The award winning Camp Family Home Page is at <http://www.new-jerusalem.com/genealogy/barbara/camp.htm>http://www.new-jer usalem.com/genealogy/barbara/camp.htm If you have a Camp connection you are invited to see our information.  We have census records, birth, cemetery, military and research sections.  There are genealogies on most of the different Camp families and their descendants and more are added every month.  Barbara Farris

The discussion of names & nicknames brought to mind my grandfather.  When I requested a copy of his sister's obituary, the funeral home sent me the original page from the 1976 newspaper that the obit was on (someone there must be a pack rat worse than me!).  The surviving siblings included a Tom but not my grandfather Anthony Joseph (A.J.).  When I asked my dad about this, he told me my grandfather's brothers & sisters all called him Tom (knowing the right question to ask leads to more information!).  I had heard the story that my grandfather boxed professionally for about 2 years before he married my grandmother in 1910.  In 1906, he left home in New York City and went to live with an older brother in Jersey City, NJ.  He decided to box and used the name Tommy Leonard (after Leonard Street where his first bout was, wish I could find out why he chose Tommy) so the family wouldn't know & worry.  Well, I guess his secret didn't last long because my dad said his brothers & sisters found out and started calling him Tom.  So, if you can find out why a family member was called by a nickname or a completely different name, you may find another part of their life that you didn't know about.  I have newspaper articles about my grandfather's boxing and it has told me a lot about the type of person he was growing up ("At one time in his youth, he considered studying for the priesthood...When Tom was confirmed, he made a pledge that he would never drink, smoke or curse.  He kept the pledge all these years.").  If you have someone growing up in a large city in the early 1900's, maybe sports was a big part of their life and that's where their nickname or different name came from.  Mary Jane   

George Basden (by way of Genealogy Records Service ) wrote: > > Diane:  Suggest you scan it at about 75 to 100dpi.  That will reduce the > size of the file and you can e-mail it then.  That is what I scan my photos > at for my web site. > > George > gebasden@worldnet.att.net > <<http://www.basden.com/>http://www.basden.com/><http://www.basden.com/>http ://www.basden.com > > ---------- > From: Diane McClure-Lottby way of Genealogy Records Service > <info@genrecords.com> <jlott@pacbell.net> > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Scanner saved as ?? > Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 4:06 PM > > When I save a scanned photo, its contents are too large to email.  (Or > at least that is the message sent back to me with the returned mail > warning.)  Is there a way of saving this scanned data in a compressed > (?) format, sending it and having the recipient decompressing it?(?) > > ==== 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! > > ---------- > > ==== 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! Try zipping the file.  I compressed a 21meg tif file to 7.8 meg.  Also you might scan the picture at 50%.  I don't know what that will do to the quality but it does reduce the size.

Linda, Try writing the Tennessee State Library and Archives and ask for a lookup in the Nashville City Directory or try writing the Tennessee Bar Assn to see if they have any information. Good hunting, Robert Linda (by way of Genealogy Records Service ) wrote: > > I am trying to find out  the name of the Lawyers who practiced law between > 1830 and 1850, in what is now Nashville, TN.  CAN ANYONE tell me how to find > this information. > Linda    hill@ctelcom.net > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! See more information at: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/>http://www.rootsweb.com

This is true.  I used to be a firm believer in this. But have since quit doing this. Reason. When searching archives of messages or running a filter, doing a search etc.  these endless lines can REALLY slow things down.  Example.  Say you want to do a search of the archives of gentips-l for a surname "Blanchard" What you get is every message I have ever posted to the list.  Now, granted you may actually want to know that I are researching the Blanchard surname, we may connect.  But after that you have to weed through all of my posts to get to messages actually dealing with the Blanchard family.  I have decided that when posting to newsgroups or email lists, I leave out the surname line.  With the searchable archives, anyone researching my surnames is bound to find me through my past posts. Pamela Wagoner (by way of Genealogy Records Service ) wrote: > > For all those who do not list names they're researching at the end of your > messages, I highly recommend that you do.  In one of those circuitious > events I > got an email from a lost relative who had her 2nd birthday party at my > grandparents' house. > > Now how do I determine her relationship to me.  Someone once gave me a cousin > chart, but I can't find it.  Any web pages with such a thing? > > Pam > Oregon > > Boyle, Sheridan, McLaughlin, Curtin, McDonald, Goble, Wagoner > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net

Has anyone else considered the possibility of using a high resolution scanner to scan Microfilm and/or microfiche and then using Optical Character Recognition software to convert into text files? I have read that there are groups of people transferring St.Catherine's index onto electronic media by hand! This is going to take a huge amount of time to complete. It seems to me that if it is possible to retrieve the information by scanning and OCR, then people with the relevant equipment could do their own relatives entries at the same time as the rest of the fiche they appear on. Each person could then publish the results on their website (preferably in a webring) and pretty soon the whole thing (or any other fiche publication e.g. the IGI) would be available on-line. >From memory I'd say each fiche is 3 x 4 inches and at 9600x9600 resolution that equals around 1.2 gigabytes as an image - big but modern PCs can handle this. Conversion to text would not make a huge file. Has any body got any further thoughts on this? Joe de la Poer Power

Some one sent me a photo as an e-mail attachment. The original photo is approx 14 inches by 7 inches.  But when I open it in my Adobe Photo program, the size reads as 416 inches square.  He has re-sent the photo twice now but it still comes through in the enlarged size. The photo is readable on the screen, but when trying to change the measurements it goes to a pin-point size.  Is there anything that can be done to enable me to print it?  I am very new at this so if you answer please don't be too technical. I am using Windows 95, IE 4, and Adobe photo deluxe 2.0 Thank you, Nancy ncook@jps.net Researching surnames: BRAND, BALDWIN, COOK, COPELAND, GHENT, GIYER, HART, HICKMAN, LANE, MORRIS, NOTT, OVERSTREET, PEABODY, RUSSEL, SHAW, TYREE,

At 04:06 PM 6/3/98 -0500, Pamela Wagoner wrote: >For all those who do not list names they're researching at the end of your >messages, I highly recommend that you do.  In one of those circuitious Listing your surnames would be a good idea except that nearly all lists have requested that the practice be stopped due to the lists being archived and searchable. Most list owners have sent out a message explaining why, or how to if you decide to bend the rules. I'm on several and got the info thru most of them, particularly those thru Rootsweb and even a couple that are not. The other thing they are trying to cut back on is long signatures. They are trying to get everyone to use a maximum of 4 lines total. This includes all lines after your message, including your web page, your ICQ number, or what ever you put in them. This is do to storage space which grows with every list. Just throwing in my 2 pennies, for all that they are probably worth less than that :) Sherry Lynn (Bouse) Nisly

Could some one please let me know  why after 60 sec I get this repeose while receiving E-mail! "Your POP 3 server has not responded in 60 sec. Would you like to wait another 60 sec?" Is this an extra long message or am I doing something wrong? I still had 148 message to come in, but could not continue.  Your help / advise would be very much appreciated. Cheers,  Heather Smith

Am I right in assuming that those who "signed up" would have been working at the time? (vs elderly and retired) Maureen O'Brien On 2 Jun 98, at 9:07, by way of Genealogy Records S wrote: > Social Security began in 1936 and it is possible to find ancestors if they > lived into the late 1930's or 1940.  In the earlier years there was not as > much of a requirement to sign up.  There was a push to do so during these > early years.  There was another major one somewhere around 1950/1952.  > Good Luck.  Sharon

About 4 years ago, someone informally did a search for me at the National Archives in DC on a gg(g?)uncle who emigrated from Ireland and served in the Union Navy in the Civil War. If I recall, he found it on some kind of index there and told me that I'd have to send to them for the actual records. So, I got sidetracked by life and only started working on the family tree again in March of this year. I sent for the records. 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

Linda, You wrote <I am trying to find out  the name of the Lawyers who practiced law between 1830 and 1850, in what is now Nashville, TN.> Here are some suggestions. Try one of the search engines like hotbot <http://www.hotbot.com/>http://www.hotbot.com or Metacrawler <http://www.metacrawler.com/>http://www.metacrawler.com and look for "lawyers + history" or "lawyers + Tennessee" Also look for the state library in Tennessee or perhaps one of the university libraries. Some libraries have the old state law association magazines bound. That might mention the person you are looking for. Also, if a city directory is available for those years, it would list most of the lawyers practicing in the area. You might also try the American Law Association. They may have a history/archives dept. Does Nashville have a public library online? That might be a good source. Another list I'm on mentioned a site with lots of legal links. I don't know if it will help with genealogy or not. I just got it today and have not had a chance to look at it. Here's what it says <If you're concerned about the legal interests of your small business, you should investigate Law Links. This site has all the legal connections you'll ever need. From links to state and federal laws, listings of all types of court opinions, and even a geographic listing of attorneys from all over the country that even includes a price quote for the initial consultation. Law Links is your one-stop resource for quickly tracking down legal information on the Net. <http://www.lawlinks.com/>http://www.lawlinks.com> Hope these ideas will get you started. Edith

Just as I planned to do precisely what you suggest, because it makes a lot of sense to me, a number of the lists have advised us *not* to place our names in signature lines because it will give erroneous hits on the new searches planned for the rootsweb lists. I hope the listowner here will further explain. Best, Elaine Pamela Wagoner (by way of Genealogy Records Service ) wrote: > For all those who do not list names they're researching at the end of your > messages, I highly recommend that you do.  In one of those circuitious > events I > got an email from a lost relative who had her 2nd birthday party at my > grandparents' house. > > Now how do I determine her relationship to me.  Someone once gave me a cousin > chart, but I can't find it.  Any web pages with such a thing? > > Pam > Oregon > > Boyle, Sheridan, McLaughlin, Curtin, McDonald, Goble, Wagoner > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net

Pam, I believe you will find a chart that you can download and/or print at Tracey's website <http://www.genrecords.com/>www.genrecords.com Hope this helps you and others. Anna M. (ORY) Langley alangley@hiwaay.net

I, too, would be interested in info on this.  My gr gr grandfather, Jesse Willett Leache was a physician at Manassas and I would like to find more information  on this,  thanks, Patsy davisdwd@earthlink.net <http://home.earthlink.net/~davisdwd>http://home.earthlink.net/~davisdwd Life is uncertain, eat desert first! >My gg-grandfather, Thomas H. BURGESS, was a physician in the Civil War, >stationed in Washington DC around 1864. >

Another variation of this same name is Bastin.  If I remember right they were able to track it back to Germany and I believe somewhere around the Mediterranean.  There is a Bastin roots web site also.  The list owner is Gary Bastin and he has quite a bit of info on this name.  Again, if memory serves me right, he had indicated the original spelling of Bastin was Sebastian. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net <http://www.basden.com/>http://www.basden.com ---------- From: pollardby way of Genealogy Records Service <info@genrecords.com> <pollard@gte.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:  Help on 40 "unusual" names! Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 4:05 PM Does anybody know the origins or meaning of: 1.  Sebastian; 2.  Bastie (pronounced BAH-STEE-AY); 3.  Bastier (pronounced BAH-STEE-AY); 4.  Bastia (??). I'm not sure about the spelling of number 2, 3, or 4.  They may possibly be a nickname...  But it was the name of an ancestor from the Pyrenees Mountains of France.  Thanks in advance. pollard@gte.net ==== 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! ----------

Diane:  Suggest you scan it at about 75 to 100dpi.  That will reduce the size of the file and you can e-mail it then.  That is what I scan my photos at for my web site. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net <http://www.basden.com/>http://www.basden.com ---------- From: Diane McClure-Lottby way of Genealogy Records Service <info@genrecords.com> <jlott@pacbell.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Scanner saved as ?? Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 4:06 PM When I save a scanned photo, its contents are too large to email.  (Or at least that is the message sent back to me with the returned mail warning.)  Is there a way of saving this scanned data in a compressed (?) format, sending it and having the recipient decompressing it?(?) ==== 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! ----------

In a message dated 6/3/98 8:02:40 PM, mondragon@mail.utexas.edu wrote: <<. Does anyone know where one would go for information on what happened to a doctor serving in the War who died in either late 1864 or sometime in 1865 in DC?>> Francesca Sutton, and Gentippers, Unfortunately much less information is on the web than we would like. The good news is that the records are at the National Archives. If you are not familiar with the National Archives web Page please become familiar with it. <http://www.nara.gov/>http://www.nara.gov/ The following book is a complete inventory of National Archives. I have it in three vols. but it is now available on the web. Go to the index and check out your topics. "Guide to Federal Records  in the National Archives of the United States" gopher://gopher.nara.gov/11/inform/guide Ralph Komives ________ web page revised 4-20-98 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <http://members.aol.com/RalphK/DocumentSearch.html>http://members.aol.com/R alphK/DocumentSearch.html Document Searches in Washington, D.C. Area and Annapolis, MD.

Don't know the origin of Sebastian, but I do know that Boston is a typical derivitive of that name (at least in the South).  My grandfather was named Boston, hated it, but don't know if he'd have liked the original any better.  Karen

There was a speaker at the Denver Conference in May that spoke on the Southern Claims Commission.  You can get a copy of his talk on tape from Repeat Performance for $7.50, plus postage.  It was quite an interesting talk...I didn't get to go, but did get his tape.  Learned a lot about the Claims. Karen