Received this on a mail list today! I thought you might wish to know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has placed the fully-searchable Pedigree Resource File (PRF) online at the FamilySearch website http://www.familysearch.org As you know, these represent unlinked pedigrees submitted by individuals through the FamilySearch.org web site. The Pedigree Resource File entries appear as integrated results from the main search page, along with applicable IGI and Ancestral File entries, on the "Search Results" page. Although individual records show parentage and spouses (where available), as yet there is no pedigree function, i.e., there is no way to graphically show ancestry for an individual as is the case with Ancestral File. I checked the site and found my own file, submitted in August, integrated into the Pedigree Resource File. Sincerely, Cole Goodwin Family History Consultant I will be updating the FAQ shortly regarding this, so it will have this as part of the page about PRF. The PRF FAQ is at http://members.tripod.com/~Genealogy_Infocenter/prf-cds.html

Searching for these Virginia/West Virginia surnames from the late 1700's through 1800's: Harr (John b. 1777); Merrifield (Samuel, b. 1720; Richard, b. 1747); Reed (Robert, b. 1802); Carpenter (John, b. Abt 1760); Capt. James Booth (b. 1709); Evan Thomas (b. Abt 1760); Capt. Samuel Stalnaker (b. 1682). I would appreciate any information you may have and would be happy to share my data with you. My e-mail address is GenJan@bewellnet.com Best Wishes! Jan Hornick, Denver (area), Colorado ********************* This information was received from another mail list yesterday: "Huge upgrade for FamilySearch" "From----http://www.desnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,135007623,00.html? Associated Press" "The world's biggest online genealogical collection is about to get bigger. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has added 240 million names to its 640-million name archive. The church maintains the runaway Internet hit 'FamilySearch.'" "The boost is the largest single upgrade since the Web site was launched last May. Site designers vastly underestimated the number of people that would use the Web site, which receives up to 10 million "hits" a day. Web site spokesman Paul Nauta argues those totals make FamilySearch the Internet's hottest service. ...by any measure, the church's site and its more than 300,000 registered users account for one of the Web's most popular stops. Todd Christoffersen, executive director of the LDS Church's Family History Department, said the latest names were gathered primarily from Western Europe, Scandinavia and Mexico and by themselves surpass the size of most other genealogical databases on the Web." "FamilySearch will continue to be offered as a free service, though church officials have hinted that some sort of fee may eventually be charged. In addition to other online archives, like the 35 million-name Ancestral File, FamilySearch plans early next year to index the new Pedigree Resource File, a database of family history records being transmitted or "uploaded" to the site by users." "The pedigree file, already listing more than 5 million names, is projected to grow at the rate of 1.2 million names per month. Family history has been an LDS Church priority since the its earliest days. The church officially began compiling genealogical records in 1984, primarily using the information in LDS temple ordinances. Today, the church maintains records of more than 2 billion people, safeguarding the information on millions of rolls of microfilm stored in granite vaults inside Little Cottonwood Canyon south of Salt Lake City." "FamilySearch can be found at www.familysearch.org on the Internet." ********************

Recently I received this information from another mail list. It is worth checking out! Rather concerning. Best Wishes! Jan Hornick [Searching Harr, Merrifield, Reed, Carpenter, Booth, Thomas, Tucker, etc. surnames] "Members of the list may care to visit this site for an interesting bunch of thoughts on what may happen to your records in the future. It is not just about family records, but anything you may be storing on your computer:" http://www.winmag.com/columns/mike/1999/1008.htm Lance H. Bates

Today I uploaded a Gedcom for five generations of descendants of my 4th great grandparents, John Harr and Elizabeth Merrifield. There are over 1000 descendants in a searchable/downloadable database. There are many surnames from the Marion, Taylor, Monongalia and Harrison County areas. Please consider adding your data to this easily accessible source. Many Thanks! Jan Hornick ROOTSWEB'S WORLDCONNECT PROJECT by Robert R. Tillman, CEO <rrti@rootsweb.com> We are proud to announce the BETA TEST of the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. Now you can upload, edit, delete and download to others your GEDCOMs on RootsWeb. We have developed GEDCOM software that is the most advanced on the Web to provide you with unprecedented control over your posted GEDCOMs. Key features include the ability to: o Upload a GEDCOM file generated by any of the major genealogy software applications WITHOUT first converting it to HTML. o Edit or delete your GEDCOMs as well as change the display or download options at any time. o Link the GEDCOM to your own home page. o Screen or remove information about living individuals from the GEDCOM. o Link Post-Em notes both from the GEDCOM originator and other RootsWeb users by attaching to the record of a particular individual. This capability is similar to the implementation of Post-Ems in RootsWeb's Social Security Death Index. o Link a GEDCOM to other GEDCOMs using Post-Ems. o Allow RootsWeb users to download subsets (portions) of the original GEDCOM starting with a specific person and choosing either ancestors or descendants. o Display GEDCOMs online in highly flexible ways. We think that this display capability is where RootsWeb WorldConnect Project really shines. Unlike with certain other Web sites, you have full control over your GEDCOM. You can change or remove it completely at any time and RootsWeb will never burn it onto a CD-ROM or charge others to access it. Check out this new capability at <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igmuser.cgi>. Search for individuals listed in uploaded GEDCOMs at <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi>. Beat the crowds. Upload your GEDCOM now, but please remember that this is a beta test. We will change features of the offering based upon your feedback. You can expect that there will be malfunctions, problems, delays, etc. during this test. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding. Submit your complaints and suggestions for improvements to the RootsWeb GEDCOM Suggestions Board at <http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/gedcom>. You might also want to thank Randy Winch, the author of this wonderful new RootsWeb feature. He has devoted months to this project. Kudos to Randy! * * *

Following is a great website for URL Sources on many topics, including genealogy: http://www.accessmagazine.com/scripts/articles.cfm?articleID=314 Best Wishes! Jan Hornick

This list was sent to me by Maurice Woehrle. I thought it had so much good information I wanted to send it to everyone that I know working on Genealogy. Hope this helps. Jan Hornick [Searching for Virginia/West Virginia Surnames: HARR, REED, CARPENTER, MERRIFIELD, TUCKER, MARTIN, BOOTH.] GENEALOGY REFERENCE LIST OF WEB SITES for cruising the worldwide web. This is an email you'll definitely want to make a copy of for your genealogy research. In case you lose it simply put five stars in as your search word ***** ) and look in the archives for the year 1999. This message will then appear. Simply remember this is a five star ***** message! ROOTSWEB SEARCH ENGINE - ANY SURNAME OR LISTING http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl Trying to find a Rootsweb surname list? Don't know which of 8,000 possible variant spellings it might be listed under? This tool finds sound-alike matches for a given surnamefrom among RootsWeb's thousands of surname lists. Give it a try! http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ (Find any Rootsweb genealogy mailing list) FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.aj.com/ (Ask Jeeves) http://www.altavista.digital.com/ (Alta Vista) http://www.aol.com/netfind/ (AOL Searcher) http://www.excite.com/ (Excite) http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy.html (Galaxy) http://www.hotbot.com/ (Hot Bot) http://www.infoseek.com/ (Info Seek) http://lycospro.lycos.com/ (Lycos) SEARCH FOR PEOPLE - SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.anywho.com/resq.html http://www.555-1212.com/whte_us.htm http://www.four11.com/ http://in-114.infospace.com/_1_196816106__yp.ch/reverse.htm (reverse finder) http://www.switchboard.com/ http://www.whowhere.com/ http://www.icq.com/emaildir.html (Search the ICQ email directory - Millionsof users) REAL-TIME COMPUTER TRANSLATIONS (All European languages) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - Foreign) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (United State Geological Service - finds exact location of place names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc. Excellent !!) http://www.indo.com/distance/ (Distance between two locations. Enter geographic coordinates or placenames) http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and state) http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic thesaurus) http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map) http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (geographic name locator) http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft worldwide info) http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old maps, NY&NE) http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html (township and range system) http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom) http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US Atlas, 1895) http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic name locator) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot_coordinate.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Enter geographic coordinates only) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Select location from a map or enter a place name) -------------------- GENERAL REFERENCE SITE - ALL IN ONE http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html =B7 Atlas & Maps =B7 Beginner's Guides =B7 Bios & Who's Who =B7 Databases =B7 Dictionaries =B7 Electronic Texts =B7 Encyclopedias =B7 Genealogy =B7 Government =B7 Grammar & Style =B7 History =B7 Internet Resources =B7 Law =B7 Libraries =B7 Miscellaneous =B7 Phone Book =B7 Population =B7 Postal =B7 Science =B7 Thesaurus =B7 Time & Date =B7 Weights & Measures =B7 World Religions =B7 WWW Virtual Library -------------------- VITAL RECORDS: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm (center for health stats) http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to write) http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list) http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online census materials) http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, census online) http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable south) CHECK AND CLEAN VIRUSES FROM YOU COMPUTER - free ! http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html (Trend Microsystems) Excellent - highly recommended on-line service - no charge) GIANT GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.hamrick.com/names/ U.S. Surname Distribution from the U.S. census during various period in history http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrel of links) http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's List) http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford Genealogy Club) http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions) http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy gateway) http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist) http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most wanted) http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online) http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy tool box) http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search engine) http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical societies) http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html (Mormon FHCs) http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (National Genealogical Society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society) http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club) http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web Searches) http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable genealogy links) http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy/ (Travellor southern families) http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (UofKS sourcelist) http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web) http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical Society) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo (genealogical and historical societies of Missouri; to change states, delete "mo" and substitute the postal abbreviation of the state of our choice) ------------------- CHURCH HISTORY: http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches) http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological seminaries) http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist) http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren) http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church) http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network) http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholics web directory) http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of Christ) http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA) http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran) http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy) http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia Baptist) http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives (Indiana UMC) http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod) http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html (MO Baptist) http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist) http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist) http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html (Presbyterian) http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America) http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm (SC Baptist) http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ) http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist archives) http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm (UMC state archives) ETHNIC RESEARCH: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html (searchable Canada) http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html (emigration from Germany) http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America) http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch in New Amsterdam) http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German Genealogy) http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Irelands national archives) http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish Genealogical Society) http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish Genealogy) http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, marriage indices) http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scot Clans) http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy) http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register Office) http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm (tartans & clans) http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy) ------------------- ARCHIVES FOR MILITARY HISTORY & WARS: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war timeline) http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War fighting units) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW Dakota State) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for genealogy) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military libraries) http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812) SOURCES FOR BOOKS: http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html (antiquarian books) http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's) http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's) http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer (dealers and publishers) http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone) http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson genealogy) http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY books) http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press) http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend) http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis) LOOKUP SERVICES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (books we own) http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly southern Books) http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups) http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index) http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml (genealogy helplist) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm (surname springboard) GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS - "HOW TO GUIDES": http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html http://members.aol.com/gresinet/gen_mail.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ http://php.indiana.edu/~stephen/ownlists.htm http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html ----------------- STATE & REGIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETIES: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/index.html (midwest gen society) http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama genealogy) http://wwwcogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado gen society) http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/ (Connecticut library) http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ (Florida gen society) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9829/Ga.html (Georgia helplist) http://www.sos.state.il.us/ (Illinois Secretary of State) http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ (Indiana library) http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/index.htm (Iowa historical society) http://home.att.net/~ladylake10/ipl/ipl_main.htm (Iowa pioneers) http://www.kumc.edu/kansas/KSL/Ref/ksl_ref.html (Kansas library) http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/kdlaindx/kdlaindx.htm (Kentucky library and archives) http://mlin.lib.ma.us/ (Massachusettes Library and Information Network) http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society) http://mosl.sos.state.mo (Missouri archives) http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston) http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New Jersey library) http://www.sara.nysed.gov/ (New York archives) http://unix2.nysed.gov/ (New York library) http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm (New York vital records) http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina archives) http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOMEHTM#information (NC library) http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio historical society) http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of history) http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (Oregon archives) http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.htm (Pennsylvania archives) http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIDSTATE.HTML (Penn. Commonwealth library) http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina archives) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ (old SC papers) http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical society) http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html (USC's South Carolina library) http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm (Tennessee library & archives) http://www.vsla.edu/index.html (Virginia Library) http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online) http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical society) http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online Wisconsin libraries) -------------------- SURNAMES: http://www.one-name.org/top.htm (Guild of One Name Studies) http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html (suname helper) http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing lists) http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=3Dsurnames& (surname search engine) http://surnameweb.org/registry/ (surname web's registry) SEARCH FOR LAND TITLES AND LAND PATENTS: http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/Patentlocations.html (all states) http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ (BLM eastern states land records) http://www.innernet.net/hively/newpage29.htm (PA lands, with links) http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html (Virginia land office records) NEWSPAPERS: http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/medie-link/uspapers.shtml (Kidon US Dailies)(I haven't tried this, but if it doesn't work, note that the next two say Media-link and try that) http://www.dds.nl/~media-link/usweek.shtml (Kidon US Weeklies) http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/capapers.shtml (Kidon Canada) http://caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu/flnews/projects.html (state newspaper projects) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/contacts.html (state projects list) http://www.naa.org/hotlinks/index.asp (state associations, dailies by state) CEMETERY RECORDS: http://users.deltanet.com/~steven/cemetery.html (cemetery listings) http://www.funeral.com/cemeterystates/ (cemetery listings) http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ (funeral home listings) http://www.dreamscape.com/goldlinks/cemetery.htm http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ (Ontario cemetery listings) http://we.got.net/docent/cem/uscem.htm (US cemeteries) http://www.inwd.com/death/usa.htm (US cemeteries) OTHER RELATED GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.firstct.com/fv/stone.html (breaking down the wall) http://www.ala.org/alonline/ (American Library Association) http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ (Board for Certification of Genealogists) http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html (deciphering old handwriting) http://www.nara.gov/regionals/stlouis.html (fed personnel records) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/ (low Country Huguenots) http://OfficialCitySites.com (index of local government sites) http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/moa_search.html (UMich literature search) http://www.vanished.com/pages/database.html (misc. online databases) http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us (Mid-Continent Public Library) http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm (libraries everywhere) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8080/philly.html (Philadelphia) http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ (Zip Codes) ------------End-------------- __________________________________________________ Those who give up their rights for safety end up with neither __________________________________________________ Maurice A Woehrle mwoehrle@airmail.net http://www.geocities.com/~mwoehrle

Greetings, I am new to the list and would like to know if anyone is researching the HARR name in Western PA. We have only one name at this time and would be most happy to find her family line. Happy to exchange information. Francis Emma Borbridge HARR b. 1842 place unknown d. 1929 Connellsville, Fayette Co. Pa. Buried in family plot, Chest Nut Hill Cemetery Connellsville, Pa. Known to family and friends as Fannie B. (Harr) Vance mar. Robert McGuire VANCE b. October 27, 1831 Connellsville, Pa d. September 27, 1910 Connellsville, Pa buried Family Plot in Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Connellesville, Pa. The family lived in a L shape frame house on West Cedar Ave in Connelsville and was on the outskirts of town almost like being in the country. They had nine children. Any information appreciated. Carol in FL.

Haven't received any postings since I subscribed. Anybody out there. My Harr ancestors are from PA. Anybody else share these: Benjamin L. HARR (1863-1950) son of John Andrew HARR (1837-1917) son of Benjamin HARR (1838-????) son of John HARR (1776-1852) Mary Gold

I am searching for descendants of John Harr (born about 1777) and Elizabeth Merrifield (born 1783) of Virginia/West Virginia. John was probably the son of Simon Harr (born in Germany in 1725) and Eve Brouzler of the Shenandoah Valley. I would appreciate any information you may have and would be happy to share my data with you. My e-mail address is GenJan@bewellnet.com Best Wishes! Jan Hornick, Denver (area), Colorado