Published on: Fri Mar 12 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Frances Hrdina --------- I am looking for information on where in Bohemia my Czech Great Grandfather Josef Hrdina came from. His death notice and death certificate list only Bohemia. Not sure when he married my great grandmother Anna Viduna but between 1871 and 1875 when first child was born in Chicago. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=973FQ3PD2Y CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Published on: Fri Mar 12 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Richard Ruzicka --------- I am seeking info on Anton J Ruzicka born July 1834 to Joseph and Maria nee Frana of Briza. They arrived in St. Louis, Mo. in 1867, with sons Francis A. and Anton Jr. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=50XBFHLZSV CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Published on: Fri Mar 12 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Barb Bradley --------- I am looking for any information on my paternal grandparents surname of Latal; Josphus, Ignac, Francisus Latal or Lattal. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=329YVNVDOR CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Sherry wrote: > singhals <[email protected]> wrote in > news:[email protected]: > > <snip> > >>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. :( > > > <snip> > >>Cheryl > > > > And even worse is getting a hit on a rare surname only to find out that > a file you had sent to a cousin was posted to a website by another > person you've never heard of, with all the details of the living people > in your file still intact. And when you write to that person asking > them to remove the living individuls and not getting a response from > them until you threaten a lawsuit! > > Sherry Thanks for the grin, Sherry. I'm still getting hits on postings I made in 1997 - I.E. i'm still the only one looking at these lines. - RM

Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/8492078p-9420878c.html Genealogists to gather in Sacramento for Family History Day By Gabriel Baird -- Bee Staff Writer Published 4:20 p.m. PST Friday, March 12, 2004 Genealogists track down records of their ancestors in courthouses, churches and libraries across the country and the world. They also make pilgrimages to Salt Lake City, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have accumulated the largest-ever collection of documents for tracing family histories. But there is another great repository closer to home. The Sutro Library is about 95 miles from Sacramento, on the north campus of San Francisco State University. This is a hot spot for genealogists, hundreds of whom will be in Sacramento in May to attend the National Genealogical Society's annual conference. Many also will attend Family History Day at the California State Archives on Saturday. The free event gives beginners a chance to learn about genealogy. Genealogists say their hobby is growing fast, especially among retirees. Sharon Bias, 48, from Elverta, said it is also great for workers who only get to research every once in awhile. "Those dead people are still going to be dead in six months. They don't go anywhere," she said. "So unless you lose the ability to read and write, you never lose your ability to start it and stop it. That is, for me, what makes it a great hobby." Sutro is branch of the State Library. It has Census records on microfilm, microfiche and CD-ROM. The card catalog hasn't been updated since 1999, but it is still a resource. Upcoming genealogy events and information sources Fifth annual Family History Day, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, California State Archives, 1020 O St., Sacramento. All-day workshop introduces beginners to genealogy, software and more. For more information: www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm From March 20 until April 10, the Genealogical Association of Sacramento will present "Road to Your Roots," a series of free workshops to help residents trace their family ancestry. The classes are scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Central Library, 828 I St., Sacramento. March 20: "The U.S. Census Can Show The Roads Your Family Traveled." Glenda Lloyd, a family history instructor, will help people find their families using U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1830. March 27: "Family Group Sheets And Pedigree Charts Will Map Your Family's Journey." Family historian and instructor Chuck Knuthson will explain how the use of group sheets and pedigree charts will help research efforts. April 3: "How To Climb That Stone Wall When Your Research Hits A Dead End." Pam Dallas, professional genealogist and history teacher, will help people navigate around potential roadblocks. April 10: "Help Me Find My Family History - I'm Doubled Parked!" Jim Rader, computer and Internet instructor, will discuss how the Internet can speed family history research; provide Web sites for genealogical research, tips on using the Internet and computer software programs for genealogy records. For more information about the library workshops, call the Sacramento Public Library at (916) 264-2920 or (916) 264-2770. National Genealogical Society annual conference, May 19-22 at the Sacramento Convention Center. For more information: www.ngsgenealogy.org. Sutro Library, 480 Winston Drive, San Francisco, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m weekdays. For more information, (415) 731-4477. Regards, Paul Kekai Manansala

Don't reply to "susan" unless you want her to send you junk email. This post is on lots of different newsgroups. <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Could someone please send me some info about the thread above this one. > > Any pictures would be helpful too. > > Thanks. > > [email protected] >

Try contacting a local school. Explain that you couldn't find any info on the internet and ask if the children have done any school projects on the towns history. "Brit" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Would anyone happen to know the origins and history of the town > Stanfield, Arizona? I've done the search engine routine, but only got > the usual rubbish adverising hotels, car rentals, etc.

singhals <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]: <snip> > 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. :( <snip> > Cheryl And even worse is getting a hit on a rare surname only to find out that a file you had sent to a cousin was posted to a website by another person you've never heard of, with all the details of the living people in your file still intact. And when you write to that person asking them to remove the living individuls and not getting a response from them until you threaten a lawsuit! Sherry

[email protected] (Brit) wrote: > >Thank you very much. I'm not surprised really about this information. > I was interested because for some unknown reason, my >great-great-grandfather was in Arizona for a short while in about the >late 1860s or early 1870s. His name was Stanfield. I have no idea his >reasons for being there. Do you have the URL of that site? Originally, I just entered "stanfield, arizona"+"history" and I found several sites. This one was the first one of the listings. I didn't check any of the others. www.hometownusa.com/az/Stanfield.html I wish you luck. -- Loudon Briggs [email protected] Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

"Rob Flanagan Stieglitz" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > If you're talking about the shorter stone in the > > foreground with the cross on top, the date is abt right. > > > > You mention later in the thread that your people were poor -- note that > > in the 1880s, there were quite a few groups that would today be referred > > to as "affinity groups" (fireman, street-sweepers, milk-men, etc) who > > had benevolent funds to cover "final expenses". > > > Cheryl, > > It is the headstone in the foreground with the cross on top. > > My GG GF was a Coachman and did not work for the city. Although he > had taken on another job with a friend on June 28, 1880. They were > picking up lumber and traveling on the Steamer Seawanhaka. The > Sewanhaka was passing through an area on the East River called Little > Hellgate. The boiler on the ship exploded and both my gg gf and his > friend (along with 40 passenegers) were killed. The deaths were > either by drowning or burning. The ship was run agound and completely > burned. It was front page news in the NY Times and also found in > Harper's Weekly. May be the city helped out with the funerals? > Yes of course, and/or private donors certainly would.

Loudon Briggs <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > [email protected] (Brit) wrote: > > >Would anyone happen to know the origins and history of the town > >Stanfield, Arizona? I've done the search engine routine, but only got > >the usual rubbish adverising hotels, car rentals, etc. > > Judging by this tidbit I found on their own history page, it sounds to > me as if THEY don't have any idea... they're looking for info too. > ***************** > > These History, Trivia and Facts Pages are a new addition to our system > so don't be surprised if we don't have much of anything for this > hometown yet. If you know any tidbits of information about this > hometown, such as, how it got its name or some information about its > history, please let us know about it by filling out the form at the > bottom of the page. > ***************** Thank you very much. I'm not surprised really about this information. I was interested because for some unknown reason, my great-great-grandfather was in Arizona for a short while in about the late 1860s or early 1870s. His name was Stanfield. I have no idea his reasons for being there. Do you have the URL of that site?

Steve Hayes wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:07:30 GMT, "Tom Morris" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>"Steve Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>news:[email protected] >> >> >>>A Tiny Tafel is a condensed list of the surnames you aere researching, >> >>with >> >>>information about the place and date of each line where it begins and >> >>ends, >> >>>and an indication of your level of interest in that line. >> >>Did this post get stuck in a time warp someplace? >> >>Shouldn't the description begin "A Tiny Tafel was used back in the days when >>people communicated via BBS?" Does anyone still use them for anything? > > > 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) Cheryl

Rob Flanagan Stieglitz wrote: > If you're talking about the shorter stone in the > >>foreground with the cross on top, the date is abt right. >> >>You mention later in the thread that your people were poor -- note that >>in the 1880s, there were quite a few groups that would today be referred >>to as "affinity groups" (fireman, street-sweepers, milk-men, etc) who >>had benevolent funds to cover "final expenses". >> > > Cheryl, > > It is the headstone in the foreground with the cross on top. > > My GG GF was a Coachman and did not work for the city. Although he > had taken on another job with a friend on June 28, 1880. They were > picking up lumber and traveling on the Steamer Seawanhaka. The > Sewanhaka was passing through an area on the East River called Little > Hellgate. The boiler on the ship exploded and both my gg gf and his > friend (along with 40 passenegers) were killed. The deaths were > either by drowning or burning. The ship was run agound and completely > burned. It was front page news in the NY Times and also found in > Harper's Weekly. May be the city helped out with the funerals? > > Rob The 1880s weren't known for their progressive labor policies (g), so it's unlikely the Steamer company helped out; no good reason for the city to help out; POSSIBLE that public contributions for the "victims' families" occurred. The benevolent associations could have been "Irish Catholics", "Polish Protestants", "people from Dry-Prong Germany", "Graduates of PS 49", "we all work as harness-makers" -- anything of that nature. OTOH, his wife's brother's wife's uncle might have been a stone-mason? Cheryl

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:07:30 GMT, "Tom Morris" <[email protected]> wrote: >"Steve Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected] > >> A Tiny Tafel is a condensed list of the surnames you aere researching, >with >> information about the place and date of each line where it begins and >ends, >> and an indication of your level of interest in that line. > >Did this post get stuck in a time warp someplace? > >Shouldn't the description begin "A Tiny Tafel was used back in the days when >people communicated via BBS?" Does anyone still use them for anything? 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. -- 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

"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > >> Is any one service better or cheaper than the other? > I like Ancestry.com best because they have a variety of primary records and abstracts--census records, probate, land records, marriage records, etc. for about $100 per year. But I am doing mostly US research and use AC almost exclusively for the census records that often provide the framework for my research projects. Just to have access to the census records from my home computer is worth the $100 per year. I guess it really depends on the nature of the research you are doing.

"BAS in GA" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > One thing I have found to help when using the search function on the > newspapers is to changer the default advanced options choice from with in 1 > word to adjacent. This makes the search find the names in the proper order. > This has helped considerably to narrow down bogus hits. > Thank you!

Published on: Thu Mar 11 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Randy Braunreiter --------- Looking for any family ties living or deceased. Any information appreciated. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=69RHPN3FWY CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

Published on: Thu Mar 11 23:55:01 EST 2004 Posted by: Michelle Moore --------- Canadian looking for Bohemia area Vrba or Smesny surnames. --------- For contact, please, visit this Bulletin Board posting published in category Find An Ancestor at http://www.czechinfocenter.com/bb/vw.cgi?recid=95DVVJ35SC CZECH INFO CENTER http://page2go2.com/jfloklnl Internet Premier Czech Information Resource

[email protected] (Brit) wrote: >Would anyone happen to know the origins and history of the town >Stanfield, Arizona? I've done the search engine routine, but only got >the usual rubbish adverising hotels, car rentals, etc. Judging by this tidbit I found on their own history page, it sounds to me as if THEY don't have any idea... they're looking for info too. ***************** These History, Trivia and Facts Pages are a new addition to our system so don't be surprised if we don't have much of anything for this hometown yet. If you know any tidbits of information about this hometown, such as, how it got its name or some information about its history, please let us know about it by filling out the form at the bottom of the page. ***************** -- Loudon Briggs [email protected] Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

If you're talking about the shorter stone in the > foreground with the cross on top, the date is abt right. > > You mention later in the thread that your people were poor -- note that > in the 1880s, there were quite a few groups that would today be referred > to as "affinity groups" (fireman, street-sweepers, milk-men, etc) who > had benevolent funds to cover "final expenses". > Cheryl, It is the headstone in the foreground with the cross on top. My GG GF was a Coachman and did not work for the city. Although he had taken on another job with a friend on June 28, 1880. They were picking up lumber and traveling on the Steamer Seawanhaka. The Sewanhaka was passing through an area on the East River called Little Hellgate. The boiler on the ship exploded and both my gg gf and his friend (along with 40 passenegers) were killed. The deaths were either by drowning or burning. The ship was run agound and completely burned. It was front page news in the NY Times and also found in Harper's Weekly. May be the city helped out with the funerals? Rob