9 a.m. this Saturday. Breakfast and genealogy. All welcome. Cathy
Thanks for remembering that story, Esther! I seem to recall it too, now that you poked my memory banks. Cathy In a message dated 9/30/2009 12:38:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kooiman@svn.net writes: A great story! I heard many years ago about three young men...each having been told by friends that they had seen someone who looked a lot like him...but each never met the person as described. That is, for quite a few years. Then one day one saw a photo of another man who looked exactly like him. This happened twice. It turned out that all three of the men were actually from a set of tripletts, who had each been adopted by a different family and had never been told of the other brothers. They eventually were reunited and learned how much they looked alike, even to wearing the exact same outfit at the time of meeting. How exceptional is that! Esther K ----- Original Message ----- From: "RICHARD SHULMAN" <DICKNEILEEN@marincounty.net> To: <maringensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Brothers > Hi Cathy! > What is amazing to me about this article is, this is my home state = > Maine! > Thanks for forwarding it to all of us. > Eileen Shulman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CYLGowdy@aol.com> > To: <MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 9:46 AM > Subject: [MarinGenSoc] Brothers > > >> Did any of you see this? Great story! >> >> Cathy >> Marin Co., CA >> >> >> Coworkers Discover They're Brothers >> >> >> (Sept. 19) -- Gary Nesbit was just the guy carrying the other end of the >> couch for deliveryman Randy Joubert. At least that was the case until the >> coworkers found out they were brothers. >> >> Both adopted at birth, the men made the discovery decades later working >> side by side at the same furniture delivery company in Maine. >> >> Gary Nesbit, left, and Randy Joubert worked together in a furniture store >> for weeks before they discovered they are actually brothers. The men had >> been adopted by different families at birth. Joubert said he first got >> suspicious after customers repeatedly remarked on how much they looked >> alike. >> >> Nesbit has worked for the delivery company in Waldoboro for 7 years. >> Joubert joined the business in July, >> >> Joubert had been researching his family history after a state law >> allowing >> adopted children to obtain their birth certificates became effective Jan. >> 1. Joubert learned that both of his parents had died, but in their >> obituaries >> he found his parents had another son, born on June 10, 1974, >> Villagesoup.com said. >> >> Customers routinely told the 30-something deliverymen they looked like >> brothers. >> >> In August, when a customer again mentioned their resemblance, it clicked >> for Joubert, according to the Bangor Daily News. >> >> He started asking Nesbit some personal questions. >> >> "As soon as he said his birthday I knew," Joubert told Villagesoup.com. >> >> The two brothers, just a year apart, grew up in neighboring towns and >> attended rival schools. Finding each other nearly 35 years later was a >> shock to >> both men. "Phenomenal," Nesbit said. >> >> But the chance discovery didn't end there. A teary-eyed woman showed up >> at >> the brother's workplace on Thursday clutching a birth certificate. >> >> She is their half-sister. >> >> "I'm really awestruck," Joanne Campbell, who was born to the same mother >> five and six years before the two men, told the Bangor Daily News. "After >> all >> of these years, here I am 41 and now I finally found my brothers." >> >> >> 2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________ >> >> A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time >> volunteering for the Society. >> --------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org >> >> Read the meeting notices: >> <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> >> >> Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: >> http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________ A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time volunteering for the Society. --------------------------------- Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
A great story! I heard many years ago about three young men...each having been told by friends that they had seen someone who looked a lot like him...but each never met the person as described. That is, for quite a few years. Then one day one saw a photo of another man who looked exactly like him. This happened twice. It turned out that all three of the men were actually from a set of tripletts, who had each been adopted by a different family and had never been told of the other brothers. They eventually were reunited and learned how much they looked alike, even to wearing the exact same outfit at the time of meeting. How exceptional is that! Esther K ----- Original Message ----- From: "RICHARD SHULMAN" <DICKNEILEEN@marincounty.net> To: <maringensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] Brothers > Hi Cathy! > What is amazing to me about this article is, this is my home state = > Maine! > Thanks for forwarding it to all of us. > Eileen Shulman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CYLGowdy@aol.com> > To: <MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 9:46 AM > Subject: [MarinGenSoc] Brothers > > >> Did any of you see this? Great story! >> >> Cathy >> Marin Co., CA >> >> >> Coworkers Discover They're Brothers >> >> >> (Sept. 19) -- Gary Nesbit was just the guy carrying the other end of the >> couch for deliveryman Randy Joubert. At least that was the case until the >> coworkers found out they were brothers. >> >> Both adopted at birth, the men made the discovery decades later working >> side by side at the same furniture delivery company in Maine. >> >> Gary Nesbit, left, and Randy Joubert worked together in a furniture store >> for weeks before they discovered they are actually brothers. The men had >> been adopted by different families at birth. Joubert said he first got >> suspicious after customers repeatedly remarked on how much they looked >> alike. >> >> Nesbit has worked for the delivery company in Waldoboro for 7 years. >> Joubert joined the business in July, >> >> Joubert had been researching his family history after a state law >> allowing >> adopted children to obtain their birth certificates became effective Jan. >> 1. Joubert learned that both of his parents had died, but in their >> obituaries >> he found his parents had another son, born on June 10, 1974, >> Villagesoup.com said. >> >> Customers routinely told the 30-something deliverymen they looked like >> brothers. >> >> In August, when a customer again mentioned their resemblance, it clicked >> for Joubert, according to the Bangor Daily News. >> >> He started asking Nesbit some personal questions. >> >> "As soon as he said his birthday I knew," Joubert told Villagesoup.com. >> >> The two brothers, just a year apart, grew up in neighboring towns and >> attended rival schools. Finding each other nearly 35 years later was a >> shock to >> both men. "Phenomenal," Nesbit said. >> >> But the chance discovery didn't end there. A teary-eyed woman showed up >> at >> the brother's workplace on Thursday clutching a birth certificate. >> >> She is their half-sister. >> >> "I'm really awestruck," Joanne Campbell, who was born to the same mother >> five and six years before the two men, told the Bangor Daily News. "After >> all >> of these years, here I am 41 and now I finally found my brothers." >> >> >> 2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________ >> >> A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time >> volunteering for the Society. >> --------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org >> >> Read the meeting notices: >> <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> >> >> Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: >> http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
This looks like a great program! It's a simple, easy to use way to automatically copy and share your files with other computers or other people you choose. If you have more than one computer and want to keep your data up to date on both computers, here is a great solution. Imagine being able to automatically have a copy of your genealogy files available on your laptop when you go on a research trip. Or, have the new data you've discovered on your trip available automatically when you return home and want to enter it into your genealogy software program. Or, think of the possibilities of sharing your research with other researchers! Both researchers (or as many as you want) can work on the same files and both will have access to the updated data! Wow! Best of all, it's free! You get the first 2 gigabytes free and if you need more you can purchase it for a reasonable fee. For more information or to establish a free account with 2.0 gigabytes of storage, go to http://www.getdropbox.com. Gene Pennington MCGS Webmaster, CIG & TMG User Group http://www.maringensoc.org MCGS Blog: http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/
Hi Cathy! What is amazing to me about this article is, this is my home state = Maine! Thanks for forwarding it to all of us. Eileen Shulman ----- Original Message ----- From: <CYLGowdy@aol.com> To: <MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 9:46 AM Subject: [MarinGenSoc] Brothers > Did any of you see this? Great story! > > Cathy > Marin Co., CA > > > Coworkers Discover They're Brothers > > > (Sept. 19) -- Gary Nesbit was just the guy carrying the other end of the > couch for deliveryman Randy Joubert. At least that was the case until the > coworkers found out they were brothers. > > Both adopted at birth, the men made the discovery decades later working > side by side at the same furniture delivery company in Maine. > > Gary Nesbit, left, and Randy Joubert worked together in a furniture store > for weeks before they discovered they are actually brothers. The men had > been adopted by different families at birth. Joubert said he first got > suspicious after customers repeatedly remarked on how much they looked > alike. > > Nesbit has worked for the delivery company in Waldoboro for 7 years. > Joubert joined the business in July, > > Joubert had been researching his family history after a state law allowing > adopted children to obtain their birth certificates became effective Jan. > 1. Joubert learned that both of his parents had died, but in their > obituaries > he found his parents had another son, born on June 10, 1974, > Villagesoup.com said. > > Customers routinely told the 30-something deliverymen they looked like > brothers. > > In August, when a customer again mentioned their resemblance, it clicked > for Joubert, according to the Bangor Daily News. > > He started asking Nesbit some personal questions. > > "As soon as he said his birthday I knew," Joubert told Villagesoup.com. > > The two brothers, just a year apart, grew up in neighboring towns and > attended rival schools. Finding each other nearly 35 years later was a > shock to > both men. "Phenomenal," Nesbit said. > > But the chance discovery didn't end there. A teary-eyed woman showed up at > the brother's workplace on Thursday clutching a birth certificate. > > She is their half-sister. > > "I'm really awestruck," Joanne Campbell, who was born to the same mother > five and six years before the two men, told the Bangor Daily News. "After > all > of these years, here I am 41 and now I finally found my brothers." > > > 2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
This Wednesday's General Meeting has a capital G because as the MCGS annual workshop it offers you a choice among three presentations: "Beginners Class," "Genealogy & Google," or "Not Just Bedtime Stories." You could even move from one presentation to another, such as from genealogical basics to Some Searching Exercises or to How to Gather & Preserve Your Precious Family History. There you have it, three for the price of one. Come a bit before 7:30 to help set up. See you there, Bill Bryant. MCGS Secretary
Yes and I recall reading that they will be on the Today show tomorrow morning..... "Whatever you are, be a good one." - Abraham Lincoln EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: CYLGowdy@aol.com > Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:46:39 -0400 > To: MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MarinGenSoc] Brothers > > Did any of you see this? Great story! > > Cathy > Marin Co., CA > > > Coworkers Discover They're Brothers > > > (Sept. 19) -- Gary Nesbit was just the guy carrying the other end of the > couch for deliveryman Randy Joubert. At least that was the case until the > coworkers found out they were brothers. > > Both adopted at birth, the men made the discovery decades later working > side by side at the same furniture delivery company in Maine. > > Gary Nesbit, left, and Randy Joubert worked together in a furniture store > for weeks before they discovered they are actually brothers. The men had > been adopted by different families at birth. Joubert said he first got > suspicious after customers repeatedly remarked on how much they looked alike. > > Nesbit has worked for the delivery company in Waldoboro for 7 years. > Joubert joined the business in July, > > Joubert had been researching his family history after a state law allowing > adopted children to obtain their birth certificates became effective Jan. > 1. Joubert learned that both of his parents had died, but in their obituaries > he found his parents had another son, born on June 10, 1974, > Villagesoup.com said. > > Customers routinely told the 30-something deliverymen they looked like > brothers. > > In August, when a customer again mentioned their resemblance, it clicked > for Joubert, according to the Bangor Daily News. > > He started asking Nesbit some personal questions. > > "As soon as he said his birthday I knew," Joubert told Villagesoup.com. > > The two brothers, just a year apart, grew up in neighboring towns and > attended rival schools. Finding each other nearly 35 years later was a shock to > both men. "Phenomenal," Nesbit said. > > But the chance discovery didn't end there. A teary-eyed woman showed up at > the brother's workplace on Thursday clutching a birth certificate. > > She is their half-sister. > > "I'm really awestruck," Joanne Campbell, who was born to the same mother > five and six years before the two men, told the Bangor Daily News. "After all > of these years, here I am 41 and now I finally found my brothers." > > > 2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Did any of you see this? Great story! Cathy Marin Co., CA Coworkers Discover They're Brothers (Sept. 19) -- Gary Nesbit was just the guy carrying the other end of the couch for deliveryman Randy Joubert. At least that was the case until the coworkers found out they were brothers. Both adopted at birth, the men made the discovery decades later working side by side at the same furniture delivery company in Maine. Gary Nesbit, left, and Randy Joubert worked together in a furniture store for weeks before they discovered they are actually brothers. The men had been adopted by different families at birth. Joubert said he first got suspicious after customers repeatedly remarked on how much they looked alike. Nesbit has worked for the delivery company in Waldoboro for 7 years. Joubert joined the business in July, Joubert had been researching his family history after a state law allowing adopted children to obtain their birth certificates became effective Jan. 1. Joubert learned that both of his parents had died, but in their obituaries he found his parents had another son, born on June 10, 1974, Villagesoup.com said. Customers routinely told the 30-something deliverymen they looked like brothers. In August, when a customer again mentioned their resemblance, it clicked for Joubert, according to the Bangor Daily News. He started asking Nesbit some personal questions. "As soon as he said his birthday I knew," Joubert told Villagesoup.com. The two brothers, just a year apart, grew up in neighboring towns and attended rival schools. Finding each other nearly 35 years later was a shock to both men. "Phenomenal," Nesbit said. But the chance discovery didn't end there. A teary-eyed woman showed up at the brother's workplace on Thursday clutching a birth certificate. She is their half-sister. "I'm really awestruck," Joanne Campbell, who was born to the same mother five and six years before the two men, told the Bangor Daily News. "After all of these years, here I am 41 and now I finally found my brothers." 2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved.
You have to click "start over" and this pops up ... _http://gov.ca.gov/interact#email_ (http://gov.ca.gov/interact#email) This one works _http://www.petitiononline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html_ (http://www.petitiononline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html) In a message dated 9/16/2009 2:31:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, carleoh@comcast.net writes: http://govnews.ca.gov/govmail/webmail.php
Hello Folks, Much is going on with the fight for access to Public records. We have already mentioned California’s AB 130, where the Mother’s Maiden name cannot be given with data files and Internet Indices. Correa and Hancock voted No. The following were absent, astaining or not voting: Ashburn, Calderon, DeSaulnier, Harman, Padilla and Wright. NOW, NOW is the time to write, call or Fax to: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-445-2841 Fax: 916-558-3160 ( new number ) Or go to: http://govnews.ca.gov/govmail/webmail.php to send a E-mail. If you do not take a minute to notify Governor Schwarzenegger of our needs for this to *be vetoed*, we all will be sorry in the years to come. The other biggie is the closing of the Michigan State Library. Shirley Hodges reminds us to tell all Representatives and Senators that funding needs to keep the entire Library as it is now and keep it in the Library building that was built for that purpose. The final budget has to be approved by *Sept. 30.* You can sign a petition by going to: *http://www.petitiononline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html*<http://www.petitionon line.com/RPAC2009/petition.html> NOW IS THE TIME!!!! Good News: The Adams County, Nebraska Historical Society wanted the names of people buried in the cemetery attached to the Hastings Regional Center, a mental institution. They were denied access by the records custodian. The Historical Society said that the information constituted death records<http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/33-1/unearthing_an_unusual_privacy_batt le_19.html>, not medical records that might be covered by HIPAA, federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The high court in Nebraska agreed. The Nebraska open records law provides that medical records "other than records of births and deaths" may be withheld from the public. The court found that the cemetery information fell into the death-record category because it was even more limited than what is released to the public on an actual death certificate. Furthermore, the data sought did not describe the diagnosis or treatment of the individuals at the facility -- just their names and locations of burial. The court held that "HIPAA, does not bar release of the information" and, in fact, "provides for release of information when required by state law." As the records here were death records under Nebraska law, the court said, they must be released! So dear genealogists*, NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD!!!* Liz Myers
I just fired off an email via the Governor's website. I find it a personal affront as a woman that we can only be identified by our husbands' names and thus hidden from History, yet again! This cuts off our research on any female lines unless we absolutely know more. I asked Gov. Schwarzeneger if it would be fair that his descendants could not trace his mother's line unless they knew her name was Aurelia Jadrny.... and other comments. Happy Trails, Lauren On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:36 PM, <CYLGowdy@aol.com> wrote: > Hello Folks, > > Much is going on with the fight for access to Public records. We have > already mentioned California’s AB 130, where the Mother’s Maiden name > cannot > be given with data files and Internet Indices. > > > > Correa and Hancock voted No. The following were absent, astaining or not > voting: Ashburn, Calderon, DeSaulnier, Harman, Padilla and Wright. > > > > NOW, NOW is the time to write, call or Fax to: > > Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: 916-445-2841 > Fax: 916-558-3160 ( new number ) > > Or go to: http://govnews.ca.gov/govmail/webmail.php to send a E-mail. > > If you do not take a minute to notify Governor Schwarzenegger of our needs > for this to *be vetoed*, we all will be sorry in the years to come. > > The other biggie is the closing of the Michigan State Library. Shirley > Hodges reminds us to tell all Representatives and Senators that funding > needs to keep the entire Library as it is now and keep it in the Library > building that was built for that purpose. The final budget has to be > approved by *Sept. 30.* > > You can sign a petition by going to: > > *http://www.petitiononline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html*<http://www.petitionon > line.com/RPAC2009/petition.html> > > NOW IS THE TIME!!!! > > Good News: The Adams County, Nebraska Historical Society wanted the names > of > people buried in the cemetery attached to the Hastings Regional Center, a > mental institution. They were denied access by the records custodian. The > Historical Society said that the information constituted death > records<http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/33-1/unearthing_an_unusual_privacy_batt > le_19.html>, > not medical records that might be covered by HIPAA, federal Health > Insurance > Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. > > The high court in Nebraska agreed. The Nebraska open records law provides > that medical records "other than records of births and deaths" may be > withheld from the public. The court found that the cemetery information > fell > into the death-record category because it was even more limited than what > is > released to the public on an actual death certificate. Furthermore, the > data > sought did not describe the diagnosis or treatment of the individuals at > the > facility -- just their names and locations of burial. > > The court held that "HIPAA, does not bar release of the information" and, > in > fact, "provides for release of information when required by state law." As > the records here were death records under Nebraska law, the court said, > they > must be released! > > So dear genealogists*, NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD!!!* > > Liz Myers > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi---I tried both sites and neither of them worked. Carlma Houweling ----- Original Message ----- From: <CYLGowdy@aol.com> To: <MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:36 PM Subject: [MarinGenSoc] now is the time! > Hello Folks, > > Much is going on with the fight for access to Public records. We have > already mentioned California’s AB 130, where the Mother’s Maiden name > cannot > be given with data files and Internet Indices. > > > > Correa and Hancock voted No. The following were absent, astaining or not > voting: Ashburn, Calderon, DeSaulnier, Harman, Padilla and Wright. > > > > NOW, NOW is the time to write, call or Fax to: > > Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: 916-445-2841 > Fax: 916-558-3160 ( new number ) > > Or go to: http://govnews.ca.gov/govmail/webmail.php to send a E-mail. > > If you do not take a minute to notify Governor Schwarzenegger of our > needs > for this to *be vetoed*, we all will be sorry in the years to come. > > The other biggie is the closing of the Michigan State Library. Shirley > Hodges reminds us to tell all Representatives and Senators that funding > needs to keep the entire Library as it is now and keep it in the Library > building that was built for that purpose. The final budget has to be > approved by *Sept. 30.* > > You can sign a petition by going to: > > *http://www.petitiononline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html*<http://www.petitionon > line.com/RPAC2009/petition.html> > > NOW IS THE TIME!!!! > > Good News: The Adams County, Nebraska Historical Society wanted the names > of > people buried in the cemetery attached to the Hastings Regional Center, a > mental institution. They were denied access by the records custodian. The > Historical Society said that the information constituted death > records<http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/33-1/unearthing_an_unusual_privacy_batt > le_19.html>, > not medical records that might be covered by HIPAA, federal Health > Insurance > Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. > > The high court in Nebraska agreed. The Nebraska open records law provides > that medical records "other than records of births and deaths" may be > withheld from the public. The court found that the cemetery information > fell > into the death-record category because it was even more limited than what > is > released to the public on an actual death certificate. Furthermore, the > data > sought did not describe the diagnosis or treatment of the individuals at > the > facility -- just their names and locations of burial. > > The court held that "HIPAA, does not bar release of the information" and, > in > fact, "provides for release of information when required by state law." > As > the records here were death records under Nebraska law, the court said, > they > must be released! > > So dear genealogists*, NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD!!!* > > Liz Myers > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
MCGS member Joy Best forwards this note and reports that she saw the film a couple of years ago and found it interesting and informative. The film is particularly relevant to those with ancestors who died in S.F. in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Cathy Marin Co., CA Hello! My film "A Second Final Rest: The History of San Francisco's Lost Cemeteries", will be screening at the San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, in the Koret Auditorium, on Tuesday, September 29th, at 6p.m. (Address: 100 Larkin Street; just off of Civic Center BART station). The screening is part of the library's "One City, One Book" program. The book, "Alive in Metropolis" by Doug Dorst, is the centerpiece novel. I hope you can attend! Please feel free to spread the word. Thanks, Trina http://sfpl.org/news/ocob/events09.htm#september
Thought this would be of interest, given our Centenarian Project. Happy Trails, Lauren MarinGenSoc List Admin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer John Rogers, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES – Although she liked her bacon crispy and her chicken fried, she never drank, smoked or fooled around, Gertrude Baines once said, describing a life that lasted an astonishing 115 years and earned her the title of oldest person on the planet. It was a title Baines quietly relinquished Friday when she died in her sleep at Western Convalescent Hospital, her home since she gave up living alone at age 107 after breaking a hip. She likely suffered a heart attack, said her longtime physician, Dr. Charles Witt, although an autopsy was scheduled to determine the exact cause of death. "I saw her two days ago, and she was just doing fine," Witt told The Associated Press on Friday. "She was in excellent shape. She was mentally alert. She smiled frequently." Baines was born in Shellman, Ga., on April 6, 1894, when Grover Cleveland was in the White House, radio communication was just being developed and television was still more than a half-century from becoming a ubiquitous household presence. She was 4 years old when the Spanish-American War broke out and 9 when the first World Series was played. She had already reached middle age by the time the U.S. entered World War II in 1941. Throughout it all, Baines said last year, it was a life she thoroughly enjoyed. "I'm glad I'm here. I don't care if I live a hundred more," she said with a hearty laugh after casting her vote for Barack Obama for president. "I enjoy nothing but eating and sleeping." Her vote for Obama, she added, had helped fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing a black man elected president. "We all the same, only our skin is dark and theirs is white," said Baines, who was black. The centenarian, who worked as a maid at Ohio State University dormitories until her retirement, had outlived all of her family members. Her only daughter died of typhoid at age 18. In her final years, she passed her days watching her favorite TV program, "The Jerry Springer Show," and consuming her favorite foods: bacon, fried chicken and ice cream. She complained often, however, that the bacon served to her was too soft. "Two days ago, when I saw her, she was talking about the fact that the bacon wasn't crisp enough, that it was soggy," Witt said. She became the world's oldest person in January when Maria de Jesus died in Portugal at 115. The title brought with it a spotlight of attention, and Baines was asked frequently about the secret to a long life. She shrugged off such questions, telling people to ask God instead. "She told me that she owes her longevity to the Lord, that she never did drink, she never did smoke and she never did fool around," Witt said at a party marking her 115th birthday. At the party, Baines sat quietly, paying little attention as nursing home staffers and residents sang "Happy Birthday" and presented congratulatory notices from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and others. But she laughed when told the Los Angeles Dodgers had given her a cooler filled with hot dogs. With Baines' death, 114-year-old Kama Chinen of Japan becomes the world's oldest person, said Dr. L. Stephen Coles of the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks claims of extreme old age. Chinen was born May 10, 1895. The oldest person who ever lived, Coles said, was Jeanne-Louise Calment, who was 122 when she died Aug. 4, 1997, in Arles, France.
> > Go to --> http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm and you'll > see the 2009 table. Click on the line that says "Click Here to > Read the > September 2009 Newsletter" and it will open a new window with the > newsletter. > > Or, if the above URL is too long, go to this TinyUrl --> > http://tinyurl.com/qdujcc and you'll see the 2009 table. Click on > the line > that says "Click Here to Read the September 2009 Newsletter" and it > will > open a new window with the newsletter.
Hi everyone, Tomorrow, Saturday, is our monthly get-together at Star restaurant to indulge our passion to talk about genealogy. Hope to see you there at 9 Cathy
MCGS COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP MEETING -- Our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm -- Topic: Topic: Gedcom files - What specific steps to create, import and export a gedcom file (demonstration will use RootsMagic genealogy software). Presented by Gene Pennington. -- PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION FOR MEETING: Marin Family History Center at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (415) 479-2200, 220 North San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903. Marin Family History Center has wireless Internet access! Be sure to bring your laptop computer and wireless network card so you can follow along with the presentation. Contact Gene Pennington (webmaster@maringensoc.org) if you need more information. These meetings are free to the public. Visit the MCGS website at --> http://www.maringensoc.org/Meetings/cigschedule.htm to see the 2009 schedule, topics, locations and directions. Gene Pennington MCGS Webmaster, CIG & TMG User Group http://www.maringensoc.org MCGS Blog: http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/
Hi gang, Since some of you may be out of town this coming weekend for Labor Day stuff, we are postponing the beginner's breakfast for a week. What's that? Saturday, Sept. 12, I think? Hope to see you then, Cathy
Thanks for posting these, Shirley. I'll put them in the Kin Tracer too as a reminder. Cathy Marin Co., CA
Dear Members We had a great program last night from Ken. Hope you were there. He gave us a list of web sites they use to track next of Kin. Some we already knew and some we didn't. I will send them out in case you missed them. Myfamily.com Genealogy,com Ancestry.com Accurint.com Calphoto.com inforbel.com Linkpendium.com Netdetective.net (Fee) Hope this is some help. Shirley