As a newcomer to researching I've been watching on lists, etc. about purchasing cd's. These seem expensive if you need alot of them, are they worth it? What are bundles and does anyone ever resell them? Is this info. only from the US? Thanks, mgulluscio@aol.com

can someone help me just a little here....I have Internet explorer 4.4 outlook express for my mail....all my files are full, and I am getting ready to help moderate a list...more on that later...however, I want to move my mail to my zip drive., I cannot find what files to move, I explore, and for some reason,, I am not able to tell my mail files names, I really am NOT stupid, just confused here would appreciated a short shove in the right directions. thanks marcia

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Unfortunately there are/were no federal guidelines on patient records. Oklahoma during the 1970's had no guidelines whatsoever and if a doctor lost his/her license or quit practice, the records could be destroyed immediately. Likewise if a doctor sold his practice the new doctor(s) could take the records or destroy them. It was up them as to what they wanted to do since Oklahoma AMA did not set any standards. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net http://www.basden.com ---------- > From: IQHOPE@aol.com > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Per Doctor's Records > Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 11:41 AM > > I'm not sure what the laws are from state to state, but I was informed by a > doctor's daughter that all patient records must be kept by doctors until the > death of the doctor as a practical matter of any medical lawsuits against > them. I was also told that children have until 2 years past their 21st > birthday to sue doctors for malpractice--even if was for a procedure during > their birth! > This is what I was told per Virginia medical law, but it may vary from state > to state (I live in Virginia), or there may be AMA standard practices for > record-keeping for medical practices or medical organizations. I also believe > that records such as X-rays, etc., may be destroyed after a certain number of > years. > I work for a company in Norfolk, VA that stores records for businesses and we > have thousands of thousands of medical records on hand for local hospitals and > medical doctors...as well as legal organizations and other non-medical > businesses. If any doctor is on our client list, we are able to send the > doctor the records...usually within a few business days. We are also able to > zerox records for the doctors per their request. My company's name is Taylor > Document Management Company...so if your doctor stores records there, it's a > good chance he/she can get them for you pretty quickly. > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Are you having trouble unsubscribing to the list? You can subscribe and unsubscribe to the lists we own from our web page at: > http://www.genrecords.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Marcia: I sort of ran into the same problem. Turns out the Cousin thought I was well versed and he felt he could not write as well as I could - his thoughts not mine<g>. As it turns out I found another cousin in the same city. To make it even better these two guys knew each other so I ended up finally getting to meet the other one via the other cousin. Course, that trip was only about an hour and a half from home. At this point, what I would do if I were you, is pick up the telephone and call. You have nothing to lose except maybe a couple of dollars on a long distance bill and everything to gain. The sound of your voice may just be the icebreaker needed to get thru that "wall" Give it a try. What the heck!! Good luck. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net http://www.basden.com ---------- > From: marcia collins <mcollins@sfths.sft434.k12.ks.us> > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: NEED THOTS ON NEW APPROACH > Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 12:21 PM > > HELP!!! In my ever ongoing search for my BUSSELL family, I have found a > cousin. they are the child of my grandmother's brother's son! This person is > very close to my own age, AND my father ,born 1888 died 1866, was very close > to this persons father. I was needless to say ecstatic.! The problem is > this. Both I and one other relative contacted her by mail (the address BTW > was given to me by a genweb administrator who KNOWS this person. The > initial contact was our months ago! I wrote, enclosing a self addressed > stamped envelope 2 and a half months ago! NEVER a reply. I contacted the > GENWEB contact, who I know tried to nudge her , still NOTHING! She could be > the only KEY to my quest! > > So many of you have much more experience here, HELP me think of an > unobtrusive way to have contact with her PLLLEEEAAASEE! > > Believe me, I was kind, I was not demanding, I was not even overly 'chatty' > in my letter. I made it clear the relationship, I did absolutely everything > I could think of. I have NO idea why not even one little answer.! > > This is the New Mexico area, this is the final place of many of my > ancestors, and I know the only key to finding the actual names of my > Grandparents.! > > Thanks for your guys' help here > marcia Moore Collins > > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsubscribe to GenTips email the command: > unsubscribe > To: > GenTips-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > DON'T send it to GenTips-L that won't work! > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Since this is the third request I will post this to the GenTip mail list. Go to the rootsweb homepage http://www.rootsweb.com. There you will find mail lists. If I remember correctly it is in the list of links above the Title. Click on it. You can then choose Surnames or geographic areas. When I have been there the only country in blue is the United States. Click on it. This will take you to the US site. The list of states is to the left. It tells you how to subscribe-- basically click on the blue link and Email form will appear type --subscribe-- in the body of the message. If you have AOL or need to put a word on the subject line you can put subscribe also but really only the body of the message is read. It would help if you knew the county or counties you are interested in. Some like Michigan have a statewide mail list with just a few counties. Others have a lot more counties but no general state list. You can choose either list or digest form. List is separate messages. Digest puts several messages together to Email at one time. This is the chance to contact people in that area and pick their brains. Also other people who are interested in that area are on the list and can help. Someone might even be researching your family. Some of the list owners are involved in genweb. Toni Gorman rockall@aol.com

In a message dated 98-06-06 15:34:42 EDT, George writes: << At this point, what I would do if I were you, is pick up the telephone and call. You have nothing to lose except maybe a couple of dollars on a long distance bill and everything to gain. >> Marcia, This idea really works. I live in NJ & nearly ALL my ancestors & their descendants live in western PA. I found the name of a lady who was "supposed" to be related to our family. I called Johnstown, PA & spoke with her. I told her who I was & who my mother was (it's my mom's side of the family). This lady was in her mid to upper 80's & I fully expected her to be a bit "leary" of this phone call from someone she never met. As soon as I mentioned my mother's name (I made sure I used her maiden name)---the woman responded with "Oh---your little Ethyl's girl.". And we were off & running. Now, "little Ethyl" was deceased & would have been 85 if living, so the comment gave me a chuckle. This dear lady (a cousin) filled in many gaps I had been working on for months---all in a matter of a few minutes. I made sure to send her a "thank you" note & a photo of our family which included "little Ethyl". She was thrilled & we have corresponded ever since. Go for it. Sally Huntley

Marcia, Outlook Express (OE) does not save messages individually. I started to explain how the messages are stored, etc. but I'm afraid that would just get too confusing. Here is the simple explanation: Find the directory where OE stores messages. The default would be: C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\*User Name*\Mail Note that the "*User Name*" depends on what you entered in OE account setup. Inside the \Mail directory you will find a bunch of files. There are two files for each folder in OE. The files with the extension MBX are where the messages are stored (each MBX file is like a little database) and the files with the extension IDX are the index for each matching MBX file. It is not recommended that you move these files. If you can tell me exactly what you want to do I can tell you whether it is possible with OE. If you are thinking that you can keep messages in two different places, I don't think that's easy with OE. You could save each individual message in EML format but that would take quite a while if you have many messages and you would have to open each message to see what it was. Please be more specific and I'll try to help. Tom -----Original Message----- From: marcia collins <mcollins@sfths.sft434.k12.ks.us> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 2:00 PM Subject: computor question >can someone help me just a little here....I have Internet explorer 4.4 >outlook express for my mail....all my files are full, and I am getting ready >to help moderate a list...more on that later...however, I want to move my >mail to my zip drive., I cannot find what files to move, I explore, and for >some reason,, I am not able to tell my mail files names, I really am NOT >stupid, just confused here > would appreciated a short shove in the right directions. >thanks >marcia > > > >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to stop by our business web page for FREE genealogy forms and charts! We are adding more all the time!!!! >http://www.genrecords.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

My new cousin told me I can borrow FTM Cds from the library, so far they have 30 of them there and I can even go to my branch and order them and take them back without going downtown unless I need to do some research. GFS Nance@aol.com

Does anyone know how many cemetery's are on Howard McQueen road, Pond Lick Jackson Co. Kentucky? My great grand- mother is buried in one of them, her name is T.Litha BUSTLE or BUSSELL married name was MOORE. She married William F. MOORE. She was born 1869 D/1933 Her father was Janus BUSSELL her mother was Melvina FRENCH. Thanks. J.C. MOORE, RASH, COLEMIRE, MAINS

THANKS TO EVERYONE OF YOU!!!!!!!!! The folks on GenTips are the "BEST"!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing, Judith Hughes

Marcia asks a good question. Will those answering please answer to the list. I need help in this area also. Patsy patsy@penn.com

HELP!!! In my ever ongoing search for my BUSSELL family, I have found a cousin. they are the child of my grandmother's brother's son! This person is very close to my own age, AND my father ,born 1888 died 1866, was very close to this persons father. I was needless to say ecstatic.! The problem is this. Both I and one other relative contacted her by mail (the address BTW was given to me by a genweb administrator who KNOWS this person. The initial contact was our months ago! I wrote, enclosing a self addressed stamped envelope 2 and a half months ago! NEVER a reply. I contacted the GENWEB contact, who I know tried to nudge her , still NOTHING! She could be the only KEY to my quest! So many of you have much more experience here, HELP me think of an unobtrusive way to have contact with her PLLLEEEAAASEE! Believe me, I was kind, I was not demanding, I was not even overly 'chatty' in my letter. I made it clear the relationship, I did absolutely everything I could think of. I have NO idea why not even one little answer.! This is the New Mexico area, this is the final place of many of my ancestors, and I know the only key to finding the actual names of my Grandparents.! Thanks for your guys' help here marcia Moore Collins

I've been jabbing AOL for months even after they offered alpha for 'Address Book', to provide such niceties for 'Favorite Places'. In the last couple days Steve Case posted his cyclical discourse, then provided the port to comment; so I brot up the alpha again, because he loves to list his 'Favorite Places'. Got the STD ans, "thank you for the comment; another time you may use SUGGESTIONS". Anyone know of a way to alpha in AOL? Their suggestion of 'drag and drop' only solves a small portion of the problem. Chris

A few years ago when I was requesting Pension Apps. I was told that if they had been pulled for another request (and not refiled) you would receive a "not found" message. Also they told be to check another office. I found the records I was looking for at a midwestern office (which wasn't as expensive). Possibly this is the problem. Georgia LeeWorld@aol.com ---SNIP----Today, I received a response saying they could find nothing. My interpretation of this is that they didn't even find what this individual found 4 years ago -- in their own records. Anyone have any suggestions? Four years ago, he was even able to tell me what ship he was on. Maureen O'Brien>>

> He was retired and his daughter went through her fathers records and > found my birth mothers file. Very true. If another doctor hadn't taken over the practice I frequently found old medical records stored at the doctors last known residence or in a relatives garage.

If there is anyone out there from or with knowledge of Williamsport Pa, I need some help in finding Information on my grandmother and her parents , Emily Coffman/Gilman. I know that she died about 1927 but can find no record of her death. I am sure she was buried in Williamsport Cemetery but can find no records of who is buried there. I understand a lot of the records for that time period were destroyed by fire. Does anyone know of anyone that might have records for the cemetery. I have tried the historical museum,funeral homes and vital statistics with no luck. I can't think of any other way except a walk thru of the cemetery itself but unfortunately i am in Nevada. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Researching: Coffman, Gilman, Dodson, and Doebler for time span of late 1800s to mid 1900s. lila

Use the tele Yellow Pages for the area involved; there the Cemeteries are listed, where you can review their addresses. CEE

Hi to all, When my computer "CRASHED", so did my web addresse's. Would some of you please send me your add. for finding telephone no. and add. Thanks in advance, Judith JHUGH1118@aol.com

I'm not sure what the laws are from state to state, but I was informed by a doctor's daughter that all patient records must be kept by doctors until the death of the doctor as a practical matter of any medical lawsuits against them. I was also told that children have until 2 years past their 21st birthday to sue doctors for malpractice--even if was for a procedure during their birth! This is what I was told per Virginia medical law, but it may vary from state to state (I live in Virginia), or there may be AMA standard practices for record-keeping for medical practices or medical organizations. I also believe that records such as X-rays, etc., may be destroyed after a certain number of years. I work for a company in Norfolk, VA that stores records for businesses and we have thousands of thousands of medical records on hand for local hospitals and medical doctors...as well as legal organizations and other non-medical businesses. If any doctor is on our client list, we are able to send the doctor the records...usually within a few business days. We are also able to zerox records for the doctors per their request. My company's name is Taylor Document Management Company...so if your doctor stores records there, it's a good chance he/she can get them for you pretty quickly.