You say for "free". How do you access the "free" part? Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cree & Susan Newbold" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:50:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [LDR] A new resource [at least to me] Fellow Listers --- I came across a very interesting resource today when doing my aperiodic run through of Cyndi's List. The site is sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society, and can be found at http://mdhs.mdsa.net/mhm/index.cfm What you will find on the site is the ability to access, for free, their "Maryland Historical Magazine" between the years 1906 and 2005. And here's the really good part: it was searchable! I found several items of interest in a couple searches, including a source document called "Commission Book 82", in which I found a fascinating listing of an ancestor, John Newbold of Somerset County, registering his 15 ton sloop "Catherine and Ann", "built in Accomac Virginia", with John Newbold noted as owner and master, on May 11, 1744 [this corroborated info obtained elsewhere, but added the ship's size and origin. Very cool. BTW --- are these Commission Books transcribed elsewhere?] Don't know how long this resource has been available. But I would suggest many on this List will find it very useful. Cheers, Cree Newbold Franklin TN *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It is free.  I just tried it.  But you have to give them your email address and then they want your snail info (looks like you can opt out of that, though).  It looks to be nice if one has a fast computer and a fast connection but for those of us with old machines who live in the hinterlands, it is very slow maneuvering as in walking to the kitchen to refresh the iced tea while the search selection loads the appropriate volume. Thanks, Cree, for alerting the list to this resource. Becky ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 10:01:02 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] A new resource [at least to me] You say for "free". How do you access the "free" part? Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cree & Susan Newbold" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:50:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [LDR] A new resource [at least to me] Fellow Listers --- I came across a very interesting resource today when doing my aperiodic run through of Cyndi's List. The site is sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society, and can be found at http://mdhs.mdsa.net/mhm/index.cfm What you will find on the site is the ability to access, for free, their "Maryland Historical Magazine" between the years 1906 and 2005. And here's the really good part: it was searchable! I found several items of interest in a couple searches, including a source document called "Commission Book 82", in which I found a fascinating listing of an ancestor, John Newbold of Somerset County, registering his 15 ton sloop "Catherine and Ann", "built in Accomac Virginia", with John Newbold noted as owner and master, on May 11, 1744 [this corroborated info obtained elsewhere, but added the ship's size and origin. Very cool. BTW --- are these Commission Books transcribed elsewhere?] Don't know how long this resource has been available. But I would suggest many on this List will find it very useful. Cheers, Cree Newbold Franklin TN *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message