Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 13:00:55 +1200 From: Prudence Miller <sculpt@es.co.nz> Subject: laminating v. encapsulating You asked if laminating was an option for preserving original documents. As a trained conservator of works on paper I would say a very definite, "No!" The pressure sensitive adhesive is not stable, the plastic has plasticisers hat leach out over time and the possibility of reversing the operation is virtually nil. However, to encapsulate the document would protect and preserve it ideally. Take two sheets of clear polyester film "Mylar" (a Dupont product) or "Melinex" (an ICI product) larger all round by an inch than your document. On one attach 3M or Scotchpar encapsulating tape #415 right round the edge. Place your document on this sheet. Remove the top layer of the 3M encapsulating tape and carefully lower the second sheet on top of the first starting from one side and easing out the air as you go until it is attached to the tape all round. Trim the edges with a craft knife and steel edged ruler, and remove the sharp corners by rounding with knife or scissors. The document should not touch the 3M encapsulating tape at all and is held in place by the static charge and will not move. Supplier? Try: Light Impressions Archival Supplies, 439 Monroe Avenue, P. O. Box 940, Rochester, NY 14603-0940, U.S.A. They have a wonderful catalogue full of excellent products for storage of precious items. Hope this helps, Regards, Prue <sculpt@es.co.nz> -------------------------------------------------------------------- John D. Stone jdstone@erols.com http://www.erols.com/jdstone Visit the "Latter-day Saints' Resources on the Internet" -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Death is a graduation day and a time of assessment to see what we have become. -- Sterling W. Sill (Ensign, November 1976, page 46) --------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks, I will pass this info about genealogy sites on to the people I teach. Linda Kay Czaplewska@aol.com wrote: > And just when you think you have been to THE coolest internet site..someone > sends a list of even cooler ones!! Internet genealogy..the final frontier!!! > Thanks tons!!! > Anne > > ==== GEN-ROOTERS Mailing List ==== > We all help one another in the hopes of finding the piece of the puzzle that will show us our own ancestors. > > listowner questions to AZDEE@aol.com

Hi, Didn't realize was sending to the entire group!! Sorry about that!! Dianne

Hi Everett, I unsubscribed you. If you have any questions or need any links to sites to search please email me and I will be glad to help. Dianne

I'm afraid that all the info coming to me is confusing at the moment. Let me unsubscribe until I get my ducks in a row. Many thanks. Everett (EW042300@AOL.com

PERSI is also available online at http://ancestry.com and on microfiche at the Family History Centers. Also, it is $7.50 to order one item or six. So, it's a good idea to pool orders with a friend as I do. Whenever either of us wants to get an article, we get together and choose 6 items to order. Maureen Sullivan Fort Worth, Texas

From: ellio@wn.com.au (Alex & Coral Elliot) With all the update on Temples being built around the world i thought i would tell you about the great excitement here in Australia.We have a Temple to be built in Brisbane Queensland.It shows us how much Temple work needs to be done.Regards Coral.

PERSI is an ongoing project, as I understand it, by the Allen County Public Library. It's an index of genealogical periodicals, and is available on CD from Ancestry.com. You can search by keyword, place name, surname, and various other ways...with the ability to mark and highlight, leave notes, etc. with the personal version. Once you have located articles that may be of interest to you, you can fill out a form from the Allen County Public Library, send it in and for 6 lookups it is $7.50 plus costs of copying. (You send $7.50 with the request and they bill you for the copies.) The nice thing about this is that you can access the articles even if you live on an island with no large library nearby (like me.) You can print out the form at: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/graphics/order_form.html Dianna in Kodiak aka Granny Pooh kpooh@ptialaska.net Visit Granny Pooh's Genealogy Site--one of the LARGEST online sites of old family photos! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3542/

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And just when you think you have been to THE coolest internet site..someone sends a list of even cooler ones!! Internet genealogy..the final frontier!!! Thanks tons!!! Anne

In a message dated 98-09-23 17:55:35 EDT, you wrote: > I'm interested in what the internet has to offer [re: genealogy] If you are new to the quest of genealogy on the internet, prepare to become overwhelmed by the vastness of what is available. Here are the "best sites" that I recommend to the "Genealogy on the Internet" seminars that I teach for my FHC and local Genealogy Societies. Most of them have links to other related sites: INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB GENEALOGY SITES (9/98) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- CYNDI'S LIST OF GENEALOGY SITES ON INTERNET -- http://www.cyndislist.com Currently over 30,500 genealogy related links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 90 categories. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY SITE FINDER -- http://www.familytreemaker.com/links/index.html Drectory of genealogy sites on the Internet, featuring over 45,000 categorized and cross-indexed links with full descriptions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- US GENWEB PROJECT -- http://www.usgenweb.com/ INDICES -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ & http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html Entry point for US state & county websites. Information varies by locality. Can include historical info on county, details on courthouses, libraries and societies, surname lists, queries, "look-ups" in publications and/or searchable databases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY HOME PAGE http://www.genhomepage.com/ Guide to Web Sites for Help, Guides, Libraries, Software, Maps and Geography. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY HELPLIST -- http://posom.com/hl/ Site consists of locations and E-Mail addresses of volunteers who are willing to help others at little or no cost with specific items at locations near them, or help with other information easily accessible to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- FAMILY TREEMAKER'S INTERNET FAMILY FINDER -- http://www.familytreemaker.com/iffintro.html Fairly new and growing, it is designed to be a comprehensive search tool for locating names in genealogy data on the World Wide Web, including Family Tree Maker's Home Pages and Query Pages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY -- http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ Charts, forms, aids, special reference materials. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAPS -- http://www.nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/ Search database for place name (including towns, rivers, lakes, hills). Matches will be displayed with location information. Clicking on a Name will cause more detailed info (if any) such as Elevation, Population, and Description to be displayed. Another Click will result in generation of zoomable maps of the place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- SEARCHABLE DATABASES -- http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/ Provides links to original genealogical data on the internet that can be accessed without correspondence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ROOTS SURNAME LIST -- http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/rslsearch.html Searchable index of 480,000+ surnames -- find other researchers and/or register your own surnames. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY INDEX TO WWW -- http://members.aol.com/Genwebindx/index.htm Searchable index to surnames on WWW. Also feature "Puzzle Pieces" surname folders on more than 2,000 different Surnames. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENDEX, WWW GENEALOGICAL INDEX -- http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ This server indexes hundreds of databases containing genealogical data for over 6.8 million individuals, and gives you the ability to locate and view data of interest, without having to hunt up each of the databases separately. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ANCESTRY HOME TOWN -- http://www.ancestry.com/ Some of the best research tools on internet, from databases to expert advice, and free EMail newsletter. One new database added each workday -- most free to all for first 10 days. Others available to subscribers only ($7 mo/$50 yr). Currently over 660 searchable databases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- PARSONS TECHNOLOGY'S GENEALOGY REGISTRY -- http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/ An index and link to surnames in the Genealogy HomePages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ANCESTRAL FINDINGS -- http://web.mountain.net/~wfmoney/cd/ Search of CD-ROM indexes to Census, Marriage, Land records (limited to two names per day) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENEALOGYLIBRARY.COM -- http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/ Currently contains over 775 searchable books and databases, and is growing by 3 new books daily. Available only by subscription at $6 per month or $50 per year. Indexed in Family Tree Maker's Internet Family Finder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ Mailing lists are remarkably simple: you send an E-mail to the list's address, and the list retransmits that message to everyone who is subscribed. Use this site to subscribe to mailing lists relating to your surnames, geographical locations, ethnic or religious groups, genealogy programs, etc. and watch your mail box fill up.

Hi Anne, What kind of stories would you like to have - or sites? I run in to things all the time and get a lot of stories that never hit the list. Let me know and I will send you what you are looking for if I have them. Dianne

Hey, Kevin, If you run across any great internet/genealogy sites or stories, I'd LOVE a copy as I find myself teaching a class this fall at the Stake Center on the same subject! There are A LOT of patrons out there that are interested in this--we figure we'll have to repeat the class because one will be too large! This list is the BEST!!! Take care, Anne

At 09:29 PM 9/22/98 Dianne wrote: >HI Everyone, >I have made a new page with some of the suggestions on the how-tos when it >comes to keeping track of research. Please take a look and let me know what >you think- But lets not clutter the list up with comments so please write to >me by clicking here.... <A HREF="mailto:azdee@aol.com">azdee@aol.com</A> >Thanks Dianne, Please give us the URL of your "new" page. Thanks, --John -------------------------------------------------------------------- John D. Stone jdstone@erols.com http://www.erols.com/jdstone Visit the "Latter-day Saints' Resources on the Internet" -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Death is a graduation day and a time of assessment to see what we have become. -- Sterling W. Sill (Ensign, November 1976, page 46) --------------------------------------------------------------------

GENEALOGY ON THE WEB Recommendation: "Ancestry.com" website See http://www.ancestry.com/gems.asp <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/gems.asp">Link</a> Genealogical research has come a long way. Genealogy used to mean searching through dusty old records in dimly-lit church archives or libraries. Later, it progressed to spending hours in front of a microfilm reader straining to make out the vague films, wearing out forearms operating the manual cranks, carefully copying dates and names, hoping you weren't making any mistakes. Enter the computer age. And even better, enter the Internet! There is now a whole new world of genealogical resources available to be tapped and researched, from the comfort of your own computer terminal. One of the great treasure-troves of information on the Internet is the Ancestry.com website. The company, based in Orem, Utah, launched its web site last year and now has over 100 million searchable records online, from some 665 different databases! And new databases are added every business day. Whether you're a beginner or a professional, there is material there that will be helpful for your research. Many of the databases are available for free access; some are available only to members who have paid a subscription price. The most popular free databases include the Ancestry World Tree and the Social Security Death Index. The pages include hundreds of notes and instructional articles to help both beginners and advanced genealogists; a store where books, software, and other materials can be ordered; and links to other resources and online services. You can contribute your research to the "Ancestry World Tree" and find out who else has researched your lines. You can access maps and gazeteers. There's a daily news update to help keep up with added databases and developments that can help your research. You can participate in genealogy chats, where you can ask questions and get help on your problems. You can even get an e-mail account ("your-name@ancestry.com") to help with your research! Whether you're an experienced researcher, or just an "ordinary" member who feels a desire to get started on genealogy, this is a great place to start. Check out this address: See http://www.ancestry.com/gems.asp <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/gems.asp">Link</a> You can also contact Ancestry.com at 1-800-ANCESTRY (1-800-262-3787). They are open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday through Saturday, closed Sundays. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1998, LDS-Gems - distributed on the Internet via the LDS-Gems mailing list. Messages may be forwarded to individuals if this trailer is included, but may *not* be re-posted publicly without permission. LDS-Gems webpage: http://www.lds-gems.com/ To subscribe to LDS-Gems, send a message to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "subscribe lds-gems" (without quotes) in the message body; or to leave the list, say "unsubscribe lds-gems". David Kenison, Orem, Utah - dkenison@xmission.com

So sorry!! http://members.aol.com/CD642US/ptone.html Dianne

Hi List, I need to know if anyone knows if there is a census list on the net for 1900 and 1910 for Page County Iowa and if so where can I find it? Thank you very much. Marilyn

I was fortunate enough to be able to be in Columbus, OH when President Hinckley annouced the building of a temple there. When he asked if we needed a temple in Columbus, the crowd (in mild shock) answered, "Yes." rather quietly. Then he asked if we wanted a temple and the crowd answered louder. Finally he asked if we were worthy of a temple in Columbus. By then the crowd was so worked up that they answered as if one voice, "YES!!!!!!!!!" It was the most memorable time of my whole life (except for my temple marriage and having my young son sealed to us.) It's no wonder that my favorite song is "We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet." Karen

Hello! I am just joining the search for family. Much of the work has been done on my direct lines, but married into a family with little work done and almost no stories! I'm interested in what the internet has to offer, and am excited to take part in this marvelous work. I am interested in all advise available from each of you. Also, my ward's RS is interested in doing a homemaking workshop on genealogy on the net, and they have asked me to gather info. If there are any suggestions for this please email me! Surnames I am searching CALL, TIPPETS, DECKER, PARSONS, SIMMONS ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Thanks for the help with PAF. Heidi dpetty@juno.com Researching ELLIS (MA,NY,MI, WI, IA, ND) and HERRICK (NY, WI, IA) _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]