The MCGS third annual "Bloodlines and Lovelines" family history essay contest for Marin's K-12 students has just concluded. Forty seven students turned in essays and the winners will read their essays at our Wednesday, January 28 meeting (7:30 p.m.). Five of these winning essays were reprinted in the Sunday, January 11, Marin Independent Journal on the editorial page. We hope many MCGS members will join the students and their families at this event. Jerry D. Moore, Publicity Chairperson

Jo Ann, Lauren & John: After receiving your input and that of our CIG members, I have our list of topics for 2004 and locations ready for distribution. Please review these and send me your comments/suggestions. I would like to publish this at our meeting on 1/17/03. There are ten (10) topics listed which will cover our ten (10) meetings for 2004. These are not set in concrete and we can modify as needed. Based on the consensus at the meetings, we will continue to have our meetings at both Villa Marin and MCF (Hamilton) on Sat. & Thurs. (switch every other month). I've updated the topics and who will make the presentation so please review them carefully and let me know if there is an error or if you want to change something. I'm flexible and we can make adjustments as needed. There was no specific rationale for setting topics on specific dates other than trying to meet your requests and to imagine which topics would be better presented at MCF vs. Villa Marin. Thank you. Gene Pennington MCGS CIG http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html ================================= Meeting Dates/Times & Locations & Topics for 2004 Saturday, 1/17/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Tips/tricks to capture/store genealogy data (Excel spreadsheets, MS Word, scanning, digital cameras) by Gene Pennington ================================= Thursday, 2/19/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: File Management including download tips (where to download to/how to find it), software, storage, viruses, folders (store/copy/move/name) and file association questions by Gene Pennington & Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto ================================= Saturday, 3/20/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Genealogy education online by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto - Part III (Note: This may have to be rescheduled due to Jo Ann being out of town). ================================= Thursday, 4/15/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Rootsweb mailing lists - Part III by Lauren Boyd ================================= Saturday, 5/15/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Adobe Reader Software & PDFs by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto ================================= Thursday, 6/17/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Genealogy research on the Internet (basics) by Lauren Boyd ================================= No Meeting in July 2004 ================================= Thursday, 8/19/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Rootsweb mailing lists - Part IV by Lauren Boyd ================================= Saturday, 9/18/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Digital Photo Restoration by Gene Pennington OR Genealogy education online by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto - Part IV ================================= Thursday, 10/21/04 - 1 pm - 3 pm - Location: Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato (Hanger Row is at end of main road into Hamilton Field). For map and directions, go to --> http://www.marincf.org/contact/map.html. Topic: Genealogy software - examples and explanations of different reports by Gene Pennington OR using "Chat" software to share genealogy information by Lauren Boyd ================================= Saturday, 11/20/04 - 10 am - 12 noon - Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael Topic: Using maps in your genealogy research (GPS, historical, Internet) by ??? OR Genealogy education online by Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto - Part IV ================================= No Meeting in December 2004 ================================= End

I encourage you to bring your tips and tricks to capture/store genealogy data (Excel spreadsheets, MS Word, scanning, digital camera, Tablet PCs, PDAs, etc.) to our next CIG meeting on 1/17/04. If you have any digital forms (such as templates for Excel and/or MS Word) that you can copy to a floppy disk, please bring them to share. Or, if you have some printed samples to share, please bring them as well. This will be a great chance for all of us to share our knowledge and experiences with each other. See you on Saturday, 1/17/04 at the Marin Villa! Gene Pennington MCGS CIG http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html

Our next meeting of the Marin County Genealogical Society, CIG meeting is on Saturday, January 17, 2004. See below for details. Gene Pennington MCGS CIG http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html ========================= MCGS COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP MEETING = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Saturday, January 17, 2004 --The Marin County Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group will meet on Saturday, 1/17/04 (10 am-12 pm) --Topic: Tips/tricks to capture/store genealogy data (Excel spreadsheets, MS Word, scanning, digital camera) by Gene Pennington --Location: Villa Marin, 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael. Contact John Deadman ([email protected]) or Gene Pennington ([email protected]) if you need directions to meeting location or need more information. These meetings are free to the public. Visit the MCGS website at http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html. Visit the MCGS website at http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html ================================================= Directions: FROM SOUTH of San Rafael: take hwy 101 to the Freitas Parkway exit at Terra Linda. Go over the overpass, head west to Northgate Drive (at the second signal) turn left onto Northgate Drive (you will see a Pier One Imports store on your right.) follow Northgate Drive 0.4 miles south across Las Gallinas Avenue towards Northgate One and past Mervyn's. Turn right onto Thorndale Dr. proceed 0.2 miles to your destination at 100 Thorndale Dr. FROM NORTH of San Rafael: Take Hwy 101 to the Freitas Parkway exit at Terra Linda, get in the right lane and do *not* follow the right turn lane as it would make it necessary for you to immediately cross three lanes of traffic! Continue in the right lane as though you were going to proceed through the intersection and simply turn right onto Freitas Parkway. Immediately get in the left lane and prepare to make a left turn onto Northgate Drive. (you will see a Pier One Imports store on your right.) Follow Northgate Drive 0.4 miles south across Las Gallinas Avenue towards Northgate One and past Mervyn's. Turn right onto Thorndale Dr. proceed 0.2 miles to your destination at 100 Thorndale Dr. The Meeting will be held in the Auditorium, which is to the left and down the hall from the entrance. Parking at Villa Marin is available in all green curb areas, on left side of street, on right side of street anywhere SOUTH of the yellow fire hydrant (the latter is about opposite second entry to the circular driveway) and in the perpendicular spaces on the left BEYOND both parts of the circular driveway. End

Dear Listers: Many of you may not be familiar and many may not yet be in the habit. However, it is a good idea to check the Rootsweb Help Desk site with some regularity. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com There are many helpful and informative messages posted there from Rootsweb Staff/Help Desk Folks from time to time. If something seems not to be "working right", this is the first place to look and see if there is a big yellow notice about the issue. There are several messages there currently that may be of interest to you. There is a notice about maintenance that is to begin tomorrow (6 Jan 2004 -- Utah, USA date, for the Aussies, etc. among us) that will affect the Bulletin Boards and World Connect areas. The Bulletin Boards are viewed from several areas at once -- ie Ancestry, MSN, etc. As such the server that houses them for all locations will be down for maintenance. If you use these resources, please take a minute to go read the Official Announcement. And if you do not use those resources, you may be interested in the other announcements that may affect you or others you correspond with. As I have mentioned before.... I do not always draw your attention to these messages. It is a good idea to visit the site with some regularity on your own so you remain as informed as possible about issues that may affect your quality of experience with Rootsweb's resources. If you have not already, you may want to book mark or add to favorites the URL for the Help Desk. Kind Regards, Lauren List Admin

Dear Listers and Fellow Marin County Genealogical Society Members: I noticed a while back that the browsable archives for our list did not show our full history. While we could search all the messages using the interactive archives, we were missing some 3 yrs worth of messages in the browsable archives. I mentioned this to Andrew, the current List Master at Rootsweb, and it went on the back burner as he has been swamped with things that clearly have higher priority. Well, this morning when I logged on to my computer, there was a message from Drew blinking at me. :) He has restored/rebuilt our browsable archives to include the full span of the history of the list. We have just passed our 5th Anniversary for this list this month. From what I can tell, the earliest message was posted on 12 December 1998. Happy Anniversary to all of you! As I said in my Holiday Message for 1998: Happy Channukah! Merry Christmas! Happy Winter Solstice! And even Happy Birthday to some of us! See y'all next year, Lauren

12 Days Of Christmas On the twelfth day of Christmas, My true love gave to me, Twelve census searches, Eleven printer ribbons, Ten E-mail contracts, Nine headstone rubbings, Eight birth and death dates, Seven town clerks sighing, Six second Cousins, Five Coats Of Arms, Four GEDCOM files, Three old Wills, Two CD-ROMS, And a branch on my Family Tree.

National Archives Pacific Region - San Bruno Will close at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24 Closed Dec. 25 Closed Dec. 26 Will close at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 Closed Thursday, Jan. 1 Open Friday, Jan. 2 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Investors Daily of Dec 4th, 2003 has an interesting article about improving the Soundex to take care of Asian, near Eastern names, etc. to be used for Air Line Checks, double-booked reservations,etc. Soundex was used for Geneologist and law enforcement. the system and data base is sold to the Governemnt, air lines . I thought it was interesting how this had developed. Clara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 5:45 AM Subject: [MarinGenSoc] Fwd: GRAVE MARKERS FOUND- Surnames HOWARD / DRIPPS > > --part1_a1.40f52009.2cf0c260_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > --part1_a1.40f52009.2cf0c260_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (rly-ya01.mail.aol.com [172.18.141.33]) by air-ya04.mail.aol.com (v97.10) with ESMTP id MAILINYA42-13c3fbeb49e234; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:58:34 -0500 > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.41]) by rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (v97.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYA16-13c3fbeb49e234; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:58:11 -0500 > Received: (from [email protected]) > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id hAM0vbWX005435; > Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:57:37 -0700 > Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:57:37 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri Nov 21 17:57:37 2003 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:59:24 -0800 > From: carolyn <[email protected]> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) > X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Old-To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: GRAVE MARKERS FOUND- Surnames HOWARD / DRIPPS > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/109145 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > X-AOL-IP: 207.40.200.41 > X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) > > I have just received a request for help - > > ============================================================================ = > Three grave markers were found in Mariposa County > along side the road. The names listed have not been > identified with Mariposa families or Cemeteries. Please > ask your members if they recognizing the > following names. > > Allie Howard 1858-1882 > Baby Dripps 1881 > James Howard Dripps 1812-1883 > Ann Howard (Ross?) 1835-1923 > The names were hard to read so I may have miss read > a letter or two. > The writing is on brass plates on top of cement > block measuring 12in X 12in and 6 in deep. > > ============================================================================ = > > Please respond if you have any information on these folks--- > > Thanks, > Carolyn Feroben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > > > --part1_a1.40f52009.2cf0c260_boundary-- > > > ==== MarinGenSoc Mailing List ==== > Mailing address for the Marin County Genealocial Society is > Post Office Box 1511, Novato, CA 94948-1511 > Regretfully the Society Voice Mail Box is no longer available. >

A THANKSGIVING PRAYER FROM THE IROQUOIS (SENECA) PEOPLE Gwa! Gwa! Gwa! Now the time has come! Hear us, Lord of the Sky! We are here to speak the truth, for you do not hear lies, We are your children, Lord of the Sky. Now begins the Gayant' gogwus This sacred fire and sacred tobacco And through this smoke We offer our prayers We are your children, Lord of the Sky. Now in the beginning of all things You provided that we inherit your creation You said: I shall make the earth on which people shall live And they shall look to the earth as their mother And they shall say, "It is she who supports us." You said that we should always be thankful For our earth and for each other So it is that we are gathered here We are your children, Lord of the Sky. Now again the smoke rises And again we offer prayers You said that food should be placed beside us And it should be ours in exchange for our labor. You thought that ours should be a world where green grass of many kinds should grow You said that some should be medicines And that one should be Ona'o the sacred food, our sister corn You gave to her two clinging sisters beautiful Oa'geta, our sister beans and bountiful Nyo'sowane, our sister squash The three sacred sisters; they who sustain us. This is what you thought, Lord of the Sky. Thus did you think to provide for us And you ordered that when the warm season comes, That we should see the return of life And remember you, and be thankful, and gather here by the sacred fire. So now again the smoke arises We the people offer our prayers We speak to you through the rising smoke We are thankful, Lord of the Sky. (Liberally translated) Chuck Larsen, Seneca

--part1_a1.40f52009.2cf0c260_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_a1.40f52009.2cf0c260_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (rly-ya01.mail.aol.com [172.18.141.33]) by air-ya04.mail.aol.com (v97.10) with ESMTP id MAILINYA42-13c3fbeb49e234; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:58:34 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.41]) by rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (v97.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYA16-13c3fbeb49e234; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:58:11 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id hAM0vbWX005435; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:57:37 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:57:37 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri Nov 21 17:57:37 2003 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:59:24 -0800 From: carolyn <[email protected]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: GRAVE MARKERS FOUND- Surnames HOWARD / DRIPPS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/109145 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-AOL-IP: 207.40.200.41 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) I have just received a request for help - ============================================================================= Three grave markers were found in Mariposa County along side the road. The names listed have not been identified with Mariposa families or Cemeteries. Please ask your members if they recognizing the following names. Allie Howard 1858-1882 Baby Dripps 1881 James Howard Dripps 1812-1883 Ann Howard (Ross?) 1835-1923 The names were hard to read so I may have miss read a letter or two. The writing is on brass plates on top of cement block measuring 12in X 12in and 6 in deep. ============================================================================= Please respond if you have any information on these folks--- Thanks, Carolyn Feroben ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== Do NOT post virus notices to the list. --part1_a1.40f52009.2cf0c260_boundary--

Callifornia DHS UPDATE: Department of Health Services Public Count will be closed as of November 25, 2003 due to Budget Cuts. Officially, last Friday, the administrative order was announced that the Counter will be closed to walk-in applications for vital records and six Department employees will be reassigned. Budget 'cuts to the bone' are cited as the reason the Department of Health Services management has decided that the Public Counter should be closed, in spite of the fact that this is one of the operations that brings revenue into the Department. The reasons, we can all speculate upon, but the fact is that this move will not only affect genealogist and researchers, but the public in general. This includes those who need to obtain birth certificates for children beginning school, college registration, and passports. The one light at the end of the tunnel is that most California County offices will continue to be open for walk-in requests for birth, death, marriage, divorce documents. The Dapartment states that the turn-around time will be four weeks. What, if anything, can be done about this remains to be seen. It is hopeful that with the change of Administration in the Governor's office and new appointees, we may see changes in policy. At this point we can only wait and see. We will continue to monitor the situation. If and when efforts on our part could make a difference, I will let you know. I will stay on top of this problem. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE Has Moved to a New Location: The new mailing address for the Dept. of Health Service, Office of Vital Records, M.S. 5103, P. O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410 and it is located at 1501 Capitol Avenue, Suite 71.1110 - First Floor. For information and order forms see <http/www.dhs.gov.ca>. ---November 15, 2003, Iris Carter Jones, Council Legislative Director. -- Iris Carter Jones Join us - "A Golden Prospect" NGS Conference in the States In Sacramento, California 19-22 May 2004 www.sacvalleygenes.org -- Iris Carter Jones Join us - "A Golden Prospect" NGS Conference in the States In Sacramento, California 19-22 May 2004 www.sacvalleygenes.org

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SCGS-L] Fwd: Delegate Digest: FGS Delegate Digest - Volume 10, No. 10 Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:51:46 -0700 Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 06:17:13 -0800 From: Leola Russell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Madilyn Coen Crane <[email protected]> > Date: Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:40:49 PM US/Pacific > To: [email protected] > Subject: Delegate Digest: FGS Delegate Digest - Volume 10, No. 10 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > ================================================== > Federation of Genealogical Societies > "FGS Delegate Digest" > ================================================== > Linking the Genealogical Community > Volume 10, No. 10 November 2003 > ================================================== > > ================================================== > ================================================== > Do not reply to this message. This is a post-only mailing. > ================================================== > ================================================== > > IN THIS ISSUE: > ============== > > - A Report on the Delegate Caucus in Orlando > - Details about the 2004 FGS/TSGS/AGS Conference > - Society Hall "LIVE" in Austin 2004 > > ************************************************************ > ************************************************************ > > Welcome to the November 2003 issue of the electronic FGS Delegate > Digest. The Delegate Digest is a monthly publication sent via e-mail to > your society's FGS Delegate of record. There is an online archive of > the electronic Delegate Digest at the FGS Web site, and the ability to > subscribe additional of your society's board members to receive the > publication. All of this is available by accessing the "Members Only" > area. For more details about the "Members Only" area, refer to the > information at the end of this newsletter. > > ************************************************************ > ************************************************************ > > A Report on the Delegate Caucus in Orlando > =========================================== > What a wonderful time we all had at the FGS/FSGS Conference in Orlando! > The Delegate caucus was outstanding as usual. Many of the attendees at > the caucus luncheon were more than willing to share their societies' > activities, successes and challenges. Additionally, we discussed the > goals and challenges for the coming year for societies. > > One of the goals presented is the challenge to get more young people > involved in our societies. We must face the fact that, without them, we > will be dead in the water in a few years when we are all too tired to > do the work anymore. I would like to hear what your society does to > involve youths in your activities. Please send me those ideas, events, > contests, or any other ways you offer opportunities for young people to > get involved in family history. Beginning in the next Delegate Digest, > we will spotlight a youth and the society activity. Please send me > your youth star stories to [email protected] > > We also talked about the Census Verification Project, a project whose > focus is verifying the content of census rolls on the microfilm > compared to NARA labeling. We discussed Johann's Manual, a policy and > procedures manual available to at no cost to member societies. Of > special interest was a discussion of the Ruth Bishop volunteer award, > which was awarded for the first time at this year's FGS Conference in > Orlando. If you have questions on any of these topics, please feel free > to contact me and I will try to answer them for you. > > Please remember that the Delegate Digest is for you to use to > communicate with other societies. You can share ideas and success > stories with one another, and even tell us what has not worked well for > you. Remember that we are in this together and that FGS and other > member societies are all here to help one another. > > Starr Hailey Campbell > Delegate Relations Chair > [email protected] > > > "Legends Live Forever: Researching the Past for Future Generations" > Conference > 2004 FGS/TSGS/AGS Conference: 8-11 September 2004 Austin, TX > ================================================== > Austin-located in the heart of Texas, Austin is the site of the 2004 > Federation of Genealogical Society's annual conference "Legends Live > Forever, Researching the Past for Future Generations." This > genealogical extravagance will be held from 8-11 September 2004, and > will be co-hosted by the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the > Texas State Genealogical Society, and the Austin Genealogical Society. > Texas is a place where legends come alive, where stories of the cowboy, > the romance of Mexico and Spain, the traditions of native tribes, and > the folklore of German pioneers still influence daily life and are > celebrated throughout the expansive state. > > The 2004 conference will be held at the Austin Convention Center. It is > located in the heart of the downtown Austin, between the shores of Town > Lake and historic Sixth Street. The center is located conveniently > across the street form the conference hotel, the Hilton Austin > Conference Center Hotel. This stunning facility was built in 1992 and > upgraded with a major expansion in 2002. Constructed of native Texas > materials, ranging from rustic limestone to polished granite, its > different facades reflect the architectural diversity of a historic > capital city. > > The Austin Hilton Conference Center Hotel is a brand new hotel, with > beautiful appointments and amenities. Guest rooms feature high-speed > Internet connections, two telephone lines, voice mail, iron and ironing > board, hair dryers and oversized desks, perfect for the traveling > genealogist. Additionally, there is a 16,000 square foot 8th floor > health club featuring a 48-foot outdoor lap pool, spa, sun deck, indoor > exercise facilities, dry saunas, steam rooms and message treatments. > All provide great ways to relax after a day of lectures and time spent > at the exhibit hall. The conference hotel's web site at > <http://www.austin.hilton.com> provides pictures and more detailed > information. > > Other hotels within walking distance of the Convention Center are the > Crowne Plaza Hotel and Hampton Inn & Suites. > > FGS is happy to announce that once again, for the 2004 Conference, that > there will be a conference ezine. This is the best way to receive > up-to-date information about the conference. In addition to that, the > ezine offers highlights of the upcoming conference, including speaker > information, vendor/exhibit information, event information, lodging and > timely information for travelers among other things. > EZINE SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS > 1. To subscribe to the ezine, send an e-mail message to: > <[email protected]> > 2. Your message should read: subscribe > You will receive a confirmation e-mail message to which you must > respond within 24 hours. Your e-mail address will NOT be shared and > there will be no advertisements as apart of the message. > > While you are online, be sure to check the FGS web site which has > regular conference information, Society Hall, Award Information, the > FGS FORUM Subscription form, and more. That web site is > <http://www.fgs.org>. > > Each month you can look forward to exciting information about the 2004 > FGS/TSGS/AGS conference "Legends Live Forever: Researching the Past for > Future Generations" 8-11 September 2004 in Austin, Texas. > > Please pass the ezine information on to your members, and get them > excited too! > > > Society Hall "LIVE" in Austin 2004 > =================================== > Society Hall is YOUR vehicle to present information about your society > at the annual FGS Conference for FREE! More than a thousand people > attend the conference each year. Sending informational brochures and > publicity about your society is a great way to get the word out. For > those of you unfamiliar with Society Hall, this area is a display of > member societies' information in a special highlighted area. People > love to browse, so the area is set off and decorated to draw people to > it. > > We expect that Society Hall "LIVE" in Austin will be bigger and better > than ever before. After all, we WILL be in Texas! There are couple of > new things planned, such as a contest for the state that has the > highest percentage of societies sign up. Since societies' displays will > be grouped according to state in 2004, there will be large state signs. > It'll be great! Feel free to sign up now for Society Hall "LIVE" 2004, > the place to get noticed. For more information, please contact Starr > Hailey Campbell at [email protected] > > > > ACCESS TO "MEMBERS ONLY" AREA AND SOCIETY HALL AREAS > ================================================== > The FGS Web site is your gateway to two facilities that are exclusive > to FGS member societies. These are the "Members Only" area and Society > Hall. > > MEMBERS ONLY: > The "Members Only" area can be accessed by clicking on the link in the > 'Member Societies Only!' box in the lower right of the FGS Web page at > http://www.fgs.org. > > User ID: [deleted] > Password: [deleted] > > SOCIETY HALL: > Members of the Federation are included in Society Hall at > http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/main.asp > > The site provides pages for: general information, membership, FGS > Delegate, chapters, officers, periodicals, publications, meetings, > services, facilities, collections, special or ethnic focus groups and > your calendar of events. > > Editing the society information requires an Admin Name and Password. 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Dear List Members, An interesting new website was forwarded to me that is a "universal register of all the world's genealogical resources, whether Net-based or not, and whether free or fee-paying." I tested the site with a couple of surnames and got impressive results. Kathy -----Original Message----- There is a new website that has a nice idea - it takes Gen info from many different web sites and then combines/ recombines the data into a nice structered 11 column line chart, allowing 20 families to be combined on a single screen/ page for a quick assessment of whether/which of the 20 families is one you wish to examine, see unstructered page below. Any surname is avail by simply going to the website (http://www.geneanet.org/) and entering a search for whatever surname you wish. The email address for each family is also included w/each Surname (1st Col) for your follow up. There is one feature of mixed blessing - there appears to be a non-US preference or bias of the database. That is good because there is less duplication w/, for example, RootsWeb databases, but also suggesting this database may not yet be fully activated - still, w/559 'Hits' for my surname, the potential is there. There is some duplication also.

forwarding for Ken again. :) Lauren -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Veterans - Lest We Forget!] Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:43:59 -0800 From: Ken Wiltz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Lauren, Besides the correction of the date of Oct. 1944. What I remember about the POWs was their wounds, the plastic surgery that was done on faces and other parts of their bodies. I had to list all wounds and that was a tough part of interviewing the POWs. I also interviewed Navajo Code Talkers, some who were on TV last night, only 4 still alive out of the 29 who served as Code Talkers, using Navajo language in a way that they themselves designed so that the Japanese could not understand it. Messages were sent to a Code Talker in English, he translated and sent it in Morse Code or voice and it was received by another Code Talker who translated the message into English for his unit. This was a big help to the 7 Marine Divisions in the South Pacific battles. Ken Wiltz .

Hi: I think Ken meant to post his reply to the list, not just to me. Thank you, Ken, for your service to our Country. The work you did at the shipyards before you "joined up" was equally important to the War Effort, I am sure. It must have been both difficult and interesting to interview those that had been Prisoners of War. I will never forget the tale my old insurance agent, Gerald Fitzgerald, told me of being in a German Prisoner of War Camp and how he had survived. God Bless the officer's wife that left mashed potatoes on the back porch for him every time he mowed the lawn. He and his men owe their very lives to her. Lauren -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Veterans - Lest We Forget! Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:58:19 -0800 From: Ken Wiltz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Lauren, Thank you from a WW II vet. My experience in the US Marines was not like most, as I was one of the 10% who never went overseas. After working in the Kaiser Permanente Shipyard No. 2 in Richmond, CA from September 1941 to January 1944 (where I worked on 246 different Liberty Ships) I entered the Marines on March 14, 1944. This was of course late for most had been inducted before this time. I spent time in San Diego, CA boot camp, Camp Miramar (now the training area for Top Guns), went to Corvallis in a DC-3 (Navy C-47) that took 8 hours of flight time with one hour more landing at Sacramento for dinner in July 1945. Took Air Navigation training there until October 1945 when I was shipped back to California where I flunked out of AirNav school in December at El Centro, CA. After that I was an office pinky (that's what they called us) in charge of record books for members of Headquarters Company, Marine Air Group 35. After the war ended September 1945 I was sent to school to learn to interview and assign veteran benefits to those being discharged. The school was back at Camp Miramar. I was sent to Los Angeles where I worked with others in a Marine office in downtown LA getting benefits for veteran Marines. It was surprising to me just how many reenlisted after being discharged. They had 90 days to reenlist and keep their present rank. I was shipped back to San Diego Marine Barracks where I ended my Marine career with the First Separation Company interviewing dischargees especially those who had been prisoners of war in Japan and other places. I was discharged on August 01, 1946 with the rank of Corporal. Not a very exciting tour of duty, but I served none the less.. Ken Wiltz USMCR #824773

Forwarding an important message. Lauren -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CASonoma] Veterans in Historic Cemeteries Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 01:04:12 -0700 Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:51:43 -0800 From: "Sue Silver" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Greetings, On the eve of Veterans Day I've been reflecting on the many historic cemeteries in which a vast number of our nation's veterans are still buried. Many, many of those cemeteries are in sad states of repair and care with our civil representatives having ignored their plight and condition for many decades now. As you spend your Tuesday with your co-workers, family or friends, please remember your ancestors who fought for our nation. If you are able, please go to a local historic cemetery and see if the cemeteries where our veterans now rest in peace are in the kind of condition you believe they deserve. If they are not in a well maintained cemetery, take the time to call your local representative and ask that some attention be paid to the neglected cemeteries where these veterans now lie for eternity. Ask them if they would want their ancestors to rest in a place that looks so bad or if they believe the resting places of our veterans should be so disrespected. Please ask them to care, and to help us to show respect for the last "homes" of our pioneer citizens and veterans. Respectfully, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves

Dear Listers: November 11 is known as Veterans' Day in the USA. It was originally known as Armistice Day, which marked the end of WWI -- The War to End All Wars. I believe it is called Remembrance Day in other parts of the world. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Veterans among us for their service to their country. And I also invite all of you to post tales or statistics or what have you about either your own experience as a Veteran or to share about the Veterans of any and all wars, conflicts, etc. that may be found in your family tree. We must remember that Genealogy is more than just collecting names and dates of the dead that came before us, but rather who they were, what they did and how they lived. Writing family stories helps others to get to know those that came before us and also honors their memories. Yours Aye, Lauren List Admin

Just got a notification that the National Archives in San Bruno will close at 4 o'clock on Wednesday, Nov. 26th. Closed Nov. 27th. Open Friday, Nov. 28th. Cathy

The correct URL to see the map and directions to the MCF at Hamilton is --> http://www.marincf.org and then look in the lower left hand side of the page for a link that says "Get directions to the Foundation". Click on that link and it will take you to the map and directions. See you on 11/13/03. Gene Pennington MCGS CIG http://www.maringensoc.org/sigs.html