"Dave Mayall" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > "LPurch6636" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] > > I have seen the "Cause of Death" as "softening of the brain" in several > > ancestors who died in the late 1800's. Does anyone know what this means?? > > Dementia. > Geez, and here my mother's death cert says "natural causes" <grin> I wonder if I can have that changed.....or the karma will get me if I do that, in that mine will read the same too! >

"LPurch6636" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > I have seen the "Cause of Death" as "softening of the brain" in several > ancestors who died in the late 1800's. Does anyone know what this means?? Dementia.

I have seen the "Cause of Death" as "softening of the brain" in several ancestors who died in the late 1800's. Does anyone know what this means?? Many thanks, Kathleen [email protected]

Published on: Mon Mar 15 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Jackie Halterman --------- I am looking for info on Bechyne family - Vaclav married to Anna Rybacka. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=41NAY88DRA CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Published on: Mon Mar 15 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Valerie Zak --------- Mu grandmother Marie Ververka was born Aug 28,1885. Grandfather Josef Zak of Libice born Nov 24 1877. I am looking for any information. Thank you! --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=10HTGHWJKO CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Published on: Mon Mar 15 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Geoff Hughes --------- Anyone with the family name Tyrkas is most likely descended from Wilhelm Tyrkas and Anna von Cruibile of Nove Dvory. Please, contact me, if you would like more information. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=58RXSSK5DC CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

"Hugh Watkins" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > "Pat Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > > I found an ancestor that received payment for American Revolutionary > > War service from North Carolina. This payment is listed in "Pierce's > > Register" and I have the claim # from that register. How do I find > > the actual entry? I know John Pierce, Esq. was the US Paymaster that > > paid these claims to Continental Soldiers. I know the Register is the > > list of these payments. Where do I find the actual entry? > > my friends on AOL genealogy say try NARA The North Carolina State Archives houses all NC Revolutionary War service records. Do a Google search. They have a web site. Merely request the record and send whatever fee they want. It's cheap and a helluva lot easier than tangling with the Federal Bureaucracy.

"Pat Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > I found an ancestor that received payment for American Revolutionary > War service from North Carolina. This payment is listed in "Pierce's > Register" and I have the claim # from that register. How do I find > the actual entry? I know John Pierce, Esq. was the US Paymaster that > paid these claims to Continental Soldiers. I know the Register is the > list of these payments. Where do I find the actual entry? my friends on AOL genealogy say try NARA we have chats 900am to 1000 am EST every day exceptSunday key word >> parenting >> genealogy >> ancestral digs Hugh W -- Welsh genealogy - Merionethshire http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsmer/index.html http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.britisles.wales.mer.general

In article <[email protected]>, Pat Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >I know the Register is the >list of these payments. Where do I find the actual entry? You can order this item through interlibrary loan at your local college, university, or public library. The original imprint, 1915, has been reprinted many times and is available readily. Pierce's register; register of the certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army under act of July 4, 1783. John Pierce 1973, 1915 English Book 566 p. 24 cm. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., ISBN: 0806305274 Title: Pierce's register; register of the certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army under act of July 4, 1783. Author(s): Pierce, John,; d. 1788. Corp Author(s): United States. War Dept. Pay Dept. Publication: Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., Year: 1973, 1915 Description: 566 p. 24 cm. Series: Variation: United States.; 63d Cong., 3d sess., 1915.; Senate.; Document; v. 9, no. 988. Standard No: ISBN: 0806305274; LCCN: 72-10551 Note(s): "Excerpted ... from seventeenth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, October 11, 1913-October 11, 1914."/ Reprint of the 1915 ed., which was issued as v. 9, no. 988 of Senate Document 63d Congress, 3d session. Class Descriptors: LC: E255; Dewey: 973.3/4 Accession No: OCLC: 488345 -- Regards, Frank Young [email protected] 703-527-7684 Post Office Box 2793, Kensington, Maryland 20891 "Videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate... Nunc cognosco ex parte"

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Mardon wrote: > ... > Incidentally, the 'problems' with Ancestry.com's newspaper search feature > can also be used to one's advantage. Since the search feature just tries to > find the word or words entered, and doesn't really care if those words are a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > person's name or something else, I have used it for such purposes as finding ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > newspaper advertisements placed by businesses run by my ancestors (by > entering the business name), to find references to hotels where my relatives > stayed (by entering the hotel name) and to find military information about > my ancestors units (by entering the unit names). All-in-all, I have been > well rewarded for the money that I've spent on Ancestry.com's newspaper > collection. > > "Genjunkie" <[email protected]> wrote... > > Not surprising. The newspapers are probably the most worthless of the > > "add-on" subscriptions due to the stupid search function. I don't pay > > for it. Tell me about it. Try my surname, and even on "google", 99% of the hits will not lead to a person even though there are only about 500 people in 5 families in total living today with the same spelling. What's even more amazing is that there's 5% of the hits that have nothing to do with the products that 94% of the hits deal with, nor pertain to any person who has the surname.

I found an ancestor that received payment for American Revolutionary War service from North Carolina. This payment is listed in "Pierce's Register" and I have the claim # from that register. How do I find the actual entry? I know John Pierce, Esq. was the US Paymaster that paid these claims to Continental Soldiers. I know the Register is the list of these payments. Where do I find the actual entry?

Published on: Sun Mar 14 23:55:00 EST 2004 Posted by: Jackie Halterman --------- Am looking for relatives of Marie Bechyne, born in 1886 in Senomaty mother was Anna Rybacek,father Vaclav Bechyne, she emigrated to US in 1903. brothers were Vratislav and Vladimir. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=7DC3Y09RHL CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

"Mardon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > I respectively disagree. > [...] > > When searching for the surname of my g grandfather, who lived in Canton, > Ohio, I found an extremely important one sentence article in the "Daily > Northwestern" newspaper, from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as published on Friday, > November 6, 1885. It described a fire in Canton, Ohio that had destroyed a > cutlery factory. From family records, I knew that my g grandfather was in > the cutlery business in Canton at that time but I had no knowledge of a > fire. Based on the article found in the Ancestery.com newspaper search, I > read the Canton library's microfilm newspaper for that date and I found > extensive coverage of the fire, including my g grandfather's involvement > with the company and a reporter's interview with my g grandfather. Without > the Ancestry.com 'hit', I would probably not yet know anything about the > fire. > Incidentally, the 'problems' with Ancestry.com's newspaper search feature > can also be used to one's advantage. Since the search feature just tries to > find the word or words entered, and doesn't really care if those words are a > person's name or something else, I have used it for such purposes as finding > newspaper advertisements placed by businesses run by my ancestors (by > entering the business name), to find references to hotels where my relatives > stayed (by entering the hotel name) and to find military information about > my ancestors units (by entering the unit names). All-in-all, I have been > well rewarded for the money that I've spent on Ancestry.com's newspaper > collection. > Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences. I may not have given it enough of a chance. Perhaps I'll try again.

I respectively disagree. Even though I agree that the newspaper search function is sometimes frustrating due to excessive false positives, it has been well worth the subscription fee for me. When searching for the surname of my g grandfather, who lived in Canton, Ohio, I found an extremely important one sentence article in the "Daily Northwestern" newspaper, from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as published on Friday, November 6, 1885. It described a fire in Canton, Ohio that had destroyed a cutlery factory. From family records, I knew that my g grandfather was in the cutlery business in Canton at that time but I had no knowledge of a fire. Based on the article found in the Ancestery.com newspaper search, I read the Canton library's microfilm newspaper for that date and I found extensive coverage of the fire, including my g grandfather's involvement with the company and a reporter's interview with my g grandfather. Without the Ancestry.com 'hit', I would probably not yet know anything about the fire. Incidentally, the 'problems' with Ancestry.com's newspaper search feature can also be used to one's advantage. Since the search feature just tries to find the word or words entered, and doesn't really care if those words are a person's name or something else, I have used it for such purposes as finding newspaper advertisements placed by businesses run by my ancestors (by entering the business name), to find references to hotels where my relatives stayed (by entering the hotel name) and to find military information about my ancestors units (by entering the unit names). All-in-all, I have been well rewarded for the money that I've spent on Ancestry.com's newspaper collection. "Genjunkie" <[email protected]> wrote... > Not surprising. The newspapers are probably the most worthless of the > "add-on" subscriptions due to the stupid search function. I don't pay > for it.

Published on: Sat Mar 13 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Sue Kilroy --------- My great-grandfather was born in 1858, possibly in Horazdovice. He emigrated to the US around 1879. I am looking for any information. Thanks. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=777S6DXMHQ CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:51:15 -0500, "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >"Genjunkie" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected] >> >> "CGrower" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >> > I am getting very discouraged. It seems that when I try to do >> research >> > lately all I get his ancestry and they want money for the >> information that I ><snip> >> Pay for the service, and you can access census records, marriage >> records, >> all sorts of very helpful things and not just the "trees" that are 80% >> wrong. >> > > >Is any one service better or cheaper than the other? > Before you spend money, check with your local library system. Many subscribe to one or the other and you can access it for free using your library card. I subscribe to Ancestry but the library subscribes to Heritage Quest and I can access it from home with my library card. Dave

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:25:49 -0500, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: >> Yes, I use them for sharing research interests with others, and find them more >> effective than any other method. I get more response from Tiny Tafels than >> from the Roots Surname List (RSL), Rootsweb message boards or just about >> anything else along those lines. And it's certainly a lot more effective than >> the "surnames in signature lines" that so many people still use, even though >> they were used on BBSs. > > >And one whale of a fine way to shoot oneself in the foot, names in .sigs >are. Nothing quite so embarrassing as getting 100 hits on >your-surname-here, and finding out 99 of 'em are from your own sig line. :( > >TTs were kind of fun, but the surnames I search don't have many >searchers on line, so I didn't get many hits. Even now, one of those >names is so rare there isn't even an ancestry message board. (GBG) Well, you could always start one. The trouble with the boards is that you would have to have as many of them as you have surnames in a Tiny Tafel, and checking them all is a schlep. But you can have all your main research interests in ONE Tiny Tafel, and anyone who's interested can come back to you. There are lots of thingsyou can do with Tiny Tafels - post them in newsgroups (though not too often), mailingf lists, put them on a web page. There is nothing about them than confines their use to BBSs. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Steve Hayes wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:25:49 -0500, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Steve Hayes wrote: >> >>>Yes, I use them for sharing research interests with others, and find them more >>>effective than any other method. I get more response from Tiny Tafels than >>>from the Roots Surname List (RSL), Rootsweb message boards or just about >>>anything else along those lines. And it's certainly a lot more effective than >>>the "surnames in signature lines" that so many people still use, even though >>>they were used on BBSs. >> >> >>And one whale of a fine way to shoot oneself in the foot, names in .sigs >>are. Nothing quite so embarrassing as getting 100 hits on >>your-surname-here, and finding out 99 of 'em are from your own sig line. :( >> >>TTs were kind of fun, but the surnames I search don't have many >>searchers on line, so I didn't get many hits. Even now, one of those >>names is so rare there isn't even an ancestry message board. (GBG) > > > Well, you could always start one. > > The trouble with the boards is that you would have to have as many of them as > you have surnames in a Tiny Tafel, and checking them all is a schlep. But you > can have all your main research interests in ONE Tiny Tafel, and anyone who's > interested can come back to you. There are lots of thingsyou can do with Tiny > Tafels - post them in newsgroups (though not too often), mailingf lists, put > them on a web page. There is nothing about them than confines their use to > BBSs. *JUST* for the record, Steve, (g) you can go to any one of the boards, do a search for messages posted this past week/month/whatever on All-Boards, display in chrono and read the hits from one place. And if that didn't make sense (GBG) visit a board and do some research on the search screen. (DG&R) Cheryl

Published on: Fri Mar 12 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Barbara Giannavola --------- Looking for Czech relatives for my mother whose parents came to US from Czech. or Austria in early 1900s. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=19HZVR2C2H CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Published on: Fri Mar 12 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Kevin Klein --------- I am looking for people with the sure name Vcelka --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=606WNN2PLE CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource