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/>. CALL FOR ARTICLES, STORIES: If you have a delightful, amusing, amazing, cautionary, or otherwise wonderful and educational tale of genealogical research that you would like to share with the readers of MISSING LINKS in the "SUCCESSFUL LINKS" section of the newsletter, or if you would like to recognize a particularly helpful librarian, archivist, town or county clerk with a "VIRTUAL BOUQUET," please send your story for consideration for publication to [email protected] TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail that says only SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) to: <[email protected]>. We are grateful to ROOTSWEB GENEALOGICAL DATA COOPERATIVE <http://www.rootsweb.com/> for generously hosting MISSING LINKS. ____ Julia M. Case <[email protected]> Co-Editor of ROOTSWEB REVIEW <http://www.rootsweb.com/~review/> Editor-at-Fault of MISSING LINKS <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/> To subscribe, send SUBSCRIBE message to [email protected] [email protected] ROOTSWEB GENEALOGICAL DATA COOPERATIVE P.O. 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