >Pvt Mustapher Fraser Mustapher Fryerson >Pvt Robert Frierson Robert Reynolds >Pvt Strong Gadsden Gadson Strong >Pvt Solomon Geddis Solomon Frierson >Pvt James Hardy Hardy Miller >Pvt Peter Harris Peter Ancrum >Pvt Wallace Jackson >Pvt Benjamin Johnson >Pvt William Lesene William Desene >Pvt Robert Martin Robert Boykin >Pvt Merritt Mazon >Pvt Richard McCaskell >Pvt Benjamin McDonald Benjamin McDowell >Pvt Willis Mellott >Pvt Daniel Minor Daniel Brown >Pvt Jared? Montgomery >Cpl William Montgomery >Cpl Benjamin Murrell Benjamin McDonel >Pvt Frank Preston Frank Wacter >Pvt Squire Richardson >Pvt Henry Whitaker Henry Long >Pvt Simon Witherspoon > >Regards, > >John Raymond Gourdin > >Gourdin@aol.com > >www.blackcamisards.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/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

My grandfather was born in South Africa. one parent I guess was English. (my grandfather was white) He was sent to England as a baby in the 1880's with a nanny and financial resources for his education/upbringing. A London law firm created an original family name for him: Estdale. - All records of my grandfathers parents were obscured/destroyed. Is there any way of finding out more about who my grandfather was? All official sources in the UK are of no help. Regards Mark Estdale mark@psycy.demon.co.uk

Archive-name: genealogy/new_user Posting-Frequency: 15th of the month Last-Modified: 1997/03/28 Version: 1.6 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: To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get new_user end 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 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. *********************************************** For 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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 + Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/meta-faq.htm + Via email by sending the following message: To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get meta-faq end * 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. * 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. 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

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