MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists Vol. 4, No. 20, 14 May 1999; Circulation: 20,650+ Copyright (c) 1996-99 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG CONTENTS: Welding Links: Web Links; Successful Links and Virtual Bouquets; Conferences, Reunions, Seminars; Letters to the Editors; Humor; Reprint Policy; Call for Articles * * * * * WELDING LINKS: HOOKED ON ONOMASTIKONS by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/> Tracing a surname and the family who used it is one of the most fascinating pursuits in genealogy. Your surname can be a clue to your paternal ethnic origins, assuming it has been a hereditary one for some time. However, because so many of our names have been "Americanized" through the years, there are many Americans bearing British-sounding names whose ancestors never set foot in the British Isles. Do you know how long your family has used its surname? Have you traced its origins as far back as possible (perhaps to the Middle Ages)? Names have their own histories, just as families do. How many variant spellings of your name have you found? You know you can always recognize a brand-new genealogist by their insistence that "Our name has ALWAYS been spelled this way." It simply is not so. Some of us descend from an ancestor who was adopted or reared by another family and took their surname. Many of us bear surnames that were simply taken by our ancestors for various reasons. Others had their names officially changed. Most of the hereditary surnames of Europe derive from: o Patronymics, from the father's first name; John's son became Johnson. o Occupations, like Carpenter, Cartwright or Smith. o Place or topographical names such as London, Atwater. or Hill. o Nicknames, such as Goodall ("good ale") for an ale-taster or brewer; or Crookshanks, a bowlegged man or one with a crooked leg. Larger libraries usually have several surname dictionaries. Peruse them all. A DICTIONARY OF SURNAMES, by Hanks and Hodges, is helpful, but not all American surnames appear in it. Be sure to check its index where you will find, for example, the surname Eyers referenced to Ayer. Then look up Ayer in the main section for information. For those with suspected German names, consult GERMAN-AMERICAN NAMES, by George F. Jones, and see Elsdon C. Smith's NEW DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN FAMILY NAMES. Curious where other people with your surname live in the United States? There is a database on the Web with 50,000 of the most common U.S. surnames at this website: <http://hamrick.com/names/> The top 50 surnames of England and Wales are listed at: <http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/England-Surnames/Top50.htm> Check out An Onomastikon (Dictonary of Names) <http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/>. This collection of names around the world entertains and educates. * * * * * DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS, Y2K, THE MILLENNIUM AND THE APOCALYPSE ... It's Somebody's Fault and Now We Know Who by Richard A. Pence <[email protected]> A communique from the frontier reports that business is booming. The frontier in this case is Colorado, where our daughter and her husband have taken up residence and where he has, er, immersed himself in his family's well business. The well business is booming on the frontier because a whole lot of Californians are flocking to the hills. Here they intend to insulate themselves from the consequences of the calendar spinning over to two-triple-zero just after midnight 31 December 1999. I've been spending a lot of time worrying about this. Not about the Californians or impending disaster, but about who's to blame. A crisis of this magnitude deserve a proper amount of finger- pointing. It's convenient -- but unfair -- to blame early computer programmers. They were simply doing what they had to do: saving bytes. And by dropping the first two digits of the year they saved several megatons or them. Besides, it was a matter of self-preservation. They spent years learning foreign tongues like Fortran and, once they had all those bank computers miscalculating our balances, their reward was to be laid off. There is sweet irony in contemplating the down-sizing fellow who gave the pink slips to an army of Fortran linguists in the early '80s crawling up to these same folks and begging them to come back at three times their previous salaries. (Apparently four-digit year fields cost a whole lot more than two-digit ones.) So if it's not the programmers' fault, who is to blame? I discovered his name the other day while going through some notes on how various renditions of the calendar leap up and bite our genealogical endeavors when we least expect it. Write this down (there is going to be a test right after the first of the year): The guy to blame is a Roman abbot by the name of Dionysius Exiguus. He is the fellow who, in the year 525 while working up a set of tables to confuse us about when Easter is, conceived the idea of numbering the years according to what we now call "the Christian era." Using a secret formula, he calculated when Christ was born and decided that the ensuing year would be known as 1 A.D. The idea caught on and, as you know, we now are approaching the year 2000 in this sequence. The reason Dionysius Exiguus is the culprit is that he miscalculated the year of Christ's birth. If he had gotten it right, we would have already weathered Y2K! (Or we would already have been destroyed, whichever is slated to come first.) Dionysius Exiguus also made another blunder. When he set up his new method for numbering years, he decided that the year immediately preceding 1 A.D. would be 1 B.C. He clean skipped zero. This wasn't entirely his fault, for the concept of zero hadn't been discovered yet, at least by the Romans. Even today you will be hard-pressed to find out what the Roman numeral for zero is. (The Arabs knew about zeros, but apparently they weren't sharing.) This latter error will cause several thousand New Year's Eve bar room brawls. These will be between us "rationalists" and you "fools." We rationalists will (correctly) point out (and will be stoutly supported by the Royal Observatory, which is the arbiter of stuff like this) that there is nothing to get excited about: Since the first year was 1 A.D. (not 0), the second millennium will not end until midnight on 31 December 2000. You fools will say we're wrong and point out that the ensuing year will start with a 2 instead of a 1, then (quite illogically) say this proves that the third millennium will begin immediately after midnight. In the end, we will all agree that any year with three zeros deserves a bit more celebrating than, say, 1995, which was the year I was introduced to Windows. In attempting to assess the blame for our Y2K/millennium problems, I briefly considered whether John did it. John [--?--] (like many of the wives in our family trees, has an unknown surname) is the one who wrote the book of Revelations. This book has brought worldwide panic on several occasions. For example, on the eve of 1000 A.D. a good many folks ended it all rather than face the horrors they believed awaited them at the beginning of Y1K. I ruled John [--?--] out as a suspect for two reasons: First, the world didn't end and, second, he wrote his book before Dionysius Exiguus began numbering the years. Thus John [--?--] could hardly predict the world would end in 1000 A.D. because Dionysius Exiguus hadn't yet told anyone when that would be. (Let's not quibble about whether John [--?--] already knew what Dionysius Exiguus was going to invent.) There are those who point out that even though the predictions about Y1K were wrong, this time we are really going to get it. That, I understand, is part of the reason so many will be camping out over the New Year's holiday this year. The way they figure it, either (a) the world will come to an end this time for sure or (b) Y2K will so disrupt commerce that they won't be able to get enough bread, milk and toilet paper to last out the storm. In either case, I suppose it's a good idea to have plenty of fresh water and not be too close to California. [The facts herein and much more good stuff on the topic of time, years and calendars can be found in: The Nautical Almanac Offices of the United Kingdom and the United States of America, "Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac" (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961).] * * * * * WEB LINKS: CHURCHSURF. Churches of the world listing hundreds of churches currently on the Internet. ChurchSurf is in other languages including Spanish, German, and French. Surf ChurchSurf through AltaVista's Translation service. Warning: This is in beta. This service does not get all of the words or phrases. <http://www.churchsurf.com/ FAMILYSEARCH TEST SITE. Through its "Custom Search" you can beta test the Family History Library Catalog, search the International Genealogical Index for a specific event and year, or search Ancestral File using any combination birth year, christening year, marriage year, death year, or Ancestral File number. <http://www.familysearch.org/> NORTH CAROLINA. Sampson-Duplin counties, North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/rev-war.htm>. NORTH CAROLINA. Johnston County, North Carolina Revoltionary War Soldiers. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/ncjohnston_revwar.htm ROOTSWEB. Links to all of the free genealogical resources hosted by RootsWeb, including more than 6,000 surname, locality, ethnic, special interest, and other mailing lists; thousands of Web sites (among them Cyndi's List, the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, the WorldGenWeb Project, the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists, and the International Internet Genealogical Society); searchable databases, such as the RootsWeb Surname List (RSL) to which, in addition to searching, you may upload information about your own research interests); GenConnect; Surname Search; Threaded List Archives; and much more. <http://www.rootsweb.com/> WORLDGENWEB FOR KIDS. This site is designed for young people age 18 and under, or classes studying genealogy and history. There is a page for educators, but it is not necessary to be an educator to enjoy the page. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgwkids/> * * * * * * * * * * eBAY REACTS TO CONCERNS. Rob Chesnut, Associate General Counsel for eBay, announced on 4 May 1999 that the company had recently been contacted by citizens who expressed concern over the fact that several historical tombstones have appeared for sale on the eBay site. Chesnut said: "We share your concern, and will not permit these items to be sold on our site . . . eBay has promptly removed every tombstone brought to its attention, informed the sellers that such markers are not allowed on the site, and refunded all fees in connection with these auctions to ensure that eBay has in no way received money for this activity. To discourage future listings of tombstones on the site, eBay will also be posting rules on its site shortly regarding the sale of artifacts which will specifically inform users that the sale of historical tombstones is illegal in many states and is prohibited on eBay." If you have questions or comments you can contact Rob Chesnut by phone at (408) 558-5948 or by e-mail at [email protected] * * * * * * * * I have instructed that my family to include my maiden name on my gravestone. I think that would be helpful for genealogists in the future if all women would do that. <[email protected]> * * * Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists, Vol. 4, No. 20, 14 May 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. * * * * * BACK ISSUES OF MISSING LINKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD from <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/mlnews/>. Julia M. Case <[email protected]> Co-Editor of ROOTSWEB REVIEW ROOTSWEB GENEALOGICAL DATA COOPERATIVE P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 <http://www.rootsweb.com/>

Dear Friends, I have just mailed my renewal check to Rootsweb for my support of their massive Rootsweb project. I would encourage all of you to visit the Rootsweb site and to contribute to their support. It is because of Rootsweb that we exist as lists. Many of you belong to several of these lists and I KNOW that each of you have gained knowledge from them. Show your support and appreciation of the Rootsweb project by sending in a contribution to: Rootsweb Genealogical Data Coop. PO Box 6798 Frazier Park, Ca 93222-6798 Your contribution is strictly your own business. Thank you Carol......PROUD SPONSOR OF ROOTSWEB

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter A Weekly Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists Vol. 4 No. 19 - May 8, 1999 This newsletter is sponsored by Ancestry Publishing, a leader in providing print and electronic research information to genealogists. To learn about Ancestry's state-of-the-art online genealogy databases and other fine products, visit the Ancestry HomeTown at: http://www.ancestry.com Past issues of this Newsletter are available at: http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/index.htm ========================================================== Copyright (C) 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. All rights reserved. Do not reply to this email. This is a post-only mailing; mail sent to this address cannot be answered. Information on how to obtain a free subscription to this newsletter or how to change or cancel a subscription is given near the end of this document. If you do contact any of the companies or societies mentioned in this newsletter, please tell them that you read about their services in this newsletter. ============================================================ ============================================================ - 1881 British Census Available on CD-ROM The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) made a major announcement this week: 1881 British Census Available on CD ROM - Largest Ever Automated Census With Over 30 million Names Salt Lake City, UT - After 11 years and more than two-and-a- half million hours of volunteer labor, the largest census ever to be automated is now available on CD-ROM for home use. The automated 1881 British Census, which contains information for over 30 million individuals, was announced today by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The data comes from England, Wales, and Scotland. (Note: the 1881 census for Ireland does not exist.) "The story behind this project is one of tremendous individual participation and the cooperation of literally thousands dedicated to the creation of the most complete, complex, and largest census database ever created to date," said Elder D. Todd Christofferson, executive director of the Family History Department. Begun in September of 1987, the automated index is the result of a collective effort of volunteers from the Federation of Family History Societies in the United Kingdom and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Every effort was made to reproduce the information as it was originally recorded by the British census-takers in 1881. Even obvious errors were left to allow users to make their own evaluation of the information," Christofferson added. "Each page of the census (over one million pages) was transferred to microfilm and photocopied," said Richard E. Turley, Jr., managing director of the Family History Department. Turley explained that each letter and name of the census was painstakingly copied twice by transcribers, often from almost illegible photocopies or microfilm, then double- checked for accuracy. To protect the integrity of the data during this transfer of historic information, every entry was carefully evaluated a third or fourth time by trained individuals prior to entering it on computer. Project Factoids: * 11 years to complete * 1,211,695 pages of the original census * 1,400,000+ hours to transcribe * 1,200,000+ hours to enter transcribed data on computer * 10,000+ volunteers and transcribers * 369 computers * 11,266 floppy diskettes were submitted, containing all of the census entries Among the 30 million entries, users will find the following interesting entries along with a host of others: Charles L. Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll)- a "M.A. Student & Lecturer" at Oxford University. Joseph R (Rudyard) Kipling - a 15 year old attending school in Devon. Master Winston Churchill - Six year old son of Lord Randolph Churchill, Member of Parliament. The census will be published on 25 compact discs, including an eight-disk national index and viewer that allow users to quickly search across the entire database of 30+ million names. To make the census indexes more manageable and easier to use, the data has been divided into eight regions: East Anglia, Greater London, Midlands, North Central, Northern Borders and Miscellany, Southwestern, Wales and Monmouth, and Scotland. "Users will be delighted to find that the census includes enumerations for the Royal Navy in 1881. That means it lists all people living, working, or traveling on a boat or ship at the time the census was taken," said David Rencher, president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. "The Miscellany Region even includes people who lived in 'poor-houses,' mental institutions, workhouses, schools, hospitals, and other non- traditional residences when the census was counted." It includes the FamilySearch(r) Resource File Viewer 2.0, which allows powerful and flexible search capabilities. Users can tag and make notes for records and download the data into RTF (Rich Text Format). The census is available for purchase in its entirety or by region through the distribution outlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The cost for the entire census (25 CDs) is only $33 U.S. To order, call 1-800-537-5971 in the U.S. or order on-line at http://www.familysearch.org. System Requirements * Pentium(r) processor (or equivalent) * Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0+ * 8 MB RAM minimum (16 MB recommended) * CD-ROM drive (8x recommended) * SVGA monitor with 256-color-capable video card * 25 MB hard disk space For more information, contact Family History Support via e- mail at [email protected] or telephone at 1-801-240-2584 or 1-800-346-6044. The Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is committed to producing high-quality products for the family historian. It maintains the world's largest repository of genealogical resources. To promote local and family history (genealogical) research, the Church also maintains the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and over 3,400 Family History Centers in 64 countries. ============================================================ ======================== - ANIMAP Available on CD-ROM ANIMAP is a great program that provides over 2,300 maps in color, showing the changing county boundaries for each of the 48 adjacent United States for every year since colonial times. This can be a great resource when trying to find an old town that has long since disappeared from the map. It also is useful when you cannot find county records in the place you expected; for example, a town may have been in a different county many years ago! If so, the town records are probably at another county, but which county was it? ANIMAP includes all years, not just the census years. Maps may be viewed separately, or the program can set them in motion so you can automatically view the boundary changes. Also packaged with the product are maps of the full U.S. that show the changes in state and territorial boundaries from 1776 to the present. Each map includes a listing of the changes from the previous map, making it simple to keep track of parent counties. ANIMAP has been available on diskettes for several years. A new version is now available that ships on CD-ROM and includes many new data sets. One of these database sets is SiteFinder, which contains listings for more than 200,000 places in the United States plus more than 35,000 variant names. Each listing gives the name of the place, the county where it is (or was) located, and includes latitude-longitude coordinates for 97% of them. You can extract items from SiteFinder and plot them on the maps in ANIMAP Plus. Included in the listings are: Cities & Towns, Railroad Stations, Trading Posts, Farms & Ranches, Plantations, Ruins, Country Schools, Stagecoach Stops, Mining Camps, Ghost Towns and more. You can find more information about the latest version of ANIMAP at http://www.goldbug.com/AniMap.html or you can send e-mail to: [email protected] ============================================================ aders. ============================================================ - Canadian Post-1901 Census Project A major squabble is developing in Canada over access to the census records of this century. The Global Gazette seems to be leading the fight. Quoting from their Web site: It is obvious to many concerned Canadians, that the legislation, which enforces permanent concealment of post-1901 census from the public eye, must be changed. If new legislation is not passed by Canada's parliament to change the laws that conceal our post-1901 census, those records may never be available for future generations or us. Worse yet, they may be destroyed. The bureaucrats at Statistics Canada, the holders of post-1901 census data, are firmly on the side of withholding census data. In fact, the census data would already be destroyed if it were not that the records couldn't be destroyed without the approval of the National Archivist. The former National Archivist was determined to see these records preserved. Unfortunately, at the moment, we do not even have a National Archivist! Nor have we had a National Archivist for more than a year. I hope this means that post-1901 census records, though unavailable to the public, are still safe from destruction! Of course, once a new National Archivist is appointed we will have to see if they have a different opinion of the need to preserve these records and if they are up to the fight with the privacy commissioner and Statistics Canada! There is a lot more information available at: http://globalgenealogy.com/census/ Rick Roberts of The Global Gazette has decided to try to do something about it with some good, old-fashioned political pressure in support of legislation to make each census available after ninety-two years. Rick has set up a Web site listing all members of parliament, along with their currently expressed position on this issue and contact information for them, so that their constituents can contact them and express their desire to see this legislation reversed. His efforts are explained at: http://globalgenealogy.com/gazed26.htm ============================================================ - Fairfield County, Connecticut Vital Records on the Internet Nancy Ring Kendrick sent the following announcement this week: As the listowner of CTFAIRFI and CTFAIRFIVOL through Rootsweb, together with being the co-coordinator of the CTFAIRFIVOL Transcription Project, I am proud and "pleased as punch" to announce the premier of the CTFAIRFIVOL's first 50 pages of transcribed records. The records contained within these pages were all transcribed and financed by the CTFAIRFI volunteers. The CTFAIRFIVOL's are dedicated to making vital records for Fairfield County, CT available to the Internet genealogical community at no charge. Here, you will not have to sign up for a membership, send for a CD-ROM, or jump through hoops to access vital records for your Fairfield County, CT genealogical research. Over the next several months you will see our completed records grow. The CTFAIRFIVOL's will be transcribing Fairfield County, CT; death, birth and marriage records from 1850 to 1900. Upon completion, those transcriptions will be uploaded to the Rootsweb server on a regular basis. The towns of Wilton, Greenwich, and Bridgeport are coming soon. Please check back regularly as we have pages 572-601 of Bethel yet to upload, and numerous Wilton pages completed and waiting in the wings for webpage design and graphics! The CTFAIRFIVOL's hope that the records we transcribe from microfilm during our free time will help each of you add branch after branch to your own family tree. Good luck! And now to what you all have been waiting for. . .the very first of our efforts . . . .The CTFAIRFIVOL's are PROUD to premier the CTFAIRFIVOL Transcription Project through Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/ctfairfivol/ctfairfivolcover.html ============================================================ ======================= - Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner at the Jefferson's? The dinner in question will be at the Thomas Jefferson family reunion on May 15. For the first time, descendants of Jefferson's slave, Sally Hemings, will attend the annual gathering, held at Monticello for the past 86 years. But a battle looms over whether the Hemingses will be fully accepted as Jefferson's kin. The reunion will be the first one held since DNA test results last fall found that the author of the Declaration of Independence may have fathered at least one of Hemings' children. (See the November 9, 1998 newsletter at http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/eastNov9-98.htm for details.) Because of those findings, a white, sixth-generation descendant of Jefferson plans to challenge his cousins to formally admit the Hemings descendants into their family organization, the Monticello Association, during their private meeting May 16. "I don't see what the big deal is unless the big deal is racism," said Lucian K. Truscott IV, a best-selling author and member of the Monticello Association. "They take my word that I'm a descendant and they don't take their word, despite the oral histories and DNA tests that back their claim. That's racist on its face." "Yes, it looks racist, but it's a genealogical question," Monticello Association President Robert Gillespie countered. "We've got historical records. We need to go over some gaps in their genealogy." The genetic tests do not prove that Jefferson was the father. The tests do prove, however, that a member of the Jefferson male line fathered a Hemings son. The father may have been Thomas Jefferson or his brother Randolph or one of Randolph's six sons. Historians are using records of the whereabouts of the Jeffersons at the time of Hemings' pregnancies to determine paternity. "We're not ready to say yes, but we're definitely not saying no," said Gillespie, a lawyer from Richmond. Last week, the Monticello Association sent the descendants invitations to the reunion dinner, which will be held at a nearby historic tavern May 15, and a tour of Monticello, Jefferson's home. 34 members of the Hemings family have responded saying that they will attend this year's reunion. About 150 members of the Monticello Association are expected at the reunion. ======================================= COPYRIGHTS: The contents of this newsletter are copyright by Richard W. Eastman and by Ancestry Publishing and by others so designated. 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Hello I am looking for anyone that may know this man. Thomas Etheridge b. 1830 d. 11-4-1864 Thomas married about 1850 his wife;s name Lavina {maiden name unknown} They had three daughters Martha ,Nancy, Mary Susan my ggrandmother Thomas enlisted in the civil war 4-18-1862 in Wilson Co. he was wounded in Cedar Creek Va, 11-19-1864 he died in Wilson Co. in 11-4-1864 Does anyone know him? How were his parnets? I would be gratefull for any help Thanks {Wendy

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3843/ WINSTEAD/BRIGHT/WILLIAMSON/FISHER/JOINER/CREDLE/FLOWERS/BENTON NC Counties: Edgecombe/Nash/Beaufort/Hyde/ [email protected] Shelby Jean CROCKER-Smith * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Carol, It seems that I can't get my old address (ISP changed its name! Can of Worms!). Even set up the old address on my computer....DUH!!!! [email protected] is old address. [email protected] is new address. \--\--\--\--\--\ As to date on "will" being prior to formation of county: This is what one of the CROCKER researchers says" QUOTE: A) It says the will is *dated* 1762 --that doesn't tell us when he died. There should be other dates, like date will was proven in court, and dates of probate court actions that would give a better idea of when the case was being probated. B) Probate sometimes goes on for twenty years after death, so it could actually have been probated in Nash Co. C) Court Records sometimes ended up in the final county even though that county was not in existence at the time. This is apparently what happened to the Anthony Crocker will since it is not in Granville Co. but in one of the other counties that was later formed from Granville. Does that help? ----- Original Message ----- From: crockersmith <[email protected]> To: Mike CROCKER <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 8:26 PM Subject: FW: [NCNASH-L] Nash County dates > Have you run across this type of situation? > > Shelby CROCKER-Smith > > -----Original Message----- > From: psmartoc [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: April 18, 1999 9:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NCNASH-L] Nash County dates

MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists Vol. 4, No. 19, 7 May 1999; Circulation: 20,600+ Copyright (c) 1996-99 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG CONTENTS: Welding Links: To Our Mothers, with Love; Web Links; Successful Links and Virtual Bouquets: A Wonderfully Complicated Puzzle; Preservation Links: One More Time; Reunions, Seminars; Letters to the Editors; Humor; Reprint Policy; Call for Articles * * * * * WELDING LINKS: TO OUR MOTHERS, WITH LOVE by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/> Few genealogists can trace their matrilineal line very far back -- that's the line from your mother to her mother, to her mother's mother and so on. It is difficult research because the surnames change with each generation and fewer records about females exist. However, one woman -- Susanne "Sam" Behling -- decided to do something about this problem. She started a "Notable Women Ancestors" Web site and a newsletter where she gathers and publishes biographical and genealogical information on female ancestors. "All women are notable," Behling says. "There are thousands of women whose roles in history have often been overlooked . . . There are an even greater number of women who, while possibly not contributing anything historically significant, nonetheless managed to lead very interesting lives." The Notable Women Ancestors Web site is located at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/> It has a large and growing database. The majority of the pages at this site have been contributed by descendants or relatives of the women. The categories are: adventurers, African Americans, artists, authors, educators, feisty women, firsts, great mothers, aunts and grandmas, health care/humanitarian, heroines, humorous, Native Americans, notorious, pioneers and emigrants, politicians, political wives and suffragists, religious leaders, royalty, survivors, and witches. There is a place where you can add information about your ancestress. At the Notable Women Ancestors Web site you can read about such women as: o Sarah Tuttle, who was prosecuted in New Haven, Connecticut for "sinful dalliance"(publicly exchanging kisses) with a Dutch sailor in 1660. Seven years later Sarah was brutally killed by her brother during a quarrel that turned violent. o Edith Lusetta (Waite) Delaney, who thought her brother inherited the "Mosher Millions." She learned differently at the reading of his will. "Notable Women Ancestors," the quarterly newsletter, is available by annual subscription ($16, check or money order) from the editor, 2500 N.E. McWilliams Rd., #D8, Bremerton, WA 98311. A recent issue includes tips on "Civil War Women: Finding Individual Women in Local, State and Federal Records," information about "Nineteenth-Century Women and Their Secrets," and a biography of "The Unforgettable Cherry Sisters," touted as the "worst-ever" vaudeville act of the 1890s through the 1930s. "Let it be to us, then, the family historians and record-keepers of this generation, to uncover the long-hidden stories of our female ancestors are waiting to tell and to share them with our families, other genealogists, teachers and historians," Behling says. I agree. 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ROOTSWEB REVIEW: Genealogical Data Cooperative News Vol. 2, No. 18, 5 May 1999. Circulation: 294,480+ (C) 1998-1999 RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. Editors: Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> RootsWeb Main Page: <http://www.rootsweb.com/> RootsWeb HelpDesk: <http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/>. Surname Helper: <http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html> Threaded List Archives: <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/> NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB ROOTSWEB AT NGS CONFERENCE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. If you attend the National Genealogical Society's Annual Conference in the States, 12-15 May 1999, hosted by the Virginia Genealogical Society <http://www.vgs.org/> in Richmond, Virginia, please stop by RootsWeb's booth in the exhibit hall. Dr. Brian Leverich, Karen Isaacson, Bob Tillman, Tim Pierce, Ellen Seebacher, Rhonda McClure, "D." from the RootsWeb HelpDesk, and your editors look forward to seeing you there. * * * ... When we launched RootsWeb, we assumed that our users would prefer to support us as much as they were able, in exchange for a site open to all, without banners plastered all over everything and without having resources locked up (as is done at other genealogy sites), available only for fees on the order of $60 per year. Instead, people can support RootsWeb for as little as $12 per year. We thus hoped that a reasonable fraction of our users, perhaps half of them, would support us in some way. And because we expected support from the community, we made promises to projects like USGenWeb that we would freely host them for the good of the Internet genealogy community. We have no intention of reneging on those early promises, but it has been difficult, because the community support we anticipated has not been there. Although people use the site like crazy, fewer than 7% of our users have chipped in to keep things going. The other 93%? Perhaps they're busy, or they're broke, or they won't pay unless they have to, or they don't think RootsWeb is useful. Who knows? But it means that RootsWeb has run at a cash flow loss. In simple terms, Karen Isaacson and Brian Leverich have donated not only their time as system administrators but a substantial part of their personal resources to provide the genealogical community with RootsWeb. The rest of RootsWeb's staff have also made substantial contributions. Because RootsWeb's costs exceed its income, we can't provide all the genealogical facilities we'd like to support. These could include online searchable databases of pension records, census indexes, vital records, or countless other valuable genealogical services that we could easily provide -- if only we could afford the staff to support them. 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The following article appeared in the on-line newsletter EXPERT GENEALOGY, 12 Apr 1999, Edited by Jeannette Holland Austin -------------------------------- The new online site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints contains two types of records: 1. The IGI (International Genealogical Index) 2. The Ancestral File IGI. The IGI is a composite of extracted parish registers in the US and 42 countries. Also, it contains Family Group Sheets submitted by members. Batch Numbers. An important item to watch for is the "Batch Number". If the batch number is preceded by an alpha letter, such as C803406 - that means that the information came from an extracted record, such as birth, christening or marriage record. It does not include death records. You can order this record from the church (film number is listed), however, no additional information will be found. The best thing to do is to go to a local Family History Center, look under "Parish Registers", and locate the parish register in question. You can order that register on microfilm, and take a look at the "mortuary" or "deaths". This additional information is quite helpful, as it helps identify the oldest ancestors residing in that parish. If the batch number is a plain 6 digit number (such as 330906), that means that the information came from a Family Group Sheet submitted by a member, and, you can order that record on microfilm to view for yourself. It may or may not have additional information about other family members. That depends on the time-period involved. For example, during the 1970's, sheets for "individual" were used (as well as regular family group sheets) which did not list the whole family. ANCESTRAL FILE. This a composite of pedigrees submitted to the Ancestral Unit of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by members and non-members alike. Essentially, here is what happens: When the pedigree is received the "computer" determines if there is a family match, and if so, merges any new information with the old information. For this reason, you will sometimes find an example like this - John b. 1800, John b. 1803, listed as separate children. Since the date was not exact, the computer treated both Johns as separate individuals. The Ancestral File is "full of errors". Although a source or reference may have been included by the submitter, the program does not yet allow this into it. (They are working on that). It is not uncommon to find multiple errors and entries in any given pedigree. Best to treat this information as a "worksheet". What I do is print out the pedigree chart and family group sheets, then go to work trying to prove it. The IGI also contains error. Many of those errors are in the marriage portion (event). What happens is people frequently list the marriage license date, instead of the date it was performed. In Georgia, for example, the top portion of the marriage certificate is the license date, and the bottom half is the actual marriage date. These records should be used as guidelines, not fact. Accepting other people's work can really confuse our genealogy, and cause us not to get anywhere on it. We must search census records, county records, - census records, county records, on and on and on, to validate the genealogy. So, when you access the information online, please keep this in mind. LDS site - http://ldsonline.com/family.htm Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Family History Center Online - **** .. Carol P. Martoccia .. 903 East Fifth Street .. Greenville, NC 27858 .. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 .. Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

I thought this sounded like a good idea. Hunter Ferrell Louisville, KY [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- > UNITED STATES CENSUS DESTROYED BY FIRE: > > Hello, > As you might or might not know 99% of the 1890 United States Census was > destroyed by fire. So a book of ALL living United States residents of 1890 > is being compiled from descendants like you. If you would like to contribute > your ancestor's to this vital history book, please email > ([email protected]) or snail mail > Angela Foster > P.O. Box 2551 > Waterville, Maine 04903 > the following information on your ancestor's. > Submitting your information is free. > > HEAD of Household full name (first-middle-last): > " " " age: > " " " date born (month-day-year): > " " " place born (town-county-state or country): > " " " residence (town-county-state): > > SPOUSE's full name (maiden surname in ( )'s if available): > " age: > " date born (month-day-year): > " place born (town-county-state or country): > > {please note * list all children and their data separately from one > another} > ALL Children's full names (first-middle-last), age's: > " date born (month-day-year): > " place born (town-county-state or country): > > Please fill in as much information as you can. If you are not sure of any of > the information, please fill in your best estimate and follow it with a ? > mark. > > Thank you for your contribution to this vital genealogy book. > > P.S. > Please forward this to everyone who might be interested in > contributing. Thank you. > > Yours Truly, > Angela M. Foster

Thanks Al. you are so kind. Pat in Va.

Entry No. 659 in the 1860 Wilson Co. Census. Thomas G. Dixon 31 M Farmer $3,000 $3,367 m Rebecca 20 F m Mary A. 10 F s Odelia 7 F s Hardy 5 M Willie G. 2 M Henrietta 1 F Obedience Barnes 55 F Domestic Living on one side are Henry Dixon, age 45 and wife Celia and on the other side, Henry Dixon, age 76 and wife, Odelia. No doubt kin. Not far away is a Randal Dixon, age 50 and wife Jane. Al Bass

--part1_28785d52.24604b6f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_28785d52.24604b6f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: [email protected] From: [email protected] Full-name: PNELSON446 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 08:56:55 EDT Subject: Re: [DIXON-L] THOMAS G.DIXON To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 9 Can anyone please tell me if they have a Thomas G. Dixon. He shows up on the 1860 census for Wilson Co. NC. I am trying to see if he is linked to my Mary Elizabeth Dixon b. 1866 probably in Wilson Co. Does anyone have access to the 1860 census for Wilson Co. that can do a lookup? Thanks in advance for any help. Pat in Va. --part1_28785d52.24604b6f_boundary--

Editor: Jeannette Holland Austin Series: Research Techniques Subject: Online Research Date: May 3, 1999 Last week, a lot of these links were reported not working - here they are again. http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/vstat/cdnoffices.htm Addresses, fees, phone number of Vital Statistics Office for births, deaths, marriage certificates - Canadian Vital Statistics Offices - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alberta http://www.theultimates.com/white/ Addresses, finding - The Ultimate White Pages http://www.birthquest.org/Adoptees A searchable international database for adoptees. How to contribute information, etc. http://www.vitalrec.com/links.html Adoption and Vital Records - Adoption - Lots of Information here http://web.ukonline.co.uk/graham.pitt/bdm/ Births, Deaths, Marriages Exchange - The aim of this site is to provide a free resource to genealogists who wish to share information about details contained on birth, death or marriage certificates registered in the United Kingdom - A downloads page http://genweb.net/~blackwell/books.html Books to read online - Mostly New England local history and genealogy and a few others in England,particularly Derbyshire. The New England books include the histories of Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, Scituate, North Bridgewater (renamed http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/toc.htm Bureau of Land Management - You can download copies of actual certificates, but you must have a viewer, which you can download from the BLM site to view and print copies of the certificates. Available States include - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin http://www.wdbj.net/~wdbj/gen/birthyear/cenindx.html Calculating birth dates from census information http://www.interment.net Cemeteries - Steve Paul Johnson's Cemetery Interment Lists on the Internet. Internet directory to help other genealogists find the gravesites of their ancestors. Contains links to records in the States, US national cemeteries and veterans burials all other countries, misc cemetery links and a tour of cemeteries on the Net http://www.neep.demon.co.uk/mis/index.htm Cemeteries: Monuments Inscriptions for Genealogists by Rod Neep (UK) - A general site with information on archives and records; how to record monumental inscriptions; deciphering illegible inscriptions; how to present your records; how to let others know http://peacequest.com/Cemeteries A National Cemetery Database - search engine http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Cemeteries - National Cemeteries and War Veterans http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/index.html Cemetery Junction for USA. Browse by State. You can complete an online form if your cemetery is not listed http://www.genrecords.com/library/abbreviations.htm Census and Soundex Relationship Abbreviations - >From the Genealogy Record Service Library http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/microcen.html Census Microfilm - How to Use the National Archives Census Microfilm Catalogs http://www.primenet.com/~dlytton/wdc/ Charts - World Descendant Charts(GenWeb) - VA and WV Families posting descendant charts for those who do not have a web site http://ldsonline.com/family.htm Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Mormans - This is the site where you will be able to view the Ancestral File and IGI (International Genealogical Index) online - It is in beta testing now, and you need a password. Passwords are to become available to the general public in April http://www.citydirectories.psmedia.com/ City Directories Online - Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco. A free search available - however, you must be a "subscriber" http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/ Coats of Arms site. Includes flow chart for identifying coats of arms, Heraldic Symbolism, Elizabethan Heraldry, International Heraldic Glossory, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, Family Arms on the Web http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/us_deaths.html Deaths of People due to Earth Quakes in the US http://www.pastconnect.comDiplomas, certificates,letters, etc., stuff found in flea markets, etc. http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island website http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html Handwriting - Deciphering Old Handwriting http://www.funeralnet.com/search.html Funeral Homes Online http://www.thepassword.com/Magazines/kids/activities/genealo gy/index.html Funeral Homes - US and Canadian Funeral Homes - 20,000 US and 1,200 Canadian. Searchable Database http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ Funeral Homes - US Directory of Funeral Homes http://www.Yourfamily.com/bulletin.cgi Genealogy Bulletin Board Searchable. Add your notices to the bulletin board http://www.mit.edu/geo/ Counties - Finds the counties for a known place and state =================== ------------------------------------- C1720. PENNSYLVANIA PLACE NAMES by A. Howry Espenshade. 375 pp., paper (1925), repr. 1998. $37.50 This is the standard reference work on Pennsylvania place names, an unusual feature of which is that it give brief biographical and genealogical information about many of the persons whose names are inseparably connected with the counties, boroughs, cities, etc. Includes an extensive list of county histories, a table of Pa counties' formation, and general index of persons, places and subjects. Reprint of the original edition of 1925 which was published as "Pennsylvania State College Studies in History and Political Science, No. 1, College Series, No. 1". C2955. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN MARRIAGES. Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennnsylvania German Churches by Donna R. Irish, 817 pp., Indexed, paper (1982), repr. 1998. $60.00 Primarily a compilation of Reformed Church marriage records (including some records from Lutheran and Union churches), this work provides documentation on some 50,000 persons of German origin or descent, as found in the records of approximately 100 churches in eastern Pennsylvania. The records of actual marriages, which form the basis of the work, generally give the names of the bride and groom, the date of marriage, names of parents, place of residence, and sometimes place of origin, date of birth, and previous martial status, while records of marriage deriving from baptismal entries, burial records, etc. variously give names of parents (usually the maiden name of the mother), names of grandparents and sponsors, place and date of birth and/or baptism, names of children, and date of death. C4569. PENNSYLVANIA VITAL RECORDS. >From the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. 3 vols. 2,491 pp., illus., indexed, paper (1983), repr. 1999. $155.00 Pa vital records comprises reprint of virtually every article on births, baptisms, marriages and deaths that ever appeared in the two most important Pa periodicals. As with similar compilations, this work was produced with the object of brining all such material within reach of the genealogist, for complete sets of these periodicals are almost impossible to find these days, and, in the case of the Pa Genealogical magazine - which lacks a comprehensive index - difficult to use. Our 3 volumes are complete indexed - a necessity in a work that contains references to over 100,000 persons! The vital records which appear here in a total of some 150 articles derive from a mixture of church registers, court records, records of local officials and justices, ministers' records, newspapers, and gravestone inscriptions. They cut evenly across civil and ecclesiastical lines and represent a cross-section of the population of early Pa, providing one of the largest bodies of published source materials ever seen. For the period prior to 1820, in fact, they offer the researcher perhaps his or her best chance of making ancestral connections in Pa. 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I have seen 'DSP' in some really old lineages, and it was used as abbreviation for 'died single person.' Bev -----Original Message----- From: Rae Jean Hay <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:19 PM Subject: [NCWILSON-L] DSP - OSP >>If you find the notation "OSP", Orbin Sine Prole or "DSP" Decessit Sine >>Prole, on a death >>record or tombstone of one of your ancestors, if could be a real problem: >>It is Latin for "died >>without issue". > >I use "DSP" in my project as a flag for those individuals without issue to >narrow my research quests. I did not know about the "OSP" notation - thanks >for the information. > >Rae Jean in sunny Memphis. > >

>If you find the notation "OSP", Orbin Sine Prole or "DSP" Decessit Sine >Prole, on a death >record or tombstone of one of your ancestors, if could be a real problem: >It is Latin for "died >without issue". I use "DSP" in my project as a flag for those individuals without issue to narrow my research quests. I did not know about the "OSP" notation - thanks for the information. Rae Jean in sunny Memphis.

RESEARCH TIPS Birth Frequency Births generally occurred at two year intervals. Frequently the first child was born within one year of the marriage. As a woman aged, the interval between births grew slightly. Child bearing generally ended around age 45. If you notice an increase in births as the wife approaches her 40th year, it could be a new wife, the former having died in the birth of her last child. 1920 Census Warning The National Archives in the 1920 Census Catalog has some errors. For example, rolls are misnumbered and not all items are in alphabetical order. Check carefully and read the soundex rolls for the areas both prior to and after the name in which you are interested City Directories As Genealogical Sources The use of city, county, farm and business directories is a much overlooked genealogical source. Many of the older ones will list a death date for a person who had been listed in the previous directory. These have proven valuable for those mysterious relatives whose deaths were never recorded elsewhere. A person's disappearance can also be explained by a listing of a spouse such as: Jones, Marie (widow of John). Sometimes you may be fortunate to find a listing like this: Jones, John, moved to Seattle. Occupations are generally listed or the place of employment. By searching through all listings for a certain surname, you may find others living at the address of your ancestor or nearby. Addresses found in old directories are useful in finding your ancestors on unindexed censuses. At the front of the directories you will find such things as schools, churches, cemeteries, hospitals, and fraternal organizations that were in existence at the time of the printing. Businesses are listed by categories: laundries, lawyers, saloons, etc. Many businesses had large display ads which would add a nice touch to your family history. Farm directories sometimes will list a land description. If you haven't used these sources, you will be surprised at the wealth of information. Disappearing Ancestors If you have an ancestor who appears to have disappeared in the 1850's, try checking the 1850 and 1860 US Census for California. Over 50,000 people traveled overland to the gold fields while more went by ship. The 1852 State Census of California is especially valuable, as it asked for the person's residence. Most answered with the name of the state from which they came. By 1854, 23,000 of these people had moved on or returned to their former homes. Faded Writing It is reported that a 75 watt black light, in any light that casts light directly on a document may do wonders in bringing out faded writing. Generations There are approximately three generations per century. Who Owns That Abandoned Graveyard If you want to find out who owns an abandoned country graveyard: first get the best fix on the location that you can. You will need the approximate distance and direction of the graveyard from the nearest road,, name of the road, and the name and distance from the nearest intersecting road. Be certain of the town the property is in. Armed with this information visit the local deeds office and review their maps. This will give you the exact property description which you can then take to tax office or land records office and from the available books determine the current owner. In large towns, this may require visiting a number of offices but in small towns, where ownership is generally less obvious, you probably will have to deal with only one person. Importance of Land Records In rural, early, America all adult males can be found in land records. Land records exist, uninterrupted, from early settlement to the present time. Older land records contain more genealogical data and clues than modern records do. Land records are among the most accurate and reliable records available to genealogists. Land records have almost always been indexed, which makes them an easy resource to use. Clue to Maiden Names In the lower left hand corner of most deeds you will find the signatories of two to four witnesses. The first one is almost always from the husband's side the next is almost always from the wife's side. This was done to protect her one-third dower right under the law. Marriage Age The average age for men to marry was 20 - 25. They rarely married before 20. The average age for women to marry was 20 - 22 . They rarely married before 16. This does not rule out child bearing before age 16. First marriages were usually between couples near the same age. Women generally outlived their husbands, but old widowers did, frequently, marry much younger women who had never been married. Migration Families and neighbors generally migrated together from their old homes. Women rarely traveled alone. Military Service Clue If you have a male born circa 1840, strongly consider Civil War service with it concomitant records and the possibility of relocation at the end of the war. This applies, as well, to the Revolutionary War with males born circa 1760, although relocation is less likely and service was not as universal. Naming Patterns Children are often named for grandparents, both male and female. Frequently a middle name or even a first name was the mother's or grandmother's maiden name, especially if the name was repeated through several related families. New York Foundling Home The home that sent children on the orphan train in the late 1850's has opened its records to adult adoptees. Contact New York Foundling Hospital. Records Information Office, 1173 3rd Ave. New York, NY 10021 or Orphan Train Society of America, Rt 4 Box 565, Springdale AR. 72764 "The Records got burned back in...." Don't let this stop you. First determine the status of the courthouse, clerks office or whatever and determine what if any records remain. It is unusual for "everything" to be destroyed. Locate everything in print about the town and/or county. The W.P.A. prepared inventories of county courthouses during the 1930' and 1940's, providing evidence of what survived earlier fires. The local library should have a copy of the records. Don't ignore records traditionally considered of little genealogical value; surveys, marks and brands, books, etc. also state archives often have duplicate copies of lost county-level tax rolls. Travel Tip We sometimes ignore the obvious. Before setting out on your research trip, contact the facilities you intend to visit and be certain of the hours of record availability. It is best to request literature, if any, from the places you intend to visit, also, the local Chamber of Commerce can probably provide the information or directions on obtaining it. Remember many town offices and genealogical libraries are staffed part time and by volunteers. Confirmation of hours on the day of your trip may be wise for volunteer situation. Vermont or New York? Anyone living in Gloucester or Cumberland County New York in the 1770' was actually living in Vermont. Check Washington County New York for the records. Not in the Will? If your ancestor is not listed in their parent's will(s) don't despair. Many times the children were given land and/or property at the time of their marriage,, or received their inheritance before their parent's death. Check the Deed of Gifts Books or the Deed Books. Also in some families the grand-children received the inheritance which also shows family connections. The End of the Line? If you find the notation "OSP", Orbin Sine Prole or "DSP" Decessit Sine Prole, on a death record or tombstone of one of your ancestors, if could be a real problem: It is Latin for "died without issue". .. Carol P. Martoccia .. 903 East Fifth Street .. Greenville, NC 27858 .. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 .. Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Has anyone ever heard of this person? He was born around 1903-1904. If yes, please email me. Beth

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter A Weekly Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists Vol. 4 No. 18 - May 1, 1999 Past issues of this Newsletter are available at: http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/index.htm ============================================================ - Heritage Quest U.S. Census Indexes on CD-ROM Heritage Quest, formerly known as the American Genealogical Lending Library (AGLL), has been supplying genealogy data on paper and microfilm for many years. In the past year or two they have moved into digital publishing, and I have written about some of their earlier products in this newsletter. This week I had a chance to use one of their newest products: the Family Quest Archives CD-ROM version of the 1870 U.S. census. The particular disk that I used was for the state of Ohio. Other companies have produced CD-ROM census indexes in the past, and indexes are now becoming available online as well. However, there is one major difference in Heritage Quest's new CD-ROM disks: these are newly-created indexes. Printed indexes to the 1790 through 1850 censuses and some 1860 censuses have been available for many years. However, these indexes are plagued by a high error rate. In some spot checks, as many as 10% of the records are missing or mislabeled or contained erroneous spellings. Until now, most of the electronic U.S. census indexes came from the same source as the printed books. Heritage Quest has actually delivered new indexes, created by trained specialists. Quoting from the company's advertising: Heritage Quest's precision extraction process ensures accuracy. The company implements a Total Quality Management Process throughout: * Data Extraction Specialists, who know dated script, are hired and trained for keying records * Senior Editing Team reviews documents and oversees quality control * Proprietary Computer Editing process helps eliminate possible human error *Statistical Audits ensure extracted data meets stringent quality standards Heritage Quest claims that their audits of the new Family Quest Archives index shows a very low error rate. I didn't have the time to validate that claim, but I suspect they are right. Another major change in the new Heritage Quest indexes is the addition of more data. The earlier indexes created by another company typically contained only the Name, County, Locality, Series, Roll and Page Number. The new CD-ROM disks from Heritage Quest also contain all of that information but add Age, Sex, Race, and Birthplace. This makes it much easier to find an ancestor with a common name such as Smith, Jones, Johnson or Brown. When looking for an ancestor with such a name in a populated city in previous indexes, the researcher might have found hundreds of potential "hits" and needed to look at each one individually on the original census microfilm rolls. Now the same researcher can quickly narrow the search. One example now possible would be to find all the black men named Johnson under the age of 40 who were born in North Carolina. The new census indexes from Heritage Quest will support that. The Family Quest Archives indexes on CD-ROM require either Windows 95 or Windows 98 on a 486 CPU or faster, 16 megabytes of RAM memory, 15 megabytes of disk space and a CD-ROM drive. The company notes that they do not support Windows NT, and I had difficulty trying to make it work on my Windows NT 4.0 workstation. However, when I moved to a Windows 95 system, it installed properly. Heritage Quest also says that the CD-ROM disks will operate on a Macintosh PowerPC running emulation software, such as Virtual PC. There is no user's manual, other than the online help files, and I didn't see any need for such a manual. I wrote user's manuals a few years ago and have noted a big switch in the software world: a few years ago, a thick user's manual was considered to be mandatory with any software product. Nowadays, software is expected to be intuitive and user-friendly and not even require a user's manual. The Heritage Quest Census Index help files were a bit simplistic and are not context-sensitive. Yet I was always able to find the answers to the questions that I did have. The program interface is very simple. The main screen displays three basic windows: Field List, Search Criteria and Search Results. The Field List shows all ten extracted fields in these 1870 census indexes. All fields can be searched; for instance, you could search for all the men with a first name of Harry who were born in North Carolina. With any field you choose, you have the option to search for an Exact Match, Contains (a wildcard search option) or Exclude (allowing you to omit search criteria). The simple searches were very quick. A search for all persons named EASTMAN required only a second or two to execute on my rather old 120 megahertz Pentium Windows 95 system. More complex searches took a bit longer. The search for all the men with a first name of Harry who were born in North Carolina required about two minutes to complete. That's still a lot faster than searching through microfilms! The "Contains" search option allows you to enter a partial name with wildcards. You can insert an asterisk to represent a string of characters or a question mark to represent a single character. For instance, the surname STEPHENSON could have several variant spellings. To account for these spellings, you could enter: "STE*NS?N." All variant spellings will then be found: STEVENSON, STEVENSEN, STEAVENSON, STEPHENSON and STEPHENSEN. Other options include: * Age Ranges - When searching the age field using Contains, you are presented with a dialog box that allows you to enter two ages to form an age range. The range option lets you narrow the field of possibilities. Let's say you're unsure of an actual age, but you know your ancestor was between 40 and 50 years of age. You can use the Contains option to find all entries for that age range. * Sorting. Once you've produced a list of search results, you can sort by any of the criteria in ascending or descending order. Sort on age, for example, and compare birthplaces and other data for individuals with the same name. * Copying. You can easily "cut and paste" a record into your favorite genealogy program, word processor or whatever other Windows program you choose. * You can also save files as ASCII text for placement in a word processor or spreadsheet document. However, you are limited to saving only 20 records at a time. That can be a significant drawback if you are trying to save all the JOHNSONs in Cleveland! I used the Ohio 1870 census disk for this report, but Heritage Quest also has completed the 1870 census indexes for Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. They expect to complete all of the other states in the 1870 censuses by the end of 1999. The Family Quest Archives 1870 U.S. Census Indexes on CD-ROM sell for either $29.95 or $39.95 each, depending upon the amount of data available. The company also has released the 1790 U.S. federal Census Index ($29.95), the Idaho 1910 Census Index ($19.95), U.S. Marriage Index, 1691-1850 ($39.95) and the U.S. Land Index, 1790-1907 ($39.95). All prices mentioned are in U.S. dollars and do not include shipping charges. For more information, or to order one of these CD-ROM disks, go to http://www.heritagequest.com ============================================================ - Across the Waters (A Book Review) This week I read "Across the Waters - Ontario Immigrants' Experiences, 1820 - 1850" by Frances Hoffman and Ryan Taylor. This is not so much a genealogy book as it is a history book, describing the events and misfortunes of everyday people. It has many fascinating stories. Quoting from the book's announcement: One of the reasons for doing genealogy is to see how our ancestors lived. The most dramatic experience was emigrating across the ocean, but how much do we know about what it was like? It would be terrific to hear an actual emigrant describe the trip. Across the Waters: Ontario Immigrants' Experiences, 1820-1850, by Frances Hoffman and Ryan Taylor gathers together selections from firsthand accounts so that today's readers can discover what it meant to be a pioneer in Ontario. From the day they decided to strike off across the Atlantic to the first harvest in their own clearing, the settlers will tell you about the seasickness, the quarantine station, the mosquitoes--the fish you could scoop out of streams with your bare hands, the pride of owning your own land and the joys of helping one another build a house. The book is full of first-hand descriptions of life's everyday events written by the people who lived through them. Many of the stories came from diaries, letters and newspaper accounts of the time. For instance, in 1832 Alexander David wrote about the cholera epidemic: ... Many of the merchants' offices had only one person in them. For weeks I was the only clerk in our establishment; one of the partners was ill with the disease, and seventy or eighty people were buried daily. My friends, the raftsmen, brought their rafts into the various coves and hurried back as fast as possible to the woods of Upper Canada. Large sugar kettles burned day and night with tar at the corners of the street, and a coffin maker started a shop close to our office. Many a time I walked home to our pleasant place, but following a coffin, as a new cemetery was just made on the roadside leading home... If your ancestors were in Ontario any time between 1820 and 1850, I suspect you will find this to be a very interesting book. In fact, the book covers more than just Ontario as many of the immigrants traveled through other provinces and recorded their experiences. "Across the Waters: Ontario Immigrants' Experiences, 1820-1850" is published by Global Heritage Press in Milton, Ontario. It sells for $29.95 Canadian funds for the soft-cover edition. I believe that is the equivalent of about $20.00 in U.S. funds. The hardcover version is available for $44.95 Canadian, about $30.00 U.S. Anyone outside of Canada can easily order the book online and charge it to a credit card. The credit card companies will handle the currency exchange and complete the charge in your local currency. For more information, look at: http://www.globalgenealogy.com and especially http://www.globalgenealogy.com/101008.htm. ============================================================

The following is an excellent site for learning how the early government in NC operated. click on Early Beginnings. http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/cover.htm .. Carol P. Martoccia .. 903 East Fifth Street .. Greenville, NC 27858 .. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 .. Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists Vol. 4, No. 18, 30 April 1999 (Full Moon); Circulation: 20,475+ Copyright (c) 1996-99 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG CONTENTS: Welding Links: CDs To Aid Your Research; Instant Answers; Web Links; Successful Links and Virtual Bouquets; Conferences, Reunions, Seminars; Letters to the Editors; Humor; Reprint Policy; Call for Articles * * * * * WELDING LINKS: CDs TO AID YOUR RESEARCH by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/> GERMAN GENEALOGY RESEARCH GUIDE (CD #7199; $29.99) is a Family Archive CD which combines four outstanding books designed specifically for Americans who are researching their German ancestry. All four books were published originally by Genealogical Publishing Co. <http:/www.genealogybookshop.com/>. They are: o IN SEARCH OF YOUR GERMAN ROOTS, by Angus Baxter o ADDRESS BOOK FOR GERMANIC GENEALOGY, by Ernest Thode o GERMAN-ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY, by Ernest Thode o GERMAN-AMERICAN NAMES, by George F. Jones. IRISH IMMIGRANTS to NORTH AMERICA (CD #7257; $29.99) is a Family Archive CD which is composed of 10 volumes of Irish passenger lists that name approximately 60,000 immigrants, dating from 1735 to 1871. This is not a comprehensive list of all the Irish emigrants during this time period, but it is a valuable collection, derived from previously published books by Genealogical Publishing Co. GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of NEW ENGLAND, 1600s-1700s (CD #7169; $29.99) also is a Family Archive CD. It is composed of James Savage's four-volume GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND and its companion volume GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes, and Charles T. Libby. This is a must-have reference if you have Colonial New England ancestors. All of the above CDs are from GPC/Broderbund. In order to use them you must have a CD-ROM drive and either use Family Tree Maker Version 3.02 or higher (for Windows or for Power Macintosh) or have the Family Archive Viewer Version 3.02 or higher, which is FREE with the purchase of any of these CDs. The CDs are $29.99 each, plus $3.50 postage and handling. If ordering more than one item at a time, postage is $3.50 for the first item and $1.25 for each additional item. VISA or MasterCard orders phone toll-free 1-800-296-6687. Order from: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202-3897 or from its Web site: <http://www.genealogybookshop.com/> * * * 1870 CENSUS CDS. Heritage Quest publishes the acclaimed Family Quest Archives, and if you are searching for your American ancestors in the restless period of great migration after the Civil War, the 1870 census is usually critical to your success in finding them. Using the Family Quest Archives 1870 Indexes, you can specify surname, given name, age, sex, race, birthplace, county, and locality. This allows you to narrow your search possibilities and provides faster search results. This new software is flexible. It gives you the option to include specific age ranges or perform a wildcard search to include all spelling variations of a name. Once you complete a search you can sort the data in ascending or descending order, copy a record to the Windows Clipboard, print the findings or make a text file of the results of your search. Currently the following nine 1870 census indexes are available from Heritage Quest, P.O. Box 329, Bountiful, UT 84011-0329; 1-800-760-2455; <http://www.heritagequest.com/> o Illinois (ACD-0013), $39.95 o Ohio (ACD-0014), $39.95 o Virginia and West Virginia (ACD-0015), $29.95 o Maryland and DC (ACD-0016), $29.95 o Georgia (ACD-0021), $29.95 o Pennsylvania (ACD-0028), $39.95 o North and South Carolina (ACD-0029), $39.95 o Delaware and New Jersey (ACD-0033), $29.95 o Tennessee (ACD-0034), $29.95 These prices include postage and handling. The entire series of 1870 census indexes will be available by the end of the year, according to a Heritage Quest spokesperson. * * * * * INSTANT ANSWERS by Rhonda McClure <[email protected]> In the world of genealogy, volunteers are essential. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Internet. Yet somehow, instead of applauding their efforts, we e-mail them cranky messages when our query has not been answered in a couple of days. If your query is going to someplace that has a mailing list owner, moderator, or county coordinator, such as the USGenWeb county pages, don't expect an immediate response from them and don't expect them to do your research. Most of those who are Webmasters of county pages are moderating more than one county in an heroic effort to get as much information online as possible. They have many behind-the-scenes duties, including collecting data and coding it for the Web pages. While they are not there to answer your personal research questions, many generous ones do. Keep in mind that these are volunteers. They most likely have another job to pay the bills, one of which is to their Internet Service Provide (ISP) so they can stay online making new things available to the online genealogy community. They have real lives with other obligations. Expecting an instant answer from them is unfair -- to them and to the genealogy community as a whole. If your query doesn't get a response, reword it to better reach and interest the people who might be able to help. Most queries are too vague or too rambling. Always include the surnames of interest, a time frame (just an approximate one can make a world of difference), and the locality (the more specific as to city/ county/state, the better) pertinent to your research problem. No one really cares how Thomas Smith is related to you or why you want the information. If someone contacts you asking for more information, supply it. That person may have a vital record you have been searching for, but they may not realize it until they obtain additional information from you that will make the link. Just because e-mail is instantaneous does not mean that a volunteer can answer your query in an instant. [Rhonda McClure is a professional genealogist and columnist for FAMILY TREE FINDERS newsletter. If you would like to receive the free Monday-Friday Family Tree Finders newsletter, send a blank e-mail message to: <[email protected]>.] * * * * * WEB LINKS: SOMME, A LAND OF HISTORY AND REMEMBRANCE (in English and French). "The Somme is a river that gave its name to a 'departement' (France is divided into 95 departements). The Somme departement is situated in the North of France and is well known for its numerous historic places and is a symbol of the British Commonwealth troops committed during the First World War." Search the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database at this site to learn the whereabouts of war graves of Australian and New Zealander World War I servicemen. Enter the serviceman's name and it will give you the date, place, regiment, grave reference, and a description of the cemetery. <http://www.anzac.org/> BATH, BOTT, BATT, PATT originally in and around Frank, Russia; especially descendants of Johann George BATH (b. 1714 in Germany, immigrated to Russia in 1766 at the invitation of Catherine the Great). <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/4764/> COMPUTER ASSOCIATES VIRUS INFORMATION CENTER. Virus alert information on CIH Virus, Melissa Virus, Papa.A Virus, Ping Virus, Syndicate.A -- Melissa Variant <http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/melissa_virus#cih> COUNTRYMAN, GUNTERMAN, GUNDERMAN, GONTERMAN, CONTREMAN, KONREMAN, and other variations <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> ENGLAND. "Tying the Knot: English Style" <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/ENGMARRY.htm> GENTECH'S GEDCOM Testbook Project initial results. Includes a description of the project, a description of the family of Preserved Puritan, the GEDCOM file of this family which was used for the tests, a summary of the types of problems encountered, and detailed tables showing the results of importing the file into a number of the programs that are popular with genealogists. <http://www.gentech.org/> HERITAGE BOOKS. Warehouse clearance sale; 50% off all books on the sale page at <http://www.heritagebooks.com/whsesale.htm>. Heritage Books, Inc., 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716; phone 800-398-7709 or 301-390-7708; fax 800-276-1760 or 301-390-7153; e-mail <[email protected]>; online catalog <http://www.heritagebooks.com> MICHIGAN. Herrick District Library, Holland, Michigan. Select "Genealogy Page." Includes a unique collection of Dutch genealogy (1,300 names in Web site lists). The library has an extensive card file of obituaries published in western Michigan newspapers (not online). <http://www.macatawa.org/~herrick/index.html> MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FOR GENEALOGISTS -- Graves, War Memorials, Monuments. <http://www.neep.demon.co.uk/mis/> OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Site includes death certification index from 1913-1937. <http://www.ohiohistory.org/index.html> NETWORK ASSOCIATES VIRUS ALERTS. A.V.E.R.T. Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team. Recent Virus/Trojan Alerts; Windows 95/98/NT Viruses and Worms; Word97 Viruses; Excel95/97 Viruses; Powerpoint97, Word97/Excel97 Viruses; Winscript/HTML Viruses; Recent Joke Programs Distributed; Recent Hoaxes (Bugslife Screensaver Hoax, BlueMountain Greeting Card Virus Hoax, Intel Special Offer Hoax, Disney Hoax, America Online FlashNews, Spartan Horse, Guts to Say Jesus, Windows 98 Warning Hoax). <http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/ spacefiller411.asp> PRESERVATION UNLIMITED. (Lost and Found) family Bibles, pension papers, books, pictures. The goal is to return lost items to their rightful owners or their families. Family names include ALLEN, DICKENSON, FINN, FLUTTER, FRAZIER,GILBERT, GORMLEY, HEISHBERGER, JOHNSON, JONES, LAMBERT, LEIGH, MARTINEK. MATZ, MAUDE, REED, ROBERT, ROWLEY, RUBY, TRAYNOR. <http://members.aol.com/oliverisa/family/index.htm> SOPHOS VIRUS INFORMATION. Top ten viruses; virus analyses; hoaxes and scares; articles; technical reports. <http://www.sophos.de/virusinfo/> TREND MICRO SECURITY LIBRARY. General listing of security threats. <http://216.33.21.51/vinfo/virusencyclo/ default3.asp?VCode=EN001344> WorldGenWeb Project ARCHIVES. Links to CaribbeanGenWeb Archives, MediterraneanGenWeb Archives, SouthAMGenWeb Archives, and UKGenWeb Archives. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggenweb/index.html> * * * * * LETTERS TO THE EDITORS: I hereby offer my help for people who are searching their ancestors in the Netherlands in the province of South-Holland (main cities Leiden, Delft, Rotterdam, the Haque, and Dordrecht). Please do not ask about other parts of the Netherlands. You can reach me at <[email protected]>. Guus van der Mespel Oegstgeest, the Netherlands * * * * * HUMOR: We found this on the bottom of our e-mail bag. STUMPY AND THE PLANE Stumpy and his wife Martha went to the state fair every year and every year Stumpy would say, "Martha, I'd like to ride in that airplane." Martha always replied, "I know Stumpy, but that airplane ride costs 10 dollars, and 10 dollars is 10 dollars." One year Stumpy and Martha went to the fair and Stumpy said, "Martha, I'm 81 years old. If I don't ride that airplane I might never get another chance." Martha replied, "Stumpy, that airplane ride costs 10 dollars, and 10 dollars is 10 dollars." The pilot overheard them and said, "Folks, I'll make you a deal. I'll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say one word, I won't charge you; but if you say one word it's 10 dollars." Stumpy and Martha agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word was heard. He did all his tricks over again, but still not a word. When they landed, the pilot turned to Stumpy and said, "By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you didn't." Stumpy replied, "Well, I was gonna say something when Martha fell out, but 10 dollars is 10 dollars." * * * * * PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) a copy of this notice appears at the end of the article: Written by <author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given>. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists, Vol. 4, No. 18, 30 April 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. * * * * * BACK ISSUES OF MISSING LINKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD from <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/mlnews/>. 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