COMRADES AND COLLEAGUES Find lost British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand military friends from this database of military personnel and military units. Find Army, Navy, and Air Force Personnel simply by specifying the persons name or the military unit that they served in. http://www.comradesandcolleagues.com WILKES CO, GA GENEALOGY The premier site for Wilkes County, Georgia Genealogy. This site contains transcriptions of actual records pertaining to family history research. http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/index.shtml AUSTRALIA. KILMORE & DISTRICT WORLD WAR 1 SOLDIERS AND NURSES. A list of district soldiers and nurses from Kilmore, Victoria compiled by Heather Knight from various sources. (Please help if you can identify those known only by surname and initials, supply more information, or add the name of a soldier or nurse.) http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kilmore/WW%201%20Soldiers.htm MASSACHUSETTS, PLYMOUTH. HINGHAM "OLD SHIP" CEMETERY. Alphabetic listing (including last, first, and middle names, title, date of birth, date of death, section, plot, and lot) of 3,953 burials at Hingham "Old Ship" Cemetery (operated 1637 to the present; cemetery records on site and searchable by appointment) located in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Links to other Hingham cemeteries (Fort Hill, High Street, Hingham Centre, Liberty Plain, and Saint Paul's Church). http://www.geocities.com/richardsouther/Hingham.Cemetery.html Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002

Tomorrow Jan 21 PBS is showing Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey at 8 or 9pm on most of its stations. Check your local listing for the time. A few are showing it on different days this week. This looks like it may be an interesting program on migration patterns which have been ascertained from archeological evidence and DNA evidence. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

All Icelandic Genealogy Information Now Online .. with two "tiny" problems Online "instant genealogy" has arrived, at least for the citizens of one island nation. Any resident citizen of Iceland can go online, type in a tiny bit of information, and then see a complete list of ancestors for the past 400-plus years. The database reportedly contains records of 99% of the residents who lived within the past 400+ years. An online database known as "Íslendingabók" was opened to the public this week. This is a nearly complete database of all available Icelandic genealogy information. That's right: nearly all known genealogy information for the island of Iceland -- and that's a lot of information! Iceland has genealogy records to be envied by residents of other countries. The new Web site includes information about every living Icelander and his or her ancestors, going all the way back to the original settlement of Iceland in the 9th century or as far as records exist. (Privacy of information for living individuals does not seem to be an issue in Iceland.) Almost any Icelander can go online and look up his/her family tree that is fairly complete back to 1650 or so, often with some branches extending back for more than 30 generations. This project started 15 years ago and has now finally reached the point where it can be made accessible to the public. Use of the database is free of charge. You can see it at http://www.islendingabok.is. Of course, there are two tiny problems anyone in other countries who is researching Icelandic ancestry: 1. The entire site is in Icelandic. 2. Access to the database requires an Icelandic ID number (I assume that is something like a U.S. Social Security Number.). I suppose there is a good chance that people researching Icelandic ancestors are fluent in the language. However, the Icelandic ID number may be a stumbling block for descendants living elsewhere. The creators of the site say that their first priority was to get the site online and available for those who will use it the most: Icelanders living on the island. Access for descendants of Icelandic emigrants will be enabled soon, and an English interface will be provided later. Small nation or not, it still boggles my mind that a free online database has a complete genealogy database for every living resident of an entire country for the past four and a half centuries, with many records going back 700 years or more! The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.RootsForum.com. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Perhaps, the most chief port in the European arena is the German port of Hamburg. Lists of persons departing the port of Hamburg are available beginning with 1850 and extending to 1934, with a gap from August 1914 through 1919 (due to World War I). The earliest of these lists, those compiled between 1850 and 1910, are actually divided into two sets. The Direct Lists include the names of passengers traveling directly to their final destinations without stopping. The Indirect Lists contain the names of those whose ships made stops prior to arriving at their final destination. Each of these sets has its own index referred to as the Direct Index and the Indirect Index respectively. Beginning in 1911, the two sets of lists were combined, and the result is covered by a single set of indexes. Before using any of these indexes, you should be aware that they are not indexes in the usual sense of the term. Rather, they are calendars, that is, annual lists arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the surname, then chronologically by the departure date. Under this system, if you are searching for someone with the Schmidt surname who emigrated to America some time between 1860 and 1865, you would have to search all of the "S" entries in the six calendars dated 1860, 1861, 1862 through 1865. Each passenger is listed by name, with his or her age, sex, place of origin, and destination. Although the U.S. arrival lists also give a place of origin for each passenger, these departure lists are more likely to give a detailed location, making it easier to determine the exact town of the emigrant’s previous residence. This can be invaluable in searching parish registers and other records of genealogical value. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists Directory of Online Transcriptions Germany to Philadelphia 1727-1808 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pagermanpioneers/ This webpage contains a directory of links to online transcriptions of the passenger lists in Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J. Hinke. More links will be added as they are found. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Read more of these fascinating bits at: http://www.state.deus/facts/ushist/revfacts.htm SHOULD BE: http://www.state.de.us/facts/ushist/revfacts.htm Little Known Revolutionary War Facts The Americans of 1775 had the highest standard of living and the lowest taxes in the Western World and the British wanted a piece of the cash flow and tried to tax the Colonists who resisted violently. There were two Boston Tea Parties. Everybody knows about the Sons of Liberty who dumped chests of tea into Boston harbor on December 16, 1773. Fewer know that the act was repeated on March 7, 1774. The two tea parties cost the British around $3 million in modern money. By 1779, there were more Americans fighting with the British than with Gen. Washington. There were no less than 21 regiments (estimated to total 6500 to 8000 men) of Loyalists in the British Army. Washington reported a field army of only 3,468. About one-third of Americans opposed the separation from England. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Little Known Revolutionary War Facts The Americans of 1775 had the highest standard of living and the lowest taxes in the Western World and the British wanted a piece of the cash flow and tried to tax the Colonists who resisted violently. There were two Boston Tea Parties. Everybody knows about the Sons of Liberty who dumped chests of tea into Boston harbor on December 16, 1773. Fewer know that the act was repeated on March 7, 1774. The two tea parties cost the British around $3 million in modern money. By 1779, there were more Americans fighting with the British than with Gen. Washington. There were no less than 21 regiments (estimated to total 6500 to 8000 men) of Loyalists in the British Army. Washington reported a field army of only 3,468. About one-third of Americans opposed the separation from England. Read more of these fascinating bits at: http://www.state.deus/facts/ushist/revfacts.htm Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

This site really has some really good ideas on how to organize. This is something I can really use. My idea of organization is moving things from one pile to another. You will find things to do on a weekly basis to get you more organized. To accomplish this major feat, check out the following site: http://www.dearmyrtle.com/my9601ck.htm "per Dear Mrytle" This is it! "MONTH #1" in your life as an *organized* person! (No giggling now!) As promised, here is the checklist of things to accomplish this month. By the end of the year, we SHOULD have just about everything of a family history nature organized. The kitchen, laundry and yard work will go to pot -- but then, who's perfect? Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Benedict Arnold, 1741-1801 Soldier. Best known for betraying his country to the British during the American Revolution. Born on January 14, 1741, in Norwich, Connecticut, of a prominent family. As a young man, Arnold worked for a druggist, fought in the French and Indian War, and engaged in trade with the West Indies. In 1767 he married Margaret Mansfield. When news of the battles of Lexington and Concord reached Arnold in April 1775, he set out at the head of a company of Connecticut militia for Cambridge, Mass., where George Washington was gathering an army to fight the British forces. His first engagement was the attack the next month on Fort Ticonderoga, where the British had a concentration of artillery. The operation was successful but Arnold got little of the credit, which went mostly to Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys. His second assignment was with an expedition against Canada. Leaving Cambridge on September 19, 1775, Arnold led his troops the length of Maine, by land and water and in snow and storms, reaching Quebec in early November. There he was joined by another column under General Richard Montgomery, which had come by way of Lake Champlain and Montreal. Together the two forces assaulted Quebec on December 31, but the attack failed, costing Montgomery his life and Arnold a severe leg wound. Arnold next went to Lake Champlain to prevent the British from using it as a highway from Canada to New York. He lost two naval battles on the lake in October 1776, but he had effectively delayed the British in their southward advance. In the same month Congress made Arnold brigadier general. The winter of 1776-1777 was an unhappy one for Arnold. His hot temper, impulsiveness, and impatience had earned him many enemies, who now made all sorts of accusations against him—of misconduct on the march through Maine, of incompetence on Lake Champlain, and more. Worse yet, Congress in February 1777 promoted five brigadier generals, all Arnold's juniors, to major general. Only Washington's pleas kept Arnold from resigning from the army. Fortunately, the coming of spring gave him the chance for a successful operation. While visiting his home in New Haven, Arnold heard of a British attack on American supply depots in Danbury, Conn. He rounded up the local militia and raced to stop the enemy. Although he got there too late to prevent the destruction of the supplies, he did rout the British. A grateful Congress advanced him to major general on May 2, but he was still below the other five in seniority. Meanwhile, he faced a formal charge of stealing goods and property from Montreal merchants during the Canadian campaign. He was exonerated, but his anger at the charges moved him to resign his commission in July 1777. Once again Washington pleaded with him, and Arnold reconsidered. Washington needed him for service in northern New York to block a bold British plan to split New England from the other colonies by sending Gen. John Burgoyne from Ticonderoga down the Hudson River to New York City. Burgoyne not only failed in his mission; he lost his whole army, which he surrendered at Saratoga, New York, in October 1777. Arnold played a major role in the two battles that culminated in the British defeat. Burgoyne himself said of Arnold "it was his doing." Congress rewarded Arnold by restoring his seniority among the major generals. Arnold's next assignment was command of the garrison at Philadelphia, which the British had evacuated in June 1778. He married Margaret Shippen, daughter of a wealthy Philadelphian, in April 1779. (His first wife had died some years earlier.) Moving in aristocratic circles, Arnold lived lavishly and beyond his means, and he soon found himself heavily in debt. At the same time he was being charged with a number of offenses connected with using his military office for private gain. He demanded a court-martial, which Congress convened in May. The verdict handed down in December found him not guilty of most charges but ordered Washington to reprimand him. The general did this, but mildly, in April 1780. By this time, however, Arnold had already started on the road to treason. Personally hurt by Congress's treatment and sorely in need of money, he had begun to funnel information on troop movements and strength of units to the British in exchange for money as early as May or June 1779. Early in the summer of 1780, he conceived the idea of turning over the strategic post at West Point, N.Y., to the English for £10,000. He persuaded Washington to place him in command there, but Arnold's plan fell through when his contact, Major John Andre, was captured on September 21 with incriminating documents. Andre was executed and Arnold fled to the British lines. Arnold spent the rest of the war in a British uniform fighting his own countrymen. In 1781 he went to London, where he died 20 years later on June 14, despised in America and forgotten in England. Biography Resource Center, © 2000 Gale Group Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 . .

Anyone interested in a list of "Epidemics, 1659-1918," just let me know and I'll send the list, runs three pages. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002

Czechoslovak Genealogical Society, International in Mesa, Arizona (for all list members in the Phoenix, AZ area) The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society, International is sponsoring a Third Winter Symposium to be held February 21-23, 2003 at the Sheraton Phoenix East in Mesa, Arizona. Saturday topics include: "What the Family History library DOES have for the Czech Genealogist", "The Odyssey of the Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917 to 1920", "Researching the Austro-Hungarian Empire", "Translating and Interpreting Eastern Bohemian Church Records", "A Mountain of Microfilm: acquiring and preserving the world's records", "Trends in Czech and Slovak Immigration History" and "Why Was the First Democracy in East-Central Europe Established in Czechoslovakia? Lessons for Today." Dinner with entertainment by the Rusyny Dance Troupe of Phoenix and Tucson. Sunday morning will provide registered conferees with the opportunity to exchange information within each of the archival districts. We have assembled some of the best speakers on genealogical, historical and cultural topics!Emphasis will be placed on research on the peoples of the land formerly known as Czechoslovakia. Speakers from Arizona, California, Minnesota and Utah. For details, call (763) 595-7799. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

INDEX TO MISSING PEOPLE FOUND IN VICTORIA POLICE CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris/missingpeople.html The details listed below were located in uncatalogued and unindexed police correspondence files held in the Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia. These items all have one thing in common: they were written by people outside Australia, to the police department in Victoria, in an attempt to locate 'missing' individuals. The persons sought could be long-lost relatives or friends; husbands or wives who had deserted their spouses; suspected bigamists; or even people who had been in Victoria and who had committed a crime while overseas. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Declaration of Intention At a meeting of the Board of the Provincial Council, held at the Court House * in Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 1727, one hundred and nine Palatines appeared, who, with their families, numbered about four hundred persons. These were imported into he Province in the ship William and Sarah, William Hill, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Dover, England, as by clearance from the officers of His Majesty's customs there. The said Plaster being asked if he had any license from the Court of Great Britain for transporting those people, and what their intentions were in coming hither, said that he had no license or allowance for their transportation other than the above clearance and that he believed they designed to settle in this Province.Col. Rec. III 283. All male persons above the age of sixteen did repeat and subscribe their names, or made their mark, to the following Declaration: " We subscribers, natives and late inhabitants of the Palatinate upon the Rhine and places adjacent, having transported ourselves and families into this Province of Pennsylvania, a colony subject to the crown of Great Britain, in hopes and expectation of finding a retreat and peaceable settlement therein, Do solemnly promise and engage, that we will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His present MAJESTY, KING GEORGE THE SECOND, and His successors, kings of Great Britain, and will be faithful to the proprietor of this Province; and that we will demean ourselves peaceably to all His said Majesty's subjects, and strictly observe and conform to the Laws of England and of this Province, to the utmost of our power and the best of our understanding." * Immigrants were usually qualified at the Court House, occasionally elsewhere. October 15, 1766, at the dwelling house of John Lawrence, Mayor of Philadelphia. January 13, 1767, and October 6, 1767, at the Office of Thomas Willing, Esq. December, 8, 1773, at the house of Peter Miller, Esq., in Philadelphia.-(Editor.) Source: A Collection of upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776; Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Second Revised Edition, 1876, Philadelphia; pp.414. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Dodge Co, Nebraska Genealogy Records http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedodge/ Example: UNITED STATES PATENTS - DODGE COUNTY NEBRASKA - RECORD BOOK C (1858-1864) Pre-emption Claim, DI 27 Jun 1859, DF 30 Jun 1860, Page 73 .. Military Land Warrant 80,335 to Asa Lander located by Matthew S Cotterell SW 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 8, and Lots 1 and 2 of SE 1/4 ?W 1/4 of Section 7, all in Township 17 north, Range 6 East. National Archives of Canada Considers Expanding Genealogy Services A recent survey prepared for the National Archives of Canada says that one-quarter of Canadians are willing to order and pay for services and products that can be used for genealogical research. These services could include on-line databases, family trees, conventions, and books on genealogy The report is part of a move by the National Archives to create a Canadian Genealogy Centre, a virtual center that will offer services, advice, and research tools for genealogists and the Canadian public. Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society library, located at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vermont: http://www.vt-fcgs.org Franklin County, Texas, Genealogy Society website - Includes a message board surnames, marriages, lookups, cemeteries, and other useful information for those researching ancestors in the Franklin County, Texas, area: http://www.mt-vernon.com/~skelly/ The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.RootsForum.com Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

50 Ways to Research Your Family Tree for Free http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800a.htm Calendar - Do you need to know what day the 12th September 1743 fell on? Type in any year & you’ll be presented with a calendar for that year. http://www.earth.com/calendar The Missouri Birth and Death Records Database is an abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1909 and that are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/birthdeath/default.asp Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

JewishGen Merges with the Museum of Jewish Heritage The following is a joint announcement from JewishGen and the Museum of Jewish Heritage: (New York, NY) - Effective January 1, 2003, JewishGen, a world renowned Jewish Genealogy website, will become a division of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. The Boards of the Museum and JewishGen approved the plan in December. An Internet pioneer, JewishGen was founded in 1987 by Susan E. King and has grown from a bulletin board with only 150 users to a major grass roots effort, bringing together hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide in a virtual community centered on discovering Jewish ancestral roots and history. On JewishGen, researchers share genealogical information, techniques, and case studies. With a growing database of more than seven million records, including some material from previous centuries, the website is a forum for the exchange of information about Jewish life and family history and has enabled thousands of families to connect and re-connect in a way never before possible. "For many Jews, knowledge of their family history perished in the Holocaust; JewishGen fills in the missing pieces of the puzzle," said Dr. David G. Marwell, Museum Director. "Our Museum allows visitors to identify with the themes of 20th century Jewish history and has helped our public to identify with Holocaust survivors and opened new doors of understanding. With JewishGen, we will be able to take our message worldwide." "Genealogy research is much more than just searching for names, dates, and places," said Susan King, founder of JewishGen. "It is vitally important that researchers also understand the details of Jewish heritage and history; the Museum provides context for the lives being researched. That's what makes this relationship so exciting. Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will also allow us to professionalize what has been an all-volunteer effort." Ms. King, who will report to Dr. Marwell, will be the Managing Director of JewishGen and will remain in Houston, where JewishGen is based. Among JewishGen's features are the Family Tree of the Jewish People, containing data on more than two million people; the Yizkor Book Project, an ongoing effort to translate memorial books which contain previously inaccessible information on the fate of Jewish communities and their inhabitants affected by the Holocaust; and the Holocaust Global Registry, a central database of and for Holocaust survivors and their families. The Holocaust Global Registry is already responsible for re-connecting several families after more than 60 years of separation. The Museum is located on the waterfront of Lower Manhattan in Battery Park City. The Museum's core exhibition is organized around three themes: Jewish Life a Century Ago, The War Against the Jews, and Jewish Renewal. With more than 2,000 photographs, 800 artifacts, and 24 original documentary films on display, the Museum uses personal stories and artifacts to present 20th century Jewish history and the Holocaust in a context of universal truths that speak to people of all ages and backgrounds. The Museum is in the middle of an 82,000-square-foot construction project that will contain a theater, classrooms, and special exhibition space, among other facilities. The East Wing, set to open in fall 2003, will enhance the Museum's mission of remembrance and education. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Great site. Someone from this list went to the cemetery in Lone Jack, Jackson Co, MO and took digital photos of some family tombstones .. and within two days I had them downloaded and safely stored away. Sally ========== Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. http://www.raogk.org/ Originally begun by two researchers who saw the need for such a service in their region. This small site grew very rapidly from just a statewide service to an international one. Many Internet researchers give of themselves unselfishly in aiding others in their research. This project expands on this premise by going one step further: The 4293 volunteers of this movement have agreed at least once per month to do a research task in their local area as an act of kindness. The cost to you would be reimbursing the volunteer for his expenses in fulfilling your request (video tape, copy fees, etc.). This is not a FREE service. Successful genealogical research is based upon people helping people. Our volunteers unselfishly provide information available in their area to those who live far away. We ask that you return to this site after being helped in order to return the favor in YOUR home area to someone else! If just one person volunteers from each county in the United States, and from other countries, once per month, researchers everywhere will benefit tremendously! Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

You’ve finally had the breakthrough you’ve been waiting for. That family line you thought must have appeared out of thin air has been located in a book, or in a database you found. And suddenly you have five, maybe seven generations of new information taking your pedigree back to the middle ages. Now your enthusiasm is elevated. You are excited about this family line, and you’re sure you can push it back even further. You can hardly wait to get to the library, or back to your computer and give chase once again. Don’t! I’m not saying your enthusiasm is misplaced. But, just because you’ve had some success you shouldn’t throw out the fundamentals of good research. Sure you want to make even more progress. But, take some time to make sure of what you have before you go off on what could be a fruitless journey. Avoid further frustration by taking time to evaluate what you have found. Go over it just as you should have done when you first began your genealogical research. Check the dates to make sure they match up. This is a good way to see if someone else has matched up people from the same generation (the father or mother is too young to have children), or if they have missed a generation (the father or mother is too old to have children). If you see a problem with dates, check the source to see if it was just a typo, or if the underlying research was bad. Look at the names. It is quite common for sons to be named for fathers, and for daughters to be named for mothers. But, if you see a father and mother with the same names as son and daughter-in-law, look a little closer. At times, some genealogists have been frustrated with trying to place a family they are sure belongs, but haven’t been able to fit in properly. So, they have just put the family in twice to fill the gap. Check out the localities involved. Our ancestors could be very mobile, so quite a bit of movement should be expected. But, there are warning signs of poor research. For example, if all of the children were born in one locality every two or three years, while a single child (often the one you would be descended from) was born in a different town a hundred miles away, you should be leery. This may have been an attempt to "graft" an ancestor into a known line that has no connection to the right one. Even when you are convinced the research is good, check as many of the facts as possible to see if there is something that was not seen by a previous researcher. For example, if the information on a family was derived solely from a will or other probate record, it may be missing mention of children or other relatives who had died prior to that time. Data on these people might be found in other records, such as census schedules or church registers. Or, if information came from a family Bible, it may be missing localities. Again, church registers may help supply the missing data. Once you have done the "fundamentals", go ahead full speed with your attempts to find more of the family line. Without the fundamentals, you might just wind up spinning your wheels. Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

Irish Genealogy.com Every now and then, we like to alert you to a web site that has some very good information and gives direction to people with specific areas of interest. One of these web sites is Irishgenealogy.com. When visiting this site, you will discover some links to a number of great databases, genealogy news, some online classes and links to information within counties of Ireland. These links include some pages that have historical background, as well as links with current contact information that will help in your personal search. You will also find a page that has a link to all of the surnames of interest to this researcher. This is a great resource because you never know if there might be a link to your family. If you have Irish roots, this is a web site that is worth a visit. www.irishgenealogy.com Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 .

PBS - They Came to America Wednesday, January 8, 2003 9:30 - 11:00 pm This program shares the poignant and satisfying stories of a wide range of immigrants to the U.S., from Pulitzer-winning author Frank McCourt to Holocaust survivor and Congressional representative Tom Lantos. The ninety-minute special features interviews with more than two dozen immigrants or their descendants with stories of their trip to America from China, Poland, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Greece, Korea, and many other countries Immigrants speak of their hopes and fears, the details of their actual journey to America, the culture shock they faced upon arrival, and their pursuit of the "American Dream." >From Megan Smolenyak, lead researcher: "They Came to America is not only enjoyable viewing, but also an excellent means of helping us understand the choices and sacrifices our immigrant ancestors made to secure a better future not only for themselves, but for all of us who continue to reap the benefits of their bold decisions decades, generations, and even centuries later. Why not skip your usual ancestral Internet surfing on the evening of 8 January to learn a little more about their lives?" Visit PBS.org or your local PBS station to confirm the viewing time in your location. If you watch it, then be sure to come back and tell us what you thought! Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002