Have you researched a U.S. Civil War unit or group? Are you willing and able to help others research that unit? The next version of the U.S. Civil War Units File (CWUNITS) will become available in late April. An announcement will be posted then. In the meantime I invite listings through Thursday, April 22. The following addresses no longer work. If you are one of these people or know how to contact one, please email me. Unless I find new addresses I'll have to delete their listings. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (AJ Johnston) If you write to me, please do *NOT* include this message in your reply. My time and disk space are limited. Thanks! The purpose of the CWUNITS file is to let people list units, groups, battles, etc. that they have information on (from pension records, books, etc.) and are willing to help other people research. Typically the contact person had an ancestor who was in the unit, but re-enactors, history buffs, et al. are welcome. (This is _not_ a list of re-enactment units.) People who are interested in a unit can send the contact person email and share information. If you have questions please read the FAQ first. If it doesn't answer your question, feel free to ask me. Anyone who'd like to volunteer to be a contact, please send me email. If you are volunteering for more than one unit, it's OK to put them all in the same message. Please list your entries in this format (addresses are fake): Illinois (USA) 4th Illinois Cavalry, Co. F 1861-4 [email protected] 18th Reg. Ill. Infantry 1865 [email protected] (John Doe) Instructions -- include the following: Country (USA or CSA) and state. Start each entry with the number of the regiment or whatever. Years (if applicable, but not necessary). Your email address on each line. Your real name. Also please include a statement like "I volunteer to be a contact for this unit." This is so I can be sure that everyone I list understands what the file is for. This is a big project, and if you send listings in the wrong format I reserve the right to send it back for you to fix. If there's anything in your listings that is not obvious, tell me! If we can't get your listings complete and clear by the time I have to send the file to the uploaders, your listings cannot be included. If you already have listings in the file, there's no need to send them again. But if your address has changed, please tell me and send updated listings. On the WWW, the file is available on the American Civil War Homepage URL: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html under the heading Rosters & Regimental Histories. To get the current version of the file by email at any time: Send email to [email protected] (Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else.) Subject: archive For the FAQ, send the text: get genealog.cwunitsq The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name. To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command get roots-l.catalog Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) [email protected]

will someone direct me please to someone who will do Census for St. Louis MissouriWard 2, pg,255, Ward 1Pg97, Ward 6,pg 445 Parities name Herthel or Hertel. Thank-you

Ref. tips Digest V99#91. I tried to access the Fig Tree newsletter and got error msg. 404. Does anyone have a better address? Thanks, Bob Ashton. [email protected]

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Pamela, Could you (or someone) please explain two things you mentioned in your message: 1. How do you create a new directory? 2. How do you add a gedcom to your database? I use PAF. Thanks much, Billie

For those of you researching in Connecticut, you might want to look at the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records 1636 to 1850. This collection is on microfilm at larger libraries with genealogical sections. The typed index cards (alphabetized by surname) list what is in the original record. You can then write to the individual town to get a copy of the original page. There are also several titles by Donald Lines Jacobus including the Families of Ancient New Haven tracing CT families and a book by Susan Abbott, Genealogies of CT families composed of articles originally published in the NEHGS Register. Some of the Jacobus and Abbot material is on the Broderbund CD 179, Connecticut Genealogies 1600s-1800s. There are a number of good books on a variety of CT towns. I find CT a much easier state to research as compared to NY and others due to the wide variety of published material. For those of you searching in MA there is a series on Vital Records of various towns that contains birth, death, and marriage records. The bottom line -- don't forget library research. You will likely be surprised by what you find. If you don't have a genealogy library close by, www.ancestry.com and www.genealogylibrary.com are two sources with many historical print resources. However, picking up a book and leafing through the pages often leads to material you might not see using electronic means. M. Scheffler

That is how a Gedcom file looks in a wordprocessor. You have to import it into your program and look at it as a genealogy database. When I get a gedcom file from someone, I create a new directory so I can look at it before I add anything to my main file. I have found many jumbled files this way and it would have ruined my main database. Pam J ---------- From: L.S..Miller[SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 3:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Family Origins-deciphering I hope someone can help. I've acquired a database from an individual that I can't reach. The database is made with Family Origins. My question is how do you decipher it? For instance: Joe Smith @[email protected]@[email protected] and Jim Smith @[email protected]@1996indi. What's the relationship of these two and what does the coding mean? Many thanks in advance. Linda

Hi Celia! First you need to have FTM program, and then you go to the top and look for the cd picture and press that and it will open the cd. Good [email protected]

PIRATE PHILOSOPHY by G S Applegarth - Pittsburgh Gazette Times 1914 Well, someone must be at the bottom, you see, And it happens for once to be us. We ain't often it, as you all must admit, So what's the use makin' a fuss? This little old ball is a chance after all, And Fate plays a part in the game, And it's merely our luck to be left in the ruck--But gee, but it's tough, just the same. In the previous years we have shed but a few tears For the heroes that struggled but failed. And many a joke did we playfully poke At the teams as they tearfully tailed. And now that stern fate has slipped us the gate It's us to us all to die game--With a light in our eye and a never say die--But gosh, it goes hard, just the same. We have seen the poor Reds stowed away in their beds At the foot of the list, an just laughed; Those St. Louis blokes we regareded as jokes And their many misfortunes we chaffed; Old Boston--the way we would kid that poor jay We really admit was a shame, So now we must laugh and stand up to the gaff, But gee, it seems tough, just the same. When we jumped to first place and spread-eagled the race And distanced the field by a mile, It seemed like a shame as we gobbled each game, To win in such dead easy style. Why, we had the old rag packed away in our bag And were painting the pole for the same, When we hit the gib skid and great snakes, how we slid-- But it was a durn shame, just the same. We have lowered our heads to the yoke of the Reds. We have dodged fromthe Dodgers in vain, We've been clawed by the Cubs and drubbed by dud clubs Again and again and again; We've been beaten and amuled and kicked and keelhauled; Till there's not a whole bone in our frame, But we've kept our teeth shut and we're still fighting--but By heck, it goes hard, just the same.

Can anyone supply the name and address/email address of someone at Broderbund to answer a question about their 11 volume census index cd series. I have subscribed to their tech support list and have not been able to get my questions answered with any degree of detail. In fact my posting to their list for a CEO to contact did not even make the digest. What I want is someone to contact about the coverage of this set of indexes. Are all the published federal census indexes included on the cds? The fact that Broderbund purchased this material from another company and thus they do not know the coverage seems unlikely. Someone in the company obviously decides what material they purchase from various sources and how they are going to combine and market it. I have purchased many of their titles and plan to keep the 11 cd set of indexes. All I want is a listing of the strengths and weaknesses so that I know what sections of the country are incomplete and thus know to search further. Someone in the company must have the details about what goes on their various cd products. Thanks for any help any of you can supply. M. Scheffler

Hi: I have an obituary that has a lot of initials! I am not sure what they mean or what the group was, it says he (Isador P. Beban) is was Deputy Grand Chief Ranger of Court Aurora No. 2 and a sincere exponent of the principles of the fraternity. Also, reads P.C.R. of Court, San Francisco, No. 7, Foresters of America for over thirty five years. This may be a dumb questions, but what are/were the Foresters of America? In his daughters obituary it says she was a P.C.C. of New Century Circle No. 513, C. of F. of A. of San Francisco....I am lost, please help. Thanks, Kathleen

I hope someone can help. I've acquired a database from an individual that I can't reach. The database is made with Family Origins. My question is how do you decipher it? For instance: Joe Smith @[email protected]@[email protected] and Jim Smith @[email protected]@1996indi. What's the relationship of these two and what does the coding mean? Many thanks in advance. Linda

Help! I just ordered my first CD ever. It is FAmily Tree Maker's CD#4, Marriage Index. I turned on my FTM program to a family file, my son's name was sthe lead name. I inserted the cd and nothing happened. I tried with Open and had no idea what to type in or even if it would be right. How do you get into these CDs? Thanks! Celia

Dear All Unfortunately my computer recently failed and I had to reinstall my internet software. This has meant that I have lost all my bookmarks and, more importantly, my outstanding e-mails. Therefore, if anyone is still waiting for a response from me, could they please re-send their messages, as I am now back on-line again. Many thanks. Alan Rickards Alan's Genealogy & Cheshire, England Page http://members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index.html

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In the GenTips postings, if I see a topic that I think I might be interested in - how do I access the information?I Thanks in advance for your reply. [email protected]

I personally interviewed relatives on tape. But if you just have notes from a relative who had lived through an event, then just say "As told to me by such and such ." If you could cross reference the event with another relative, it would help. But if not, then the future will just have to trust you and them. I find personal interviews add color, depth, personality, and perspective to your family history. Don't throw it out! But do check it for accuracy. RFS.

[email protected] wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > To explain briefly, I started genealogy research as a preteen (circa > 1970-1977). When I started it was a way of spending time with aging > grandparents and trying to learn who my relatives were and where they were > buried. Needless to say I did not document these findings. Does anyone have > any suggestions on how to document those interviews with aunts, uncles, > cousins, etc.? I have been going back and documenting my direct lines with > certificates, but I hate the idea of throwing out information on collateral > lines or even trying to speak (pardon the pun) with those relatives in the > grave. Any suggestions would be welcomed. How many "seasoned" genealogist > out there use "personal knowledge" in this case? Susan, "personal knowledge", "interview" or "conversation with Aunt ______" if cited, ARE documentation. Perhaps someone from those collateral lines will later wish to *prove* your information, but at least you have provided it. All those stories that relatives tell are the flesh and blood of our narratives, I think. And some of those stories can't *ever* be proven! But they are precious, just the same. I love my parents' stories of the depression, and war years, and being young marrieds. Those stories are worth as much as the dates of provable events, duration of employment, schools attended, and other similar facts. My suggestion: use all the information necessary to build a believable, compelling story. All the best to all my relations, Valorie Cowan McBee Zimmerman, IBSSG Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb