Hi everyone! I would like to invite you all to post information on your most precious family heirloom. Tell us about it, how did you get it, who made it/bought it, etc. Just fyi, Rootsweb has said that they may be deactivating lists that are no longer active. I would hate to see that happen to this list! Please post soon! Dee List Admin

Hi everyone! As you may have noticed, Rootsweb mail lists are back on-line! Yay! If you need help navigating the new system: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/listsHelp <http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/listsHelp> I hope everyone will begin utilizing this list and the many others available at Rootsweb. If you have any questions about this list please fee free to send me a message! Have a great day! Dee Admin http://www.genlady.com <http://www.genlady.com/>

November 14-15, 2008 – Mesa, Arizona Family History Expo Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center Street, Mesa, Arizona  85201 Sponsored by the FamilySearch.org and Family History Expos.com   Registration at the door begins on Friday, November 14th at 7:00 am. The keynote address will be at 8:00 am. The exhibit hall opens to the public at 9:00 am. Classes begin after at 10:00 and run through 6 pm. The complete schedule can be found on line at http://www.fhexpos.com/events/event_schedule.php?event_id=43   Admission to the exhibit hall and keynote address is FREE to the public, and classes will be offered for a minimal fee.    Pre-register for classes at the low admission price of $75.00 (ends Nov 7, 2008). http://www.familyhistoryexpo.com/events/upcoming.php?event_id=43 ($90 at the door) Pre-register online at www.FHExpos.com, by phone at 801..829.3295, or send a check to: Family History Expos; PO Box 187; Morgan, UT 84050.   Questions? Email: expo@fhexpos.com  

2009 FAMILY HISTORY EXPOS LEARN THE TECH TO TRACE YOUR ROOTS CALL FOR PAPERS   My Ancestors Found issues this call for papers to those interested in being a Presenter at one of our upcoming Family History Expos to be held in 2009..   Because of the high demand for our events we are preparing one large syllabus to be used at multiple events. If your presentation is accepted to appear in our syllabus you will have the opportunity to present at one or more of our 2009 Family History Expos!   We are currently scheduling Family History Expos in Arizona , California , Colorado , Utah , and Wyoming . We are also considering some eastern states..   Presentation submission deadline is October 31st, 2008   Reasons to Participate in one of our Expos! • Present and share your expertise to large groups of family history enthusiasts • Network with other professionals and potential clients • Sharpen your skills by learning from others • Talk about your family history products and services to attendees in a classroom setting   For specific submission requirements please contact us at expos@myancestorsfound.com.   We look forward to working with you! Discover and preserve your heritage! Join us at one of our Fantastic Events   Visit www.myancestorsfound.com for further information or call us at 801.829.3295   Copyright © 2008 My Ancestors Found

Hurry before it's too late...Early Bird Pricing The St. George Family History Expo early bird pricing has ended, BUT WAIT I just happen to know that with Holly's daughter getting married she will not be able to change the pricing until next Monday-Jan. 7, 2008. So, if you have been busy and just forgot, here is your chance to still get the early bird pricing of $50.00 for two fun filled days of learning. St. George Family History Expo - Details found at www.MyAncestorsFound.com When: Feb. 8-9, 2008 ---8 AM - 6 PM Where: The Dixie Center ; 1835 Convention Center Drive ; St. George , Utah 84790 Don't Delay Sign Up Today! http://www.myancestorsfound.com/events/upcoming.php?event_id=1 Happy New Year! Kim Kimberly A Savage, BS Vice President of My Ancestors Found --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

Russell Williams Sr 1830's to 1860's> AR and/or TX w1 was Amanda Evans w2 was Nancy Brent. Robert Lemuel Moseley 1860 -1900 b TN d. OK lived awhile in TX w1 tennesee belle williams w2 unita grimmetts Alvin Montgomery Collins 1832-1917 picture given to Carl Collins in PA bef 1968 Carl was the son of Edgar Collins. other Alvin montgomery Collins wife Lydia Crandall items may be traced from the Washington co Oregon area. Gladys Moseley Quilts sold in the Modesto CA area in the 1970's there is one particular quilt that i have a description of by her hand. Any Redwine of Fayetteville GA connecting documents to any Redwines of TX and /or OK, particularly those pertaining to any John Redwine. Some items of good provenance i am willing to pay for. also would appreciate any digital copies of docs and certs bible pages etc that someone is willing to share, will always credit donor with item notes in my doc indexes, in whatever manner desired by donor. thank you. I have items to share also and am willing to do so. lets get this list going, and let us all share what we need or what we have available. My next post will be on items to share. gloria

Research Retreat in SLC, Utah with One on One Professional assistance When: November 26th-December 1st, 2007 Where: Classes to be held at the Plaza Hotel with daily research in the adjacent Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah. "Our professionals know and love the FHL, they have had more than 1000 hours of research time in this facility and they really do know how to access and utilize the collection effectively, says MyAncestorsFound Vice President Kim Savage. "Don’t miss a unique opportunity to explore the world’s largest Family History Library in the company of other researchers (soon-to-be friends) and caring professionals who want to help you connect with your ancestors." Retreat Highlights: Meet the group at our "Icebreaker Social" Monday evening (when the FHL is closed) Participate in classes designed to increase your ability to understand and find the records holding information on your ancestors Daily research time at the Family History Library (Tues-Sat) Individual research consultations with seasoned professionals available eight hours a day to work with you in one-on-one sessions to guide you in your research throughout the day and all week long Additional help available on the computer and at the microfilm readers will help you stay on track and make your projects do-able and exciting Let MAF help you scan documents to your flash drive Syllabus containing all class handouts for future reference Complimentary Capture the Memories interview book Tour of historic Temple Square - Utah's most visited attraction Enjoy listening to the 'Tabernacle Choir' practice Dine alone or enjoy dinner with the group each evening (optional) Mini Gen Store for your shopping pleasure Door Prizes and exciting research rewards Fun, new friends who love genealogy like you do! Professional researchers for this event include: Arlene H. Eakle, Ph.D. is president and founder of The Genealogical Institute, Inc. Dr. Eakle is a professional genealogist with more than 30 years experience in research, as a consultant, a seminar presenter, and author. She is an expert in tracing Southern ancestors including those of Native American background. She is also skilled in tracing ancestors from the British Isles, Switzerland, and parts of Germany. She claims a 96% success rate. She has addressed more than 500 workshops and seminars in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. She is the author of more than 90 books, newsletters, scholarly articles, and family histories. Recently she formed a non-profit Genealogy Library Center, Inc. to accept and preserve genealogy manuscript collections that might otherwise be destroyed. Collections donated qualify for a tax deduction. Classes taught by Arlene: • Why Church Records Are Important for Genealogical Research • Special Church Records Collections at the Family History Library • Church Records in the United States and Canada–the Religious Belief Dictates the Records Kept and Preserved • Church Records in the British Isles • European Church Records .. Jimmy B. Parker, AG has been conducting genealogy and family history research for over 38 years and is a former manager of the Main Library Operations, at the LDS Family History Library, at Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Parker specializes in Native American research. He has studied records at various National Archives, identifying and examining the various collections kept for the Native American population by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His work includes all those NARA branches in Atlanta, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, San Bruno, and Los Angeles. In addition to usual archives, Mr. Parker has actually conducted research on-site at several reservations, including those of the Rosebud Sioux, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Northern Ute, and Navajo. Classes taught by Jimmy: • Approaches to the Family History Library Catalog • There Is A Method to Our Madness! • What have I Found and How Does It Relate to What I Thought I Knew? • Where Did I Put That? .. Judith E. Wight, AG was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Brigham Young University (history major, English minor). She is an accredited genealogist specializing in Irish, Scottish and Australian research; British Reference Consultant at the Family History Library from 1990-2001; Director of the Sandy, East Stake Family History Center from 1997-2000. Mrs. Wright has lectured at numerous historical and genealogical conferences throughout the U.S. and in Canada and England. When not working or writing, enjoys spending time with her family, remodeling their home and a mountain cabin retreat, traveling, reading, and listening to music. She is founder, past president and forever board member of Ulster Project-Utah, an ecumenical peacemaking organization that brings Catholic and Protestant teens from Northern Ireland to various established centers in the U.S. Classes taught by Judy: • British Isles Church Records • British Isles Census Returns • British Isles Civil Registration of Birth, Marriage and Death • British Isles Probate Records Five, count 'em, 5 full days of research assistance for only $299.00 Contact: Kimberly A. Savage, BS Vice President - My Ancestors Found PO Box 187 Morgan, UT 84050 801.829.3295 Kimberly@myancestorsfound.com Visit www.myancestorsfound.com for further information --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.

I thought every one should know. Family Search is teaching classes on the Third-Party Products and New FamilySearch on Sept. 15, 2007. If you can, you should attend! Just what you’ve been waiting for! An all-day seminar designed to supercharge your ancestral quest. WHAT: The Northern Utah Genealogy and Family Heritage Jamboree WHERE: Marriott Hotel, 247 24th Street, Ogden, UT WHEN: 7:30am to 7:30pm ~ Sept 15. 2007 THEME: Pirates of the Pedigree 12 jam-packed hours of genealogy! KEYNOTE We’re honored to have Beau Sharbrough give the keynote address. He is the Vice President of Content at the historical documents website, Footnote.com. Beau is a popular writer and lecturer on technical topics in genealogy, but has a humorous approach to getting the job done. He is a former president of GENTECH, the founder of the FGS Federation of Genealogical Societies and GENTECH websites, and formerly worked on tree products at Ancestry.com. CLASSES MyAncestorsFound.com has gathered the Cream of the Crop when it comes to knowledgeable and creative family history instructors. With the amazing group of teachers lined up you will have more than 35 fantastic classes to choose from including the latest about French, Scandinavian, German, Scottish, Hispanic, Italian, Austrian, immigrant and US ancestry, and what to do about digital copies of documents in your library and on the net at FamilySearch, Footnote, GenealogyBank and WorldVitalRecords. Find out how to decipher old English handwriting, write personal histories, document your sources, get organized, surf the web, and use the latest genealogy software programs. Learn about the records centers in our region that are chock full of information to help genealogists climb their family trees. THE EXHIBIT HALL Jam-packed with over 30 displays and vendors · Test drive software programs · Browse books · Bargain hunt among preservation treasurers · Demo the latest internet technologies PRIZES Thousands of dollars of fabulous prizes will be given out all day to registered attendees! Some of the prizes that will be given out are: Generation Maps Chart Ancestry.com Subscription I Fly Utah - indoor skydiving Ohana Software - PAF Insight My Ancestors Found - A Research Retreat (In SLC with Professionals) Ancestral Quest - Genealogical software Life Story Productions – software Footnote.com – subscription RootsMagic - software And the list goes on and on including software, books, family history supplies and more. Q & A BOOTH A select group of instructors who will be on hand to answer your personal research questions. The value of a one-on-one consultation with a professional genealogist far exceeds the cost of admittance to this event. Professional answers will open your mind to new research strategies. GENEALOGY Rx DearMYRTLE is so excited to help attendees discover missing pirates and honorable pioneers on their pedigree charts and says, “I’m bringing my clipboard so that I can focus on writing out actual genealogy prescriptions for what to do next!” YOUR ANCESTORS ARE JUST WAITING TO BE RE-DISCOVERED No need to put it off any longer! Summer vacation is over, and the kids are back in school, so now is the time to focus on your genealogy and family history with help from ‘Pirates of the Pedigree’ a super great genealogy conference. MORE INFO Register online at www.MyAncestorsFound.com Or call Holly Hansen at 801.829.3295 --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.

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We would like to invite you to attend the: September 15, 2007 - Ogden , Utah Northern Utah Genealogy and Family Heritage Jamboree Ogden Marriott Hotel, 247 24th Street , Ogden , Utah Sponsored by the Ogden Regional Family History Center and My Ancestors Found Registration at the door begins on Saturday, September 15th at 7:15 am. The keynote address will be at 8:00 am. The exhibit hall opens to the public at 9:00 am. Classes begin after at 10:00 and run through 7:30 pm. The complete schedule can be found on line at http://www.myancestorsfound.com/events/event_speakers.php?event_id=20 Admission to the exhibit hall and keynote address is FREE to the public, and classes will be offered for a minimal fee. Beau Sharbrough, from Footnote.com, will be the keynote speaker and DearMYRTLE, "your friend in genealogy," will be presenting classes geared to help family history teachers, Arlene H. Eakle, Ph.D., will share her extensive knowledge of repositories and collections close to home, Michael Brubaker, from the Atlanta History Center in Georgia will be presenting research advise for using southern collections. In addition there will be various classes offered by the Family History Department, in SLC and many of the experts who work there. Pre-register for classes at the low admission price of $40! ($45 at the door) Pre-register online at www.MyAncestorsFound.com, by phone at 801.829.3295, or send a check to: My Ancestors Found; PO Box 187 ; Morgan , UT 84050 . Questions? Email: NorthUtah@myancestorsfound.com Our Keynote address and access to the exhibit hall are FREE to the public. Our exhibit hall will be filled with research experts, book dealers, family history software vendors, family history displays, scrapbook supplies, and more. A few of our exhibit hall participants include: FamilySearch Legacy Family Tree Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation DearMYRTLE Footnote.com Godfrey Memorial Library The Genealogy Shelf Bookstore My Ancestors Found & Rootstamps Generation maps --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.

Hi Jan Whatever you do, never laminate, it will destroy the document. Copy it by digi camera if possible, make more than one copy, then store the document flat in acid free paper in a storage box in a cool dry place with no excessive heat or damp. Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) List owner for OVINGTON and HAYLOCK lists >I would elaminate it. It is not an expensive proceedure and it makes it air >tight. <snip> >> Can anyone tell me how to preserve paper? >> In particular, a Pennsylvania Railroad train schedule circa 1900. It has >> started to crumble. It is inside a wooden case. >> Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. >> Jan in FL.

Thanks to all who responded. Jan in FL.

In a message dated 7/9/2006 12:51:03 PM Central Daylight Time, ovington1@btconnect.com writes: store the document flat in acid free paper in a storage box in a cool dry place with no excessive heat or damp. An excellent source for acid free storage boxes, bags, tissue, etc. is Light Impression. The website is _www.lightimpressionsdirect.com_ (http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com) . I've used several of their products and can vouch for their quality. Jackie

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Can anyone tell me how to preserve paper? In particular, a Pennsylvania Railroad train schedule circa 1900. It has started to crumble. It is inside a wooden case. Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. Jan in FL.

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