MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists Vol. 3, No. 48, 27 November 1998; Circulation: 15,300+ Copyright (c) 1996-98 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG * * * * * WELDING LINKS: PILGRIMS AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/index.htm> While you are recovering from your Thanksgiving celebration, here is a little quiz about the Pilgrims and the famous feast of 1621. If you need some help, visit these Web sites: The First Thanksgiving <http://www.bri-dge.com/focus/focus3.html> The Pilgrims' 1621 Thanksgiving <http://members.aol.com/calebj/thanksgiving.html> A Brief History of the Mayflower <http://members.aol.com/calebj/ship.html> Common Mayflower Myths <http://members.aol.com/calebj/FAQ_history.html> False and Faked Mayflower Genealogy <http://members.aol.com/calebj/hoaxes.html> List of all Mayflower Passengers with Descendants Living Today <http://members.aol.com/calebj/descendants.html> 1. How long did the feast of 1621 last? A. one week B. three days C. five days 2. How many Pilgrims were sent "fowling" to get meat for the feast? A. 12 B. 6 C. 4 3. How many Native Americans showed up for the "first Thanksgiving"? A. 90 B. 80 C. 24 4, The Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving probably took place between ___________________________? A. September 29 and October 29 B. October 15 and November 30 C. September 21 and November 9 5. Which of the following food was NOT mentioned by the Pilgrims as having been served at the feast? A. deer (venison) B. turkey C. cranberry sauce 6. When did the "Mayflower" that brought the Pilgrims set sail to return to England? A. January 5, 1621 B. March 5, 1621 C. April 5, 1621 7. Who was the captain of the "Mayflower" that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620? A. Richard Child B. Christopher Jones C. Christopher Nichols 8. Which well-known "Mayflower" passenger lost both of his/her parents in the first winter in New England? A. Priscilla Mullins B. Isaac Allerton C. Edward Doty 9. What colors other than black, white, gray, and brown did the Pilgrims wear? A. violet B. red C. green 10. Who was the oldest "Mayflower" passenger still alive who partook of the first Thanksgiving, and how old was he? A. Edward Doty, 62 B. Richard Warren, 58 C. William Brewster, 54 The answers appear at the end of this issue. * * * * * WEB LINKS: JEWISHGEN: Home of Jewish Genealogy <http://www.jewishgen.org> LOUISIANA. USGenWeb Project, Louisiana Archives Index of Caloasieu Parish, Sallier Cemetery: A VIRTUAL CEMETERY. Sallier Cemetery is one of the four oldest cemeteries in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Margaret Moore <[email protected]> has taken more than 300 photographs of the headstones in Sallier Cemetery with her digital camera and then transferred them to computer. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/calcasieu/sallier/ sallier.htm> McGHEEs of Virginia. GED2HTML format includes more than 11,800 names, mostly descendants of Nelson McGHEE, born ca 1794, died 1850 Franklin Co., VA, m. Martha COOPER 1814, m.2nd Susannah RICHARDS 1831. <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1356/> MEINERT, ALTHAUS, DORY, HELLENBOLT, GRIFFITHS, TILLEY, McLEOD, OSMUNDSON, MOHR, FRANCIS, UTTECH. <http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~osmun/> NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS. <http://www.ncsc.dni.us>. An electronic courthouse. The Technology Information Service provides summaries and links to courthouses currently doing some of their business online. Some offer online deed searches. Links include some court Web sites in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. There are links also to some FEDERAL COURTS and to INTERNATIONAL COURT Web sites in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Also provided are links to SEARCH ENGINES (Alta Vista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, LookSmart, Lycos, Northern Light, Open Text Index, Planet Search, SearchCom, Web Crawler, and Yahoo); META- SEARCH ENGINES (Ask Jeeves, Cyber411, Dogpile, Highway 61, Mamma, Meta Crawler, Profusion, and SavvySearch), which submit your query to multiple search engines, then collect all the responses and collate them into a single list. There are links to PEOPLE FINDERS (Bigfoot, Four11, InfoSpace, Switchboard, WhoWhere, and World Pages) and to NEWSGROUP ARCHIVES at Alta Vista, Deja News, HotBot, and Reference.com. PLYMOUTH COLONY ARCHIVE PROJECT. A collection of searchable texts concerning probate inventories for selected individuals who were members of the colony. <http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jfd3a/Plymouth/probates.html"> * * * * * PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED (1) The reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes. (2) This notice must appear at the end of the article: Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists, Vol. 3, No. 48, 27 November 1998. You may visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. ANSWERS TO THANKSGIVING QUIZ: 1. B (three days). 2. C (four) 3. A (90) 4. C (September 21 and November 9) 5. C (cranberry sauce) 6. C (April 5, 1621) 7. B (Christopher Jones) 8. A (Priscilla Mullins) 9. A, B, and C (violet, red, and green) 10. C (William Brewster, 54) ____ Julia M. 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