URL: http://genealogygenius.com/UScensusform1930.aspx TITLE: GenealogyGenius.com DESCRIPTION: Free downloadable U.S. Census Template forms in Word format. Enter data Directly on your computer, save and share with Other researchers. No registration or unzipping required. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Online genealogy just got easier By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 05/18/2007 08:09:23 PM MDT For the first time ever, the LDS Church is joining forces with various archives, libraries and family-history Web sites in an effort to open a floodgate of free records and images onto the Internet. Under the Records Access program, unveiled this week at a conference of genealogists in Richmond, Va., the collaboration will provide free services to archives and other records custodians who wish to digitize, index, publish and preserve their collections. Here's how it works: An army of volunteers will continue to index data from 2.4 million rolls of microfilm being housed at the LDS Church's Granite Mountain Records Vault, as well as digitize and index data from other sources. They will collect information already indexed at other sites. Then the records will be posted on the church's Web site, FamilySearch.org, and opened to the public. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' new program will speed up the process of indexing and posting billions of records and reduce costs for each party involved, said Steve W. Anderson, marketing manager for FamilySearch.org. "It is Google with a twist," Anderson said. "It is both a content Web site and a portal to other sites." This is a "welcome move," said Tim Sullivan, CEO of Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com. "We absolutely do not view the church as a competitor." For the past decade, Ancestry.com has spent $100 million digitizing and indexing records from archives in many countries. It already has posted more than 6 billion records online. While it is considered the market leader of online genealogy, Ancestry is not among the church's partners in its Records Access program. "There are gazillions of records that all of us need to get online. We are thrilled that others can get into it. It's only going to help us as a company," Sullivan said. "The church's model to have volunteers, nonpaid indexers, is intriguing but unproven and has a ways to go before it could scale to the way we digitize records." Anything the church does, though, will move the whole industry forward. The Records Access program's first project is Revolutionary War pension records, which contain information on an individual soldier's rank, unit, date mustered in and mustered out, basic biographical information, medical information and military service assignments. These files often include supporting documents, such as narratives of events during service, marriage certificates, birth records, death certificates, pages from family Bibles, family letters, depositions of witnesses, affidavits, discharge papers and other supporting papers. As part of the agreement, FamilySearch will digitize the images currently held in the National Archives Record and Administration's (NARA) collection in Washington, D.C., and Footnote.com will create the electronic indexes. When complete, the images and indexes of this vast collection of information will be viewable at the more than 4,500 LDS Church-run family-history centers around the world. They also will be available online at FamilySearch.org and through project partner Footnote.com. "With this system, everybody wins," Anderson said. "Archives get their collections digitized, genealogy Web sites like Footnote.com get to post their records and users get records that wouldn't be available otherwise." pstack@sltrib.com Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Ancestry.com Launches Largest US Military Records Collection Available Online The following announcement was written by The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com is announcing it has launched the largest collection of U.S. Military records available and searchable online, featuring more than 90 million names that span more than four centuries of American history from the 1600s through Vietnam. This U.S. Military Collection includes exclusive record sets such as the only complete collection of WWI draft registration cards and commemorative military yearbooks and newspapers. Combined, the records bring to life the stories and sacrifices of the millions of brave men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Inside the U.S. Military Collection Ancestry.com’s U.S. Military Collection captures all major wars and conflicts from American history, including the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts as well as the Spanish-American War and the War of 1812. The eclectic volume of records features more than 700 databases and titles and 37 million images of original and often personally autographed documents including: .. World War I and World War II draft registration cards .. Prisoner of war records from the War of 1812, Civil War, World War II, and Korea .. Muster rolls (unit rosters) for the Marine Corps 1893-1958 and WWII U.S. .. Navy Aircraft Carrier Muster rolls, 1939-1949 .. U.S. Military burial registers 1768-1921 .. Service Records from Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War .. Civil War Pension Index .. Casualty listings from WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam .. WWI and WWII Stars and Stripes Newspapers .. Young American Patriots Military Yearbooks (post WWII) Rare historical media such as the United Newsreel Motion Pictures (1942 – 1945) are another highlight of the collection, making Ancestry.com the only online source for all 267 counter-propaganda films shown in U.S. Theaters and abroad during WWII. Produced by the Office of War Information and financed by the U. S. Government, the United Newsreels consisted of several short stories concerning allied military operations and were reportedly released in sixteen languages. Newsreels were also dropped behind enemy lines in a German language version and distributed in friendly and neutral countries. Beginning now through June 6th (D-Day), Ancestry.com will make its entire U S. Military Collection free to the public. For more information on Ancestry com’s U.S. Military Collection, visit www.ancestry.com/military. In order to see the new titles added to Ancestry for this military release, go to www.ancestry.com/military and view titles by war/conflict. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Do you have these web sites? Some 'might' have a charge for some of their services. www.history.com www.quaker.org www.publicrecq.blogspot.com/# www.countyhistory.com Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

I am a Family Search Indexer. I want to encourage everyone who has a computer with internet access and who can find a couple hours a week to sign up as an indexer. Two hours a week isn't much, and I have completed some of the assigned sheets in about half an hour. I can then quit for the week, or download another. Each page of records is read twice by two separate individuals. The computer compares them, and if there are differences, they're flagged for a third person to look at. This means that they're likely to have a higher degree of accuracy than if only one person looks at it. Doesn't mean perfection, because the records they're working from aren't perfect either, but every little bit helps, and they do try to make it as accurate as they can based on what they're working with. People do not need to be Mormon to help. In fact, if only Mormon genealogists help, it'll take a lot longer, because there are in the neighborhood of 3 million reels of microfilm, and several thousand microfiche cards. But if everyone with inter net access would commit to doing a page or two per week (you get a week to complete an assignment before they give it to someone else--this way they can start and finish a given project in a reasonable amount of time.) My husband and I have worked on Missouri, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and I notice that California, Washington, Illinois and several others are up to be done. I did three yesterday (and attended Church), and did one this morning...may do one this evening. If I can do some, probably everyone could do some if they're willing. It might be fun to have a roll call every week and see how many pages of indexing were done by folks on the list...and what places were done. March saw 4.5 million done, April over 7 million (not sure if that's names or pages, but either way that's a lot of folks, and it's just getting rolling.) See you at the indexing. Karen ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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This is perhaps the most important genealogy announcement of the past few years. The following announcement was written by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: FamilySearch Unveils Program to Increase Access to World's Genealogical Records Tidal Wave of Online Databases Will Result SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FamilySearch announced today its Records Access program to increase public access to massive genealogy collections worldwide. For the first time ever, FamilySearch will provide free services to archives and other records custodians who wish to digitize, index, publish, and preserve their collections. The program expands FamiliySearch's previously announced decision to digitize and provide online access to over 2 million rolls of copyrighted microfilm preserved in the Granite Mountain Records Vault. A key component of the program allows FamilySearch and archives to team with Genealogy websites to provide unprecedented access to microfilm in the vault The combined results ensure a flood of new record indexes and images online at www.FamilySearch.org and affiliated websites. The plan combines the assets and experience of the Genealogical Society of Utah with the state-of-the-art technology resources of FamilySearch-all under the single brand name of FamilySearch. The Records Access program allows records custodians to publish their data online by themselves or with the assistance of FamilySearch or affiliate genealogical websites and Historical societies. "Records custodians worldwide are experiencing growing pressure to provide access to their records online while maintaining control and ownership. At the same time, websites that provide digitizing and publishing services are struggling with the staggering costs," said Wayne Metcalfe, director of Records Services for FamilySearch. "The new Record Access program takes advantage of FamilySearch's resources and creates an economical and effective forum where record custodians and genealogical websites can work together to accomplish their respective objectives," added Metcalfe. Working with the records custodians, FamilySearch can leverage its extensive microfilm and growing digital image collection to create digital images for affiliate genealogical websites at a fraction of the cost. The affiliate genealogy organization will create indices of the digital images and then publish the images and the indices on its own website, the archive's website or a jointly published site. A copy of the index will also be made available for free on the popular FamilySearch website, which will help drive traffic to record images on the custodians' or affiliates' sites. Full free access to both the indices and images will be provided to family history centers, FamilySearch managed facilities, and the archives. If the record custodian seeks revenue to sustain operations, a small fee may be required to access images outside FamilySearch managed facilities or the Archive. For archives and heritage societies, the new program benefits include: Digitally capture, preserve, and publish records online Increase access to records while maintaining control and ownership Increase patronage and business viability Over 100 years of archival and publishing experience For genealogy websites, the new program helps them: · Benefit from the knowledge and relationships of FamilySearch with the archival community worldwide · Significantly lower costs associated with acquiring, preserving, or providing access to data · Increase business viability and website traffic · Leverage an open platform that develops value-added services around FamilySearch, the world's largest repository of genealogical data. Under the program, FamilySearch will also provide tools and assistance to records custodians who want to publish parts of their collection using state-of-the-art digital cameras, software, and web-based applications. The archive can work with an affiliate, historical society, or FamilySearch to index the images or host a website for the records custodian. The index of the record collection will be available for free on FamilySearch, and the records custodian's site will provide access to the images for free or a fee depending on the needs of the archive and those assisting in the Digitization. One example of the tools FamilySearch can provide is FamilySearch Indexing, a web-based application that engages tens of thousands of volunteers worldwide to create searchable indexes linked to the digital images created by FamilySearch. "Through mere word-of-mouth promotions, literally tens of thousands of volunteers are already joining this effort to index the world's records by registering at FamilySearchIndexing.org and donating a few minutes a week online to the effort. Over 100,000 volunteers are expected to enlist in the initiative by year end with the numbers increasing as more projects-particularly international projects-are added," said Paul Nauta, manager of Public Affairs for FamilySearch. FamilySearch will announce the first collaborative projects of its new Records Access program during the National Genealogical Society (NGS) Convention in Richmond, Virginia, the week of May 14, 2007. Many more Project announcements are expected in the following months. Record custodians and archives that would like additional information regarding the FamilySearch Records Services can contact Wayne Metcalfe (metcalfewj@gensocietyofutah.org) and genealogy web service providers should contact Dave Harding (hardingdp@ldschurch.org). FamilySearch (historically known as the Genealogical Society of Utah) is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch maintains the world's largest repository of genealogical resources accessed through FamilySearch.org, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and over 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Massachusetts records have been open and unrestricted for 365 years. Help Us to keep it that way by supporting the work of MGC with your letters to the legislators in this state. Information follows for both residents and Non-residents of Massachusetts. The 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties states: "Every Inhabitant of the Countrie shall have free libertie to search and veewe any Rooles, Records, or Regesters of any Court or office except the Councell, And to have a transcript or exemplification thereof written examined, and signed by the hand of the officer of the office paying the appointed fees therefore." The current bills in the legislature call for restricting access to all birth records since 1910 and all marriage and death records since 1950. These records are currently open public records and are the entry point for genealogical and medical history research. Closure of these records is in direct opposition to the Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative. See http://www.hhs.gov/ familyhistory for more information. The indexes to these records are restricted in the same manner. This is unprecedented in our state. It will deny use by all non-governmental individuals: researchers in genealogy, medical history, probate heirs, banks journalists, and historians. Contact should be made immediately. We stopped these bills in 2003 – but now support for them in the legislature is formidable. If YOU don’t speak now, these bills will change the face of genealogy in Massachusetts and beyond. MOST EFFECTIVE: a signed letter with your reasons for opposing these closures, using your own words. ALSO: telephone calls, face to face meetings, and e-mails. SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: urge your sympathetic relatives, friends, neighbors, and the professionals listed above to do the same. Contact information for your representatives and senators is available from: http://www.mass.gov/legis/ Your town clerk’s office The state house at (617) 722-2000 The postal address is: Representative (or Senator) _______, State House, Room _______, Boston, MA 02133. If you are out of state, please send your letters to: The Honorable Robert A. DeLeo, Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, Room 243, The State House, Boston, MA 02133; Tel: 6i7-722-2990; Fax: 617-722-2998; Email: Robert.DeLeo@state.ma.us Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

75th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam ~~ See photos and news coverage of the ceremonies, battle re-enactment, Dinners and other events of a Maryland community's September 1937 Commemoration of this legendary Civil War battle. http://www.whilbr.com/AntietamAnniversary/index.aspx Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

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Ancestry Daily News by Michael John Neill – 4/7/2004 An Introduction to the Filles du Roi Promises of royal lineage attract the attention of many. There are millions of descendants of the “king's daughters” who arrived in Quebec between 1663 and 1673. Their relationship to the king is purely financial, not genetic. When I purchased Peter Gagne's book King's Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi 1663-1673 last year at a conference, my knowledge was minimal. I knew two things: that one of my wife's ancestors was a fille du roi, and that these “king's daughters” were not literally daughters of the king. Over 700 of these women were brought from France to Quebec between 1663 and 1673. King Louis XIV was concerned about the growth of the colony and the subsidized importation of women was seen as a way to strengthen Quebec and increase its independence from France. In 1663 the population of Quebec was only 2,500 and the gender ratio was highly unbalanced. The state importation of women would help to balance the gender ratio and eventually increase the population of the colony through the resulting births of children. These women were called filles du roi as the French crown bore the responsibility for their transportation and settlement expenses, not because they were related to the French nobility. In many cases a dowry was also provided upon their marriage and women were given a chest containing needles thread, and other supplies to help them begin their households. A quick look at several of my wife's forebears in the book cleared up some unspoken assumptions I had about these women. Read the rest of the article at: http://www.rootdig.com/adn/fillesduroi.html Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

See site: www.smgf.org In conjunction with the 400th anniversary of the settling of Jamestown, the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation is offering an opportunity to discover possible ancestors who helped settle the colony. You do need to have an all-male (Y-chromosome) or an all-female (mtDNA) line of descent to Be able to use this service. The following announcement was written by the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation: Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation Invites Curious to Search World’s Largest Genetic-Genealogy Database for Jamestown Ancestors During 400th Anniversary For Anyone Who Ever Wondered Whether They Had Ancestors Living in America’s First Permanent European Settlement: Non-Profit Research Organization Building the World’s Only Genetic Database Specifically for Genealogical Purposes Offers to Help People Answer That Question for Themselves SALT LAKE CITY--Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF), a non-profit scientific organization with the world’s largest correlated genetic and genealogy catalog of more than 4 million records from 172 countries, is inviting anyone who is curious about their family history to search its free online database to learn if they had forebears in Jamestown—European colonists’ first permanent settlement in North America—during its Quadricentennial celebration. Four hundred years ago, on May 14, 1607, three small, leaky wooden ships carrying 108 settlers landed on a bank of the James River in what is now Virginia. These first arrivals were English, but the settlement of Jamestown soon became a genetic and genealogical crossroads of European, Native American and African people. Today Jamestown is celebrated as the wellspring of modern America because it had representative government, a free Enterprise economy and culturally diverse population. “To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, we would like to invite everyone who is interested in their ancestry to search our database to learn if they are related to any of those early Jamestown inhabitants,” said Scott Woodward, who is executive director of the foundation and one of the world’s leading researchers in molecular genealogy “We know by reviewing the Register of 17th Century Ancestors provided by The Jamestown Society that more than two-thirds of the family surnames in the register are also in our database. Even better, through a combination of genetics and genealogy, we have multiple direct paternal lines from some of these first settlers, which gives us their exact Y-chromosome genetic Profile.” The free, online SMGF database (www.smgf.org) is unique because it can link an individual’s genetic profile to specific ancestors by name going back six to eight generations or further. The non-profit foundation was established by biotech billionaire James LeVoy Sorenson to foster goodwill and fellowship among humankind by showing scientifically how closely related each person is To every other. Of the settlers’ surnames from the first three groups to arrive in Jamestown in 1607 and 1608—only to face disease, starvation and attacks by local tribes—more than half are found on the SMGF database. Surnames in the Y-chromosome, or paternal line, database include Wingfield, Archer, Herd, Love, Emry, Cantrill, Bayley, Bentley, May, Dole, Cotton and Graves. Surnames in the mtDNA, or maternal line, database include Gosnoll, Sands, Sudley, Waler, Midwinter, Wotton, Gore, Martin, Dowse and Hancock. Any individual can query the SMGF database for genetic-genealogy information for free by obtaining their DNA profile (usually by a swish of mouthwash) from a commercial genomics laboratory and then entering the results into the Web site’s database search menu. For those who wish to participate by Contributing their records to the foundation’s database, the process is free convenient and private. Simply request a kit on the SMGF website and then submit a DNA sample and an accompanying four-generation pedigree chart. About Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF), a non-profit research organization, is the pioneer in the rapidly developing fields of genetic genealogy and DNA analysis. Combining powerful new DNA research with conventional genealogy, SMGF has created a potent new “Rosetta Stone” of genetic understanding that connects individuals throughout the world with their ancestors and living relatives. SMGF has created the world’s largest repository of correlated genetic and genealogical information—more than 4 million total ancestors’ names representing linked DNA samples and pedigree charts from 107 countries, or more than half of the nations of the world. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

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Google - Expand Your Searches ~~ Google™ - Expand Your Searches by Dae PowellIf you are one of those people who uses Google™ only for simple searches, listen up!We've listed a few of the things you are missing; some capabilities that may be really useful (or not). Improve the way you use Google™ - read all about it!. www.ShoeStringGenealogy.com/article/google.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

1792: Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law On this day in 1792, Congress passes the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that "every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years… be enrolled in the militia." Six days before, Congress had established the president's right to call out the militia. The outbreak of Shay's Rebellion, a protest against taxation and debt prosecution in western Massachusetts in 1786-87, had first convinced many Americans that the federal government should be given the power to put down rebellions within the states. The inability of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation to respond to the crisis was a major motivation for the peaceful overthrow of the government and the drafting of a new federal Constitution. The Militia Act was tested shortly after its passage, when farmers in western Pennsylvania, angered by a federal excise tax on whiskey, attacked the home of a tax collector and then, with their ranks swollen to 6,000 camped outside Pittsburgh, threatened to march on the town. In response, President Washington, under the auspices of the Militia Act, assembled 15 000 men from the surrounding states and eastern Pennsylvania as a federal militia commanded by Virginia's Henry Lee to march upon the Pittsburgh encampment. Upon its arrival, the federal militia found none of the rebels willing to fight. The mere threat of federal force had quelled the rebellion and established the supremacy of the federal government. 1864: Lee beats Grant to Spotsylvania On this day, Yankee troops arrive at Spotsylvania Court House to find the Rebels already there. After the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6), Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac marched south in the drive to take Richmond. Grant hoped to control the strategic crossroads at Spotsylvania Court House, so he could draw Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia into open ground. Spotsylvania was important for a number of reasons. The crossroads were situated between the Wilderness and Hanover Junction, where the two railroads that supplied Lee's army met. The area also lay past Lee's left flank, so if Grant beat him there he would not only have a head start toward Richmond, but also the clearest path. Lee would then be forced to attack Grant or race him to Richmond along poor roads. Unbeknownst to Grant, Lee had received reports of Union cavalry movements to the south of the Wilderness battle lines. On the evening of May 7, Lee ordered James Longstreet's corps, which were under the direction of Richard Anderson after Longstreet had been shot the previous day, to march at night to Spotsylvania. Anderson's men marched the 11 miles entirely in the dark, and won the race to the crossroads, where they took refuge behind hastily constructed breastworks and waited. Now it would be up to Grant to force the Confederates from their position. The stage was set for one of the bloodiest engagements of the war. 1919: New celebration of Armistice Day proposed On May 8, 1919, Edward George Honey, a journalist from Melbourne, Australia, living in London at the time, writes a letter to the London Evening News proposing that the first anniversary of the armistice ending World War I-concluded on November 11, 1918-be commemorated by several moments of silence. Honey, who briefly served in the British army during World War I before being discharged with a leg injury, had been concerned by the way people in London had celebrated on the streets on the actual day of the armistice. In his letter to the newspaper the following May, he wrote that a silent commemoration of the sacrifices made and the lives lost during the war would be a far more appropriate way to mark the first anniversary of its end. "Five little minutes only," Honey wrote. "Five silent minutes of national remembrance. A very sacred intercession. Communion with the Glorious Dead who won us peace, and from the communion new strength, hope and faith in the morrow. Church services, too, if you will, but in the street, the home, the theatre, anywhere, indeed, where Englishmen and their women chance to be, surely in this five minutes of bitter-sweet silence there will be service enough." Though Honey's letter did not immediately bring about a change, a similar suggestion was made to Sir Percy Fitzpatrick that October and reached King George V, who on November 17, 1919, made an official proclamation that "at the hour when the Armistice came into force, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, there may be for the brief space of two minutes a complete suspension of all our normal activities … so that in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead." Though it is not officially recorded that the king read and was influenced by Honey's letter, the journalist was invited by the king to a palace rehearsal of the two minutes of silence, a tradition which is still honored in much of the former British empire. 1945: V-E Day is celebrated in American and Britain On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. The eighth of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms: In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists, after the latter had lost more than 8,000 soldiers, and the Germans considerably more; in Copenhagen and Oslo; at Karlshorst, near Berlin; in northern Latvia; on the Channel Island of Sark--the German surrender was realized in a final cease-fire. More surrender documents were signed in Berlin and in eastern Germany. The main concern of many German soldiers was to elude the grasp of Soviet forces, to keep from being taken prisoner. About 1 million Germans attempted a mass exodus to the West when the fighting in Czechoslovakia ended, but were stopped by the Russians and taken captive. The Russians took approximately 2 million prisoners in the period just before and after the German surrender. Meanwhile, more than 13,000 British POWs were released and sent back to Great Britain. Pockets of German-Soviet confrontation would continue into the next day. On May 9, the Soviets would lose 600 more soldiers in Silesia before the Germans finally surrendered. Consequently, V-E Day was not celebrated until the ninth in Moscow, with a radio broadcast salute from Stalin himself: "The age-long struggle of the Slav nations...has ended in victory. Your courage has defeated the Nazis. The war is over." 1972: Mining of North Vietnamese harbors is announced President Richard Nixon announces that he has ordered the mining of major North Vietnamese ports, as well as other measures, to prevent the flow of arms and material to the communist forces that had invaded South Vietnam in March. Nixon said that foreign ships in North Vietnamese ports would have three days to leave before the mines were activated; U.S. Navy ships would then search or seize ships, and Allied forces would bomb rail lines from China and take whatever other measures were necessary to stem the flow of material. Nixon warned that these actions would stop only when all U.S. prisoners of war were returned and an internationally supervised cease-fire was initiated. If these conditions were met, the United States would "stop all acts of force throughout Indochina and proceed with the complete withdrawal of all forces within four months." Nixon's action was in response to the North Vietnamese Nguyen Hue Offensive. On March 30, the North Vietnamese had initiated a massive invasion of South Vietnam. Committing almost their entire army to the offensive, the North Vietnamese launched a three-pronged attack. In the initial attack, four North Vietnamese divisions attacked directly across the Demilitarized Zone into Quang Tri province. Following that assault, the North Vietnamese launched two more major attacks: at An Loc in Binh Long Province, 60 miles north of Saigon; and at Kontum in the Central Highlands. With the three attacks, the North Vietnamese committed 500 tanks and 150,000 regular troops (as well as thousands of Viet Cong) supported by heavy rocket and artillery fire. The North Vietnamese, enjoying much success on the battlefield, did not respond to Nixon's demands. The announcement that North Vietnamese harbors would be mined led to a wave of antiwar demonstrations at home, which resulted in violent clashes with police and 1,800 arrests on college campuses and in cities from Boston to San Jose, California. Police used wooden bullets and tear gas in Berkeley; three police officers were shot in Madison, Wisconsin; and 715 National Guardsmen were activated to quell violence in Minneapolis. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

For those thinking of looking for Military Grave Location at a Veterans Admin National Cemetery here is a URL for you Go to www.va.gov left hand column select burial and memorials, then select National grave site locator. All you have to do is type in the service members name. It will then go thru the list and hopefully find your service member, it will show what cemetery, grave location and where the cemetery is located along with a phone number. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

http://www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet may be able to help you with birth, marriage, death, and other records in England. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities have debuted Chronicling America, a collection of 226,000 digitized newspaper pages dating Between 1900 and 1910 from publications In California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington, DC. Institutions in those states received the First grants from the National Digital Newspaper Program, which eventually will Post historical newspapers from all states. You can search and browse the papers at: http://tinyurl.com/2h54q6 Results show the entire page with your Search terms highlighted; to zoom, use The + button or click and drag the Magnifying glass. Click More Options for This Page to download a high-resolution Page image or view it in PDF or text Format (though the latter gives you a Baffling Optical Character Recognition Software translation). The site also offers a directory of Newspaper titles. Search by place, time Period, keyword and type (such as an Ethnic publication or one preserved on Microfilm). Results give you information About the paper and where it's available. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Church examines its connection to Africa Solange De Santis Staff writer May 1, 2007 For Elizabeth Cromwell, slavery and the racism that fed it is not an academic issue lost in the mists of history. A Nova Scotia descendant of slaves and former head of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, Ms. Cromwell, who is 62, recalled that the history of black Canadians was invisible and bigotry was common when she went to school “There were a few black students in Shelburne (on the southern end of the Nova Scotia peninsula, about 60 km east of Yarmouth). There were mostly white students. The teachers were white. There were things like Little Black Sambo,” she said, recalling the story of a boy in the jungle that is now considered racist. “We were learning about the British and American colonies, but there was no discussion of the slave trade. There was no one who was a famous black person (in the lessons). Many black families have quite a history in Nova Scotia but no one has been interested in knowing it,” said Ms. Cromwell in an interview. This year, as many English-speaking countries and churches are commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire, Ms. Cromwell is one of those seeking to shed new light on the stories of people of colour in Canada. Her Anglican church, Christ Church, Shelburne, founded in 1789, has commissioned a new stained glass window that will reflect the diversity of the congregation. “Our black members felt that nothing in our church reflected the black history of this parish. They said, ‘We have stained glass windows that show the reign of Christ and all the faces are white,’” recalled Archdeacon Sandra Fyfe, rector of Christ Church. On Sunday, March 25, the anniversary of the passage of the law in the British Parliament that ended the slave trade in the colonies (although slavery itself would not be outlawed by Britain until 1833), Christ Church welcomed visitors from the Mothers’ Union in Britain and guests from other denominations for a special service. “We used resources from the Mothers’ Union – a service called the ‘humble lifted high,’ which talks of the humble being exalted,” Ms. Fyfe said. A coat of arms was also unveiled that honoured black men who served with the British Army in the American Revolution. Although Anglicans were certainly among the slaveholders, Ms. Cromwell noted that “the men who spearheaded (the legislation ending the slave trade) were members of the Anglican faith. It was through the Quakers and men like (parliamentarian) William Wilberforce who every year brought it back to the British Parliament,” she said. Black slaves came to Canada in the earliest days of European settlement with their white masters. Their numbers swelled in the 18th century as Great Britain promised freedom to American slaves who would fight for King and Empire. When Britain lost the American colonies in 1781, many black loyalists migrated to Canada. In the 19th century, blacks fleeing slavery arrived via the Underground Railroad, a network of individuals and safe houses. Despite Canada’s reputation for tolerance, they did not always receive a warm welcome. Black settlers lived in a community called Bridgetown, where schools were set up by Anglicans, said Ms. Cromwell. “The first race riot in Canada took place in Shelburne County in 1785,” when a mob of whites threatened a community of blacks and burned homes, she noted. A group of blacks chartered a ship and fled Nova Scotia for Sierra Leone. Ms. Cromwell, who lived in the United States in the 1960s during the civil rights movement, married an American serviceman and returned to Canada after he died in 1967, can trace her family history back to slave days. An ancestor, George Stevens, came from the U.S. In the 1780s, she said, but tracing details of black family history can be difficult, since spellings of names were often changed, records may not have been kept or may have been lost. One essential record used by families in tracing genealogy is the Book of Negroes, a list kept by British colonial authorities of slaves given freedom Such history was seldom discussed among black Nova Scotians, said Ms. Cromwell. “We learned (about family history) in our family, but people didn’t talk about it (generally),” she said. Musing on the hardships suffered by blacks in slavery, she commented, “Our people survived one of the worst times in history. I don’t know how I would have survived.” Through the loyalist society, Ms. Cromwell has been instrumental in ensuring the black experience in Nova Scotia is not forgotten. “We must have programs to educate our youth. We must talk about where we came from, about the connection to Africa, our homeland.” In terms of the church, she remarked “black families come for fun and weddings. They are Anglicans. We need to find a way to bring them back to the church. There’s reconciliation work to be done between ethnic groups.” www.anglicanjournal com/issues/2007/133/may/05/article/church-examines-its-connection-to-africa/ [2-line URL] or, for short version: http://tinyurl.com/2utoj4 Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"