The German American Heritage Center is sponsoring an all-day Genealogy Computing Workshop on 1 March 2003 in Davenport, Iowa. Michael John Neill, will be the presenter at this partially hands-on workshop. Topics covered will be online searching tips and tricks, using online maps, using the Family History Library Website, and more. Registration is limited. There is more information about the workshop at: http://www.rootdig.com/germanamerican.html Hope to see you there! Michael __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/

HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE REMOTE ACCESS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS New York Genealogical & Biographical Society members are now able to access the entire Heritage Quest Online database from their home computers, thanks to our latest agreement with ProQuest. Included in the Heritage Quest Online Genealogy and Local History collection are over 25,000 genealogies, family and local histories, city directories, and compiled vital records. The U.S. Census collection contains every census from 1790 to 1930 with the exception of 1900, which is expected to be available shortly. Records for 1790 - 1810, 1870, 1890, and 1910 are presently fully indexed and searchable (see p. 58, this issue). Additional databases due to be added to the collection include ProQuest's Newspaper Obituaries; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files; and Freedman's Bank Records, among others. A detailed look at this collection can be found at http://www.nygbs.org/. Lauren Maehrlein, MA Director of Education NY Genealogical & Biographical Society 122 E. 58th Street New York, NY 10022-1939 212-755-8532, ext. 36 [email protected]

PRESS RELEASE 18 February 2003 A FIRST FOR AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGY ROADSHOW 2003 15 - 29 April 2003 Sunshine Coast | Brisbane | Adelaide | Melbourne | Canberra | Sydney Ready to go and coming your way ... The Australian Genealogy Roadshow 2003, sponsored by Gould Genealogy and Sceya charts. This is a first for Australian genealogy enthusiasts and will give family and local historians around the country the opportunity to meet and hear overseas and local experts in their field. SEE THE EXHIBITION - Gould Genealogy - bringing Australia's largest range of genealogy products to you, including books, data CDs, software and more. - Sceya Charts - Wall chart printing, on-site chart printing - AFTC magazine - genealogy societies - all states - genealogy product suppliers - research services - family history book printers - Irish records .. and more HEAR THE EXPERTS >From the USA - Bob Velke, the president of Wholly Genes Software and developer of the world's most progressive genealogy program - The Master Genealogist. >From the UK - Rod Neep of Archive CD books. Archive CD books have produced an amazing 1000 hard to get books on CD-ROM since commencing 2 years ago. >From Australia - Robin Lamacraft of Sceya Charts, Australia's foremost family history chart design and printing company. EXPERIENCE THE ROADSHOW - Money saving vouchers and special roadshow offers from Gould Genealogy, Sceya and other exhibitors. - A once only low entrance fee of $15, or $10 for registrations received by 8 April 2003, to browse the exhibition, hear our experts and take part in the workshops and presentations. This gives you entry to the entire roadshow (all days and venues). VISIT THE ROADSHOW at any of the following venues: - Sunshine Coast - Tuesday 15 April at Caloundra Cultural Centre - Brisbane - Wednesday & Thursday 16-17 April at Powerhouse Hotel, Hamilton - Adelaide - Monday 21 April at Hotel Adelaide International - Melbourne - Wednesday & Thursday 23-24 April at The Centre, Ivanhoe - Canberra - Saturday 26 April at Olims Canberra Hotel, Braddon - Sydney - Monday & Tuesday 28-29 April At the Epping Club, Epping This will be a genealogy event unlike any other in Australia - taking genealogy into the future. For full details visit the Roadshow website: http://www.gould.com.au/roadshow/roadshow2003.htm Or contact Alona or Alan Phone: (08) 8396 1110 Fax: (08) 8396 1163 Email: [email protected] The Australian Genealogy Roadshow is sponsored by Gould Genealogy - www.gould.com.au Sceya Charts - www.sceya.com.au

WHAT: Lunch With Your Ancestors - exploring genealogy resources housed at Western Reserve Historical Society WHERE: Western Reserve Historical Society Library, 10825 East Blvd., Cleveland OH 44106 at University Circle in Cleveland, Ohio WHEN: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 -- 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. SUBJECT: Introduction To Family History - Getting Started Right. Topics: Organization, Home Sources, Source Citation, Federal Census COST: $10 - 1/2 price parking; $5 late fee for reservations after February 12th FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Ellsworth (216) 283-6451 or [email protected] or Post Office Box 181201, Cleveland Hts.OH 44218-1201 This class is part of the Genealogical Institute 2003 sponsored by The Genealogical Committee, a working auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society, whose purpose is to further the study of genealogy through meetings, lectures, seminars, and workshops; and to provide financial support in the acquisition of appropriate materials and equipment for the genealogical collections of the Society's Library.

Monmouth County (NJ) Genealogy Society Meeting Notice Date: Sunday, March 9th Time: 1:30pm Place: Eatontown Community Center, 68 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ Speaker: Miguel Hernandez, President of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society Lecture Topic: Spanish-American War For directions to the Community Center, please visit our website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmcgs/events.htm -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ukraine WorldGenWeb Country Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/index.html NJGenWeb: Genealogical Calendar of Events http://mywebpages.comcast.net/famhist/calendar.htm OKGenWeb County Coordinator: Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okadair/adaircty.htm Cherokee Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchero2/index.htm USGenWeb Archives - Oklahoma: Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb .com/~usgenweb/ok/adair/adair.html Michelle's Home Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mchub/shell.htm History & Images of Carteret, NJ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~mchub/carteret/

Hello colleagues The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will be held on Monday 24 February 2003 at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7:15 pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, bookstall, exchange journals etc. The subject of the talk at 8:00pm is "Maps and social and family history", by Lillian Gibbens. A well-known and excellent speaker, Lillian is sure to be covering ground here that will be very useful for many researchers. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions to get there, see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html For a list of future meetings of OFHS see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html Any queries, please contact me off-list. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

> I've also read that some of them can detect if you simply open their > email > and that encourages them to send you more. Laura, You are absolutely correct that your email addy can be obtained by spammers. If you allow html email, which you shouldn't, turn off "display images and embedded objects in HTML email". The reason for this, according to Apple computer, is that when the html email opens it has links embedded to go back to the spammer to get the images & objects contained within the email. The email is not sent, initially with the images & objects because the spammer doesn't know if the addy is valid and they won't waste bandwidth for obsolete email addy's. In order to send the images back to you they need your email addy. Since you allowed the html email to open, and the request for the images & objects was sent, the spammer now knows your email addy is valid because the request contains your email addy. Gotcha! This tip will not eliminate spam immediately, but over time will probably reduce the volume. The best solution, for Mac users, is Apple's application "MAIL". The spam filter within Mail is fantastic and the accuracy is phenomenal. The emails Mail determines are spam, and those I have taught it are spam, are directed to a SPAM folder. I check it once in awhile and then delete the spam. Sorry for the length, but everyone needs to know that html email is the devil's work. It may be prettier than plain text, but it is a virus worse than any other. If your email client doesn't allow you to turn off html email, then get another client. Glenn _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ I pledge allegiance to the DOS And the monopolistic juggernaut of Microsoft And to the mediocrity for which it stands One operating system, Under Bill, Uninspiring, With innovation and simplicity for none.

I was there once upon a time, also...1,000+ emails. Something that helped me, I took the time to open and UNSUBSCRIBE myself from numerous spam emails that I never asked for but somehow was receiving. By taking a minute to start UNSUBSCRIBING from all that garbage, it really helped to cut down on what I was receiving. The only web sites I visit are genealogy and eBay, so apparently anywhere you go the advertisers can pick up your email address. I've also read that some of them can detect if you simply open their email and that encourages them to send you more. Therefore, if there is something in the subject line that is clearly not something I want AND I do not know the sender...I simply delete it without opening it. I think this has contributed to cutting back on my emails. Now I stay right at 300-400 with a lot less spam. I hope this helps. Laura =============== In a message dated 2/16/2003 4:00:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > As a favor to those of us who get way to many emails, could the person > making announcements please place the city and state where the event will > be held in the subject line. > See I run down through the lists of email deleting as I go, right now I > have 1814 emails and if I take the time to read each email, I'll never get > through them.

Hi listers The second Bath Family History Fair takes place on Sunday 23 February 2003 at Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bath BA2 4ET. The doors open at 10am and the event finishes at 4pm. Admission is £2, with accompanied children free. For further details and a map of the events location, please see :- http://members.aol.com/aquarterma/datesandlocations.htm I'm pleased to say that Oxfordshire FHS will have a stall at this event. The team for the day will be Hugh Kearsey, Jean Kearsey and Neil Bradshaw, and they will be armed with :- 1. supplies of CDs and microfiche for sale. 2. the society's bookstall, comprising our extensive range of Oxfordshire books for sale. 3. the society's computerised "Search Services", meaning that immediate look-ups can be done on our extensive range of indexes. For further details of some of what we'll have on our stall, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/mfiche.html http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html http://www.ofhs.org.uk/books.html http://www.ofhs.org.uk/searches.html Do please visit the Oxfordshire FHS stall and say hello ! Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

Due to inclement weather, today's meeting of the Clay County Genealogical & Historical Society, Piggott, AR has been postponed until next Sunday, February 23rd at the Piggott Public Library, Piggott, AR. from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. For more information, contact Shirley McMahon Garrett at [email protected] or telephone 1-573-888-3059.

Hi Audrey > I second that! I live in New Jersey, and if I see that it is an announcement about Arizona, I can just delete without seeing if the event is near me. Unfortunately, I don't have a state to put in the subject line - but I will try to help you by making it clear that we are a UK society ! Very best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

The Polish Genealogical Society of America (PGSA) will hold its 25th Annual Conference October 3 through 5 at the Ramada O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. Please visit the website at www.pgsa.org for further details as they become available.

In a message dated 2/15/03 9:23:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > As a favor to those of us who get way to many emails, could the person > making announcements please place the city and state where the event will > be held in the subject line. > I second that! I live in New Jersey, and if I see that it is an announcement about Arizona, I can just delete without seeing if the event is near me.......Audrey

As a favor to those of us who get way to many emails, could the person making announcements please place the city and state where the event will be held in the subject line. See I run down through the lists of email deleting as I go, right now I have 1814 emails and if I take the time to read each email, I'll never get through them. Thanks

2003, 5 April – The Genealogical Society of New Jersey and Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania are cosponsoring an all day educational seminar. Dr. George Redmonds, a noted British historian, will be the Keynote Speaker presenting two lectures "Surnames, Genes, and Family Origins" and "Kith and Kin -- Tracing Ancestors thru Their Names". Two other well-known speakers, John Konvalinka CGRS, CGL and Colin Brooks, will also present lectures -- "Discovering London's Genealogical Resources" and "Which Way Did They Go? Scotch-Irish Research". Other highlights of the day will include tours of the New Jersey State Archives and the State Library and a book fair/vendor exhibit area. For more information, and registration form go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/2003Spring.htm Joan M. Lowry mailto:[email protected]

The Western Reserve Historical Society Genealogical Committee is sponsoring a Bicentennial Series of Historic Genealogical Seminars scheduled for Saturday, March 22nd, Saturday, May 24th and Saturday, August 23rd, 2003. All three seminars will be held at Western Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Boulevard, conveniently located at University City in Cleveland OH. Themes for the seminars are "Ohio's Roots - Early Settlement," "Foundations of Ohio - The Canals and Railroads," and "Inventions, Immigrants, and Entrepreneurs." Each seminar will have a combination of Historical and Genealogical Speakers. Registration 9:30 a.m., seminars 10 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Please bring a brown bag lunch. Cost is $25 per seminar or $60 for all three. Please indicate which seminars you wish to attend. Make check payable to WRHS Genealogical Committee and mail to: WRHS Seminars, P. O. Box 1832, Mentor OH 44061-1832. For further information contact, Chairman, Brent Morgan at 216-382-7297 or Registrar, Nancy Leinweber at 440-257-9245. Seminar details: Seminar 1 - Saturday, March 22, 2003 Historical Speaker: Dr. George Knepper, Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, The University of Akron. Topics: Ohio's Roots - Early Settlement; The Native Americans; The Early Settlers. Genealogical Speaker: Jana Sloan Broglin, Swanton, Ohio. Topics: Ohio Early Wills & Estates; The Great Land Experiment; Hot off the Press - Newspapers 1700 to 2003. Seminar 2 - Saturday, Mary 24, 2003 - Foundations of Ohio - Canals & Railroads Historical Speakers: Jack Gieck, author of A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1912. Topic: The Canals. Chris Dawson, MA, Curator Urban & Industry History, WRHS. Topic: The Railroads [includes a sneak peek at the New York Central Photo Collection]. Genealogical Speaker/Topic being developed. Seminar 3 - Saturday, August 23, 2003 Historical Speaker: Edward Pershey, WRHS CMTI Task Force Leader. Topic: Inventions, Immigrants and Entrepreneurs. Genealogical Speakers: John J. Grabowski, PhD, WRHS Acting Library Director. Topic: Ohio's Ethnic Peoples. Duncan Gardiner, CG, author, professional, genealogist, lecturer. Topics: Austria-Hungary for the Genealogist; Czech Genealogy.

Please excuse my last post about the Louisiana Genealogists E-Mail Directory. It was not intended for this list and I'm not certain how it got posted to it. Judy RIffel

This is a test of the Louisiana Genealogists E_Mail Directory to which you have subscribed. An updated list will be sent to you shortly. If you wish to be removed from this directory, please e_mail Judy Riffel at [email protected] NEWS FROM LE COMITÉ DES ARCHIVES DE LA LOUISIANE The society has recently released its second volume of Shreveport Civil Death Records. This volume, covering the years 1902 to 1913, is available to Le Comité members at $27.50 and $37.50 to non-members. Volume 1 covering the years 1874 to 1902 is available to members for $27.50 and $32.50 for non-members, postpaid. Direct orders to Le Comité, c/o Ann Riffel, 2576 Bartlett St., Baton Rouge, LA 70805. The society will hold a Used Book Fair Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13, 2003, at the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge. A large number of used books and periodicals, both genealogical and non-genealogical, will be offered for sale at very low prices. Proceeds will go toward purchasing new books for the Archives Research Room. The hours on Saturday will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The society will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 14, 2003, at the Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, from 1:00 to 5:00. Speakers will be announced at a later date. NEWS FROM THE LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES IMPORTANT NOTE: The Research Room of the Louisiana State Archives will be closed beginning Friday, February 21st, through Sunday, March 9th, for carpet replacement and renovations. The Research Room will reopen Monday, March 10th, at 8 a.m. Volunteers are needed for several projects including the New Orleans Ship Passenger List Index for 1851 and 1852 and cataloging of the Nilson Map Collection. Anyone interested in assisting in the Ship Passenger List project is asked to contact Jane Aprill at [email protected] Anyone interested in assisting with the Nilson Map Collection is asked to contact Judy Riffel at [email protected] OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS Silent Histories, Crumbling Memories: The Forgotten Cemeteries of Imperial St. Landry Parish is a new exhibit at the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center that will run through August 31, 2003. This exhibit will tell the story of family cemeteries throughout Imperial St. Landry Parish, a parish that when it was divided became eight parishes - St. Landry (parish seat), Evangeline (1911), Acadia (1886), Imperial Calcasieu (1840), Beauregard (1911), Allen (1911), and Jefferson Davis (1912). It consists of 36 photographic images taken by Freddie Herpin, a local award winning photographer, and features mourning customs, meaning of symbolism on the grave markers, and ways to "date" burials. Cemetery tours will be offered in the Spring and Fall of 2003. The Museum is located at 315 N. Main St. in Opelousas and is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No admission is charged, but donations are accepted. For more information, contact Sue Deville at [email protected] The Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society will mark its 50th Anniversary and the 200th Anniversary of the Louisiana Bicentennial by holding a two-day annual meeting on Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, 2003, at the Holiday Inn South in Baton Rouge. Friday's lectures on Louisiana's precolonial and colonial history include: Richard Condrey on Louisiana's Native Americans; Robert de Berardinis on French Colonial Louisiana; Lee Woodward on Spanish Colonial Louisiana; Gregory Osborn and James Eberwine on Louisiana's African-Americans; and Claire Mire Bettag on Louisiana Repositories and Records. Elizabeth Shown Mills will speak on Saturday on the following topics: Ten Steps to a Solution: How to Analyze a Problem and Develop a Research Strategy; Genealogy in a Heinz 57 World: Old Myths, Modern Methods; The Identity Crisis: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Name, Right Man?; and Finding Females: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters and Paramours!. The conference fee is $30 for Frid! ay, $30 for Saturday, and $30 for the banquet. Register by March 1, 2003, and attend both Friday and Saturday and the banquet for a total fee of $75. Send registration to the LGHS, P.O. Box 82060, Baton Rouge, LA 70884.

The monthly meeting of the Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society in Piggott, Arkansas will be held on Sunday, February 16th from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. at the Piggott Public Library, 361 W. Main St., Piggott, AR. All visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Shirley McMahon Garrett, [email protected]

Quad Cities Genealogical Conference held 8:00am to 3:45am in Moline, IL at Viking Club 1450 - 41st Street. Speaker - J. Mark Lowe, nationally known reseacher and lecturer. Topics: "Finding Your Landless Ancestors", "Over The Mountain, Across the Plains---Using Electronic Records To Trace Our Ancestors", "Here Comes the Bride and There She Goes!!", "Out On A Limb, Trapped By Bad Research." Cost is $22.00 per person and includes conference handouts, coffee and a buffet luncheon. Commercial vendors will be onsite. For more information email: Eileen Nelson [email protected] or phone 309-796-2134.