The following was written by Tim Sullivan, CEO of The Generations Network, Inc. and is posted here at the RootsWeb blog: _http://bigfile.rootsweb.com/newsroom/?p=111_ (http://bigfile.rootsweb.com/newsroom/?p=111) this came to me from our Web-Master.Patrice of. Fl. As you know, The Generations Network has hosted and funded the RootsWeb online community since June 2000, thereby maintaining RootsWeb as the world's oldest and largest free genealogy website. TGN remains committed to this mission and believes that RootsWeb is an absolutely invaluable and complementary resource to Ancestry.com, our flagship commercial family history site. We believe in both services and want to see both communities prosper and grow. As part of this goal, we have decided to "transplant" RootsWeb onto the Ancestry.com domain beginning next week. This move will not change the RootsWeb experience or alter the ease of navigation to or within RootsWeb. RootsWeb will remain a free online experience. What will be different is that the Web address for all RootsWeb pages will change from www. rootsweb.com to www. rootsweb.ancestry.com. Again, the RootsWeb experience is not changing. The decision to host RootsWeb on Ancestry.com is being made for one primary reason: we believe that the users of each of our two main websites can be better served if they have access to the best services available on both. Simply stated, we want to introduce more Ancestry.com users to RootsWeb and vice versa. Today, despite the fact that Ancestry.com and RootsWeb.com are the two most frequently visited family history sites on the Web, only 25 percent of visitors to Ancestry.com visited RootsWeb in January 2008, while only 20 percent of visitors to RootsWeb visited Ancestry.com (according to Comscore Media Metrix). We think we will serve our users best by doing a better job of letting them know what is available on both Ancestry.com and RootsWeb. Hosting RootsWeb on Ancestry.com is the first step towards making this happen, but we will absolutely look for more and better ways down the road to advance this goal. Hosting RootsWeb on Ancestry.com will also make it easier for us to make changes and improvements to the RootsWeb experience in the future. All old RootsWeb URLs will continue to work, whether they are bookmarks or favorites, links to or from a hosted page or URLs manually typed in your Internet browser. We will have a redirect in place so that all old URLs will automatically end up on the appropriate new RootsWeb URL. You will never need to update your old favorites or links unless you want to. We have worked to make the transition as seamless as possible for our users, and this change should have a minimal impact on your experience with the site. RootsWeb will remain a free online experience dedicated to providing you with a place where our community can find their roots together. If you have questions regarding this change please email them to <mailto:feedback@rootsweb.com> feedback@rootsweb.com. Thanks, Tim Sullivan CEO The Generations Network, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The BREVARD GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY meets on the second Monday of the month at 9:30 AM at the Central Brevard Library & Reference Center, Cocoa, FL. ~~~~~~ Please visit the BGS website at: http://rootsweb.com/~flbgs/ ------------------------------- **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

I am looking for a burial for Fred(rick) W. Barney died 2-24-1921 in Worcester (city), MA He died at his daughter's home, Mrs. Harry Payne, and don't know if he was visiting or living with her. Fred was born in Herkimer County, NY in 1858. He's not buried there that we can find. Thanks for any help. Joyce Street ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

I would just like to let everyone know that you can sign up for an 'electronic' library card at the Boston Public Library (bpl.org). There are many genealogical resources available at no charge including newspaper access using the Electronic Resources. Check it out if you have not done so!! Jane Fischer Leominster Historical Society Original Message: ----------------- From: dickbolt@his.com Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:20:12 -0400 To: maworces@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAWORCES] WWII Company in Worcester that made Radar parts I haven't asked this in yrs, but during WWI, my aunt worked at a factory in Worcester or Worcester area that made Radar tubes or parts. What was that company & what were they making? She is still alive in MA, but does not remember much about it. There were many young girls working there during the war. Likely nothing in papers during war, but possibly just after. Dick in MD ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange

Dick; I think that you mean WWII since radar was not developed until then. During WWII Whitin Machine Works in Whitinsville did radar work. I have a tape from my Grandfather where he described that Whitin Machine Works shifted from making textile machinery to military use - including radar. He stated that folks were bused in from Worcester to add more labor. Sorry that I don't have more information, but I hope this helps. Cheers Keith -----Original Message----- From: maworces-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:maworces-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of dickbolt@his.com Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:20 PM To: maworces@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAWORCES] WWII Company in Worcester that made Radar parts I haven't asked this in yrs, but during WWI, my aunt worked at a factory in Worcester or Worcester area that made Radar tubes or parts. What was that company & what were they making? She is still alive in MA, but does not remember much about it. There were many young girls working there during the war. Likely nothing in papers during war, but possibly just after. Dick in MD ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Dick, I checked with my husband, Ralph, who has worked on radars and still has some of those old ones. He has many books regarding them. He suggested that it might be Western Electric who made most of the early units. The other suggestion was ARC (Aircraft Radio Corp) who started out on the east coast, just outside of Worcester, and were later bought out by Cessna and moved to Wichita, Ks. (The old radar units that he is looking at in his shop right now were manufactured by Western Electric.) Some early radar parts were manufactured under J.A.N. (Joint Army Navy) endeavors, He said he didn't think that Raytheon got into that field until late in the war. Hope this helps and gives you a starting place in your search. Lynne Bissell, Indiana In a message dated 3/13/08 11:21:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, dickbolt@his.com writes: I haven't asked this in yrs, but during WWI, my aunt worked at a factory in Worcester or Worcester area that made Radar tubes or parts. What was that company & what were they making? She is still alive in MA, but does not remember much about it. There were many young girls working there during the war. Likely nothing in papers during war, but possibly just after. Dick in MD **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

or the French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut in Tolland? On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Sheryl Romasco <sromasco@charter.net> wrote: > Have you tried the American-French Genealogical Society in Woonsocket, > RI? > > Sheryl > > On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:53 AM, dickbolt@his.com wrote: > > > > > > > I have been waiting many yrs to be able to search the 1861 Ontario > > census for my great grandmother, I hope LDS will come through with > > this, as the Canada folks will likely be done when I am under the > > ground! Anyone know? > > > > Dick > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Bob King bob@122walnut.com I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. Researching in New England for Adam_s, Andre_ws, Archambaul_t (RI), Barre_tt (MA/CT), Birdse_y, Brambl_e, Carte_r, Chilt_on, Cloug_h, Curti_ss, Dayto_n, Gree_ne, Hawle_y, Hildrit_h, Keit_h, Kidde_r, Kin_g (NY), Lath_am, Mar_ois, Nicho_ls, Orcut_t, Parke_r, Perkin_s, Phe_lps, Pra_tt, Roo_t, Smi_th, Trave_rs, Uffo_rd, Wa_rd, Washbu_rn, Winsl_ow, Wint_on, Willia_ms

Could it have been Raytheon?? -- WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: dickbolt@his.com To: maworces@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:20:12 -0400 Subject: [MAWORCES] WWII Company in Worcester that made Radar parts > I haven't asked this in yrs, but during WWI, my aunt worked at a > factory in Worcester or Worcester area that made Radar tubes or parts. > What was that company & what were they making? She is still alive in > MA, but does not remember much about it. There were many young girls > working there during the war. Likely nothing in papers during war, but > possibly just after. > > Dick in MD > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message ------- End of Original Message -------

Have you tried the American-French Genealogical Society in Woonsocket, RI? Sheryl On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:53 AM, dickbolt@his.com wrote: > > > I have been waiting many yrs to be able to search the 1861 Ontario > census for my great grandmother, I hope LDS will come through with > this, as the Canada folks will likely be done when I am under the > ground! Anyone know? > > Dick > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I haven't asked this in yrs, but during WWI, my aunt worked at a factory in Worcester or Worcester area that made Radar tubes or parts. What was that company & what were they making? She is still alive in MA, but does not remember much about it. There were many young girls working there during the war. Likely nothing in papers during war, but possibly just after. Dick in MD

Thanks Jane! The Ecard from the library sounds great. Here's a link to the page to sign up, but you have to be a resident of Massachusetts. Sandy Sandra Lee Blakley 336 South 30th St. Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-2259 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

Here's more info from my husband Daniel on radar manufacturers in MA during WWII. "I think your company in Massachusetts is in fact Raytheon. The following link, associated with that which you had sent before, is much more illuminating regarding their involvement in Radar. I doubt others existed in the area or if they did, almost certain would have been a spin-out of Raytheon directly as MIT professors were also engaged in their business" http://www.raytheon.com/about/history/leadership/index.html Sandy Sandra Lee Blakley 336 South 30th St. Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-2259 --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

I asked my husband about the early manufacturers of radar equipment in Massachusetts since he has a background in old radios and owns old military gear and tube testers as well as being an electronic engineer for HP. I thought I'd share his comments for whatever they're worth on the topic. Sandy Note: forwarded message attached. Sandra Lee Blakley 336 South 30th St. Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-2259 --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

I have been waiting many yrs to be able to search the 1861 Ontario census for my great grandmother, I hope LDS will come through with this, as the Canada folks will likely be done when I am under the ground! Anyone know? Dick

no. Not 1870, 1910, 1920, 1930. Not even 1790-1840. There are several 1850 states not done. Go to: http://www.labs.familysearch.org/ Current Projects: "Record Search" register if you are first time, otherwise just login You will see what is done. Not all 100 percent complete because this is beta to help them debug any problems. You can help them. I found one bug and reported it. Images were not linked to Utah death certificates when they are supposed to be. Some projects are done and not at this place but elsewhere such as West Virginia records at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx Arizona - at genealogy.az.gov David Samuelsen W. David Samuelsen Sandy Blakley wrote: > Dick, > From what I've heard, when the LDS have completed indexing all of the US Federal and state censuses and brought those online, they next plan to work on the British and Canadian censuses. When all countries' censuses are done that they have in their collection, they will then start indexing all of their other holdings. It's a huge project, so the more volunteers they get, the faster it will go! > > Sandy > > > Sandra Lee Blakley > 336 South 30th St. > Philomath, OR 97370 > 541-929-2259 > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I had a similar experience with an uncle, whose name was Maurice Crooker. I eventually located him in the census, no thanks to the ancestry index which had him listed as Mancie Crochet! In all fairness, to Ancestry.com, they did accept and post the alternate correct name which I provided. Bob Bartlett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Blakley" <nwgenmama@yahoo.com> To: "Massachusetts Worcester" <maworces@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] Ancestry.com > >From what I understand, the agreement between rootsweb and ancestry when > >rootsweb sold their site to ancestry was that all of their databases > >would remain free to view (though filled with tons of ads from ancestry) > >and anything donated to rootsweb would remain free to view. I hope they > >continue to honor their agreement. > > Ancestry is very agressive. But they will have some competition soon as > the LDS Church, who originally donated alot of their work to ancestry, is > currently working on digitizing all of their records in the Salt Lake City > Library to bring online at their own website, www.familysearch.org and has > a huge volunteer operation going on now that anyone can help with to > create indexing for all of these images. They are working presently on all > of the censuses. If you want to help, go to www.familysearchindexing.org > and it's simple to get going. They give you free software to download and > tutorials on how to use it. Then you download an image at a time to do at > your own pace. Usually takes about 45 mins. to do a page. You have up to a > week to do each image, so you can squeeze it into your spare time. Each > page is done by two different people and then compared. If there are any > differences, it goes to an arbitrator to decide which interpretation is > correct, so the greatest possible > accuracy is their goal. It will be wonderful when all of their resources > are available to view, and it will be FREE to everyone! I've already seen > a few images popping up in their library catalog which you can see online > at www.familysearch.org It's really exciting! > > The clock is ticking for ancestry.com! If you've ever wondered why it is > so hard to find names in the indexes for ancestry, it's because they hire > cheap help from India and other Asian countries to do their transcribing. > It's hard enough for us to read some of the old handwriting on faded films > in our own language, but add into the mix someone coming from a foreign > language background and you have a mess! One of our Italian families from > Worcester, Pasquale and Christina DeBonis, came up totally unrecognizable > in their index, when we finally found it!! I knew the family was there, > ever since they arrived from Italy til the day they died, they lived on > the same street, in the same house, but I could not for the life of me > find them in the index. Finally I had to resort to using advance searching > methods, and go through the individual family names one by one until I > finally found one that connected us to the right family. Whew! I notified > ancestry, and they put a note on it > for an alternate transcribed name so others could find it more easily in > the future. > > Sandy > > > > Sandra Lee Blakley > 336 South 30th St. > Philomath, OR 97370 > 541-929-2259 > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1325 - Release Date: 3/11/2008 > 1:41 PM >

What I do KNOW for sure - 1871 census, taken off line to separate English and French language portions. Will be back online to resume indexing. As for 1861, I do have interest in this one because of my people I haven't able to find. Hopefully the digitalizing goes well. David Samuelsen dickbolt@his.com wrote: > > I have been waiting many yrs to be able to search the 1861 Ontario > census for my great grandmother, I hope LDS will come through with > this, as the Canada folks will likely be done when I am under the > ground! Anyone know? > > Dick > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Could this be your answer? Sylvania With roots in Massachusetts in 1901, the lamp and vacuum tube manufacturer adopted the name Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., in 1942 and merged with General Telephone to form GTE Sylvania in 1959. The Semiconductor Division based in Woburn, MA developed high frequency transistors and introduced the first commercial TTL family in 1963. This doesn't say where they were making the tubes in MA, but Sylvania was definitely one of the 5 leading US manufacturers of tubes--others were RCA, GE, IMAC, etc. My husband tells me that during WWII there were other small companies around the country who operated as a joint venture with the military to fill the need and tubes made were issued a JAN # (Joint Army Navy). You might possibly check with a local museum there or research librarian. Sandy Sandra Lee Blakley 336 South 30th St. Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-2259 --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

Dick, From what I've heard, when the LDS have completed indexing all of the US Federal and state censuses and brought those online, they next plan to work on the British and Canadian censuses. When all countries' censuses are done that they have in their collection, they will then start indexing all of their other holdings. It's a huge project, so the more volunteers they get, the faster it will go! Sandy Sandra Lee Blakley 336 South 30th St. Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-2259 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

Hi Susan Well spoken. I have steadfastly not put family tree details on websites OR signed up to anything Ancestry or Ancestry-related. They are obviously now in such a strong position that they think they can openly dictate to the genealogy community, for pots of money for their shareholders or else............................. Happening all over the world too. I recently noticed they run the South African Family tree site. I think they should be stopped. Do families not have the right to demand their ancestors details be removed from their sites, or at least, not used for commercial purposes. The other thing it begets is INACCURACY. Who cares if the infromation is even vaguely correct as long as people will buy it. That is already a problem with some who will accept whatever they are told, provided it fits their preconcieved ideas. Someone should start a list of "genuine" sites, as well as simply commercial ones like Ancestry and their associated enterprises. Iain -- Iain McNeill 51 Acrefield Drive, Cambridge, CB4 1JW, Cambridge, England +44 (0) 1223 500266 +44 (0) 78 1280 3574

Hello, I have copied the application for passport papers for Michael Ronan of Worcester MA from ancestry.com. In the passport, it says he was naturalized before the Open Court of Schnectady at New York State on July 26 1902. Where would I find these naturalization papers? Is this a local court or would this be at the NY NARA office? Or elsewhere? Thanks for all help. Carroll in PA No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1325 - Release Date: 03/11/2008 1:41 PM