I downloaded Legacy and am very pleased with it thusfar. Thanks for all your help and suggestions! "yerdy" <nehubbard@ucdavis.edu> wrote in message news:a588of$ln1$1@woodrow.ucdavis.edu... > I just joined this newsgroup and I'm sure this question has been asked > before. I would like to get some PC software to build a database for my > genealogy information. Is there a FAQ you can point me to or some > suggestions for software? I run WinXP as my OS. > Thank you for bearing with me. > >

I am hoping to get some ideas on how to proceed with a search I have for two "lost' ancestors. One was a great uncle, Guido Schott who disappeared around turn of the century. There are various stories going around the family that he may have become part of the Boer War. If that is so, how can I find out if he was a casualty? He may have joined the Merchant Marines or Texas rangers. How would I proceed with that? His uncle, Emanuel Louis Schott also disappeared, but that was around 1875-1880. There was a nephew who was named after him Emanuel, so a younger E.L. Schott would not be the missing one. How do people deal with these missing ancestors? I have searched ancestry.com pretty extensively. Thank you, Cindy Schott

Use http://familysearch.org SSDI instead - it allows you to download the names into a gedcom file. Without banner ads.

I started noticing a horrible change in the RootsWeb SS DI Web Page at http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ It seemed to take forever to load a bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with the appearance of the page; this is new as of the weekend it seems. I disabled Java and it loaded as it used to, very quickly; it took about 30K worth of downloads to open and present the page with blank input fields. With Java enabled it took about 240K to get to the same point with lots of activity to "adcontroller.ad.com" on the status line. It seemed to crash(?) with "SR" showing on the status line. Any idea what's going on? Another takeover by Ancestry.com?

Okay, we all know this kind of bigotry is wrong and offensive, so let's not let it and a chorus of equally heated denunciations wreck a perfectly good NG. -C., in Buffalo, NY, the city with the highest per-capita Polish-American population in the US On 25 Feb 2002, someone with a suspiciously Polish-sounding surname wrote: [flamebait snipped] > You will all goto hell! -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots@bfn.org Roots: The Buffalo NY Genealogy Forum -- http://www.bfn.org/~roots With obits, vital records, city directories & hundreds of local links

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One can only wonder if that is her married name and the marriage is hitting the rocks. Roots Webmaster <roots@bfn.org> wrote in message news:Gs4Ay4.I3M@freenet.buffalo.edu... > > Okay, we all know this kind of bigotry is wrong and offensive, so let's > not let it and a chorus of equally heated denunciations wreck a > perfectly good NG. > > -C., in Buffalo, NY, the city with the highest per-capita > Polish-American population in the US > > On 25 Feb 2002, someone with a suspiciously Polish-sounding surname wrote: > > [flamebait snipped] > > > You will all goto hell! > > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- > Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots@bfn.org > Roots: The Buffalo NY Genealogy Forum -- http://www.bfn.org/~roots > With obits, vital records, city directories & hundreds of local links > >

"yerdy" <nehubbard@ucdavis.edu> wrote in message news:a588of$ln1$1@woodrow.ucdavis.edu... > I just joined this newsgroup and I'm sure this question has been asked > before. I would like to get some PC software to build a database for my > genealogy information. Is there a FAQ you can point me to or some > suggestions for software? I run WinXP as my OS. > Thank you for bearing with me. > > Many people have posted messages regarding genealogy software having problems in crashing or hanging. The problems do not appear to happen on every machine--it seems to be hit or miss. I would have a look at Legacy, as you can download it and use it free of charge (Same for the Mormon Church's PAF, but Legacy is much more feature-packed). At least you can try these applications out on your machine to see if there are any problems, without shelling out any money up front. The other major contender is The Master Genealogist, but I am unaware of any free trial with that particular application. You might want to have a look at their website for more info. I use Legacy (Deluxe Edition--$30.00) and am quite pleased with it. (The standard version is FREE, and many people can get by on it just fine!). If you choose to purchase the Deluxe Version, they will give you a free upgrade to Version 4, when it comes out within the next few weeks. Good deal. If you just want a "bare bones" database, by all means check out LDS's Personal Ancestry File software. If you want to get deeper into genealogy, you might find that you are better off with Legacy or The Master Genealogist, both of which have more features.

Hi Marie, Have you tried the FreeBMD site? You may find what you are after there if it has been transcribed yet. If it is not there it will be a some future date that is dependant on how many people jion the transcription project. The FreeBMD site is at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Hope this helps. "Marie Lees" <me@home.com> wrote in message news:3c791048.891011@news.freeserve.com... > Can anyone help me with a Marriage search for George Shaw and Sarah > Ann Hibberd or Hibbert married about 1881 probably Doncaster. > > Your help would be much appreciated.

Poland is a peice of sh*t along with everyone living there and anyone with roots there! You f*cking disgust me! You are all good for nothing lazy mother f*cking b*stards. You are all waste of life! It's no wonder Hitler invaded Poland! You will all goto hell! -Catherine Zukauskas

Can anyone help me with a Marriage search for George Shaw and Sarah Ann Hibberd or Hibbert married about 1881 probably Doncaster. Your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, I checked the site before I posted here but didn't see that CD for some reason. I don't know if my bookmark didn't update or what... Thanks again. Pat DSuarez wrote: > > Go here: http://loricase.com/CDs/cdlist.html > > Donna > > Pat <pcsprague@pobox.com> wrote in message > news:3C788733.26465B5F@pobox.com... > : Is there anyone that has FTM CD #257 that could do a > look-up for me? > : This CD is the Irish emigration list. > : > : I am looking for Thomas Grady. He possibly came to US > between 1834 & > : 1837. His wife was Bridget, he should have had at least > two sons. One > : child was born in Ireland in 1834 and next 1837 in New > York. > : > : Thanks in advance for any help. > : > : Pat

Go here: http://loricase.com/CDs/cdlist.html Donna Pat <pcsprague@pobox.com> wrote in message news:3C788733.26465B5F@pobox.com... : Is there anyone that has FTM CD #257 that could do a look-up for me? : This CD is the Irish emigration list. : : I am looking for Thomas Grady. He possibly came to US between 1834 & : 1837. His wife was Bridget, he should have had at least two sons. One : child was born in Ireland in 1834 and next 1837 in New York. : : Thanks in advance for any help. : : Pat

The The 1915 & 1922 Lansing High School YearBooks ,Lansing Michigan ,have been posted to Dead Fred's Genealogy Photo Archive http://www.deadfred.com .. To access these yearbooks go to the Alphabet Listing on the home page select "L" and scroll to Lansing High School .. or GoTo Detailed Search and type the Keywords LHS for 1915 or LHSS for 1922 in the photographers slot To see a list of the other yearbooks added ..click here http://www.deadfred.com/search/annuals.html We have passed 15,000 searchable Genealogy images representing over 5,600 surname Joe Bott DeadFreds Genealogy Photo Archive http://www.deadfred.com

Is there anyone that has FTM CD #257 that could do a look-up for me? This CD is the Irish emigration list. I am looking for Thomas Grady. He possibly came to US between 1834 & 1837. His wife was Bridget, he should have had at least two sons. One child was born in Ireland in 1834 and next 1837 in New York. Thanks in advance for any help. Pat

Thanks for the link. Funny, I searched all over the place for it and couldn't find it. You people are so eager the get someone's money that you forget the program is supposed to work efficiently and smoothly. Doesn't relly matter now, anyway. I decided not to install it and will be swapping to another program. Paul Burchfield wrote: > Pat aka Jeeter <VancePat@att.net> wrote in > news:3C6EB90D.BA22139E@att.net: > > > Anyone have any ideas as to how to install FTM Version 9 so that > > it will do both CD and Online searches? I really don't have time > > to wait three days for an answer from technical support. > > Pat, > > If you had gone to our Online Help Center and from there to our > knowledge base using the search terms "cd online search" would have > shown you an article for the information you were looking for. Here's a > link to the article: > > http://genealogy.custhelp.com/cgi- > bin/genealogy.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=445 > > -- > Sincerely, > Paul Burchfield, Genealogy.com Technical Support > Online Help Center - http://www.genealogy.com/help/index.html -- ****** Pat aka Jeeter [Patricia Douglas Vance] Jeeter's Joint: http://home.att.net/~VancePat/index.htm Jeeter's Book Corner [Books for sale on Amazon]: http://home.att.net/~VancePat/books/booksell.htm Genealogy Page: http://home.att.net/~genology/genelogy.htm Academy of Scottish Arts: http://academyofscottisharts.org/

Look here for a comparison of the features of most of the major genealogy software http://www.mumford.ab.ca/reportcard/index.htm UFT is no longer being sold or supported so is probably not a good choice. PAF and Legacy are both free and are both very good programs. You can find PAF at www.familysearch.org and Legacy at www.legacyfamilytree.com . Donna yerdy <nehubbard@ucdavis.edu> wrote in message news:a588of$ln1$1@woodrow.ucdavis.edu... : I just joined this newsgroup and I'm sure this question has been asked : before. I would like to get some PC software to build a database for my : genealogy information. Is there a FAQ you can point me to or some : suggestions for software? I run WinXP as my OS. : Thank you for bearing with me. : :

On 23 Feb 2002 in soc.genealogy.misc, yerdy wrote: > I just joined this newsgroup and I'm sure this question has been asked > before. I would like to get some PC software to build a database for my > genealogy information. Is there a FAQ you can point me to or some > suggestions for software? I run WinXP as my OS. Your better bet might be posting to news:soc.genealogy.computing (s.g.c) - crossposted and followups set. Also, as you surmise, this is a FAQ. You might check the archives for s.g.c at groups.google.com: http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=soc.genealogy.computing Cyndi's List (http://cyndislist.com/) has a section of software links (and links to nearly any other genealogy resource you could want). <opinion> I use The Master Genealogist from WhollyGenes (http://www.whollygenes.com/) because it has, far and away, the best capacity for recording sources of any software I've tried. Some contend it has a steep learning curve, though if you are somewhat familiar with computers in general, it shouldn't be too bad. </opinion> -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at: makowiec(at)nycap(dot)rr(dot)com

Linda wrote: > > dnc.....did you ever get an answer to your question about > ancestery.com......I was wondering myself if it was worth it? Thanks in > advance, Linda I found that there was absolutely nothing in their subscription that was of any use. Now their free "trees" are of use to me. I was particularly disappointed by the census stuff. It not only was useless to me, there were two different census's that had identical data .... this is not encouraging! On the other hand, I did find the Genealogy.com subscription quite useful, however, I completely exhausted it in about three months. Thats is, I exhausted the part I found useful to my own ancestry Now I should add that that the part I was searching lies mostly in Virginia and points south and southwest in the US from 1600-1820 and before that in England and Scotland. After 1845 there were no loose ends at all when I started. I also tried to find my main "dead end" (born 1818) in the Immigration records of the various sites .. all of them ... and no luck. Doug McDonald

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