> Surely there must be something I can help you with? I have offered before > but had little response. Or is it simply the fact that hardly anybody on > this list has managed to get their ancestry back to the UK yet? I've been trying to find the history and origins of the CRIBBS family in the UK. I think they are Scottish but have not found proof. Any info, Roy? Thanks, Bill Cribbs Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/ Obituary Archive Search Engine http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/ Local Obituary Search Engines http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/other.htm Family Surname Obituary Archives http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/famobit.htm Canadian Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/canada.htm CemSEARCH http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/ ShipSEARCH http://www.obitcentral.com/shipsearch/

COULD I, as a newcomer to the list but a very longtime genealogist, make a suggestion as to what is wrong here? Of course, some of you may think there isn't anything wrong (!) and perhaps I am not putting this too well, but in view of Dr Bill's worries about the lack of traffic and exhortations to us for more postings I feel there must be. I am on about eight lists altogether - admittedly all UK-based, except this one - and on all of those there is a huge amount of traffic, with lively and vigorous (sometimes one might say a little too vigorous!) debate about many aspects of family history and genealogy. There is a constant flow of newcomers seeking help and guidance and older hands offering it. There is cut and thrust and argument and controversy. There is a regular trade-off of information about research techniques and sources. Frankly, I don't see that here. The list has more the atmosphere of a sedate (and poorly attended) tea party, with the odd bit of chit-chat, posting of helpful websites, and that's about it. Sorry, but that's how it strikes me. There doesn't seem to be the clamour for information or desire to discuss genealogical techniques and sources that I see so strongly on other lists. I don't normally make a habit of promoting my genealogical qualifications for fear of being thought immodest (not that that normally ever stopped a Yorkshireman!) but here is my CV..... 25 years in family history. Officer of the Guild of One-Name Studies, the world's major organisation for one-namers, and editor of the quarterly Journal of One-Name Studies Member of the publications committees of the Federation of Family History Societies and the Society of Genealogists Member of half-a-dozen Yorkshire family history societies Lecturer in various family history topics and in desktop publishing for family historians Founder of a family/one-name society for Stockdill/Stockdale and variants (members in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) If anyone out there has Yorkshire ancestry, particularly, then I am generally acknowledged to be one of the leading authorities on the county (and PLEASE no-one ask "Where is Yorkshire" or I am likely to come over there and thump you one!!!). However, I have lived for many years in the south of England, just outside London, and am familiar with most of the major London records offices. Surely there must be something I can help you with? I have offered before but had little response. Or is it simply the fact that hardly anybody on this list has managed to get their ancestry back to the UK yet? Roy Stockdill Editor, The Journal of One-Name Studies The Stockdill Family History Society (Guild of One-Name Studies, FedFHS) STOCKDILL PREST YELLOW BOLTON WORSNOP GIBSON MIDGLEY BRACEWELL SHACKLETON BRADLEY MOODY in Yorkshire North & West Ridings MEAD YOUNG in Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Web page of the Stockdill Family History Society:- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/roystock ”Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you. If he does not, why humiliate him?" - Canon Sydney Smith (scholar and humorist 1771-1845)

I really am so new at this (computer and Genealogy) that I have no idea what I am doing! Maybe that is the reason for people not responding! I am trying to learn how to post to the list, maybe this time I have it. I am researching the Raney line in my family. I know that my Grandmother Cara Elizabeth Raney was born in Hempstead County , Arkansas in 1892. I know her parents names but what I am wondering is : how can I obtain copies of birth records from this time period. Remember I am very new at this , so please make instructions simple. Thank you all so much for having this list! Lisa

Okay, Roy. Here is a question for you. Can you tell me what area of England my Harris ancestors most likely came from? No, I have not traced them back to England. Only to Pa. in early 1700. Patricia

from a friend..................malinda > http://www.sonic.net/~csawyer/surnames.html">Click here: Surname > Origins Index</A> > >

http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2.html

Also a site that is being built is a directory called Historical and Genealogical Societies of the United States at http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/hs/ Check out the Florida page for a sample of what we're trying to build. Bill > These sites might be of some interest for research. > Sandra > http://www.gpl.lib.me.us/ultGeneo.htm > Has links to sites and libraries. > http://www.libraryspot.com/ > has links to all type of libraries. > http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html > This is a reference desk, with all types of links. > http://www.greenheart.com/rdietz/gen_libs.htm > This site has a directory of Genealogy libraries in the U.S. > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/media.htm > This site has all kinds of links to libraries. > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB.............R.I.P. > >

These sites might be of some interest for research. Sandra http://www.gpl.lib.me.us/ultGeneo.htm Has links to sites and libraries. http://www.libraryspot.com/ has links to all type of libraries. http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html This is a reference desk, with all types of links. http://www.greenheart.com/rdietz/gen_libs.htm This site has a directory of Genealogy libraries in the U.S. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/media.htm This site has all kinds of links to libraries.

Well said Dr Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Bill" <Bill@Dr-Fox.Com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] postings > There has never been such a rule on this list! > And I gleefully invite all who don't like the prayer requests to go > elsewhere....don't let the door hit you on the way out! > > Bill@Dr-Fox.Com > WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} > ----- Original Message ----- > From: malinda jones <mthiesse@swbell.net> > To: Dr. Bill <Bill@dr-fox.com> > Cc: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] postings > > > : I must have missed something somewhere along the way....I thought > the new > : rules were that there were to be no more prayer requests. Was there > : another revision ? > : > : malinda > : > : > : > : > : "Dr. Bill" wrote: > : > : > As the billboard I saw recently said "God hasn't left, so I wonder > who > : > has?" We haven't had prayer requests for ages, save one or two. > : > > : > Bill@Dr-Fox.Com > : > WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} > : > ----- Original Message ----- > : > From: <ghowell@erinet.com> > : > To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > : > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:04 PM > : > Subject: [NEWGEN] postings > : > > : > : I, too, have been only a "lurker" for a long time now, as a > : > full-time job with rigid weekday hours has kept me from much of > the > : > research I was enjoying doing. However, what I greatly miss from > this > : > list is the "good stories" (I even have a folder with many of them > : > that I have kept) and the personal caring that used to the posted > to > : > this list. I realize that this is a genealogy list, but I miss > the > : > sense of family that used to be so pervasive here. > : > : > : > : Sharon > : > : > : > : > : > : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > : > : BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER LIST MEMBERS ANY SIGNIFICANT > : > : (OR INSIGNIFICANT) FIND YOU HAVE MADE. IT HELPS OTHERS TO PRESS > ON > : > : WITH THEIR OWN SEARCH. > : > > : > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > : > HTTP://WWW.DR-FOX.COM HAS A LINKS PAGE WITH > : > MANY, MANY HOOK-UPS TO VALUABLE INFORMATION SITES. > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO JOIN THE NEWGEN LIST > NEWGEN-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM (FOR LIST) > MEWGEN-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM (FOR DIGEST) >

I am also fine with the prayer request, I beleive when both my parents were very ill the prayers I received from this list, carried me throught my darkest times. Eunice ----- Original Message ----- From: <WoodyWoodworth@aol.com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] postings > Malinda, > That sounded familiar, so I went back into the NEWGEN archives, and found > this "no prayer requests" policy statement by Bill Fox. See: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NEWGEN/2000-03/0952226554 > But a change in prayer request policy would be fine with me. What's the > official latest on this? > Woody > ~~~~~~~~~~<>~~~~~~~~~ > mthiesse@swbell.net writes: > << I must have missed something somewhere along the way....I thought the new > rules were that there were to be no more prayer requests. Was there > another revision ? > malinda > > "Dr. Bill" wrote: > > As the billboard I saw recently said "God hasn't left, so I wonder who > > has?" We haven't had prayer requests for ages, save one or two. > >> > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > DON'T FORGET TO USE THE WORDS "THANK YOU" WHEN SOMEONE HAS DONE > YOU A FAVOR....ALSO WHEN SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO BE HELPFUL. >

There has never been such a rule on this list! And I gleefully invite all who don't like the prayer requests to go elsewhere....don't let the door hit you on the way out! Bill@Dr-Fox.Com WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} ----- Original Message ----- From: malinda jones <mthiesse@swbell.net> To: Dr. Bill <Bill@dr-fox.com> Cc: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] postings : I must have missed something somewhere along the way....I thought the new : rules were that there were to be no more prayer requests. Was there : another revision ? : : malinda : : : : : "Dr. Bill" wrote: : : > As the billboard I saw recently said "God hasn't left, so I wonder who : > has?" We haven't had prayer requests for ages, save one or two. : > : > Bill@Dr-Fox.Com : > WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: <ghowell@erinet.com> : > To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> : > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:04 PM : > Subject: [NEWGEN] postings : > : > : I, too, have been only a "lurker" for a long time now, as a : > full-time job with rigid weekday hours has kept me from much of the : > research I was enjoying doing. However, what I greatly miss from this : > list is the "good stories" (I even have a folder with many of them : > that I have kept) and the personal caring that used to the posted to : > this list. I realize that this is a genealogy list, but I miss the : > sense of family that used to be so pervasive here. : > : : > : Sharon : > : : > : : > : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== : > : BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER LIST MEMBERS ANY SIGNIFICANT : > : (OR INSIGNIFICANT) FIND YOU HAVE MADE. IT HELPS OTHERS TO PRESS ON : > : WITH THEIR OWN SEARCH. : > : > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== : > HTTP://WWW.DR-FOX.COM HAS A LINKS PAGE WITH : > MANY, MANY HOOK-UPS TO VALUABLE INFORMATION SITES.

Here is a list of different search engines, that maybe not everyone has found. Hope they help. Sandra http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/search/swiss.html This is a Swiss and German engine http://www.searchmil.com/ This is a military search engine. http://www.searchgov.com/ This is government searches. http://www.museumnetwork.com/ This is for museums.

> Would SKS please forward the lists of URL's that were posted where some > great genealogical forms could be printed from? This was one... > http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html > > It is a GREAT site but there were others that sounded interesting I would still like to check out the other sites and see what they offered. Sincere thanx for your help! June Conklin Ridsdale BC Canada I think these are the other ones you were talking about. Sandra http://www.hvcn.org/info/gswc/tools.htm This site has all kinds of forms, for almost anything you can think of. http://www.ancestrycorner.com This site has printable forms and it also has one for genealogy terms and an illness chart. http://www.familyeducation.com/printables/package/0,2358,1-9376,00.html This site has a printable tree on it. http://mcpl.lib.mo.us/ge/forms/family_unit_chart.pdf This has a family chart for 12 children _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

This was sent from another list. Gloria "EMIGRANT GRAVES on the Oregon and California Trails in Kansas" Emigrants from many states, some unmarked graves, and some with names with no addresses. If your Emigrants headed west , you might want to check this out http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/werner/emigrave.html

Malinda, That sounded familiar, so I went back into the NEWGEN archives, and found this "no prayer requests" policy statement by Bill Fox. See: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NEWGEN/2000-03/0952226554 But a change in prayer request policy would be fine with me. What's the official latest on this? Woody ~~~~~~~~~~<>~~~~~~~~~ mthiesse@swbell.net writes: << I must have missed something somewhere along the way....I thought the new rules were that there were to be no more prayer requests. Was there another revision ? malinda "Dr. Bill" wrote: > As the billboard I saw recently said "God hasn't left, so I wonder who > has?" We haven't had prayer requests for ages, save one or two. >>

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As someone on our list said..... someone really famous said***** the only question you don't ask IS the dumb question... not asking.... Bunny . ----- Original Message ----- From: <BLeeWM@aol.com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 5:20 AM Subject: [NEWGEN] Proofs > Hello Everyone, > > This is my first post to the list. This is probaly a stupid question, but > here goes anyway. > I have always heard that you must have 3 proofs of something to make it > true or fairly true. But what kinds of proofs? Are census records proofs? > Thanks for any direction. > > Bonnie > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > NO BIT OF INFORMATION OR TIP IS MINOR WHEN IT CAN LEAD TO A MAJOR FIND. >

Would SKS please forward the lists of URL's that were posted where some great genealogical forms could be printed from? This was one... http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html It is a GREAT site but there were others that sounded interesting and I cannot believe that I deleted the list. [I hang my head in shame! :-(] The site above had about 35 forms so I did one copy of each page to put in a master file. When I want to make more copies I have the samples to check. I would still like to check out the other sites and see what they offered. Sincere thanx for your help! June Conklin Ridsdale BC Canada

Hi All, I'm guilty, I'm guilty. I haven't posted for awhile, but have read messages. I am usually late at reading my mail for the last 8mos, so have not participated. By the time I read my mail the list has moved on to something else, but things have quieted down so maybe I can get back into the 'grove'. In the last 8 mos. my home business has grown and takes allot of my time, then I moved to a new house (bigger), my mother now lives with my husband and me, so having to unpack 2 house holds and hoping everything will fit and what don't re-pack or sell, the you have your minor move-in mishaps to deal with ( I think I will write a book:-)). I have also become a List-mom to several list, CAORANGE, BAYER, DURR surnames. So as you can see, I have been on the go. I also have been doing Cemetery look-ups here in my area as well as Birth and Death Record requests. I know this is long, but please bare with me. I have to say to Dr. Bill and to the others on this list, THANK YOU as I would not have been able to become a List-mom if it weren't for your help. I was a real newbie when I joined NEWGEN 3 years ago and I have come along way and learned soooooooo very much and I'm still learning. Dr. Bill gave me a project sometime ago for the NEWGEN list and with his help I succeeded and this gave me the courage to go forward. Now you know why he won the award for Helping. Anyway, I'm getting all teary-eyed, so will close for now (Thank Goodness) and promise to be more active in the future. Your Friend in Genealogy and Prayer Lureigne maharoni@netzero.net _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

I must have missed something somewhere along the way....I thought the new rules were that there were to be no more prayer requests. Was there another revision ? malinda "Dr. Bill" wrote: > As the billboard I saw recently said "God hasn't left, so I wonder who > has?" We haven't had prayer requests for ages, save one or two. > > Bill@Dr-Fox.Com > WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ghowell@erinet.com> > To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:04 PM > Subject: [NEWGEN] postings > > : I, too, have been only a "lurker" for a long time now, as a > full-time job with rigid weekday hours has kept me from much of the > research I was enjoying doing. However, what I greatly miss from this > list is the "good stories" (I even have a folder with many of them > that I have kept) and the personal caring that used to the posted to > this list. I realize that this is a genealogy list, but I miss the > sense of family that used to be so pervasive here. > : > : Sharon > : > : > : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > : BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER LIST MEMBERS ANY SIGNIFICANT > : (OR INSIGNIFICANT) FIND YOU HAVE MADE. IT HELPS OTHERS TO PRESS ON > : WITH THEIR OWN SEARCH. > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > HTTP://WWW.DR-FOX.COM HAS A LINKS PAGE WITH > MANY, MANY HOOK-UPS TO VALUABLE INFORMATION SITES.