----- Original Message ----- From: "RootsWeb Review" <RootsWeb-Review-request@rootsweb.com> To: <RootsWeb-Review@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:04 AM Subject: RootsWeb Bulletin, No. 1 > ROOTSWEB BULLETIN, No. 1, 9 December 2000. (c) 2000 RootsWeb.com > Editors: Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG > > Recipients of ROOTSWEB REVIEW and MISSING LINKS receive the > occasional electronic newsletter, ROOTSWEB BULLETIN. > > RootsWeb.com: http://www.rootsweb.com > Ancestry.com: http://www.ancestry.com > MyFamily.com: http://www.myfamily.com > RWGuide to Tracing Family Trees: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com > > * * * * * > > Avoid the mall crowds and holiday shopping hassles -- shop > for your ancestors online. > > As a holiday gift to RootsWeb users and genealogists everywhere, > all 3,000 databases and all of the U.S. federal census images > posted so far at Ancestry.com are FREE from now until > December 21, 2000. http://www.ancestry.com/ > > This would be a good time to do a search in the AIS CENSUS > INDEXES. This collection of some 35 million people contains > federal and state census indexes, indexes to various U.S. > non-population schedules (Mortality Schedules for 1850, 1860, > 1870 and 1880), Veterans Schedules, and Slave Schedules) and > information from various tax lists. This is a great database to > help find where your ancestors resided in the United States at > particular times. > > Remember to try all the variant spellings of your surnames -- > the census enumerator or the tax man might have spelled the name > differently than you do. Need some ideas for overcoming name > spelling problems? See WHY YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR ANCESTORS at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson8.htm > > For questions about census records and links to more > information, see CENSUS RECORDS: SOUNDEXES, INDEXES AND > FINDING AIDS at http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm > > Also see RootsWeb Guide, TAXING TALES at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson11.htm > > If you explore the buried treasures under BIOGRAPHY & HISTORY at > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/biohist/main.htm > you might be fortunate enough to turn up some golden nuggets of > family data under BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX or the > SLAVE NARRATIVES. > > Another virtual treasure trove about your ancestors might be > awaiting you under IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION. Two of the > major databases there are the WUERTTEMBERG (Germany) EMIGRATION > INDEX and the GREAT MIGRATION (New England) INDEX. However, > there is much more to be found here. Example of a recent search: > > Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the > American Colonies: Volume I ZURICH TO CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA, > 1734-1744 LIST OF EMIGRANTS TO CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA, 1734- > 1744 > > Sergeant Heinrich Hitz, from the Bauder-Albis, born July 11, > 1697, with his wife, Elsbetha Frick, of Knonau, born April 18, > 1711, and four children: Verena, born March 16, 1727, Adelheid, > born February 10, 1732, Heinrich, born September 13, 1733, and > Anna, born May 11, 1738; to Pennsylvania. > > > IMMIGRANTS INTO PENNSYLVANIA: Volume 1 > Name: Joh. Conrad Fromm. > Ship: SHIP LYDIA. > Captain: JAMES ALLEN. > LIST OF FOREIGNERS IMPORTED IN THE SHIP LYDIA. > Place: LONDON > Date: DEC. 11, 1739 [The original list is herewith given.] > Men's names and ages. > > Hans Jacob Houser, 23, Rodick Frick, 30, Johannes Frick, 19, > Andreas Crook, 45, Hans Jacob Frie, 30, Ulrick Spinder, 23, > Hendrick Seeds, 28, Hendrick Seeds, junr., 28, > Hans Jacob Croop, 30, Johannes Laypert, 21. > > > Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the > American Colonies: Volume 2 ZURICH TO CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA, > 1734-1744 LISTS OF EMIGRANTS FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS FAMILY > NAMES, BERN > > [p.59] Pfister, a master butcher in the city of Reading, she > wishes to take her inheritance in this country over to America. > Anna Barbara is a daughter of Conrad Kunzli, who died in America > in 1769, by his first wife who bore him 2 children. He had three > children by a second wife who died in 1750 on the way to > Pennsylvania. In 1753 Kunzli came back home for a short time and > told about his circumstances. Since it is not known where the > other children are, or whether they are still living, the > government only allows one-fifth of the property of 937 gulden > to be withdrawn. The emigration tax of 10 percent is deducted. > Among the documents there is a statement made out by Pastor A. > Helffenstein on December 10, 1773, in Germantown, saying that > the Schmidt-Kunzli couple are members of the Reformed Church; > there is also the original of the warrant of authority of > Dec. 9, 1773, for Joh. Jak. Pfister. A form printed in the > German language was used for this warrant. Peter Miller, > Esquire, royal judge of the city and county of Philadelphia, > acted as notary, and Benjamin Miller and Abraham Schoemaker as > witnesses. > > > IMMIGRANTS INTO PENNSYLVANIA: Volume 1 > Name: Michael Frick, sick. > Ship: DUKE OF WIRTENBERG > Captain: DANIEL MONTPELIER > Place: ROTTERDAM > Date: OCT. 20, 1752 > > Name: Henry Gimper, > Ship: EDINBURG > Place: ROTTERDAM > Date: OCT. 2, 1753 > > > RootsWeb Guides, TRACING IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson15.htm > and NATURALIZATION RECORDS > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson16.htm > can help you learn more about available records and find links > to more sources. > > More databases to explore at Ancestry.com include: > > -- Directories. You might be pleasantly surprised at the number > of 19th-century city directories available here. > > Also see RootsWeb Guide, CITY DIRECTORIES AND NEWSPAPERS > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson20.htm > > -- Periodicals and Newspapers (many obituaries available) > > -- PERIODICAL SOURCE INDEX (PERSI). One of the major differences > between novice genealogists and more experienced ones is that > the latter use periodicals in their search for missing links. > The favorite index to these publications is PERSI, compiled by > the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. > > PERSI catalogs thousands of articles published in most genealogy > and local history periodicals written in English and some > French-Canadian since 1800. In 1999, the Allen County Public > Library added more than 100,000 citations, bringing the number > of fully searchable records to more than 1.1 million, listing > every article according to locality, family (surname), and/or > research methodology. However, PERSI does not index every name > in every article, nor does it include the full text of actual > articles. Each article title in the PERSI database is > accompanied by additional information about the name and date of > the periodical where the article was printed, and information > about the publisher and sources for reprints. > > Examples of what can be found in this outstanding finding aid > include: > > 1. Articles dealing with specific families: > > "AARICK/John H. Aarick Bible, 1769-1877" > "CLEM/John Clem, 1851-1937, Ohio, Texas" > "CAMPBELL/Campbell family, 1840-1973, Scotland; Alabama" > "YOUNGER/Robert E. Younger, Missouri outlaw" > > 2. Articles dealing with Canada and Canadians: > > "Germans from Volhynia homestead in Canada" > "Battle of Batoche 1885 participants, desc. of" > "War of 1812 gravesites found in Canada" > "Census 1881 availability" > "Klondike gold rush registers, where to find" > "Peel/Toronto twp. 1810 settlement list" > > 3. Articles dealing with Americans: > > "Plumwood church history" > "Revolution/Last 1000 survivors, Sc-St" > "Plantation records reveal lives" > "Pony Express riders, names only" > "Lutheran schools in Ozarks history" > "Old pictures of Staunton and Augusta county" > "Dutch Catholic settlement, Fox River Valley" > "Fiddler Creek school pupils photos, 1923, 1934", > > 4. Articles dealing with lands and peoples other than U.S. and > Canada: > > "Villages of origin of Texas Czech families" > "Using Danish census records" > "Revolution/Mills prison roll, 1779" > "Army conscription & emigration, early 1800s" > "Emigrants from Lorraine to U.S., 1815-70" > "Geography of Irish emigration to Canada" > "Libraries: How Japan keeps her records" > "Confederate exodus to Latin America, post-Civil War" > > 5. Articles dealing with methodology: > > "Birthdate formula from tombstone" > "Help list, alternatives for 1890 census" > "Quaker marriage process, 18th century" > "City directories as a genealogical tool" > "Compiling acceptable family histories" > "Land record terminology" > "Draft registration and Social Security records" > "Black genealogy resources" > "Probing your ancestor's probate record" > > When you find a citation of interest to you in PERSI, you will > be able to follow a link from the citation to information about > the publisher of the periodical. Here is an example: > > Periodical Title: Essex Institute Historical Collections > General Subject Area: U.S. > Topics: MA > Other Titles: new title: Peabody Essex Museum Collections > Notes: > ACPL Holdings: v.1-128 1859-1993 > ACPL Call Number: 974.401 Es7esa > ISSN Number: 0014-0953 > > Other repositories holding this title include: Allen County > Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Dallas Public > Library, Family History Library, Library of Congress, New York > Public Library, Newberry Library, New England Historic > Genealogical Society Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & > Hamilton Co., State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library > Publisher: Essex Institute > Publisher Address: 132 Essex St > Publisher City: Salem > Publisher State: MA > Publisher Zip: 01970 > Subscription Price: 0.00 > PERSI Code: MAEI > > The periodical is the "Essex Institute Historical Collections," > also known as "Peabody Essex Museum Collections." At the bottom, > you find the publisher's name and address. If the publisher no > longer exists, you will be encouraged to check with your local > library or historical society for availability of the > periodical. There is also a list of other repositories which > hold the title. > > To obtain copies of articles in the PERSI index, contact the > Allen County Public Library Foundation, P. O. Box 2270, > Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270. > > Directions for requesting photocopies are listed at > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/index/welcome_persi.html > > If you haven't checked PERSI for your ancestors, you may have > overlooked one of the best sources available. > > * * * * * > > HUMOR: Thanks to Jane Howard Mzjane@aol.com for this definition. > > Genealogy = disturbing the dead and irritating the living. > > * * * * * > > HOLIDAY SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFER. 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